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TEA HALGAN GODSPEL 
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THA IIALGAN GODSPEL 
 
 ON ENGLISC. 
 
 THE ANGLO-SAXON VERSION 
 
 OF 
 
 THE HOLY GOSPELS. 
 
 EDITED BY 
 
 BENJAMIN THORPE, F.S.A., 
 
 FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 REPRINTED BY LOUIS F. KL1P&TEIN, AA. LL. M. AND PH.D., 
 
 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GIESSEN, AUTHOR OF ' : A GRAMMAR OF THE ANGLO-SAXON LAN- 
 GUAGE;" " ANALECTA ANGLO-SAXONICA," ETC. 
 
 SECOND EDITION 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 GEORGE P\ PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY, 
 
 AND 142 STRAND, LONDQN. 
 1848. 
 
S . W . II E N E DICT, 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 10 Dr. Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, 
 the preserver of our Saxon manuscripts and restorer of 
 Saxon learning, we owe the first edition of the Anglo-Saxon 
 version of the four Gospels.* The second edition is that 
 of Dr. Marshall,| Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, 
 accompanying the Gothic version, as given by- Francis 
 Junius With respect to the text of these editions, that of 
 Parker's may be regarded as a faithful impression of a late 
 manuscript,J showing the tongue in its decline, and when 
 rapidly verging towards that state of barbarism into which 
 it sank about the beginning of the twelfth century. Mar- 
 shall's edition exhibits an earlier, though, perhaps, not a 
 purer text, which the singularly unfortunate idea of its 
 editor, of supplying the omissions of the Saxon version, 
 sometimes (and not always grammatically) by his own 
 words, and at others, from the old Northumbrian glosses,§ 
 has, moreover, greatly contributed to vitiate. 
 
 * In small quarto, printed at London in 1571, with a dedication 
 to Queen Elizabeth, by Foxe, the martyrologist. 
 
 t In quarto, printed at Dordrecht in 1005. Some copies bear on 
 the title-page ' : Amstelaedami, A Q 1084." 
 
 % Apparently Bodl. No. 441. 
 
 § MS. Cott. Nero D. 4. and Gl. Rushw. MS. Bodl. 
 
vi PREFACE. 
 
 These works having become extremely scarce, it was 
 thought that a new edition of the earliest English 
 version of the Gospels, free from the objections above 
 mentioned, and in form more convenient than the preced- 
 ing ones, even though without pretension to the character 
 of critical, would not be unacceptable at a time, when our 
 old language and literature were gradually emerging from 
 the state of neglect in which they long had lain, in the 
 birthland of Beda, of Alcuine, of Aelfred, and of Aelfric. 
 
 The basis of the present text is the Cod. Bibl. Pub. Cant. 
 Ii. 2. 11, collated with Cod. C.C.C.C. S. 4. 140. In doubt- 
 ful cases Cod. Bodl. 441. and Cod. Cott. Otho, C. 1. have 
 also been consulted. 
 
 The monkish character has been rejected. The accent, 
 or rather mark indicating a long syllable, will be found, as 
 in the manuscripts, rather capriciously applied. In the 
 division of syllables I have deemed it more advisable to 
 separate the servile portion of a word from its root, than 
 to follow the rules of modern English or German ortho- 
 graphy. The punctuation, as far as the different genius of 
 the two languages, or occasional variations of translation 
 admit, is conformable to that of the authorized English 
 version. 
 
 B. T. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. 
 
 In issuing the Anglo-Saxon or " Earliest English" 
 Version of the Gospels from the American Press, the 
 Editor has not deviated in the least particular from the text 
 as set forth in the following Preface, with the exception of 
 one further change in the characters employed — the substi- 
 tution of th for 3), and of th for J), as in his " Grammar of 
 the Anglo-Saxon Language," and in his " Analecta Anglo- 
 Saxonica." By this change the typography is, rendered 
 more uniform, and the general appearance of the text im- 
 proved. 
 
 This reprint is now laid before the public with the hope 
 that it may conduce to the study of the language of our fore- 
 fathers, as well as to a still higher purpose. 
 
 St. James' Santee, S. C, April 1, 184b\ 
 
THAET GODSPbSL 
 
 AEFTER MATHEUS GERECEDNYSSE. 
 
 I. Her is on cneorisse boe Haclendes Cristes, Dauides 
 suna, Abrahames suna. Sothlice Abraham gestrynde « 
 Isaac ; Isaac gestrynde Iacob ; Iacob gestrynde Iudam 
 and his gebrothra ; Iudas gestrynde Phares and Zaram 3 
 of tham wife the waes genemned Thamar ; Phares ge- 
 strynde Esrom ; Esrom gestrynde Aram ; Aram gestrynde 4 
 Aminadab ; Aminadab gestrynde Naason ; Naason ge- 
 strynde Salmon ; Salmon gestrynde Booz of tham wife 5 
 Raab ; Booz gestrynde Obeth of tham wife Ruth ; Obeth 
 gestrynde Iesse ; Iesse gestrynde thone cyning Dauid ; 6 
 Dauid cyning gestrynde Salomon of tham wife the waes 
 Urias wi'f ; Salomon gestrynde Roboam ; Roboas ge-_7 
 strynde Abiam ; Abi'a gestrynde Asa; Asah gestrynde 8 
 Iosaphath ; Iosaphath gestrynde Ioram ; Ioras gestrynde 
 Ozi'am ; Ozi'as gestrynde Ioatham ; Ioatham gestrynde 9 
 Achaz ; Achas gestrynde Ezechiam ; Ezechias gestrynde 10 
 Mannasen ; Mannases gestrynde Anion ; Anion ge- 
 strynde lositun ; losias gestrynde Iechoniam and his ge- n 
 brothru, on Babilonis geleorednesse : and aefter Babilo- 12 
 nis geleorednesse, Iechonias gestrynde Salathiel ; Sala- 
 thiel gestrynde Zorobabel ; Zorobabel gestrynde Abiud ; 13 
 3 2 
 
MATHEUS II. 
 
 Abiud gestrynde Eliachim ; Eliachim geslrynde Azor; 
 
 14 Azor gestrynde Sadoc; Sadoc gestrynde Achim ; Achim 
 
 u gestrynde Eliud; Eliud geslrynde Eleazar ; Eleazar 
 
 i6 gestrynde Mathan ; .Mathan gestrynde Iacob ; Iacob 
 
 gestrynde Joseph, Marian wer, of thaere waes acenned se 
 
 17 Haelend, the is genemned Crist. Eornostlice ealle cneo- 
 
 ressa fram Abrahame oth Dauid synd feowertyne cneo- 
 
 ressa ; and fram Danide oth Babilonis geleorednesse, feo- 
 
 v, city ne cneoressa ; and fram Babilonis geleorednesse oth 
 
 Crist, feowertyne cneoressa. 
 
