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LUKE.

The prologe of Luke [From Q. The prologe. V. Here begynneth the proloug of Luk. Y. No initial rubric in UX.] .

LUCAS of Antyoche of Sirye nacioun, in craft a leche, was [that was Q.] a disciple of the apostlis; aftirward he folowide Poul anon in [Om. QX.] to his passioun, seruynge to the Lord with outen blame; forwhi he nother hauynge eny tyme wyf, neithir [either U. or X. other Y.] sones, of seuenty and foure ȝeer age [in age S.] deiede in Betanye [Bitynie GY. Bitomie V.] , ful of the Hooly Gost. The which aftir that [Om. K.] the gospels weren writun, by Matheu forsothe in [the XY.] Jewerie, by Mark sothli in Ytalie, stirynge the Hooly Gost, this gospel he wroot in `the cuntrees [Om. K pr. m.] of [Om. K.] Achaye [Achaies Y.] ; also signyfiynge him silf, that othere gospelis of Matheu and Mark weren writen bifore. To whom with oute `the ilke [tho X.] thingis, the whiche the ordre of the [Om. K.] disposinge of the gospel axith [axid X.] , the mooste nede of traueil was, that first to the bileuyd men of Grees [Greek S. Graes Y.] bi alle profeciynge the manheed of Crist comynge in to fleisch schulde be maad opyn, lest thei, holde [sholde SXY. Om. UV.] with Jewis fablis, in the oonly desyr [the desijr V.] of the olde lawe schulde [Om. SX.] be holde, and that he schulde trauele, lest thei [the Y.] , disceyued with eretikis fablis and foly [faily Y.] bisynessis, schulde falle fro the treuthe; and [Om. GY.] aftir that, in the bigynnynge of his gospel, the natiuyte of Jon take bifore, schulde schewe, to whom he wroot the gospel, and in whom `he chose [Om. Y.] schulde wryte, makynge opyn him [Om. SUVX.] in him silf to be fulfillid, that weren [In GKQ and Y a large portion of the prologue to the Ep. to the Romans is introduced here.] of othir bigunne [bigynnyng U. bigunnen X.] . To whom therfore [that sore Y.] after the baptym of Goddis sone fro the perfeccioun of generacioun fulfillid [fild X.] in Crist, and fro the bigynnynge of natyuyte of man to be `rehersid [the hersid G.] , power `was grauntid [is ȝouen X.] , that to men sechinge he schulde schewe, in whom he was apprehendinge bi the entringe of the generacioun of vndepartable [vnpartable U.] God, rennynge aȝen `in to [vnto Q.] God by Nathan [Mathan K.] , the sone of Dauith, admittid, prechinge to men his Crist, schulde make by the `sone the [Om. Q.] work of a perfit man turne aȝen in [Om. Q.] to him silf, the which Luk by Dauith the fadir to men comynge to God ȝaf a wey in Crist. To the which Luk power in seruyse of the apostlis dedis to be write was ȝoue, that God ful schewide in to God, other to be God that was in the assencioun, and the sone of tresoun, that was Judas, acquenchid [quenchid SX.] , the preier of the apostlis [postlis V.] maad, thorw [Om. Q.] the lot of Goddis choys [clothis K.] , `the noumbre schulde be fulfild. So Poul fulfillinge [so Poul fulfillinge the noumbre should be fulfillid G sec. m.] schulde ȝyue to the [there G.] dedis of the apostlis, whom longe `to aȝens [toȝen X.] God [the good GQSUVX. the gode Y.] , that was Goddis wille, kikynge [kikende S. likynge K et ceteri.] the Lord hadde chose. That thouȝ [there G.] bothe `to men [men to V pr. m.] redinge and sechinge God by alle thingis it were profitable to be spedde of vs, netheles [neuer|theles Q.] we, knowinge that the

traueilinge erthe tilier it bihoueth to ete of his frutis, hauith [han S. hath X.] auoyded opyn curiouste, leste we schulde be seid [seie QY. seen SUX.] not to schewe God as wel to men willinge, as to profite to men aloothinge [lothende SX.] .

Here endith the prolog, and bigynneth the gospel [Here endith the prologe of Luke, and bigynnen the gospeles of Luke after the lettre. Q. No final rubric in XY.] .

Here bigynneth another prologe [From U and V marg. Pro|loge. V text.] .

[verse 1] Forsothe for manye men enforceden to ordeyne the tellyng of thingis, whiche [verse 2] ben fillid in vs, as thei that seyn atte the bigynnyng, and weren ministris of the [verse 3] word, bitaken [bytooken V.] , it is [Om. V.] seen also to me, hauynge [hauynge fro the bygynnyng V.] alle thingis diligentli bi ordre, to [verse 4] write to thee, thou best Theofile, that thou knowe the treuthe of tho wordis, of whiche thou art lerned [lerud V.] [These four prefatory verses are only found in two copies, U and V, both of the early version.] .

[Here bygynneth the gospel of Luke [From O. Heere bigynneth Luke. IM. Luk. V. No initial rubric in the other MSS.] .]

[verse 5] Ther was sum prest, Zacharie by name, in the dayes of Eroude, kyng [the kynge O. Om. W pr. m.] of Judee, of the sort of Abia, and his wyf of the douȝtris of Aaron, and hir name Elizabeth. [verse 6] Sothli thei bothe weren iuste `bifore [to for U.] God, goynge in alle the maunde|mentis and iustifyingis of the Lord, with outen pleynte. [verse 7] And [Om. U.] a sone was not to hem, for that Elizabeth was bareyne, and bothe hadden gon forth [Om. QUV.] fer [Om. X.] in her dayes. [verse 8] Sothli it was [is G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne [that PQTXY.] Sacharie was set `in presthod [Om. UVW sec. m.] , in the ordre of his sort [verse 9] bifore God, vp [aftir A pr. m. GMNOPQSW pr. m. X.] the custom of presthod, by sort he wente forth, that he entrid in to the temple of the Lord, schulde putte [Om. G pr. m.] ensence. [verse 10] And alle the multitude of the [Om. V.] peple was withouteforth, preiynge in the our of encence. [verse 11] Sothli an aungel of the Lord apperide to him, stondinge on the riȝthalf of [on O.] the auter of ensence. [verse 12] And Sacharie seynge was [is GMNOPQSTXY.] disturblid [disturbid SX. distroublid V.] , and drede felde [fallide GMNT. fell O. fel X. fellid Y.] doun on him. [verse 13] Forsoth the aungel seith to hym, Zacharie, drede thou not; for thi preier is herd, and Elizabeth, thi wyf, schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal be clepid John. [verse 14] And `ioye and gladinge schal be to thee [he schall be ioye to thee and gladynge GMNOPQTXY.] ; and manye schulen enioye [ioie AP W pr. m.] in his natyuite. [verse 15] Sothli he schal be greet bifore the Lord, and he schal not drynke wyn and sydir [cyser IP. cyther OX.] , and he schal be fulfillid [fillid UV.] of [with AGMNPQSTXY.] the [Om. G.] Hooly Gost ȝit of [on T.] his modir [modirs UV.] wombe. [verse 16] And he schal conuerte manye of the sones of Israel to [verse 17] the Lord God of hem; and he schal go bifore him in the spirit and vertu of Helye; and he [Om. OPQTX.] schal turne the hertis of

fadris in to sones [the sones AGMNPQTW pr. m. Y.] , and men out of bileue [bileue, or that bileuen not AGNQSTWY. the bileue UV.] to the [Om. X.] prudence of iuste men, for [Om. SX.] to make redy a parfyt peple to the Lord. [verse 18] And Zachari seide to the aungel, Wherof schal I wite this? for I am old, and my wyf hath gon fer [forth X.] in hir dayes. [verse 19] And the aungel answeringe seide to him, Forsoth I am Gabriel, that stonde nyȝ bifore [toforn XY.] God; and I am sent to thee for [Om. X.] to speke, and to [for to O.] euangelise, `or telle [or schewe AGMNOPSTY. Om. QX.] , to thee thes thingis. [verse 20] And loo! thou shalt be stille, `or doumbe [Om. X.] , and thou schalt not mowe speke til in to the day, in which [the whiche AGMNOPTWY.] thes thingis schulen be don; for that [that that AGMNPSTXY.] thou hast not [not now W pr. m.] bileuyd to my wordis, whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY.] schu|len be fillid [fulfilled AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in her tyme. [verse 21] And the peple was abidinge Zacharie, and thei won|driden, for he tariede in the temple. [verse 22] For|soth he gon out myȝte not speke to hem, and thei knewen that he [thei K] hadde seyn a vicioun in the temple. And he was beken|ynge to hem, and dwellide doumb. [verse 23] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTY pr. m.] maad [don A sec. m. G sec. m. SUV.] , as the dayes of his office weren fulfillid [fillid UV.] , he wente in to his hous. [verse 24] Forsoth after dayes Elizabeth, his wyf, conseyuede, and hidde hir fyue monethis, [verse 25] seyinge, For so the Lord dide to me in the dayes, in the [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] whiche he bihelde, for [Om. SX.] to take a wey my schenschip a mong men. [verse 26] Sothely in the sixte monethe the aungel Gabriel was [is A pr. m. G pr m. MNOPQSTXY pr. m.] sent fro God in to a citee of [verse 27] Galilee, to which [whom AGMNOPQSTXY.] the name Nazareth, to a mayden [virgyn P.] , weddid to a man, to whom the name was Joseph, of the house of Dauith; and the name of the mayden Marie. [verse 28] And the aungel gon yn to hir seide, Heil [Heil, Marie N.] , ful of grace; the Lord be [Om. GMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY.] with thee; blessid be [Om. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY pr. m.] thou among [yn A.] wym|men. [verse 29] Which [The whiche AGMNPQSTWXY.] , whanne she had herd, was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY pr. m. Om. O.] troublid [turblid MNP.] in his word, and thouȝte what

maner salutacioun this was. [verse 30] And the aungel seide to hir, Ne drede thou, Marie, sothli thou hast founden grace anemptis [aȝeyn N.] God. [verse 31] Loo! thou schalt conseyue in the [Om. AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY.] wombe, and schalt [Om. GMOPQTW pr. m. XY.] bere a sone, and thou schalt clepe his name Jhesu. [verse 32] This [He UV.] schal be greet, and he schal be clepid the [Om. MP.] sone of the Hiȝeste; and the Lord God schal ȝyue to him the seete of Dauith, his fadir, and he schal regne in the hous of Jacob [verse 33] `with outen [in to withouten X.] ende, and of his rewme schal be non ende. [verse 34] Forsoth Marie seith [said AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] to the aungel, On what manere schal this thing be don, for I knowe [knewe MP.] not man? [verse 35] And the aungel answeringe seide to hir, The Hooly Gost schal come fro aboue in to thee, and the vertu of the Hiȝeste schal schadewe vnto [to AGMNOPQSTUV sec. m. WXY. into V pr. m.] thee; therfore and that hooly thing that schal be born of thee, schal be clepid the sone of God. [verse 36] And loo! Elizabeth, thi cosyness [cosyne GMOPQXY.] , and sche hath conceyued a sone in hir elde, and this monethe is the sixte to [of O.] hir that is [verse 37] clepid bareyne; for euery word schal not be inpossible anemptis God. [verse 38] Forsoth Marie seide, Loo! the hand mayden [mayde MOV.] of the Lord; be it don to me aftir [vp UVW sec. m.] thi word. And the aungel departide fro hir. [verse 39] Sothli Marie risinge vp in tho dayes, wente with haste in to the [tho X.] hilly placis, in to a citee of Judee. [verse 40] And sche entride yn to the hows of Zacharie, and grette Elizabeth. [verse 41] And it was [is G sec. m. MOPQTX Y pr. m.] don, as Elizabeth herde the salutacioun of Marie, the ȝonge child in hir wombe gladide. And Elizabeth `was [verse 42] fillid [is fulfilde A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY pr. m. was fulfillid A sec. m. G sec. m. W pr. m. Y sec. m.] with the Hooly Gost, and criede with grete voys, and seide, Blessid be [Om. GMNPSSTXY pr. m.] thou a mong wymmen, and blessid be [Om. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY pr. m.] the fruyt of thi wombe. [verse 43] And wherof this [is this AG sec. m. W pr. m. Y sec. m.] thing to me, that the modir of my Lord come [com|eth UV.] to me? [verse 44] Loo! forsothe as the vois of thi salutacioun was [is A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m.] maad in myn eeris,

the ȝonge child gladide [ful out gladide MP.] with [in AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] ioye in my wombe. [verse 45] And blessid thou [be thou AG sec. m. Y sec. m.] ert [Om. AGMNOPQSTXY.] , that hast bileuyd, for tho [thilk AGNOQST. the ilke MPW pr. m. Y.] thingis that ben seid to thee fro the Lord, schulen be parfytli don. [verse 46] And Marie seide, My soule magnyfieth [verse 47] the Lord, and my spirit hath gladid [ful out gladid MP.] in God, myn heelthe [helthe ȝiuer G sec. m. MOP.] . [verse 48] For he hath biholden the mekenesse of his hand mayde [mayden GY.] . [verse 49] Loo! forsoth of this alle generaciouns schulen seie me blessid. For he that is myȝti hath don grete thingis to me, and his name is [Om. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY pr. m.] hooly. [verse 50] And his mercy is [Om. GIMNOPSQXY pr. m.] fro kynredis [kynrede AGMNOPQSTWY.] in to kynredis, to men dredinge him. [verse 51] He made myȝte in his arme, he scateride proude men with mynde of his herte. [verse 52] He [And QX Y pr. m. And he Y sec. m.] puttide [putte SX.] doun myȝty men fro seete [the seete MPT.] , and enhaunside meke [meke men U.] . [verse 53] He hath fillid [fulfillid GMNOPQSTWXY.] hungry men with goode thingis, and he [Om. W pr. m.] hath left ryche men voyde. [verse 54] He [And K.] , hauynge mynde of his mercy, took vp Israel, his [verse 55] child; as he hath spoken to oure fadris, to Abraham and to his seed, in to worldis. [verse 56] Forsoth Marye dwellide with hir as three [Om. K.] monethis, and turnyde aȝen in to hir hous. [verse 57] Sothly the tyme of beringe child `was fillid [is fulfilde A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m. was fulfillid WY sec. m.] to Elizabeth, and sche childide a sone. [verse 58] And the neiȝeboris and cosyns of hir herden [seiden U.] , for the Lord hadde [hath U.] magny|fied his mercy with hir; and thei thank|iden [to gydere ioyeden MP.] him [to hir MP. to him O.] . [verse 59] And it was [is A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m.] don, in the eiȝtethe day, thei camen for [Om. SX.] to circumside the child; and thei clepiden [clepynge O.] him Sacharie, by name of his fadir. [verse 60] And his modir answeringe seide, Nay, but [no but T.] he schal be clepid John. [verse 61] And thei seiden to hir, For no man is in thi kyn, that is clepid bi [Om. Y pr. m.] this name. [verse 62] Sothli thei maden a syngne to his fadir, whom he wolde him for [Om. SUVX.] to be clepid. [verse 63] And he axinge a poyntel, wroot, seyinge, John is his name. And alle men wondriden. [verse 64] Forsoth his mouth

was [is A pr. m. GMNPQSTXY pr. m.] openyd anon, and his tunge, and he spak, blessinge [plesynge O.] God. [verse 65] And drede was [is A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m.] maad on alle her neiȝeboris, and thes [alle these UVX.] wordis weren pupplischid on [vpon AQMNOPQTW pr. m. Y.] alle the [Om. O.] hilly placis of Judee. [verse 66] And alle men that herden puttedyn [putten S passim X.] in her [Om. G pr. m.] herte, seyinge, Who, gessist thou, this child schal be? And sothli the hond of the Lord was [Om. Q pr. m.] with him. [verse 67] And Zacharie, his fadir, `was fillid [is fulfillid A pr. m. G sec. m. MNOPQSTXY pr. m. was fulfillid WY sec. m.] with the Hooli Gost, and prophe|siede [verse 68] , seyinge [Om. W pr. m.] , Blessid be [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTW pr. m. XY pr. m.] the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visitid, and maad redempcioun of his peple. [verse 69] And he hath rerid [reiside UV.] to vs an horn of [on his U. of his V.] helthe in the hous of Dauith, his child. [verse 70] As [And U.] he spak by the mouthe of `hooly prophetis [seyntis MP.] , that ben fro the world [world his prophetes MP.] . [verse 71] Helthe fro [of G pr. m. MNOPQTXY pr. m.] oure enemyes, and fro [of GMNOPQTXY pr. m.] the hond of alle men [Om. UVW sec. m. X.] that hat|iden vs. [verse 72] To do [be done A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m.] mercy with oure fadris, and to [Om. V pr. m.] haue mynde of [on AGNST.] his [Om. K.] hooly testament. [verse 73] The ooth that he swor to Abraham, oure fadir, `to ȝyue him silf [hym silf to ȝif GOW sec. m. to ȝiue him MPQXY pr. m. hym to ȝeue NT.] to vs. [verse 74] That we `withoute drede [Om. MOPQTXY pr. m.] deliuerid fro the hond of [verse 75] oure enemyes, serue [serue we QY pr. m.] to him [him withouten drede MOQTXY pr. m.] , in hoolynesse and riȝtfulnesse [riȝtwysenesse AGMNOPQSTUWXY.] bifore him in [Om. G pr. m. MNOPQSTW pr. m. XY pr. m.] alle oure dayes. [verse 76] And thou, child, schalt be clepid the [Om. V.] prophete of the [Om. O.] Hiȝeste; for thou schalt go bifore the face of the Lord, to [for to AGMNOPQTUVWY.] make redy his weyes. [verse 77] For [Om. X.] to ȝyue the [Om. AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY.] science of helthe to his peple, in to remis|cioun [verse 78] of her synnes; bi the entraylis of mercy [the mercy AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY.] of oure God, in whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQT W pr. m. Y.] he spryng|ynge vp fro an hiȝ hath visytid vs. [verse 79] For [Om. SX.] to ȝyue liȝt to hem that sitten in derk|nessis, and in schadewe of deth; for [Om. S.] to dresse oure feet in to the wey of pees. [verse 80] Sothli the child waxide [wex X.] , and was com|fortid

in spirit, and was in desert til to [Om. Q. in to UW pr. m.] the day of his schewinge to Israel.

CAP. II.

[verse 1] Forsothe it was [is A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY pr. m.] don [Om. KO.] in tho dayes, a maundement went out fro Cesar August, `or noble [Om. OX.] , that al the world schulde be discryued. [verse 2] This firste discryuyng was maad of Cyryne, iustice [iustice, or keper AGMNPQSTW pr. m. Y.] of Cirye. [verse 3] And alle men [Om. X.] wenten, that thei schulde make profescioun, `or knowleching [Om. X.] , ech by him self in to his cite. [verse 4] Sothly and Josep stiȝede vp fro Galilee, of [Om. QW pr. m.] the [Om. PU.] cite of [Om. MOY.] Nazareth, in to Jude, in [and K.] to a cite of Da|uith, that is clepid Bedleem, for that he was of the hous and meyne of Dauith, [verse 5] that he schulde knowleche with Marie, with child spousid wyf to him [spoused to him wijf, with childe GMOPQTXY.] . [verse 6] Sothli it was [is A pr. m. MNOS. Om. G pr. m. PQTXY pr. m.] don, whanne thei weren there, the dayes weren [ben A pr. m. MNPQTXY.] fulfillid [fillid UV.] , that she schulde bere [first bere W.] child. [verse 7] And sche childide her firste born [bygoten A pr. m. G pr. m. NOQSTY pr m. bigeten MP. goten X.] sone, and wlappide him in clothis, and puttide [putte S et X passim.] him in a cracche, for ther was not [no U.] place to hym in the comyn sta|ble. [verse 8] And schepherdis weren in the same cuntre, wakinge and kepinge the watchis of [on W.] the nyȝt on [vpon AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. Y.] her flok. [verse 9] And loo! the aungel of the Lord stood by sydis hem, and the [Om. GMNPQTXWY.] clerenesse of God schynede [schoen S.] aboute hem; and thei dredden with greet drede. [verse 10] And the aungel seide to hem, Nyle ȝe drede; lo! sothli I euangelise [euangelise, or preche AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. Y.] to ȝou a [verse 11] grete ioye, that schal be to al peple [the peple KQUVW pr. m.] . For a sauyour is borun to day to vs, that is Crist the [a G pr. m. MNOPQTXY pr. m.] Lord, in the cite of Dauith. [verse 12] And this [this is Q sec. m. W pr. m.] a tokene to ȝou; ȝe schulen

fynde a ȝong child wlappid in [with G pr. m. QXY pr. m.] clothis, and put in a cracche. [verse 13] And sudenly ther is [was A sec. m. G sec. m. OUVW.] maad with the aungel a multitude of heuenly knyȝthod, heriynge God, and sey|inge [verse 14] , Glorie be [Om. AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY.] in the hiȝeste thingis to God, and in erthe pees be [Om. AGMNOPQSTW pr. m. XY.] to men of good wille. [verse 15] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, that [Om. KUV.] whanne the [Om. AGNOQWXY.] aungelis passiden a wey fro hem in to heuene, the schepherdis spaken to gidere, seiynge, Passe [Go AGMNOPQSTWY.] we ouer til [Om. ANOQXY.] to [Om. GSTW.] Bedleem, and `se we [schewe N.] this word that is maad, the [Om. KUV.] `whiche the Lorde maad [Om. K.] , and schewid to vs. [verse 16] And thei hyȝinge camen, and founden Marie and Joseph, and a ȝong child put in a cracche. [verse 17] Sothli thei seinge, knewen of the word that was seid to hem of this [the O.] child. [verse 18] And alle men that hadden herd wondriden, and of thes thingis that weren seide to hem of the schepherdis. [verse 19] Forsoth Marie kepte alle [stille U.] thes wordis, beringe to gidere in hir [Om. W pr. m.] herte. [verse 20] And the schepherdis turneden aȝen, glorifiynge and heriynge God in alle thingis that thei hadden herd and seyn, as it is [was GQUVW.] seyd [seen U.] to hem. [verse 21] And aftir that eiȝte dayes weren endid, that the child schulde be circumsidid, his name was [is A pr. m. MNPQSTX. Om. O.] clepid Jhesus, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] was clepid of the [an W.] aungel, bifore he was con|seyued in wombe [the wombe UV.] . [verse 22] And aftir that the dayes of purgacioun of Marie weren ful|fild [fillid U.] , vp [aftir AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Moyses lawe, thei token him in [Om. O.] to Jerusalem, that thei schulden offre him [verse 23] to the Lord, as it is writun in the lawe of the Lord, For ech [euery AGMNOPQSTWXY.] male [man O.] kynde open|ynge the wombe `to [for to AGMNPQTWY.] go out [Om. O.] , schal be [verse 24] clepid hooly to the Lord; and that thei schulen ȝyue an offrynge, vp [aftir AGMNOPQSTWXY.] that it [Om. S.] is seid in the lawe of the Lord, A peyre of turtris [turtlis VW.] , or twey [two MPWXY.] culuere briddis. [verse 25] And lo! a man was in Jerusalem, to whom the name Symeon [was Symeon O.] ; and this man was [Om. G pr. m. QTXY pr. m.] iust

and dredful [dredyngful O.] , abidinge the comfort of Is|rael; and the Hooly Gost was in him. [verse 26] And he hadde taken answere of the Hooly Gost, `that he schal not [him not for to MNOPQTY. him not to SX. that he schulde not U.] se deeth, no but he saiȝ first the [Om. GMNO PQTY.] Crist of the Lord. [verse 27] And he cam in spirit in to the temple. And whenne his `fadir and modir [eldres MNOPQTXY. his fadir and his modir U.] ledden in [Om. G pr. m. MNOPQ pr. m. TXY.] the child Jhesu, that thei schulden do vp [aftir A pr. m. GMNOPQSTWXY.] [verse 28] the custom of lawe [the lawe GQ.] for [of N.] him, and he took him in to his armes, and he blesside God, [verse 29] and seide, Lord, now thou leeuyst thi [verse 30] seruaunt vp [aftir A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY.] thi word in pees; for myn [verse 31] yȝen han seyn thin helthe [helthe ȝifer G sec. m. MO sec. m. P. pees O pr. m.] , the [Om. U.] which thou hast maad redy bifore the face of [verse 32] alle peplis; liȝt to the [Om. Q.] schewing of he|thene [hethen men AGMNOPQSTUVXY.] , and glorie of thi peple of [Om. S.] Israel. [verse 33] And his fadir and his [Om. UW.] modir weren won|dringe on [vpon AGMNOPQSTWY.] thes thingis, that weren seid of him. [verse 34] And Symeon blesside hem, and seide to Marie, his modir, Lo! this is put in [Om. O.] to the [Om. MOP.] fallinge and in [Om. O.] to the [Om. OS.] rysinge aȝen of many men in [of Q.] Israel, and in to a tokene, to whom it schal be aȝeinseid. [verse 35] And a swerd schal passe thorw thin owne [Om. X.] soule [soule, the whiche is his X.] , that thouȝtis be schewid of manye hertis. [verse 36] And Anna was a prophetisse, the douȝtir of Fanuel, of the lynage of [Om. V.] Aser. And [Om. V.] sche hadde gon forth in many dayes, and hadde lyued with hir hosebonde seuen ȝeer fro hir maydenhed. [verse 37] And this was a widowe `til to [vnto GQXY.] foure score ȝeer and foure; which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] departide not fro the temple, seruynge nyȝt and day to [in XY.] fastingis and bisechingis [bisechyng N.] . [verse 38] And this [she this MP.] in thilke [that MX. the ilke Y.] our aboue comynge, knowlechide to the Lord, and spak of him to alle that abiden [han abiden A sec. m. G sec. m. OUVW Y sec. m.] the redempcioun of Israel. [verse 39] And as thei had|den perfytli doon alle thingis, by [after AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the lawe of the Lord, thei [and thei W.] turnyden aȝen in to Galilee, in to her citee Nazareth. [verse 40] Sothli

the child wax [waxed O.] , and was coumfortid, ful of wysdom; and the grace of God was in him. [verse 41] And `his fadir and modir [his eldris, that is, f. and m. A pr. m. GMNPQTY. his elderes X.] wenten by alle ȝeeris in to Jerusalem, in the so|lempne day of paske. [verse 42] And whanne Jhe|sus was maad of twelue ȝeeris [ȝer X.] , hem stiȝ|ynge vp [Om. V sec. m.] in to Jerusalem, by [aftir the AGMNOPQSTWXY. bi the V.] custom [verse 43] of the feeste day, and the dayes endid, whanne thei turneden aȝen, the child dwelte in Jerusalem, and his fadir and modir knewen not. [verse 44] Forsothe thei gess|inge him to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be in the felowschipe [cuntre, or felawschipe A pr. m. GNOQTY. companye, or felauschip MP.] , camen the wey [weie, or iournei A pr. m. GMNOPQTY.] of a [O A. oo MP.] day, and souȝten him a mong his cosyns and knowen [knowen men O.] . [verse 45] And thei not fyndinge, wenten aȝen in to Jerusalem, sekynge him. [verse 46] And it was [is A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY.] don, aftir the thridde day thei founden him in the temple, sittinge in the [Om. GVWY.] myd|dil of doctours, heeringe hem and axinge hem [Om. KPW pr. m.] . [verse 47] Sothli alle men that herden him, wondriden on [of OU. vpon MP.] the prudence and answeris of him. [verse 48] And thei seynge wondriden. And his modir seide to him, Sone, what hast thou don to vs thus? Lo! thi fadir and I sorwynge han souȝt thee. [verse 49] And he seith to hem, What is it [Om. MX.] that ȝe souȝten me? wisten [and wisten W.] ȝe not, for [that N.] in tho thingis that ben `of my fadir [my fadris AG pr. m. NQTW pr. m. XY pr. m. of my fadris G sec. m. W sec. m. Y sec. m.] , it bihoueth me to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be? [verse 50] And [Om. T.] thei vndirstoden not the word, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] he spak to hem. [verse 51] And he cam doun with hem, and cam to Naza|reth, and was [was a T.] suget [suget, or vndurloute AGMNPQSTWY.] to hem. And his modir kepte to gidere alle thes wordis, beringe to gidere in hir herte. [verse 52] And Jhesu profitide in wysdom, age, and [Om. X.] grace, anemptis God and [and anent X.] men.

CAP. III.

