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[verse 1] And in the hundrid and sixtithe [sixti A.] ȝeer Alisaundre, sone of Antiochus, that is named noble, stiede [stye G pr. m.] vp, and occupiede Ptholomaida; and thei resceyuyden hym, and he regnyde there. [verse 2] And kyng De|metrie herde, and gadride an oost ful copiouse, and wente out aȝeinus hym in to bateil. [verse 3] And Demetrie sente an epistle to Jonathas with pesible wordis, for to
magnyfye hym. [verse 4] Sothely he saide, Bifore take we for to make pees with hym, bifore that he make with Alisaundre [verse 5] aȝeinus vs; sothely he shal haue mynde of alle yuels, that we han don into him, and in to his brother, and in to his folc. [verse 6] And he ȝaue hym power of gadryng oost, and for to make armeris, and hym for to be his felawe. And he comaundide oost|agis, that were in the heeȝ rocke, for to be ȝouen to hym. [verse 7] And Jonathas came in to Jerusalem, and radde the pistlis [epistlis AGH.] , in heerynge of al the peple, and of hem that weren in the heeȝ rocke. [verse 8] And thei dredden with grete dreed, for thei herden, that the kyng ȝaue to hym power of gadryng an oost. [verse 9] And the oostagis [oostis K.] ben bitaken to Jonathas; and he ȝeeldide hem to her fadris and mo|ders. [verse 10] And Jonathas dwellide in Jerusa|lem, and bygan for to beelde and to renule the citee. [verse 11] And he saide to men doynge werkis, that thei shulden make vp [Om. G pr. m.] the wallis, and the hill of Syon in cumpas, with square stoones to strength|ing; and so thei diden. [verse 12] And aliens fledden, that weren in the strengthus, [verse 13] whom Bachides hadde bildide; and eche man lafte his place, and wente in to his lond. [verse 14] Oonly in Bethsura dwelten summe of hem, that forsoken the lawe and the [Om. AGH.] heestis of God; sotheli this was to hem to refute. [verse 15] And kyng Alisaundre herde the biheestis, that kyng Demetrie bi|hiȝte to Jonathas, and thei teelden to him bateilis and vertues whiche he dide, and his bretheren, and the traueils [verse 16] whiche thei traueiliden; and saith, Wher we shuln fynde eny siche man? Also nowe make we hym frend, and oure felawe. [verse 17] And he wrote an epistle, [verse 18] and sente vp these wordis, sayinge, Kyng Alisaundre to Jonathas, brother, helthe. [verse 19] We han herde of thee, that thou art a miȝti man in strengthis, and art able
that thou be oure freend. [verse 20] And nowe or|deyne we [Om. K.] thee to day heeȝist prest of thi folk, and that thou be clepid freend of the kyng. And he sente to hym purpre, and a golden crowne, that thou feele with vs what thingus oure ben, and kepe frenshipis to vs. [verse 21] And Jonathas clothide hym with the holy stoole, in the seuenthe monethe, in the hundrid and sixtithe ȝere, in the solempne day of Senophegie. And he gadride an oost, and made copi|ouse armers. [verse 22] And Demetrie herde these wordis, and is maad ful sorewful, and [verse 23] saith, What han we do this thing, that Alisaundre bifore ocupiede vs, for to cacche the frenshipe of Jewis to his strengthing? [verse 24] And Y shal wryte to hym preying wordis, and of dignitee, and ȝiftis, that he be with me in help. [verse 25] And he wrote to hym in these wordis, Kyng De|metrie to the folk of Jewis, helthe. [verse 26] For ȝe kepten to vs couenaunt, and dwelten in oure frenship, and wenten not to oure enmyes, we herden, and ioyeden. [verse 27] And nowe laste ȝe ȝit for to kepe to vs feith; [verse 28] and we shuln quyte to ȝou good thingus, for these thingus that ȝe diden with [to A.] vs, and we shuln forȝeue to ȝou many ȝeu|yngus of [or GH.] rentis, and we shuln ȝeue ȝiftis to ȝou. [verse 29] And nowe Y assoile [soyle G pr. m.] ȝou, and alle Jewis, of tributis, and I forȝeue to ȝou the pricis of salt, and forȝeue [verse 30] crownys, and the thriddis of seed; and the half part of fruyt of tree, that is of my porcioun, I leue to ȝou fro this day, and with ynne forth, that it be not taken of the lond of Juda, and of three citees that ben addid therto, of Samarie and Galile, fro this day in to al tyme. [verse 31] And Jerusalem be holy, and free, with his coostis; and tithis and tributis be of it. [verse 32] Also Y forȝeue the power of the heeȝ rocke, that is in Jerusalem; and Y ȝeue it to the heeist prest, that he ordeyne
