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CAP. XIII.

[verse 1] And lo! a man of God cam fro Juda, bi the word of the Lord, in to Bethel, while Jeroboam stood on [upon I.] the auter, `and castide [castinge I.] encence. [verse 2] And `the man of God [he I.] criede aȝens the auter, bi the word of the Lord, and seide, Auter! auter! the Lord seith these thingis, Lo! a sone, Josias by name, shal be borun to [of K.] the hows of Da|uid; and he schal offre on [upon I.] thee the preestis [offre on thee the prestis, etc.; for abho|mynacioun of idolatrie, and this was accept, ether plesaunt, to God, as sa|crifice. Lire here. C.] of hiȝe thingis, that [the whiche I.] brennen now encensis [encense I.] yn thee, and he schal brenne the bonys of men on [upon I.] thee. [verse 3] And he ȝaf a signe [token I.] in that dai, `and seide [seiynge I.] , This schal be `the signe [a token to ȝou I.] that the Lord spak, Lo! the auter schal be kit, and the aische which [that I.] is `there ynne [in the auter I.] , schal be sched out. [verse 4] And whanne the kyng hadde herd the word of the man of God, which word [Om. I.] he hadde cried aȝens the auter in Bethel, the kyng helde forth his hond fro the auter, and seide, Take ȝe hym. And his hond driede, which [that I.] he hadde holde forth, and he myȝte not drawe it aȝen to hym silf. [verse 5] Also the auter was kit, and the aische was

sched out of the auter, bi the signe [token I.] which [that I.] the man of God bifor seide, in the word of the Lord. [verse 6] And the kyng seide to the man of God, Biseche thou the face of thi [the I.] Lord God [thi God I.] , and preie thou for me, that myn hond be restorid to me. And the man of God preiede the face of God [the Lord A sec. m.] ; and the hond of the king turnede aȝen to hym, and it was maad as it was bifore. [verse 7] Sotheli [And I.] the kyng spak to the man of God, Come thou hoom with me, that thou ete, and Y schal ȝyue ȝiftis to thee. [verse 8] And the man of God seide to the kyng, Thouȝ thou schalt ȝyue to me the half part of thin hows, Y schal not come with thee, nether Y schal ete breed, nether Y schal [verse 9] drynke watir in this place; `for so [for|sothe I.] it is [was K.] comaundid [boden I.] to me bi the word of the Lord, comaundinge [biddynge I.] , Thou schalt not ete breed, nether thou schalt drynke water [drynke watir; with idola|trours in this place. C.] , nether thou schalt turne aȝen bi the weie bi which thou camest. [verse 10] Therfor he ȝede bi another weie, and turnede not aȝen bi the weie, bi which he cam in to Bethel. [verse 11] Forsothe sum [an I.] elde profete dwellide [dwellide thanne I.] in Bethel, to whom hise sones camen, and telden to hym alle the werkis whiche the man of God hadde do in that dai in Beth|el; and thei telden to her fader the wordis whiche he [the man of God I.] spak to the kyng. [verse 12] And the fadir of hem seide to hem, Bi what weie ȝede he? Hise sones schewiden to hym the weie, bi which the man of God ȝede, that cam fro Juda. [verse 13] And he seide to hise sones, Sadle ȝe an asse to me. And whanne [verse 14] thei hadden sadlid [sadlid the asse I.] , he stiede [stiede up I.] , and ȝede after the man [aftir the man, etc.; that he schulde dis|seiue hym, and make to abide, that herbi he schulde preue his profesie voide. Lire here. C.] of God, and foond hym sit|tyng vndur a terebynte. And he seide to the man of God, Whether thou art the man of God, that camest fro Juda? He answeride [answeride to hym plures. answeride hym E.] , Y am [it am I.] . [verse 15] And he seide to hym, Come thou with me hoom, that thou ete breed. [verse 16] And he seide, Y may not turne aȝen, nether come with thee, nether Y schal ete breed, nether Y schal drynke water in