[verse 1] Forsothe in the fyftenthe ȝeer of the empyre of Tiberie, emperour [the emperour W.] , Pilat of Pounce kepinge [procurynge, or kepynge AGM NOPQSTWY. procurende X.] Judee, sothli Eroude,

prince of Galilee [the fourth part of Galile A sec. m. GMNOPQTY. the ferthe part Galilee X.] , Philip forsoth, his bro|ther, prince of Ituree [the fourth part of Yturie A sec. m. GMNOPQTY pr. m. the ferthe part Iturie X.] , and of the cuntre of [Om. S.] Tracon, and Lisany, prince of Abilyn [the fourth part of Abilyn A sec. m. GMNOPQTY pr. m. the ferthe part Abilyne X.] , [verse 2] vndir the princis of prestis Annas and Cayfas, the word of the Lord is [was A sec. m. G sec. m. OUVW.] maad on [vpon A sec. m. GMNOQSTWY.] John, the sone of Zacharie, in desert. [verse 3] And he cam in to al the cuntre of Jor|dan, prechinge baptym of penaunce in to remyscioun of synnes. [verse 4] As it is writun in the book of wordis [the wordis MP.] of Ysaye, the pro|phete, The voys of oon criynge in desert, Make ȝe redy the weye [weyes K.] of the Lord, make ȝe his pathis riȝt [riȝty K. riȝtful Q.] . [verse 5] Ech valey schal be fulfillid [fillid UV.] , and `ech mountayn [euery hil AGMNOPQSTWXY.] and `litil hil [hilloc A pr. m. GMPQXY pr. m. litil hilloc Y sec. m.] schal be maad louȝ; and schrew|ide thingis schulen be in to dressid thingis, and scharpe thingis in to playne [verse 6] weyes; and ech [euery AGMNOPQSTWY.] fleisch, `or man [Om. X.] , schal se the helthe [helth ȝifer G sec. m. O.] of God. [verse 7] Therfore he seide to the cumpanyes, `the whiche [whiche UV. that X.] wenten out, that thei schulden be baptysid of him, Kyndlis [Fruitis, or kyndelyngis AGNQSTWY. Kyndelyngis MOP.] of eddris, who schewide to ȝou to [for to AGMNOPQTVWY.] flee fro [fro the GOPQTWXY.] wraththe to comynge [come SX.] ? [verse 8] Therfore do ȝe worthi fruytis of pen|aunce, and bigynne ȝe not to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] seye, We han a fadir Abraham; sothli I seie to ȝou, God is myȝti `to reise of thes stoones [for to reyse of thes stoonis AGMNPQTUVY. of theis stoones to rayse O.] the sones of Abraham. [verse 9] Forsothe now an ax is put to [at O.] the roote of the [Om. K.] tree; sothli ech [euery AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] tree not makynge good fruyt, schal be kitt doun, and schal [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] be [Om. X.] sent in to the fier. [verse 10] And the cumpanyes axden him, seiynge, What therfore schu|len we do? [verse 11] Sothli he answeringe seide to hem, He that hath twey [two MPWXY.] cootis, ȝyue `to him that hath non [to noon hauynge, or to hym that hath noon AGNTW. to noon hauynge MPQY. to him noon hafinge O. to not hauende, or to hym that hath noon S. to the noon hauende X.] ; and he that hath metis, do on [on the AGMNOPTWY.] lyk [licchy W.] manere. [verse 12] Sothli and pupplicans [the pupplicanis AQW pr. m. XY.] camen for [Om. SX.] to be baptised; and thei seiden to him, Maistir, what

schulen we don? [verse 13] And he [he answeringe Q sec. m.] seide to hem, Do ȝe no thing more, than `that that [that MPW pr. m. that at O. this that V sec. m.] is ordeyned to ȝou. [verse 14] Forsothe and knyȝtis [the knyȝttis G.] axiden him, seiynge, What schulen also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] we do? And he seith to hem, Smyte ȝe wrongfulli [wrongfulliche O.] no man, nether make ȝe fals chalenge, and be [beth S.] ȝe [Om. Y.] apaid [paȝid SX.] with ȝoure soudis. [verse 15] Forsoth al [Om. K.] the peple gessinge, and alle men thenkinge in her hertis of John, lest [and lest O.] perauenture he were Crist, [verse 16] John `answeride, seyinge [answeringe seide U.] to alle men, Sothli I baptise [wasche, or baptyse AGNOSTW. baptise, or wasche MPY.] ȝou in watir; forsothe a [oon O.] strengere than I schal come aftir me, `of which [whos AGMNOPQ sec. m. STVWXY. of whom Q sec. m.] I am not worthi for [Om. SW pr. m. X.] to vnbynde the thwong of his schoon; he schal bap|tyse ȝou in the Hooly Gost and fyer. [verse 17] Whos wynewyng tool in his hond, and he schal purge his `corn floor [floore of corne AGNOQTVWXY.] , and [and he UV.] schal gedere the whete `in to [in KT.] his [Om. V.] berne; sothli the chaffis he schal brenne in [with A sec. m. GMNOPQSTWXY.] fier vnquenchable. [verse 18] Forsoth and he monest|inge [stirynge, or monestynge AGNSTWY. stirynge OQ. stirende X.] manye othere thingis, euangeliside to the peple. [verse 19] Sothli Eroude, `the forthe prince [prince of the fourth part AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , whanne he was blamyd of John for [of AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Herodias, wyf [the wif S.] of his brother, and of [verse 20] alle euels [the yueles AGMNOPQSTWXY.] that Eroud dide, addide [castide to AGNOQTWY. he castide to MP. caste to S. he caste to X.] this ouer alle, and closide [schutt AGNOQST. shitte MPWXY.] John in prisoun. [verse 21] Forsoth it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne al the peple was baptisid, and [Om. K.] Jhesu cristenyd, and preiynge, heuene was [is A pr. m G pr. m. MNOPQSTW pr. m. XY.] openyd. [verse 22] And the Hooly Gost cam doun in bodily licknesse, as a culuere in to him; and a voys was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad fro heuene, Thou ert my dereworthe sone, in thee it hath plesid to [Om. K.] me. [verse 23] And `Jhesu him silf [himsilf A sec. m. he Jhesus MNPSTXY. Jhesus Q.] was bygynnynge as [Om. NO.] of thritti ȝeer, that he was gessid the sone of Joseph, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] was of Hely, which [the whiche AGMNOPQS TWY. that X.] [verse 24] was of Mathath, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] was of Leuy,

wich [the whiche AGMNOPQTWY. that SX.] was of Melchy, which [that AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] was of [verse 25] Jamne, that was of Joseph, that was of Mataty, that was of Amos, that was of Naum, that was of Hely, that was of [verse 26] Nagge, that was of Mathath, that was of Mathatye, that was of Semy, that was [verse 27] of Joseph, that was of Juda, that was of Johanna, that was of Resa, that was of Zorobabel, that was of Salatiel, that was [verse 28] of Nery, that was of Melchy, that was of Addy, that was of Cosan, that was of [verse 29] Elmadan, that was of Her, that was of Jesu, that was of Eleasar, that was of Jo|rym, that was of Mathath, that was of [verse 30] Leuy, that was of Symeon, that was of Juda, that was of Joseph, that was of [verse 31] Jona, that was of Elyachim, that was of Melca, that was of Menna, that was of Mathatha, that was of Nathan, that was [verse 32] of Dauith, that was of Jesse, that was of Obeth, that was of Booz, that was of [verse 33] Salmon, that was of Nason, that was of Amynadab, that was of Aram, that was of [verse 34] Esrom, that was of Phares, that was of Judas, that was of Jacob, that was of Y|saac, that was of Abraham, that was of Tare, [verse 35] that was of Nacor, that was of Seruch, that was of Ragau, that was of Phaleth, [verse 36] that was of Heber, that was of Sale, that was of Caynan, that was of Arfaxat, that was of Sem, that was of Noe, that was [verse 37] of Lameth, that was of Matusale, that was of Enok, that was of Jareth, that was [verse 38] of Malaliel, that was of Caynan, that was of Enos, that was of Seth, that was of Adam, that was of God.

CAP. IV.

[verse 1] Forsothe Jhesu ful of the Hooly Gost turnede aȝen fro Jordan, and was [he was KV.] led by [verse 2] the [Om. S.] spirit in to desert fourty dayes, and was [he was KV.] temptid of [bi MNOPQWXY pr. m. with T.] the deuyl, and eet [he eet KV.] no thing in tho dayes; and tho dayes endid, he hungride. [verse 3] Forsothe the deuel seide to him, If thou ert [be O.] Goddis sone, seye to this

stoon, that it be maad bred. [verse 4] And Jhesus answeride to him, It is writun, For a man lyueth not in [oonly in W pr. m.] breed aloone [oonli breed ASW sec. m. X. oonlyche breed GMNOPQTY. breed W pr. m.] , but in euery word of God. [verse 5] And the deuyl ladde hym in to an hiȝ hil, and schewide to him alle the rewmes of the roundnesse of erthe [the erthe Q.] in [verse 6] a [Om. AGMNOPSTXY.] moment of a [Om. AUV.] tyme; and seith [seide UV.] to him, I schal ȝyue to thee al this power, and the glorie of hem, for to me thei ben ȝouun, [verse 7] and to whom I wole I [Om. U.] ȝyue hem; ther|fore if thou `fallinge doun [Om. G pr. m. MNPQTXY pr. m.] schalt wor|schipe [worschip me O.] bifore me, alle thingis schulen be [verse 8] thine [ȝeef O.] . And Jhesus answeringe [answeride and O.] seide `to him [Om. O.] , It is writen, Thou schalt worschipe the [thi W.] Lord thi God, and to hym aloone thou schalt serue. [verse 9] And he ledde him in to Jerusalem, and settide [sette AGMNOS. sette him MPQTXY. settide him UV. he sette hym W.] on the pynacle of the temple, and seide to him, If thou art Goddis sone, sende [brynge U sec. m.] thi self fro [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hennis [verse 10] down; for it is writen, For he hath co|maundid to his aungels of thee, that thei [verse 11] kepe thee in alle `thi weyes [weies of thee X.] , and for [for in hondes AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei schulen `in hondis [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] take thee, lest per|auenture thou hirte thi foot at [on N.] a stoon. [verse 12] And Jhesus answeringe seith to him, It is seid, Thou schalt not tempte the Lord thi God. [verse 13] And euery temptacioun endid, the deuyl [fende AGMNOPQSTWXY.] wente away fro him til to [Om. N.] a tyme. [verse 14] And Jhesu turnyde aȝen in the [Om. AG pr. m. MOPXY.] vertu of the spirit in to Galilee, and the fame wente forth of [on O.] him thurȝ al the cuntre. [verse 15] And he tauȝte in the synagogis [synagis K.] of hem, and was [he was UV.] magnyfied of alle men. [verse 16] And he cam to [in to MN.] Nazareth, where he was norischid, and he entride by [after his AGMNOPQSTWXY. bi his UV.] custom in the `day of saboth [saboth day AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in to the [a AGNOQSTWX.] synagoge, and roos [he roos UV.] for [Om. SX.] to rede. [verse 17] And the book of Ysaie, the prophete, was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] takun to him; and as he turnyde the book, he fond a place where it is [was AGMNOPQSUVWXY.] writun, [verse 18] The Spirit of the Lord on [vpon O.] me, for which

thing he anoyntide [oyntede S.] me; he sente me for [Om. SX.] to euaungelise to pore men, for [Om. SX.] to heele [verse 19] contrite men in herte, and for [Om. SX.] to preche remyscioun to [of U.] caytifs [captiuys P.] , and siȝt [lyȝt Q.] to blynde men [Om. K.] ; and for [Om. SX.] to delyuere [leue, or delyuer AGMNOPQSTWY. lefen X.] brokun men in to remiscioun; for [Om. SX.] to preche the ȝeer of the Lord plesaunt [acceptid, or plesaunt AGMNPQSTWY. accept, or plesaunt O. acceptid X.] , and the day of ȝeldynge [retribucioun, or ȝeldynge aȝein AGMNOPQTWY. retribucioun, or ȝelding S. retribucioun X.] . [verse 20] And whanne he hadde closid [folded, or closed AGMNOPQTWY. falt, or closid S. falt X.] the book, he ȝaf [ȝaf it MOP.] aȝein [Om. P.] to the mynystre, and sat; and the yȝen of alle men in the synagoge weren biholdinge in to him. [verse 21] Sothli he bigan for [Om. SUVX.] to seie to hem, For in this day this scripture is fulfillid [filled UV.] in ȝoure eeris. [verse 22] And alle men ȝauen wit|nessinge to him, and wondriden in the wordis of grace, that camen forth [out O.] of [fro Q.] his mouth. And thei seiden, Wher [Whether WX.] this is not the sone of Joseph? [verse 23] And he seide [saith AGMNOPQTUVWY.] to hem, Sothli ȝe schulen seie to me this liknesse, Leeche, heele thi silf. `Thei say|den [Om. KY sec. m.] , Hou grete thingis han we herd don in Capharnaum, make thou and here in thi cuntre. [verse 24] Sothli he seith, Treuli [Sothli X.] I seie to ȝou, for no man `prophete is receyued [prophete is accept, or resceyued AGNQTW. prophet is acceptid, or receyued MSY. is a prophet acceptid O. a prophet is acceptid, or receyued P. a profete is resseyued U. pro|fete is acceptid X.] in his owne cuntre. [verse 25] In treuthe I seie to ȝou, for manye widewis weren in the dayes of Elye, the prophete, in Israel, whanne heuene was closid thre ȝeer and sixe monethis, whanne greet hungir was maad [verse 26] `in euery lond [in al erthe, or euery lond AGNSTY. in al erthe MOPQX. on al erthe, or euery lond W.] ; and to non of hem was Elye sent, no [Om. X.] but to [in to AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] Sarepta of Sydon, to a womman widowe [a widowe U.] . [verse 27] And manye meselis weren in Israel, vndir Elyse, the prophete, and non of hem was clensid, no but Naman of [Om. X.] Sirie. [verse 28] And alle in the synagoge heeringe thes thingis, weren [ben MNOPSXY.] fulfillid [fillid UV.] with wraththe. [verse 29] And thei risen [han rise A sec. m. G sec. m. KOUV.] vp, and castiden [casten SX.] `out him [him out MOPQTWXY. him U.] with oute the

citee, and [and thei UV.] ledde him to the cop of the hil on [on the AGMNOPQSTWY. in K.] which `the cite of hem [her cite AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] is foundid, that thei schulden caste him doun. [verse 30] Sothly Jhesus passynge wente thorw [by AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the myddil [verse 31] of hem; and he cam doun in to Cafar|naum, a [of a T.] citee of Galilee, and there he tauȝte hem in the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] sabothis. [verse 32] And thei weren astonyed [stoneid X.] in `his teching [techynge of him O.] , for his word was in power. [verse 33] And in the syna|goge [synagoge of hem Q sec. m] was a man hauynge an vnclene [verse 34] fend, and he [Om. U.] criede with greet vois, sey|inge, Suffre, what to vs and to thee, Jhe|sus of Nazareth? hast thou comen for [Om. SX.] to leese vs? I knowe [woot AGMNPQSTWXY.] thee, that thou art the hooly of God. [verse 35] And Jhesu blamyde him, seyinge, Waxe doumbe, and go out fro him. And whanne `the fend [he O.] hadde cast `him forth [out that fende O. him T.] in to the myddel, he wente a wey fro him, and ȝit [it A sec. m. G sec. m. UVW. no thenge GMNOPQSTXY.] noyede [anoyed W pr. m.] hym [to him O. Om. S.] `no thing [Om. GMNOPQSTXY.] . [verse 36] And drede is [was UVW.] maad in [to O.] alle men, and thei spaken to gidere, seyinge, What is this word, for in power and vertu he comaundith to vnclene spiritis, and thei gon out? [verse 37] And the fame was pupplischid of hym in to ech place of the cuntre. [verse 38] Forsothe Jhesu risynge of the synagoge, entride in to the hous of Symount; sothli the modir of Symondis wyf was holden with grete [Om. W.] feueris, and thei preieden him for hir. [verse 39] And Jhesu stondinge on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY. ouer V.] hir, comaundide to the feuir, and it lefte hir; and anon sche risynge mynystride to hem. [verse 40] Forsoth whanne the sunne wente doun, alle that hadden sike men with dyuerse langwischingis [languyshyngis, or aches AGMPSTWY. languyschis, or aches N. languisches O. langwishynge Q.] , ledden hem to hym; and he, puttinge [puttide W.] hondis to ech by him silf, heelide hem. [verse 41] Sothli fendis wenten out fro manye, criynge, and sey|inge, For thou ert the sone of God. And he blamynge suffride not hem for [Om. A sec. m. G sec. m. NOSVWX.] to speke, for thei wisten him to [for to O.] be Crist.

[verse 42] Sothli, the day maad, he gon out, wente in to desert [a desert X.] place; and the cumpenyes of peple [peples UV.] souȝten him, and thei camen `til to [to O. vnto QWXY.] him, and thei helden him, that he schulde not go awey fro hem. [verse 43] To whiche [whom MPQXY. the whiche O.] he seyde, For and to othere citees it bi|houeth me for [Om. SX.] to euaungelise the kyng|dom of God, for [Om. U.] therfore [therto X.] I am sente. [verse 44] And he [Om. K.] was prechinge in the synagogis of Galilee.

CAP. V.

[verse 1] Sotheli it was [is AG sec. m. MNOPQSXY.] don, whanne cumpa|nyes [the companyes Q.] of peple felden [camen fast, or felden AGW. camen fast, or felden in MNST. camen fast OQX. camen fast, or fledden Y.] in to [to X.] Jhesu, `or camen faste [Om. AGMNOPQSTXY.] , that thei schulden heere the word of God, and he stood bisydis the [verse 2] stondinge [Om. G pr. m. KUV.] watir of Genasereth, and syȝ [he sauȝe O.] twey [two MPWX.] bootis stondinge bisydis the stond|ing [Om. U.] watir; sothli the fischeris hadden gon doun, and waischide [weshen SX.] nettis. [verse 3] Sothli he stiȝynge in to a boot, that was Sy|moundis, preiede him to [for to AGMNOPQTWX.] lede aȝen a litil fro the lond; and he sittinge tauȝte the cumpanyes fro the boot. [verse 4] Sothli as he ceesside [bygan O.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] speke, he seide to Symound, Lede thou in to hiȝ [an hiȝ M pr. m. P. the depthe U sec. m. the hiȝ V.] , and slake ȝe ȝoure nettis in to the [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] takinge. [verse 5] And Symount answeringe seide to him, Comaundour, we trauelinge by al the nyȝt token no thing, but in thi word I schal leye out the nett. [verse 6] And whanne thei hadden don this thing, thei closiden `to gidere [Om. XY pr. m.] a plenteuous [greet U.] mul|titude of fysches; forsoth her nett was broken. [verse 7] And thei bekenyden to [two XY.] felowis, that weren in an othir boot, that thei schulden come, and helpe hem. And thei camen, and filliden bothe [bothin X.] litle [the litil OPQ. Om. T. her litil W.] bootis, so that thei weren al moost drenchid. [verse 8] Which [The whiche AGMNPQSTWXY.] thing whanne Symound [Om. UV.] Petre syȝ [hadde seen S.] , he felde doun to the knees of Jhesu, seyinge,

Lord, go fro me, for I am [Om. VY pr. m.] a man synnere. [verse 9] Sothli greet wondir hadde bigon `aboute him [him abowte GMOPQSTWXY. hem aboute N.] , and alle that weren with him, in the takinge of fisches whiche thei tooken. [verse 10] Sothli in [on the AGMNOPQTY. on SWX.] lyk [lychy TW.] manere James and John, the sones of Zebede, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] weren felowis of Symount Petre. And Jhesu seith to Symound [Symount Petre U.] , Nyle thou drede; now fro this tyme thou schalt be takynge men. [verse 11] And the bootis led vp to the lond, alle thingis left [left, or forsaken AGMNPSTWY.] , thei sueden him. [verse 12] And it was [is A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne he was in oon of the [Om. NOSTW.] citees, and lo! a man ful of leper; and [in K.] seynge Jhesu, and fallinge doun in to his face, preiede him, seyinge, Lord, if thou wolt, thou maist [myȝt W.] make me clene. [verse 13] And Jhesu hold|inge forth the hond, touchide him, seyinge, I wole, be thou maad clene. And anon the lepre passide awey fro hym. [verse 14] And Jhesu comaundide to him, that he schulde seie to no man; But go thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] , schewe thou [Om. QS.] thee to a prest, and offre thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] for thi clensinge, as Moyses bad, in to witness|inge to hem. [verse 15] Sothli the word walkide aboute the more of him; and manye cum|panyes camen to gidre, that thei schulden heere, and be heelid of her syknessis. [verse 16] Forsothe he wente in to desert, and prei|ede. [verse 17] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTWXY.] don in oon of dayes [the dayes U.] , and he sittinge tauȝte; and there were Pharisees sittinge, and doctours of the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] lawe, that camen of [fro UV.] ech castel of Galilee, and of [Om. A pr. m. MNOPQSTWXY.] Judee, and of [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Jerusalem; and the vertu of the Lord was for [Om. NSX.] to heele syke men. [verse 18] And loo! men beringe in a bed a man that was syk in palasye, and thei souȝten for [Om. SX.] to bere `in hym [hym in X.] , and to [Om. MPWXY.] putte bifore him. [verse 19] And thei not fyndinge in what part [party AGMNOPQTUVWY.] thei schulde bere him yn, for the cumpenye of peple [the peple W.] , stiȝeden vp on the rof, and by the sclattis thei senten [senden K. letten OU sec. m.]

him doun with the bed in to the myddil, byfore Jhesu. [verse 20] The feith of whiche [whom A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] as Jhesu syȝ, he seide, Man, thi synnes ben forȝouun to thee. [verse 21] And scribis and Pha|risees bigunnen for [Om. SX.] to thenke, seyinge, Who is this, that spekith blasphemyes? who may forȝyue synnes, no [Om. X.] but God aloone? [verse 22] Forsoth as Jhesu knew the thouȝtis of hem, he answeringe seide to hem, What thenken ȝe yuele thingis [thenge O.] in ȝoure hertis? [verse 23] What is liȝtere to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] seye, Synnes ben forȝouun to thee, ethir [or AGMNPQSTWXY.] to [for to AGMNPQTVWY.] seie, Ryse vp, and walke? [verse 24] Sothli that ȝe wite, for [that V.] mannis sone hath power in erthe to forȝyue synnes, he seith to the syke man in palasy, To thee I seie, ryse vp, take thi bed, and go in to thin hous. [verse 25] And anon he risinge vp `bifore hem [Om. O.] , took the bed in which he lay, and wente in to his hous, magnyfyinge God. [verse 26] And greet wondir took alle men [Om. AGMNOPQTWXY.] , and thei magnyfi|eden God; and thei [Om. Q.] weren [ben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] fulfillid [fillid UV. fullid W.] with greet drede, seyinge, For we han seyn mer|ueilouse thingis to day. [verse 27] And aftir thes thingis Jhesu wente out, and syȝ a pup|plican, Leeuy by name, sittinge at the tolbothe. And he seith [seide AS.] to him, Sue thou [verse 28] me; and alle thingis forsaken, he risynge suede him. [verse 29] And Leuy made to him a greet feeste in his hous; and there was a greet cumpanye of pupplicans, and of othere that weren with hem, sittinge at the mete. [verse 30] And Farisees and the [Om. MP.] scribis of hem grucchiden, seyinge to his disci|plis, Whi eten ȝe and drynken with pup|plicans and synful men? [verse 31] And Jhesu answeringe seith to hem [him K.] , Thei that ben hoole han no [not MO.] nede to a leche, but thei [verse 32] that han yuele; sothli I cam not to [for to AGMNOPQSWY.] clepe iust men, but synful men to pen|aunce. [verse 33] And thei seiden to him, Whi disciplis of John fasten oft, and maken bisechingis, also and of [of the GWXY sec. m. the MPY pr. m.] Pharisees, but

thi [thine X.] disciplis [Om. X.] eten and drynken. [verse 34] To whiche [whom XY.] he seith, Wher [Whether X passim.] ȝe mown make the [Om. MP.] sones of the spouse for [Om. SX.] to faste, the [Om. K.] while the spouse is with hem? [verse 35] Sothli dayes schulen come, whanne the spouse schal be taken awey fro hem, thanne thei schulen faste in tho dayes. [verse 36] Forsoth he seide to hem also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] a liknesse; For no man `sendith a medling [taketh a pece U sec. m.] of [fro U sec. m.] newe [a newe AMNPQSTU sec. m. WXY. an newe GMO.] cloth in [and puttith it in U sec. m.] to an old cloth; ellis and he brekith the newe, and the medling [mengynge A pr. m. GMNOPQTWXY pr. m.] of the newe acord|ith not to the oolde. [verse 37] And no man send|ith [puttith U sec. m.] newe wyn in to olde wyn vesselis; ellis the newe wyn schal breke the wyn vesselis, and the wyn schal be sched out, and the wyn vesselis schulen perische. [verse 38] But newe wyn is to be sent [put U sec. m.] in to newe wyn vesselis, and bothe ben kept. [verse 39] And no man drynkinge old, wole anon newe; sothli he seith, The olde is the [Om. S.] betere.

CAP. VI.

[verse 1] Forsothe it is [was G sec. m. UVW sec. m.] don in the `secunde firste [secounde sabot, first M. firste secounde sabot X.] saboth, whanne he passide by cornes, his disciplis pluckeden [plucken W.] eeris; and thei frotinge with her [Om. G pr. m. MNOPQTXY.] hondis, eeten. [verse 2] Sothli summe of the Pharisees seiden to hem, What don ȝe `this, that [that that AGMNPQSTW sec. m. XY. that at O. that W pr. m.] is not leefful in sabotis? [verse 3] And Jhesu answeringe seide to hem, `Neithir ȝe han [Han ȝe not MP.] rad this, that [that that AGMPQSTUWXY. that N. that at O.] Dauith dide, whanne he hungride, and thei that [verse 4] weren with him; hou he entride in to the hous of God, and took looues of propo|sicioun, and eet, and ȝaf to hem that weren with him; whiche looues [Om. X.] it was not leefful to [for to AGMNOPTUVWY.] ete, no [Om. O.] but to [oonli AGNPQST. oonly to MWXY.] preestis aloone. [verse 5] And he seide to hem, For mannis sone is lord, ȝe, of the saboth. [verse 6] Sothli it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] don and [Om. GN.] in an other saboth, that he entride in to a synagoge, and tauȝte. And a man was there, and his riȝthond was

drye. [verse 7] Forsothe scribis and Pharisees aspieden him, if he schulde heele him in the saboth, that thei schulden fynde cause, wherof `thei schulden [for to G pr. m. MPQTY. to NOX.] accuse him. [verse 8] Sothli he wiste the thouȝtis of hem, and he seith [sayde O.] to the man that hadde a drye hond, Rise vp, `and stond in to the myddel [into the myddle, and stoond MP.] . And he risinge stood. [verse 9] Sothli Jhesu seith to hem, I axe ȝou, if [Om. S.] it is leefful to [for to AGM NOPTY.] do wel in the sabot [sabboth day O.] , ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] yuele? for [Om. SX.] to make a soule saf, ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] for [Om. SX.] to leese? [verse 10] And, alle men lookide aboute, he seide to the man, Hold forth thin hond. And he held forth, and his hond was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] restorid to helthe. [verse 11] Sothli thei weren [ben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] fulfilld [fillid UV.] with vnwysdom [vnwysdam, or folie AGNQSTWY.] , and spaken to gidere, what thei schulden do of Jhesu. [verse 12] Forsothe it is [was A sec. m. G sec. m. UVW.] don in tho dayes, he wente out in to an hil for [Om. X.] to preye; and he was al nyȝt dwellinge in the preier of God. [verse 13] And whanne the day was maad, he clepide his disciplis, and chees twelue of hem, whiche [whom MNOPQTXY.] [verse 14] `he clepide also apostlis [and apostles he nempnede MP. and apostles he clepide NQSTXY. and aposteles also he cleped O.] ; Symound, whom he clepide Petre, and Andrew, his bro|ther, James and Jon, Philip and Bartol|mew [verse 15] , Matheu and [Om. GNOQTW pr. m. XY.] Thomas, James Al|phei, and Symound, that is clepid Zelotis, [verse 16] Judas of [and G sec. m. W.] James, and Judas Scariot, that was [Om. K.] traitour. [verse 17] And Jhesu comynge doun fro the hil with hem, stood in a feeld [feeldi SUVX. feelde Y.] place; and the cumpenye of his disciplis, and a plenteuous multitude of pore [smal, or pore AGMNPSTW. smal OQX. the pore U.] peple, of al Judee, and of [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] Jerusalem, and of `the se [all thees O. the V.] coostis, and of Tire, and of [Om. WXY.] Sydon, [verse 18] whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] camen, that thei schulde heere hym, and that [Om. W.] thei schulden be heelid of her langwischingis [languisches, or achis AGMNPSTWY. langwisches OQVX.] ; and thei [Om. O.] that weren trauelid with [of AGMNOPQSTWXY.] vnclene spiritis, weren heelid. [verse 19] And ech cumpeny of the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] peple

souȝten for [Om. SX.] to touche him, for vertu wente out of him, and heelide alle. [verse 20] And, his yȝen reysid [cast AGMNOPQSTWXY.] vp in to his disciplis, he [and he O.] seide, Blessid be [Om. X.] ȝe, pore men [Om. X.] , for the kyngdom of God is ȝoure. [verse 21] Blessid be [Om. X.] ȝe, that `hungren now [now hungren GMXY.] , for ȝe schulen be fillid [fulfilde AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . Blessid be [Om. X.] ȝe, that `wepen now [now wepen GMXY.] , for ȝe schulen leyȝe [lauȝe U. laȝhen X.] . [verse 22] Ȝe schulen be bless|id, whanne men schulen hate ȝou, and schulen [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] departe ȝou awey [Om. MPX.] , and schulen [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] putte schenschip on ȝou, and schulen [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] caste out ȝoure name as yuel, for mannis sone. [verse 23] Joye ȝe in herte in that day, and glade ȝe with oute forth; loo! sothli ȝoure mede is moche [mochel O.] in heuene; forsothe vp [aftir AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thes thingis the fadris of hem diden to pro|phetis. [verse 24] Netheles woo to ȝou, riche men, that han ȝoure comfort. [verse 25] Woo to ȝou that ben fulfillid [fillid UVX.] , for ȝe schulen hungre. Woo to ȝou that `lauȝhen now [now leiȝen GMPUY. now lauȝhen X.] , for ȝe schal morne, and wepe. [verse 26] Woo [Wo to ȝou Q sec. m. U.] , whanne alle [Om. G pr. m. Q pr. m. PTXY.] men schulen blesse ȝou [Om. T.] ; aftir [vp UV.] thes thingis the fadris of hem diden to pro|phetis [false prophetis MP.] . [verse 27] But I seie to ȝou that heeren, loue ȝe ȝoure enemyes, `do ȝe [doth X.] wel to hem [verse 28] that haten [haatiden M sec. m.] ȝou; blesse ȝe to [Om. KU.] men curs|inge ȝou, preie ȝe for men `falsly chaleng|ynge [that falsly chalange AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝou. [verse 29] And `to him [who G sec. m. MNOPQTXY.] that [Om. MNPXY.] schal [Om. N.] smyte thee `on o [on on A. in to the oon G sec. m. OP. in to the toon MNTY. in the too Q. into the O X.] cheke, ȝyue also [to him and G sec. m. MNOPQTXY. to him also W.] the tother; and fro him that takith awey fro thee `a cloth [thi cloth MPW sec. m. clothis G pr. m. UVY. cloth G sec. m. W pr. m. thi clothis X.] , ȝhe [and N.] , nyle thou forbede the coote. [verse 30] Sothly ȝyue to ech axinge [askende X.] thee, and who [he that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] takith away tho thingis that ben thyne, axe thou not aȝeyn [aȝen with strijf MP.] . [verse 31] And as ȝe wolen that men do to ȝou, and do ȝe to hem in [on AGMNOPQTUVWXY.] lyk [lichy ANTW.] manere. [verse 32] And if ȝe louen hem that louen ȝou, what grace, `ethir thank [or thank A et ceteri. Om. X.] , is [Om. V.] to ȝou? for whi and synful men louen men louynge hem. [verse 33] And [Om. K.] if

ȝe don wel to hem that don wel to ȝou, what grace [thank MPU sec. m.] is to ȝow? sothly and synful men don this thing. [verse 34] And if ȝe `ȝyuen borwynge [ȝyuen borewing, or leenen MP. leuen U sec. m.] to hem, of whiche [whom MPXY.] ȝe hopen to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] take aȝen, what grace [grace, or thank MP. thank U sec. m.] is to ȝou? for whi and synful men leenen to synful men, that thei taken aȝeyn euene thingis. [verse 35] Ne|theles loue ȝe ȝoure enemyes, and do [doth GQSXY. doith MP.] ȝe [Om. AGMNOPQSUVWXY.] wel, and ȝyue [leue U sec. m.] ȝe [Om. NW.] borwyng [borewing, or leeneth MP. Om. U sec. m.] , hopinge no thing [nothing hoping GMXY.] therof, and ȝoure mede schal be moche, and ȝe schulen be the [Om. O.] sones of the Hiȝeste, for he is benyngne [benigne, or of good wille AGMNPSTWY.] on [vpon AGMNOPQSTWY.] vnkynde [kynde KU.] men [Om. G pr. m. K sec. m. MPXY.] and yuele men. [verse 36] Therfore be ȝe mercyful, as and ȝoure fadir is mercyful. [verse 37] Nyle ȝe deme, and ȝe schulen not be de|myd. Nyle ȝe condempne, and ȝe schulen not be condempned; `forȝyue ȝe [forȝifeth O.] , and it schal be forȝouun to ȝou. [verse 38] Ȝyue ȝe, and it schal be ȝouun to ȝou. Thei schulen ȝyue in to ȝoure bosum a good mesure, and wel [a wel O.] fillid [fulfillid G pr. m.] , and shakun to gidere, and ouer|flowynge; forsothe by the [Om. O.] same mesure, by which [the whiche O.] ȝe schulen mete, it schal be meten [motun O.] to ȝou. [verse 39] Sothli he seide to hem and a liknesse [licnesse, or ensaumple AGMNPTWY. licnesse, or exsaumple S.] , Whethir [Wher O.] a blynd man [Om. T.] may leede the [a O.] blynde? whethir thei falle not bothe in to the dyche? [verse 40] A disciple is not aboue the maistir; sothli ech [he O. ech disciple MP.] schal be perfyt, if he is [be AGMNOPQSWY. shul ben X.] as his maistir. [verse 41] Sothli what seest thou in thi brotheris yȝe `a festu, othir a mot [a festu, or mot AGQSTUVWY. a festu, or a mot MNP. a mot O. a festu X.] , but thou biholdist not a beem, `which is [that is AGMNOPQTWXY. Om. S.] in thi owne yȝe? [verse 42] Othir [Or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hou maist [miȝt AT.] thou seye to thi bro|ther, Brother, suffre, I schal caste out a festu [festu, or a moot O. mot MPU sec. m.] of thin yȝe? thou biholdist not a beem in thin owne yȝe? Ypocrite, first tak [cast Q sec. m.] out the beem of thyn yȝe, and thanne thou schalt biholde, that thou lede out a festu [mot MOPU sec. m.] of thi brotheris yȝe. [verse 43] Forsothe it is not a good tree, that makith yuele frutis,

nother an yuele tree, that makith goode [verse 44] fruytis; sothli euery [eche X.] tree is knowun of his fruyt. Sothli neither men gederyn fygis of thornes, neither men gederyn a grape of a boysch of breris. [verse 45] A good man of the goode tresour [the tresour G.] of his herte bryngeth forth good thing, and an yuel man of yuel tresour, bryngith forth yuel thing; sothli of the [Om. K.] plente of the herte the mouth spekith. [verse 46] Forsothe what clepen [clepith Y.] ȝe me, Lord, Lord, and don not tho thingis that I seye. [verse 47] Ech that cometh to me, and heerith my wordis, and doth hem, I schal schewe to ȝou, to whom he is lyk [lichi MP.] . [verse 48] He is lyk [lychi MPT.] to a man bildinge an [Om. T.] hous, that [and P.] diggide [diggith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] deepe, and puttide [puttith OXY. putte S.] the founde|ment on [vpon O.] a stoon. Sothli greet flowing maad, flood was [is A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] hurtlid to that hous, and it myȝte not moue it, for it was foundid on [vpon O.] a sad stoon. [verse 49] Sothli he that heerith, and doth not, is lyk to a man bildinge his hous on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] erthe [the erthe Q.] with oute foundement; in to which the flood [flodes Q.] was [is AGMNOPSTWXY. Om. Q.] hurlid [hurtlid to AGTWY. hurlid to MNOPS. hurtlid QUX.] , and a non it felde doun; and the fallinge doun of that hous is maad greet.

