The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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CAP. IV.

[verse 1] Therfore as Jhesu knew, that Pharisees [the Phariseis AGMNPQSTVWXY.] herden, that Jhesu makith mo disciplis [verse 2] and baptysith, than John, thouȝ [thoȝ that X.] Jhesu [verse 3] baptiside not, but his disciplis, he lefte Judee, and wente aȝen [Om. V.] in to Galilee. [verse 4] Sothli it bihofte [bihoueth T.] him to [Om. AGMNPQSWY. for to T.] passe bi Sa|marie. [verse 5] Therfore Jhesu cam `in to [bi AGMNPSTWXY.] a [the Q sec. m.] citee

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of Samarie, that is seyde Sycar, bisydis the `manere, or feeld [feeld X.] , that Jacob ȝaf to Joseph, his sone. [verse 6] Forsoth the welle of Jacob was there; sothli Jhesu `maad wery, or feynt [made wery QX.] , of the iurney, sat thus on the welle. Sothli the our was, as [Om. N.] the sixte, `or vndurn [Om. X. or mydday VW.] . [verse 7] A womman cam of Samarie, for [Om. SX.] to drawe watir. Jhesu seith to hir, Ȝyue to [Om. M.] me `for to [to SX.] drynke. [verse 8] Forsoth his disciplis hadden gon in to the citee, that thei schulden bye metis. [verse 9] Therfore `the ilke [that X.] womman of Samarie seith to him, How thou, whanne thou ert a Jew, axist of [Om. W pr. m.] me `for to [to SX.] drynke, which [that AGMNPQSTWXY.] am a womman of Samarie? for|sothe Jewis [the Jewis S.] vsen not [not for to comune G sec. m. W. not to comyne MPQS.] with Samaritans [the Samaritanes S.] . [verse 10] Jhesu answeride, and seide [seith N.] to hir, If thou wistist the ȝifte of God, and who it is, that seith to thee, Ȝyue to [Om W.] me for [Om. SX.] `to drynke [drinken X.] , thou perauenture schuldest haue axid of him, and he schulde haue ȝouun to thee quyk watir. [verse 11] The womman seith to him, Sire [Om. W pr. m.] , nether thou hast in what thing thou schalt drawe, and the pitt is deep; therfore wherof hast thou quyk watir? [verse 12] Wher [Whether WX.] thou art more than oure fadir Jacob, that ȝaue to vs this [the AGMPQSTWXY.] pitt? and he drank therof [therfore W.] , and his sones, and his [Om. W pr. m.] beestis. [verse 13] Jhesu answeride, and seide to hir, Ech man that drynkith of this watir, schal thirste eftsoone; forsothe he that schal drynke of the watir that I schal ȝyue to him, schal not thirste in to with [verse 14] outen ende; but the watir that I schal ȝyue to him, schal be maad in him a `welle of [Om. Y.] watir, spryngynge [springe W.] vp in to euere|lastinge lyf. [verse 15] The womman seith to him, Sire, ȝyue to me this watir, that I thirste not, nether come hidir for [Om. SX.] to drawe.

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[verse 16] Jhesu seith to hir, Go, clepe thin hose|bonde, and come hidur. [verse 17] The womman answeride, and seide, I haue not an hose|bonde. Jhesu seith to hir, Thou seidist [seist V.] [verse 18] wel, For I haue `not an [noon N.] hosebonde; for|soth thou hast had fyue hosebondis, and he whom thou hast [hast now X.] , is not thin hose|bonde. This thing thou seidist sothli. [verse 19] The womman seith [said N.] to him, Lord, I se, for thou art a prophete. [verse 20] Oure fadris worschipiden in this hil, and ȝe seyn, for at Jerusalem is [ther is W pr. m.] a [Om. S.] place, wher it bihou|eth for [Om. SX.] to worschipe. [verse 21] Jhesu seith to hir, Womman, bileue to me, for the our schal come, whanne nether in this hil, nether [ne N.] in [at S.] Jerusalem, ȝe schulen `preye, or worschipe [preȝen X.] , the fadir. [verse 22] Ȝe worschipen that that [Om. AG pr. m. MNPQSTXY.] ȝe witen not; we worschipen that that [Om. N.] we witen; for heelthe is [Om. V.] of Jewis. [verse 23] But the our cometh, and now it is, whanne trewe worschiperis schulen wor|schipe the fader in spirit and treuthe; forwhi and the fadir sekith suche, that schulen worschipe him. [verse 24] God is a [Om. AN.] spirit, and it bihoueth hem that worschipen him, for [Om. SX.] to worschipe in spirit and treuth. [verse 25] The womman seith to him, I woot for Messias is comen, that is seid Crist; therfore whanne he schal come, he schal telle to vs alle thingis. [verse 26] Jhesu seith to hir, I am, that speke with thee. [verse 27] And anon his disciplis camen, and wondriden, for he spak with a [the MPQSWY.] womman; netheles no man seide, What sekist thou, or, What spekist thou with hir? [verse 28] Therfore the womman lefte the [hir AGMNPQSTWXY.] watir pott, and wente in to the citee, and seith to tho [the GMPTY.] men, [verse 29] Come ȝe, and `se ȝe [se Q. seeth X.] the [a AGMNPQSTVWXY.] man, that seide to me alle thingis `what euere thingis [what euere QW. what euer thyng T.] I haue don; wher [whether X.] he is [be X.] Crist? [verse 30] And thei wenten out of the citee, and thei [Om. X.] camen