[verse 17] this place; for the Lord spak to me in the word of the Lord, and seide, Thou schalt not ete breed, and thou schalt not drynke water there, nether thou schalt turne aȝen bi the weie bi which [the whiche S.] thou ȝedist [ȝedist thidre I.] . [verse 18] Which [And he I.] seide to hym, And Y am a profete lijk thee; and an aungel spak to me bi the word of the Lord, and seide, Lede aȝen hym in to thin hows, that he ete breed, and drynke watir. He disseyuede the [verse 19] man of God, and brouȝte him [Om. plures.] aȝen with hym. Therfor he ete breed in his hows, and drank watir. [verse 20] And whanne he sat at the table, the word of the Lord was maad to the prophete [to the pro|fete; reuela|cioun of pro|fesie is ȝouun sum tyme to yuele men, as to Balaam, in xxii. c^o. of Nu|meri. Lire here. C.] that brouȝte hym aȝen; [verse 21] and he criede to the man of God that cam fro Juda, and seide, The Lord seith these thingis, For thou obeidist not to the mouth of the Lord, and keptist not the comaunde|ment which [that I.] thi [the R.] Lord God comaundide [verse 22] to thee, and thou turnedist aȝen, and etist breed, and drankist watir in the place in which Y comaundide to thee, that thou schuldist not ete breed, nether schuldist [thou schuldist I.] drynke watir, thi deed bodi schal not be borun in to the sepulcre of thi fadris. [verse 23] And whanne he hadde ete and drunke, the pro|phete, whom he hadde brouȝt aȝen, sadlide his asse. [verse 24] And whanne he hadde go [go forth I.] , a lioun foond hym in the weye, and killide [and killide; hou myche schal God pu|nysche the greuouse synnes of wick|id men, sithen he punyschith the litil synne of an hooly man by deth. Lire here. C.] hym [Om. plures.] . And his deed bodi was cast forth in the weie; sotheli the [his I.] asse stood bisydis hym, and the lioun [lioun also I.] stood bisidis the deed bodi. [verse 25] And lo! men passynge sien the deed bodi cast forth in the weye, and the lyoun stondynge bisidis the deed bodi; and thei camen, and pupplischiden [pupplischiden it I.] in the citee, in which thilke [the I. that EL.] eeld prophete dwell|ide. [verse 26] And whanne thilke prophete, that brouȝte hym aȝen fro the weye, hadde herd this, he seide, It is the man of God, that was vnobedient to the mouth of God; and the Lord bitook [hath bitake I.] hym to the [a I.] lioun, that brak [hath broken I.] hym, and killide hym [Om. I.] , bi the word

of the Lord which [that I.] he spak to hym. [verse 27] And [And thanne I.] he seide to hise sones, Sadle ȝe an asse to me. [verse 28] And whanne thei hadden sadlid, and he hadde go, he foond his deed bodi cast forth in the weie, and the asse and the [a I.] lioun stondinge bisidis the deed bodi; and the lioun eet not [eet not, etc.; bi this it ap|perith, that he was sauyd, for he acceptide Goddis sen|tence, and purgide the synne of vn|obedience by bodily deth. Lire here. C.] the deed bodi, nether hirtide the asse. [verse 29] Therfor the profete took the deed bodi of the man of God, and put|tide [putte EL.] it on [upon I.] the asse; and he turnede aȝen, and brouȝte it in to the cyte of the eeld prophete, that he schulde biweile hym. [verse 30] And he puttide [putte I.] his deed bodi in his se|pulcre, and thei biweiliden him, Alas! [and seiden, Alas I.] alas! my brother! [verse 31] And whanne thei had|den biweilid hym, he seide to hise sones, Whanne Y schal be deed, birie ȝe [Om. S.] me in the sepulcre, in which the man of God is biried; putte ȝe my bonys bisidis hise bonys. [verse 32] For sotheli the word schal come, which [that I.] he bifor seide in the word of the Lord, aȝens the auter which [that I.] is in Bethel, and aȝens alle the templis of hiȝ placis, that [whiche I.] ben in the citees of Samarie. After these wordis Jeroboam turnede not aȝen [awey IKLMOSX.] [Jeroboam turnede not aȝen, etc.; for thouȝ Jero|boam siȝ the forseid signes in the auter kit, and in his hond dried, netheles he ȝede not awey fro his malice. Josephus touchith the cause therof, and seith, that the false pro|fete tauȝte Jero|boam, that the forseid signes schewiden not Goddis vertu, for he that ȝaf the signe, was slayn of a lioun, a fals spekere; also he seide that the auter was brokun, for the birthun of sa|crifices put theronne, and that the kyngis hond was dry|ed, for the trauel of of|fring; and whanne he restide fro that trauel, his hond turnede aȝen to the formere staat, bi the vertu of kynde. Lire here. C.] fro his werste [ful wickid I.] weie, but aȝenward of the laste puplis [of the puple A sec. m. men DFG IKMNOQSWbç.] he made preestis of hiȝe places; who euer wolde, fillide [fille AELPb. fille ful D. he fillide I. fulfille KSç. fulfilide M.] his [the kyngis I.] hond [fille his hond; in offringe a solempne sacri|fice, as Aaron dide, and bi this he was maad prest; ether this is referrid to Je|roboam, that selde presthod, and therfor he that ȝaf more prijs to Jero|boam, gat the presthod. Lire here. C.] , and [Om. D.] he was maad preest of hiȝ placis. [verse 33] And for this cause the hows of Jeroboam synnede, and it was distried, and doon awey fro the face of erthe [the erthe IK.] .