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

CAP. XXIX.

[verse 1] Wo! Ariel [to Ariel C pr. m. E pr. m.] , Ariel [Om. C. woo! Ariel AK sec. m.] , `that is, Jerusalem, and auter [Om. C et E pr. m.] , cite that Dauid ouercam; added is ȝer to ȝer, solempnetees ben ouerturned. [verse 2] And [Om. E pr. m.] I shal besette aboute Ariel, and it shal be dreri and sorewy; and it shal be to me as Aryel. [verse 3] And I shal cumpasse as a bal in thi cumpas, and I shal kaste aȝen thee an hep, and the strengthis I shal sette in to thi [Om. C pr. m.] seging. [verse 4] Thou shalt be meekid, of the erthe thou shalt speke, and of the loewe [Om. E pr. m.] erthe shal ben herd thi speche; and shal

be as of a deuel clepere fro the erthe thi vois, and fro the loewe [Om. E pr. m.] erthe shal groyne thi speche. [verse 5] And shal be as thynne pou|der the multitude of men wynewende [wynnynge K.] thee; and as `a gnast [or dede bronde C sec. m. marg. deade bronde E sec. m. AGHK.] thurgh passende, the multitude of hem that aȝen thee hadden maistri. [verse 6] And it shal be feerly, `or sudenly [Om. C et E pr. m.] , anoon fro the Lord of ostus it shal be visitid, in thunder, and quauyng of erthe, and gret vois of whirle|wind, and of tempest, and of flaume of fijr deuourende. [verse 7] And shal be as a [Om. AGHK.] drem [slep C pr. m. E pr. m.] of a [Om. AGHK.] nyȝt viseoun the multitude of alle Jentiles that foȝten aȝen Ariel; and alle that aȝen riden, and bisegeden, and hadden the maistri aȝen it. [verse 8] And as sweueneth the hungrende, and eteth, whan forsothe he were wakid, voide is his soule; and as sweueneth the thrist|ende, and drinketh, and aftir that [Om. A.] he were waken, weri ȝit he thristeth, and his soule is voide, so shal be the multi|tude of alle Jentiles, that foȝten aȝen the hil of Sion. [verse 9] Bicometh alle stoneid, and wndreth; flotereth, and wagereth; `be ȝe [ȝee shul be C pr. m. E pr. m.] drunken inwardli, and not of wyn; ȝee be moued, and not with drunkenesse. [verse 10] For mengd hath the Lord to ȝou the spirit of slep; he shal closen ȝoure eȝen, the profetes, and ȝoure princes that seen vi|seouns, he shal couere. [verse 11] And ther shal be to ȝou the viseoun of alle as the wrdis of the boc sealid; whom whan thei shul ȝyue to the kunnende lettris, thei shul sey, Reed this; and he shal answern, I mai not, forsothe it is sealid. [verse 12] And the boc shal be ȝyue to the not kunnende lettris, and it shal be seid to hym, Reed; and he shal answern, I kan not lettris. [verse 13] And the Lord seide, `For thi that [For that A.] this puple neȝheth with his mouth, and with his lippes glorifieth me, his herte for|sothe fer is fro me; and thei dradden me

in maundement of men and doctrines, therfore loo [Om. A.] ! [verse 14] I shal adde, that gret wondring I do to this puple, with gret myracle and hidous; forsothe pershe shal wisdam fro his wise men, and the vnder|stonding of his prudent men shal be hid. [verse 15] Wo, ȝee that deep ben in [Om. C pr. m.] herte, that fro the Lord ȝee hide counseil; of whom the werkes ben in dercnesses, and seyn, Who seeth vs, and who kneȝ vs? [verse 16] Shreude is this ȝoure thenking, as if the cley aȝens the crockere thenke, and the werk sey to his makere, Thou hast not mad me; and the making sey to his makere, Thou vnderstondist [vnderstodist K.] not. [verse 17] Whe|ther not ȝit in litil and in short shal be turned Liban `in to [and in to K.] Chermel, and Cher|mel in to a wilde wode shal ben holde? [verse 18] And heren shul in that day deue men the wrdis of the boc, and fro dercnesses and mystynesses the eȝen of blynde [the blynd K.] [verse 19] men shul seen; and mylde men shuln adde in the Lord gladnesse, and pore men in the hoeli Irael ful out shul ioȝen. [verse 20] For he [Om. C pr. m. E pr. m.] hath failid, that hadde the maistri, ful endid is the gilere, and hewen doun ben alle that wakeden `vp on [to E pr. m.] wick|idnesse [verse 21] [wickenesse E.] ; that to synnen maden men in wrd, and the vndernymere in the ȝate thei supplaunteden, and boweden doun in veyn fro the riȝtwis. [verse 22] For that these thingus seith the Lord to the hous of Jacob, that aȝeeboȝte [aȝen bouȝt A et alii.] Abraham, Not now shal be confoundid Jacob, ne now his [verse 23] chere shal shame; but whan he shal seen his sones, the werkys [werk K.] of myn hondis, in his myddel halewende my [in my E pr. m.] name. And thei shul halewen the hoeli of Jacob, and the hoeli God of Irael thei shul prechen; [verse 24] and knowen shul the errende in spirit vnderstonding, and the musures shul lerne [in my E pr. m.] the lawe. [leren K.]