The IX. Chapter.
ANd he called the twolue together, and gaue them power and auctorite ouer all deuels, and that they might heale diseases. And he sent thē out to preach the kyngdome of God, and to heale ye sicke, and sayde vnto them: Ye shal take nothin¦ge with you by the waye, nether staff, ner scryppe, ner bred, ner money: ner haue two coates. And into what house so euer ye en∣tre, there abyde, tyll ye go thence. And who so euer receaue you not, departe out of the same cite, and shake of the dust from youre fete, for a wytnesse ouer them. And they de∣parted, and wente thorow the townes, prea¦chinge ye Gospell, & healynge euery where.
Herode the Tetrarcha herde of all that was done by him. And he toke care, for so moch as it was sayde of some: Ihō is rysen agayne from the deed: of some, Elias hath [ B] appeared: of some, One of the olde prophe∣tes is rysen agayne. And Herode sayde: Ihō haue I beheaded, who is this then, of whō I heare soch thinges? And he desyred to se him.
And the Apostles came agayne, and tol∣de him how greate thinges they had done. And he toke them to him, and wente asyde into a solytary place by the cite called Beth¦saida. Whan the people knew of it, they fo∣lowed him. And he receaued them, and spa∣ke vnto them of the kyngdome of God, and healed soch as hade nede therof. But the daye beganne to go downe. Then came the twolue to him, and sayde vnto him: let the people departe frō the, that they maye go in to the townes rounde aboute, and in to ye vyllagies, where they maye fynde lodgyn¦ge & meate, for we are here in ye wyldernesse. But he sayde vnto them: Geue ye them to eate. They sayde: We haue nomore but fyue loaues and two fyszhes. Excepte we shulde go & bye meate for so moch people (for the∣re were vpon a fyue thousande men) But he sayde vnto his disciples: Cause them to syt downe by fifties in a cōpany. And they dyd so, and made them all to syt downe. Then to¦ke [ C] he the fyue loaues and two fiszhes, and lo¦ked vp towarde heauē, and sayde grace ouer them, brake them, and gaue them to the dis∣ciples, to set thē before the people. And they ate, and were all satisfied. And there were taken vp of that remayned to them, twolue baskettes full of broken meate.
And it fortuned whan he was alone, and at his prayer, and his disciples with him, he axed them, and sayde: Whom saye the peo∣ple that I am? They answered, and sayde: They saye, thou art Ihon the baptist: So∣me, that thou art Elias: Some, that one of the olde prophetes is rysen agayne. But he