The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

[Here bigynneth Genesis [Genesis. BDEFH.] .] CAP. I.

[verse 1] IN the firste made God of nouȝt heuene and erthe. [verse 2] The erthe forsothe was veyn with ynne and void, and derknessis weren vpon the face of the see; and the Spiryt of God was born vpon the watrys. [verse 3] And God seide, Be maad liȝt; and maad is liȝt. [verse 4] And God sawȝ liȝt [Om. F.] , that it was good, and deuydid liȝt fro derknessis; [verse 5] and clepide liȝt, day, and derknessis, nyȝt. And maad is `euen and moru [euentide and morutide E pr. m.] , o day. [verse 6] Seide forsothe God, Be maad a fir|mament in the myddel [myddis D.] of watres, and dyuyde [dyuydide AD.] it [Om. D.] watres fro watrys. [verse 7] And God made the firmament, and dyuydid [dyuyde A.] watris that weren vndre the firmament fro thes that weren aboue the fermament; and it is maad so. [verse 8] And God clepide the firma|ment, heuene. And maad is euen and moru, the secounde day. [verse 9] God forsothe seide, Gadrid be watris, the whiche ben vndre heuene, in to o place, and apere the drie; and maad it is so. [verse 10] And God clepid [clepith A.] the drie, erthe; and the [Om. A.] gader|yngis of watris he clepide, sees. And [verse 11] God saiȝ that it was good; and saith, Burion the erthe grene erbe [herbis D.] and mak|ynge seed, and appletre [appeltreis D.] makynge fruyt after his kynd, whos seed ben in hym silf, vpon the erthe; and maad it is so. [verse 12] And the erthe brouȝte forthe grene erbe [herbis D.] and makynge seed aftre his kynde, and tree makynge fruyt, and echon hauynge

seed after his special kynde. And God saiȝ that it were [was A.] good. [verse 13] And maad is euen and moru, the thrid day. [verse 14] God for|sothe seide, Be ther maad liȝt ȝyuers in the firmament of heuene, and deuyde thei dai and nyȝt; and be thei into signes, and [verse 15] tymes, and daies, and ȝeers; and liȝtne thei in the firmament of heuene, and liȝtne thei the erthe; and maad it is so. [verse 16] And God made two greet liȝt ȝyuerys, the more liȝt ȝyuer that it were bifore to the day, and the lesse liȝt ȝyuer that it were bifore to the nyȝt, and sterres. [verse 17] And he putte hem in the firmament of heuene, that thei shulden ȝyue liȝt vpon the erthe, [verse 18] and that thei were bifore to the day and to the nyȝt, and shulde deuyde liȝt and derknessis. And God saiȝ that it wer [was A.] good. [verse 19] And maad is euen and moru, the ferthe day. [verse 20] God also seide, Watres bryng thei forthe the crepynge kynd of the lyuynge soule, and the fleeinge kynde vpon the erth, vndre the firmament of heuene. [verse 21] And God made of nouȝt greet whallis, and al soule lyuyng and mouable, whom [whos A.] watres brouȝten forth into ther special kyndes, and al fleynge thing [Om. A. thingis D.] after his kynd. And God saiȝ that it wer [was AE.] [verse 22] good; and blisside to hem, seiynge, Growith, and beth [be BDEFH.] ȝe multiplyed, and fulfillith the watres of the see, and the briddis be multiplied vpon the erthe. [verse 23] And maad is euen and moru, the fyueth day. [verse 24] God forsothe seide, Bryng forthe the erthe soule lyuynge in his kynde, iumentis [bestayle D.] , and crepynge thingis, and beestis of the erthe, after ther special kyndis; and so it is maad. [verse 25] And God made beestis of the erthe aftir ther spe|cial kyndes, iumentis, and al the [Om. BDEFH.] crep|ynge thing of the erthe in his kynde. [verse 26] And God saiȝ that it wer [was AE.] good; and seith, Make we man to the ymage and

oure lickenesse, and bifore be he to the fishis of the see, and to the volatils of heuene, and to the beestis of the erthe, and to al creature, and to al the crepynge thing that moueth in the erthe. [verse 27] And God made of nouȝt man to the ymage and his lickenes; to the ymage of God he made hym; maal and femaal he made hem [Om. F.] of nouȝt. [verse 28] And God blissid to hem, and seith, Growe [growith D.] ȝe, and be ȝe multi|plied, and fulfille ȝe the erthe, and sogette ȝe it, and haue ȝe lordship to the fishis of the see, and to the volatilis of heuene, and to alle thingis hauynge soule that mouen vpon the [Om. D.] erthe. [verse 29] And God seyde, Se! Y haue ȝouun to ȝow al erbe bryng|inge forthe seed vpon the erthe, and alle trees that han in hym silf seed of ther kynde, that thei ben to ȝow into [vnto A.] mete; [verse 30] and to alle thingis hauynge soule of the erthe, and to al foule [foulis DFH.] of heuene, and to alle thingis that mouen in the erthe, and in the which is soule ȝyuynge lijf, that thei haue for to eet; and maad it is so. [verse 31] And God saiȝ alle thingis that he made, and thei weren ful good. And made is [it is A.] euen and moru, the sixte day.