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

CAP. II.

[verse 1] Come ȝe togidere, be gaderid, ȝe folc [verse 2] not worthi to be loued, bifore that co|maundyng brynge forth as dust passyng dai; bifore that wraththe of strong ven|iaunce of the Lord come on ȝou, bifor that the dai of his indignacioun come on ȝou. [verse 3] Alle myelde [myelde, ether pacient C et ceteri.] men of erthe, seke ȝe the Lord, whiche han wrouȝt the doom of hym; seke ȝe the iust, seke ȝe the mylde, if ony maner ȝe be hid in the dai of strong veniaunce of the Lord. [verse 4] For Gasa schal be distried, and Ascalon schal be in to desert; thei schulen caste out Azotus in myddai, and Accaron schal be drawun out bi the root. [verse 5] Wo to ȝou that dwellen in the litil part of the see, a folc of loste men. The word of the Lord on ȝou, Ca|naan, the lond of Filisteis, and Y schal distrie thee, so that a dwellere be not; [verse 6] and the litil part of the see schal be reste of scheepherdis, and foldis of scheep. [verse 7] And it schal be a litil part of hym, that schal be left of the hous of Juda, there thei schulen be fed in the housis of Ascalon; at euentid thei schulen reste, for the Lord God of hem schal visite hem, and schal turne awei the caitifte of hem. [verse 8] Y herde the schenschip of Moab, and blasfemyes [blasfemye F.] of [of the I.] sones of Amon, whiche thei seiden schentfuli to my puple, and thei weren magnefied on the termes of hem. [verse 9] Therfor Y lyue, seith the Lord of oostis, God of Israel, for Moab schal be as Sodom, and the sones of Amon as Gomorre; drynesse of thornes, and hepis of salt, and desert, til in to withouten ende. The relifs of my puple schulen rauysche hem, the residues of my folc schulen welde hem. [verse 10] Sotheli this thing schal come to hem for her pride, for thei blasfemeden, and weren magnefied on the puple of the Lord of oostis. [verse 11] The Lord schal be orible on hem, and he schal make feble alle goddis [goodis NRS sup. ras. U.] of erthe; and men of her place schulen wor|schipe

hym, alle the ilis of hethene men. [verse 12] But and ȝe, Ethiopiens, schulen be slayn bi my swerd. [verse 13] And he schal stretche forth his hond on the north, and schal leese Assur; and he schal putte the feir citee Nynyue in to wildirnesse, and into with out weie, and as desert. [verse 14] And flockis, and alle the beestis of folkis [flockis I.] , schulen ligge in the myddil therof; and [Om. EPY.] onacratalus [onacratalus is a brid with a long bile, lijk a swan. AGK NQU.] , and irchun schulen dwelle in threshfoldis ther|of; vois of the syngynge in wyndow [the wyndow C.] , and crow [a crow U.] in the lyntil, for Y schal make thinne the strengthe therof. [verse 15] This is the gloriouse citee dwellynge in trist, which seide in hir herte, Y am, and ther is noon other more withouten me. Hou is it maad vnto desert, a couche of beeste; ech man that schal passe bi it, schal hisse, and schal moue his hond.