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CAP. IV.

[verse 1] Thanne Jhesus was led in to desert of a spirit, `that he shulde [to O.] be temptid of the deuel. [verse 2] And whanne he hadde fastid fourty days and fourety niȝtis [nyȝt O.] , afterward he hun|gride. [verse 3] And the tempter cummynge niȝ, saide to hym, Ȝif thou `be Goddis sone [art the sone of God OUV sec. m.] , say that these stoons be maad looues. [verse 4] The [Om. UV sec. m.] whiche answerynge said to hym, It is wryten, A man lyueth not in breed aloon, bot in euery [eche X.] word that cometh forth fro the mouthe of God. [verse 5] Thanne the deuyl toke hym [hym vp Q sec. m.] in to an [the MV pr. m. Om. V sec. m. W sec. m.] hooly citee, and sette hym on the [a MV.] pynacle of the temple, [verse 6] and saide to hym, Ȝif thou `be Goddis sone [art the soon of God OU.] , sende thee doun; sothely it is wryt|en, For to [Om. X.] his aungels he comaundide [hath commaunded OU.] of thee, and thei shulden take thee in hoondis [the hondes OU.] , lest perauenture thou hurte thi fote at a stoon. [verse 7] Eftsone Jhesus saith [seide OUV sec. m.] to hym, It is writen, Thou shalt not tempte the Lord thi God. [verse 8] Eftsone the deuel toke hym [hym vp Q sec. m.] in to a ful heeȝ hill, and shewide to hym alle the rewmys of the world, and the glorie of [verse 9] hem; and saide to hym, Alle these thingis Y shal ȝeue to thee, ȝif thou fallynge doun shalt worshipe me. [verse 10] Than Jhesus saide to hym, Go, Sathanas; `forsothe [for OU.] it is wrytin, Thou shalt worshipe the Lord `thi God [Om. G pr. m.] , and to hym alone thou shalt serue. [verse 11] Than the deuel lafte hym; and loo! aungelis `camen niȝe [neiȝedden OU.] , and serueden to hym. [verse 12] So|thely

whanne Jhesus hadde herde that Joon was taken, he wente into Galilee. [verse 13] And the cite of Nazaret laft, he came, and dwelte in the citee of Caphernaum, beside the see, in the eendis [coestis XY pr. m.] of Zabulon and [verse 14] Neptalym [of Nepthalim S.] , that it [the thenge OUV sec. m. Om. X.] shulde be fulfillid [filled OUV sec. m.] , `that thing [Om. OUV sec. m.] that was said by Ysay, the [verse 15] prophete, The lond of Zabulon and the lond of Neptalym, the weye of [ouer K.] the see ouer [of OU.] Jordan, of Galilee of hethene men, [verse 16] the peple that dwelte in derknessis say grete liȝt, and men [to hem OUV sec. m.] sittynge in the [Om. O.] cuntree of shadew [the shadewe S.] of deth, liȝt `is sprunge to hem [was risen OU.] . [verse 17] Fro thennus Jhesus bygan for [Om. OUX.] to preche, and say [to say OUV sec. m.] , Do ȝe penaunce, forsothe [for OU.] the kyngdom [rewme OU.] of heuens [heuen O.] `shal cume niȝe [hath neȝed OU.] . [verse 18] Sothely Jhesus, walkynge [walked S sec. m.] bisidis [bi X.] the see of Galilee, say two [twei NUV.] bretheren, Symon, that is clepid Petre, and Andrew, his brother, sendynge nett [a nett MNOPQTUV sec. m.] in to the see; forsothe thei weren fisheris. [verse 19] And he saide to hem, `Come ȝe [Cometh XY.] after me, and I shal make ȝou to be maad fisheris [the fisscheres O.] of men. [verse 20] And anon her [the OQU V sec. m.] nettis forsakyn, they sueden hym. [verse 21] And he go|ynge forth fro that place, say tweyn [two MPQSXY.] other bretheren, Jamys of Zebedee, and Joon, his brother, in the ship with Zebedee, her fadir, makynge aȝein, `or beetynge [or mendynge O. either cloutynge UV sec. m. Om. X.] , her nettis [nettis in the se N.] , and he clepide hem. [verse 22] Sothely anoon the nettis forsaken and the fadir, thei sueden hym. [verse 23] And Jhesus enuyraunyde al Galilee, techynge in the synagogis [synogis A.] of hem, and prechynge the gospel of kyngdam [the kyngdom MPQSXY. the rewme OU. rewme V.] , and helynge al sorow, `or ache [ether ache OU. Om. X.] , and al seke|nesse in the peple. [verse 24] And his `opynyoun, or fame [fame OUV sec. m. name U. openeoun X.] , wente in to al Syrie; and thei offrid|en [brouȝten U sec. m.] to hym alle men [Om. MX.] hauynge yuele, takyn with dyuers sorowis [soores OU sec. m. V sec. m.] and tourmentis, and hem that hadden deuelis, and [Om. G pr. m.] lunatijk men, and men in palsie [the palesie NOUV sec. m.] , and he helide hem. [verse 25] And `there sueden hym [Om. OUV sec. m.] many cum|panyes of Galilee, and of Decapoly, and of

Jerusalem, and of Judee, and of beȝonde Jordan [Jordan sueden him OUV sec. m.] .