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

CAP. IV.

[verse 1] And thou, sone of man, take to thee a tijl [litil I.] stoon; and thou schalt sette it bifore thee, and thou schalt discriue ther ynne the citee of Jerusalem. [verse 2] And thou schalt ordeyne bisegyng aȝenus that Jerusa|lem; and thou schalt bilde strengthis, and thou schalt bere togidere erthe, and thou shalt ȝyue oostis of batel aȝens it, and thou schalt sette engynes in [bi IN.] cumpas. [verse 3] And take thou to thee an irone friynge panne; and thou schalt sette it in to an irone wal bitwixe thee and bitwixe the cite; and thou schalt sette stidfastli thi

face to it, and it schal be in to bisegyng, and thou schalt cumpasse it; it is a signe to the hous of Israel. [verse 4] And thou schalt slepe on thi left side, and thou schalt putte the wickidnessis of the hous of Is|rael on that side, in the noumbre of daies in which thou shalt slepe on [til N.] that side, and thou schalt take the wickidnesse of hem. [verse 5] Forsothe Y ȝaf to thee the ȝeeris of the wickidnesse of hem bi noumbre of daies, thre hundrid and nynti daies; and thou schalt bere the wickidnesse of the hous of Israel. [verse 6] And whanne thou hast fillid these thingis, thou schalt slepe the secounde tyme on thi riȝtside. And thou schalt take the wickidnesse of the hous of Juda bi fourti daies; Y ȝaf to thee a dai for a ȝeer, a dai sotheli for a ȝeer. [verse 7] And thou schalt turne thi face to the biseg|ing [bisechyng A. bifore segyng N. byfor sechynge S sec. m.] of Jerusalem; and thin arm schal be stretchid forth, and thou schalt profesie aȝens it. [verse 8] Lo! Y haue cumpassid thee with boondis, and thou schalt not turne thee fro thi [this A pr. m. I sec. m. thi I pr. m.] side in `to other [that other C. the tother ENS. to an other FPU. to the tother GKMRX. tother HQ. to the oother I.] side, tille thou fille the daies of thi bisegyng. [verse 9] And take thou to thee wheete, and barli, and beenys, and tillis, and mylie, and vetchis; and thou schalt putte [sende ceteri.] tho in to o vesselle. And thou schalt make to thee looues for the noumbre of daies, bi whiche thou schalt slepe on thi side; bi three hundrid and nynti daies thou schalt ete it. [verse 10] For|sothe thi mete, which thou schalt ete, schal be in weiȝte twenti staters in a dai; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt ete it. [verse 11] And thou schalt drynke watir in mesure, the sixte part of hyn; fro tyme til to tyme thou schalt drynke it. [verse 12] And thou schalt ete it as barli breed bakun vndur the aischis; and with `a toord [the dunge I.] that goith out of a man thou schalt hile, it bifore the iȝen of hem. [verse 13] The Lord seith these thingis, So the sones of Israel schulen ete her breed defoulid among hethene men, to

whiche [whom I.] Y schal caste hem out. [verse 14] And Y seide, A! A! A! Lord God, lo! my soule is not defoulid, and fro my ȝong childhed til to now Y eet not a thing deed bi it silf, and to-rent of beestis; and al vnclene fleisch entride not in to my mouth. [verse 15] And he seide to me, Lo! Y haue ȝoue to thee the dung of oxis for mennus toordis; and thou schalt make thi breed with it. [verse 16] And he seide to me, Sone of man, lo! Y schal al to-breke the staf of breed in Jerusalem, and thei schulen ete her breed in weiȝte and in bisynesse, and thei schulen drynke [verse 17] water in mesure and in angwisch; that whanne breed and watir failen, eche man falle doun to his brother, and thei faile in her wickidnessis.