 THVS GODSPEL GEBYRATH OX MYDE-WYNTRES MAESSE-AEFEN. 
 
 is Sothlice thus waes Cristes cneores : Tha thaes Haelendes 
 moder Maria waes Iosepe beweddod, aer hi to-somne 
 beeomon, heo waes geme't on innothe haebbende of tham 
 
 19 Halgan Gaste. Sothlice Iosep hyre wer, tha he waes riht- 
 wis, and nolde hig gewidmaersian, he wolde hig digelice 
 
 20 forlaetan. Him tha sothlice thas thing thencendum,Drihtnes 
 engel on swefnum aetywde, and him to ewaeth : Iosep, 
 Dauides sunu, nelle thu ondraedan Marian thine gemaec- 
 can to onfonne : timet on hyre acenned ys, hyt ys of tham 
 
 21 Halgan Gaste : witodlice heo centh sunu, and thu nemst 
 hys naman Haelend : he sothlice hys folc hal gedeth fram 
 
 2-2 hyra synnum. Sothlice eal this waes geworden, thaet ge- 
 
 fylled waere thaet fram Drihtne gecwedenwaes thurhthone 
 23 witegan : Sothlice seo faemne haefth on innothe, and heo 
 
 centh sunu, and hi nemnath his naman Emanuhel, thaet ys 
 2ig<'reht on ure getheode, God mid us. Tha aras Iosep of 
 
 swefne, and dyde swa Drihtnes engel him behead, and 
 tshe onfeng liis gemaeccan : and he ne grette hi [oth 
 
 thaet] heo cende hyre frum-cennedan sunu ; and nemde 
 
 hys naman Haelend. 
 
 THYS SCEAE ON TWELFTAN DAEG. 
 
 II. Eornostlice tha se Haelend acenned waes on Iudei- 
 scre Bethleem, on thaes cyninges dagum Herodes, tha 
 
MATHEUS II. 
 
 comon tha tungol-witegan fram east-daele io Ilierusalem, 
 and cwaedon : Hwaer ys so Iudea cyning the acenned - 
 ys ? sothlice we gesawon hys steorran on east-daele, and 
 we comon us him to geeathmedenne. Tha Herodes thaet 3 
 gehyrde, tha wearth he gedrefed, and eal Hierosolim-waru 
 
 mid him. And tha sresraderode Herodes ealle ealdras thaera 4 
 
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 sacerda, and times folces writeras, and acsode hwaer Crist 
 acenned waere. Thasaedonhighim, On Iudeiscre Bethleem : 5 
 witodlice thus is awriten thurh thone witegan, And thu 6 
 Bethleem, Iudea-land, witodlice ne eart thulaest on Iudea 
 ealdrum : of the forth-gaeth se here-toga, se the recth min 
 folc Israhel. Herodes tha clypode on sunder-spraece tha 7 
 tungel-witegan, and befran big gcorne, hwaenne se steorra 
 hym aeteowde. And he asende hig to Bethleem, and thus 8 
 cwaeth: Farath,and acsiath geornlice be tham cilde ; and 
 thonne ge hyt gemetath, cythath eft me, thaet ic cume, and 
 me to him gebidde. Tha hi thaet gebod gehyrdon, tha fer- 9 
 don hig ; and sothlice se steorra, the hi on east-daele gesa- 
 won, him beforan ferde, oth he stod ofer thaer thaet cild waes. 
 Sothlice tha tha tungel-witegan thone steorran gesawon, hig 10 
 faegenodon swythe myclum gefean ; and gangende in to 11 
 tham huse, hi gemetton thaet cild mid Marian hys meder, 
 and hig athenedon hig, and hi to him gcbacdon ; and hi un- 
 tyndon hyra gold-hordas, and him lac brohton ; thaet waes 
 gold, and recels, and myrre. And hig afengon andsware 12 
 on swefnum, thaet hi eft to Herode ne hwyrfdon, ac hi on 
 otherne weg on hyra rice ferdon. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON CILDA MAESSE DAEG. 
 
 Tha hig tha ferdon, tha aety wde Drihtnes engel Iosepe on 13 
 swefnum, and thus cwaeth : Aris, and nim thaet cild and his 
 moder, and fleohon Aegypta-land, and beo thaer oth thaet 
 ic the secge: toweard ys thaet Herodes secth thaet cild to for- 
 spillenne. He aras tha, and nam thaet cild and his moder 14 
 on niht, and ferde on Aegyptum ; and waes thaer oth He- 15 
 
MATHEUS III. 
 
 rodes forth-fiith ; thaet waere gefyll< ;d thaet the fram Drihlne 
 
 gecweden waes thurh tftone witegan, Of Aegyptum ic 
 
 ■6 minne sunu geclypode. Tha waes Herodes swythe gebolg- 
 
 en,fortl^amthehebepaehtwaesframtliamtungel-witegum; 
 
 and he asende tha, and ofsloh ealle tha cild the on Bcthleem 
 
 waeron,and on eallum hyre gemaerum, fram twy-wintrum 
 
 cilde and binnan tham ; aefter thaere tide the he geacsode 
 
 17 fram tham tungel-witegum. Tha wars gefylled thaet ge- 
 
 la cweden waes thurh Hieremiam thone witegan, Stefn waes 
 
 on hehnysse gehyred, wop, and mycel thoterung, Rachel 
 
 weop hyre bearn, and heo nolde beon gefrefrod, fortham 
 
 the hi naeron. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON TWELFTAX AEFEN. 
 
 19 Sothlice tha Herodes waes forth-faren, w T itodlice on swefne 
 
 20 Drihtnes engel aetywde Iosepe on Aegyptum; and thus 
 cwaeth : Aris and nim thaet cild and his moder, and far on 
 Israhela-land : mi synd forth-farene the thaes cildes sawle 
 
 2i sohton. He aras tha, and onfeng thaet cild and his moder, 
 22 and com on Israhela-land. Tha he gehyrde thaet Arche- 
 laus rixode on Iudea-theode, for thaene Herodem, he on- 
 dred thyder to faranne : and on swefnum gemyngod, he 
 S3 fercle on Galileisce daelas : and he com tha, and eardode 
 on thaere ceastre the ys gcnemned Nazareth ; thaet waere 
 gefylled thaet gecweden Maes thurh thone witegan, For- 
 tham the he Nazarenisc byth genemned.' 
 
 THY* SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE THRYDDAN WUCAN 
 AEH MYDDAN-W1NTRA. 
 
