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CAP. IV.

[verse 1] And now, thou Israel, here the co|maundementis [heestis IS.] and domes whiche Y teche thee, that thou do tho, and lyue, and that thow entre and welde the lond which [that IS.] the Lord God [Om. S.] of ȝoure fadris schal ȝyue to ȝou. [verse 2] Ȝe schulen not adde to the word which [that IS.] Y speke to ȝou [fals vndirstonding S marg.] [ȝe schulen not adde to the word etc. Here that adding is forbedun, that depraueth, ether peruertith the vndurstonding of the lawe; that adding, that declarith, ether makith cleer, is not for|bedun, bi this that is writun in xxiiij. c^o. of Ec^ci. in the name of wis|dom, ether of hooly scripture; Thei that de|claren me, schu|len haue euer|lastynge liyf. Lire here. BC.] , nether ȝe schulen take awei `fro it [ther fro I. treu vndirstondinge S marg.] ; kepe ȝe the comaunde|mentis [heestis IS.] of ȝoure Lord God, which [the which I.] Y comaunde [comaundid CDF.] to ȝou. [verse 3] Ȝoure iȝen sien [han sien IS.] alle thingis whiche the Lord dide aȝens Bel|phegor; how he alto brak alle the [his IS.] wor|schiperis `of hym [Om. IS.] fro the myddis of ȝou. [verse 4] Forsothe [For IS.] ȝe that cleuen [feithfully S marg.] to ȝoure Lord God lyuen alle `til in to present day [vnto the day that is now IS.] . [verse 5] Ȝe witen that Y tauȝte ȝou the comaunde|mentis [heestis IS.] and riȝtfulnessis [the riȝtwisnessis I. the witnessis S.] , as my Lord God comaundide to me; so ȝe schulen do tho [hem I.] [verse 6] in the lond whiche [that IS.] ȝe schulen welde, and ȝe schulen kepe [kepe tho S.] , and schulen [Om. IS.] fille [fulfille hem IS.] in werk. For this [doinge S marg.] is ȝoure wisdom [wisdom, that is, saueri kun|nyng, that bringith in to the loue of God. BC. Sothely the wisdom of filosoforis brouȝten more to hiȝnesse and pride. Lire here. C.] and vndurstondyng bifor puplis [the puple I. peple S.] , that alle men here these comaundementis [heestis IS.] , and seie, Lo! a wise puple [Om. I.] and vnderstondynge [an vnderstondynge IS.] ! a greet folk [folk in grace S.] ! [verse 7] Noon other nacioun is so greet [greet in dignyte S.] , `not in noumbre ether in bodili quantite, but in dignite [Om. IS.] , that hath Goddis neiȝynge to it silf, as oure God is redi to alle oure bisechyngis. [verse 8] For whi [Om. IKQRST.] what

other folk is so noble, that it hath cery|monyes and iust domes, and al the lawe which [that IS.] Y schal `sette forth [purpose to schewe IS.] to dai bifor ȝoure iȝen? [verse 9] Therfor [Therfor, Israel S.] kepe thi silf, and thi soule bisili; forȝete thou not the wordis whiche thin iȝen sien [han seen IS.] , and falle tho [thei IS.] not doun fro thin herte, in alle the daies of thi lijf. Thou schalt teche tho thi sones and thi sones sones. [verse 10] Telle thou [thou to hem IS.] the day in which thou stodist bifor thi Lord God in Oreb, whanne the Lord spak to me, and seide, Gadere thou the puple to me, that it here my wordis, and lerne [that it lerne IS.] for to drede me in al tyme in which it lyueth in erthe, and teche hise sones [this drede S marg.] . [verse 11] And ȝe neiȝiden [camen niȝ I. neiȝiden niȝ S.] to the `roote of the hille [hillus roote I. hil root S.] , that brente `til to [vnto IS.] heuene; and derknessis, and cloude [a cloude S.] , and myist weren therynne [in that hill IS.] . [verse 12] And the Lord spak to ȝou fro the [Om. IS.] myddis of fier [the fier IS.] ; ȝe herden the vois of hise wordis, and outirli ȝe sien no fourme [fourme or schapp IS. text. of eny creaturus S marg.] . [verse 13] And he [the Lord IS.] schewide to ȝou his couenaunt, which [the which I.] he comaundide, that ȝe schulden do, and `he schewide [Om. I. he schewide to ȝou S.] ten wordis, whiche he wroot in two tablis of stoon. [verse 14] And he comaundide to me in that tyme, that Y schulde teche ȝou cerymonyes [his cerymonyes S.] and domes, whiche ȝe owen to do in the lond whiche [that I.] ȝe schulen welde. [verse 15] Therfor kepe ȝe bisili ȝoure soulis [myndis IS.] ; ȝe sien not ony licnesse in the dai in which the Lord spak to ȝou in Oreb, fro the [Om. IS.] [verse 16] myddis of the fier; lest perauenture ȝe be [Om. I. hadden therbi ben S.] disseyued and [therbi I.] make [hadden maad IS.] to ȝou a grauun licnesse, ether an ymage of male [man IS.] , ether [verse 17] of [Om. KX.] female [womman IS.] ; a [or a IKS.] licnesse of alle beestis [the beestis S.] that ben on [vpon IS.] erthe, ether of bridis fleynge [verse 18] vndur heuene, and [either I.] of crepynge beestis that ben moued in erthe [the erthe IS.] , ether of fischis that dwellen vndur the erthe in watris; [verse 19] lest perauenture, whanne thin iȝen ben reisid to [vp to I. vp in OS.] heuene, thou se the sonne, and

