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[verse 1] Aftir these thingis Y sai foure aungels stondinge on the foure corneris of the erthe, holdinge foure wyndis of the erthe, that thei blewen not on the erthe, nether on the see, nether on ony tre. [verse 2] And Y sawȝ anothir aungel stiynge [stiynge up IRa sec. m.] fro the ri|synge of the sunne, that hadde a signe of
the lyuynge God. And he criede with a greet vois to the foure aungels, to whiche it was ȝouun to noye the erthe, [verse 3] and the see, and seide, Nyle ȝe noye the erthe, and see [the see EKO pr. m.] , nether trees, til we mark|en the seruauntis of oure [ȝoure O.] God in the forhedis of hem. [verse 4] And I herde the noum|bre of men that weren markid, an hun|drid thousynde and foure and fourti [twenti K sec. m.] thousynde markid, of euery lynage of [verse 5] the sones of Israel; of the lynage of Juda, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Ruben, twelue thousynde mark|id; of the lynage of Gad, twelue thou|synde [verse 6] markid; of the lynage of Aser, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Neptalym, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Manasse, twelue thou|synde [verse 7] markid; of the lynage of Symeon, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Leuy, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Isachar, twelue thousynde [verse 8] markid; of the lynage of Zabulon, twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Joseph [The lynage of Dan is left out here, for ante|crist schal be born of that lynage, and the lynage of Jo|seph is set here in the stede of the lynage of Dan. Lire here. v.] , twelue thousynde markid; of the lynage of Beniamyn, twelue thou|synde markid. [verse 9] Aftir these thingis Y sai a greet puple, whom no man myȝte noumbre, of alle folkis, and lynagis, and puplis, and langagis, stondinge bifore the trone, in the siȝt of the lomb; and thei weren clothid with white stoolis, and palmes weren in the hondis of hem. [verse 10] And thei crieden with greet [a greet EOβ.] vois, and seiden, Heelthe to oure God, that sittith on the troone, and to the lombe. [verse 11] And alle [alle the R.] aungels `stoden al [stondynge A. stonden I pr. m. stonden al I sec. m. U. stoden M.] aboute the trone, and [and of R.] the eldre men, and the [Om. O.] foure beestis. And thei fellen doun in the
siȝt of the trone, on her faces, and wor|schipiden [verse 12] God, and seiden, Amen! bless|yng, and clerenesse, and wisdom, and doynge of thankingis [thankis g.] , and honour, and vertu, and strengthe to oure God, in to worldis of worldis. [verse 13] Amen. And oon of the senyours [eldre men R.] answerde, and seide to me, Who ben these, that ben clothid with white stoolis? and fro whennus came thei? [verse 14] And Y seide to hym, My lord, thou woost [wotist R.] . And he seide to me, These ben thei, that camen fro greet tribula|cioun, and waischiden her stoolis, and maden hem white in the blood of the lomb. [verse 15] Therfor thei ben bifor the trone of God, and seruen to hym dai and niȝt, in his temple. And he that sittith in the trone, dwellith on hem. [verse 16] Thei schu|len no more hungur, nether [ne k.] thirste, ne|ther sunne schal falle on hem, ne ony heete. [verse 17] For the lomb, that is in the myd|dil of the trone, schal gouerne hem, and [and he b pr. m.] schal lede forth hem [Om. k pr. m.] to the [Om. O.] wellis of watris of lijf; and God schal wipe awei ech teer fro the iȝen of hem.