 III. On tham dagum com Iohannes se Fulluhtere, and 
 
 2 bododeontham westene [udeae, and cwaeth: Doth daedbote: 
 
 3 sothlice genealaeceth heofena rice. This ys se be tham 
 the gecweden ys thurh Esaiam thone witegan, Clypiendes 
 stefn waes on westene, Gegearwiath Dryhtnes weg, doth 
 
 4 his sithas rihte. Se Iohannes witodlice haefde reaf of 
 olfenda haerum, and fellenne gyrdel ymbe hys lendenu ; 
 
MATHEUS III. 
 
 md hys mete waes gaerstapan and wudu-hunig. Tha feide 5 
 to him Hierosolim-waru, and eal Iudea-theod, and eal fcjb.aet 
 rice with-geondan Iordanen ; and hi waeron gefullode on 6 
 Iordane fram hym, and hi andetton heora synna. Sothlice 7 
 tha he ges^ah manega thaera sunder-halgena and thaera 
 rihtwisendra to his fulluhte eumende, he cwaeth to hym: 
 La naeddrena cyn, hwa geswutelode eow to fleonne fram 
 tham toweardan yrre ? Eornostlice thoth medemne waestm s 
 thaere daed-bote ; and ne cwetljath betweox eow, We hab- 9 
 bath Abraham us to facder ; sothlice ic secge eow, Thaet 
 God ys swa mihtig, thaet he maeg of thysum stanum awcc- 
 can Abrahames beam. Eallunga ys seo aex to thaera n 
 treowa wurt-ruman asett : eornustlice aelc treow, the 
 godne waestm ne bringth, byth forcorfen, and on fyr awor- 
 pen. Witodlice ic eow fullige on waetere to daed-bote : 11 
 se the aefter me toweard ys, he ys strengra thonne ic, thaes 
 gescy ne eom ic wyrthe to beranne : he eow fullath on Hal- 
 gum Gaste, and on fyre : thaes fann ys on his handa, and 12 
 he afeormath his thyrscel-llore, and he gegaderath his 
 hwaete on his born ; tha ceafu he forbaernth on unadwaesc- 
 endlicum fyre. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL OX WODNES-DAEG OFER TWELPTAN DAEG. 
 
 Tha com se Haelend fram Galilea to Iordane to Iohanne, 13 
 thaet he bine fullode. Iohannes tha sothlice forbead him, 14 
 and cwaeth : Ic sceal fram the beon gefullod, and thu cymst 
 to me ? Tha andswarode se Haelend hym and cwaeth : Laet 15 
 nu : thus unc gedafnath ealle rihtwisnesse gefyllan. Tha 
 ^orlet he hyne. Sothlice tha se Haelend gefullod waes, 16 
 nraedlice he astah of tham waetere ; and hym wurdon thaer- 
 rihte heofenas ontynede ; and he geseah Godes Gast 
 nither-stigende, swa swa culfran, and wunigende ofer 
 hyne : and sothlice tha com stcfn of heofenum, and thus ir 
 cwaeth : Her ys min se gecorena sunu, on tham me gelic- 
 ode. 
 
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MATHEUS IV. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON IIALGAN DAEG. 
 
 IV. Tha waes se 1 raelend gelaed fram gaste on westen, 
 
 i t.liatl he waere fram deofle costnod. And tha tha he faeste 
 
 feowertig daga and feowertig nihta, tha ongan hyne syth- 
 
 3 than hi.igrian. And tha genealaehte se costnigend, and 
 c\\ aeth : Gyf thu Godes Sunu sy, cweth thaet thas stanas to 
 
 4 hlafe geweorthon. Tha andswarode se Haeiend : Hit ys 
 awriten, Ne leofath se man he hlafe anura, ac be aelcum 
 
 5 worde the of Godes muthe gaeth. Tha gebrohte se deofol 
 hine on tha halgan ceastre, and asette hine ofer thaes tem- 
 
 6 pies heahnesse, and cwaeth to him: Gif thu Godes Sunu 
 eart, asend the thonne nyther ; sothlice hyt ys awriten, 
 Thaet he his englum bebead be the, thaet hig the on hyra 
 
 7 handum beron, thy-la'es the thin fot aet stane aetsporne. 
 Tha cwaeth se Haeiend eft to him : Hit ys awriten, Ne 
 
 8 costna thu Drihten thinne God. Eft se deofol hine genam, 
 and laedde hine on swithe heahne munt, and aeteowde hym 
 
 9 ealle middan-geardes ri'cu, and heora wuldor ; and cwaeth 
 to him : Ealle thas ic sylle the. gif thu feallende to me 
 
 10 geeadmetst. Tha cwaeth se Haeiend to him : Gang thu 
 Sceocca on-baec : sothlice hit ys awriten, To Drihtne 
 thinum Gode thu the geeathmetsth, and him anum theo- 
 
 ii wast. Tha forlet se deofol hine, and englas genealaehton 
 and him thenodon. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG OFER TWELFTAN DAEG. 
 
 12 Sothlice tha se Haeiend gehyrde thaet Iohannes belaewed 
 
 13 waes, tha ferde he to Galileam ; and forlaetenre thaere 
 ceastre Nazareth, he com and eardode on Capharnaum, 
 on tham sae-gcmaerum, on endum Zabulon and Ncptalim ; 
 
 ii thaet waere gefylled thaet the gecweden v.aesthurhEsaiam 
 is tli one witegan, Zabulones eorthu and Neptalimes eorthe, 
 ig saes weg ofer Iordane, thara theoda Galilea ; theoda folc, 
 the on thystrum saet, geseah my eel leoht ; and sittendum 
 iron earde deathes scade, ys leoht up-asprungen. Syth- 
 
MATHEUS V. 
 
 than ongan se Haclend bodian, and cwethan : Doth daed- 
 bote, sothlice heofena rice genealaecth. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON ANDREAS MAESSE-DAEG. 
 
 Tha se Haelend eode with tha Galileiscan sae, he geseh is 
 twegen gebrothru, Simonem, se waes genemned Petrus ? 
 and Andream his brother, sendende heora nett on tha sae : 
 sothlice hi waeron fisceras. And he saede heom : Cumath 19 
 aefter me, and ic do thaet gyt beoth manna fisceras. And 20 
 hig thaer-rihte forleton heora net, and him fyligdon. And 21 
 tha he thanon eode, he geseh twegen othre gebrothru, Iaco- 
 bum Zebedei, and Iohannem his brother, on scype mid 
 heora faeder Zebedeo, remigende heora nett •, and he 
 clypode hig. Hig tha sona forleton heora nett and heora 22 
 faeder, and him fyligdon. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE THRYDDAN WUCAN 
 OFER TWELFTAN DAEG. 
 
 And tha beferde se Haelend ealle Galileam, laerende on 23 
 heora gesomnungum, and he waes bodigende godspel thaes 
 rices, and haelende aelce adle, and aelce untrumnysse on 
 tham folce. And tha ferde hys hli'sa into ealle Syriam, 24 
 and hig brohton hym ealle yfel-haebbende missenlicum 
 adlum, and on tintregum gegripene, and tha the deofol- 
 seocnessa haefdon, and monoth-seoce, and laman ; and he 
 tha gehaelde. And him fyligdon mycele maenigeo fram 25 
 Galilea, and fram Decapoli, and fram Hierusalem, and 
 fram Iudea, and fram begeondan Iordanen. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH TO EALRA IIALGENA MAESSAN. 
 