therynne men, whom euere he shal cheese, that shuln kepe it. [verse 33] And eche soule of Jewis, that is caitif of the lond of Juda, in al my rewme, Y leue wilfully with out money; that alle be soiled of her tributis, ȝea, of her beestus. [verse 34] And alle solempne days, and sabothis, and neomenyes, and alle days ordeyned, and three days before the solempne day, and three dais after the solempne day, `be alle dais of [Om. K.] ynmunite, or fraunchise, and of remissioun, to alle Jewis that ben in my rewme. [verse 35] And no man shal haue power for to do eny thing, and moue needis, or causis, aȝeinus eny of hem in al cause. [verse 36] And that there be writen to of Jewis in the kyngus oost, to thritti thousandis of men; and plentees shuln be ȝouen to hem, as it byhoueth to alle oostis of the kyng. [verse 37] And of hem shuln be ordeynyde, that ben in the grete [verse 38] strengthis of the kyng; of hem shuln be ordeyned ouer needis of the rewme, that ben don of feith, and princis be of hem; and walke thei in her lawis, as the kyng comaundide in the lond of Juda. And three citees, that ben addid to Judee of the cuntre of Samarie, be rettid, or dem|yd, with Judee; that thei be vnder oon, and obeye not to other power, no bot to [verse 39] the heeȝest prest; Ptholomayda, and coostis therof, whiche Y haue ȝouen a ȝift to the holy that ben in Jerusalem, to needful costis of sayntis. [verse 40] And I shal ȝeue in eche ȝeris fiftene thousandis of siclis of syluer, of the kyngis reysons, [verse 41] that perteynen to me; and al that shal be residue, whiche thei that weren ouer needis ȝeelden not in former ȝeeris, fro this tyme thei shuln ȝeue in to werkis of the hous. [verse 42] And ouer this fyue thousand siclis of syluer, whiche thei token of re|soun of holy thingus by eche ȝeeris; and these thingus shuln perteyne to prestis, that ben sett in ministerie. [verse 43] And who
euer shuln flee to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and in [Om. G pr. m.] alle coostus therof, gylty to the kyng, in eche cause be dis|mittid, or relesid; and alle thingis that ben to hem in my rewme, be hadde free. [verse 44] And to bilde, or restore, werkis of holy thingus, expensis [costes, or spenses H.] shuln be ȝouen of the [verse 45] kyngus resoun, and for to bilde out the wallis of Jerusalem; and for to make stronge in cumpas, spensis shuln be ȝouen of the kyngus resoun, for to make out wallis in Judee. [verse 46] As Jonathas and the peple herde these wordis, thei bileeuyden not to hem, nether resceyuyden; for thei hadden mynde of the grete malice that he hadde don in Yrael, and trubliden hem gretely. [verse 47] And it pleside to gidre to hem in to Alysaundre, for he was to hem prince of wordis of pees, and to hym thei baren help in alle days. [verse 48] And kyng Alisaundre gadride a grete oost, and mouyde tentis aȝeinus Demetrie. [verse 49] And the kyngis ioynyde bateil, and the oost of Demetrie fledde; and Alisaundre [verse 50] pursuede hym, and lay vpon hym; and the bateil was ful stronge, til the sunne wente doun, and Demetrie fledde in that day. [verse 51] And Alisaundre sente to Ptholome, kyng of Egypt, legatis after these wordis, [verse 52] sayinge, For Y am gon aȝein in to my rewme, and satte in seete of my faders; and Y haue weldide princehode, and haue broken togidre Demetrie, and haue wel|dide [verse 53] oure cuntree; and haue ioynyde with hym fiȝt, and he is broken to gidre and his tentis of vs, and we saten in sete of his rewme. [verse 54] And nowe ordeyne we to gidre frenship, and ȝeue to me thi douȝ|ter wijf, and Y shal be thi douȝter hos|bond; and Y shal ȝeue to thee ȝiftis, and to hir dignitee. [verse 55] And kyng [Om. G pr. m.] Ptolome answerde, saiynge, Blessid the day in whiche thou turnedist aȝein to the lond of thi fadris, and hast sitten in sete of the rewme `of hem [Om. A.] . [verse 56] And nowe Y shal do to thee whiche thingus thou hast
