fro þe bygynnynge, þat ȝe in hym schulde goo [þat is, beynge him a-knowe in fulfillynge of his wille follows underlined, D.] . [verse 7] For [D folio 78] many dysceyueres ȝeden forþ in-to þe world, þat ne knowlecheþ noȝt Iesu Crist in flesch haue come [þat is, þat he be verrey god & man follows underlined, D.] . He þat soþly is noȝt a-knowe Iesu Crist haue comen in flesch, he is a disceyuere & Antecrist. [verse 8] Takeþ good heede to ȝow-selfe [ȝoure selfe D.] , þat ȝe lese [lose D.] noȝt þat ȝe han wroȝt, but þat ȝe take ȝoure fulle mede. [verse 9] Wyte ȝe, þat eche þat goþ awey & dwelleþ not in þe lore of Crist, he [he (dotted out) precedes, S.] haþ not God: who-so dwelleþ in his lore, he haþ boþe þe Fader & þe Sone. [verse 10] Who-so comeþ [not (erased) follows, D.] vnto ȝow, & bryngeþ not wiþ hym þis [his D.] lore [þat wile not lerne & fulfille it follows underlined in red, D.] , ne wyle ȝe [om. D.] not resceyue hym [verse 11] in ȝoure hous [Followed by: þat is, receyue him not underlined, D.] , ne sey not heyl vnto hym: he þat [For he þat D. has whoso soþly.] seiþ heyl to [vnto D.] hym, he comuneþ with his wikked werkes [þat is assentiþ & is party of hem follows underlined, D.] . Lo, y haue warned ȝow byfore, þat in þe day of oure [ȝoure P.] Lord ȝe be noȝt confounded. [verse 12] Many þinges y haue to wryte vn-to ȝow, bote y wolde not wryte hem by lettere ne by sendynge: for y suppose me come to ȝow, and speke with ȝow mouþ to mouþ, þat ȝoure ioye be full. [verse 13] þer greteþ þe wel ȝoure chosen þi suster douȝter. Þe [S folio 34] grace of God be with þe. Amen.
III. JOHN.
Þe [epistola 3a, C m 1 P.] eldere to dere frend Gayo [fren gayod P.] , þe whuche y loue in soþfastnes. [verse 2] Dere frend, of alle þinge y [D folio 78b] make my preyere in prosperyte þat þou entre & wel-fare [welfare crossed through, D.] as þi soule welfareþ. [verse 3] Gretly y am maked ful glad of breþeren þat comeþ & bere wytnes of [S folio 29b] [Heading: Johannys in later hand, S.] þi soþfastnesse, as þou in soþfastnesse gost. [verse 4] More grace haue y noȝt of þise, þan þat y here þat my sones go in soþfastnesse of charyte. [verse 5] My dere frend, feiþfully þou dost what-so þou dost in oure breþeren, (þat is, anentys oure
