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

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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1850.
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"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AFZ9170.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.

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CAP. VI.

[verse 1] And Y was conuertid, and reiside myn iȝen, and siȝ, and lo! foure horsid cartis goynge out of the myddil of tweyne hillis, and the hillis weren hillis of bras. [verse 2] In the firste foure horsid carte weren reed horsis, and [Om. A sec. m.] in the secounde foure horsid carte [verse 3] weren blac horsis; and in the thridde foure horsid carte weren white horsis, and in the fourthe foure horsid carte weren dyuerse horsis, and [Om. CEFHRU.] stronge. [verse 4] And Y an|sweride, and seide to the aungel that spak in me, What ben these thingis, my lord? [verse 5] And the aungel aunsweride, and seide to me, These ben foure wyndis of heuene, whiche goen out, that thei stonde bifor the lordschipere of al erthe. [verse 6] In which weren blake horsis, wenten [thei wenten I.] out in to the lond of the north; and the white wenten out aftir hem; and the dyuerse wenten out to [into E.] the [Om. ACHMNPQRX sec. m.] lond of the south. [verse 7] Forsothe thei that weren strengeste wenten out, and souȝten for to go, and renne aboute bi al erthe. And he seide, Go ȝe, and walke ȝe thorouȝ the erthe. And thei walkiden thorouȝ erthe [the erthe I.] . [verse 8] And he clepide me, and spak to me, and seide, Lo! thei that goon out in to lond [the lond GKSUX sec. m.] of north [the north EIKSU.] , maden my spirit for [Om. N.] to reste in the [Om. N.] lond of north [the north IKSU.] . [verse 9] And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and [verse 10] seide, Take thou of [of hem that U sec. m.] the transmygracioun, ether caitiftee, of Oldai, and of Tobie, and of Idaye; and thou schalt come in that dai, and schalt entre in to the [Om. EFHMNPQRSX pr. m.] hous of Josie, sone of Sofonye, that camen fro Babiloyne. [verse 11] And thou schalt take gold and siluer, and

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schalt make corouns, and putte on the heed of Jhesu, the greet preest, sone [the sone I.] of [verse 12] Josedech; and schalt speke to hym, and seie, The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, seiynge, Lo! a man, Comynge forth, ether Borun, is his name, and vndir him it [liȝt A sec. m.] schal sprynge. And he schal bilde a temple to [verse 13] the Lord, and he schal make a temple to the Lord; and he schal bere glorie, and schal sitte, and schal be lord on his seete; and the preest schal be on his seete, and counsel of pees schal be bitwixe hem tweyne. [verse 14] And corouns schulen be to He|lem, and to Tobie, and to Idaie, and to Hen, sone [the sone IK.] of Sofonye, a memorial [memorial, or thing for mynde CFH. memorial, or myndeful thing EPY. memorial, either a thing for mynde GKMNQRSUX.] in the [Om. FR.] temple of the Lord. [verse 15] And thei that ben fer, schulen come, and bilde in the temple of the Lord; and ȝe schulen wite, that the Lord of oostis sente me to ȝou. Sotheli this thing schal be, if bi heryng ȝe schulen here the vois of ȝoure Lord God.

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