 V. Sothlice tha se Haelend geseah tha maeniu, he astah 1 
 on thone miint : and tha he saet, tha genealaehton his leorn- 
 ing-cnihtas to him : and he ontynde his muth and laerde 2 
 hig, and cwaeth : Eadige synd tha gastlican thearfan ; for- 3 
 tham heora ys heofena rice. Eadige synd tha the nu we- 4 
 path ; fortham the hi beoth gefrefrode. Eadige synd tha 5 
 li'than ; fortham the hig eorthan agan. Eadige synd tha the 6 
 
MATHEUS V. 
 
 rihtwisnesse hingriath and thyrstath ; iortham the hig beoth 
 7 gefyllede. Eadige synd tha mild-heortan ; fortham the hig 
 s mild-heortnysse begytath. Eadige synd tha claen-heortan ; 
 9 fortham the hig God geseoth. Eadige synd tha gesibsuman ; 
 io fortham the hig beoth Godes beam genemnde. Eadige synd 
 
 tha the ehtnysse tholiath for rihtwisnysse ; fortham the 
 n heora ys heofenan rice. Eadige synd ge thonne hig wyriath 
 
 eow, and ehtath eow, and secgath aelc yfel ongean eow 
 i2leogende, for me. Geblissiath, and gefaegniath ; fortham 
 
 the eower med ys mycel on heofenum : swa hig ehton tha 
 is witegan, the beforan eow waeron. Ge synd eorthan sealt : 
 
 gif thaet sealt awyrth on tham the hit gesylt bith, hit ne 
 
 maeg syththan to nahte, buton thaet hit sy ut-aworpen, and 
 H sy fram mannum fortreden. Ge sy nd middan-geardes leoht. 
 
 Ne maeg seo ceaster beon behy 1 , . the byth uppan munt aset. 
 15 Ne hig ne aelath heora leoht-faet, and hit under cyfe set- 
 
 tath, ac ofer candel-staef ; thaet hit onlihte eallum tham 
 io the on tham huse synd. Swa onlihte eower leoht beforan 
 
 mannum, thaet hig geseon eowre godan weorc, and wuld- 
 
 rian eowerne Faeder the on heon-num ys. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON THONE OTHERNE WODNES-DAEG OFER 
 PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 17 Nelle ge wenan thaet ic come to weorpan tha a'e, oththe tha 
 
 is witegan : ne com ic na to weorpan, ac gefyllan. Sothes 
 
 on eornost ic secge eow, Aertham the gewite heofon and 
 
 eorthe, an i oththe an prica ne gewi't fram thaere a'e, aerth- 
 
 19 am ealle thing geweorthan. Eornostlice se the towyrpth 
 an of thysum laestum bebodum, and tha men swa laerth, 
 se bith laest genemned on heofenan rice : sothlice se the hit 
 deth and laerth, se bith mycel genemned on heofenan rice. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON THONE FEORTHAN SUNNAN-DAEG OFER 
 PENTECOST EN. 
 
 20 Sothlice ic secge eow, Buton eower rihtwisnys mare sy 
 thonne thaera writera and sunder-halgena, ne ga ge na on 
 
 2i heofenan rice. Ge gehyrdon thaet gecweden waes on 
 
MATHEUS V. 
 
 ealdum tidum, Ne ofslyh thu ; se the ofslyhth, se byth dome 
 scyldig : ic secge eow sothlice, Thaet aelc the yrsath his 22 
 brether byth dome scyldig : sothlice se the segth hys bre- 
 ther, Thu awordena, he byth getheahte scyldig : se the 
 segth, Thu stiinta, se byth scyldig helle fyres. Eornostlice, 23 
 gif thu bringst thine lac to wefode, and thu thaer gethencst 
 thaet thin brother haefth aenig thing agen the ; laet thaer 21 
 thine lac beforan tham altare, and gang aer, and gesybsuma 
 with thinne brother ; and thonne cum thu syththan, and 
 bring thine lac. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE THRYDDAN 
 WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 Beo thu onbugende thinum wither-winnan hrathe, tha hwile 25 
 the thu eart on wege mid hym ; thy-laes the thin wither- 
 winna the sylle tham deman, and se dema the sylle tham 
 thene, and tlm sy on c wear tern send. Sothes ic the secge 26 
 Ne gaest thu thanone aer thu agylde thone ytemestan feorth- 
 lingc. Ge gehyrdon thaet on ealdum cwydum gecweden 27 
 waes, Ne unriht-haeme thu : sothlice ic secge eow, Thaet 23 
 aelc thaera the wif gesyhth and hyre gewilnath, eallunga 
 thaet se gesyngath on hys heortan. Gif thin swythre 29 
 eage the a'eswicige, ahola hyt lit, and awurp hyt fram the : 
 sothlice the } r s betere, thaet an thinra lima forweorthe, 
 thonne eal thin lichama sy on helle asend. And gif thin 30 
 swythre hand the asw/ce, aeeorf hig of, and awurp hig 
 fram the : witodlice the ys betere, thaet an thinra lima 
 forweorthe, thonne eal thin lichama fare to helle. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, 0?, T THAERE XVI. WUCAN OFER 
 PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 Sothlice hyt ys gecweden, Swa hwyle swa his wif forlaet, 31 
 he sylle hyre heora hiw-gedales hoc : ic secge eow to soth- 32 
 um, Thaet aelc the his wif forlaet, buton forlegeirysse thing- 
 um,he deth thaet heo unriht-haemth : and se unriht-haemth 
 the forlaetene aefter hym genimth. Eft ge gehyrdon thaet 33 
 
MATHEUS V. 
 
 gecweden waes on ealdum cwydum, Ne forswere thu, soth- 
 S4 lice Dryhtne thu agyltst thine athas : ic secge eow soth- 
 lice, Thaet ge eallunga ne swerion ; ne thurh heofen ; for- 
 
 35 tham the heo ys Godes thrym-setl : ne thurh eorthan ; 
 fortham the lieo ys hys fot-scamul : ne thurh Hierusalem ; 
 
 36 fortham the heo ys ma'eres Cyninges ceaster. Ne thu ne 
 swere thurh thin heafod ; fortham the thu ne miht aenne 
 
 37 loc gedon hwitne oththe blacne. Sothlice sy eower spraec, 
 Hyt ys, hyt ys ; Hyt nys, hyt nys : sothlice gyf thar mare 
 
 asbyth, thaet byth of yfele. Ge gehyrdon thaet gecweden 
 
 39 waes, Eage for eage, and toth for toth : sothlice ic secge 
 eow, Ne winne ge ongen tha the eow yfel doth : and gyf 
 hwa slea the on thin swythre wenge gegearwa hym thaet 
 
 40 other. And tham the wyle on dome with the llitan, and 
 4i niman thine tuncean, laet him to thinne waefels. And sWa 
 
 hwa swa the genyt thusend stapa, ga mid him othre twa 
 
 42 thusend. Syle tham the the bidde, and tham the wylle 
 aet the borgian, ne wyrn thu hym. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE SYXTEOTHAN WU- 
 CAN OFER PENTECOSTEN; AND ON FRIGE-DAEG INNAN THAERE 
 CYS-WUCAN. 
 