writen; bot come thou aȝeinus me to Ptholomayda, that we see vs togidre, and Y biheete thee [to thee AGH.] , as thou saidist. [verse 57] And Ptholome wente out of Egypt, he, and Cleopatra, his douȝter; and he came to Ptholomaida, in the hundrid and two and sixti ȝeer. [verse 58] And kyng Alisaundre came to hym; and he ȝaue to hym Cleo|patra, his douȝter, and made his wed|dyngus at Ptolomaida, as kyngus in grete glorie. [verse 59] And kyng Alisaundre wrote to Jonathas, that he shulde come aȝeinus hym. [verse 60] And he wente with glorie to Ptholomaida, and came there to two kyngis, and ȝaue to hem miche syluer, and gold, and ȝiftis; and he fonde grace in siȝt [the siȝt A.] of hem. [verse 61] And men of Yrael, ful of venym, camen togidre aȝeinus hym, wickid men, axinge aȝeinus hym, and [verse 62] the kyng toke no tente to hem; and comaundide Jonathas for [Om. G pr. m.] to be maad nakid of his clothis, and hym for to be clothid in purpre; and so thei diden. And the kyng sette hym for to sitte [verse 63] with hym, and saide to his princis, Go ȝe out with hym in to mydil of the citee, and preche, that no man axe aȝeinus hym of eny need, or cause, nether eny man be heuy to hym of eny resoun. [verse 64] And it is don, that thei that axiden, or apeliden hym, sawen his glorie that was prechid, and hym keuerd with purpre, fledden alle. [verse 65] And the kyng magnyfiede hym, and wrote hym amonge the first freendis, and he putte him duyk, and parcener, or felawe, of princehode. [verse 66] And Jonathas turnyde aȝein in to Jerusalem, with pees and gladnesse. [verse 67] In the hundrid ȝeer and fyue and sixtithe, Demetrie, sone of De|metrie, came fro Crete in to the lond of his fadris. [verse 68] And kyng Alisaundre herde, and is maad ful sorewful, and turnide aȝein in to Antioche. [verse 69] And Demetrie ordeynide Appolonye duyk, that was souereyn to Seleserie; and gadride his
grete oost, and came to Jamnyam; and he sente to Jonathas, heeȝist prest, say|inge, Thou aloone aȝeinstodist vs? [verse 70] Y am maad in to scoorn and shenship, ther|fore for [Om. G pr. m.] thou hauntist power in hillis aȝeinus vs. [verse 71] Nowe therfore ȝif thou trist|est in thi vertues, come doun to vs in to the feeld; and there comparysoun we to gidre, for with me is vertu [vertues A.] of bateilis. [verse 72] Axe thou, and lerne who Y am, and other that ben in help to me, and whiche sayn, for ȝour fote may not stonde aȝeinus oure face, for thi [her A.] faders ben conuertid in to fliȝt twyis in to her lond. [verse 73] And now hou shalt thou mowe susteyne ryd|yng, and [Om. AGH.] so grete oost in the feeld, where is no stoon, ne rocke, nether place of fleeȝynge? [verse 74] Sothely as Jonathas herde the wordis of Appolonye, he was moued in ynwitt [inwitt, or herte H.] ; and he chees ten thousand of men, and wente out fro Jerusalem, and Symont, his brother, came to hym in to helpe. [verse 75] And thei applieden tentis in Joppen, and he shitte hym out fro the citee, for Joppen was the keepyng of Appolonye; and he fauȝte aȝeinus it. [verse 76] And thei agast, that weren with ynne the citee, opnyden to hym; and Jona|thas weeldide Joppen. [verse 77] And Appolonye herde, and mouede to three thousand of [verse 78] horsmen, and myche oost; and he wente to Azotum, as makynge the waye. And anoon he wente out in to the feelde, for that he had multitude [a multitude A.] of horsmen, and he [Om. H.] tristnyde in hem; and Jonathas su|ede hym in to Azotum, and thei ioyniden bateil. [verse 79] And Appolonye lefte in the tentis a thousand horsmen after hem priuyly. [verse 80] And Jonatas knewe for aspies ben after hym, and thei enuyrounden his tentis, and castiden dartes in to the peple, fro morew vn to euyn. [verse 81] Forsothe the peple stode, as Jonathas comaundide, and the horsis of hem traueiliden out. [verse 82] And Sy|mount castide out his oost, and ioynide
aȝeinus the legioun; forsothe the hors|men weren maad wery, and ben togidre broken of hym, and fledden. [verse 83] And thei ben scaterd in to the feeld, and fledden in to Azotum; and thei entriden in to Bethdagon, her ydol, that ther thei shul|den delyuere hem self. [verse 84] And Jonathas brent Azotum, and citees that weren in cumpas therof, and toke the spuylis of hem; and he brente in fijr the temple of Dagon, and hem that fledden in to it. [verse 85] And ther weren that fellen by swerd with hem that ben brent, almest eiȝt thousande of men. [verse 86] And fro thennus Jo|nathas mouede tentis, and applieden hem to Ascalon; and thei wenten out of the citee aȝeinus hym in grete glorie. [verse 87] And Jonathas turnyde aȝein in to Jerusalem with his, hauynge many spuylis. [verse 88] And it is don, as kyng Alisaundre herde these wordes, he putte to ȝit for to glorifie Jonathas. [verse 89] And he sente to hym a golden lase, or nouche, as custume is for to be ȝouen to cosyns of kyngus; and he ȝaue to hym Accaron, and alle coostis therof in to possessioun.