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

CAP. IV.

[verse 1] Aftir thes thinges I siȝe, and lo! a dore openyd [was opened V.] in heuene. And the first voys that I herde, as [was as V.] of a trumpe spekinge with me, seiynge [and seyinge O. and seide V.] , Stiȝe up hidir, and I shal shewe to thee whiche [what O.] thinges [thing N.] it [Om. GMPT.] bihoueth for [Om. SX.] to be don soone aftir thes thinges. [verse 2] Anoon I was in spirit, and lo! a seete was put in heuen, and on the seete oon sittinge. [verse 3] And he that sat, was lijk to `the siȝt of [Om. N.] a [Om. Q.] stoone iaspis, and to sardyn [sardis X.] ; and the reynbowe was in the cumpas of the seete, lijk to [Om. V.] the [Om. G pr. m.] siȝt of smaragdyn. [verse 4] And in cumpas [the compas O.] of the seete foure [weren foure TV.] and twenty smale seetes; and vpon [aboue ANOQSVX. abouen Y.] the troones [trone O.] foure [weren foure T. I siȝ foure V.] and twenty eldre [eelder men OTV. elderes S.] sittynge, gyrd [and girde O.] aboute with white clothis, and in the heedis [heuedes GOT.] of hem golden crownes. [verse 5] And leytinges, and voyces, and thundringes [thondres OS.] camen out of the troone; and seuen laumpes brennynge bifore the troone, the [Om. V.] whiche ben seuen [Om. N. the seuen OX.] spirites of God. [verse 6] And in the siȝt of the seete, as [was T.] a se [sete Q.] of glas, lijk to [Om. V.] cristal; and

werkes, and loo! I ȝaf [haue O.] bifore thee a dore openid, `the which [whom T. which V. that X.] no man mai close; for thou hast a litel vertu, and hast kept [ykepte Q.] my word, and denyest [denyedest NOQSTVY.] not my name. [verse 9] Lo! I shal ȝiue to thee of the [thi N.] synagogue of Sa|thanas, the [Om. VX.] whiche [that X.] seien hem for [Om. SX.] to be Jewes, and ben not, but liȝen [aliene O.] . Lo! I shal make hem, that thei come, and wor|schipe bifore thi feet; and thei shulen [verse 10] wite, for [that V.] I louede thee, for thou keptist [kepest Q.] the word [wordis N.] of my pacience. And I shal kepe thee fro [in T.] the hour of temptacioun, that is to comynge [comen SX.] in to al the [this N.] world, for [Om. SX.] to tempte men dwellinge in erthe. [verse 11] Lo! I come soone; holde [holde thou V.] that that thou hast, that no man take thi coroun. [verse 12] And him that shal ouercome, I shal make a piler in the temple of my God, and he shal no more go out; and I shal write on [vpon T.] him the name of my God, and the name of the citee of my God, of newe Jerusalem, that cometh doun fro heuene of my God, and my newe name. [verse 13] He that hath eres, here, what the spirit `shal seie [seith T.] to chirchis [the chirchis T.] . [verse 14] And to the aungel of the chirche of Lao|dice [Loadice V pr. m. Y.] wrijte thou, Thes thinges seith Amen, `that is, verreyli [Om. QT.] , `the feithful wit|nesse and trewe [Om. Q.] , the [Om. VX.] which [that X.] is the [Om. V.] bi|gynnyng of Goddis creature. [verse 15] I woot thi werkes, for nether thou art coold [hot XY.] , nether [ne T.] hoot [thou art hoot AG sec. m. NOQSV. thou art cold XY.] ; I wolde thou [that thou V.] were coold [hoot G.] , or [either V.] hoot [colde A.] ; [verse 16] but for [Om. Q.] thou art lew [lew, either bitwixe hoot and coold V.] , and nether coold, nether [ne T.] hoot, I shal bigynne for [Om. SX.] to `caste thee out [vome thee T. take thee out X.] of my mouth. [verse 17] For thou seist [seist of thi silf T.] , That [Om. O.] I am riche, and ful of goodis, and I haue nede of [to O.] no man [thing V.] ; and thou woost [woot V.] not, for [that V.] thou art [art not V.] a wrecche, and wrech|ful [wreched O.] , and pore, and blynd, and nakid. [verse 18] I [And I O.] counseile thee, for [Om. SX.] to bye of me `gold fijrid [brent gold V.] , and proued, that thou be maad riche, and be [Om. O.] clothid [clad SX.] with whijte clothis [cloothinge O.] ,

in the [Om. G pr. m. PT.] mydle of the seete, and in cumpas [the compas AG sec. m. NO.] of the seete, foure [weren foure T.] beestes ful of iȝen bifore and bihynde. [verse 7] And the first beest lijk to [Om. V.] a lyon; and the secounde beest lijk to [Om. V.] a calf; and the thridde beest hauynge a face as [Om. T.] of [Om. SY pr. m.] a [Om. NV.] man; and the fourthe beest lijk to [Om. V.] an egle fleynge. [verse 8] And the foure beestes hadden ech [euery AGPQTV. eueryche NO.] of hem sixe wynges; and in cumpas and with inne thei ben [weren V.] ful of iȝen; and thei hadden not reste day and nyȝt, seiynge, Holy, holy, holy, the [Om. S.] Lord God almiȝty, that was, and that is, and that is to comynge [comen SX.] . [verse 9] And whan tho [the OQT.] foure beestes ȝauen glory, and honour, and blessing to the sittinge on [vpon T.] the troone, to [Om. T.] [verse 10] the [Om. G pr. m. MPT.] lyuynge in to worldlis [world T. the worldis Y.] of worldlis, the foure and twenty eldre [elder men OQSTXY pr. m.] fellen doun bifore the sittyng in troone [the troone O.] , and worschipeden the lyuynge in to worldlis [world T.] of worldlis. And thei senten her crownes bifore the [verse 11] troone, seiynge [and seiden V.] , Thou, Lord oure God, art worthi for [Om. SX.] to take glory, and honour, and vertu; for thou madist of nouȝt alle thinges, and [Om. O.] for thi wille thei [tho V.] weren, and ben maad of nouȝt.