CAP. VII.

[verse 1] Forsothe whanne he hadde fulfillid [fillid V.] alle his wordis in to the [Om. K sec. m.] eeris of the peple [pore puple AGNOSTWY.] , he entride in to Capharnaum. [verse 2] Sothli [Forsothe O.] a seruaunt of sum man centurio, `that hadde an hundrid men vndir him [Om. OQX.] , hauynge yuel, was to deyinge [dye AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] was precious to him. [verse 3] And whanne he hadde [Om. W.] herd of Jhesu, he sente to him the eldere men of Jewis, preiynge him, that he come, and heele his seruaunt. [verse 4] And, whanne [thei, whan GMPWX.] thei camen to Jhesu, thei [Om. GMQ pr. m. TWX.] preieden bisyli, sey|inge [and saiden O.] to him, For he is worthi, that thou [verse 5] ȝyue to him this thing; for he loueth oure folk, and he [Om. O.] bildide [bilde SX.] to vs a syna|goge. [verse 6] Sothly Jhesu wente with hem.

And whanne now he was not fer [Om. O.] fro the hous, centurio sente to him frendis, sey|inge, Lord, nyle thou be trauelid, for I am not worthi, that thou entre vndir my [verse 7] roof; for which thing and I demyde [deme T.] not my [me K.] silf worthi, that I schulde come to thee; but seye thou by word, and my child schal be heelid. [verse 8] For whi and I am a man ordeyned vndir power, hauynge `knyȝtis vndir me [vndir me knyȝtes GMXY.] ; and [Om. K.] I seie to this, Go thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] , and he goth, and to anothir, Come thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] , and he cometh, and to my seruaunt, Do thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] this thing, and he doth [doith it MPWY.] . [verse 9] The [Om. U.] which thing herd, Jhesu wondride; and he turn|yd, seide to the cumpanyes suynge him, Treuli I seye to ȝou, nethir [ne MP.] in Israel I fond so moche [greete AGMNOPQSTWXY.] feith. [verse 10] And thei that weren sent, turnyd aȝen hom, founden the seruaunt hool, which [the whiche AGNOQSTWXY. that MP.] was syk. [verse 11] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don aftirward Jhesu wente in to a cite, that is clepid Naym, and his disciplis; and [wente with him and A pr. m. GMNOPQTWXY.] ful [a ful MPSW pr. m. XY.] greet cumpanye of peple [the puple V.] `wente with him [Om. A pr. m. GMNO PQTWX.] . [verse 12] Sothly whanne he cam nyȝ to the ȝate of the citee, loo! an oonlypi [oonly O.] sone of his modir was born out deed; and this was a widowe; and moche cumpany of the citee was [Om. AGNOQSTW. cam MPXY.] with hir. [verse 13] Whom whanne the Lord Jhesu hadde seyn, he meuyd by mercy on [vpon AGMNOPQTY.] hir, seide to hir, Nyle thou wepe. [verse 14] And he neiȝede [cam to AGMNOPQSWY. cam X.] , and touchide the bere; and [forsothe AGMNOPQSUVWXY.] thei that baren stooden. And he seith, Ȝong man, I seie to thee, ryse vp. [verse 15] And he that was deed sat vp [aȝen AGMNPQSWXY. vp aȝen O.] , and bigan to [for to AGMNOPQWY.] speke; and he ȝaf him to his modir. [verse 16] Sothli drede took alle men, and thei magnyfieden God, seyinge, For a greet prophete hath risun among vs, `and, For [for and MP. for W.] God hath visitid his peple [pore peple AGMNPQSXY.] . [verse 17] And this word wente out of him `in to [in V.] al Judee, and in to al the cuntre aboute. [verse 18] And dis|ciplis

[the disciples MOP.] of John tolden him [to him AGMNOPQSUWXY.] of [sayinge of AGMNOPQSWXY.] alle thes thingis. [verse 19] And John clepide to gidere tweyne [two MPX.] of his disciplis, and sente to Jhesu, seyinge, Art thou that art to comynge [come AG MNOPQSWXY.] , `other we abiden [or abide we AGMNOPSW. or we abiden QXY.] another? [verse 20] Sothli whanne the men hadden come to him, thei seiden, John Baptist sente vs to thee, seyinge, Art thou that art to comynge [come AGMNOPQSWXY.] , other [or AGMNOPQS WXY.] we abiden another? [verse 21] Forsothe in that our he heelide many men of her sykenessis [languischis AGMNOPQSUVWXY.] , and woundis, and [and of U. of V.] yuele spiritis; and he ȝaf siȝt to manye blynde men. [verse 22] And Jhesu answeringe seide to hem, Ȝe goynge telle [telleth SX.] aȝen to John tho thingis that ȝe han herd and seyn; for blynde men seen, crokide men [Om. AGMNOPQWX.] gon, mese|lis ben maad clene, deef men heeren, deede [and deed W.] men rysen aȝen, pore men ben takun to prechinge [prechen GMPQX.] of [Om. AG pr. m. K pr. m. MP.] the gospel, `ether ben maad keperis of the gospel [or maad kepers of the gospel AGMNPSWX Y. Om. OQ. ether ben maad keperis of the gospels V.] . [verse 23] And `he that [who euer A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQXY.] schal not be sclaundrid in me, is [schal be W pr. m.] blessid. [verse 24] And whanne the messangers [messageres GO passim Q.] of John hadden gon away, he bigan to [for to AGNOQWY.] seye of John to the cumpanyes, What wenten ȝe out in to desert for [Om. SX.] to se? a reed wawid with the [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY.] wynd? [verse 25] But what wente ȝe out for [Om. SX.] to se? a man clothid [clad SX.] with softe clothis [clothing Q.] ? Lo! thei that ben in a [Om. MPQ.] precious cloth and in delices, ben in `housis of kyngis [kynges housis AGMNOPQSWXY.] . [verse 26] But what thing wente ȝe out for [Om. SX.] to se? a prophete? Sothli I seie to ȝou, and more than a prophete. [verse 27] This it [Om. AG MNOPQSWXY.] is [is he W pr. m.] , of whom it is writen, Lo! I sende myn aungel byfore thi face, `the which [that MPX. which K sec. m. UV.] schal make thi weye redy bifore thee. [verse 28] Sothly I seye to ȝou, among the [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY.] childeren of wymmen, no man is more [more pro|phete AGMNOPQSWXY.] than John Baptist, prophete [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY. the profete UV.] ; sothli he that is lesse in the [Om. O.] kyngdom of heuenes, is more than he. [verse 29] And al the peple heeringe, and pup|plicans,

baptisid with baptym [the baptym GMOQUVWXY.] of John, [verse 30] iustifieden God; forsoth Pharisees and wyse men of the [Om. V.] lawe, not baptisid of him, dispiseden the conseil of God in [aȝens AG sec. m. in to MNOPQXY. aȝen SW.] hem silf [silf, or aȝens hem silf O.] . [verse 31] Sothli the Lord seyde, Ther|fore to whom schal I seye men of this generacioun lyk [lichi MNP.] , and to whom ben thei lyk [lichi MNP.] ? [verse 32] Thei ben lyk [lichi MNP.] to [Om. U.] children sittinge in chepinge [a chepyng MP.] , and spekynge to gidere, and seyinge, We han songun to ȝou with pipis, and ȝe han not daunsid [lipped, or daunsid AGMNOPQSW. lepid or daunsid Y.] ; we han maad lamentacioun [lamentacioun, or mornynge AGMNPSWY.] , and ȝe han not wept. [verse 33] For|soth John Baptist cam, nethir etinge breed, nether [ne AGMNPQSWXY.] drynkynge wyn, and ȝe seyn, He hath a fend. [verse 34] Mannis sone cam etinge and drynkinge, and ȝe seyn, Lo! a man `deuourere, ether glotoun [vourer, or glotoun AGMNPSY. glotoun O. devourer, or glotoun QW. vourere X.] , and drynkinge wyn, frend of pupplicans and of [Om. AGNOQSWXY.] synful men. [verse 35] And wysdom is justified of alle her sones. [verse 36] Forsoth sum Pharise [oon of the Farisees A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQXY. of the Pharisees G sec. m. O.] preiede Jhesu, that he schulde ete with him. And he entringe in to the hous of the Pharise, sat at the mete. [verse 37] And lo! a womman syn|neresse [synner GMOPQWXY.] , that was in the citee, as sche knew, that Jhesu hadde sete [sitten O. seten GQXY.] at the mete in the hous of the Pharisee, brouȝte an [verse 38] alabastre box of oynement; and sche [Om. O.] stondinge byhynde bisydis his feet, bigan to moiste his feet with teeris, and wypide [wypede hem MP.] with heeris of hir heed [heued OY.] , and kiste his feet, and anoyntide [oyntede S.] with oynement. [verse 39] Sothli the Pharise seynge, that clepide him, seith with ynne him silf, seiynge, If this were a prophete, sothli he schulde wite, who and what maner womman it were [is S.] that touch|ith him, for she is a synneresse [synner A pr. m. GMNOPQSWXY.] . [verse 40] And Jhesu answeringe seide to him, Symound, I haue sum thing for [Om. NSX.] to seye to thee. And he seith, Maistir, seie thou. [verse 41] And he answeride, Tweye [Two GMOPQWX.] dettours were to sum [summe OO GMNOSXY. sum man OO Q.] leenere, `ethir vsurer [Om. O. or vsurer GMPQWXY.] ; oon ouȝte

fyue hundrid pens, and an other fyfty. [verse 42] Sothli hem not hauynge wherof thei schulden ȝelde, he ȝaf [forȝaf G pr. m. MOPQ sec. m. W pr. m. XY.] frely [treuli A. Om. Q sec. m.] to `euer ey|thir [booth AMNOQSY. bothe PWXY.] . [verse 43] Who [Who of hem MP.] therfore loueth him more? Symound answeringe seide, I gesse, for he to whom he `frely ȝaf [ȝaf ANSWY. forȝaue GMOPQX.] more. And he answeride [answerynge O.] to him, Thou hast demyd riȝtly [riȝt O.] . [verse 44] And he, turnyd to the womman, seide to Symound, Seest thou this wom|man? I entride in to thi hous, thou hast not ȝouun watir to my feet; forsoth this womman [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY.] hath moistid my feet with teeris, and hath [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY.] wypt with hir heeris. [verse 45] Thou hast not ȝouun to me a cosse; for|soth this womman [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY.] , sithen sche [I A pr. m. GMNOPQXY pr. m.] entride, `ceesside not [hath not ceesed O.] to [for to AGMNOPQY.] kisse my feet. [verse 46] Thou `hast not anoyntid [anoyntedest not AGMNOPQWXY. oyntedest not S. hast not oyntid V.] myn heed [heued OY.] with oyle; forsothe [for U.] this oyntide [anoynted AGMNOPQUWX.] my feet with oyne|ment. [verse 47] For which thing I seie to thee, manye synnes ben forȝouun to hire, for sche hath [Om. K.] loued myche; sothli he [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY.] to whom is lesse forȝouun, loueth [he loueth S.] lesse. [verse 48] Sothli Jhesu seide to hir, Synnes [Thi synnes W sec. m.] ben for|ȝouun to thee. [verse 49] And thei that saten to gi|dere at the [Om. N.] mete, bigunne to [for to AGMNOPQWY.] seie with ynne hem silf, Who is this [that N.] that [which UV.] also forȝyueth synnes? [verse 50] Forsothe he seide [saith O.] to the womman, Thi feith hath maad thee saf; go thou in pees.

CAP. VIII.

[verse 1] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSXY.] don aftirward, and Jhesu made iorney by citees and castelis, prech|inge and euangelysinge the rewme of God, [verse 2] and twelue with him; and summe wym|men that weren heelid of wickide [wicke SX.] spiritis and syknessis, Marie, that is clepid Maw|deleyn [Magdalene OU.] , of whom seuene deuelis wenten [weren cast U pr. m.] [verse 3] out, and Jone, the wyf of [Om. O.] Chuse, procu|ratour of Eroude, and Susanne, and manye othere, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] mynystriden to him of her

riches [facultees, or ryches AT. facultees, or rychessis GMNPQSWY. faculteis OX. richessis V.] . [verse 4] Forsoth whanne ful moche cum|panye cam to gidere, and fro citees hasti|den [verse 5] to him, he seide [saith O.] by [by hym T.] a [Om. O.] liknesse [licnesse, or ensaumple AGMNPQTWY. ensaumple O. lykenesse, or exsaumple S.] , He that sowith, ȝede [goith G pr. m. MOPQTXY.] out for [Om. UVX.] to sowe his seed. And the while he sowith, sum felde by sydis the weye, and was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPST. it is QXY.] defoulid, and briddis of the eyr eeten it. [verse 6] And another felde [fil U sec. m.] doun [Om. U sec. m.] on a [the U sec. m.] stoon, and it sprungen vp [Om. AGMNOPQSTXY.] dryede [and dryede U.] , for it hadde not [no V.] moisture. [verse 7] And anothir felde doun among thornes, and the thornes sprungen vp to gidere strangliden it. [verse 8] And another felde doun in to good erthe [lond X.] , and it sprungun vp made an hundrid foold fruit. He [And he V.] seyinge thes thingis criede, He that hath eeris of heeringe, heere he [Om. KUV.] . [verse 9] Sothli his disciplis axiden him, what this parable was. [verse 10] To whiche [whom MPQXY.] he seyde, To ȝou it is ȝouun to knowe the mysterie of the kyngdom of God; forsothe to othere men in parablis, that thei seynge se not, and thei heeringe vndirstonde not. [verse 11] Sothli this is the para|ble. [verse 12] The seed is Goddis word; sothli thei [tho MPQWXY.] that ben [felden G pr. m. fellen MPQY. Om. NOSTX.] bisydis the weye, ben thes that heeren; aftirward the fend cometh, and takith awey the word fro [of O.] her herte, lest thei bileuynge be maad saaf. [verse 13] Forwhi [But U sec. m.] thei that `felden doun [Om. AOSTUVWX. fellen GMNPQ.] on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] a stoon, ben these `men whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWY. Om. X.] whenne thei han herd, receyuen the word with ioye. And thes han not roote [rootis AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; for at [Om. Q.] a [Om. Q.] tyme thei bi|leuen, and in tyme of temptacioun thei gon awey. [verse 14] Forsothe `thes that [that that AGMNPQSTWY. that at O. this that V. that X.] felden [fel WX.] doun in [on W.] thornes, ben thes that herden, and of [of the AGMNOPQSTWY.] bysinessis [besynes NU. the bisynesses X.] , and richessis, and lustis [voluptees AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of lyf thei goynge ben stranglid, and [and thai O.] bryngen not aȝein fruyt. [verse 15] Forsoth `this that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] felde [felde AM. felle GY. Om. QTW. fel X.]

doun [Om. GMNOPQSTWXY.] in to [Om. Q.] good erthe, ben thes men [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , in [in to T.] good herte and best, heeringe the word holdun, and bryngen forth fruyt in pacience. [verse 16] Forsoth no man liȝtinge [liȝtenynge AGNOQTWY.] a lanterne hilith [heelyd W.] it with a vessel, ethir [or GMOPQTWXY.] puttith [putteth hit O. puttith it Y.] vndir a bed, but on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] a candil|sticke, that men entringe se liȝt. [verse 17] `Forsoth no thing is priuey [For there is not [no QT] priuey thenge AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , which [the whiche AGMNOQSTWY. that X.] schal not be openyd, neither hid [hid thenge AGMNOPQST sec. m. UWXY.] , which [the whiche AGMNOQSTWY. that X.] schal not be knowun, and come into [to AGMNOPSWXY.] apert. [verse 18] Therfore se ȝe, hou ȝe heeren; forsothe it schal be ȝouun to him that hath, and who euere hath not, also this [that that AGMNPSWXY. that O. this that U.] he gessith [weneth AGMNOPQSTWXY.] him [Om. T.] silf [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] haue, schal be takun awey fro him. [verse 19] Forsoth his modir and britheren camen to him; and thei myȝten not go fully to him for the cumpany of peple. [verse 20] And it is [was G sec. m. UVW.] told to him, Thi modir and thi bri|theren stonden with oute forth, willinge [wilnynge QWY.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] se thee. [verse 21] Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] answeringe seide to hem, My moder and my britheren ben thes, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] heeren the word of God, and don [don therafter OQW. don after it MP. don it U sec. m.] . [verse 22] Forsoth it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don in oon of dayes [the dayes MP.] , and he stiȝede in to a boot and his disciplis. And he seith to hem, Passe we [ȝe O.] ouer the stondinge watir. And thei stiȝeden vp. [verse 23] Sothli, hem rowynge, he slepte. And a tempest of wynd cam doun in to the watir, and thei weren driuen hidur and thidur with wawis, and weren in perel. [verse 24] Forsothe thei comynge nyȝ reysiden him, seyinge, Comaundour, we perischen. And he risynge blamyde the wynd, and the tempest of watir [the watir W.] ; and it ceesside, and pesyblete was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTX.] maad. [verse 25] Forsoth he seyde to hem, Where is ȝoure feith? Whiche [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] dredinge wondriden, `seyinge to gidere [togidere, seiende XY.] , Who, gessist thou, `is this [this is K pr. m.] ? for he co|maundith to wyndis [the windus X.] and to the [Om. AGNOPQSTW sec. m. XY.] see, and

thei obeyen to him. [verse 26] And thei rowiden to [in to W pr. m.] the cuntree of Gerasenus [Genasareth G pr. m. MNPTXY. Jerasenoruth O.] , which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is aȝens Galilee. [verse 27] And whanne he wente out to the lond, sum man ran to him, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] hadde a deuyl now longe [moche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] tymes [tyme M.] , and was not clothid [clad SX.] with cloth, neither dwell|ide in hous [housis W.] , but in sepulcris. [verse 28] This as he syȝ Jhesu, felde doun bifore him, and criynge with greet voys seide, What to me and to thee, Jhesu, the sone of `God the hiȝeste [hiȝest God MPY. God hiȝest G pr. m. U. the hiȝest God WX.] ? I beseche thee, that thou turmente not me. [verse 29] Sothli he comaundide to the vnclene spirit, that he schulde go out fro the man. Forsothe he took him longe [moche AGMNOPSTWXY. mony Q sec. m.] tymes, and he [Om. O.] kept in stockis was bounden with chaynes, and, the boondis broken, he was led of fendis [deuels AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in desert. [verse 30] Sothli Jhesu axide [axinge V.] him, seyinge, What name is to thee? And he seyde, A le|gioun; for manye fendis [deuels AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hadde entrid in to him. [verse 31] And [Om. K.] thei preiden him, that he schulde not [Om. G pr. m.] comaunde hem [to hem AGMNOPQSTWY.] , that thei `schulden go [wenten MNPQTXY.] in to the [Om. X.] depnesse. [verse 32] For|sothe a [ther was a AGMNOPQSTWXY.] flok of manye hoggis [swyin hoggis GY. swyne O.] `was there [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] lesewynge in an hil, and thei preieden him [Om. O.] , that he schulde suffre hem to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] entre in to [to U.] hem. [verse 33] And he suffride hem. Ther|fore fendis [deuels AGMNOQSTWXY. the deuels P.] wenten out fro the man, and entride in to hoggis [swyne O. the hoggis GQVXY.] ; and with bire the floc wente hedlinge [heuedlynge O.] in to the lake of watir, and was [is AG pr. m. MNOPSXY.] stranglid. [verse 34] Which [The whiche AGMNPQSTWXY. Om. O.] `thing, as thei that lesewiden syȝen don [thing as thei that leseweden or kepten in the lesewe syȝen don ATW. thing as thei that lesewiden or kepten in lesewis syȝen don GMPY. thing as thei that leseweden or kepten in lesowe syȝen don NS. and whan the hirdis sawen this thenge O.] , thei [Om. AGMNOPQSTWY.] fledden, and tolden in to the citee, and in [Om. O. in to QU pr. m. W.] townes. [verse 35] Sothli thei ȝeden [camen G pr. m. MNOPQTXY.] out to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] se that thing that was [is G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] don. And [and thei camen to Jhesu, and Q sec. m.] thei founden the man sittinge clothid [clod S. clad X.] , fro whom the fendis wenten out, and in hool mynde at his feet; and thei dredden. [verse 36] Sothli and

thei that syȝen tolden to hem, how he was maad hool of the legioun. [verse 37] And al the multitude of the cuntree of Gerasenus [Genazareth MNPTXY. Gerasenorum O.] preieden him, that he schulde go fro hem, for thei weren holde [holden AGMNOQSTUXY.] with greet drede. Sothli he stiȝynge in to a boot turned [turnedyn K.] aȝein. [verse 38] And the man of whom the [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] fendis [deuels AGMNOPQSTWXY.] wente out, preied him, that he schulde be with him [Om. T.] . Sothli Jhesu lefte him, sey|inge [verse 39] , Go aȝeyn in to thin hous, and telle hou grete [many G pr. m. MOPQTXY.] thingis God hath don to thee. And he wente thorw al the citee, prech|inge, hou grete [many G pr. m. MOPQTXY.] thingis Jhesu [God OW.] hadde [hath W.] don to him. [verse 40] Forsothe it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne Jhesu hadde gon aȝeyn, the cumpanye of peple receyuede him; forsothe alle weren abidinge him. [verse 41] And loo! a man, to whom the name was [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Jayrus, and he [Om. XY.] was a [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] prince of a synagoge; and he fel doun to [at AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the feet of Jhesu, preiynge him, that he [verse 42] schulde entre in to his hous, for olypi [an oonlepy MOP. oonlippy QTWXY.] douȝtir was to him almoost of twelue ȝeer, and this deiede. And it bifel, the [Om. Q.] while he wente, he was throngun [throngun, or pressid AGMNPSTWY. throngen, or thrust U sec. m.] of the cum|peny [cumpanyes of puple AGMNPQSTXY. company of pepil O. cumpanyes of the peple W.] . [verse 43] And sum womman was in flix of blood fro [Om. O.] twelue ȝeer, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hadde spendid al hir catel [substaunce AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in to lechis, nether [verse 44] myȝte [sche miȝt AGMNOPQSTWXY.] be curid of ony, cam [and sche cam O. sche came GQY.] nyȝ bihynde, and touchide the hem of his clooth [clothis T.] , and a non the flix [fluxe Y.] of hir blood stood [ceesed O.] . [verse 45] And Jhesu seith [sayde O.] , Who is it that touchide me [Om. T.] ? Sothli [And whan O.] alle men denyinge [denyden O.] , Petre seide, and thei that weren with him, Comaundour, `cumpanyes thringen [cumpanyes of puple thringen AGMNPQSTWXY. the pepil thristen O. cumpenyes thringen, or thrustynge U sec. m.] , and turmentyn [disesen O.] thee, and thou seist, Who touchide me? [verse 46] And Jhesus seide [saith O.] , Sum man touchide [hath touchid O.] me, forwhi [for O.] `and I haue knowe [Om. O.] vertu `to haue gon [ȝeed O.] out of [fro QT pr. m.] me. [verse 47] Sothly [And O.] the womman seynge, for it was

not priuey [hidde fro him O.] , sche [Om. O. she cam MPY. cam X.] tremblinge cam [Om. MOPXY.] , and felde doun bifore [at O.] his feet, and for what cause sche hadde touchid him sche schew|ide byfore al the peple, and hou a non sche was [is AGMNPQSTXY.] heelid. [verse 48] And he [Crist MP.] seide to hir, Douȝtir, thi feith hath maad thee saaf; go thou [Om. X.] in pees. [verse 49] `Ȝit him spekinge [And ȝitt while he spake O.] , sum [a O.] man cam to [fro O.] the prince of the [Om. V.] synagoge, seyinge [and sayde O.] to him, For [Om. O.] thi douȝtir is deed, nyle thou trauaile the maystir. [verse 50] Sothli [Om. AGMNQSTWXY. And whan O.] this word herd [was hard O.] , Jhesu answeride to the fadir of the damysele [wenche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , Nyle thou drede, but `oonly bileue thou [bileeue thou only GXY.] , and sche shal be saaf. [verse 51] And whanne he `had come [cam G pr. m. MNPQTXY.] to the hous, he suffride not ony man for [Om. NOSX.] to entre with him, no [Om. MOP. mo Q.] but Petre and [Om. N.] John and James, and the fadir and the [Om. GMNPUVXY.] modir of the damysele [wenche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 52] Sothli alle wepten, and biwayleden [wayleden AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hir. And he seide, Nyle ȝe wepe, sothli the damysele [wenche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is not deed, but slepith. [verse 53] And thei scorniden him, witinge for [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] sche was deed. [verse 54] Forsothe [Sothely O.] he holdinge hir hond criede, seyinge, Damysel [Wenche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , ryse [to thee Y seie, rise Q sec. m.] vp. [verse 55] And hir spirit turn|yde aȝeyn, and sche roos anon. And he comaundide to [for to AGMNOQTWY.] ȝiue to hir for [Om. S.] to ete. [verse 56] And hir fadir and modir wondriden gret|ly; to whiche [whom XY.] he comaundide, that thei schulden not seye to ony man [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] `the thing that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] was don.

CAP. IX.

