Than is there an other yle ye men call Dodye

¶Of an other ylonde where also dwelleth good pe¦ople in & is called Synople. ca.lxxxxvij. (Book 97)

THan is there an other ylonde that is called Synople where in also are good people & trewe and full of good fayth / and they are moche lyke in theyr lyuynge to the men before sayd / and they go all naked. And in to that ylonde came kyn¦ge Alexander. And whan that he sawe theyr good faythe and trouthe and theyr good byleue / he sayd that he sholde doo to theym noo harme / and badde theym aske of hym rychesse and nought elles and they sholde haue it. And they answered that they hadde ryches ynoughe whan they hadde mete and drynke to susteyne theyr bodyes / and they sayd also that rychesse of this worlde is nought worth but yf

it were so that he myght graunte theym that they sholde neuer deye that wolde they praye hym. And Alexander sayd y^• myght he not do for he was de∣dely and sholde dey as they sholde. Than sayd they why art y^u so proude & wolde wynne all the worlde & haue in thy subgeccyon as it were a god & y^u hast no terme of thy lyf / and y^u wylt haue all rychesse of the worlde the whiche shall forsake the or y^u forsa∣ke it / & y^u shalt bere no thynge with the / but it shal dwelle to other / but as y^u was borne naked so shalt y^u be done in erthe. And Alexander was gretly asto¦nyed of this answere / & yf it be so y^• they haue not the artycles of our fayth / neuertheles I byleue that god loueth theym well & theyr good entencyon & y^t he taketh theyr seruyce to gree as he dyde of Iob y^t was a paynym the whiche he helde for his true seruaūt & many other. I byleue well y^t god loueth all those y^• loue hym & serue hym mekely & truly & y^t despyse the vayne glorye of the worlde as thyse ••en do & as Iob dyde / and therfore sayd our lor¦de thorugh the mouth of Ysaye the prophete thus. Ponā eis multiplices leges meas. That is to saye I shall put to theym my lawes in many maners / & the gospell sayth thus. Alias oues habeo que nō sūtex hoc ouili. That is to saye. I haue other she pe y^• are not of this folde / and there to accordeth the vysyon that Saynt Peter sawe at Iaffe how the angell came fro heuen & brought with hym of all maner of beestes as serpentes & foules in all maner

and sayd to saynt Peter. Take & ete. And saȳt Pe¦ter answered. I ete neuer of vnclene beste. And the aūgell sayd to hym. Non d••••as īn. unda q̄deus mū¦dauit. That is to saye. Calle thou not those thyn∣ges vnclene that god hath clensed. This was do∣ne in token that men sholde not haue many men in despyte for theyr dyuerse lawes / for we wote neuer whome god loueth and whome god hateth.