 43 Ge gehyrdon thaet gecweden waes, Lufa thinne nextan, 
 
 44 and hata thinne feond : sothlice ic secge eow, Lufiath 
 eowre fynd, and doth wel tham the eow yfel doth, and 
 
 45 gebiddath for eowre ehteras, and taelendum eow ; thaet ge 
 syn eowres Faeder beam, the on heofenum ys, se the deth 
 thaet hys sunne up-aspringth ofer tha godan and ofer tha 
 yfelan, and he laet n'nan ofer tha rihtwisan and ofer tha 
 
 46 unrihtwisan. Gyf ge sothlice tha lufiath the eow lufiath, 
 
 47 hwylce mede habbath ge ? hu ne doth manfulle swa ? And 
 gyf ge thaet an doth, thaet ge eowre gebrothra wylcumiath, 
 
 48 hwaet do ge mare ? hu ne doth haethene swa ? Eornost- 
 lice beoth fulfremede, swa eower heofonlica Faeder is ful- 
 fremed. 
 
 10 
 
MATHEUS VI. 
 
 VI. Begymath thaet ge ne don eowre rihtwisnesse be- 
 foran mannum, thaet ge syn geherede fram him ; elles 
 naebbe ge me'de mid eowrum Faeder, the on heofenum ys. 
 Eornustlice thonne thu thine aelmessan sylle, ne blawe man 2 
 byman beforan the, swa liceteras doth, on gesomnuncgum 
 and on wicum, thaet hy syn gearweorthode fram mannum. 
 Soth ic secge eow, Hi onfengon hyra mede. Sothlice thonne 3 
 thii thi'nne aelmessan do, nyte thin wynstre hwaet do thin 
 swythre : thaet thin aelmesse sy on diglum : and thin Fae- 4 
 der hit agylt the, se the gesyhth on diglum. And thonne 5 
 ge eow gebiddon, ne beo ge swylce liceteras : tha lufiath 
 thaet hig gebiddon hig standende on gesomnuncgum, and 
 straeta hyrnum, thaet men hig geseon. Soth ic secge eow, 
 Hig onfengon heora mede. Thu sothlice, thonne thu the 6 
 gebidde, gang into thinum bed-clyfan, and thinre dura be- 
 locenre, bide thi'nne Faeder on diglum ; and thin Faeder, 
 the gesyhth on diglum, hyt agylt the. Sothlice thonne ge 7 
 eow gebiddon, nellon ge sprecan fela swa swa haethene : 
 hig wenath thaet hig syn gehyrede on heora maenigfealdan 
 spaece. Nellen ge eornostlice hym geefenlaecan : sothlice 8 
 eower Faeder wat hwaet eow thearf ys, aertham the ge 
 hyne biddath. Eornostlice gebiddath eow thus : Faeder 9 
 lire, thu the eart on heofenum, Si thin nama gehalgod. 
 To-becume thin rice. Geweorthe thin willa on eorthan, 10 
 swa swa on heofenum. Urne daeghwamlican hlaf syle us 11 
 to-daeg. And forgyf us lire gyltas, swa swa we forgifath 12 
 urum gyltendum. And ne gelaede thu us on costnunge, ac 13 
 alys us of yfle : Sothlice. Witodlice gif ge forgyfath man- u 
 num heora synna, thonne fcrgyfth eower se heofenlica 
 Faeder eow eowre gyltas : gyf ge sothlice ne forgyfath u 
 mannum, ne eower Faeder ne forgyfth eow eowre synna. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATII TO CArUD IEIUNII ON WODNES-DAEG. 
 
 Sothlice, thonne ge faesten, nellon ge wesan swylce lease id 
 licceteras : hig fornimath hyra ansyna, thaet hig aeteowan 
 
MATHEUS VI. 
 
 mamram faestende. Sothlice ic secge eow, Thaet hig on- 
 
 17 fengon heora mode. Thu sothlice, thonne thu faeste, smyra 
 
 is thin hcafod,and thweah thine ansyne ; thaet thu ne sy gese- 
 
 wen firam mannum faestende, ac thinum Faeder the ys on 
 
 dyglum : and thin Faeder, the gesylith on dyglum, hit agylt 
 
 19 the. Nellen ge gold-hcrdian eowgold-hordas on eorthan, 
 tji.icr 6m and moththe hyt fornimth, and thaer theofas hit 
 
 20 delfath and forstelath : gold-hordiath eow sothlice gold- 
 hordas on hedfenan, thaer nathor 6m ne moththe hit ne 
 fornymth, and thaer theofas hit ne delfath ne ne forstelath : 
 
 2i witodlice, thaer thin gold-hord ys, thaer ys thin heorte. 
 
 22 Thi'nes lichaman leoht-faet ys thin edge : gyf thin eage 
 
 23 byth anfeald, call thin lichama byth beorht : gyf thin eage 
 sothlice byth manfull, call thin lichama byth thysterfull. 
 Eornostlice, gyf thaet leoht the on the ys syntthystru, hu 
 mycle beoth tha thyslru ! 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THONE SYXTEOTHAN SUNNAN-DAEG OFER PEN- 
 TECOSTEN. 
 
