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CAP. XXVI.

[verse 1] And it was doon in the enleuenthe ȝeer, in the firste dai of the monethe, the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he [verse 2] seide, Thou, sone of man, for that that Tire seide of Jerusalem, Wel! the ȝatis of puplis ben brokun, it [and N.] is turned to me; [verse 3] Y schal be fillid, it is forsakun; therfor the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Tire, Y on thee; and Y schal make many folkis to stie [stiȝe vp I.] to thee, as the see flowynge stieth. [verse 4] And thei schulen distrie the wallis of Tire, and thei schulen distrie the touris therof; and Y schal rase the dust therof fro it, and Y schal ȝyue it [Om. A.] in to a `moost clere [tiil I pr. m.] stoon. [verse 5] Driyng of nettis schal be in the myddis of the see, for Y spak, seith the Lord God. And Tire schal be in to ra|uysching to hethene men. [verse 6] And the douȝ|tris therof that ben in the feeld, schulen be slayn bi swerd; and thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord. [verse 7] For whi the Lord God seith these thingis, Lo! Y schal brynge [sende R sec. m.] to Tire Nabugodonosor, the [Om. N.] king of Babiloyne, fro the north, the kyng of kyngis, with horsis, and charis, and knyȝtis, and with a cumpeny, and greet puple. [verse 8] He schal sle bi swerd thi douȝtris that ben in the feeld, and he schal cum|passe thee with strengthingis, and he schal bere togidere erthe in cumpas. And he [verse 9] schal reise a scheeld aȝens thee, and he schal tempre engynes lijc vineres, and en|gines `that ben [Om. CEFGHI KMNPQRSUX.] clepid wetheris aȝens thi wallis; and he schal distrie thi touris bi his armure. [verse 10] Bi flowynge of his horsis, the dust of tho schal hile thee; thi wallis schulen be mouyd of the soun of knyȝtis, and of wheelis, and of charis; whanne he schal entre bi the ȝatis, as bi entryngis of [verse 11] a citee distried, with the clees of hise

horsis he schal defoule alle thi stretis. He shal sle bi swerd thi puple, and thi noble ymagis schulen falle doun in to erthe. [verse 12] Thei schulen waste thi richessis, thei schulen rauysche thi marchaundies; and thei schulen distrie thi wallis, and thei schulen distrie thin housis ful clere, and thi stoonys, and thi [Om. A.] trees, and thei schulen putte thi dust in the myddis of watris. [verse 13] And Y schal make to reste the multitude of thi syngeris, and the sown of thin harpis schal no more be herd; [verse 14] and Y schal ȝyue thee in to a moost cleer stoon. Thou schalt be driyng of nettis, and thou schalt no more be bildid, for Y the Lord spak, seith the Lord God [Om. N.] . [verse 15] The Lord God seith [spak F.] these thingis of Tire, Whether ilis schulen not be moued of the sown of thi fal, and of weiling [the weiling CEFHIKMQRSU.] of thi slayn men, whanne thei ben slayn in the myddis of thee? [verse 16] And alle the princis of the see schulen go doun of her seetis, and thei schulen do awei her mentils, ether spuylis [her spuylis CEFGHIKMNPQRSUX.] of slayn enemyes, and thei schulen caste awei her dyuerse clothis, and shulen be clothid with wondring [wondringis A.] . Thei shulen sitte in the erthe, and thei shulen be astonyed, and thei [Om. CEGIKMNPQRSUX.] shulen won|dre of [on CEFHIKS.] thi sodeyn fal. [verse 17] And thei shulen take weilyng on thee, and schule seie to thee, Hou perischidist thou, noble citee, that dwellist in the see, that were strong in the see with thi dwelleris, whiche dwelleris alle men dredden? [verse 18] Now schippis schulen wondre in the dai of thi drede, and ilis in the see schulen be disturblid, for noon goith out of thee. [verse 19] For the Lord God seith these thingis, Whanne Y schal ȝyue thee [thee to be I.] a citee desolat, as the citees that ben not enhabitid, and Y schal bringe on thee the depthe of watris, and many watris schulen hile thee. [verse 20] And Y schal drawe thee doun with hem that goon doun in to a lake, to the puple euerlast|ynge; and Y schal sette thee in the laste

lond, as elde wildirnessis, with hem that ben led doun in to a lake, that thou be not enhabited. Certis whanne Y schal [verse 21] ȝyue glorye in the lond of lyueris, Y schal dryue thee in to nouȝt, and thou schalt not be; and thou schalt be souȝt, and thou schalt no more be foundun with outen ende, seith the Lord God.