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CAP. VIII.

[verse 1] Forsothe when Jhesus hadde comen doun fro the hil, many cumpanyes folew|iden [suden OUV sec. m.] hym. [verse 2] And loo! a leprouse man cum|mynge worshipide hym, sayinge [and seide OUV sec. m.] , Lord, ȝif thou wolt, thou maist make me clene. [verse 3] And Jhesus, holdynge forthe the hond, touchide hym, sayinge [and seide OUV sec. m.] , I wole, be thou maad clene. And anoon the lepre of hym was clensid. [verse 4] And Jhesus saith [seide OUV sec. m.] to hym, See, say thou to no man; but go, shewe thee to prestis, and offre that [the OUV sec. m.] ȝifte that [which UV sec. m.] Moyses comaundide, in to witnessing to hem. [verse 5] Sothely when he hadde entride in to Capharnaum, centurio neiȝide to hym, [verse 6] preyinge hym, and saide [seiynge OUV sec. m.] , Lord, my child lyeth [liggeth UV sec. m.] in the hous sike on [in OUV sec. m.] the [Om. OU.] palsie, and is yuel tourmentid. [verse 7] And Jhesus saith [seide OUV sec. m.] to hym, I shal cume, and shal [I schal OQUW pr. m. Y.] hele hym. [verse 8] And centurio answerynge saith [seide OUV sec. m.] to hym, Lord, I am not worthi, that thou entre vndir my roof; but oonly say bi word, and my child shal be helid. [verse 9] For whi and [Om. U sec. m.] I am a man ordeynd vnder power, hauynge vndir me kniȝtis; and [Om. G pr. m.] I say to this, Go [Go thou OUV sec. m.] , and he goth; and to an other, Come thou, and he cometh; and to my seruaunt, Do thou this thing, and he doth. [verse 10] Sothely

Jhesus, heerynge these thingis [wordis Q.] , wondride, and saide to men suynge hym, Trewly [Sothely O.] I saye to ȝou, I fonde nat so grete feith in Yrael. [verse 11] Sothely Y say to ȝou, that manye shulen come fro the est `and west [Om. O.] , and shulen rest with Abraham and [Om. OU.] Ysaac and [verse 12] Jacob in the kyngdam of heuenes; forsothe the sonys of the rewme shulen be cast out in to vttremest [vtmere AVW. vtturmere GNOPQSUY. vtmer X.] derknessis; there shal be weepynge, and beetynge togidre of teeth. [verse 13] And Jhesus saide [seiynge O.] to centurio, Go, and as thou hast bileeued, be it don to thee. And the child was helid fro that houre. [verse 14] And when Jhesus hadde comen in to the hous of Symond [Om. OUV sec. m.] Petre, he say his wyues mo|der liggynge [lyende X.] , and shakun [schaking NU. shake S. shakende X.] with feueris [feuere O. the feueres OUV sec. m.] . [verse 15] And he touchide hir hond, and [and anoen X pr. m.] the feuer lefte hir; and she roose, and seruyde hem [him V pr. m. to hem Y.] . [verse 16] Sothely whan the euenyng [euentide UV sec. m.] was maad, thei brouȝte to hym many [many men U.] hauynge deuelys [feendes OUV sec. m.] , and he castide [caste PSX. kest Q.] out spiritis [vnclene spiritis G sec. m.] by word, and [verse 17] helide alle [all men OU.] hauynge yuel [siknesse O.] ; that it shulde be fulfillid [filled OU.] , `that thing [Om. OUV sec. m.] that was said by Ysaie, the prophete, sayinge, He toke oure infirmytees, and bere oure [Om. GNPSWXY.] sykenessis [sikenesse V sec. m. Y.] . [verse 18] Sothely Jhesus seeynge many cumpanyes about hym, bad [commaunded OUV sec. m.] his disciplis go [to go OUV sec. m.] ouer the water. [verse 19] And oo [a UV sec. m.] scribe, or [ether OUV sec. m.] a [Om. QS.] man of lawe [Gloss om. in X.] , `commynge to [neiȝynge OUV sec. m.] , saide to hym, Maistre, I shal sue thee, whidir euer thou shalt go. [verse 20] And Jhesus said to hym, Foxis han `dichis, or borowis [borrowes, or dennes O. dennes U. diches X.] , and briddis of the eir han nestis, but mannes sone hath nat wher he reste [schal reste OUV sec. m.] his heued [hede NOS. hed X.] . [verse 21] Sotheli an other of his [thees O.] disciplis saide to hym, Lord, suffre me go [to go OU.] first, and birye my fadir. [verse 22] Forsothe Jhesus saide to hym, Sue thou me, and late dede men birye her dead men. [verse 23] And `Jhesu steyinge vp [and whan he steiȝ OUV sec. m.] in to a litel ship, his disciplis sueden hym. [verse 24] And loo! a grete steryng was [is O.] maad in the see, so that the [Om. X.]