moone [the moone CIS.] , and alle the sterris of heuene, and be [thou be IS.] disseyued bi errour, and worschipe tho [thilke thingis I. tho creaturis S.] , `bi outermer reuerence [Om. I. bi outward reuerence S.] , and onour [onour hem IS.] , `bi ynner reuerence [Om. I. bi inward affeccioun S.] , `tho thingis whiche [whiche thingis DMNORSTWX. thingis which GKQ. the whiche thingus I.] thi [the C.] Lord God made of nouȝt, in to ser|uyce [the seruyce IS text. and not in to souereintee S marg.] to [of IS.] alle folkis that ben vndur he|uene. [verse 20] Forsothe [For IS.] the Lord took ȝou, and ledde out [ȝou out IKS.] of the yrun furneys [or strong tribulacioun IS.] of Egipt, that he schulde haue a puple of [bi IKSX.] eritage [a puple of eritage, that is, cleuynge to him vnmouably; as eritage is pos|sessioun vn|mouable. Lire here. BC.] , as it is [shewid S marg.] in `present dai [the dai that now is IS.] . [verse 21] And the Lord was wrooth aȝens me for ȝoure wordis, and swoor [he swoor IS.] that Y schulde not passe Jor|dan, and schulde [that I schulde IS.] not entre in to the beeste lond, which [that I.] he schal ȝyue to ȝou. [verse 22] Lo! Y die in this erthe [lond IS.] ; Y [and A pr. m.] schal not passe Jor|dan; ȝe schulen passe [passe it IS.] , and schulen [ȝe schulen IS.] welde the noble lond. [verse 23] Be thou [ȝe I. thou Israel S.] war, lest ony tyme thou forȝete the couenaunt of thi Lord God, which [that IS.] he made with thee, and lest thou make to thee a grauun licness of tho thingis whiche the Lord forbeed [hath forboden thee IS.] to make. [verse 24] For thi Lord God is fier [a fier IS.] wast|ynge [fier wastinge, that is, pu|nyschinge scharply, as fier among othere ele|mentis worch|ith more. Lire here. C.] ; `God, a feruent louyere [a gelous God IS text. louyng feruently S marg.] . [verse 25] If ȝe gendren [geten I.] sones, and sones of sones, and ȝe dwellen in the lond, and ȝe [Om. I. ȝif ȝe S.] be disceyued, and make to ȝou ony licnesse [licnesse or ymage S.] , and doen yuel bifor ȝoure Lord God, that ȝe terren [verse 26] hym to greet wrathe, Y clepe witnesses [witnesse A pr. m. CIS.] to dai heuene and erthe, `that is, ech re|sonable [vnre|sonable DGQR pr. m. TX pr. m.] creature beynge [Om. N.] in heuene and in erthe [Om. I.] , that ȝe schulen perische soone fro the lond, which [that I.] ȝe schulen welde, whanne ȝe han passid Jordan; ȝe schulen not dwelle [leeue FKOQTWX. liue ELPR. ether dwelle K marg.] long tyme therynne, but the [verse 27] Lord schal do awey ȝou, and schal [he schal IS.] scatere [scatre ȝou abrood I. scatre ȝou XS.] `in to [among I.] alle hethen men, and ȝe schulen leeue [dwelle IS.] fewe among naciouns [the naciouns S.] , to whiche [the whiche I.] the Lord schal lede ȝou. [verse 28] And there ȝe schulen serue to goddis, that ben maad bi

