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[Heer gynneth the boc [Here begynneth the boke of Baruch, prophete. A. Incipit liber Baruch. E. Here bigynneth the boke of Baruch. GH. No initial rubric in K.] .] CAP. I.

[verse 1] And these ben the wrdus of the boc, that wrot Baruch, the sone of Neri, sone of Masy, sone of Sedechie, sone of Sedei, [verse 2] sone of Elchie, in Babilon; in the fifte ȝer, in the seuenthe dai of the moneth, in the tyme that Caldeis token Jerusa|lem, and brenden it vp with fyr. [verse 3] And Baruch radde the wrdus of this boc at the eres of Jeconye, sone of Joachym,

king of Juda, and at the eres of al the [verse 4] puple comende to the boc; and at the eres of the myȝti men of the sonus of kingus, and at the eres of prestus, and at the eres of the puple, fro the leste vnto the meste of hem, alle dwellende in Babyloyne, and at the flod of Sodi. [verse 5] The whiche herende wepten, and fasteden, and preȝeden in the siȝt of the Lord. [verse 6] And thei geder|eden monee, after that myȝte of eche the hond. [verse 7] And thei senten in to Jerusalem to Joachym, sone of Elchie, sone of Sa|len, the prest, and to the prestus, and to al the puple that ben founde with hym [hem K.] [verse 8] in Jerusalem; whan thei shulde take the vesseles of the temple, that weren take awei fro the temple, to aȝeen clepe `in to [in A.] the lond of Juda, the tenthe dai of the moneth Cybam; the siluer vesselis, that Sedechie, sone [the sone E pr. m.] of Josie, king of Juda, [verse 9] made, after that Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, hadde take Jeconye, and his [the AE sec. m. GHK. Om. E pr. m.] princes, and alle the [and the E.] myȝti, and the [al the A sup. ras.] puple of the lond fro Jerusalem, and broȝte them gyued in to Babiloyne. [verse 10] And thei seiden, Lo! wee han sent to ȝou mones, of whiche bieth brent sacrifise, and cens, and maketh manaa, and offreth for synne at the auter of the Lord oure God. [verse 11] And preȝeth for the lif of Nabugo|donosor, king of Babiloyne, and for the lif of Balthasar, his sone, that the daȝes of them be as the daȝes of heuene vp on [verse 12] erthe; that the Lord ȝyue vertue to vs, and liȝtne oure eȝen, that wee lyue vnder the shadewe of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, and vnder the shadewe of Balthasar, his sone; and serue wee to hem manye daȝes, and fynde wee grace in the syȝte of hem. [verse 13] And for vs [oure AGHK.] self preȝeth to the Lord oure God, for wee han synned to the Lord oure God, and turned awei is not his wodnesse fro vs, vn to this dai. [verse 14] And redeth this boc, that wee han sent to ȝou, to be reherced in

the temple of the Lord, in a solempne dai, and in a couenable day [Om. C pr. m.] . [verse 15] And ȝee shul sey, To the Lord oure God riȝtwis|nesse [oure riȝtwisnesse C pr. m.] , to vs forsothe confusioun of oure face, as is this dai to al Juda, and to the [verse 16] dwelleris in Jerusalem, to oure kingus, and to oure princes, to oure prestus, and to oure profetus, and to oure faders. [verse 17] We han synned bifor the Lord oure God, and wee han not leeued, mystrostende [mystrowande AGHK.] in to [Om. E pr. m.] hym. [verse 18] And we wer not soietable `to hym [Om. C pr. m.] , and wee wel herden not the vois of the Lord oure God, that wee shulde go in [verse 19] his maundemens that he ȝaf to vs; fro the dai that he ladde out oure faders fro the lond of Egipt, vn to this dai, we weren mystrowable to the Lord oure God; and scatered we wenten awey, lest wee shulde heren the vois of hym. [verse 20] And ther cleueden to vs many euelis, and cursingus, the whiche the Lord sette to his seruaunt Moises; that ladde out oure faders fro the lond of Egipt, to ȝyue to vs the lond flowende mylc and hony, as in this day. [verse 21] And wee herden not the vois of the Lord oure God, after alle the wrdus of profetus, that he sente to vs, and [verse 22] to oure iugis; and we wenten awey, eche in to [Om. E pr. m.] the wit of oure shreude herte, to werche to alien godus, doende euelus bifor the eȝen of the Lord owre God.