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

II. JOHN.

[The secounde epistil of Joon [From PTU. The secounde pistle. M. No initial rubric in AOQSVY.] .]

[verse 1] THE eldre man to the `chosen lady [lady Electa V.] , and to hir children, the [Om. SVX.] whiche I loue in treuthe; and not I aloone, but and alle [verse 2] men that knewen [knowen NOQX.] treuthe; for the treuthe that dwellith in ȝou, and with ȝou shal ben `in to [Om. VX.] with outen ende. [verse 3] Grace be with ȝou, mercy, and pees of God the fadir, and of Jhesu Crist, the sone of the [Om. S.] fadir, in treuthe and charite. [verse 4] I ioyede ful miche, for I foond of thi sones goynge in treuthe, as we receyueden maundement of the fadir. [verse 5] And now I preye thee, lady, not as writ|inge a newe maundement to thee, but that that we hadden at the bigynnynge, that we loue eche other. [verse 6] And this is charite, that we walke up [bi V.] his maundementes. Sotheli [For whi V.] this is the [Om. ANOQSVX.] comaundement, that as ȝe herden at [in S.] the [Om. ANOV.] bigynnynge, `in him walke ȝe [walke ȝe in him V.] . [verse 7] For many deceyuours wenten out in to the world, whiche knowlechen [knoulecheden O.] not Jhesu [that Jhesu V.] Crist for [Om. SVX.] to [Om. V.] haue [hath V.] come in flesch; this is deceyuour and antecrist. [verse 8] See ȝe ȝoure [ȝou ANOQSVX.] silf, lest ȝe leese the thinges that ȝe han wrought, but [but contynue ȝee so in good V.] that ȝe receyue [verse 9] ful meede; witynge that ech man that goith awey [bifore V.] , and dwellith not in the tech|inge of Crist, hath not God. He that dwell|ith in the techinge [techyng of Crist O.] , hath and [both OV.] the sone

and the fadir. [verse 10] If ony man [Om. V pr. m.] cometh to ȝou, and bringeth `not to [to not Q. not to not TY. not V.] this teching, nyle ȝe receyue him in to hous, nether `ȝe shulen seie [seie ȝe V.] to him, Heyl. [verse 11] Sotheli [For V.] he that seith to him, Heyl, comuneth with his yuele werkis. Lo! I bifore seide to ȝou, that ȝe be not confoundid in the day of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. [verse 12] I hauynge [haue NV.] mo thinges for [Om. OSX.] to wrijte to ȝou, wolde [nolde O. and wolde V.] not bi parchemyn [parchemyn, or book ANS. parchemyn, either book V.] and ynke; sotheli [for V.] I hope `me to [that I schal V.] comynge [come SVX.] to ȝou, and speke [Y speke Q.] mouth to mouth, that ȝoure ioye be ful. [verse 13] The sones [douȝtris QSX.] , `or douȝtres [Om. QSVX.] , of thi systir [sistir sone QSX.] chosen [Electa V.] greten thee wel. The grace of God with [be with TV.] thee. Amen.

Here endith the secounde pistle of Joon, and here bigynneth the thridde [From ANQV. Here endeth the secound epistil of Joon, and bygynneth the thredde epistil of the same. O. Heere eendith the secounde epistle of Joon, and heere next bigynneth the thridde. Y. No final rubric in MPSTX.] .