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[verse 1] In thilke [tho ilke Y. tho OSUV sec. m. X.] days came Joon Baptist, [verse 2] prechynge in the [Om. P.] desert of Jude, sayinge [and seiynge OUV sec. m.] , `Do ȝe [doith Q. doth XY pr. m.] penaunce, for the kyngdom of heuens [heuen GO.] shal neiȝ, `or cume niȝe [Om. OQUX.] . [verse 3] Forsothe
this is he, `of whom it [which UV sec. m.] is said by Ysaye, the prophete [prophet, seiynge OQ sec. m. UV sec. m.] , A voice of a [Om. K sec. m. a man N.] cryinge [crier OU.] in desert, `Make ȝe [Makith QXY pr. m.] redy the wayes [weye G.] of the [oure U.] Lord; `make ȝe [makith QXY pr. m.] riȝtful the pathes of hym. [verse 4] Forsothe `that ilk [thilke OUV sec. m. that X.] Joon hadde cloth [a clothe OUV sec. m.] of the [Om. O.] heeris of cameylis, and a girdil of skyn aboute his leendis; sothely [forsothe QXY.] his mete weren [was SU.] locustis [honysoukis U sec. m. marg.] , and hony of the wode. [verse 5] Thanne Jerusalem wente out to hym, and al Jude, [verse 6] and al the cuntre aboute Jordan; and thei [Om. Q.] weren cristenyd [weysche U sec. m. marg.] of hym in Jordan, know|lechynge there synnes. [verse 7] Sothely he seeynge many of Pharisees and of Saducese com|mynge to his bapteme, saide to hem, Gene|raciouns of eddris, who shewide to ȝou for [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] to flee fro wrath to cumme [comynge OUV sec. m.] ? [verse 8] Therfore do [verse 9] ȝee worthi fruytis of penaunce, and nyl ȝe say with ynne ȝou, We han the fadir Abraham; sothely Y saye to ȝou, for whi [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] God is miȝti to reyse vp [Om. OUV sec. m.] of these stonys the sonys of Abraham. [verse 10] For now the [an OUV sec. m.] axe is putt to the rote of the tree; sothely euery [eche X.] tree that makith nat good fruyt, shal be kitt doun, and shal be sent in to fijr [the fijr MPQWX.] . [verse 11] Forsothe [Sothely Q.] Y cristene [wesche U sec. m. marg.] ȝou in water, in to penaunce; forsothe he that is to cumme [comynge OUV sec. m.] after me is strenger than Y, whos shon Y am not worthi to bere; he shal baptise, `or cristen [Om. OQUX.] , ȝow in the [Om. G pr. m.] Holy Goost and fijr [in fyer OUV.] . [verse 12] Whos wynwing [wyndewyng Q.] cloth [tool OUV sec. m.] , `or fan [Om. MNPXY pr. m. ether fan OUV.] , in his hond, and he shal fully clense his corne [Om. N.] floore, and shal [he schall OUV sec. m.] gedre his corne [wheet OUV sec. m.] in to his berne; but chaffis he shal brenne with [in OUV sec. m.] fyr unquenchable, `or that neuer shal be quenchid [Om. OUX.] . [verse 13] Thanne Jhesus came fro Ga|lilee in to Jordan to Joon, `for to [that he shulde MV pr. m. to OSUV sec. m. X.] be cristned [baptizid U sec. m.] of hym. [verse 14] Soothly Joon forbeed hym, sayinge, `I owe for [Om. OS. I owe UX.] to be cristned of thee, and `thou commest [comest thou UV sec. m.] to me? [verse 15] Forsothe Jhesus answeringe saide to hym, Suffre
now, `for so [so forsothe X.] it becummeth vs for [Om. OUZ. now for Q.] to fulfille [fill OUV sec. m.] all riȝtwisnesse [riȝtfulnesse UV sec. m.] . Than Joon leete hym, `or left hym [Om. OU. or lefte GV sec. m. X.] . [verse 16] Forsothe Jhesus cristened steiȝ vp anoon fro the water; and loo! heuens ben [wer O. weren UV.] opened to hym, and he say the Spirit of God cummynge doun as a culuer, and [Om. X.] [verse 17] cummynge vpon [on OU.] hym; and loo! a voice fro heuenes, sayinge, This is my byloued [loued AMGNOPQSUVWXY.] sone, in the [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] whiche Y haue plesid to me.