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CAP. XIII.

[verse 28] `And so [Therfore V.] we receyuynge [takende X.] the `kyngdom vnmouable [vnmouable kingdom MP. vnmouable rewme X.] , han grace, by which [whom T.] serue we plesynge to God with drede [quaking X.] and reuerence. [verse 29] And [Om. GTVX.] forsoth [forwhi V. sothli X.] oure God is fyer wastynge. [verse 1] [Chap. XIII. begins here in VX.] The charite of brotherhed [verse 2] dwelle in ȝou, and `nyle ȝe forȝete hospi|talite [hospitalite wileth not forȝeten X.] ; forsoth [for V.] by this summe plesiden to [to God T.] aungels receyuede to herbore. [verse 3] `Thenke ȝe [Be ȝe myndeful X.] on [of TX.] boundun men, as ȝe to gidere boundun, and of [of the X.] trauelinge men [Om. X.] , as and ȝe [ȝour GMPT. ȝou SX.] silf dwellinge in the [Om. AGMPTX.] body [body of caytifte or traueile T.] . [verse 4] Honor|able [Om. V.] wedding [wedding is V.] in [be in T.] alle thingis [men T. thingis hon. V.] , and `bed vnwembid [vnwemyd bed G pr. m. M. an vnwemyd bed G sec. m. PT. vnwemmed Q. the bed vndefoulid X.] ; forsoth [forwhi V. fornicaries sothli and auouteres X.] God schal deme [deme, or dampne T.] `fornycatouris and [Om. X.] auoutreris [auouteris SV. Om. X.] . [verse 5] Be [Om. G pr. m. Be ȝour G sec. m. T. Be the X.] ma|ners withoute coueytise [auaryce X.] , payd [apaied V.] with `pre|sent thingis [thenges beyng O.] ; sothli [for V.] he seide, I schal not [verse 6] leue thee, nether forsake [I shal forsaken X.] , so [Om. X.] that `we tristily seie [we seie trustly V. tristili we seye X.] , The Lord is an [Om. TX.] helper [Om. T.] to me; I schal not drede, what [what thing X.] a [Om. GX.] man schal [Om. OX.] do to me. [verse 7] `Haue ȝe mynde [Beth myndeful X.] of [on N.] ȝoure soue|reyns [souerayns, that ben sette bifore ȝou T. prouostis X.] , that `han spokun [speken X.] to ȝou the word of God; of whom [whiche V.] ȝe biholdinge [biholde T.] the [issu or X.] go|ynge out of lyuynge [conuersacioun X.] , `suwe ȝe [suwe the AGMOP. sue ȝe the NS. folew|eth X.] feith [her feith T.] , [verse 8] Jhesu Crist, ȝistirday [ȝisterday, that is, in the tyme passide T. ȝistai X.] , and to day [day, that is, now present T.] , he and [also V.] into worldis [worldis to come schal defende hem that bileuen in hym T.] . [verse 9] Nile [Bi dyuers doctrines and pilgrime nyle X.] ȝe be ledd awey `with dyuerse techingis, and [Om. X.] `pilgrym, or straunge [pilgryms, or strange NY. pilgrimages O. pilgrimis, streyng forth fro bileue T. straunge V. Om. X.] . `Forsoth it is best [For it is best V. Best is sothli X.] for [Om. STX.] to [bi grace to X.] stable the herte `with grace [Om. X.] , not with metis, `the whiche [whiche V. that X.] profiten [profiteden MNPSVXY.] not to [to the X.] men