`the hond of men [mennus hondis IS.] , to a [Om. I.] tre and a [to I. to a S.] stoon, that `seen not [neither seen I.] , nether heren, nether eten, nether smellen. [verse 29] And whanne thou hast souȝt there [in the heestis, domes, and in cerymonies, pa|ciently abidinge the Lord. S.] thi Lord God, thou schalt fynde hym; if netheles thou sekist [sekist him S.] with al the [thi IS.] herte, and with al the tribula|cioun of thi soule. [verse 30] Aftir that alle thingis han founde thee, that ben biforseid [that is, after alle these forseid thinges ben bi|fallen to thee. S.] , for|sothe [so|thely IS.] in the laste tyme, thou schalt turne aȝen to thi Lord God, and thou schalt here his vois. [verse 31] For thi Lord God is [is a IS.] merci|ful God; he schal not forsake thee, nethir he schal do [do thee IS.] awey outirli, nethir he schal forȝete the couenaunt, in which he swoor to thi fadris. [verse 32] Axe thou of elde daies [daies or tymes IS.] that weren bifor thee, fro the day in which thi Lord God made of nouȝt man on [vpon IS.] erthe, axe thou fro that [the plures.] oon ende of he|uene `til to [vnto IS.] the tother ende therof [that is, take hede to alle thinges that euer weren do. S.] , if sich a thing was doon ony tyme, ether if it was [verse 33] euere knowun, that a [the A.] puple herde the vois of God spekynge fro the [Om. IS.] myddis of [verse 34] the [Om. BDFGQRT.] fier, as thou herdist [hast herd IS.] , and siest [seen IS.] ; if [either ȝif that I. either ȝif eny tyme it were knowe that S.] God `dide, that he entride [ȝede yn IS.] , and took to him silf a folc fro the [Om. B.] middis [myddil IS.] of na|ciouns, bi temptaciouns, myraclis, and grete wondris, bi batel, and strong hond, and arm holdun [streiȝt I.] forth, and orrible siȝtis, bi alle thingis whiche ȝoure Lord God dide for ȝou in Egipt, `while thin iȝen [verse 35] sien [in siȝt of thin iȝen IS.] ; that thou schuldist wite, that the Lord hym silf is God, and noon other is [Om. IS.] , outakun [outakun him I. outakun he S.] oon. [verse 36] Fro heuene he made thee to here his vois, that he schulde teche thee; and in erthe he schewide to thee his grettiste [ful greet I.] fier, and thou herdist [herdis A.] the [his IS.] wordis [verse 37] `of hym [Om. IS.] fro the [Om. IS.] myddis of the fier; for he louyde thi fadris, and chees her seed aftir hem. And he ledde thee out of Egipt, [verse 38] and ȝede bifore [bifore thee S.] in his greet vertu, that he schulde do awei grettiste [the grettist IS.] naciouns, and strongere than thou, in thin entryng [entree IS.] , and that he schulde lede thee ynne, and schulde

ȝyue to [Om. S.] thee the [her IS.] lond `of hem [Om. IS.] in to pos|sessioun, as thou seest in `present day [the tyme that is nowe IS.] . Therfor wite thou to dai, and thenke in [verse 39] thin herte, that the [thi IS.] Lord him silfe is God in heuene aboue, and in erthe by|nethe, and noon other is [but he is. I. is God but he. S.] . [verse 40] Kepe thou hise heestis, and comaundementis [his maundementis IS.] [preueili and appertli, in pro|speritee and in aduersitee. S.] , whiche Y comaunde [comaundide CDFGNOQX.] to thee, that it be wel to thee, and to thi sones after thee, and that thou dwelle mych tyme on [vpon IS.] the lond, which [that IS.] thi Lord God schal ȝyue to thee. [verse 41] Thanne Moises departide thre citees biȝende Jor|dan [verse 42] at the eest coost, that he fle to tho [thilke I.] , that sleeth his neighbore not wilfuli, and was not enemy [enemy to him IS.] bifore oon [oon day IS.] and `the to|ther dai [an other IS.] , and that he mai fle [ascape IS.] to summe [verse 43] of these citees; Bosor [o citee of the thre S marg.] in the [Om. IS.] wildirnesse, which is set in the feeldi lond, of the lynage of Ruben; and Ramoth [Ramoth the tother citee S. the other citee I marg.] in [is in IS.] Ga|laad, which [the which I.] is in the lynage of Gad; and [Om. B.] Golan [Golan the thrid citee S. the thrid citee I marg.] in [is in IS.] Basan, which [the which I.] is in the lynage of Manasses. [verse 44] This [And this I.] is the lawe which [that IS.] Moises `settide forth [hath ordeyned IS.] bifor the sones of [verse 45] Israel, and these ben the witnessyngis, and cerymonyes, and domes [the domes IS.] , whiche he spak to the sones of Israel, whanne thei [verse 46] ȝeden out of Egipt, biȝende [ouer B.] Jordan, in the valey aȝens the temple [mawmett temple IS.] of Phegor, in the lond of Seon, kyng of Ammorreis, that dwellide in Esebon, whom Moises killide [destriede IS.] . And the sones of Israel ȝeden out of E|gipt, [verse 47] and weldiden `the lond of him [his lond IS.] , and the lond of Og, kyng of Basan, twei kyngis of Ammoreis, that weren biȝende [verse 48] Jordan, at the rysyng of the sunne; fro Aroer which [that I.] is set on [vpon IS.] the brenke of the stronde of Arnon, `til to [vnto IS.] the hil of Seon, [verse 49] which is [clepid S marg.] Hermon; thei [and thei I.] weldiden al the pleyn biȝende Jordan, at the eest coost, `til to [vnto IS.] the see of wildirnesse, and `til to [vnto IS.] the rootis of the hil of Phasga.