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

CAP. XVII.

[verse 1] And oon of the seuen aungels cam, that hadden seuen violes, and spake with me, seiynge [seyyng to me O. and seide V.] , Come thou, I [and I O.] shal shewe to thee the dampnacioun of the greet [verse 2] hoore, that sittith on many watirs, with whiche [the whiche NOQ.] kynges of erthe diden fornyca|cioun; and thei that dwellen [dwelliden O.] in [on Q.] erthe ben ful drunkun of the [Om. X.] wijn of hir leccherie. [verse 3] And he toke `me awey [awey me V.] in to desert in spirit. And I siȝe a womman sittynge on a reed beest, ful of namys of blasfemye, hauynge [and hafyng O.] seuen heedes [heuedes O.] , and ten hornes. [verse 4] And the womman was enuyround with purpur, and coccyn, `that is [or ANOQS. either V. Om. X.] , reed [Om. X.] , and engoldid [ouer gilt V.] with gold, and with [Om. ANOQSVX.] precious stoon, and peerlis, hauynge a golden cuppe in hir hond, ful of abhomynaciouns and vnclennesse [vnclennesses X.] of hir fornycacioun. [verse 5] And in the forhed [foreheued O.] of hir a name writun, Mysterie, Babilon the greet, modir of fornycaciouns [fornycacioun N.] , and of [Om. ANOQS. not of G.] abhomynaciouns of erthe. [verse 6] And I siȝe a womman drunken of the blood of seyntis, and of the [Om. ANQSV.] blood of martirs of Jhesu. And whan I siȝe hir, I wondride with greet wondringe. [verse 7] And the aungel seide to me, Whi won|drist thou? I shal seie to thee the [Om. N.] sacra|ment of the [this NS.] womman, and of the beest that berith hir, that hath seuen [the seuen Q.] heedes [heuedis O.] and ten hornes. [verse 8] The beest whom [whiche ANOQSV. that X.] thou siȝe [saiest ANOQ. siȝest V.] , was, and is not; and she `is to [schal V.] stiȝ|ing [steȝen SX. stiȝe V.] vp [Om. V.] fro [fro the S.] depnesse, and she shal go in to perisching. And men dwellinge in erthe shulen wondre, whois names ben not write in the book of lijf fro makynge of the world, seeynge the beest, that was, and is not. [verse 9] And this is witt [the wit V.] , that hath wisdom. The seuen heedes [heuedes O.] ben seuen hilles, on whom [whiche ANQSVX. the which O.] the womman sittith [sitt X.] ,

and `ben seuen [seuene ben ANQSV.] kinges. [verse 10] Fyue han fallen [feld ANQV.] doun, oon is, and an other cometh [to cometh Q.] not ȝit. And whan he shal come, it bihoueth him for [Om. SX.] to dwelle a short tyme. [verse 11] And the beest that was, and is not, and she is the eiȝtthe, and is of the [Om. QX.] seuen, and shal go in to persching. [verse 12] And the ten hornes whom [whiche ANOQSVX.] thou hast seyn, ben ten kynges, that ȝit han not takun kingdom; but thei shulen take power as kinges, oon hour aftir the beest. [verse 13] Thes han oo counseyl, and shulen bitake her vertu and power to the beest. [verse 14] Thes shulen fiȝte with the lomb, and the lomb shal ouercome hem; for he is Lord of lordis, and kyng of kyngis; and thei that ben with him clepid [ben clepid V.] , and [Om. V.] chosen, and feithful. [verse 15] And he seyde to me, The watirs that [whiche V.] thou hast seyn [yseien Q.] , where the hoore sittith, ben puples, folkes [or folkis N. and folkis V.] , and tunges [tungis, or lan|gagis ANS. langages OV.] . [verse 16] And the ten hornes that thou hast seyn in the beest, thes shulen haate the fornicarie womman [or hoore ANQS. Om. OX. either hoore V.] , and shulen make hir desolat, `or discoumfort|id [Om. OQX.] , and nakid, and shulen ete the flesch of hir, and shulen brenne `hir to gydere [to gidere hir V.] with fijr. [verse 17] Sotheli [For V.] God ȝaf `in to [to Q. in X.] the hertis of hem, that thei do that that is plesaunt to [biforn S.] him, that thei ȝiue hir kyng|dom to the beest, til the wordis of God be endid. [verse 18] And the womman whom thou hast seyn, is the greet citee, that hath kyngdom vpon [on OQV.] kinges of [on ANOSX.] erthe.