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CAP. V.

[verse 1] I shal synge to my looued a song off `myn emes sone [my nemesone E sec. m. sup. ras. myn eem sone A. myn emesone GHK.] , of his vyneȝerd [vyne C et E pr. m.] . The [My E pr. m.] vyneȝerd [vyne C et E pr. m.] is mad to my looued, in the horn `to the [Om. C et E pr. m. of the A.] sone of oile. [verse 2] And he heggede it, and stones he ches of it, and plauntede a chosen vyneȝerd [vyne C et E pr. m.] ; and he bilde vp a tour in the myddel of it, and a presse he rerede vp in it; and he abod, that it shulde bringe forth grapes, and it broȝte forth wilde vynes. [verse 3] Now thanne, ȝee dwelleris of Jerusalem, and men of Juda, demeth betwe [betwix A. betwen EGHK.] me and my vyneȝerd [vyne C et E pr. m.] .

[verse 4] What is that I awȝte mor [Om. C.] to do to my vyneȝerd [vyne C et E pr. m.] , and dide not to it? whether that I abod, that yt shulde bringe forth grapes, and broȝte forth wilde vynes? [verse 5] And now I shal shewen to ȝou, what I shal do to my vyneȝerd [vyne C et E pr. m.] . I shal do awei his heg, and it shal be in to destruc|cioun; I shal breke doun his wal, and it [verse 6] shal ben in to `to-tredyng [tredynge AH.] ; and I [Om. K.] shal setten it desert. It shal not be kut, and it shal nott be doluen, and ther shul steȝe vp vp on it breres and thornes; and to [Om. G pr. m. H.] the cloudis I shal comaunde, that thei reyne not vp on it weder. [verse 7] Forsothe the vyneȝerd [vyne C et E pr. m.] of the Lord of hostes is the hous of Irael, and the men of Juda his delytable [dilectable AEGHK.] buriounyng. I abod, that it shulde do dom, and lo! wickidnesse; and riȝtwisnesse, and lo! cry. [verse 8] Wo that ioynen hous to hous, and feeld to feeld coupleth, vn to the terme of a place. Whether dwellen ȝee shuln alone in the myddel of the [Om. C pr. m.] erthe? [verse 9] In myn eres ben these thingus, seith the Lord of ostes; but ȝif [Om. C et E pr. m.] manye houses grete and faire shul be desert, and withoute dwellere. [verse 10] Forsothe ten acris of vyneȝerdis [vyne C et E pr. m.] shul maken o [oon E.] potell wyn, and thretti bussheles of sed shul make thre bussheles. [verse 11] Wo that risen erly to drunkenhed to be folewid, and to drinken vn to euen, that with wyn ȝee brenne. [verse 12] Harpe, and syngende instru|ment, and tymbre, and trumpe, and wyn in ȝoure festes; and the werk of the Lord ȝee biholden not, ne the werkes of his hondis ȝee waiten. [verse 13] Therfor lad caitif is my puple, that hadde not kunnyng; and his noble men dieden thurȝ hunger, and his multitude thurȝ thirst al out driede. [verse 14] Therfore helle spredde abrod his soule, and openede his mouth with oute any

terme; and ther shul falle doun his stronge men, and his puple, and heeȝe, and his gloriouse to it. [verse 15] And ther shal be ful crookid a man, and meekid a strong man; and the eȝen of `heȝe men [the heeȝ man K.] shul be threst doun. [verse 16] And ther shal be enhauncid the Lord of ostes in dom, and the hoeli God shal be halewid in riȝtwis|nesse. [verse 17] And lombis shul be fed aftir ther order, and desertes in to plente turned comelingus shul ete. [verse 18] Wo that drawen wickidnesse in the [Om. C.] litle cordes of vanyte, [verse 19] and as the bond of a wayn synne; that seyn, Heeȝe, `or haaste [Om. CE pr. m.] , he, and soone come his werk, that wee see; and neȝhe, and come the counseil of the hoeli of [Om. C pr. m.] Irael, and wee shul witen [weyte A.] it. [verse 20] Wo that seyn euel good, and good euel; puttende derknesses liȝt, and liȝt derknesses; put|tende bitter in to swete, and sweete in to bitter. [verse 21] Wo that wise ben in ȝoure eȝen, and bifor ȝouself sleeȝe. [verse 22] Wo that myȝty ben to drinke wyn, and stronge men to [verse 23] be mengd drunkynhed; that iustefien the vnpitous for ȝiftes, and the riȝtwisnesse of the riȝtwyse ȝee taken awey fro hym. [verse 24] For that, as deuoureth the tunge of fyr stobil, and the hete of flaumme brenneth out, so the roote of hem as a [Om. H.] gnast [dead bronde E sec. m. marg. AGHK.] shal be, and [Om. A. in GH.] the buriownyng [brennynge A.] of hem as pouder shal steȝe vp; forsothe thei casten awei the lawe of the Lord of ostes, and the speche of the hoeli of [Om. C pr. m.] Irael thei blasfemeden. [verse 25] Therfor wrath|ede the wodnesse of the Lord in his puple, and straȝte out his hond vp on it, and smot it; and the mounteynes ben dis|turbid, and mad ben the `deed carens [fallen to deth et E pr. m.]

of hem as drit in the myddel of stretes. In alle these thingus is not turned awei his wodnesse, but ȝit his hond straȝt out. [verse 26] And he shal rere vp a signe in naciouns aferr, and he shall whistle to hym fro the coestes of the erthe; and lo! hastid he shal come swiftli. [verse 27] Ther is not failing ne trauailyng in hym; he shal not nap|pen, ne slepen, ne shal ben loosid the girdil of his renes, ne shal be to-broke the thowng of his shoȝyng. [verse 28] His arwis sharpe, and alle his bowes bent; the cles of the horses [hors A.] of hym as flynt, and his wheles as the [Om. AGHK.] byre of tempest. [verse 29] His roring as off a leoun; he shal roren as the whelpis of leouns; he shal gnasten, and holden the prei, and [Om. A.] biclippen, and ther shal not be, that delyuere out. [verse 30] And ther shal sowne vp on hym in that day, as the soun of the se; wee shul biholde in to the erthe, and lo! derknesses of tribulacioun, and liȝt al to-derked is in the derknyng of hym.