[verse 1] Forsothe twelue [the twelue M. twelue the P.] apostlis clepid to gi|dere, Jhesu ȝaf to hem vertu and power on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] alle deuelis, and that thei schulde heele sykenessis [languyschyngis AGMPQSTWXY. languischis NO.] . [verse 2] And he sente hem for [Om. X.] to preche the kyngdom of God, and for [Om. SW pr. m. X.] to heele syke men. [verse 3] And he seith to hem, `Take ȝe no thing [No thing take ȝe XY.] in the [Om. K.] weye, nethir ȝerd, nethir [ne A sec. m. GMNOPQSTWXY.] scrippe, nethir breed, nethir [ne AGMNOPQSTWXY.]

money, and [Om. W.] nethir [ne MP.] haue ȝe twey [twe K. two MOPQTUWXY.] cootis. [verse 4] And in to what euere hous ȝe schulen entre, `dwelle ȝe [dwelleth X.] there, and go ȝe not out thennis. [verse 5] And who euere schulen [shal MPX.] not receyue ȝow, ȝe goynge out [out thens O.] of that citee schake [shaketh SX.] of also [al T.] the poudir of ȝoure feete in to witnessinge on [vpon AGMNOPQSTWY.] hem. [verse 6] Sothli thei gon out, cumpassiden [enuyrowneden AGMNPQSTWXY. enuyrouned O.] bi castels, euange|lisinge and heelinge euerewhere. [verse 7] Forsoth Eroude, `the fourthe prince [prince of the fourth part AMNPQTX. fourthe prince O. prince W. prince of the fourth part of Galilee G pr. m. Y.] , herde alle the [thes K. Om. GPSUVWX.] thingis that weren don of him [hem O.] , and [verse 8] he doutide, for that [Om. KVX.] it was seid of sum men [Om. O.] , for Joon roos [hath risen XY.] aȝen [Om. AGMNOPQSVWXY.] fro deede men [Om. AG pr. m. MNOPQUXY.] ; forsoth [sothely QXY.] of sum men [Om. O.] , for Elye apperide; sothli [forsothe O.] of othere men [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , for oon of the olde prophetis roos. [verse 9] And Eroude seith, I haue bihedid [byheueded OY.] Joon; sothli who is this, of whom I heere thes [soche AGMNOQST. siche PY. suche WX.] thingis? And he souȝte for [Om. SX.] to se him. [verse 10] And apostlis [the apostlis GMPQW pr. m. XY.] turnynge [turned AGMNOPQSTWY.] aȝeyn toolden to him, what euere [Om. V.] thingis thei [that thei A pr. m. T.] diden. And hem takun to, he wente on anothere half in to desert [a desert MP.] place, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is [is clepid GQY.] Bethsayda. [verse 11] Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thing whanne the cumpanyes [cumpanyes of puplis A pr. m. MNPTY. cumpanye of puplis A sec. m. cumpanyes of puple GQSX. company of pepil OW.] hadden knowen, thei folowiden him. And he receyuyde hem, and spak to hem of the kingdom of God; and heelide hem that hadden nede of cure. [verse 12] Sothli the day bigan for [Om. STX.] to bowe doun, and the twelue comynge nyȝ seiden to him, Leeue the cumpanyes [companyes of pepul AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , that thei go|ynge `turne in to castels [in to castelis turne X.] and townes, that ben aboute, that thei fynde metis, for we ben here in a desert place. [verse 13] Forsothe he seith to hem, Ȝyue ȝe [Om. N.] to hem to [for to AGMNOPQTUVWY.] ete. And thei seiden, Ther ben not to vs more than fyue loouys and tweye [two GMOPQUWXY.] fischis, no [Om. OX.] but [but if X.] perauenture and [Om. O.] we go, and byen metis `in to [for O. to W pr. m.] al the [this MPQ sec. m.] cumpany. [verse 14] Sothli the [Om. T.] men

weren almoost fyue thousynde. Forsothe he seith to his disciplis, Make [make ȝe AGMNOPSTW sec. m. XY. make we Q.] hem to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] sitte to mete by feestis [Om. Q.] , fyftyes [fifties togidere U sec. m.] . [verse 15] And thei diden so, and thei maden alle men sitte [to sitte OSX.] to [at AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] the mete. [verse 16] Forsothe fyue looues and tweye [two MPUWXY.] fysches takun, he byheld in to heuene, and blesside hem, and brak, and delide to his disciplis, that thei schulden putte [put to Q.] bifore the cumpanyes [cumpanye W.] . [verse 17] And alle men eeten, and `weren fillid [ben fulfillid G pr. m. MOPQTXY. weren fulfillid G sec. m. W.] ; and `this that [that that AGMNPQSWXY. that at O. that thei Q.] lefte to hem `of broken metis [Om. X.] was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] taken [taken vp AGMNOPSUVWXY.] , twelue coffyns [cofines of broke mete X.] . [verse 18] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne he was aloone preiynge, and his disciplis weren with him, and he axide hem, seiynge [Om. K.] , Whom `seyn the cumpanyes me [the kumpanyes seyn me XY.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be? [verse 19] And thei answeriden, and seiden, John Baptist, forsothe othere seyen [seiden K.] Elye, but othere seyen [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , for o [a A. oon M. one P.] prophete of the formere hath risun. [verse 20] Sothli he seide to hem, But whom seye ȝe me to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be? Symound Petre answeringe seide, The [Om. S.] Crist of God. [verse 21] And he blamynge hem comaundide hem [Om. X.] that thei schulden [verse 22] seie to no man [man these thingis X.] , `and seith [sayinge AGMNOPQSTWXY.] `thes thingis [Om. X.] , For it bihoueth mannis sone to [for to AGMNOPTW.] suffre manye thingis, and to [for to AGMNOPTWY.] be repreued of the [Om. O.] eldere men, and of [Om. OTWXY. of the Q.] princes of prestis, and of scribis, and for [Om. SX.] to be slayn, and in [Om. GMOPQTWXY.] the thridde day to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] ryse aȝen. [verse 23] For|sothe he seide to alle men, If ony man [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] wole come aftir me, denye he him silf, and take he [Om. PUV.] his cross euery day, and sue he me. [verse 24] Sothli he that schal wilne [wole GMPY. wite X.] to [Om. AGMOPQSTWXY.] make his lyf [soule, that is his lijf AGQST pr. m. WY. soule, that is lijf MNPT sec. m. soul OX.] saaf, schal leese it; forwhi he that schal leese his lyf [soule, that is lijf AMNPTW. soule, that is his lijf GQY. soule OSX.] for me, schal make it saaf. [verse 25] Forsothe [Sotheli GMOPQTWXY.] what profitith it to a [Om. K.] man, if he wynne al the world, sothli [forsothe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] leese him silf, and do peyringe of [to XY.] him

silf? [verse 26] Forwhi who that schal schame me and my wordis, and mannis sone schal schame him, whanne he schal come in his mageste, and of the fadir [fadris AGMNPQSTWXY.] , and of the [Om. OUVWXY.] hooly aungels. [verse 27] Forsoth I seye to ȝou, verily ther ben summe stondinge here, whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] schulen not taste [take O.] deeth, til thei seen the rewme of God. [verse 28] Sothli it was [is AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don aftir thes wordis almoost eiȝte dayes, and he took Petre and James and John, and he stiȝede in to an hil, that he schulde preie. [verse 29] And the while he [that he XY.] preiede, the liknesse of his cheere was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad othir maner, and his clothing [cloth U.] whit schynynge. [verse 30] And loo! tweye [two MPU passim. WXY.] men spaken with him, [verse 31] forsothe Moyses and Elye weren seyn in mageste; and thei seyden his goynge out [Om. T.] , which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] he was to fillinge [fulfill AG sec. m. MNOPQSTWXY.] in Jerusalem. [verse 32] Forsothe Petre, and thei that weren with him, weren greuyd [greuid, or heuyed Y.] with [or heuy of U sec. m. marg.] sleep, and thei wakinge syȝen his mageste, and tweye [tho two MPX. two WY.] men that stooden with him. [verse 33] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne thei departiden fro him, Petre seith to Jhesu, Comandour, it is good to vs for [Om. SUX.] to be here, and [Om. K.] make we here thre tabernaclis, oon to thee, and [Om. UV.] oon to Moyses, and oon to Elye; not wit|inge what he schulde seye. [verse 34] Sothli him spekinge thes thingis, a cloude was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad, and schadewide hem; and thei [Om. GMPXY.] dredden [Om. GMPUWXY.] , hem [Om. U.] entringe in to the clowde [cloude, thei dredden GMPUWXY.] . [verse 35] And a voys was [is AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad fro [of AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the clowde, seyinge, This is my dereworthe sone, heere ȝe him. [verse 36] And the [Om. O.] while the vois was [Om. G pr. m.] maad, Jhesu was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] founden aloone. And thei helden pees, and `seide to no man [to no man seiden GXY.] in tho dayes ouȝt of tho thingis, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] thei hadden herd [seyn AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] . [verse 37] Forsothe it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don in the day suynge, hem [thei U.] comynge doun [a doun W pr. m.] of the hil, myche cumpanye of peple [the peple U.] renneth to hem. [verse 38] And

loo! a man of the cumpanye criede, sey|inge, Maistir, I biseche thee, byhold in to my sone, for he is `oon aloone [oonlepy AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to me; [verse 39] and lo! a spirit takith him, and sudenly he crieth, and hurtlith [hirtith A pr. m. NOT. hirtlith A sec. m. hirtith hym GMPQXY. hirtlith hym W.] down, and `to|drawith [disparplith, or to-drawith AGMNPQSTWY. disparplith, or trauaylith O. disparpileth X.] him with froth, and vnnethe he goth awey to-drawinge him. [verse 40] And I preiede thi disciplis, that thei schulde caste him out, and thei myȝten not. [verse 41] Sothli Jhesu answeringe seide to hem, A [O OQXY.] ! vnfeithful generacioun and weyward, hou longe schal I be anentis [at AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝou, and schal [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] suffre ȝou? leed hidur thi [the K.] sone. [verse 42] And whanne he cam nyȝ, the fend [deuel AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hurlide [hirtled AGMNOPQSTUVXY.] him doun, and `to-brayd [disparplid AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . And Jhesu blamede the vn|clene spirit, and heelide the child, and ȝeld him to his fadir. [verse 43] Sothli alle men wondriden greetly in the greetnesse of God. And alle men wondringe [wondurden OX.] in alle thingis whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he dide, he seide to his [verse 44] disciplis, Putte ȝe `thes wordis in ȝoure hertis [thes wordis in ȝoure hert O. in ȝoure hertis these wordis XY.] , for [sothly AGMNOPQSTUWXY.] it is to comynge [comme AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , that man|nis sone be bitrayed in to the hondis of men. [verse 45] And thei knewen not this word, and it was hid bifore hem, that thei feel|iden it [him O.] not; and thei dreden to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] axe him of this word. [verse 46] Forsothe a thouȝt entride in to hem, who of hem schulde be more. [verse 47] And Jhesu seynge the thouȝtis of the herte [hertis KW.] of hem, takynge a child, settide [sette AGMNOPQSTWXY.] [verse 48] him bisydis him silf [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; and seith [he saith Q. seide W.] to hem, Who euere schal receyue this child in my name, receyueth me; and who euere schal receyue me, receyueth hym that sente me; for whi he that is lesse among ȝou alle, is [this is AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the [Om. AG pr. m. MNQSTXY.] more. [verse 49] Forsoth John `answeringe seide [answerd, saiynge AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , Comaundour, we syȝen sum man castinge out fendis in thi name, and we han forbodyn him, for he sueth not thee with vs. [verse 50] And Jhesu seith to him, Nyle ȝe [ȝe not O.] forbede, forsothe he that is not aȝens

ȝou [vs A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] , is for ȝou [vs A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] . [verse 51] Sothli it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne the dayes of his takynge vp weren fillid [fulfild AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and he settide [sett AGMNOPQSTWXY.] faste his face, that [verse 52] he schulde go in to Jerusalem; and he [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] sente messangeris [messageris O passim. MPQSTWX.] bifore his siȝt. And thei goynge entriden in to a citee of Sa|maritans, that thei schulden make redy to him. [verse 53] And thei receyueden not him, for the face `was of him [of him was GMPUWXY.] goynge in to Jeru|salem. [verse 54] Forsothe whanne James and John, his disciplis, hadden seyn, thei seiden, Lord, wolt thou `we seye [that we axe O. that we sey S.] , that fier come doun fro heuene, and waaste hem, `as Helye did [Om. A sec. m. KUV.] ? [verse 55] And he turned blamyde hem, seyinge, Ȝe witen not, whos spiritis [spirit Q sec. m.] [verse 56] ȝe ben; forsothe mannis sone cam not for [Om. MPSX.] to leese soulis [mennes soulis AGMNOPQTXY.] , but for [Om. X.] to saue [saue hem OQW pr. m. Y.] . And thei wenten in to another castel. [verse 57] Forsoth it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, hem [thei U.] walkynge in the weye, sum man seide to him, I schal sue thee, whidur euere thou schalt go. [verse 58] And Jhesu seide [saith AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] to him, Foxis han dennys [dichis, and dennes AGMNPS. dyches QX. dichis, or dennes TWY.] , and briddis of the eyr han [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] nestis, but mannis sone hath not where [whereon O.] he schal [Om. AGMOPQTWXY. mai N.] reste his heed [heued OY.] . [verse 59] Forsothe he seide to another, Sue thou me. Sothli he seide, Lord, suffre me first to [for to AGMNOPQTUVWY.] go, and to [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] burie my fadir. [verse 60] And Jhesu seide to him, Suffre that deede men burie her deede [deed men G pr. m. W.] ; but go thou, and telle the kyngdom of God. [verse 61] And anothir seide, Lord, I schal sue thee, but first suffre me to [for to AGMOPSTVW.] telle aȝen [Om. KUVX.] to hem that ben at home. [verse 62] Forsothe Jhesu seith [seide XY.] to him, No man sendynge his hond to the plouȝ, and bi|holdinge aȝen, is able to the rewme of God.

CAP. X.

[verse 1] Forsothe aftir thes thingis the Lord Jhesu ordeynede and [also KUV.] othere seuenty and tweyne [two GMOPQWXY.] , and sente hem by tweyne [two GMOPQWXY.] and tweyne [two GMOPQWXY.] bifore his face in to euery [eche X.] citee

[verse 2] and place, whidir he was to comynge [comme AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . And he seide to hem, Sothli myche ripe corn is [Om. AMNPSTW sec. m. X.] , but fewe workmen [werkmen ben OQTW pr. m. Y.] ; therfore preie ȝe the [Om. V.] lord of the ripe corn, that he sende workmen in to his rype corn. [verse 3] Go ȝe, lo! I sende ȝou as lambren a mong wolues. [verse 4] Nyle ȝe bere a sachel, nether [ne MP.] scrip, nether schoon, and greete ȝe no man by the weye. [verse 5] And [Om. AGMNOPQSTUV sec. m. WXY.] in to what euere hous ȝe schulen entre, first seye ȝe, Pees to this hous. [verse 6] And if a sone of pees schal be there, ȝoure pees schal reste on him; if [but if U sec. m.] non, it schal turne aȝen to ȝou. [verse 7] Forsothe [Treuly A sec. m. W.] `dwelle ȝe in the same hous [in the same house dwelle ȝe XY.] , etynge and drynkinge tho thingis that ben at hem; forsothe a workman is worthi his hyre. Nyle ȝe passe fro hous in to hous. [verse 8] And in to what euere citee ȝe schulen entre, and thei schulen receyue ȝou, ete ȝe tho thingis [verse 9] that ben put to ȝou; and heele ȝe the [Om. Q.] syke men that ben `ther ynne [in that cite AGMOPQSTWY. in the citee N. in that X.] . And seye ȝe to hem, The kyngdom of God schal neiȝe [comme niȝe O.] [verse 10] `in to ȝou [Om. O.] . In to what euer citee ȝe schulen entre, and thei schulen not re|ceyue ȝou, ȝe goynge out in to the streetis [verse 11] thereof [of it AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , seie [seien K. seieth MPQX.] , Also we wypen of in to ȝou the poudere that cleuyde to vs of ȝoure citee; nethelees wite ȝe this thing, for the rewme of God schal come nyȝ. [verse 12] Forsoth I seie to ȝou, for to Sodom it schal be esyere [lesse peyne X.] , `other lasse peyne [Om. OQX. or lesse peyne GMPWY.] , than to that citee in thilke [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] day. [verse 13] Woo to thee, Corosaym; woo to thee, Bethsayda; for if in Tyre and Sydon `the vertues had|den [hadden the vertues XY.] ben don, whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQTW. that XY.] ben don in thee [ȝou AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , sum tyme thei sittinge in heer and aische [aisch, or dust ANSTW sec. m.] , schulden haue don penaunce. [verse 14] Netheles to Tyre and Sydon it schal be esyer in the dom than to ȝou. [verse 15] And thou, Cafarnaum, ert enhaunsid `til to [in to Y.] heuene; thou schalt be drenchid [drenchd doun Y.] `til in to [in to NOQXY. til to U.] helle. [verse 16] He that heerith ȝou, heerith me; and he that

dispisith ȝou, dispisith me; forsothe he that dispisith me, dispisith him that sente me. [verse 17] Forsoth two [the two MP.] and seuenty disciplis [Om. K.] turnedyn aȝein with ioye, seyinge, Lord, also fendis [deueles AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ben sujet to vs in thi name. [verse 18] And he seith to hem, I syȝ Sathanas fall|inge doun fro heuene, as leit. [verse 19] And loo! I haue ȝouun to ȝou power of defoulinge, `othir tredinge [Om. GMOPTXY. or tredinge W.] , on [vp on AGMNOPQTWY.] serpents, and [or K.] scor|piouns, and on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] al the vertu of the enemy, and no thing schal `anoye [noye G. noyȝe P. noȝen SX.] ȝou [to ȝou O.] . [verse 20] Netheles nyle ȝe `haue ioye [enioye AGMNOPQSTWX.] in this thing, for fendis [spiritis AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] ben sujet to ȝou; but ioye ȝee, that ȝoure names ben writun in heuenes. [verse 21] In [Om. W.] thilke [that X.] our he gladide in the Hooly Goost, and seide, I knowleche to thee, fadir, Lord of heuene and erthe, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] hast hid thes thingis fro wyse men and prudent [prudent, or war AGNSTY. war O. prudent men, or war W.] , and hast schewid hem to litle [pore O pr. m.] . Ȝhe, fadir, for [forsothe Q.] so it pleside [plesith T.] bifore [to Q.] thee. [verse 22] Alle thingis ben ȝouun [taken A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQTXY.] to me of my fadir, and no man woot, who is the sone, no [Om. O.] but the fadir; and who is the fadir, no [Om. O.] but the sone, and to whom the sone wolde [wil O. wole GMPW. wile XY.] schewe. [verse 23] And he turned to his disciplis, seide, Blessid ben [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTX.] the [Om. Y.] yȝen, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seen tho thingis that ȝe seen. [verse 24] Sothli I seie to ȝou, for [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] many prophetis and kyngis wolden se tho thingis, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝe seen, and thei syȝen not; and heere tho thingis, that ȝe heere, and thei herden not. [verse 25] And lo! a wyse man of the [Om. UV.] lawe roos, temptinge him, and seyinge, Maistir, what thing doynge schal I welde euer|lastinge lyf? [verse 26] And he seide to him, What is writun in the lawe? hou redist thou? [verse 27] He answeringe seide, Thou schalt loue the Lord thi God of al thyn herte, and of al thi soule, `or lyf [Om. OX.] , and of alle thi myȝtis [strengthes AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and of al thi mynde; and thi neiȝebore as thi silf. [verse 28] And Jhesu seide to him, Thou hast answerid riȝtly; do thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.]

this thing, and thou schalt lyue. [verse 29] For|sothe he willinge [wilnynge QY.] to [for to GMOPQTWY.] iustifye him silf, seide to Jhesu, And who is my neiȝebore? [verse 30] Sothli Jhesu biholdinge [biholdynge vp AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , seide, Sum man cam doun fro Jerusalem `in to [to X.] Jerico, and felde among [in to AGMNOQTWXY.] theuues, whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] also rob|biden him, and, woundis `putt in [puttyn K.] , wenten awey, the man lefte half quyk. [verse 31] Forsothe it byfel, that sum prest cam doun in the same weye, and, him seyn [self T.] , passide [he passide A sec. m. G sec. m. SW.] forth. [verse 32] Also forsoth and a dekene, whanne he was bisydis the place, and syȝ him, pass|ide forth. [verse 33] Forsoth [Om. Y.] sum man [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Samaritan, makynge iourney, cam bisydis the weye; and he seynge him, was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] stirid by mercy. [verse 34] And he comynge nyȝ, bond to gidere his woundis, heeldynge yn oyle and wyn. And he puttinge on [in to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] his hors [iument, or hors AGMNPQSTWY. iument X.] , ledde in to a stable, and dide [he did O.] the cure of him. [verse 35] And another day he brouȝte forth twey [two GMPWXY.] pens, and ȝaf to the kepere of the stable, and seide [saith MNOPQSTWXY.] , Haue thou the [Om. AGMNPQSTXY.] cure of him; and what euere thing [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thou schalt ȝyue ouer, I schal ȝelde to thee, whanne I schal come aȝen. [verse 36] Who of thes thre semeth to thee to haue be neiȝebore to him, that felde `a mong the [in to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] theues? [verse 37] And he seide, He that dide mercy on [in to AGMNOPQS sec. m. TWXY. to S pr. m.] him. And Jhesu seith to him, Go thou, and do thou [Om. X.] in [on AGMNOPQSTWXY.] lyk [lychy TW. liche Y.] manere. [verse 38] Forsoth it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, while [the while AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei wenten, and he entride in to sum castel; and sum womman, Martha bi name, receyuede him in to hir hous. [verse 39] And to this Martha [Om. AMNOPQSTWXY.] was a sister, Marie bi name, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] also sittinge by sydis the feet of the [our O.] Lord, herde the word of him. [verse 40] Forsothe [Sothly AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] Martha bisyede [bisyede hir K pr. m.] aboute moche [the oft AGMNOPQSTWXY. the myche UV.] seruyce. Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] stood, and seide [seith MNPQTXY.] , Lord, is it [Om. NV.] not of charge to thee, that my sistir lefte [hath left X.] me aloone, for [Om. X.] to mynystre [serue, or mynystre W.] ?

therfore [and therfore K.] seye [saye thou AGMNOPQSTUVXY.] to hir, that she helpe me. [verse 41] And the Lord answeringe seide to hir, Martha, Martha, thou ert bysi, and art troublid [distourblid AMNOPQTW. distroublid GY. sturbid S. disturbid X.] anentis [aȝens AGMNOPQSTWY. aȝen X.] ful manye thingis; [verse 42] forsoth o thing is necessarie. [verse 43] Marie hath chose the beste [betere UV.] part, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] schal not be take a wey fro hir.

CAP. XI.

[verse 1] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne he was prei|ynge in sum place, as he ceesside, oon of his disciplis seide to him, Lord, teche vs to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] preye, as and John tauȝte his disciplis. [verse 2] And he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to hem, Whanne ȝe preyen [schal praye O.] , seye ȝe, Fadir [Fader oure XY.] , halewid be thi name. Thi kyngdom come to. [verse 3] Ȝyue to vs to day oure eche dayes [day Y.] breed. [verse 4] And forȝyue to vs oure synnes, as and [Om. W pr. m.] we forȝyuen to ech owynge to vs. And leed `not vs [us not WY.] in to [Om. V.] temptacioun. [verse 5] And he seith to hem, Who of ȝou schal haue a frend, and schal go to him at mydnyȝt, and schal seie to [verse 6] him, Frend, leene to me thre loouys; for my frend cometh to me of the weye, and I haue not what I schal sette [putt AGMNOPQSTWXY.] bifore him. [verse 7] And he withynne forth answeringe seye [saith OQW.] , Nyle thou be noyful [heuy AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] to me; the dore is now schit, and my children beth [ben AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] with me [with ynne QW. with me now T.] in the cowche; I may noȝt ryse, and ȝyue to thee. [verse 8] And if he schal contynue [dwell still AGMNOPQSTWXY.] knockynge, I seye to ȝou, thouȝ [and if AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he schal not ȝyue to hym [him rysynge AGMNOPQSTUVWX.] , for he [that that he AGMNOPSTXY. that he QW.] is a [his AGMNOPQSTWXY.] frend, ne|theles for his vnrestefulnesse [improbite, or contynuel axynge AGMNPQSTWXY. continuel axynge O.] he schal rise, and ȝyue to hym, `how manye [as manye as U sec. m.] he hath nedeful [nede to U sec. m.] . [verse 9] And I seie to ȝou, axe ȝe, and it schal be ȝouun to ȝou; seke ȝe, and ȝe schulen fynde; knocke ȝe, and it schal be openyd to ȝou. [verse 10] Forsoth ech man [Om. GMOPQTWXY.] that axith, takith; and he [Om. S.] that sekith, fynd|ith; and to a man knockynge, it schal be

openyd. [verse 11] Therfore who of ȝou axith the [his XY.] fadir breed, wher [whether X passim.] he schal ȝyue to him a stoon? ether [or AGMNPQSTWXY.] if he axith [axe AGMNOPQTXY. shul axen hym S.] fysch, wher [whether X passim.] he schal ȝyue to [Om. T.] him a serpent for the [Om. Q.] [verse 12] fysch? ethir [or AGMNOPQSTX.] if he schal axe [axe hym S.] an ey, whe|thir [wher GMOPQTWY.] he schal dresse to him a scorpioun? [verse 13] Therfore if [ȝeue Y.] ȝe, whanne ȝe ben yuele, `kunne ȝyue [han knowen for to ȝif A pr. m. G sec. m. MNOPQTY. kunnen for to ȝif A sec. m. han knowen to ȝiue X.] `to ȝoure children goode thingis ȝouun [goode thingis ȝouun to ȝoure children PW. goode ȝiftis to ȝoure children Q sec. m. goode thingis to ȝoure children XY.] , hou moche more ȝoure fadir of heuene schal ȝyue a good spirit to men axynge him. [verse 14] And Jhesu [he MNOPQTX.] was castinge out a fend, and he was doumbe. And whanne he hadde cast out the fend, the doumb man spak; and the cumpanyes [cumpanyes of puple AGMPQSTWXY. cumpanyes of puples N. com|panyes pepil O.] wondriden. [verse 15] Forsoth summe of hem seiden, In Belsebub, prince of deuelis [he deueles S.] , he castith out deuelis. [verse 16] And othere tempt|inge axiden of him a tokene fro heuene. [verse 17] Forsoth he [Om. T.] , as he syȝ [seeth O.] the [Om. T.] thouȝtis of hem, seide to hem, Euery rewme depart|ide `aȝens it silf [in itsilf A sup. ras. MPQXY. in him silf NOST.] , schal be desolat [desolat, or discumfortid AGMNPSTWX. desolatid O.] , and an hous schal falle on [vpon AGMNPQTWY.] an hous. [verse 18] Forsoth and if Sathanas is [be AGMNPQSTWXY. schal be O.] departid aȝens him silf, how schal his rewme stonde? For ȝe seyn, `that I [me for to AGMNOPQTWY. me to SX.] caste out fendis in Belse|bub. [verse 19] Forsoth if I in Belsebub caste out fendis, in whom `ȝoure sones casten [casten ȝoure sones X.] out? Therfore thei schulen be ȝoure domesmen. [verse 20] Forsoth if I caste out fendis in the fyngir, `ether spirit [or sutil worchyng AGMNPSTWY. Om. OQX.] , of God, sothli the rewme of God is comen in to ȝou. [verse 21] Whanne a strong armed [Om. T.] man kepith his hows, alle thingis that he weldith ben in pees. [verse 22] Sothli if a strongere [strenger than he AGMNOPQSTXY.] comynge aboue ouercome [ouer|cometh O.] him, he schal take a wey alle [Om. T.] his armeris [armes GMOPQTWXY.] , in whiche he tristide, and schal dele abrood his spuylis [spuylis, or robberies AGMPSTWY. spoilis, or his robries N.] . [verse 23] He that is not with me, is aȝens me; and he that gedrith not to gi|dere

with me, scaterith a brood. [verse 24] Whanne [And whan W.] an vnclene spirit `hath gon [schal go GMNOPQTXY.] out of a man, he wandrith by drye placis, sekinge reste; and he fyndynge [fyndith O.] not, seith, I schal turne aȝen in to myn hous, wher of I cam out. [verse 25] And whanne [Om. O.] he schal come, he fyndith it clensid with beesmes, and ourned. [verse 26] Thanne he goth, and takith with him seuene othere spiritis werse than him silf, and thei `gon yn [Om. GMNOPQ pr. m. XY. entride Q sec. m.] , dwellen there. And the laste thingis of that [this O.] man ben maad worse than the formere. [verse 27] Forsoth it was [is A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne he seide [spake AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] thes thingis, sum womman [Om. O.] of the cumpany reysinge [rerynge vp AGMNPQSTY. raysenge vp O. rerende X.] hir vois, seide [said to him AGMNOPSWXY.] , Blessid be [Om. X.] the wombe that bar thee, and `blessid be [Om. QS.] the teetis whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thou hast sokun. [verse 28] And he seide, Rathere [or, But ȝee U sec. m. marg.] blessid ben thei, that heeren `Goddis word [the word of God AG pr. m. MNOPQSTWXY.] , and kepen it. [verse 29] Forsothe the cumpanye [com|panyes of pepil AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. cumpanyes of peples G sec. m. W. cumpenyes UV.] com|ynge [renynge AGMNOPQSTWX.] to gidere, he bigan to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] seye, This generacioun is a weyward generacioun; it sekith a tokene, and a tokene schal not be ȝouun to it, no [Om. O.] but the tokene of Joonas, the [Om. AGNTVXY.] prophete. [verse 30] For whi as Joonas was a tokene to [of T.] men of Nynyue, so mannis sone schal be to this generacioun. [verse 31] The queene of the south schal ryse in dom with men of this generacioun, and schal condempne hem; for [for whi O.] sche cam fro the endis [wisdam O.] of [Om. OPQUV.] the erthe, to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] heere the wys|dom of Salomon, and lo! here is [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] more [more, or grettere G sec. m.] than Salomon. [verse 32] Men of Nynyue schulen ryse in dom [the dome O.] with this generacioun, and schulen condempne it; for thei diden penaunce at [in O.] the prechinge of Joonas, and lo! here is [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] more than Joonas. [verse 33] No man liȝtneth [teendith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] a lanterne, and puttith in [it in O.] hidlis [hiddil O.] , other [nether AGMNOPQSTWXY.] vndir a boyschel, but on [vpon AGMNOPQST pr. m. WY.] a candel sticke, that thei that gon yn, se liȝt. [verse 34] The lanterne of thi body is thin yȝe [iȝen N.] ; if thin yȝe

schal be symple, al thi body schal be liȝt|ful [liȝti AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] ; forsoth if it schal be weyward, also thi body schal be derkful. [verse 35] Therfore se thou, lest the liȝt which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is in thee, be [schal be O.] derknessis. [verse 36] Therfore if al thi body schal [Om. Y.] be liȝtful [liȝti, or schynynge AGNSTW. liȝt, or shijnyng MPY. schinynge O. liȝt QX.] , not hauynge ony part [party O.] of derk|nessis, it schal be al liȝtful [liȝti AGMNPQSTWXY. liȝt O.] , and as a [Om. W.] lanterne of briȝtnesse [briȝtnesse, or schynynge AGMNPSTWY.] it schal ȝyue liȝt to thee. [verse 37] And whanne he spak, sum Pha|risee praiede, that he schulde ete at hym. And [Forsothe AGMNPQSTWXY.] he gon yn, `saat to the mete [sat at the mete A sup. ras. G sec. m. W. restide MNPQSTXY.] . [verse 38] Sothli the Pharisee `bigan to seie [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTW sec. m. XY.] , gessynge with ynne him silf [silf seide A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQ pr. m. TXY. silf bigan to saye Q sec. m. W sec. m.] , whi he was not waischun byfore the mete. [verse 39] And the Lord seith [seide W.] to him, Now ȝe Farisees clensen `that thing that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] is with outenforth [with outen W.] of the kuppe and plater; but that [Om. N.] thing `of ȝou [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] that is `with ynne [within forth of ȝou AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , is ful of raueyn and wickid|nesse. [verse 40] Foolis, wher [whether OPQTWXY.] he that made `that thing that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] is with oute forth, made not `also that thing that [and that that AGM NOPQSTWXY.] is `with ynne [within forthe AGMNOPQSTXY.] ? [verse 41] Ne|theles `that thing that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] is ouer, `ether su|perflu [Om. PQW X or sup. MY.] , ȝyue ȝe almes, and lo! alle thingis ben clene to ȝou. [verse 42] But woo to ȝou, Pha|risees, that tythen mynte, and ruwe [rute V.] , and al wort, `ether herbe [Om. OX. or herbe MPWY.] , and passen dom and the charite of God. Forsoth it bi|hofte [bihouede MOPQY.] to [for to AGMNPQTWY.] do thes thingis, and not [tho not X.] for [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to [Om. AGNSTWX.] leeue hem [Om. X.] . [verse 43] Woo to ȝou, Pharisees, that louen the firste chaieris in synagogis, and salutaciouns in cheping [chepyngis ANO.] . [verse 44] Woo to ȝou, that ben as sepulcris, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] apperyn not, and men walkynge aboue witen [wisten UV.] not. [verse 45] Forsoth oon [summe G sec. m. O.] of the wyse men of lawe [the lawe TX.] answeringe, seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWX.] to him, Maistir, thou seyinge thes thingis, `doist dispit also to vs [also to vs [thou GMPY] dost despite, or wronge AGMNPSTXY. also thou dost despit to vs O. also to vs thou dost dyspite Q. also thou dost dispyt, or wrong W.] . [verse 46] `He seide [And he saith AGMOPQSTWX. He seith N.] , And [Om. X.] woo to ȝou, wyse

men of lawe [the law O.] , for ȝe chargen men with birthins whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTW. that X.] thei moun not bere, and ȝe ȝou [ȝour GMNOPQY.] silf with ȝoure [Om. Q.] o fynger touchen not the heuynessis [heuynesse O.] . [verse 47] Woo to ȝou, that bilden birielis [birielis, or toumbis AGMNPSTWY. toumbis O.] of prophetis; forsoth ȝoure fadris slowen hem. [verse 48] Treuly ȝe witnessen, that ȝe consenten to the werkis of ȝoure fadris; for sothli thei slowen hem, but ȝe bilden her sepulcris. [verse 49] Therfore and [Om. K.] the wysdom of God seide, I schal sende to hem prophetis, and apostlis, and of hem [verse 50] thei schulen slee and pursue, that the blood of alle prophetis [the prophetis NW.] , that was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] sched [held MNPQTXY.] out fro the makyng [bygynnynge O.] of the world, be [verse 51] souȝt [soȝt out S.] of this generacioun; fro the blood of Abel `til to [vnto GMPQXY. til N. to O. in to W.] the blood of Zacharie, which [that AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] perischide bytwix [bytwen OS. bitwe X.] the auter and the hous. So I seie to ȝou, it schal be souȝt of this generacioun. [verse 52] Woo to ȝou, wyse men of lawe, for ȝe han take awey the keye of kunnynge; ȝe ȝou [ȝour GMNOPQY.] silf en|triden not [entreden not yn ASW. entren not in GMNOPQTXY.] , and ȝe han forboden hem that entriden. [verse 53] Sothli whanne he spak thes thingis to hem, Pharisees and wyse men of lawe bigunnen greuously [greuoselyche O.] to aȝen|stonden [aȝenstond him GMOPQY.] , and oppresse [to oppresse M.] his mouth `of [verse 54] many thingis, aspiynge him [aspiynge him of many thingis MPXY.] , and sekinge to [for to AGMNOPQTW sec. m. Y. that thei schulden W pr. m.] take sum thing of his mouth, that thei schulden accuse him.