litil ship was hilid with wawis; but [forsothe OUV sec. m.] he slepte. [verse 25] And `his disciplis [thei OUV sec. m.] camen niȝ to hym, and raysiden hym, sayinge, Lord, saue vs; we perishen. [verse 26] And Jhesus seith [seyde GMNOPQSUVWXY.] to hem, What ben ȝee [ȝee men G.] of litil feith agast [aferde OUV sec. m.] ? Thanne he rysynge [risynge up U.] comaundide to the wyndis and the [thei OUV sec. m.] see, and a grete pesible|nesse is [was OUV sec. m.] maad. [verse 27] Forsothe men wondreden, sayinge, What manere man is he [Om. OSUV sec. m.] this, for the wyndis and the [Om. A sec. m. MNPSVW sec. m. X.] see obeishen [obeien OUV sec. m. obeȝen X.] to hym? [verse 28] And whan Jhesus [he OUV sec. m.] hadde comen ouer the water in to the cuntre `of men [Om. W.] of Genazereth [Ge|rasa UV sec. m.] , twey [two GMPSUXY. and two Q.] men hauynge de|uelis [feendes OUV sec. m.] runnen to hym, goynge out fro [of OU.] biri|elis, ful [thei ful OUV sec. m.] feerse, `or wickid [ether ful cruel O. or wicke S. ether cruel UV sec. m. Om. X.] , so that no man miȝte passe by [Om. U.] that wey. [verse 29] And `loo! thei [Om. O. thei U.] crieden, sayinge, What to vs and [and what G pr. m.] to thee [Om. G pr. m.] , Jhesu, the sone of [Om. O.] God? hast thou comen hidir before the tyme for [Om. OUV sec. m. X.] to tourmente vs? [verse 30] Sothely a `floc, or [Om. OUVX.] droue, of many hoggis [swijn hoggis P.] lesewynge was nat fer from hem. [verse 31] But the deuelis [feendes OUV sec. m.] preyeden him, seyinge, Ȝif thou castist out vs hennes [from hennes OUV sec. m.] , sende vs in to the droue of hoggis. [verse 32] And he saith [seide OUV sec. m.] to hem, Go ȝee. And thei goynge out wente in to `the hoggis [swyin GPXY.] ; and loo! in a greet bire al the droue wente heedlynge [hedlynges N.] in to the see, and thei ben [wer OUV sec. m.] dead in watris. [verse 33] Forsothe the hirdes fledden awey, and [and thei OUV sec. m.] cummynge in to the citee, tolden alle these [Om. OUV sec. w.] thingis, and of hem that hadden the [Om. Y pr. m.] fendis [deuelis N.] . [verse 34] And loo! al the citee wente [went oute OUV sec. m.] aȝeinis [aȝen X.] Jhesu, `met|ynge hym [Om. OUV sec. m.] ; and hym seen, thei preiden hym [Om. OU.] , that he shulde passe fro [out of N.] her coostis.