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

[This prologue is from p, col|lated with y, in which last it has the following rubric, Here bigynneth anothir prologe to Colocensis.] Poul wroot this pistil to Colocensis, to the whiche him silf prechide not, but hise disciplis Archippus and Epafras diden. Archippus hadde taken seruise on hem, but Epafras, that was born [bouȝt y.] of hem, and was tauȝt of apostil [the apostil y.] , confermede the techinge of Archippus; `therfore bi Archippus prechinge and Epafras confermynge his techynge, thei hadden lerid [And so of bothe these thei learned y.] the grace of Crist. But false apostlis camen, and enforside to peruerte hem, [and prechide fleischli obseru|aunce of Moyses lawe. And the peple liȝtli hadden doute of her techinge; therfore Poul schewith to hem, that the feith of Crist and the gospel suffisith to heelthe of hem [Ms. p. is imperfect, but apparently ended here.] . And this epistil is departid into tweie partis. In the first part, bi al the first chapitre he enformeth hem

in the feith, and comendith to hem Crist, and schewith to hem that he suffisith to saluacioun. And bi al the ii. chapitre he schewith that the obseruauncis of the olde lawe ben to be left. In the ii. part he enformeth hem of goode vertues and maneris, there he seith in the thirde chapitre, If ȝe risen with Crist, etc. And this part procedith so forth to the eende [From y.] .]