CAP. XII.

[verse 1] Sotheli manye cumpanyes [companyes of peplis AGMNOPQSTXY. cumpanyes of peple W.] stondinge aboute, so that thei troden [defouliden, or troden AGMNPQSY. defouleden OX. defoulyden, or touchyden T. def. or trodeden W.] ech othir, he bigan to [for to AMNOPQSTWY.] seie to his disciplis, Be ȝe war of [fle ȝe fro AU. and flee fro GMNOPQTVWY. fleeth fro S. and flee ȝee fro X.] the sourdowȝ of Pharisees, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is ypocrisye. [verse 2] Forsoth no thing is hilid, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] schal not be schewid; nether hid, that schal not be wist. [verse 3] Forwhi tho thingis that ȝe han seyd in derknessis, schulen be seid in liȝt [siȝt Y.] ; and `this that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.]

ȝe han spoken [seid S.] in eere [the eere GMQTXY.] in the [Om. GK pr. v. MOPQSTXY.] cowchis, schal be prechid in rooues. [verse 4] Forsothe I seie to ȝou, my frendis, `be ȝe [beth GMNPQXY. be T.] not a feerd of hem that slen the body [bodyes T.] , and aftir thes thingis han no more what thei schulen don. [verse 5] Sothli I schal schewe to ȝou, whom ȝe schulen drede; drede ȝe him, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] aftir that [Om. MOPQTY.] he hath slayn, hath power to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] sende in to helle. So I seie to ȝou, `drede ȝe [dredith X. dredith ȝee Y.] hym. [verse 6] Wher [Whether X.] fiue sparrowis ben not seeld for tweyne [two MOPQXY.] halpens [ferthingis U pr. m.] ; and oon of hem is not in forȝeting bifore God? [verse 7] But and alle the heeris of ȝoure heed [heued O pass. W.] ben noumbrid. Therfore nyle ȝe drede; ȝe ben of more priys than many sparowis. [verse 8] Treuli I seie to ȝou, `ech man which euer [who euer GMNOPQTXY.] schal knowleche me byfore men, and mannis sone schal knowleche him bifore the aungelis of God. [verse 9] Forsoth he that schal denye me bifor men, schal be de|nyed bifore the aungelis of God [the Lord QTXY.] . [verse 10] And ech man [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] that seith a word aȝens the sone of man, it schal be forȝouun to him; sothli [he that shal blasfemen in to the Holi Gost, sothli XY.] it schal not be forȝouun to him, `that blasfemeth [schal blaspheme AGMNOPQSTUVW.] aȝens [in to G pr. m. MNPST. in Q.] the Hooly Gost [Om. XY.] . [verse 11] Forsoth whanne thei schulen leede ȝou in to synagogis, and to [Om. MP.] magestatis [mages|tratis W.] , and to [Om. AGMNPQSTUVWXY.] potestatis [potestatis, or powers AMNPSTWY. powers G.] , nyle ȝe be bisy, how ether [or AGMNOPWXY. Om. QST.] what ȝe schulen answere [Om. S.] , ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] what ȝe schulen seye. [verse 12] Forsoth the Hooly Gost schal teche ȝou in that our, what it bi|houeth ȝou to [for to AGMNOPTW.] seye. [verse 13] Forsoth [Sothely AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] sum man of the cumpany seith to him, Maistir, seie to my brother, that he departe with me the eritage. [verse 14] And he seyde to him, A! man, who ordeynede me domesman [a domesman U.] , ether [or AGMNOPQSTVXY.] departer, on [vpon AGMNPQTWY. ouer O.] ȝou? [verse 15] And he seyde [seyith T.] to hem [him K.] , Se ȝe, and `be ȝe [be AGMNOPTUVWY. beth SX.] war `of al auarice [fro all couaytyse AGMNOPQTWXY. of alle coueitise S.] ; for `the lyf of a [eny O.] man is not in [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.]

the haboundanse [not in the [Om. Q] habundaunce of eny man is his lijf A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] of tho thingis whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he weldith. [verse 16] Sothli he seide to hem a liknesse, seiynge, The feeld of sum riche man brouȝte forth plenteuous fruytis. [verse 17] And he thouȝte with ynne him silf, seyinge, What schal I do, for [that A pr. m. GMNOPQTXY.] I haue not whidir I schal gedere my fruytis? [verse 18] And he seith, `I schal do this thing [This th. I sch. do WXY.] ; I schal distrye [throwe doun U sec. m.] my bernis, and I [Om. Q.] schal make grettere [more AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and thidir I schal gedere alle thingis that growen [ben born A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] to me, and alle [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] my goodis. [verse 19] And I schal seye to my soule, Soule [Om. O.] , thou hast many goodis kept [put, or kept A. put vp, or kept GMNPSTWY. pit vp OQ. put vp X.] in to ful manye ȝeeris; reste thou, ete, drynke, and `ete thou plenteuously [plenteuosly ete AGMNOPQSTWXY. ete plenteuously UV.] . [verse 20] Sothli God seide to him, Fool, in this nyȝt thei schulen [schal O. et alibi.] axe of thee thi soule. Forsothe whos schulen tho [the O.] thingis be, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thou hast maad redy? [verse 21] So is he that tresourith to [in to X.] him silf, and is not ryche in [into A pr. m. GMNOPQTXY. to A sec. m. SUVW.] God. [verse 22] And he seide to his disciplis, Therfore I seie to ȝou, nyle ȝe be bisy to ȝoure lyf [soule, or lijf AGMNPQSTWY. soul OX.] , what [and what W.] ȝe schulen ete, nethir to ȝoure body, with what ȝe schulen be clothid [clad SX.] . [verse 23] The [Thi Y.] lyf [soule, or lijf AMNPTWY. soul OQSX.] is more than mete [the meete SX.] , and the body more than clothing. [verse 24] Biholde ȝe crowis, for thei sowen not, nether [ne WX.] repen, to whiche [whom QXY.] . is no celer, nether [and K sup. ras.] beerne, and God fedith hem. How [And how T.] myche more `ȝe ben [ben ȝe MPXY.] of more prys than thei [ben thai O.] . [verse 25] Forsothe who of ȝou bythenkynge [thenkende X.] may adde [put to AGMNPQST WY. pitt O. poten to X.] o cubite to his stature? [verse 26] Therfore [Om. K.] if ȝe mown not [not do MPU.] `this that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] is the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] leeste [left Y.] , what ben ȝe bisy of othere thingis? [verse 27] Biholde ȝe lilies [the lilies PS.] of the feeld, how thei wexen; thei trauelen not, neither spynnen. Sothly I seye to ȝou, for nether Salomon in al his glorie was clothid [clad SX.] as oon of these. [verse 28] Forsothe if God

clothith thus the hey, which [that AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] to day is in the feeld, and to morwe is sent [cast U sec. m.] in to a furneys; how moche [Om. O.] more ȝou of litel feith? [verse 29] And nyle ȝe seke, what ȝe schulen ete, ethir [or OPQTWXY.] what ȝe schulen drynke; and nyle ȝe be reysid [taken vp MNOPQTXY.] `in to [Om. U sec. m.] an [Om. G sec. m. O.] hiȝ. [verse 30] Forsoth folkis of the world seken alle thes thingis; sothli ȝoure fadir woot, for ȝe neden thes [all thees O.] thingis. [verse 31] Nethelees seke ȝe first the kyng|dom of God, and alle thes thingis schulen be cast to ȝou. [verse 32] Nyle ȝe, litil floc, drede, for it pleside to ȝoure fadir to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] ȝyue to ȝou a kyngdom. [verse 33] Sille ȝe `tho thingis that ȝe welden [tho thingis that ȝe han in possessioun AGMNPQSTWXY. the thengis that ȝe thoo thengis that ȝe han in possession O.] , and ȝyue ȝe almes. Make ȝe to ȝou sachels that wexen not olde, tresour `not failinge [that faylith not U sec. m.] in heuenes, whidur a theef neyȝeth not, neyther mowȝte distryeth. [verse 34] Forsothe where `thi tresour is [is thi tr. WXY.] , there also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thin herte schal be. [verse 35] Be ȝoure leendes gird [gird vp U.] by fore, and lanternes brennynge in ȝoure [verse 36] hondis; and be [Om. AGMNOPQSTWY.] ȝe lyk to men abydinge her lord, whanne he schal turne aȝen fro weddingis, that whanne he schal come, and knocke, anoon thei opene to him. [verse 37] Blessid ben [Om. GMNOQTXY.] tho seruauntis, whiche [whom GMNOPQTXY.] whanne the Lord schal come, he schal fynde wakynge. Treuli I seie to ȝou, that he schal bifore girde him, and `he schal [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] make hem [him MP.] to [for to AGMNOPQSTW. Om. Y.] sitte at the mete, and he passinge schal mynystre to hem. [verse 38] And if he schal come in the secunde wakyng, and yf he schal come in the thridde wakynge, and schal fynde so, tho seruauntis ben blessid. [verse 39] Forsoth wite ȝe this thing, for if an hosebonde man wiste, in what our the theef wolde [schuld AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] come, sothli he schulde wake, and `not suffre [suffre not X.] his hous to [for to O.] be mynyd. [verse 40] And be ȝe redy, for in what our ȝe gessen not, mannis sone schal come. [verse 41] Forsothe Petre seith [said AGMNPQSTUVWXY.] to him, Lord, seist thou this parable to vs, ether [or MOPQTWXY.]

to alle? [verse 42] Sothli the Lord seide, Who, gess|ist thou, is a [Om. W pr. m.] feithful [trewe AGNOSTWXY.] dispender, and pru|dent, whom the lord ordeynede on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] his meyne, that he ȝyue to hem in tyme a [Om. OPQTWXY.] mesure of whete? [verse 43] Blessid is [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] that ser|uaunt, whom whanne the lord schal come, he schal fynde `doynge so [so doynge MPWXY.] . [verse 44] Verili I seie to ȝou, for on [vpon AGMNOPQSTWY.] alle thingis which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he weldith, he schal ordeyne him. [verse 45] That if thilke [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seruaunt schal seye in his herte, My lord makith `tariynge to [dwellynge for to AGMNOPQTWY. dwellinge to SX.] come; and bigynne [bygynnyng T.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] smyte children, and hand|maydens, and ete, and drynke, and be [verse 46] fillid [fulfillyd TX.] ouer mesure, the lord of that ser|uaunt schal come, in the [that O.] day that he hopith not, and our [in hour O.] that he wot not; and schal [he schal O.] departe him, and schal [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] putte his part with vnfeithful men. [verse 47] Forsothe thilke [that SX.] seruaunt that knew the wille of his lord, and made `not him [him not XY.] redy, and dide not vp [aftir AGMNOPQSTWXY.] his wille, schal be betun with many woundis [plagis, or woundis AGMNPTW pr. m. plagis QXY.] . [verse 48] Sothli he that knew not, and dide worthi thingis of [Om. X.] woundis, schal be beten with fewe. Forsoth to ech man to whom moche is ȝouun, moche schal be axid [souȝt MNOPQTXY.] of hym; and thei schulen axe more of him, to whom thei bitoken [lenten MNOPQTXY.] moche. [verse 49] I cam to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] sende fier in to erthe [the erthe AGMNOPQTXY.] , and what wole [wil O.] I, no [Om. MOPQ.] but that [Om. AT.] it be kyndelid? [verse 50] Sothli I haue to [for to AGMNOPWY.] be baptisid with baptym, and hou `am I [I am WXY.] constreyn|ed [yconstreynyd Y.] , til [til that AGMNPQSTWXY.] it be perfytli don? [verse 51] `Gessen ȝe [Ȝee gessen WXY.] , for I cam to [forto AGMNOPWY.] ȝyue pees in to erthe [the erth AGMOPQTWY.] ? Nay, I seye to ȝou, but [no but W.] departynge. [verse 52] For|soth `fro this tyme [after this O.] ther schulen be fyue departid in oon hous; thre `schulen be departid [Om. G sec. m. O.] aȝens [in two, or aȝens A pr. m. MPY. in to, or aȝens NT. in to Q. in X.] tweyne [two MPQSTWXY.] , and tweyne [two MPQSTWXY.] [verse 53] `schulen be departid [Om. MOPWXY.] aȝens [in to MNPQSTWXY.] thre [thre schulen be departid MNOPSWXY.] ; the fadir aȝens [in to A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] the sone, and the sone aȝens [in to A pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.]

his fadir; the modir aȝens the douȝtir, and the douȝtir aȝens the modir; the hosebondis modir aȝens the sones wyf, and the sones wyf aȝens hir [the AOSTWX.] hosebondis modir. [verse 54] `Forsoth he [Om. KU pr. m. V. And he QU sec. m.] `seid and to the cum|panyes [Om. KU pr. m. V. seide also to the peple U sec. m.] , Whanne ȝe schulen se a cloude rysinge fro the sunne goynge doun, anon ȝe seyn, Reyn cometh; and so it is don. [verse 55] And whanne `ȝe seen [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the south blowynge, ȝe seyen, For heete schal be; and so [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] it is don [maad AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 56] Ypocritis, ȝe han knowe to [forto AGMNOPQTWXY.] proue the face of heuene and of [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] erthe, but [sothely AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hou prouen ȝe not this tyme? [verse 57] `Forsothe whi [Sothely what AGMNOPQ STXY. Forsothe what UV. What sothli W pr. m.] and [Om. V.] of ȝou [ȝour GMOQWY.] silf deme ȝe not `this thing that [that that AGMNPQSTWY. that at O. this that UV.] is iust? [verse 58] Forsothe [Sothli W.] whanne thou goist with thin aduersarie to the prince in the weye, ȝyue thou bisynesse to [for to AGMNOQTWY.] be delyuered fro him; lest perauenture he drawe thee to the domesman, and the domesman bitake [take O.] thee to the wrongful axere, and the wrongful axere sende thee in to prisoun. [verse 59] I seie to thee, Thou schalt not go thennis, til thou ȝelde also the last ferthing.

CAP. XIII.

[verse 1] Forsothe sum men neiȝeden [camen to AGMNPQSTY. cammen to OW. camen in to X.] in [Om. X.] that tyme, tellinge to him of Galilees, whos blood Pilat myngede with the [Om. Q.] sacrificis of hem. [verse 2] And he answeringe seide to hem, Wenen ȝe, that thes men `of Galilee [Om. G pr. m.] weren synneris byfore alle Galileis, for thei suf|friden suche thingis? [verse 3] Nay, I seye to ȝou; but alle ȝe schulen perische in [on X.] lyk [lichi W.] ma|nere, no [Om. MOS.] but [but ȝif GMPQSXY.] ȝe schulen haue penaunce. [verse 4] And as tho [the GN.] ten and eiȝte, `on which [vpon whiche A. vpon whom GMNOPQTY. on whom X.] the tour of [in AGMNPQSTUVXY. Om. W.] Siloa felde [fel O et alibi.] doun [adown T.] , and slouȝ hem, gessen ȝe, for and [Om. O.] thei weren dettours more than alle men [the men S.] dwellinge in Jeru|salem? [verse 5] Nay, I sei to ȝou; but also ȝe alle schulen perische, if ȝe schulen not do

penaunce. [verse 6] Forsothe he seide this [and this O.] lyk|nesse. Sum man hadde a fyge tree plauntid in [in to AGMNOPQSTX.] his vyner [vine ȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and he cam sek|ynge fruyt in [in to Q.] it, and fond [he fond O.] not. [verse 7] Sothli he seide to the tilier of `the vyner [the vyne ȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY. this vyner K.] , Loo! thre ȝeeris [ȝer X.] ben, sithen I come [came alii.] sekinge fruyt in this [this litil AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] fyge tree, and I [Om. T.] fond [fynd AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] not; therfore kitt it doun, wherto occupieth it, ȝhe [ȝit O.] , the erthe? [verse 8] And he answeringe seide to him, Lord, suffre also [it and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] this ȝeer, til the while I delue aboute it, and sende [dounge it U sec. m.] [verse 9] toordis [donge O. Om. U sec. m.] ; and if it schal make fruyt, ellis [if noon, or ellis AGMNPQSTWY. ȝif none OX.] in tyme to [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] comynge thou schalt kitte it doun. [verse 10] Forsothe he was techinge in the [Om. O.] synagoge [synagogis OTV.] of hem in sabotis. [verse 11] And loo! a womman that hadde [had hade O.] a spirit of syke|nesse ten and eiȝte ȝeeris [ȝeer SX.] , and was bowid doun, nether `in ony manere [ony theng AGMNOPQSTWXY.] myȝte looke vpward. [verse 12] Whom whanne Jhesu hadde seyn, he clepide [clepide hir Q sec. m.] to hym, and seide [saith AGMNOPQSTXY.] to hir, Womman, thou ert left [delyuerid U sec. m.] of thi syke|nesse. [verse 13] And he puttide [pitt O. putte MPQSWXY.] to hir the hoondis, and a non she `was reysid [is rered AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. was reerid W.] , and glorifiede God. [verse 14] Sothli the prince of synagoge [the synagoge AGMNOPQSTUWXY.] an|sweringe, hauynge dedeyn [dedeyn, or wraththe AGMNPSWY.] for Jhesu hadde heelid in the saboth, seide to the cumpany [company of pepil AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , `Sixe dayes ben [Ther ben six dayes AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , in whiche it bihoueth to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] wirche; therfore come [cumme ȝe AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] in thes, and `be ȝe [beth X.] heelid, and not in the [Om. Q.] dayes [day AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] of saboth. [verse 15] Forsothe the Lord an|sweringe `to him [Om. Q.] seide, Ypocrite, wher [whether X.] ech `of ȝou [Om. Y.] `vntyeth not in the saboth [in the sab. vnt. not MWXY.] his oxe, ethir [or AGMNPSWXY. or his O.] asse, fro the stable [cracch, or stalle AGMNPQSTY. cracche OX.] , and ledith for [Om. SX.] to watre? [verse 16] Bihofte [Byhoueth OX.] it [Om. W.] not this douȝtre of Abraham, whom Sathanas hath bounden, loo! ten and eiȝte ȝeeris [ȝer X.] , to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be vnbounden of this [his T.] bond in the day of saboth? [verse 17] And whanne he seide thes

thingis, alle his aduersaries weren ascham|yd. And al the [Om. V.] peple ioyede in al thingis, that weren don gloriously of him. [verse 18] Ther|fore he seide, To what thing is the rewme [kyngdam AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of God lyk? and to what thing schal [Om. AGNOQSTWXY.] I gesse it to [for to ANTW. Om. V.] be lyk? [verse 19] It is lyk to a corn of seneuey, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] takun, a man sente [caste U sec. m.] in to his ȝerd; and it wax, and was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad in to a greet tree, and fowelis of the eyr restiden in the [Om. AGMNPQSTUWY.] braunchis therof. [verse 20] `And eftsone he sayd [Om. KU pr. m. V. And efte he seide U sec. m.] , To what thing schal I gesse the kyngdom `of God [Om. G pr. m.] lyk? [verse 21] It is lyk to sourdowȝ [a soure dow N.] , which [the whiche MOPQTWY.] takun, a womman hidith [hidde AS.] in [in to AGMNOPQSTW sec. m. XY.] thre mesuris of mele, til `al were [it were Q pr. m. it were al Q sec. m.] sourdowid [souryd U sec. m.] . [verse 22] And he wente by citees and castels, techinge and mak|inge iurney in to Jerusalem. [verse 23] Sothli sum man seide to him, Lord, if there ben fewe, that ben sauyd? Sothli he seide to hem, [verse 24] Stryue ȝe for [Om. SX.] to entre by the streit ȝate; for I seye to ȝou, many men [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seken for [Om. SX.] to entre [entre in O.] , and thei `schulen not mowe [miȝten not A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPST may not QW pr. m. X.] . [verse 25] Forsothe whanne the hosebonde man hath entrid, and closid the dore, ȝe schulen bi|gynne to [for to AGMNOPQW.] stonde with oute forth, and knocke [rynge AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the [atte the U.] dore, seyinge, Lord, opyne to vs. And he answeringe schal seye to ȝou, I knowe `not ȝou [not G pr. m. ȝou not G sec. m. MPX. ȝee not W.] , of [Om. U.] whennis ȝe ben. [verse 26] Thanne ȝe schulen [sal O.] bigynne to seye, We han `ete and drunke bifore thee [eten bifore thee and drunken AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and in oure streetis thou hast tauȝt. [verse 27] And he schal seye to ȝou, I knowe `not ȝou [ȝou not GMPWX.] , of whennis ȝe ben; go [goth SX.] ȝe [Om. AGMNOPSTWY.] awey fro me, alle worcheris of wickidnesse. [verse 28] Ther schal be wepinge and betinge to gidere of teeth, whanne [and whan Y.] ȝe schulen se Abraham, and Ysaac, and Jacob, and alle prophetis in the kyngdom of God; sothli ȝou to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be put out. [verse 29] And thei schulen come fro the eest and west, and fro the [Om. AGMNPQSTUVXY.] north and

south, and sitte at the mete in the rewme of God. [verse 30] And loo [so U.] ! thei that weren firste [the firste AGMNPQTWXY.] , ben the laste; and thei that weren the [suynge day MOPQTWY. suende dai X.] last, ben the firste. [verse 31] In [And in N.] that day summe of Pharisees [the Phariseis AOW pr. m.] camen nyȝ, seyinge `to him [Om. X.] , Go out, and go hennis, for Eroude wole slee thee. [verse 32] And he seith to hem, Go ȝe, and `seye ȝe [seith X.] to that fox, Loo! I caste out fendis, and I make perfitly heelthis, to day and to morwe, and the thridde day I [Om. Q.] am endid. [verse 33] Netheles it bihoueth me to day, and to morwe, and the [Om. Q.] `day suynge [suynge day MOPQTWY. suende dai X.] , to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] walke; for it fallith not a [to a G sec. m. NQSW. for a O.] prophete to [for to AGMNOPWY.] perische out of Jerusalem. [verse 34] Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that sleest prophetis, and stoon|est hem that ben sent to thee, hou ofte wolde I gedere `to gidere [Om. N.] thi [the N.] sones, as a brid his nest vnder pennes [pennes, or wengis AGMNPQSTWY. fetheris U.] , and thou noldist [woldest not AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 35] Loo! ȝoure hous schal be left to ȝou desert. Sothli I seie to ȝou, for ȝe schulen not se me, til it [Y UV.] come, whanne ȝe schulen seye, Blessid is [Om. X.] he, that cometh in the name of the Lord.

CAP. XIV.

[verse 1] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY.] don, whanne he had entrid in to the hous of sum prince of Pharisees, in the saboth, to [for to AGMNOPQSTWY.] ete breed, and thei aspieden [kepten, or aspieden AGMNPQSTWY. kepten X.] him. [verse 2] And loo! sum man syk in ydropesie [the droopsye AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] was bifore him. [verse 3] And Jhe|su answeringe seide to the wyse men `of lawe [Om. K. of the lawe OUV sec. m.] , and to Pharysees [the Fariseis QS.] , seiyinge, Where [Ȝif AGMNOPQSTWXY.] it is leeful for [Om. X.] to heele in the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] sabotis? And thei heelden pees. [verse 4] Forsothe Jhesu heelide him takun to, and lefte. [verse 5] And he answeringe to hem, seyde, Whos [Whos of you AGMNOPQSTWXY.] asse ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] oxe `of ȝoure [Om. AGNOQSTWXY. of ȝouris MP.] schal falle in to a pitt, and not a non `he schal [shal he MOPQWXY. shal T.] drawe [be drawe T.] out [vp T.] [Om. Q.]

him on [in AGMNOPQSTUVWX.] the day of sabot [the sabot Q.] ? [verse 6] And thei myȝten not answere to him to thes thingis. [verse 7] Forsothe he seyde also [and AGMOPQSX. Om. NTWY.] a parable to men bodun [beden AGMNPQSTXY. biden OW.] to a feeste, biholdinge how thei chesiden [chosen SX.] the firste seetis [sittynge placis AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , seyinge to hem, [verse 8] Whanne thou schalt be bedun [boden O.] to wed|dingis [bridalis O.] , sitte thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] not at the [Om. O.] mete in the firste place; lest perauenture a worschip|fullere [verse 9] [worthier, or a worschipfuller AT. worthiere, or worschipfullere GNSWY. worthier MOQX.] than thou be bedun [bodun OW.] of him, and he comynge that clepide thee and him, seye to thee, Ȝyue place to this, and thanne [Om. XY.] thou schalt bigynne with schame to [for to AGMNOPQTW.] holde the laste [lowest ANOSTW.] place. [verse 10] But whanne thou schalt be bedun [boden OW.] to feeste [the feest OX. a feeste V.] , go, and sitte doun in the laste place, that whanne he `schal come [come G pr. m. cometh MOPQTXY.] , that bad thee to feeste [the fest OQTX.] , he [Om. G pr. m. MNOPQTY.] seye to thee, Frend, stiȝe [stie vp AGMNPQSTWX.] hiȝere. Thanne glorie schal be to thee [the togider O.] bifore men syttinge `to gidere [Om. O.] at [to V.] the [Om. UV.] mete. [verse 11] For ech that enhaunsith him silf [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] , schal be `maad lowȝ [lowed AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; and he that mekith him silf [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , schal be hiȝed. [verse 12] Forsoth he seide also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to him [hem Y.] , that hadde [hadden Y.] bedun [boden W.] him to the [Om. MPQWX.] feeste, Whanne thou makist a `mete, ether souper [soper O. mete, or soper MPWXY.] , nyle thou clepe thi frendis, nether thi britheren, nethir [ne UV.] cosyns [thi cosynes O.] , ne|thir neiȝeboris, nether riche men; lest per|auenture and thei bidde thee aȝen to feeste [the feeste U.] , and `ȝeldinge aȝen [retribucioun, or ȝeldynge aȝen AGMNPQSTWY. retribucioun X.] be maad to thee [ȝou O.] . [verse 13] But whanne thou makist a feeste, clepe pore men, feble men [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] , crokid, and [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] [verse 14] blynde, and thou schalt be blessid; for thei han not, wher of to [for to AGMNOPSTW.] ȝelde [ȝelde aȝen AGMNPQSTWXY.] to thee, forsoth it schal be ȝoldun [quytte aȝen AGMNOPSTWY. ȝelde aȝen Q. quit X.] to thee in the risyng [firste risyng K.] aȝen of iuste men. [verse 15] Whanne sum man of [of men UV.] sittinge [the sittende X.] at the [Om. alii.] mete had herd thes thingis, he seide to hym, Blessid is [Om. G pr. m. MPQ pr. m. TXY.]

he, that schal ete breed in the rewme of God. [verse 16] And he seide to him, Sum man maade a greet souper, and clepide [he clepid O.] manye. [verse 17] And he sente his seruaunt in the our of souper, to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] seye to men bedun [boden OW.] to feeste [the feeste W pr. m. X.] , that thei schulden come, for now alle thingis ben redy. [verse 18] And alle bigunnen to gidere to [for to AGMNO PTWY.] excuse. The firste seide [seide to him Q sec. m.] , I haue bouȝt a toun, and I haue nede to [for to AGMOPQTWY.] go out, and to [Om. AGMNOPQSTXY.] se it; I preie thee, haue me excusid. [verse 19] And the tothir [other P.] seide, I haue bouȝt fyue ȝokis of oxen, and I go to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] proue hem; I preie thee, haue me ex|cusid. [verse 20] And an othir seide, I haue weddid a wyf; and therfore I may not come. [verse 21] And the seruaunt turnyd aȝen, toolde thes thingis to the [his AGMNOPQSTUVWX.] lord. Thanne the hose|bonde man wroth, seide to his seruaunt, Go out soone in to grete stretis and [and in to N.] smale streetis of the citee, and `brynge in hidur pore men, and feble, and blynde, and crokid [pore men and feble, [and XY] blynde and crokid, brynge [thou MP] yn hidir AMPQTWXY. pore men, and crokid, blynd and feebel, brynge in hidir O.] . [verse 22] And the seruaunt seith, Lord, it is don, as thou hast comaundid, and ȝit `place is [there is place AGMNOPQSWXY. there is a place T.] . [verse 23] And the lord seith to the seruaunt, Go thou [out AGMNOQSTUVWXY.] into weyes and heggis, and constreyne for [Om. SX.] to entre, that [and U.] myn hous be fillid [fulfild AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 24] Forsothe I seie to ȝou, for noone [no man AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of tho [Om. T.] men that ben clepid, schal taaste my souper. [verse 25] Sothli many cumpanyes wenten with him; and he [verse 26] turned, seide to hem, If ony [ony man Q.] cometh [come AGMNOPQSTWY.] to me, and hatith not his fadir, and [ne his O.] modir, and wyf, sones [and sones AGMNOPSTUVWXY. and his children Q sec. m.] , and britheren, and douȝ|tris [sustris Q sec. m.] , ȝit forsoth and [Om. N.] his lyf [soule, that is [his G] lijf AGMNQSTWY. soule OVX. soule, or lijf P.] , he [Om. AGMNOY.] may not be my disciple. [verse 27] And he that berith not his cross, and `cometh aftir [folewith S.] me, may not be my disciple. [verse 28] Forsoth who of ȝou will|inge to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] bylde a tour, wher [whether X.] he `sittinge countith not first [first sittynge acountith [countith MPQTWXY] not AGMNOPQSTWX.] the spensis that ben

nedful, if he haue to [for to O.] performe? [verse 29] Lest aftir [aftir that AGMNOPQSTXY. aftirward that W.] he hath sett [put AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the foundement, and myȝte not performe, alle that seen, bigynne to [for to AGMNO PQTWY.] [verse 30] scorne him, seyinge, For this man bigan to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] bilde, and myȝte not ende. [verse 31] Ether [Or AGMNOPSTXY.] what kyng `to goynge to make [to go for to sende, or maake AG pr. m. MNPQTWY. is to go for to sende, or make G sec. m. is to go for to make O. to go to senden, or make S. to go|ynge out to make U. to go to sende X.] batel aȝens another kyng, wher [whether WX.] he sittinge `by|thenkith not first [first bythenk not GMNOPQTWY. first bi|thenkith not X.] , if he may with ten thousynd go aȝens him that cometh to him with twenty thousynd? [verse 32] Ellis [Or ellis N.] him ȝit doinge a fer, he sendinge a messanger [messagere OQSX.] , preieth tho thingis that ben of pees. [verse 33] So [Om. O.] therfore ech of ȝou, that `renouncith not [renounsith not, or forsakith not AGMNPQTWY. forsaketh not O. renounceth not, or forsaketh S.] alle thingis whiche [that AGMNOPQSTXY.] he weeldith, may not be my disciple. [verse 34] Salt is good thing; for|soth if salt `schal vanysche [vanysche AGMNPQ STWXY. vanischith O.] , in what thing schal it be sauerid? [verse 35] Nether [Nother Y.] in erthe, nether in the [Om. AGMNOPQSTUWXY.] dunghil it is profitable, but it schal be sent out. He that hath eeris of heeringe, heere [here he AOW.] .

CAP. XV.