 24 ]S T e maeg nan man twam hlafordum theowian : oththe he 
 sothlice aenne hatath, and otherne lufath ; oththe he byth 
 anum gehyrsum, and othrum ungehyrsum. Ne magon 
 
 25 ge Gode theowian and woruld-welan : fortham ic secge 
 eow, Thaet ge ne syn ymb-hydige eowre sawle, hwaet ge 
 eton ; ne eowrum lichaman, mid hwam ge syn ymb- 
 scrydde. Hu nys seo sawl scire thonne mete, and eower 
 
 26 lichama betera thonne thaet reaf? Behealdath heofenan 
 fuglas : fortham the hig ne sawath, ne hig ne ripath, ne hig 
 ne gadriath on bernc ; and eower heofonlica Faeder hig 
 
 27fet. Hu ne synd ge selran thonne hig ? Ilwylc eower 
 maeg sothlice gethencan thaet he geeacnige ane elne to his 
 
 as anlicnesse ? » And to hwi synd ge ymb-hydige be reafe ? 
 Besceav.iath aeceres lilian, hu big weaxath ; ne swincath 
 
 W hig, ne hig ne spinnath : ic secge eow sothlice, Thaet fur- 
 thon Salomon on eallum hys wuldre naes oferwrigen swa 
 
 12 
 
MATHEUS VII. 
 
 swa an of thysum. Sothlice, gif aeceres wood, timet the 30 
 to-daeg ys, and byth to-morgen on ofen asend, God swa 
 scryt, eala ge gehwa'edes geleafan, tham mycle ma he scryt 
 eow. Nellen ge eornostlice boon ymb-hydige, thus ewe- 31 
 thende, Hwaet ete we ? oththe hwaet drince we ? oththe 
 mid hwam beo we oferwrigene ? Sothlice ealle thas tiling 32 
 theoda secath : witodlice, eower Faeder wat tliaet o- e ealra 
 thyssa thinga bethurfon. Eornostlice secath aerest Godes 33 
 rice, and hys rihtwisnesse ; and ealle thas thing eow beoth 
 thaerto geeacnode. Ne beo ge na hogiende ymb tha mor- 34 
 genlican neode : sothlice se morgenlica daeg carath ymb 
 hyne sylfne. Aeghwylc daeg haefth genoh on hys agenum 
 ymbhogan. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL OX THONE FEORTHAN SUNNAN-DAEG OFER 
 PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 VII. Nellen ge deman, thaet ge ne syn fordemede. Wit- 
 odlice tham ylcan dome the ge demath, eow byth gede'med : 2 
 and on tham ylcan gemete the ge metath, eow byth 
 gemeten. To hwi gesyhst thu thaet mot on thines brother 3 
 eagan, and thu ne gesyhst thone beam on thinum agenum 
 eagan ? Oththe humeta cwyst thu to thinum brether, 4 
 Brothur, thafa tj.iaet ic ut-ado thaet mot of thinum eagan, 
 thonne se beam bith on thinum agenum eagan ? La thu 5 
 liccetere, ado aerest ut thone beam of thinum agenum 
 eagan, and behawa thonne thaet thu ut-ado thaet mot of 
 thines brother eagan. Nellen ge thaet halige syllan hun- o> 
 dum, ne ge ne wurpen eowre mere-grotu to-foran eowrum 
 swinum, thy-laes hig mid hyra fotum hig fortredon, and 
 big thonne ongean gewende eow tosliton. 
 
 THYS GODSrEL SCEAL TO GANG-DAGON. 
 
 Biddath, and eow bith geseald ; secath, and ge hyt findath ; 7 
 
 cnuciath, and eow bith ontyned. Witodlice aelc thaera the a 
 
 bit he onfehth ; and se the secth he hyt flnt ; and tham 
 
 cnuciendum bith ontyned. Hwylc man ys of eow, gyf hys 9 
 13 3 
 
MATHEUS VII. 
 
 10 sunu hyne bit hlafes, sylst thu hym stan ? oththe gif be bit 
 
 11 usees, sylst thu hym naedran ? Eornostlice nu ge, the 
 yfele synd, cunnon gode sylena eowrum bearnum syllan, 
 mycle ma eower Faeder, the on heofenum ys, syleth god 
 
 12 tham the hyne biddath. Eornostlice, ealle tha thing the 
 ge wyllen thaet men eow don, doth ge hym thaet sylfe : 
 
 13 thaet ys sothlice ae and witegena bebod. Gangath in tjiurh 
 thaet nearuwe geat ; forthon the thaet geat ys swythe wi'd, 
 and se weg ys swythe rum, the to forspyllednesse gelaet ; 
 
 14 and swythe manega synd the thurh thone weg farath. Eala 
 hu nearu and hu angsum ys thaet geat, and se weg, the 
 to life gelaet; and swythe feawa synd the thone weg 
 finden ! 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON THAERE NYGOTHAN WUCAN OFER 
 PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 15 Warniath eow fram leasum witegum, tha cumath to eow 
 on sceapa gegyrelum, ac hig beoth innane reafigende wulf- 
 
 16 as : fram hyra waestmun ge hi undergytath. Cwyst thu 
 gaderath man wm-berian of thornum, oththe fic-aeppla of 
 
 i7 thyrncinum ? Swa aelc god treow byrth gode waestmas, 
 
 is and aelc yfel treow byrth yfele waestmas. Ne maeg thaet 
 
 gode treow beran yfele waestmas, ne thaet yfele treow gode 
 
 19 waestmas. Aelc treow the ne byrth godne waestm, sy hy 
 
 20 forcorfen, and on fyr aworpen : witodlice be heora waestm- 
 
 21 um ge hig oncnawath. Ne gaeth aelc thaera on heofena 
 rice, the cwyth to me,Dryhten, Dryhten ; ac se the wyrcth 
 mines Faeder willan, the on heofenum is, se gaeth on heof- 
 
 22 ena rice. Manega cwethath on tham daege to me, Dryhten, 
 Dryhten, hu ne witegode we on thinum naman ? and on 
 thinum naman we ut-awurpon deoflu ? and on thinum 
 
 ?3 naman we worhton mycle myhta ? Thonne cwethe ic to 
 hym, Thaet ic eow naefre nu cuthe : gewitath fram me, ge 
 
 24 the worhton unryhtwisnesse. Eornostlice, aelc thaera the 
 thas mine word gehyrth, and tha wyrcth, byth gelic tham 
 
MATHEUS VIII. 
 
 wisan were, se hys hus ofer stan getimbrode : tha com 25 
 thaer ren, and mycel flod, and thaer bleowon windas, and 
 ahruron on thaet hus, and hyt na ne feoll : sothlice hyt waes 
 ofer stan getimbrod. And aelc t.haera the gehyrth thas mine 26 
 word, and tha ne wyrcth, se byth gelic tham dysigan men, 
 the getimbrode hys hus ofer sand-ceosel : tha rinde hyt, 27 
 and thaer com flod, and bleowon windas, and ahruron on 
 thaet hus ; and thaet hus feoll, and hys hryre was mycel. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THONE THRYDDAN SUNN AN-D AEG OFER 
 EPIPHANIAN. 
 
 Tha waes geworden, tha se Haelend thas word geendode, 28 
 tha wundrode thaet folc his lare : sothlice he laerde swylce 29 
 he anweald haefde, and na swa swa heora boceras, and 
 sunder-halgan. 
 
