I. THESSALONIANS.
[This prologue is from p, collated with y, in which last it has the following rubric, Here bigynneth anothir prologe to the Thessalonicensis.] `The apostil writith this to Tessalonisensis, that ben men of Macedonie [Om. y.] . Tessalonik is the cheef cite of Macedonie, which is a prouynce of Greekis. Tessalonisensis weren conuertid liȝtly of the apostil, and wolden not be moued fro truthe of feith, neither bi tribulacioun [tribulacioun of her owne citeseins y.] , ne bi fals prechouris. The [and the y.] apostle preisith hem, for thei dwelliden parfiȝtly in grace taken, and weren encressid in vertues `to encreessyng of meede [Om. y.] ; for thei hadden so `greet swetnes off spirit and so [Om. y.] tristi feith, `that for [and y.] hope of thingis to comynge [come y.] thei [that thei y.] suffride `with deuout soule [deuoutli y.] greete dispisyngis [dispisinge y.] and perels, for the name of Jhesu. Also [Nethelesse y.] summe of hem weren idil men and curious. Also [and y.] summe of hem vndirstoden not sufficiently of [of the y.] risynge aȝen, and therfore thei maden sorowe `ouertenderli of [for y.] the deeth of [of her y.] freendis. Also [And also y.] summe of hem weren forny|catouris. Therfore the [the entencioun of the y.] apostle `amendith hem in this pistil, and monestith perfiȝt men [is to amende the yuele, and to stire the goode to perseueraunce in vertues and goodnes y.] `to ȝeue not [and not to ȝeue y.] stide to aduersitees [aduersarie y.] , `ne to [and y.] false apostlis, `and that thei amende othir men. These ben the laste pistlis, that the apostle writith to hethene men, for alle the epistlis suynge ben . . . . . [Ms. p. is imperfect, wanting a line or two. Instead of the last paragraph, Ms. y continues thus; And this epistil is departide into tweie partis. In the first part he enformeth hem to haue perseuerance in feith, and to susteyne tribulaciouns; and there he puttith resouns whi thei owe to perseuere and to suffre yuelis. In the ij. part, in the fifthe chapitre, he enformeth hem in goode maners and vertues.]