[verse 1] Forsothe pupplicans and synful men weren neiȝinge to him, that thei schulden heere him. [verse 2] And Farisees and scribis grucchiden, seyinge, For this man [Om. AGMNOPQS TWXY.] re|ceyueth synful men, and etith with hem. [verse 3] And he seith to hem this parable, seiynge, [verse 4] What man of ȝou that hath an hundrid scheep, and if he `hath lost [schal lese GMNOPQTXY.] oon of hem, wher [whether X.] he leeuith [leue NO.] not nynty and nyne in desert, and goth to it that perischide, til he fynde it? [verse 5] And whanne he hath founden it, he ioyinge puttith on [in to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] his [verse 6] shuldris; and he [Om. AGM NOPQSTWXY.] comynge hoom clep|ith `to gidere [Om. X.] his frendis and neiȝebors, seyinge to hem, `Thanke ȝe [Glade ȝe with U sec. m.] me [to me G sec. m. MP. togider with me O.] , for I haue founden my [the MNPQTXY.] scheep, which [that GMNOPQSTWXY.] `hadde perischid [I hadde lost MNPQTXY.] . [verse 7] Sothly I seye to ȝou, so ioye

schal be in heuene on o [oen X.] synful man doynge penaunce, than of [vpon AGMNOPQSTWY.] nynti and nyne iuste, that han no nede of [to AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] pen|aunce. [verse 8] Ether [Or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] what womman hauynge ten `dragmes, ether besauntis [dragmes, or besauntis GMPY. besauntis O. dragmes X.] , and if sche `hath lost [schal lese A pr. m. GMNOPQTXY.] o dragme, wher [whethir QX.] she liȝteth [teendith AGMNOPQSTWXY. liȝteneth UV.] not a lanterne, and turneth vpsodoun the hous, and sekith diligently, til [til that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] sche fynde [fyndeth O.] ? [verse 9] And whanne sche hath founden, sche clepith to gidere frendis and neiȝe|boris, seyinge, `Thanke ȝe [Togydere thanke ȝe P. Glade ȝe with U sec. m.] me [togider to me O.] , for I haue founden the dragme, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I hadde lost. [verse 10] So I seie to ȝou, ioye schal be to the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] aungels of God `on o [vpon a AT. vpon OO GMNPQSWY. vpon oon O.] synful man doynge penaunce. [verse 11] Forsothe he seith, Sum [verse 12] man hadde tweye [two MPQUWXY.] sones; and the ȝongere seide to the [his O.] fadir, Fadir, ȝyue to [Om. N.] me the porcioun of substaunce, `ethir catel [or catel GMPWY. Om. OX.] , that `byfallith to [bifallith A pr. m. G pr. m. PQTX. fallith O.] me. And `the fadir [he AGMNOPQSTWXY.] de|partide to him [hem MOPQTUV sec. m. XY.] the [Om. A pr. m. MNPT.] substaunce. [verse 13] And not aftir manye dayes, alle thingis gederid to gidre, the ȝongere [ȝonge W.] sone wente in [fer on AGMNOPTW sec. m. XY. fer in QS. forth in UV. forth on W pr. m.] pil|grymage in to a fer [Om. G pr. m.] cuntree; and there he [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] wastide his substaunce [substaunce, or goodis AGMPSTWY.] in [Om. N.] lyuynge leccherously. [verse 14] And aftir that he hadde endid alle thingis, a [and K.] strong hungir was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad in [in to O.] that [the ASW.] cuntree, and he bigan to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] haue nede. [verse 15] And he [Om. K.] wente, and cleuyde to oon of the citeseyns [burgeis AGNQTUVW. burgeysis MOPSXY.] of that cuntree. And he sente him in to his toun, that he schulde feede hoggis. [verse 16] And he coueitide to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] fille [fulfille AG sec. m. MNOPQSTWXY.] his wombe of the coddis whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the hoggis eeten, and no man ȝaf to him. [verse 17] Sothli he turned aȝen in to him silf, seyde, Hou many hirid men in my fadir [fadres ANOSUV.] hous, `han plente of [habounden in AGMNPQSTUVWY. habunden with O. abounden with X.] looues; forsothe I perische here thurȝ [in AGMPQSTXY. for NO. in for W.] hungir. [verse 18] I schal ryse [ryse vp AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and `I

schal [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] go to my fadir, and I schal seie to him, Fadir, I haue synned aȝens [in to A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] heuene, [verse 19] and bifore thee; now I am not worthi to [for to AGMNOPQTW sec. m. Y.] be clepid thi sone, make me as oon of thi hyrid men. [verse 20] And he rysinge cam to his fadir. Sothli whanne he was ȝit fer, his fadir syȝ him, and `he was [is AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY. was UV.] stirid by mercy. And he rennynge to, `felde on [felde vpon AGMNPQTY. fell vpon OW. fel on SX.] his necke, and kiste him. [verse 21] And the sone seyde to him, Fadir, I haue synned aȝens [in to A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] heuene, and bifore thee; and now I am not worthi to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be clepid thi sone. [verse 22] Forsoth the fadir seyde to his seruauntis, Soone bringe ȝe forth the firste stoole, and clothe [clothith SX.] ȝe [Om. AGMNOPQSTXY.] him, and ȝyue ȝe a ring in his hond, [verse 23] and schoon in [Om. O.] to the [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTXY.] feet; and `brynge ȝe [brynge ȝe to AGMNOPQSTWY. bringeth to X.] a calf maad fat, and sle ȝe, and ete we, and plenteuously ete we [glade we in plen|teuouse etynge A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTXY. in plenteuos eetynge ete we O.] . [verse 24] For this my sone was deed, and hath lyued aȝen; he perischide, and is founden. And alle [alle men AGMNPQSTWXY.] bigunnen to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] eat plenteuously [gladly A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY.] . [verse 25] Forsoth his eldere sone was in the feeld; and whanne he cam, and neiȝede to the hous, he herde a symphonye [sinfon X.] and a crowde [caroule, or croude AGMPQTWXY. a caroule, or croude NS.] . [verse 26] And he clepide oon of the seruauntis, and axide, what `thingis thes [thees thengis AGMNOPQSTUVWX.] weren. [verse 27] And he seide to him, Thi brodir is comen, and thi fadir `hath slayn [slowȝe AGMNOQSTWY. slew P. slooȝ X.] a fat [fattid AGMPQSTWXY.] calf, for he receyuede him saf. [verse 28] Forsoth he was wroth, and wolde not entre. Therfore his fadir gon out, bigan to [for to OT.] preie him. [verse 29] And he answeringe to his fadir, seide, Lo! so manye ȝeeris I serue to thee, and I `brak neuere [neuere passede ouer, or brak AGMNPQSTWY. neuer passid ouer OX.] thi comaundement [comaundementis Q.] ; thou [and thou AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] `hast neuere [neuere hast AGMNOPQSTXY.] ȝouun [ȝyue Q. ȝeue Y.] `a kyde to me [to me a kydde AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , that I schulde `ete largely with my frendis [with my frendis be fulfillid AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 30] But aftir that this thi [Om. AQ pr. m.] sone, which [that hath AGMNOPQSTWXY.] deuouride his substaunce with hooris, cam, thou

hast slayn to him a fat [fattid A pr. m. GMOPQSWXY.] calf. [verse 31] And he seide to him, Sone, thou ert euere [euermore AGMNOPQSTWXY.] with me, and alle myne thingis ben thyne. [verse 32] Forsothe it bihofte [byhoueth AGMNO.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] ete plenteuously, and for [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to ioye; for this thi brother was deed, and lyuede [lyueth T.] aȝeyn; he peryschide, and he [Om. AGMNOPQSTUWXY.] is founden.

CAP. XVI.

[verse 1] Forsothe he seide also [and AGMNOPQSWXY. Om. T.] to his disciplis, Ther was sum riche man, that hadde a `fermour, ethir a baily [fermour, or baily AGMNPQSTWY. bayle O. baili X.] ; and this [ther W pr. m. he W man. sec.] was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MPQSTXY. Om. N.] defamyd anentis [at AGMNOPQSTWXY.] him, as he hadde wastid his goodis. [verse 2] And he clepide him, and seide [saith AGMNOPQSTXY.] to him, What heere I this thing of thee? ȝeld resoun of thi ferme, for now thou schalt `not mowe [no more U.] holde thi [the AGMNOPQTW.] ferme. [verse 3] For|soth the fermour seide with ynne him silf, What schal I do, for my [the O.] lord takith awey fro me the ferme? `I may not delue [delue mai Y not MOPQTWXY.] , I `am aschamyd to [schame for to AGMNOPQTWY. shame to SX.] begge. [verse 4] I woot what I schal do, that whanne I schal be remouyd fro the ferme, thei receyue me in to her housis. [verse 5] And [And so AGMNPQSTWXY. And loo! O.] alle the dettours of the [his AGMNOPQSTUVWX.] lord clepid to gidere, he seide to the firste, Hou moche owist thou to my lord? [verse 6] And he seide to him, An hundrid barelis of oyle. And he seide to him, Taak thin [the N.] obli|gacioun [caucioun, or obligacioun AGMNOPQSTWY. kaucioun X.] , and sitte soon, and wryt fyfti. [verse 7] Aftirward he seyde to another, Sothli hou moche owist thou? `Which seide [The whiche saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , An hundrid mesuris of whete. And he seide to him, Tak thi lettris, and wryt foure score. [verse 8] And the lord preiside the fermour of wickidnesse, for he hadde don pru|dently; for the sones of this [the K.] world ben more prudent [prudent, or war AGMNPSTY.] in her generacioun than the sones of liȝt. [verse 9] `And I seie to ȝou, make [make ȝe AG sec. m. OSUV sec. m. W.] to ȝou frendes of the [Om. QXY.] richesse [richesses O. riches Q.] of wickidnesse, that whan ȝe shulen fayle, thei receyue ȝou in to euerlastynge taber|naclis

[Om. K.] . [verse 10] He that is feithful [trew AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in the leeste [lasse O.] thing, `is feithful also in more [and in the more is trew AGMNOPQSTWXY. is feith|ful also in the more UV.] ; and he that `is wickid in a litil thing [in a litil thing is wickide AGMNOPQTWY. in a litil thing is wicke SX.] , `is wickid also in the more [and in the more is wickide AGMNOPQTWY. and in the more is wicke SX.] . [verse 11] Therfore if ȝe weren not trewe in wicked [the wickyd A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTY. the wickid thing A sec. m. G sec. m. OW. the wicke thinge S. the wicke X.] riches [of riches AG sec. m. N. of rychesse OT. of richesses SW.] , `who schal bitake to ȝou this that is verri [that that is soth, who schal byleeue, or bytake, to ȝou A pr. m. GMNPT XY. that that is verrei, who shal bileue, or bitake, to ȝou A sec. m. SW. that is sothe, who sal byleue to ȝou O. that that is soth, who shal byleue to ȝou Q.] ? [verse 12] And if ȝe weren not trewe in `alien thing [other mennys thing AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , who schal ȝyue to ȝou `this that [that that AG pr. m. MNPQSTWXY. that G sec. m. O.] is ȝoure? [verse 13] No man seruaunt may serue twey [to twey ANT. to two GMNOPQWY. two U.] lordis; forsothe ether [other MQY. outher X.] he schal hate oon [the toon AGNOPQSTY. the oon M. that oon W.] , and loue the tothir [other MX.] ; ether [or MPQXY.] `he schal [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] cleue to oon [the toon AGNOPQTWY. the oon MX.] , and dispise `the tohir [that othir W. the other MX.] . Ȝe mown not serue to God and to [to the G pr. m. Om. X.] riches [rich|esses QSV.] . [verse 14] Forsoth Farisees, that weren coueytouse, herden alle thes thingis, and thei scornyden him. [verse 15] And he seide [seith AGMNOPQSTWX.] to hem, Ȝe it ben, that iusti|fyen ȝou bifore men; sothli God knowith [hath knowen AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝoure hertis, for `that thing that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] is hiȝ to men, is abominacioun anemptis God. [verse 16] The lawe and prophetis til to John; fro that [the O.] tyme the rewme of God is prechid [euangelised AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and ech man `makith violence [dothe strengthe, or violence AGMNPQSTWY. doth strengthe OX.] in to it. [verse 17] Forsothe it is liȝter heuene and erthe to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] passe ouer, than o titil falle fro [of G sec. m. MNOPQTXY.] the lawe. [verse 18] Ech [Euery AGMNOPQSTWXY.] man that forsakith his wyf, and weddith another, doith auoutrie; and he that weddith the wyf [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] forsakun of the hosebonde, doith auoutrie. [verse 19] Sum man was rich, and was [Om. G pr. m.] clothid [clad SX.] in [with O.] purpur, and biys, `ether whit silk [or wh. s. GMOPQTW. Om. XY.] , and he [Om. AG MNOPQSTWXY.] eet ech [euery AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] day schynyngli. [verse 20] And ther was sum beg|gere, Lazarus by name, that lay ful of [verse 21] bylis at his ȝate, coueytinge to [for to O.] be fillid [fulfillid GMNOPQSTWXY.] of [with W pr. m.] the crummes, that felden [fell O.] doun [Om. Q.] fro

the riche mannis boord, and no man ȝaf to him; but and houndis camen, and lickiden his bylis. [verse 22] Forsothe it was [is AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, that the beggere deiede, and was borun of aungels in to Abrahams bosum. [verse 23] For|sothe and the riche man is deed, and is biried in helle. Forsothe [Sothely AGMNOPQSTWY.] he reysinge [castynge vp AGMNOPQSTWXY.] his yȝen, whanne he was in turmentis, syȝ Abraham afer, and Lazarus in his bosum. [verse 24] And [Om. W.] he `criynge seyde [cried, seiynge Q. cryeing seyinge T.] , Fadir Abraham, haue mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he dippe the laste part of his fyngur in watir, and [that he AGMNOPQSTWXY.] kele [koole X.] my tunge; for I am turmentid in this flawme. [verse 25] And Abraham seide to him, Sone, haue mynde, for thou hast receyued good thingis in thi lyf, and Lazarus also yuele thingis; sothli he is now comfortid, but thou art turmentid. [verse 26] And [But O.] in alle thes thingis a greet derk place, `ether depthe [Om. AGMNOPQSTWX.] , is stablischid [stablid GMNOPQSTX.] `by twixe [bitwen S.] vs and ȝou; that [and T.] thei that wolen fro hennis passe to ȝou, mown not, nether [ne thidur T.] fro thennis passe ouer hidur. [verse 27] And he seide [seith GOPQTWXY.] , Ther|fore I preye thee, fadir Abraham, that thou sende him in to the hous of my fadir. [verse 28] For [Sothely AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I haue fyue bretheren, that he wit|nesse to hem, lest also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei come in to this [the N.] place of turmentis. [verse 29] And Abraham seide [seith AGMNPQSTWXY.] to him, Thei han Moyses and the [Om. AGMNOPQTWY.] prophetis; heere thei hem. [verse 30] And he seide, Nay, fadir Abraham, but if ony of deede men [Om. O.] schal go to hem, thei schulen do [not do Q sec. m.] penaunce. [verse 31] Forsothe he seyde [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to him, If thei heere not Moyses and the [Om. AGMNPQSTWY.] prophetis, neither if ony of deede men schal [schulen O.] ryse aȝen, thei schulen bileue [not beleeuen X.] to him.

CAP. XVII.

[verse 1] And he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to his disciplis, It is inpossible that sclaundris come not; but [forsoth AGMNOPQSTWXY.] woo to him [that man AGMNOPQSTWX.] , by whom thei comen. [verse 2] It is

more profitable to him, if a mylne stoon be put [pitt O.] aboute his necke, and he [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] be cast in to the see, than that he sclaundre oon of thes [this O.] litle. [verse 3] `Take ȝe heede to ȝou silf [Perseyue to ȝou silf, or take heede AT. Perceyuith to ȝou self, or takith heed GY. Perceyueth, or takith hede, to ȝoure [ȝou PSW] silf MPSW. Perceyue, or take hede to ȝoure silf N. Take heede to ȝoure silf O. Perceyueth to ȝow self QX.] ; if thi brother `hath synned aȝens [schal synne in MNOPQTXY. haue synned in S. hath synned in W.] thee, blame him; and if he schal do penaunce, forȝyue to [Om. SU.] him. [verse 4] And if seuene sithis in the day he schal synne aȝens [in MNOPQSTXY.] thee, and seuene sithis in the day he [Om. X.] schal be con|uertid to thee, seyinge, It forthenkith me, forȝyue to [Om. Q.] him. [verse 5] [Chap. XVII. commences here in MOPQTWXY.] And `the postlis [the apostlis AGMPQUXY. apostlis NOSTW.] seiden to the Lord, Encreesse `feith to vs [to vs feith MPXY.] . [verse 6] For|soth the Lord seyde [said to hem O.] , If ȝe `schulen haue [hadden MNOPQTXY.] feith as the [a Q.] corn of syneuey, ȝe schulen seye to this `more tree [tree moor MOPQTWXY.] , Be thou drawun vp by the roote, and be [be thou O.] `plauntid ouer [ouerplauntid MOPQTWXY.] in to the see, and it schal obeye [obesche M. obeshen S.] to ȝou. [verse 7] Forsothe who of ȝou hauynge a seruaunt eringe, other [or MOPQTWXY.] lesewynge oxun [the oxys AGNPQSWY. the oxen MT. oxes O.] , which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] `seith to him, turnyd aȝen fro the feeld, [verse 8] Anoon [seith to hym, turned aȝen fro feeld, Anoon A sup. ras. G sec. m. W sec. m. turnyd aȝen fro feelde, he seith anoon to him G pr. m. MNPQ. turned aȝen fro the feeld, seith anoon to him OY. turned aȝeyn fro the feeld, he seith anoon to hym T. turned aȝein fro the feeld, seith to hym anoon W pr. m. turned aȝeen fro feeld, seith anoen to hym X.] go [Go thou W pr. m.] , and [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] sitte to [to the AGNOSUV. at the MPQTWXY.] mete; and `seith not [not seith MOPQTWXY.] to him, Make thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] redy, that I soupe, and girde thee [thee bifore AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and mynystre to me, til [til that AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] I ete and drynke, and [Om. K.] aftir thes thingis thou schalt ete and drynke; [verse 9] wher [Whether WX pass.] he hath [hadde U.] grace [grace, or loue G sec. m. O.] to that seruaunt, for he dide `this that [that that AMPSTWXY. that at O.] he comaundide to him? Nay, I gesse. [verse 10] So also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝe [Om. K.] whanne ȝe han don alle thingis that ben comaundid to ȝou, `seie ȝe [seie AGMNPQTWY. seith SX.] , We ben vnprofitable ser|uauntis, `we han don [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] `this that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] we ouȝte to [for to AGMNOPQT. Om. U pr. m. VWY.] do [do, we han don AGMOPQSTWXY. do, we han not don N.] . [verse 11] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY.] done, the while Jhesu wente in to Jerusalem, he passide thorw the myddel of Samarie, and of [Om. AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.]

Galilee. [verse 12] And whanne he entride in to sum castel, ten leprouse men camen aȝens [verse 13] him, whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] stoode afer, and reyside [liften vp ANTW. lifteden vp GMOPQSXY.] the [a GMPQXY. her S.] vois, seiynge, Jhesu, comaundour, haue mercy on vs. [verse 14] Whiche [Whom MNOPQSTXY.] as [whanne N.] he syȝ, he seide, Go ȝe, `schewe ȝe [shewith X.] ȝou [Om. G pr. m.] to prestis. And it was [is AG pr. m. MNOPSTXY.] don, the while thei wenten, thei weren [ben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] clensid. [verse 15] Forsothe oon of hem, as he syȝ for [as XY.] he was [is AGMNOPQSTWXY.] clensid, wente aȝen, magnyfiynge God with greet vois. [verse 16] And he [Om. X.] felde doun in to the face bifore his feet, doynge thankingis [graces, or thank|yngis AMNPSTWY. grace, or thankingis G. graces QX.] ; and this was a Samaritan. [verse 17] Forsothe Jhesu answeringe seide, Wher ten ben not clensid, and where ben the nyne? [verse 18] `Noon is [Thare is noon AGMNOPQSTWXY.] foundun, that turnyde aȝen, and ȝaf glorie to God, no [Om. OX.] but this alien [alien, or straunger AGMNPQSTW. straunger XY.] . [verse 19] And he seith to him, Ryse thou [vp AGK pr. m. MNOPQSTWXY.] , go thou; for thi feith hath maad thee saaf. [verse 20] `Forsothe he axid of [Sothely thenne Jhesus was axid of the Q sup. ras.] Phari|sees, whanne the rewme of God cometh, answeride [answerynge KY. he answered O. and he answeride Q sec. m. Jhesu answeride V. answerende X.] to [Om. MNXY.] hem, and [Om. XY.] seide, The rewme of God cometh not with aspy|ing [verse 21] , nethir thei schulen seye, Lo! here, ether [or MOPQTWXY. Om. N.] lo! there; forsothe lo! the rewme of God is with ynne ȝou. [verse 22] And he seide [saith AGM NOPQSTWXY.] to his disciplis, Dayes schulen come, whanne ȝe schulen desyre to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] se o [a A.] day of mannis sone, and ȝe schulen not se. [verse 23] And thei schulen seye to ȝou, Lo! here, and lo! there. Nyle ȝe go, nether sue ȝe; [verse 24] for [for whi AGMNOPQSTXY.] as leit schynynge fro vndir heuene schyneth `on thoo [in to tho AGMNPQSTWXY. in to the O.] thingis that ben vndir heuene, so `mannis sone schal be [shal mannus sone be MP. schal be mannis sone OQTWXY.] in his day. [verse 25] Forsothe first it bihoueth him to [for to AGMNPQTW sec. m. Om. OW pr. m. Y.] suffre many thingis, and to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be reproued of this generacioun. [verse 26] And as it was don in the dayes of Noe, so it schal be in the dayes of mannis sone. [verse 27] Thei eeten and drunken, and [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] weddiden wyues, and weren

ȝouun to weddingis, til in to the day in which [the which MPQTXY.] Noe entride in to his [the AGMNOPQSTUVWXY.] schip; and the [Om. U.] greet flood cam, and loste alle. [verse 28] Also as [Om. Q.] it was don in the dayes of Loth, thei eeten and drunken, bouȝten and [verse 29] seelden, plantiden [and plaunteden S.] and byldeden [bylden TX.] ; sothli in what day Loth wente out of Sodom, the Lord reynede fier and brymstoon fro heuene, and loste alle. [verse 30] Vp [Aftir AGMNOPQSTWX.] this thing it schal be, in what day mannis sone schal be schewid. [verse 31] In that our [day MNOPTXY.] he that schal be in the roof, and his vesels in the hous, come he [Om. UV.] not doun to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] take hem awei; and he [Om. O.] that `schal be [is AGMOQXY. Om. NPSTW.] in the [Om. N.] feeld, also turne not aȝen bihynde. [verse 32] Be ȝe myndeful of the wyf of Loth. [verse 33] Who euere schal seke to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] make his lyf [soule, that is, lijf AGMNPQSTWY. soule OX.] saf, schal leese it; and who euere schal leese it, schal quykene it. [verse 34] I seye to ȝou, in that niȝt tweyne [two MOPQWX et Y passim.] schulen be in o bed, oon schal be receyued [taken to AGMNOPQSTW. taken XY.] , and `the tother [that other QWX.] `schal [verse 35] be [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] forsakun; tweye wymmen schulen [schal K.] be gryndinge to gidere, oon [the ton NGQSTXY. the oon M. the one P. that oon W.] schal be re|ceyued [taken to AGMNQSTWY. taken X.] , and `the tother [that othir WY. the other X.] `schal be [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] for|sakun; tweyne in a [oo O.] feeld, oon [the tone AGNOQSTY. the oon MX. the one P. that oon W.] schal be receyued [taken to AGMNOPQSTWY. taken and X.] , `the tother [that other W. the other X.] `schal be [Om. AGMNOQSTWXY.] forsakun. [verse 36] Thei answeringe seyden [seien AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to him, Where, Lord? [verse 37] Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seide to hem, Where euere [Om. X.] the body schal be, `also the eglis schulen be gederid to gidere thidur [thidir schulen be gedered togider and the eglis AGMNOPQSTWY. thider shul be gedered togidere the eglis X.] .

CAP. XVIII.

[verse 1] Forsothe he seide `also a parable to hem [in a parable to hem AT. to hem and a parable GMNOPQSWXY.] , for it bihoueth to [for to AGMOPQTWY.] preie euere [euer more AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and [verse 2] `to fayle not [not fayle AGMNOPQSTWXY. not to faile UV.] ; seyinge, `Sum iuge was [Ther was sum iuge AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in sum [a Q.] citee, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] dredde not God, nether [ne X.] schamede of [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTY. not X.] men. [verse 3] Forsothe sum widowe

was in that citee, and sche cam to him, seyinge, Venge me of [on O.] myn aduersarie; and he wolde not by myche tyme. [verse 4] Sothli aftir thes thingis he seide with ynne him silf, Thouȝ [And if AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I drede not God, and schame [verse 5] not of [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] man, netheles for this widowe is heuy, `or diseseful [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , to me, I schal venge hir; lest at the laste sche comynge strangle me. [verse 6] Sothli the Lord seide [seith AGMNPQSTWXY.] , Heere ȝe, what the domesman of wickid|nesse [verse 7] seith; forsoth wher God schal not do the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] veniaunce of his chosene, criynge to him nyȝt and day, and schal haue pa|cience in hem? [verse 8] Sothli I seie to ȝou, for soone he schal do the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] veniaunce of hem. Netheles gessist thou, mannis [for mannus O.] sone com|ynge schal fynde feith in erthe? [verse 9] For|soth he seide also [and AGMNQSWY. Om. OPTX.] to sum men [Om. O.] , that tristiden in hem silf, as riȝtful, and dis|piseden [dispisen V.] othere, this parable, seyinge, [verse 10] Tweye men stiȝeden [stiȝeden vp AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in to the temple for [Om. X.] to preie; oon [the toon AGNOQSTY. the oon M. the one PX. that oon W.] a [was a Q.] Pharise, and [Om. UV.] `the tothir [that othir ATW. the other PX.] a [Om. O.] pupplican. [verse 11] Forsothe the Farise stond|inge, praiede anentis him silf thes thingis, seyinge, God, I do thankingis to thee, for [Om. X.] I am not as othere men [of men AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , raueynouris [rauaynour O.] , vniust [and vniust UV.] , auouters [auoutreres MNOPQTX.] , `as also [as T. also as W.] this pupplican; [verse 12] I faste twyes [twy O.] in the woke, I ȝyue tythis of alle thingis [thenge O.] whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I haue in posses|sioun. [verse 13] And the pupplican stondinge `a fer [fer U.] nolde [wold not AGMNOPQSTWXY.] nethir reyse [lift vp AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the yȝen to he|uene, but smoot his brest, seyinge, God be mercyful [helpful, or merciful AGMNPQSTW. help|full O. helful X. helful, or merciful Y.] to me, synnere. [verse 14] Treuli I seye to ȝou, this [for this S.] `cam doun in to his hous iustified [descendid iustefied in to his hous AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of [fro AGMNPSWXY. from O.] him. For ech that enhauns|ith him silf [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] schal be maad louȝ, and he [Om. XY.] that mekith him silf [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , schal be enhaunsid. [verse 15] Forsothe thei brouȝten to him ȝonge chil|dren, that he schulde touch hem; which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.]

thing whanne disciplis syȝen, thei blam|yden hem. [verse 16] Sothli [Om. S.] Jhesu clepinge to gidere hem, seide, Suffre ȝe children to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] come to me, and nyle ȝe forbede hem, for [sothely AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of siche is the rewme [kyngdam AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of heuenes. [verse 17] Treuli I seie to ȝou, who euere schal not take the kyngdom of God as a child, he [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] schal not entre in to it. [verse 18] And sum prince axide him, seyinge, Good maistir, what thing doynge schal I welde euerlastyng lyf? [verse 19] Sothli Jhesu seyde to him, What seist thou me good? No man is [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] good, no [Om. O.] but God aloone. [verse 20] Thou knowist [hast knowen AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the co|maundementis, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not do leccherie, Thou schalt not do thefte, Thou schal not seye fals [no fals O. to fals Y.] wit|nessyng, Worschipe fadir [thi fader AMNOPQSTUWX. the fadir GVY.] and modir [thi moder AMOPQSTUWX. the modir GVY.] . [verse 21] Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , I haue kept alle thes thingis [Om. N.] fro my ȝouthe [ȝongthe OPQTY.] . [verse 22] Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thing herd, Jhesu seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to him, Ȝit o thing faylith to thee; sille thou alle, what `euere thingis [thingis that euere U.] thou hast, and ȝyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene; and come, and sue me. [verse 23] Thes thingis herd, he was sorwful, for he was ful riche. [verse 24] Sothli Jhesu seinge him maad sorwful [sory AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seide, How hard thei that han richessis [money AGMNOPQSTWXY.] schulen entre in to the rewme [kyngdam AGMNOPQSTWXY.] [verse 25] of God; forsoth it is esyer [liȝter AGMNOPQSTWXY.] a camel to [for to AGMNPQTWY. Om. U.] passe thurȝ `a nedlis [an edlis GMPQTW.] yȝe, than a riche man for [Om. SX.] to entre in to the kingdom of God. [verse 26] And thei that herden thes thingis seiden, And who may be maad saf? [verse 27] And he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to hem, Tho thingis that ben vnpossible [inpossible AGMNOPQSTXY.] anemptis [anent X passim.] men, ben possible anemptis God. [verse 28] Forsoth Petre seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , Loo! we han forsake [left AGMNOPQSTWXY.] alle thingis, and `han sued [suen AGMOPQSTWXY.] thee. [verse 29] Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seyde to hem, Treuly I seye to ȝou, `no man is [ther is no man AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , that schal for|sake

hous, ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] fadir, ethir [and AGMNQSUVWY. or OPT.] modir, ethir [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] britheren, ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] wyf, ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] sones, ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] [verse 30] feeldis, for the rewme of God, and schal not receyue myche mo [more O.] thingis in this tyme, and in the world to comynge [comen SX.] euere|lasting lyf. [verse 31] Forsothe Jhesu took [toke to AGMNOPSTWXY.] twelue [his twelve AGMNPQSTWXY.] disciplis, and seide [saith AGMNOQSTWX.] to hem, Lo! we stiȝen [stiȝen vp AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to Jerusalem, and alle thingis schu|len be endid, that ben writun by the [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] prophetis of mannis sone. [verse 32] Forsoth he schal be bitrayed to hethen men, and he schal be scorned, and scourgid, and bi|spet [verse 33] [bispattid X.] ; and aftir that thei han scourgid [scourgid, or betun AGMNPSTWX. scourged him O.] , thei schulen sle him, and [and aftir U.] the thridde day he schal ryse aȝein. [verse 34] And thei vnder|stoden [vndirstonden NW.] no thing of these; and this word was hid fro hem, and thei vndirstoden not tho thingis that weren seid. [verse 35] For|sothe it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTX.] don, whanne Jhesu cam nyȝ to Jerico, sum blynd man saat bisydis the weye beggynge. [verse 36] And whanne he herde the cumpany [cumpany of puple AGMNOPQSTWXY.] passynge, he axide, what this thing was. [verse 37] Sothli thei seiden to him, that Jhesu of Nazareth passide. [verse 38] And he cryede, seyinge, Jhesu, the sone of Dauith, haue mercy on me. [verse 39] And thei that wenten bifore blamyden him, that he schulde be stille; sothli he `cryede myche more [miche more criede MPY.] , Thou sone of Dauith, haue mercy on me. [verse 40] For|sothe Jhesu stondinge comaundide him to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be brouȝt forth to him. And whanne [verse 41] he cam nyȝ, he axide him, seyinge, What wolt thou I schal do to thee? And he seide, Lord, that I se. [verse 42] And Jhesu seide to him, Bihold thou [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; thi feith hath maad thee saaf. [verse 43] And anon he syȝ, and suede him, magnyfiynge God. And al the peple, as [that XY.] it [he U pr. m.] syȝ, ȝaf heriynge [praysynge O.] to God.