 VIII. Sothlice tha se Haelend of tham munte nyther- 
 astah, tha fyligdon hym mycle maenio. Tha, genealaehte an 3 
 hreofla to hym, and hyne to hym geeathmedde, and thus 
 cwaeth : Dryhten, gyft.hu wylt,thu miht me geclaensian. 
 Tha astrehte se Haelend hys hand, and hrepode hyne, and 3 
 t.lius cwaeth : Ic wylle ; beo thu geclaensod. And hys hreofla 
 waes hraedlice geclaensod . Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : 4 
 Warna the thaet thu hyt naenegum men ne secge ; ac gang, 
 aeteowe the tham sacerde, and bring hym tha lac the Moy- 
 ses bebead, on hyra gecythnesse. Sothlice tha se Haelend 5 
 in-eode on Capharnaum, tha genealaehte hym an hun- 
 dredes ealdor, hyne biddende, and thus cwethende : Dryht- 6 
 en, min cnapa lith 011 mi'mim huse lama, and mid yfele 
 gethread. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : Ic cume and 7 
 hyne gehaele. Tha andswarode se hundredes ealdor, and 8 
 thus cwaeth : Dryhfcen, ne eom ic wyrthe thaet thu in-gange 
 under mine thecene ; ac cweth thin an word, and min cnapa 
 byth gehacled. Sothlice ic eom man under anwealde geset, 9 
 and ic haebbe thegnas under me ; and ic cwethe to thysum, 
 Gang, and he gaeth ; and ic cwethe to othrum, Cum, and 
 
MATHEUS VIII. 
 
 he cymth ; and to minum theowe, Wyrc thys, and he 
 
 jo wyrcth. Witodlice tha se Haelend thys gehyrde, tha wun- 
 
 drode he, and cwaeth to tliam the hym fyligdon: Soth ic 
 
 secge cow, Ne gemette ic swa mycelne geleafan on Israhel. 
 
 11 To sothum ie secge cow, Thaet manige cumath fram east- 
 daele and west-daele, and wuniath mid Abrahame, and 
 
 12 Isaace and Iacobe, on heofena rice. Witodlice thyses rices 
 beam booth aworpene on tha ytemestan thystro : thaerbith 
 
 13 wop andtotha gristbitung. And se Haelend cwaeth to tliam 
 huridredes ealdre : Ga, and geweorthe the swa swa thu ge- 
 lyfdest. And se cnapawaes gehaeled on thaere tide. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH OX FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE TWA AND TWEN- 
 TUGOTHAN WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 u Tha se Haelend com on Petres hus, tha geseah he hys 
 is swegre licgende, and hrithigende ; and he aethran hyre 
 
 hand, and se fefor hig forlet : tha aras heo and thenode 
 ie hym. Sothlice tha hyt aefen waes, hig brohton hym manege 
 
 deofol-seoce : and he ut-adraefde tha unclaenan gastas 
 
 mid hys worde, and he ealle gehaekle tha yfel-haebbend- 
 l- an : thaet waere gefylled thaet gecweden is thurh Esaiam 
 
 thone witegan, thus cwethende, He onfeng ure untrum- 
 
 18 nessa, and he baer ure adla. Tha geseah se Haelend mycle 
 maenigeo ymb-utan hyne, tha hct he hig faran ofer thone 
 muthan. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON TffAERE FEORTHAN WUCAN 
 OFER TWELFTAN DAEG. 
 
 19 Tha genealaehte hym an bocere, and cwaeth : Lareow, 
 
 20 ic fylige the, swa hwaeder swa thu faerst. Tha cwaeth se 
 Haelend to hym : Foxas habbath holu, and heofenes 
 fuglas nest ; sothlice mannes Sunu naefth hwaer he hys 
 
 «i heafod ahylde. Tha cwaeth to him other of hys leorning- 
 cnyhtum : Drihten, alyfe me aerest to farenne, and beby- 
 
 22 rigean minne faeder. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : 
 Fylig me, and let deade bebyrigean heora deadan. 
 
MATHEUS IX. 
 
 THYS SOEAL ON THONE FEORTHAN SUNNAN-DAEG OFER 
 TVVELFTAN DAEG. 
 
 And he astah on scyp, and his leorning-cnyhtas hyni >3 
 fyligdon. Tha wearth mycel styrung geworden on thaere o» 
 sae, swa thaet thaet scyp wearth ofergoten mid ythum : 
 witodlice he slep. And hig genealaehton, and awehton hyne, 25 
 thus cwetheiide : Dryhten, haele us : we moton forweorthan. 
 Tha cwaeth he to him : To hwi synd ge forhte, ge lytles 26 
 geleafan ? Tha aras he, and behead tham winde, and thaere 
 sae : and thaer wearth geworden mycel smyltnys. Gewis- 27 
 lice tha men wundredon, and thus cwaedon : Hwaet ys thes, 
 thaet windas and sae hym hyrsumiath ? Tha se Haelend com 28 
 ofer thone muthan, on Geraseniscra rice, tha union hym 
 togeanes twegen the haefdon deofol-seocnesse, of byrgen- 
 um ut-gangende, tha waeron swithe rethe, swa thaet nan 
 man ne mihte faran thurh thone weg. And hig hrymdon, 29 
 and cwaedon : La Haelend, Godes Sunu ! hwaet ys the and 
 us gemaene ? come thu hideraer tide, us to threagenne ? 
 Thaer waes sothlice unfeorran swyna heord manegra manna so 
 laeswigende. Tha deofla sothlice hyne baedon, thus cweth- 31 
 ende : Gyf thu us ut-adrifst, asende us on thas swyna 
 heorde. Tha cwaeth he to hym : Farath. And hig tha ut- 32 
 gangende, ferdon on tha swyn : and thaer-rihte ferde eall 
 seo heord, myclum onraese, niwel on tha sae, and hig 
 wurdon deade on tham waetere. Tha hyrdas witodlice 33 
 flugon, and comon on tha ceastre, and cyddon ealle thas 
 thing, and be tham the tha deoful-seocnyssa haefdon. Tha 34 
 code eall seo ceaster-waru togeanes tham Haelende : and 
 tha tha hig hyne gesawon, tha baedon hig hyne thaet he 
 ferde fram heora gemaerum. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON SUNXAN-OAEG, ON THAERE TVYENTU- 
 GOTHAN WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEX. 
 
 IX. Tha astah he on scyp, and ofer-seglode, and com ] 
 
 on hys ceastie. Tha brohton hig hym aenne laman, on 2 
 17 3* 
 
M.VTHEUS IX. 
 
 bedde licgende : lha geseah se Haelend heora geleafan, and 
 cwaeth to tham Laman : La brain, gelyfe ; the beoth thine 
 
 3 synna forgj fene. Tha cwaedon surae tha boceras hym be- 
 
 4 twynan: Thessprycthbysmor-spraece. Tha se Haelend ge- 
 seah heora gethanc, tha cwaeth he : To hwi thence ge yfel on 
 
 s eowrum heortum ? J I w&ei ys eathelicre to cwethanne, The 
 
 beoth forgyfene thine synna, oththe to cwethanne, An's, and 
 c ga ? Thaet ge sothlice witon thaet mannes Sunu haefth an- 
 
 weald on eorthan synna to forgyfanne, tha cwaeth he to tham 
 7 laman, An's, livm thin bedd, and gang on thin hus. And he 
 s aras, and ferde to hys huse. Sothlice tha tha seo maenigeo 
 
 thys gesawon, tha ondredon hig hym, and wuldredon God, 
 
 the sealde swylcne anweald mannura. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON S« MATHEUS MAESSE-AEFEN. 
 