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to hym. [verse 31] In the mene while his disciplis preieden him, seyinge, `Raby, or maistir [Rabi SX.] , ete. [verse 32] Sothli he seide to hem, I haue mete for [Om. SX.] to ete, that ȝe witen not. [verse 33] Therfore the [his M. Om. GNPSTXY.] disciplis seiden to gidere, Wher [Whether WX.] ony man [Om. W pr. m.] brouȝte to him for [Om. SX.] to ete? [verse 34] Jhesu seith to hem, My mete is, that I do the will of him that sente me, and [Om. W.] that I performe the work of him. [verse 35] Wher [Whether WX.] ȝe seyn not, for ȝit foure monethis ben, and rype corn cometh? Lo! I seie to ȝou, lift [liftith SX.] vp ȝoure yȝen, and `se ȝe [seeth X.] the `re|giouns, or cuntrees [regiouns X.] , for now thei ben white to ripe corn. [verse 36] And he that repith takith hyre, `or mede [Om. X.] , and he that ge|derith, fruit in to euerelasting lyf; that and he that sowith haue ioye to gidere, and he that repith. [verse 37] In this thing sothli `the word is trewe [is the word X.] , for another is that sowith, and another [an other is W.] that repith. [verse 38] I sente ȝou for [Om. SX.] to repe, that that ȝe traueliden not; othere men traueliden, and ȝe en|triden in to her trauelis. [verse 39] Forsoth of the [that AGMNPQSTVWXY.] citee many [many of AGMPQSTWXY. many of the N.] Samaritans bileueden in to him, for the word of the womman beringe witnessing, For he seide to me alle thingis, what euere thingis [Om. QSW.] I dide. [verse 40] Therfore whanne Samaritans camen to him, thei preieden him, that he schulde dwelle there; and he dwelte there twey [two MPWX et Y pass.] dayes. [verse 41] And many mo bileueden [bileuyden in hym Q sec. m.] for his [verse 42] word, and seyden to the womman, For now not for thi speche we bileuen; for|soth we han herd, and we witen, for this is [Om. W pr. m.] verily the sauyour of the [this V.] world. [verse 43] Forsoth aftir twei dayes he wente then|nis, and wente in to Galilee. [verse 44] `Sothli Jhesu [Sothely he GMPQSTWXY. Sothli he Jhesu K pr. m. V. Sothli the self Jhesu N.] bar witnessing, for a prophete in his owne cuntree hath not honour, `or worschip [Om. QX.] . [verse 45] Therfore whanne he cam in

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to Galilee, men of Galilee receyueden him, whanne thei hadden seyn alle thingis that he hadde don in [at X.] Jerusalem, in the feeste day, `or haliday [Om. X.] ; and sothli thei hadden come to the feeste day. [verse 46] Therfore he cam eftsoone in to Cana [the Cane AGMNPQTWXY.] of Galilee, where he made the watir wyn [in to wyne Q.] . And sum [a A.] litil king was, whos sone was syk at Capharnaum. [verse 47] Whanne [And whan X.] this [he this G sec. m. MPQSWXY.] hadde herd, for [that MTVXY.] Jhesu schulde come fro Judee in to Galilee, he wente to him, and prei|ede him, that he schulde come doun, and heele his sone; forsoth he bigan to [for to A pr. m. GMNPQTVWY.] deye. [verse 48] Therfore Jhesu seide to him, No [Om. X.] but [But if X.] ȝe schulen se tokenes and grete wondris, ȝe bileuen not. [verse 49] The litil kyng seith to him, Lord, come doun, bifore my sone deye. [verse 50] Jhesu seith to him, Go, thi sone lyueth. The man bileuede [bileueth W.] to the word, that Jhesu seide to hym, and he [Om. X.] wente. [verse 51] Sothli now him comynge doun, the seruauntis camen aȝens him, and telden to him [Om. AGMNPQSTWXY.] , seyinge, For his sone lyuede. [verse 52] Therfore he axide of hem the our, in whiche he `hadde betere [had him betere M.] . And thei seiden to him, For ȝistirday in the se|uenthe our the feuere lefte him. [verse 53] Ther|fore the fadir knew, that `the ilke [that X.] our it was, `in which [that X.] Jhesu seide to him, Thi sone lyueth; and he bileuede, and al his hous. [verse 54] Jhesu dide eft this secunde tokene, whanne he cam fro Judee in to Galilee.

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