CAP. XIX.

[verse 1] And Jhesu goynge yn [aȝeyn Q sec. m.] , walkide thorw [to G pr. m. MPQTXY. in to NO.]

Jerico. [verse 2] And lo! a man, Zachee by name, and he [this AGMNOPQSTWXY.] was prince of pupplicans, and he was [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] riche. [verse 3] And he souȝte to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] see Jhesu, who he was, and he myȝte not, for the cumpany [cumpanye of puple AGMNPQSTWXY. company of the pepil O.] , for he was litel in stature. [verse 4] And he rennynge bifore, stiȝede [stiȝed vp AGMNOPQSTWY. steiȝ vp X.] in to a sycamoure tree, that he schulde see Jhesu [him AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; for he was to passinge [passe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thennis. [verse 5] And Jhesu biholdinge vpward [vp AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , whanne he cam to the place, syȝ him, and seyde to him, Zachee, `hastinge cum doun [hiynge come doun AGMNPQSTWY. cumme doun hiȝynge O. heȝende cum doun X.] , for to day I moot [most O. mut MP.] dwelle in thin hous. [verse 6] And he hast|inge [hiȝynge AGMNOPQSTWY. heeȝ|ende X.] cam doun, and ioyinge reseyuede him. [verse 7] And whanne alle men sayen, thei grucchiden, seyinge, For he hadde [was U.] turned to a synful man. [verse 8] Forsoth Zachee stond|inge seide to the Lord, Lo! Lord, I ȝyue the half of my goodis to pore men; and if I haue ony thing defraudid ony man, I ȝelde the [Om. U.] fourefold [fourth foold O.] . [verse 9] Jhesu seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to him, For in this day heelthe is maad to this [thin Y.] hous, for and [that AGMOPQSTWXY. that and N.] he is `the sone of Abraham [Abrahames sone AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; [verse 10] forsothe mannis sone cam to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] seke, and make [to make AGMNOQSTWXY.] saaf this [that AGMNOPQSTWY.] thing that perischede. [verse 11] Hem [Thei U.] heringe thes thingis, he `puttinge to [addynge UV.] , seide a parable, for [for that AGMNOPQSWXY.] he was nyȝ Jeru|salem, and for thei gessiden, that [that anoon MWXY.] the kyngdom of God schulde be schewid `a non [Om. MWXY.] . [verse 12] Therfore he seide, Sum noble man wente in to a fer cuntree, to [for to AGMNOPQTW.] take to [Om. XY.] him a [an O.] kyngdom, and to [for to AGMNOPQTW.] turne aȝeyn. [verse 13] Sothli his ten seruauntis clepid, he ȝaf [take O.] to hem ten besauntis. And `he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to hem, [From this place onwards MS. U agrees with the later version, and is referred to by the letter a.] Marchaundise ȝe, til [the while AGMNOPQTX pr. m. Y.] I come. [verse 14] Forsoth his [thees O.] citeseyns hatiden him, and sente a messager [message K. mes|sanger TW.] aftir him, seyinge, We `nyle, that he [wolen not him for to AGMNOPQTWY. wilen not hym to SX.] regne on [vpon OPQTWY.] vs. [verse 15] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPSTXY.] don, that the rewme [kyngdam AGMNOPQSTW.] takun, he turnede aȝen; and [Om. MNOPQTX.]

he comaundide his seruauntis to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be clepid, to whiche [whom MPQXY.] he ȝaf money, that he schulde wite, hou moche ech hadde wunne by chaffaring. [verse 16] Forsoth the firste cam, sey|inge, Lord, thi besaunt hath wunne ten besauntis. [verse 17] He seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to him, Wel be, thou goode seruaunt; for in litil thing thou hast be trewe, thou schalt [shalt and Q.] haue [be hafynge AGMNOPQSTWXY.] power on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] ten citees. [verse 18] And another [the tother AGMNOPQSWXY. that other T.] cam, seyinge, Lord, thi besaunt hath maad fyue be|sauntis. [verse 19] And he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWY.] to this, And be thou on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] fyue citees. [verse 20] And the thridde cam, seyinge, Lord, lo! thi besaunt, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I hadde, kept [put vp AGMPQSTWXY. put N.] in a sudarie, `ether sweting cloth [Om. COX. or swetynge cloth GMPY.] . [verse 21] Forsoth I dredde thee, for thou art an austerne man; thou takist awey `this thing which [that ACQOT. that that GMNPSWXY.] thou settist [settidist CMPV.] not, and thou repist `this thing which [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] thou hast not sowe. [verse 22] He seith to him, Weyward seruaunt, of thi mouth I deme thee. Wistist thou, that I am `an hausterne man [a man austerne OQTXY.] , takinge a wey this [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thing which [that AGMNOPQSWXY.] I settide [sett AGMNOPQSWXY.] not, and repinge this [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thing which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I `haue not sowe [suwe not AGMNOPQSTWY. seeȝ not X.] ? [verse 23] and whi hast thou not ȝouun my money to the boord, and [that and MP.] I comynge schulde haue receyued it sothli with vsuris? [verse 24] And he seide to hem [men AGMNOPQSTWXY.] `that stooden [stondynge AGMNOPQSTWX.] nyȝ, Take ȝe awey fro him the besaunt, and ȝyue ȝe [ȝe it MP.] to him that hath ten besauntis. [verse 25] And thei seiden to him, Lord, he hath ten besauntis. [verse 26] Sothli I seie to ȝou, for to ech hauynge it schal be ȝouun, and he [it O.] schal `be plenteuous [abounde, or be plenteuouse AGMNPQSTWY. abounde OX.] ; but fro him that hath not, `also this [and that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thing [Om. C.] that he [Om. Y.] hath, schal be takun of [fro X.] him. [verse 27] Netheles brynge ȝe hidir tho myne enemyes, that nolde [wolden not AGMNOPQSTWXY.] me to [Om. AG pr. m. MNPQTW.] regne on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] hem, and sle ȝe bifore me. [verse 28] And thes thingis seyd, he wente bifore, stiȝynge to [in to O.] Jerusalem. [verse 29] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] don, whanne

he cam nyȝ to Bethfage and Betanye, at the mount, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is clepid of [Om. A pr. m. TVY.] Olyuete, [verse 30] he sente his tweye disciplis, seyinge, Go ȝe in to the castel, which [that MPWXY.] is aȝens ȝou; in to which [the whiche O.] ȝe entrynge schulen fynde a colt of a [Om. Q.] she asse [asse tied ACGMNOPQSTVXY.] , on [to MNPQSTXY.] which [whom MNOPQSTXY.] non of men euere saat; vnbynde ȝe him, and `brynge ȝe [bringeth X.] to me. [verse 31] And if ony man schal [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] axe, whi ȝe vnbynden, thus ȝe schulen seye to him, For the Lord desyrith his work. [verse 32] Forsothe thei that weren sent, wenten forth, and founden as he seyde to hem, a colt stondinge. [verse 33] Sothli hem vntyynge [vnbyndynge AGMNOPQSTWXY. vnkyttinge V sec. m.] the colt, the lordis of him seyde to hem, What [Whi C.] vntyen ȝe the colt? [verse 34] And thei seiden, For the Lord hath him nedful. [verse 35] And thei ledden him to Jhesu; and thei, castinge her clothis on [vpon AGMNOQTWY.] the colt, puttedyn [putten SX.] Jhesu on him. [verse 36] Forsothe him [hem A.] goynge, thei vn|dir strewiden her clothis in the weye. [verse 37] And whanne now [Om. K.] he cam nyȝ to the comynge doun of the hil [mount AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of Olyuete, alle the cum|panyes of men comynge doun bigunnen [bigynnen K.] ioyinge to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] herie God with greet vois on [verse 38] alle the vertues, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei syȝen, seyinge, Blessid is [Om. S.] the kyng, that cometh in the name of the Lord; pees in heuene, and glorie in hiȝ thingis. [verse 39] And summe of the [Om. AGMNOPSTWX.] Pharisees of the cumpanyes seyden to him, Maistir, blame thi disciplis. [verse 40] To whiche [whom MPQXY.] he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , I seye to ȝou, for if thes [these thinges N.] schulen be stille, stoones schulen crye. [verse 41] And whanne he neiȝede, he seynge the citee, wepte on [vpon OQ.] [verse 42] it [Om. Q.] seyinge, For if [Om. W.] thou haddist knowe, and thou, and [Om. N.] sotheli in this thi [Om. NQ pr. m. XY.] day, which [the whiche AGMNPQSTWXY. in whiche O.] is [Om. AGMNOPQ pr. m. STXY.] to pees to thee; but now thei ben hid fro thin yȝen. [verse 43] For daies schulen come into [in AGMNOPQSTWXY. to CV.] thee, and thin enemyes schulen enuyroune thee `with pale [with a pale MP. in a valei with pale N. in the vale O. Om. T.] , and [and thei ACGMNOPQSVWXY.] schulen enuyroune thee, and `thei schulen [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] make

[verse 44] thee streyt on alle sydis; and `thei schulen [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] caste thee doun to erthe [the erthe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and thi sones [childer Q sec. m.] that ben in thee; and thei schulen not leeue in thee a stoon on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] a stoon, for [for that that AGMOPQSTWXY. for that N.] thou hast not knowe the tyme of thi visi|tacioun. [verse 45] And he gon [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] in to the temple, bigan to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] caste out men sellinge ther ynne [verse 46] and biggynge [byynge AGMNOPQSTVWY. biende X.] , seyinge to hem, It is writun, For [That ACMNPQSTVWXY.] myn hous is an hous of preier, for|sothe ȝe han maad it a den of theuys. [verse 47] And he was techinge euery day in the temple. Forsoth the princes [prince OT.] of prestis, and scribis [the scribis AGMNOPQSTWY.] , and the princis [Farisees K.] of the peple [verse 48] souȝten `to leese [for to leese AGMNPQTWY. for to slee O.] him; and thei founden not what thei schulden do to him, for [sothli AGMNPQSTWX. forsothe O.] al the peple was `al ocupyed, heeringe [reisid to God, or al ocupied, herynge A sup. ras. S. reysid to God, or ocupied, heringe G pr. m. w. reysid up to God, or al ocupied, heringe G sec. m. hangid up, or al ocupyed, heringe MNPQTXY. reysed vp, feruently occupide, for to here O.] him.

CAP. XX.

[verse 1] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY.] don in oon of dayes, him techinge the peple in the temple, and `prechinge the gospel [euangelisynge, or prechynge the gospel AGNQSTWY. euangelisyng MOPX.] , the princis [prince K.] of prestis and the [Om. ACGMNOPQSTWXY.] scribis camen to gidere [verse 2] with the eldre men; and seiden [seien AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , seyinge [Om. O.] to him, Seye to vs, in what power thou dost this thing, ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] who ȝaf to thee this power? [verse 3] Forsothe Jhesu answeringe seide [saith O.] to hem, And [Om. O.] I schal axe ȝou a [O CQTWXY. OO GNSV.] word; answere ȝe to me. [verse 4] Was the baptym of Joon of heuene, ether [or CMOPQTWXY.] of men? [verse 5] And thei thouȝten with ynne hem selue, seyinge, For if we schulen seye, Of heuene, he schal seye, Whi therfore bileuen [leefe X.] ȝe not to [verse 6] him? forsoth if we schulen seye, Of men, all the comyn peple schal stoone vs; for thei ben certeyn, `that John is [John for to be AGMOPQTWY. Joon to ben NSX.] a pro|phete. [verse 7] And thei answeriden, `that thei witen not [hem to not knowe, or wite A pr. m. GMNPXY. hem to not knowe A sec. m. QS. hem not to knowe O. hem not to knowe, or wite T. hem to not knowe W.] , of whennis it was. [verse 8] And Jhesu [gon in A sec. m. MNXY.]

seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to hem, Neither I seie to ȝou, in what power I do thes thingis. [verse 9] Forsothe he bigan to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] seye to the comyn peple this parable. Sum man plantide a vyner [vineȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and `settide it to ferme [hiryde it, or sette it to ferme AGMNPSTWY. hijride it, or sette to ferme M. sett it to ferme O. hirid it Q. sette it to hire X.] to tilieris; and he was in pilgrymage many [moche OQTY. miche MPWX.] tymes [tyme C.] . [verse 10] And in the [Om. NQ.] tyme of gedrynge of grapis, he sente a seruaunt to the tilieris, that thei schulden ȝyue to him of the fruyt of the vyner [vineȝerde AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] `leften him, betun [beten thai leften him O.] , voyde [voyde, or withouten fruyt AGMNPQSTWY.] . [verse 11] And he addide [putte to AGMNPSTWXY. put OQ.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] sende another seruaunt; forsothe also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei betinge this, and po|nyschynge with dispisingis [cuntekis, or wrongis AGMNPQSTWY. contakes OX.] , leften voyde. [verse 12] And he addide [putte to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] sende the [to the O.] thridde, whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] woundinge him, castiden [casten SX. castiden him Y.] out. [verse 13] Sothli the lord of the vyner [vyneȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seide, What schal I do? I schal sende my dere|worthe [derworthi Y.] sone; perauenture whanne thei schulen se him, thei schulen `be ascham|yd [schame AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 14] Whom whanne the tilieris hadden seyn, thei thouȝten with ynne hem selue, seyinge, This is the eyr, sle we him, that the eritage be maad oure. [verse 15] And thei kill|iden [slouȝen AGMNOPQSTWXY.] him, cast out of the vyner [vineȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . What therfore schal the lord of the vyner [vineȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY.] do to hem? [verse 16] He [And he Y.] schal come, and lese these tilieris, and `he schal [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝyue the vyner [vyneȝerd AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to othere. Which [The whiche GOQXY.] thing herd, thei seiden to him, `Fer be it [Be it fer, or God forbede AGMNPQSTWY. Be it fer O. God forbeede X.] . [verse 17] Forsothe he bihold|inge hem, seide, What therfore is this thing that is writun, The stoon whom [whiche W.] men bildinge reproueden, this is maad in to the heed [heued OWY.] of the corner? [verse 18] Ech that schal falle on [vpon AGMNOPQSTWY.] that [this Q.] stoon, schal be brysid [shakun, or brokun AGMNPQSTWY. scatered, or broken O. shaken X.] ; forsothe on [vpon AGMNOPQSTWY.] whom it schal falle, it schal breke [to-breke V.] him in [Om. MPQTWXY.] to smale parties. [verse 19] And the princes of prestis [the prestis O.] , and the [Om. OWX.] scribis, souȝten

`to sette [for to lay AGMNOPQTWY. to leyn SX.] hondis on him in that our, and thei dredden the peple; forsothe thei knewen that [and Y.] to hem he seide this lyk|nesse. [verse 20] And thei aspyinge [kepynge AGMNOPQSTWXY.] senten aspieris, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTXY. thei W.] feyneden hem selue [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] iuste, that thei schulden take him in word, and `bi|take him [bitake him, or bitraye AGMNPQSTWY. bytraye him O.] to the prince [prin|cipat, or [and Q] power of the prince AGMNPQSTWY. power of the prince O. principat X.] , and to the [Om. AMNOPSTVW.] power of the iustise [meir, or iustise AGMNPQSTWY. mayer OX.] . [verse 21] And thei axiden him, seyinge, Maistir, we witen [woten O.] , that [for riȝtly AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thou seist [seist riȝtly V.] and techist riȝtly [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] ; and thou takist not [noo V.] persoone [the persone AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of man, but thou techist in treuth the wey of God. [verse 22] Is it leefful to vs to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] ȝyue tribute to Cesar, ether [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] nay? [verse 23] Forsothe he biholdinge the disseyt of hem, seide to hem, What tempte ȝe me? [verse 24] `Schewe ȝe [Sheweth X.] to me a peny; whos `ymage and writynge aboue [ymage and superscripcioun, or writyng aboue AGMNPSTWY. ymage and superscripcioun OX. ymage or sup. Q.] hath it? Thei answer|inge seiden to him, Cesaris. [verse 25] And he seide [seith AGMNPQSTWXY.] to hem, `Therfore ȝelde ȝe [Ȝelde ȝe therfore MPWXY.] to Cesar tho thingis that ben `of Cesar [Cesars AGMNPQSTWX.] , and tho thingis that ben of God, to God. [verse 26] And thei myȝten not reproue his word bifore the pore peple; and thei wondringe in his answere, helden pees. [verse 27] Summe of the [Om. W pr. m.] Sadducees, that denyen [denyeden V.] `aȝen rysinge [resurreccioun O.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] [verse 28] be, neiȝeden [camen to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and axiden him, seyinge, Maistir, Moyses wrot to vs, if the bro|ther of ony man hauynge wyf [a wijf AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] deiede [be deed AGMNOPSTWXY. shal be dede Q.] , and he was [were X.] with oute fre children, that his brother take his [the O.] wyf, and reyse seed to his brother. [verse 29] Therfore [Ther weren therfore X sec. m.] seuene bri|theren weren [Om. X.] . The firste took a wyf, and [verse 30] is deed, with outen sones [free children AGMNOPQSTWY. fre childre X.] ; and the bro|ther [Om. AGMNOPQSWXY.] suwinge [secunde Q sec. m. T. suende X.] took hir, and he is deed [verse 31] with oute sone; and the thridde took hir; also and alle seuene, and leften no [not AGMNOPQSTWXY.] [verse 32] seed, but ben deede; `and the womman the laste of alle [the laste of alle and the womman is deed AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is deed. [verse 33] Therfore in the

risynge aȝein, whos wyf of hem schal sche be? forsothe seuene hadden hir wyf. [verse 34] And Jhesu seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to hem, Sones of this [the Y.] world wedden, and ben ȝouun to wedd|ingis [verse 35] ; forsothe thei that be [schulen be had AGMNOPQSTWXY. ben K pr. m. schulen be V.] worthi to [of AGMNOPQSTWXY.] that world, and [and in GO.] rysing aȝen fro deede men, neither ben weddid, nether wedden [verse 36] wyues, nether [nether ouer AGNOQSWXY. nether euere MP. ne ouer T.] schulen mowe deye more [Om. AGMNOQSTWXY.] ; forsoth thei ben euene with aungels, and ben the sones of God, sithen thei ben the [Om. AGMNPQSTVWXY.] sones of rysinge aȝen. [verse 37] Forsothe for deede men rysen aȝen, also [and AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Moyses schewide bysyde the boysche, as he seith, The Lord God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. [verse 38] Forsoth God is not of deede men, but of lyuynge men; forsoth alle men lyuen to hym. [verse 39] Sothli summe of the [Om. W pr. m.] scribis `answeringe seide [answeriden, seyden W. answerynge seiden Y.] , Maistir, thou hast well seide. [verse 40] And thei durste no more axe him ony thing. [verse 41] Forsoth he seide to hem, How seyn men, `that Crist [verse 42] is [Crist for to be AGMNOPQTWY. Crist to ben SX.] the sone of Dauith, and Dauith him silf seith in the book of Salmes, The Lord seide to my lord, Sitte thou on my [verse 43] riȝt half, til [til that AGMOPQSTWXY.] I putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet. [verse 44] Therfore Dauith clepith him lord, and how is he his sone? [verse 45] Sothli al the peple heeringe, he seyde to his disci|plis, [verse 46] Be ȝe war of scribis, that wolen go [wandre AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in stoolis [scolis WX.] , and louen salutaciouns in the [Om. XY.] cheping [chepyngis O.] , and the firste chayris in syna|gogis [the synagogis OT.] , and the firste sitting places in [verse 47] feestis [the festis O.] ; whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] deuouren the housis of widowis, feynynge long preier [prayinge AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; thes schulen take [make K.] more dampnacioun.

CAP. XXI.

[verse 1] Forsothe he biholdinge syȝ `tho riche men, whiche [hem that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] senten her ȝiftis in to the

[verse 2] tresorie [tresoury, ryche men AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; forsothe he [and he Q.] syȝ also [and AGMNOPSTWXY. Om. Q.] sum litel pore widowe sendynge tweie [two GMPXY. and two O.] litle mo|neys [mynutes MQ.] , ethir [or AGMNPQSTWY. that is O. Om. X.] `a ferthing [ferthingis AGMNPQSTWY. Om. X.] . [verse 3] And he seyde, Treuli I seye to ȝou, for this pore widowe sente more than alle men. [verse 4] Forwhi alle thes [thes of the aboundaunt [habundaunce N], or plenteuows, to hem AGMNPQSTY. thees of the habundaunce to hem O. thes of the abundaunt of plenteuous to hem W. these of the abundaunt to hem X.] senten in to ȝiftis [the ȝiftis AG sec. m. MNOPQSTWX.] of God, `of the thing plenteuously to hem [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; forsothe this widowe of this [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thing that fayleth to hir, sente al hir lyfloode, that she [Om. Y.] hadde. [verse 5] And sum men [Om. S.] seyinge of the temple, that it was ourned with goode stoones and ȝyftis, [verse 6] he seyde, Thes thingis that ȝe seen, dayes schulen come, in which [the whiche AGMNPQTWY.] a stoon schal not be left on [vpon O.] a stoon, which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] schal not be distroyed. [verse 7] Sothli thei axiden him, sey|inge, Comaundour, whanne schulen thes thingis be? and what tokene, whanne thei schulen bigynne to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be don? [verse 8] Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seide, Se ȝe, that ȝe be not disceyued; forsothe [sothely AGMNOPQSTWXY.] manye schulen come in my name, seyinge, For I am, and the [then O.] tyme schal neiȝe; therfore nyle ȝe go aftir hem. [verse 9] But [Forsoth AGMNOPQSTWXY-??] whanne ȝe schulen heere batels and dis|senciouns [sediciouns, or stryues AGMNPSTWXY. stryues O. seduciouns Q.] `with ynne [with in forth AGMNOPSTWXY. Om. Q.] , nyle ȝe be aferd [ferd G.] ; it bihoueth first thes thingis to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be don, but not ȝit anoon the [an AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ende. [verse 10] Thanne he seide to hem, Folk schal ryse aȝens folk, [verse 11] and rewme aȝens rewme; and grete mouyngis of erthe schulen be by places, and pestilensis, and hungris, and dredis fro heuene, and grete tokenes schulen be. [verse 12] But bifore alle thes thingis thei schulen sette [put AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hir hondis on [to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝou, and schulen pursuwe, bitakinge [bytrayinge O. bitakende X.] in to synagogis and kepingis, `ether prisouns [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , drawynge to [verse 13] kingis and iustisis [meyris, or iustisis AGMNPSTWY. meyres OQX.] , for my name; for|sothe it schal bifalle [falle AGMNPQSTWXY.] to ȝou in to wit|nessing. [verse 14] Therfore putte ȝe in ȝoure hertis, not to thenke bifore, how ȝe schulen an|swere; [verse 15]

for [forsoth AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I schal ȝyue to ȝou mouth and wysdom, to whiche alle ȝoure aduersaries schulen not mowe aȝenstonde, and aȝen|seye. [verse 16] Sothli ȝe schulen be bytrayed [bitraied, or takun AGMNPSTWY.] of fadir, and modir, and britheren, and cosyns, and frendis, and by deeth thei schulen tur|mente [verse 17] summe [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of [Om. Q.] ȝou; and ȝe schulen be hatid [in haate AGMNOQSTWXY.] of [to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] alle men for my name. [verse 18] And an heer of ȝoure heed [heued OWY.] schal not [no S.] perische; [verse 19] in ȝoure pacience ȝe schulen welde [weelde, or haue in quiete AGMNPSTWY.] ȝoure soulis. [verse 20] Forsoth whanne ȝe schulen se Je|rusalem enuyrowned [be enuyrowned AG pr. m. MNPQSTWY. to ben enuyrounde G sec. m. OX.] of an oost of batel, thanne [that XY.] wite ȝe, that [for AGMNOPQSTWX.] the [Om. V.] desolacioun [desolacioun, or discoumfort AGMNPSTWY.] therof [of it AGMNOPQSTWXY.] schal neiȝe. [verse 21] Thanne thei that ben in Judee, flee `in to hillis [to mountayns AGMOPQSTWXY. in to mountayns N.] ; and thei that ben [Om. AMNPQSTWX.] in the [Om. XY.] myddel of it, go awey; and thei that ben [Om. AGMNOPQSTWX.] in the cuntreis, entre [go X.] not in to it. [verse 22] For thes ben the [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] dayes of ven|iaunce, that alle thingis that ben writun, be fillid [fulfilde AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 23] Forsothe wo to hem [wimmen AGMNOPQSTXY. womman W.] , `that ben [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] with childe, and norischen [nurishynge AGMNPQSTWXY.] in tho dayes; for [forsoth AGMNOPQSTWXY.] a greet tribulacioun [pressure, or ouerleyinge AGMNPSTWY. pressure OQX.] schal be on [to XY.] erthe [the erth AGMNOPQSTWY.] , and wraththe to this peple. [verse 24] And thei schulen falle in the mouth of swerd, and thei schulen be ledd caytif [caitif, or prisoneris AGMNPSTWY. caytifes O.] in to alle folkis; and Jerusalem schal be de|foulid [defoulid, or to-trodun AGMNPSTWY.] of hethen men, til the tymes [tyme MPQW.] of naciouns be fillid [fulfilde AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 25] And tokenes schulen be in the [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] sunne, and moone, and sterris; and in the [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] erthe `schal be [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ouerleying of folkis, for confusioun of sown of the [Om. V.] see [verse 26] and wawis [floodis O.] ; men waxinge drye for drede and [in N.] abidinge that schulen come on [to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] al the world; forwhi vertues of heuene schulen be mouyd. [verse 27] And thanne [Om. G pr. m.] thei schulen se mannis sone comynge in a cloude, with greet power and maieste. [verse 28] Sothli [Forsoth O.] thes thingis bigynnynge to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be don [maad AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , biholde

ȝe [Om. O.] , and reyse ȝe [Om. T.] ȝoure heedis [heuedis OWY.] , for ȝoure `aȝen bying [redempcioun, or biynge aȝen AGMNPTWY. redempcioun OQ. redemp|cioun, or aȝeen biynge S.] neiȝith. [verse 29] And he seide to hem a licnesse, Se ȝe the fige tree, and alle [verse 30] trees, whanne thei `bringen forth [bryngen forth now AGMNPQSXY. bygynne for to brynge forth O. bringith f. now T. bryngen now of hem forth W.] `of hem [Om. OVW.] [verse 31] fruyt [fruite now of hem V.] now [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] , ȝe witen for somer is niȝ; so also [and ȝe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , whanne ȝe schulen se thes thingis to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be don, wite ȝe [Om. GMPTY.] , for the kyngdom of God is nyȝ. [verse 32] Treuli I seie to ȝou, for this generacioun schal not passe, til alle thingis be don. [verse 33] Heuene and erthe schulen passe, but [sothely AGMNOPQSXY. Om. T. for|sothe W.] my wordis schulen not passe. [verse 34] For|sothe `take ȝe heede [perseyue ȝe, or take heede AMT. parceyue ȝee, or take ȝee hede GNPW. perceyue ȝe Q. perceyue ȝee, or taketh heed S. parceyueth X. parceyue, or take ȝee heede Y.] to ȝou [ȝour MNOQW.] silf, lest per auenture ȝoure hertis be greuyd with glo|tenye, and drunkenesse, and bisynessis [bysynesse AGNOSV pr. m. W. bi synnes MP. blyndenessis T.] of this lyf, and thilke [that X.] day come sudeyn on [vpon AGMNOPWY.] [verse 35] ȝou; for [forsothe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] as a snare [grane, or snare AGMPQTWY. gnare, or snare N. grane S.] it schal come `on alle men, that sitten [Om. G pr. m. MNPQ pr. m. TXY. into alle that sitten Q sec. m.] on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] the face of al erthe. [verse 36] And so wake [walke AMNP.] ȝe, preiynge in ech tyme, that ȝe be [ben had AGMNOPQSTWXY.] worthi to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] fle alle thes thingis that schulen [ben to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] come, and to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] stonde bifore mannis sone. [verse 37] Forsoth in dayes he was techinge in the temple, but [sothely in niȝtis AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he goynge out [not Y.] dwellide `in nyȝtis [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in the hil [mount AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is clepid of Olyuete. [verse 38] And al the peple `roos erly [hastide, or roos A pr. m. hastide, or came erly G pr. m. MNPQTY.] , to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] come to him in the temple, for [Om. SX.] to heere him [Om. G pr. m.] .

CAP. XXII.

[verse 1] Forsothe the haliday of therf looues, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is seid [clepid O.] paske, neiȝede [cam niȝe AGMNOPQSTWY.] . [verse 2] And the princes of prestis and the [Om. XY.] scribis souȝten, hou thei schulden slee Jhesu, but [forsothe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei dredden the peple [pore pepil AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 3] Sothli Sathanas en|tride in to Judas, that [and K.] was clepid Scari|oth [of Scarioth AGMNOPQSTWX.] , oon of the twelue. [verse 4] And he wente,

and spak with the princes of prestis, and `with the [Om. O.] magestratis, how he schulde bitraye him to hem. [verse 5] And thei ioyeden, and maden couenaunt to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] ȝyue `money to him [him money AGMNOPSTWXY.] . [verse 6] And he bihiȝte, and he souȝte couenablete, that he schulde bitraye him, with oute the [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] cumpanyes. [verse 7] Sothly the day of therf looues cam, in which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY.] it was nede, that [Om. AGMNOPQSTWX.] pask, `that is, sacrifice of pask [that is, the sacrifice of pask AGMNPQSTWY. Om. OX.] , be [for to be AGMNOPQTWY. to be SX.] slayn. [verse 8] And he sente Petre and John, seyinge, Ȝe goynge make [maketh X.] redy `pask to vs, that we ete [to us, for to eet pask O. to vs pask, that we ete MPY.] . [verse 9] And thei seiden, Where wolt thou, that [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] we make redy? [verse 10] And he seide to hem, Lo! ȝou [ȝee QS. thou T.] entringe in to the citee, sum man beringe a vessel with [of AGMNOPQSTWXY.] watir schal come aȝens ȝou; sue ȝe him in to the hous, `in to [and in to K.] which he entrith. [verse 11] And ȝe schulen seye to the hosebonde man of the hous, The maistir seith to thee, Where is the herborgerie, where I schal ete pask with my disciplis? [verse 12] And he schal schewe to ȝou a greet souping place strewid, and there `make ȝe [maketh X.] redy. [verse 13] Sothli thei goynge founden as he seide to hem, and there [Om. AGMNOPSTVWXY.] thei maden redy the [Om. MPQX.] paske. [verse 14] And whanne the [Om. T.] our was maad, he sat to the [Om. WXY.] mete, and twelue apostlis with him. [verse 15] And he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to hem, With desyr I haue desyrid to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] ete with ȝou this pask, bifore that [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I [verse 16] suffre; forsothe I seie to ȝou, for fro this tyme I shal not ete it, til it be fillid [fulfilde AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in the rewme of God. [verse 17] And the cuppe takun, he dide thankingis [gracis AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and seide, `Take ȝe [Taketh X.] , [verse 18] and `departe ȝe [departeth SX. parte ȝe T.] among ȝou; forsothe [sothely AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I seie to ȝou, I schal not drynke of the [this N.] generacioun of this vyne, til the rewme of God come. [verse 19] And the breed takun, he dide thankingis [graces, or thankyngis AGMNPSTW. graces QXY.] , and brak, and ȝaf to hem, seyinge, This is my body, which [that for ȝou AGMNOPQSTWXY.] schal be ȝouun `for ȝou [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ; do ȝe this thing in to my

commemoracioun [commemoracioun, or in to mynde of me AGMNPQSTWXY.] . [verse 20] Also and the chalys, aftir that he hadde soupid, seyinge, This cuppe is the newe testament in my blood, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] schal be sched for ȝou. [verse 21] Netheles lo! the hond of a [the G sec. m. O.] man bitrayinge me is with me in the bord. [verse 22] And sothli mannis sone goth, vp [after AGMNOPQSTWY. as X.] that [Om. X.] it is determynd [diffyned, or determyned AGMNPQTWXY. deffyned of hym, or determyned S.] ; ne|theles wo to that man, bi whom he schal be bitrayed. [verse 23] And thei bigynnen to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] seche among hem silf [Om. AGMNOPQSTWX.] , who it was of hem, that was to doynge [do AGMNOPQSTWXY.] this [that Q.] thing. [verse 24] And stryf was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad among hem, which of hem schulde be `seyn to [seen for to AGMNOPTWY.] be more. [verse 25] Forsoth he seide to hem, `Kyngis of [Om. K.] `hethen men [folkis A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOQTXY. Om. K.] `ben lordis [lordschipen O. Om. K.] , `or lordschipen [Om. KOQVX.] , `of hem [Om. K.] , and thei that han power on [vpon AGMNOPQTWY.] hem ben clepid goode [verse 26] ȝyueris [doeris, or good ȝyueris AGMNPSTWY. doeris OQX.] , but [forsoth AGMNOPQSTWX.] ȝe not so; but he that is the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] more in ȝou, be [be he TW sec. m.] maad as the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝongere, and he that is bifore goer, as a seruaunt. [verse 27] Forwhi who is the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] more, he that restith, other [or AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he that mynistrith? wher [whethir X.] not he that restith? Forsoth I am in the myddis [myddel AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of ȝou, as he that mynistrith. [verse 28] Sothli ȝe it [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ben, that han dwelt with me in [and K.] my [verse 29] temptaciouns; and I dispose [disposid W.] to ȝou, as my fadir hath disposed to [Om. N.] me, a rewme, [verse 30] that ȝe ete and drynke on [in N. vpon O.] my bord in my rewme, and sitte [sittinge W.] on trones [twelue trones K.] , dem|ynge twelue [the twelue GMPQXY.] kynredis of Israel. [verse 31] Forsothe the Lord seide to Symount, Symount, lo [Om. K.] ! Sathanas hath axid ȝou, that he schulde [verse 32] ridele as whete; but [sothly AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I haue preied for thee, that thi feith fayle not; and thou conuertid sum tyme, conferme thi bri|theren. [verse 33] Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seide to him, Lord [Lo T.] , I am redi to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] go with thee, and [Om. MW pr. m.] in to prisoun and in to deeth. [verse 34] And he seide, I seie to thee, Peter [Om. K.] , the koc schal not crowe to day, til thou `thries forsake [forsake thries K.] `to knowe [for to haue knowun AGMNPQTWY. for to haf knowen O. to han knowen SX.] me.

