saue a staffe only: no scrippe, no bread, no money in their purse.
9 But shoulde be shoed with sandales: And that they shoulde not put on two coates.
10 And he sayde vnto them: Whersoeuer ye enter into an house, there abyde tyll ye depart thence.
11 And whosoeuer shall not receaue you nor heare you, when ye depart thence, shake of the dust that is vnder your feet, for a witnesse vnto them: I say veryly vnto you, it shalbe easyer for the Sodo∣mites and the Gomorrheans in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.
12 And they went out, & preached, that men should repent.
13 And they cast out many deuyls, and annoynted many that were sicke, with oyle, and healed them.
14 And king Herode hearde [of hym] for his name was spread abrode: And he sayde, Iohn Baptist is rysen agayne from the dead, and therefore myghtie workes do shewe foorth them selues in hym.
[unspec C] 15 Other saide, it is Elias. Some saide, it is a prophete, or as one of the prophetes.
16 But when Herode hearde of hym, he saide: It is Iohn, whom I beheaded, he is rysen from death agayne.
17 ☞For Herode himselfe had sent foorth, and layde handes vpon Iohn, & bounde hym in pryson, for Herodias sake, his brother Philippes wyfe, because he had maryed her.
18 For Iohn sayde vnto Herode: It is not lawful for thee to haue thy brothers wyfe.
[unspec D] 19 Therefore Herodias layde wayte for hym, and woulde haue kylled hym: but she coulde not.
20 For Herode feared Iohn, knowyng that he was a iuste man and an holye, and gaue hym reuerence: and when he hearde hym, he dyd many thynges, and hearde hym gladly.
21 And whē a conuenient day was come, that Herode on his birth daye made a supper to the lordes, hye captaynes, and chiefe estates of Galilee.
22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias came in, and daunced, and pleased Herode, and them that sate at boorde also, the kyng said vnto the dam∣sell: Aske of me what thou wylt, and I wyll geue it thee.
23 And he sware vnto her: Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I wyll geue it thee, euen vnto the one halfe of my king∣dome.
24 And she went foorth, & sayde vnto her mother: What shall I aske? She saide, Iohn Baptistes head.
25 And she came in strayghtwaye, with haste, vnto the kyng, and asked, saying: I wyll, that thou geue me by and by in a charger, the head of Iohn Baptist.
26 And the kyng was sory, howebeit, for his othes sake, & for their sakes whiche sate at supper also, he woulde not caste her of.
27 And immediatlye the kyng sent the [unspec E] hangman, and commaunded his head to be brought in: And he went, and be∣headed hym in the pryson,
28 And brought his head in a charger, & gaue it to the damsell, and the damsell gaue it to her mother.
29 And when his disciples hearde of it, they came, and toke vp his body, and layed it in a tombe.☜
30 And the Apostles gathered themselues together vnto Iesus, and tolde hym all thynges, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31 And he sayde vnto them: Come ye a∣lone out of the way, into ye wyldernesse, and rest awhyle: For there were many commers and goers, and they had no leysure, so much as to eate.
32 And he wēt by shippe out of the way, into a desert place.
33 And the people spyed them, when they departed, and many knewe hym, and ranne a foote thyther, out of all cities, & came thyther before them, and came to∣gether vnto hym.
34 And Iesus went out, and sawe much people, and had compassion on them, because they were lyke sheepe, not ha∣uyng