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CAP. II.

[verse 1] Forsothe [And I.] it was doon, whanne [Om. I.] in sum [the sum C sec. m. a I.] dai the sones of God `weren comun [weren come to herie him I. shulden come S.] , and [and thei I.]

stoden [stonde S.] bifor the Lord, and Sathan `was comun [come S.] among hem, and [and he I.] stood in his [Om. I.] [verse 2] siȝt [siȝt of the Lord I.] , that [and I.] the Lord seide [shuld say S.] to Sathan, Fro whennus comest thou? Which [The which I.] answeride, and seide, Y haue cumpassid the erthe, `and Y haue go thurȝ it [Om. S.] . [verse 3] And the Lord seide to Sathan, Whethir thou hast bi|holde [not considerd S.] my seruaunt Joob, that [that ther is S.] noon [no man I.] in erthe is [Om. S.] lijk [lijk to IS.] hym; he is a [Om. S.] symple man [Om. S.] , and [and a I.] riȝtful, and dredynge God, and goynge [departyng S.] awei fro yuel, and ȝit holdynge [he holdith I.] innocence? `But thou [And thou forther S.] hast moued me aȝens him, that `Y schulde turmente [thou vex hym S.] hym in veyn. [verse 4] To whom Sathan answeride, and seide [seide to the Lord S.] , `A man schal ȝyue skyn for skyn [Om. S.] , and alle thingis that he hath for [verse 5] his lijf [soule I.] ; `ellis sende [therfor putte to I.] thin hond, and touche his boon and [and his I.] fleisch, and thanne thou schalt se, that he schal curse thee in the [thi I.] face. [verse 6] Therfor [Thanne I.] the Lord seide to Sathan, Lo! he [Job I.] is [is now I.] in `thin hond [thi power I.] ; ne|theles kepe thou his lijf. [verse 7] Therfor Sathan ȝede out fro the face of the Lord, and [and he I.] smoot Joob with `a ful wickid [the worste stynkynge I.] botche fro the sole of the [his S.] foot `til to [vnto I. to X.] his top; [verse 8] which [and I.] Joob [Job sate in a dunge hill I.] schauyde [and he schauyde awey I.] the quytere with [of him with I.] a schelle, `and sat in the dunghil [Om. I.] . [verse 9] For|sothe his wijf seide to hym, Dwellist thou ȝit in thi symplenesse [symplenesse; that is, fonned|nesse. Lire here. C.] ? Curse thou God, and die [die as the lawe wole I.] . [verse 10] And Joob seide [seide to hir IS.] , Thou hast spoke as oon of the fonned wymmen; if we han take goodis [gode thingis I.] of the hond of the Lord, whi forsothe [thanne I.] suffren we not yuels [gladly yuel thingis I.] ? In alle these thingis Joob synnede not in hise lippis. [verse 11] Therfor [And thanne I.] thre [then the S.] frendis of Joob herden al the yuel, that hadde bifelde [bifalle IS.] to hym, and camen [thei camen to him I.] ech man [of hem I.] fro his place, Eliphath Temanytes, and Baldach Suythes, and Sophar Naamathites; for [sothely I.] thei `hadden seide [seiden I.] togidere to hem silf, that thei wolden come togidere, and visite

hym [Job I.] , and coumforte [coumforte him I.] . [verse 12] And whanne thei [thei afer I.] hadden reisid [reisid up I.] afer [Om. I. afore S.] `her iȝen [hem ȝet S.] , thei knewen [knowen A.] not hym [Job I.] ; and thei [thanne thei I.] crieden, and wepten, and [and thei I.] to-renten her clothis, and [and thei I.] spreynten dust on [upon I.] her heed [heedis I.] `in to [biholdynge in to I.] heuene [heuenward I.] . [verse 13] And thei saten with hym [Job I.] in [upon I.] the erthe seuene daies and seuene nyȝtis, and no man spak a word to hym; for [forsothe I.] thei sien, that his sorewe was greet.