[verse 35] And he seide to hem, Whanne I sente ȝou with oute sachel, and [or N.] scrip, and [or N.] schoon, wher ony thing failide to ȝou? [verse 36] And thei seiden, No thing. Therfore he seide to hem, But now he that hath a sachel, take also and a scrippe; and he that hath not, selle his coote, and bye a swerd. [verse 37] Sothli I seie to ȝou, for ȝit it bihoueth this [that AGMNOPSTWX. that that G pr. m. QY.] thing that is writun to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be fulfillid [fillid V.] in me, And he is demyd [put, or demed AGMNPQSTWY. put X.] with wickide [wicke SX.] men; forsothe tho thingis that ben of me han an [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ende. [verse 38] And thei seiden, Lord, lo! tweye [two GMOPQWXY.] swerdis here. And he seyde to hem, It is ynowȝ. [verse 39] And he gon out, wente bi [aftir AGMNOPQSTWXY.] custom in to the hil of Olyues [Olyuete W.] ; sothli and the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] disciplis sueden him. [verse 40] And whanne he cam to the place, he seyde to hem, Preie ȝe, lest [that Q sec. m.] ȝe entre [falle MNPTXY. entre not Q sec. m.] in to tempt|acioun. [verse 41] And he was [is AGMNOPQSTXY.] takun awey fro hem, `as myche as is [how myche is AGMNPQSTWXY. hou myche as O.] a stoones cast [cast is O.] ; and [verse 42] the knees put, he preide, seyinge, Fadir, if thou wolt, turn ouer this cuppe [cuppe, or passioun G sec. m.] fro me; netheles not my wille `be don [Om. O.] , but thin [thine be done O.] . [verse 43] Forsoth an aungel apperide to him fro heuene, cumfortinge him. And he maad in agonye, `ether angwische [or strijf AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , [verse 44] preiede lengere; and his swoot was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad as dropis of blood rennynge doun in to the [Om. K sec. m. V.] erthe. [verse 45] And whanne he hadde rise fro preier, and hadde [Om. XY.] come to his disciplis, he fond hem slepinge [in slepynge Y.] for heuy|nesse. [verse 46] And he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to hem, What slepen ȝe? `Ryse ȝe, and preie ȝe [Rijse ȝe, and preye M. Riseth, and preȝeth X.] , that ȝe entre [falle MNOPQTXY.] not in to temptacioun. [verse 47] Ȝit him spekinge, lo! a cumpany, and he that was clepid Judas, oon of the twelue, wente bifore hem; and he neiȝede [cam niȝe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to Jhesu, that [and that K.] he schulde kisse him. [verse 48] Sothli Jhesu seide to him, Judas, `bitrayest thou [with a cosse thou bytrayest A pr. m. GMNPQTWXY. with a cosse bitraȝist thou A sec. m. S.] mannis sone `with a coss [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ? [verse 49] Forsoth [Sothely AGMNOQSTWXY.] thei

that weren aboute hym, seynge `the thing [that AGMPSTWXY. Om. O. that thing Q.] that was to comynge [come AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , seiden to him, Lord, wher [if AGMNOPQSTWXY.] we smyten by [in AGMNOPQSTWXY.] swerd? [verse 50] And oon of hem smoot the seruaunt of the prince of the [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] prestis, and kittide [kitte AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of his litel riȝt eere. [verse 51] Forsothe Jhesu an|sweringe seyde [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , Suffre ȝe til hidur. And whanne he hadde touchid his litil eere, he heelide him. [verse 52] Forsothe Jhesu seide to hem, that camen to him, the princes of prestis, and magestratis [magestratis, or maistris, of the temple AGMNPQSTWXY.] , and eldere men, As to a theef ȝe han gon out with swerdis and staues? [verse 53] Whanne I was eche day `with ȝou [Om. X.] in the temple, ȝe streiȝten not out the [Om. MPXY.] hondis into me; but this is ȝoure our, and the [Om. N.] power of derknessis. [verse 54] Sothli thei takinge him, ledden to the hous of `the prince [princes K.] of prestis; Petre forsothe suede him a fer. [verse 55] Sothli a fyer kyndlid in the myddel [myd X.] `greet hous [floor, or greet hows AGMNQSTWY. flore OPX.] , and hem sittinge aboute, Petre was in the myddel of hem. [verse 56] Whom whanne sum handmayde [hondmayden AGMNOPQSTXY.] hadde seyn sittinge at the liȝt, and hadde biholde him, she seide, And this [he this O.] was with him. [verse 57] And he denyede him, seiynge, Womman, I knowe [knewe AGMNOPQSTWXY. kneȝ X.] him not. [verse 58] And aftir a litil a nothir man seynge him, seide [saith OQTWX.] , And thou ert of hem. Petre forsothe seide, A [O! PQXY.] ! man, I am not. [verse 59] And a space maad as [Om. Q.] of oon our, sothli anothir affermyde, sey|inge, Treuli and this was with him; for|whi and `he is [this was G pr. m.] of Galilee. [verse 60] And Petre seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , Man, I `wot not [note AGMNOQST. noot P. not WXY.] what thou seist [seith N.] . And a non ȝit him spekinge, a cok crew. [verse 61] And the Lord turned aȝen [Om. KV.] , biheeld Petre; and Petre hadde mynde of [on AGMNPQSWXY.] the word of Jhesu, as he hadde seid, For [Om. N.] bifore that [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] the koc crew [crowe AMNPQSTVWX.] , thries thou schalt denye me. [verse 62] And Petre gon forth, wepte bitturly. [verse 63] And the men that heelden him, scornyden him

betinge [smytynge, or betynge hym AGMNPSTWY. smytynge OQX.] . [verse 64] And thei veyliden him [Om. GMPWY.] , `or hidden [or hidden him GMPWY. Om. OX.] , and smyten [han smyte K.] his face, and ax|iden him, seyinge, Prophesie thou, who `is he [is it AGMNOPQTXY. is that W.] that smoot thee. [verse 65] Also thei blas|phemynge seiden manye othere thingis aȝens him. [verse 66] And as the day was maad, the eldere men of the peple, and the [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] princes of prestis, and the scribis camen to gidere, and ledden him in to her coun|ceil [verse 67] , seyinge, If thou art Crist, seie to VS. [verse 68] And he seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to hem, If I schal [Om. T.] seye to ȝou, ȝe schulen not bileue to me; sothli and if I shal axe, ȝe schulen not answere to me, nether ȝe schulen leue [byleue O.] . [verse 69] Forsoth aftir this tyme mannis sone schal be sit|tinge on the riȝthalf of the vertu of God. [verse 70] Therfore alle seiden, Therfore ert thou the sone of God? Which [The whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] seide [saith AGMNOPQS TWXY.] , Ȝe seyn for I am. [verse 71] And thei seiden, What ȝit de|syren we witnessing? forsoth we VS [our MNOPQWX.] selue han herd of his mouth.

CAP. XXIII.

[verse 1] And al the multitude `risinge of hem [of hem risynge MPQW.] , ledden him to Pilat. [verse 2] Forsoth thei bi|gunnen to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] accuse him, seyinge, We han founden this [hym this Q.] man [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] turnynge vpsodoun oure folk, and forbedinge tributis [tribute AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be ȝouun to Cesar, and seyinge him silf to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be Crist king. [verse 3] Forsothe Pilat axide him, seyinge, Ert thou kyng of Jewis? And he answeringe seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , Thou seist. [verse 4] For|sothe Pilat seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to the princes of prestis, and to the cumpanyes [companye W.] of peple [the puple V.] , I fynde no thing of cause in [to K.] this man. [verse 5] And thei woxen strengere, seyinge, He moueth `to gidere [Om. Q.] the peple, techinge thorw al Judee, bigynnynge fro Galilee til [to OW.] hidur. [verse 6] Pilat

forsoth heeringe Galilee axide, if he were a man of Galilee. [verse 7] And as he knew that he was of [for K.] the power of Eroude, he sente him aȝen to Eroude; which [the which AGMNOPQSTWXY.] and he was at Jerusalem `in tho [thees MNOPQTWY.] dayes. [verse 8] For|sothe, him [Jhesu Q sec. m.] seyn, Eroude ioyede ful myche; for he was coueitinge of moche tyme to [for to AGMNO PQSTWY.] se [here A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPTXY.] him, for [for that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he herde many thingis of hym, and hopide to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] se sum myracle [tokne AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY. Om. S.] be don [maad AGMNOPQTWXY.] of him. [verse 9] Sothli he axide him in manye wordis; and he no thing answeride to [Om. O.] him. [verse 10] Forsothe the princes of prestis and the [Om. QXY.] scrybis stooden, stedfastli accus|inge him. [verse 11] Sothli [Forsothe W pr. m.] Eroude with [forsoke, or dispiside him, with AGMNPQSTWXY. forsoke him with O.] his oost `dispiside him [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and scornyde him clothid [sothly O. clad SX.] with a whit cloth [clooth him clothed O.] , and sente [sente him Y.] aȝen to Pilate. [verse 12] And Eroude and Pilate weren [ben AGMNOPQSTWXY.] maad frendis in thilke [that ilke Q. that X. thilke Y.] day; forwhi `bi|foreto [byfore AG sec. m. MNOPQSTWY. Om. G pr. m. biforn X pass.] thei weren enemyes to gidere. [verse 13] Sothli [Pylate sothli WXY.] the princes of prestis [the prestis V.] and the magestratis of the peple clepid to gidere, [verse 14] Pilat [Om. GWXY.] seide to hem, Ȝe han offrid to me this man, as turnynge awey the peple, and lo! I axynge byfore ȝou fynde no cause in this man of thes thingis, in [verse 15] whiche ȝe accusen him; but [and O.] nethir Eroude, for [forwhi AGMOPSTWXY.] I [he G sec. m. NO.] aȝein sente [hath sent him aȝen N.] `ȝou to him [him to ȝou G sec. m. O. to VS N.] , and lo! no thing worthi of [the AGMNOPQSTWY. to X.] deeth is don to him. [verse 16] Therfore [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I schal delyuere [leue AGMNOPQSTWXY.] him amended [amendid, or delyuere hym chastised AGMNPQSTWY. amendid, or del. chastised S.] . [verse 17] Forsothe he hadde nede to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] deliuere [dismytte, or delyuere AGMNOPQSTWY. dismytten X.] to hem oon by the feeste day. [verse 18] Sothli al the cumpanye criede [criede togidre AGMNOPQSTXY.] , seiynge, Do him a wey, and deliuere `Barabas to [verse 19] vs [to vs Barabas WXY.] ; which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] was sent in to prison for sum dissencioun [sedicioun, or disturblyng AGMNPQTWY. distroublynge O. sedicioun, or disturbing SX.] maad in the citee, and for mansleyng [mannes sleeynge GY.] . [verse 20] Forsoth eft [eft|sone AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Pilat spak to

hem, willinge [wilnynge QWY.] to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] delyuere Jhesu. [verse 21] And thei vndircryeden, seyinge, Crucifie, cru|cifie him. [verse 22] Sothli the thridde tyme he seide to hem, Sothli what of yuel [yuel thenge AG pr.m. MNOPSTWXY.] hath he [this MPTWXY.] don? I fynde no cause of deeth in him; therfore I schal chastise hym, and `I schal [Om. G pr.m. MNOPQSTXY. schal G sec.m.] delyuere. [verse 23] And thei contynueden axinge with greete voices, that he schulde be crucified; and the voyces of hem woxen [wexen MY. wexden O.] stronge. [verse 24] And Pilat demyde her axinge to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be don. [verse 25] Sothli he deliuerede to hem him, that for mansleynge [mannys sleeynge Y.] and dissencioun [sedicion AGMNOPSTWXY. seducioun Q.] was sent in to [Om. O.] prisoun, whom thei axiden; sothli he bitook Jhesu to her wille. [verse 26] And whanne thei ledden [hadden A.] him, thei took sum man, Symount of Sirenen, comynge fro the toun, and thei puttiden [putten STX.] to him a [the X.] cross to [for to AGM NOPQTWY.] bere aftir Jhesu. [verse 27] Sothli ther suede him moche cumpanye of peple [the puple V.] , and of wymmen that weileden, and bymoornyden him. [verse 28] Sothli Jhesu turnyd to hem seide [and seyde W. Om. Y.] , Douȝtris of Jeru|salem, nyle ȝe wepe on [vpon MOP. vp Q.] me, but wepe ȝe on ȝou [ȝoure GNQWY.] silf, and on ȝoure sones. [verse 29] For lo! dayes schulen come, in whiche it schal be seid, Blessid be [Om. X.] bareyn wymmen [Om. X.] , and wombis [the wombis W pr. m.] that han not gendrid, and the teetis whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] han not ȝouun souke [soke O. souken X.] . [verse 30] Thanne thei schulen bigynne to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] seye to monteyns, Falle ȝe doun on [vpon O.] vs, and to litle [smale AGMNPQSWXY. Om. O.] hillis, Hile [Keuer AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ȝe vs. [verse 31] For if thei don `thes thingis [this thenge GMNO PQTXY.] in a grene tree, what schal be don in a drye? [verse 32] Sothli and othere tweye [two GMPQWXY. tweyne TV.] wickide [wicke SX.] men weren led with him, that thei schulde be slayn. [verse 33] And aftir that thei camen in [Om. O.] to a place, which [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] is clepid of [Om. NVY.] Caluarie, there thei crucifieden him, and the theues, oon on the riȝthalf, and `the tother [that othir W. the other X.] on the left half. [verse 34] Forsothe Jhesu seide, Fadir, forȝyue to hem, for

thei witen not what thei don. Forsothe thei departinge his clothis, senten lottis. [verse 35] And the peple stood abydinge; and the princes [prynces of prestus Q sec. m.] scornyden him with [within N.] hem, sey|inge, Othere men he made saf; make he him silf saf, if `he is [this be AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Crist, the chosun of God. [verse 36] Forsoth and knyȝtis neiȝynge [comynge niȝe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] scornyden him, and offriden vynegre to [verse 37] him, seyinge, If thou ert kyng of Jewis, make thee saf. [verse 38] Sothli and [in T.] the `wrytinge aboue [superscripcion AGMNOPQSTWXY.] was writun on him with `lettris of Greek [Greeke letteris AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , of Latyn, and of Ebrew, This is the [Jhesus A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQTW pr. m. XY. Om. A sec. m. G sec. m. S.] kyng of Jewis. [verse 39] Forsoth oon of tho [the GMNOQX. Om. P.] theues that hangiden [thei hang|iden Q. heengen SX.] , blasphemyde him, seyinge, If thou ert Crist, make thi silf saf and vs. [verse 40] Sothli `the tothir [that other W.] an|sweringe, blamyde [answered blamynge O.] him, seyinge [and saiynge O.] , Nethir thou dredist God, `that thou art [thou that art W.] in the same dampnacioun? [verse 41] And treuly we [Om. X.] iustly, for [forwhi AGMNOPQSTWY.] we han receyued worthi thingis to dedis; sothli this [he this MPQW.] `hath don [dide AGMNOPQSTWXY.] no yuel [thenge of yuel AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 42] And he seide to Jhesu, Lord, haue mynde on [of QXY.] me, whanne thou `schalt come [art comen X.] in to thi kingdom. [verse 43] And Jhesu seyde to him, Treuli I seie to thee, this day thou schalt be with me in paradys. [verse 44] Sothly it was almost the sixte our [our, or middai AG sup. ras. W. hour, or undirne MNPQTY.] , and derknessis [derkenes O.] weren [ben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] maad in al erthe [the world AGMNOPQSTWXY.] til to [Om. AMNOPQSTWXY.] the nynthe our [our, or none AGMNOPQSTWXY.] . [verse 45] And the sunne was [is AG pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] maad derk, and the veyl of the temple was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPQSTXY.] kitt the myddel. [verse 46] And Jhesu cry|inge with greet voys, seide [saith AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , Fadir, in to thi hondis I bitake [take X.] my spirit. And he seyinge thes thingis, sente out the spirit, `ether diede [Om. OX. or dyede MPWY.] . [verse 47] Forsothe centurio seynge the [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thing that [Om. T.] was don, glorifiede God, seyinge, Verily this man was iust. [verse 48] And al the cumpany of hem that weren there

to gidere at this spectacle, and syȝen tho [thees O.] thingis that weren don, smytinge [smyten T.] her brestis turneden aȝeyn. [verse 49] Forsoth al his knowen stooden a fer, and wymmen that sueden him fro Galilee, seynge thes thingis. [verse 50] And lo! a man, Joseph bi name, that was a decurioun, ether [that is O. or GMPQTWXY.] hauynge ten [ten men S.] vndir him, a good man and iust, of Aramathie, `a [verse 51] citee of Judee [Om. P. of A. citee of Judee G sec. m. M. of A. the C. of Judee NQ sec. m. of A. of Judee G pr. m. Q pr. m.] , he [this man AGMNOPQSTWXY.] consentide not to the counceil [counseilis Q.] and [of K.] dedis [tho dedis K pr. m.] of hem [hem of A. of Judee G pr. m. XY. hem, of A. cite of Jude G sec. m. P.] ; which [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] and [verse 52] he abood the kingdom of God. He [This AGMNOPQSTXWY.] cam nyȝ to Pilat, and axide the body of Jhesu, [verse 53] and wlappide [whappide A.] it don [Om. N.] doun in a lynnen cloth, and puttide [putte SX.] him in a [Om. N.] graue hewun, in which not ȝit ony man was put. [verse 54] And the day was `the makinge redy of pask [parasseues, that is, [was N] euen of the holy day AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and the saboth bygan to schyne. [verse 55] Sothli the wymmen suynge, that camen with him fro Galilee, syȝen the graue, and hou his body was put. [verse 56] And thei turnynge aȝen, maden redy swete spices, and oyne|mentis; and sothli in the saboth thei rest|iden, vp [aftir AGM NOPQSTWXY.] the comaundement.

CAP. XXIV.

[verse 1] Forsothe in oon of the woke ful erly thei camen to the graue, bryngynge swete spicis, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei hadden maad redy. [verse 2] And thei founden the stoone turned a wey fro the graue. [verse 3] And thei gon yn, founden not the body of Jhesu [the Lord A sup. ras. GSW.] . [verse 4] And it was [is A pr. m. GMNPSTXY.] don, while [the while AGMNOPQSTW sec. m. X.] thei weren astoneyed [stoneid SX.] in thouȝt of this thing, loo! twey [two GMPQWXY.] men stooden bi|sydis hem in `cloth schynynge [schynynge in clothe G. in schynyng clothing S. in schynynge cloth Y.] . [verse 5] Sothli whenne thei dredden, and bowiden her semelant in to erthe [the erthe AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei seiden to hem, What seke ȝe the lyuynge with deede [the deade S. drede W.] men [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ? [verse 6] He is not here, but he [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hath rise. Haue ȝe mynde, how he spak to ȝou, [verse 7] whanne `ȝit he was [he was ȝit GMPWXY.] in Galilee, seyinge,

it bihoueth mannis sone be [to be GMQ.] bitakun [taken A pr. m. G pr. m. NOQT.] in to hondis [the hondis AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of synful men, and to be crucified, and the thridde day to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] ryse aȝen. [verse 8] And thei bithouȝten on his wordis. [verse 9] And thei gon aȝen [away O.] fro the graue, telden alle thes [Om. O.] thingis to the [tho SV.] enleuene, and to [Om. N.] alle othere [the othire N.] . [verse 10] Forsothe `Mary Mawdeleyn was [there was Mary Maudeleyn AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and Joone, and Marye of James, and othere wymmen that weren with hem, that seiden thes thingis to apostlis [the apostolis X.] . [verse 11] And thes [the Q.] wordis weren [ben A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] seyn bifore hem as madnesse [madnesses AGMNPQSTWXY.] , `ether errour [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , and thei bileu|eden not to hem. [verse 12] Forsothe Petre rysinge, ran to the graue; and he bowynge doun, syȝ the lynnen clothis [clothis, or shetis AGMNPQSTWY.] put [Om. Y.] aloone [aboue X.] . And he wente, wondrynge with [by AGMNOPQSTWXY.] him silf `this thing that [that that AGMNPQSTWXY. that at O.] was don. [verse 13] And lo! tweyne [two MPQWXY.] of hem wenten in that day to [into PQTVWXY.] a [the G pr. m.] castel, that was fro Jerusalem in space [the space AGMNOPQSTWXY.] of sixty furlongis, by name Emaws. [verse 14] And thei spaken to gidere of alle thes thingis that hadden falle [byfallen AGMNOPQTWY. fallen X.] . [verse 15] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTX. Om. Y.] don, while [the while AGMNOPQSTWXY.] thei talkiden [talkeden, or fableden AGMNPSTWY.] , and souȝten with [by AGMNOPQSTWXY.] hem silf, and Jhesu him silf neiȝynge, wente with hem. [verse 16] Sothli her yȝen weren holdun, lest thei knewen him. [verse 17] And he seide [seith AGMNPQSTWXY.] to hem, Whiche [What AGMNOPQSWX. And what T.] ben thes wordis, that ȝe speken to gidere goynge [wandryng AGMNPQSTWY. wonderynge O. wandrende X.] , and ȝe ben sorwful? [verse 18] And oon answeringe [Om. Y.] , to whom the name was [Om. AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] Cleofas, seide [answeringe seide Y.] `to him [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , Thou aloone ert a pilgrym of [in AGNNOPQSVWXY.] Jerusalem, and hast thou not knowe, what thingis ben don in it in thes dayes? [verse 19] To which [whom GMPQXY.] he seide, Whiche [What thingis AW sec. m. What GMNOPQSW pr. m. XY.] ? And thei seyden to him, Of Jhesu of Nazareth, that was a man pro|phete, myȝti in work and word bifore [verse 20] God and al the peple; and hou the hiȝ|este [heȝe X.] prestis and oure princes bitoken him in to dampnacioun of deeth, and cruci|fieden

him. [verse 21] Forsoth we hopiden, for [Om. G pr. m.] he `schulde aȝen bye [was to by aȝen AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Israel. And now `in alle [vpon all thees AGNOPQSTWY. on alle thes VX.] thingis the thridde day [Om. Y.] is to day, that thes thingis ben [weren A sup. ras. G sup. ras. W.] don. [verse 22] But and sum wymmen of oure [oures AGMNOPQSTY.] maden vs a ferd, whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWXY.] [verse 23] bifore the liȝt weren at the graue; and his bodi not foundun, thei camen, seyinge, `that thei syȝen [hem also for to haue seiȝen AGMNOPQSTWXY. hem also to haue seiȝen SX.] a siȝt of aungels, whiche [the whiche AGMNOPQSTWY. that X.] seyn, `that he lyueth [him for to lyue AGMNOPQSTWXY. him to lyue SX.] . [verse 24] And sum men [Om. OS.] of oure [ouren AGNOQTWY. oures MPS.] wenten to the graue, and thei [so thei AGMNOPQSTWXY.] founden so [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] as the wymmen seiden, but thei [him thei O.] founden not him [Om. O.] . [verse 25] And he seyde to hem, A [O! GMPXY.] ! foolis, and slowe of herte for [Om. OQSX.] to bileue in alle thingis whiche [that AGMNOPQSWY.] the pro|phetis han spoke. [verse 26] Where [Whether OPQWXY.] it bihofte [byhoueth OTY.] not Crist to [for to AGMNOPQTVWY.] suffre `thes thingis [Om. G pr. m. PQXY.] , and so for [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to entre in to his glorie? [verse 27] And he bigyn|nynge at Moyses and alle prophetis [the prophetis AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , ex|pownede [interpreted, or declaride AGMNPQSTWY. declared O. interpretede X.] to hem in alle scripturis, whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] weren of him. [verse 28] And thei camen nyȝ to the castel, whidur thei wenten. And he made cuntenaunce him to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] go ferthere. [verse 29] And thei constreyneden him, seyinge, Dwel with vs, for it drawith to nyȝt [the nyȝt W pr. m.] , and the day is now bowid doun. And he entride [entred in AGMNOPQSTWXY.] with hem. [verse 30] And it was [is A pr. m. G pr. m. MNOPSTXY.] don, while [the while AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he restide with hem [hem at mete Q.] , he took bred, and [Om. XY.] blesside, and brac, and dresside [ȝaf W pr. m.] to hem. [verse 31] And the yȝen of hem weren [ben A pr. m. GMNOPQSTXY.] opened, and thei knewen him; and he vanyschide fro her yȝen. [verse 32] And thei seiden to gidere, Wher [Whether X.] oure herte was not bren|nynge in vs, while [the while AGMNOPQSTWXY.] he spac in the weye, and [and he N.] openyde `scripturis to vs [to vs the scripturis ANOSTWXY. to vs scripturis MPQ.] ? [verse 33] And thei risinge in the same our, wenten aȝen in [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] to Jerusalem, and thei [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] founden en|leue [enleuene AV. elleuene GMNPSTWXY.] gederid to gidere, and hem that

[verse 34] weren with hem, seyinge, For the Lord roos verily, and aperide to Symount. [verse 35] And thei telden what thingis weren don in the weye, and hou thei knewen him in brek|ynge of breed. [verse 36] Forsothe while [the while AGMNPQSTWXY. whanne V.] thei spaken thes thingis, Jhesus stood in the myddel of hem, and seide to hem, Pees to ȝou; I am, nyle ȝe drede. [verse 37] Sothli thei troublid [distourblid AGMNOPQTY. disturbid S. distrublid W. Om. X.] and [Om. X.] agast [agastid O.] , gessiden hem to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] se a spirit. [verse 38] And he seide to hem, What ben ȝe troublid [turblid MNP.] , and thouȝtis styȝen vp in to ȝoure hertis? [verse 39] Se ȝe myn hondis and my feet, for I my silf am. Feele ȝe, and se ȝe; for a spirit hath not fleisch, and boonys, as ȝe seen me for [Om. SX.] to haue. [verse 40] And whanne he hadde seyd this thing, he schewide hondis and feet `to hem [Om. G pr. m. MNPQ pr. m. XY.] . [verse 41] Forsoth ȝit hem [to hem Q sec. m.] not bileuynge, and wondringe for ioye, he seyde, Han ȝe ony thing here [Om. O.] that schal be etun? [verse 42] And thei offriden to him a part of a [Om. W.] fysch roostid, and a coomb of hony. [verse 43] And whanne he hadde etun bifore hem, he takynge the relyfs, ȝaf to hem. [verse 44] And he seyde to hem, Thes ben the wordis whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWXY.] I spak to ȝou, whanne I was ȝit [Om. Y.] with ȝou; for it is nede that [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] alle thingis `be fillid [to ben fulfillid AGMNOPQSTWXY.] , whiche [that AGMNOPQSTWX.] ben writun in the lawe of Moyses, and in prophetis, and in salmes, of me. [verse 45] Thanne he openyd witt to hem, that thei schulde vndirstonde scripturis [the scripturis W pr. m.] . [verse 46] And he seyde to hem, For thus it is writun, and thus it bihofte [byhoueth TXY.] Crist to [for to AGMNOPQTVWY.] suffre, and to [Om. AGMNOPQSTWXY.] ryse aȝen [verse 47] fro deed [deeth Y sec. m.] men [Om. AGM NOPQSTWXY.] in [Om. A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTX.] the thridde day; and penaunce and remyssioun of synnes to [for to AGMNOPQTWY.] be prechid in his name to [in to AGMNOPQSTWXY.] alle folkis, men bigynnynge at [fro AGMNOPQSTWXY.] Jerusalem. [verse 48] Forsothe ȝe ben witnessis of thes thingis. [verse 49] And I sende [shal send A pr. m. G pr. m. MNPQTXY.] the biheeste [bihiȝt thing AGMNPQSTWXY. briȝt thenge O.] of my fadir in to ȝou; sothli sitte ȝe in the citee, til that ȝe be clothid [clad X.] with vertu fro an hiȝ. [verse 50] Forsoth he ledde

hem forth in to Bethanye, and, his hondis reysid [lift vp AGMNOPQTWY. lifted vp SX.] , he blesside hem. [verse 51] And it was [is A pr. m. GMNOPSTXY.] don, while [the while AGMNOPQSTVWXY.] he blesside hem, he departide fro hem, and was borun in to heuene. [verse 52] And thei worshippinge wente aȝen in [Om. N.] to Je|rusalem [verse 53] with greet ioye; and weren euere [euermore AGMNOPQSTWXY.] in the temple, heryinge and bless|inge God.

Here endith the gospel of Luk, and bigynneth the prolog of John [Here endith Luk, and now bigynneth Joon. A. Here endith the gospel of Luke euangelist, and bigynneth the prolog on John, and aftir bigyneth the gospel. N. Here eendith the gospell of Luke. O. Here enden the gospelis of Luke, and bygynnen the prologe of Jon. Q. Here endith Luc, and bigynneth the prologe of Jon. V. Here eendith the gospel by the seiynge of Luke, and next folewynge bigynneth Joon in the gospel. W. No final rubric in GMPSTXY.] .