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

CAP. IV.

[verse 1] Aftir these thingis Y say, and lo! a dore [that is, the vndirstonding of scripturis K sec. m. marg.] was openyd in heuene. And the firste vois that Y herde, was as [Om. K pr. m.] of [Om. b pr. m.] a trumpe spekinge with me, and seide, Stye thou vp hidur, and Y shal schewe to thee whiche thingis it bihoueth to be don soone aftir these thingus. [verse 2] Anoon [And anoon X.] Y was in spirit, and lo! a seete was sett in heuene, and vpon the seete oon sittynge. [verse 3] And he that sat, was lijk the siȝt of a stoon iaspis, and to sardyn; and a reyn|bowe was in cumpas [the cumpas Ke.] of the seete, lijk the siȝt of smaragdyn. [verse 4] And in the cum|pas of the seete weren foure and twenti smale seetis; and aboue the troones [trone k.] foure and twenti eldre men sittinge, hilid aboute with whijt clothis, and in the heedis of hem goldun corouns. [verse 5] And leitis, and voices, and thundringis [thundres agk.] camen out of the trone; and seuene laumpis brennynge bifore the trone, whiche ben the [Om. IRb.] seuene spiritis of God. [verse 6] And bifor

closith, and no man openith. [verse 8] I woot thi werkis, and lo! Y ȝaf bifore thee a dore opened, which no man may close; for thou hast a litil vertu, and hast kept my word, and denyest [deniȝedest R.] not my name. [verse 9] Lo! Y schal ȝyue to thee of the synagoge of Sathanas, whiche seien that thei ben Jewis, and ben not, but lyen. Lo! Y schal make [take k pr. m.] hem, that thei come, and worschipe byfor thi feet; and thei schulen [verse 10] wite, that Y louyde thee, for thou keptist the word of my pacience. And Y schal kepe thee fro the our of temptacioun, that is to comynge in to al the world, to tempte men that dwellen in erthe. [verse 11] Lo! Y come soone; holde thou that that [Om. Ra.] thou hast, that no man take thi coroun. [verse 12] And hym that schal ouercome, Y schal make a [Om. A.] pilere in the temple of my God, and he schal no more go out; and Y schal write on hym the name of my God, and the name of the citee of my God, of [and of b.] the newe Jerusalem, that cometh doun fro heuene of my God, and my newe name. [verse 13] He that hath eeris, here he, what the spirit seith to the chirchis. [verse 14] And to the aungel of the chirche of Lao|dice [Loadice bg.] write thou, These thingis seith Amen, the feithful witnesse and trewe, which is bigynnyng of Goddis creature. [verse 15] I woot thi werkis, for nether thou art cold, nether thou art hoot; Y wolde that [verse 16] thou were could, ethir hoot; but for thou art lew [warm A sec. m. marg. lewk E.] , and nether cold, nether hoot, Y schal bigynne to caste thee out of my mouth. [verse 17] For thou seist, That Y am riche, and ful of goodis, and Y [Om. X.] haue nede of no thing; and thou wost [wotist R.] not, that thou art a wretche, and [and a a.] wretcheful, `and pore [Om. R.] , and blynde, and nakid. [verse 18] Y counsele thee to bie of me brent gold, and preued,

the seete as a see of glas, lijk a [Om. O.] crystal, and in the myddil [myddis gk.] of the seete, and in the cumpas of the seete, foure beestis ful of iȝen bifore and bihynde. [verse 7] And the firste beeste lijk a lyoun; and the se|counde beeste lijk [lijk to O.] a calf; and the thridde beeste hauynge a face as of a man; and the fourthe beeste lijk an egle fleynge. [verse 8] And the foure beestis hadden euery [ech ek.] of hem sixe wyngis; and al aboute and with ynne thei weren ful of iȝen; and thei hadden not reste dai and nyȝt, seiynge, Hooli, hooli, hooli, the Lord God almyȝti, that was, and that is, and that is to comynge. [verse 9] And whanne tho foure beestis ȝauen glorie, and honour, and blessing to hym that sat on the trone, that lyueth in [verse 10] to worldis of worldis, the foure and twenti eldre men fellen doun bifor hym that sat on [in boβ.] the trone, and worschipiden hym that lyueth in to worldis of worldis. And thei casten [castiden K.] her corouns bifor the [verse 11] trone, and seiden, Thou, Lord `oure God [Om. R.] , art [thou art CMRk sec. m. Oβ.] worthi to take glorie, and onour, and vertu; for thou madist of nouȝt alle thingis, and for thi wille tho weren, and ben maad of nouȝt.