wandrynge [goende X.] in hem. [verse 10] We han an auter, of the [Om. VX.] which thei that [han no power to eten that X.] seruen to [to the OPSTX.] taber|nacle `of the body [Om. V.] , `han not [Om. X.] power [power, or leeue T. Om. X.] for [Om. SX.] `to ete [Om. X.] . [verse 11] Forsoth [Sothli X.] of whiche [the whiche T.] beestis the [Om. X.] blood is borun yn for synne into hooly thingis bi the bisshop, `the bodies of hem [of hem the bodies X.] ben brent with oute the castels. [verse 12] For which thing and Jhesu, that he schulde halwe the peple by his blood, suffride withoute the ȝate. [verse 13] `Therfore go we out [Go wee oute therfore X.] `to him [Om. S.] with oute castels [the castels, that is, with outen fleschely desijris T. the castels X.] , beringe his repreue [shenshipe X.] , `or schenschip [Om. OX.] . [verse 14] Sothli [For V.] we han not here a `citee dwellinge [dwelling citee MP. dwellende cite X.] , but we [the to comen wee X.] seken `a citee to [Om. X.] comynge [comen S. Om. X.] . [verse 15] `Therfore bi him [Bi him therfore X.] offre we `an oost [a sacrifice V.] of heriynge [preisynge TX.] euermore [allwey X.] to God, that is to seie, the [Om. X.] fruyt of lippis know|lechinge to his name. [verse 16] Forsoth [Of wel doing and comunyoun X.] nyle ȝe [Om. V.] forȝete [forȝetinge S.] `of wel doynge [Om. X.] , `or ȝyuynge [Om. OTX.] , and [Om. X.] of [Om. VX.] comunyng [comunyng ȝoure goodis to gidre T. Om. X.] ; forsoth [for V. sothli X.] by [of OT. with X.] suche oostis [sacrifices V.] God is disseruyd [deseruyd, or plesid G sec. m. disseruyd, or wel apaied T. seruid X.] . [verse 17] `Obeye ȝe [Obesheth X.] to ȝoure prouostis [prelatis O. souereyns V.] , `or prelatis [Om. OX.] , and `vndir ligge [vnderleye ȝe GMPST. be ȝe suget V. vnderly ȝee X.] to hem [hem reuerence T.] ; thei [thei forsothe T. for thei V. thei sothli X.] perfytly [bisili T.] waken, as to ȝeldinge [ȝelden SX.] resoun for ȝoure soulis, that thei do `this thing [these thingis S pr. m. this thing, or diligence for ȝou T.] with ioye, and not [verse 18] sorwynge [weilende X.] ; `forsoth this [forwhi this V. this sothli X.] thing spedith not [Om. X.] to [Om. V.] ȝou [ȝou, that for ȝour weiwardnesse thei be maad sori or heuy T.] . `Preie ȝe [Preȝeth X.] for vs, sothli we tristen for we han good conscience in alle thingis [men T.] , willinge for [Om. SX.] to lyue wel. [verse 19] `More ouer [The more X.] forsothe [sothly X.] I biseche [preȝe X.] ȝou for [Om. SX.] to do [do this thing TX.] , that [bi whiche X.] I `the sonnere be restorid [be the sunner restorid MP. be restorid the sunnere V. hastiliere I be restorid X.] to ȝou. [verse 20] `Sotheli God [God sothli X.] of pees, that ledde out [out, or vpreisid T.] fro deede men [Om. X.] the [our Lord Jhesu Crist, the X.] greet schepherde of scheep, in the blood of [of the X.] euerlasting testa|ment [verse 21] , `oure Lord Jhesu Crist [Om. X.] , `schape, or make able, ȝou [shape, or make ȝou able MP. make ȝou able O. able ȝou X.] in al [eche X.] good thing [thenges O. werk X.] , that

ȝe do `the wille of him [his wil X.] ; he [Om. MOP. and he V.] doynge [do V.] in ȝou that `thing that [Om. G pr. m. X.] schal [Om. X.] plese bifore him, by Jhesu Crist, to whom is [be V.] glorie [honour and glorie X.] into worldis of worldis. Amen. [verse 22] For|sothe [Sothli X.] , britheren, I preie ȝou [Om. O.] , that ȝe suf|fre [bere vp X.] a [the X.] word of solace, `or coumfort [Om. GMOPX.] ; for|sothe [for V. and sothli X.] by ful [feethful N. Om. X.] fewe thingis [Om. X.] I haue writyn to ȝou. [verse 23] `Knowe ȝe [Knowith S.] oure brother Tymo|the left [lefte, or sent fro me T.] , with whom if he [hastiliere he X.] schal come `more hasteli [Om. X.] , I schal se ȝou. [verse 24] Greete [Grete ȝe MVX. Greteth S.] wel alle ȝoure souereyns [prouostes T. prepostis X.] , and alle `hooly men [homeli men N. seyntis X.] . The [Om. X.] bretheren of Ytalye greeten ȝou wel. [verse 25] The [Om. X.] grace `of God [Om. X.] with [be with V.] ȝou alle [Om. X.] . Amen.