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CAP. XIII.

[verse 1] If there rise in the myddil of thee a prophete, othere eny man seith hym silf to haue seen a sweuen, and he seith be|fore [verse 2] a tokne and wondre, and comith that he spak, and seith to thee, Goo we, and folwe we alien goddis, that thow vn|knowist, [verse 3] and serue we to hem, thow shalt not here the wordis of this prophete and dremer; for the Lord ȝoure God temptith ȝow, that `it be maad opyn [opynly he knowe E pr. m.] whether ȝe louen hym or not [noon DE. nai C.] , in al ȝoure herte, and in al ȝoure soule. [verse 4] The Lord ȝoure God folowe ȝe, and hym drede ȝe; the heestis of hym kepith, and herith the voyce of hym; to hym ȝe shulen serue, and to hym ȝe shulen drawe to. [verse 5] Forsothe that prophete or feyner of sweuens shal be slayn; for he hath spoken that he turne ȝow awey fro the Lord ȝoure God, that hath lad ȝow out of the loond of Egipte, and hath raunsomed ȝow fro the hows of seruage, that he make thee to erre fro the weye that the Lord thi God hath co|maundid to thee; and thow shalt doo awey yuel fro the myddil of thee. [verse 6] If thi brother, the sone of thi moder, wol meue thee, or thi sone, or thi douȝter, other [or C.] wijf that is in thi bosome, other [or CD.] freende that thow louest as thi soule, pryueli sei|ynge, Goo we, and [that CE pr. m.] serue we to alien

goddis, `the whiche [that C.] vnknowist thow, and [verse 7] thi fadres, of alle gentilis in enuyrown, that biside or ferre ben, fro the bigyn|nynge [verse 8] vnto endynge [the ende C. the endynge E.] of the loond, assent thou not to hym, ne hyre [hir A.] , ne spare to hym thin eye, that thow haue mercy, and hide hym, but anoon thow shalt sle hym. [verse 9] Be first thin hoond vpon hym, and after thee al the puple put on hoond. [verse 10] He shal be clepid the throwun down with stonus; for he wold drawe thee awey fro the Lord thi God, that ladde thee out of the loond of Egipte, fro the hows of seruage, [verse 11] that al Irael herynge drede, and no more do eny thing lijk of this thing. [verse 12] If thow here in oon of thi citees, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee to dwelle [dwellynge E pr. m.] , sum [verse 13] men seiynge, The sones of Belial ben goon out fro the myddil of thee, and han take awey the dwellers of thi citee, and seiden, Goo we, and serue we to alyen [verse 14] goddis, the whiche ȝe knowen not, seche wisely and bisily, the sooth of the thing ful lokid; if thow fynde it to be certeyn that is seid, and this abomynacioun in [verse 15] dede fulfillid, anoon thou shalt smyte the dwellers of that citee in the mouth of the [Om. C.] swerd, and do it awey, and alle thingis that in it ben, vnto the beestis. [verse 16] And what euere thing were of purte|naunce, thow shalt gedre in the myddil of the stretis of it, and with that citee thow shalt brenne vp, so that alle thingis thow waaste to the Lord thi God, and there be an euere lastynge sepulcre; it shal be bild no more. [verse 17] And there shal not cleue of that cursid heed eny thing in thin hoond, that the Lord turne awey fro the wraththe of his wodenes, and haue mercy of thee, and multiplye thee, as he swore to thi faders. [verse 18] Whanne thow herist the voyce of the Lord thi God,

thow shalt kepe alle the heestis of hym that I comaunde to thee to day, that thow doo that is plesaunt in the siȝt of the Lord thi God.