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CAP. XI.

[verse 1] And it is [was AGOUV sec. m.] don, when Jhesus hadde eend|id, he, comaundynge to his twelue disciplis, passide fro thennes for [Om. OSUV sec. m. X.] to `preche and teche [teche and preche PUVW.] in the citees of hem. [verse 2] Forsothe when Joon in boondis hadde herd the werkis of Crist, he, sendynge `two or three [tweyne ANOQUVW. two GPMSXY.] of his [verse 3] disciplis, seide [and thei seiden O.] to hym, Art thou he [Om. OUV sec. m.] that art to cummynge [come GNPQSXY.] , or [ether OUV sec. m.] we [Om. V sec. m.] abiden [byde O. abiden wee UV sec. m.] an other? [verse 4] And Jhesus answerynge, seide to

hem, Ȝee goynge telle [telleth XY.] aȝein to Joon the [tho AGMNOPQSUVWXY.] thingis that [whiche UV sec. m.] ȝe han herde and seen. [verse 5] Blynde men seen, crokid men wandren [gon OU. goon V sec. m.] , mesels ben maad clene, deef men heeren, dead men risen aȝein, pore men ben `taken to prechynge of [Om. G pr. m.] the gospel, or ben [Om. OU. preched X.] `maad keepers of the gospel [Om. X.] . [verse 6] And he is blessid, that shal nat be sclaundrid in me. [verse 7] Sothely hem [thei U.] goynge awey, Jhesus biganne for [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] to seye of Joon to the cumpanyes, What thing wenten ȝe out for [in to desert for UV sec. m. into desert X.] to see in [in to G pr. m. O. Om. V sec. m. X.] de|sert [Om. V sec. m. X.] ? whether a reede wawid [wayued O.] with [with the NOU.] wynd? [verse 8] But what thing wente ȝe out [oute in to deserte O.] for [Om. X.] to seen? whether a man clothid [clad X.] with soft thingis [cloothingis V pr. m.] ? Loo! thei that ben clothid [clad X.] with softe thingis ben in housis [the houses OUV.] of kyngis. [verse 9] But what thing wenten ȝe out for [Om. X.] to se? whether a prophete? Ȝe, I seie to ȝou, and more than a prophete. [verse 10] For this is he, of whom it is writyn, Loo! I sende myne aungel before thi face, that [whiche OUV sec. m.] shal make redy thi wey bifore thee. [verse 11] Trewly I say to ȝou, `ther roose noon more [none roose gretter OUV sec. m.] than Joon Baptist amonge children [the sones OUV sec. m.] of wommen; for|sothe he that is lesse [the lesse OV sec. m. the leste U.] in the kyngdam of heuenes, is more than he. [verse 12] Sothely fro the days of Joon Baptist til now the kyngdam of heuenes suffreth strengthe [violence OU.] , `or vio|lence [Om. GOU.] , and violent men rauyshen it. [verse 13] For alle prophetis [the profetis UW pr. m.] and [in O.] the lawe til [til to AG sec. m. MNOSUV sec. m. W.] Joon Bap|tist [verse 14] [Om. OUV sec. m.] prophecieden; and ȝif ȝe wolen res|seyuen, he is Ely that is to cume [comynge OUV.] . [verse 15] He that hath eeris of heerynge, heere he [Om. V sec. m.] . [verse 16] But to whom shal I gesse this generacioun lichy [lyche GXY. lyke OSUV.] ? It is lichi [lyche GXY. lyke OSUV.] to children sittynge in cheep|ynge [a chepynge GPXY.] , the [Om. OUV sec. m.] whiche, cryinge to her peeris, [verse 17] seien, We han sungen to ȝou, and ȝe han nat lippid [lippid, or daunsid MP. daunsid Q. lopen S. lept X.] ; we han mourned to ȝou, and ȝe han nat weilid. [verse 18] Sothely Joon cam nei|ther etyinge ne [nether OUV sec. m.] drynkynge, and thei seien,

He hath a deuel [feende OU.] . [verse 19] The sone of man came etynge `and drynkynge [Om. K.] , and thei seyen, Loo! a man deuourer, `or glotoun [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] , and [Om. Q.] drynker [a drynker GMPX.] of wyn, and frend of puplicanys and synful men. And wijsdam is iustified of her [ther K.] sonys. [verse 20] Thanne Jhesus began for [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] to seie repreue to citees, in whiche ful manye vertues of hym ben [weren OUV.] don, for thei diden nat penaunce. [verse 21] Woo to thee! Corozaym, woo to thee! Bethsaida; for ȝif tho [the NOUV.] ver|tues that ben don in ȝou hadden ben don in Tyre and Sydon, sum tyme thei hadden don penaunce in haire and asch [askes NS pr. m. aske S sec. m.] . [verse 22] Netheles I say [seye to ȝow AMNOUV sec. m.] , it [hou it V sec. m.] shal be softer, or [ether o fere pass. V sec. m. Om. X.] `lesse peyne [esyer W. Om. X.] , to Tyre and Sydon than to ȝou, in the day of dome. [verse 23] And thou, Caphernaum, whe|ther [wher OV.] til in to heuen thou shalt be `rerid vp [raysed OUV sec. m.] ? Thou shalt go doun til [Om. Q.] into helle. For ȝif the vertues that ben don in thee, hadden be don in Sodom [Sydon OU.] , perauenture thei `shulden han [haden OUV sec. m.] dwellid til `vn to [in to AGMNOUVX.] this day. [verse 24] Netheles Y saye to ȝou, for to the lond of Sodom it shal be softer, `or lesse peyne [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] , in the day of dome, than to thee. [verse 25] In `the ilk [that OUV sec. m.] tyme Jhesus answerynge saide, I knowleche to thee, fadir, lord of heuen and erthe [of erthe N.] , for thou hast hid these thingis fro wijse men and `ware, or sleeȝ men [prudent OUV sec. m. war, or worldly sliȝe men P. war X.] , and [verse 26] hast shewid hem to litil men [children U.] ; so, fadir, for whi [Om. OUV sec. m.] so it was `plesynge tofore [pleesunt to OU. plesaunt bifore V sec. m plesing bifor X.] thee. [verse 27] Alle thingis ben taken [ȝeuen OUV sec. m.] to me of my fadir; and no man knewe [knowith OPUV sec. m.] the sone, no but the fadir, neither eny man knewe [knoweth OUV sec. m.] the fadir, no but the sone, and to whom the sone wolde [wile X.] shewe. [verse 28] Alle ȝe that traueilen, and ben chargid, come [cometh GMPWXY.] to me, and I shal re|freshe, `or fulfille [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] , ȝou. [verse 29] Take ȝe my ȝoc vpon [on OUV sec. m. X.] ȝou, and `lerne ȝe [lernith GY. lereth X.] of me, for I am mylde and meeke in [of QW.] herte; and ȝe shulen fynde reste in [to AGMNOPQSUVWXY.] ȝoure soulis. [verse 30] For my ȝoc is `swete, or softe [soft OUV sec. m. sweete X.] , and my charge `liȝt, or eisy [is eysi OUV sec. m. is liȝt or esy Q. liȝt X.] .