 9 Tha se Haelend thanon ferde, he geseah aenne man sittende 
 aet toll-sceamule,thaes namawaes Matheus : and he cwaeth 
 
 io to him : Fylig me. And he aras, and fyligde hym. And 
 hyt waes geworden, tha he saet innan huse, tha comon 
 manega manfulle and synfulle, and saeton mid tham Hael- 
 
 n ende and hys leorning-cnyhtum. Tha tha sunder-halgan 
 thaet gesawon, tha cwaedon hig to hys leorning-cnyhtum : 
 Hwi ys eower lareow mid manfullum and synfullum ? 
 
 u And se Haelend cwaeth, this gehyrende : Nys halum laeces 
 
 13 nan thearf, ac seocum. Gath sothlice, and leorniath hwaet 
 is, Ic wylle mild-heortnesse, naes onsaegdnesse : sothlice 
 ne com ic rihtwise to gecigeanne, ac tha synfullan. 
 
 THYS SCEAL OX FRIGE DAEG, ON THAERE OTHRE EASTER- 
 WUCAN. 
 
 14 Tha genealaehton Iohannes leorning-cnyhtas to hym, 
 and thus cwa'edon : Hwi faeste w r e and tha sundor-halgan 
 gelomlice ? sothlice thine leorning-cnyhtas ne faestath. 
 
 i,s And se Haelend cwaeth to him : Cwethe ge sceolon thaes 
 bryd-guman cnyhtas wepan, tha hwile the se bryd-guma 
 mid hym byth ? sothlice tha dagas cumath thaet se bryd- 
 
MATHEUS I'". 
 
 guma byth afyrred (ram hym, and thcnne on tham dagum 
 hig faestath. Ne delh witodlice nan man niwes clathes scyp ie 
 on cald reaf : he tobrycth hys stede on tham reafe, and se 
 slite byth the wyrsa. Ne hig ne doth niwe win on ealde w 
 bytta ; gif he doth, tha bytta beoth tobrocene, and thaet wm 
 agoten, and tha bytta forweorthath ; ac hig doth niwe win 
 on niwe bytta, and aegther byth gehealden. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON SUNNAN-DAEG, ON THAERE F1F AND TWEN- 
 TUGOTHAN WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 Tha he thas thing to hym spraec, tha genealaehte an ealdor, is 
 and geeathmedde hyne to hym, thus cwethende : Dryhten, 
 min dohtor ys dead ; ac cum and sete thine hand uppan 
 hig, and heo lyfath. And se Haelend aras, and fyligde 19 
 hym, and hys leorning-cnyhtas. And tha an wi'f, the thol- 2c 
 ode blod-ryne twelf gear, genealaehte with-aeftan, and 
 acthran hys reafes fnaed : heo cwaeth sothlice on hyre 21 
 mode, For an ic beo hal, gyf ic hys reafes aethn'ne. And 22 
 se Haelend bewende hyne, and hig geseah, and cwaeth : 
 Gelyf dohtor ; thin geleafa the gehaelde. And thaet wi'f 
 waes geha'eled on thaere tide. And tha se Haelend com 23 
 into thaes ealdres healle, and geseah hwistleras, and 
 hlydende maenio, he cwaeth : Gath heonon ; nys thys 24 
 maeden dead sothlice, ac heo slaepth. And hig taeldon 
 hyne. And tha he tha maenio ut-adraf, he eode in, and 25 
 nam hyre hand, and thaet maeden aras. And thes hlisa26 
 sprang ofer eall thaet land. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE XIII. WUCAN OFER 
 PE.NTECOSTEN, 
 
 Tha se Haelend thanon for, tha fyligdon hym twegen 27 
 blinde, hrymende and cwethende, La Dauides sunu, ge 
 miltsa unc. Sothlice tha he ham com, tha blindan genea- 2 s 
 laehton to hym : and se Haelend cwaeth to hym : Gelyfe gyt 
 thaet ic inc maeg gehaelan ? Hig cwaedon to hym : Witod- 
 lice, Dryhten. Tha aethran he hyra eagena, cwethende : 29 
 
MATITEUS X. 
 
 30 Sy inc aefter incrum geleafan. And heora eagan waeron 
 ontynede ; and se Haelend bebead hym, cwethende : Warn- 
 
 31 iath thaet go hyt nanum men ne secgon. Hig sothlice 
 
 ingende gewidmaersodon hyne ofer eall thaet land. 
 33 Tha hig waeron sothlice ut-agane, hig brohton hym dumbne 
 33 man, se waes deofol-seoc. And ut-adryfenum tham deofle, 
 
 se dumba spraec : and tha maenio wundrcdon, cwethende : 
 3i Naefre aetywde swylc on Israhela-folce. Sothlice tha sun- 
 
 der-halgaD cwa'edon : On deofla ealdre he drifth ut deoflu. 
 33 And se Haelend ymb-for ealle burga and ceastra, laerende 
 
 on heora gesomnungum, and bodigende rices godspel, 
 
 36 and haelende aelce adle, and aelce untrumnysse. He 
 gemiltsode sothlice thaere maenio, tha he hig geseah ; for- 
 th un hig waeron gedrehte, and licgende swa swa sceap 
 
 37 the hyrde nabbath. Tha he saede hys leorning-cnyhtum : 
 
 38 Witodlice micel rip ys, and feawa wyrhtena : biddath 
 thaes ripes hlaford, thaet he sende wyrhtan to his ripe. 
 
 X. And to-somne gecigedum his twelf leorning-cnyht- 
 um, he sealde hym unclaenra gasta anweald, thaet hig 
 adryfon hig lit, an 1 haeldon aelce adle, and aelce untrum- 
 
 2 nysse. Thys synt sothlice thaera twelf aposiola naman : Se 
 forma ys Simon, the ys genemned Petrus, and Andreas 
 hys brothur ; Iacobus Zebedei, and Iohannes hys brothur ; 
 
 3 Philippus, and Bartholomeus ; Thomas, and Matheus 
 
 4 Publicanus ; and Iacobus Alphei ; and Taddeus ; Simon 
 s Chananeus ; and Iudas Scarioth, the hyne belaewde. Thas 
 
 twelf se Haelend sende, hym bebeodende, and cwethende : 
 Ne fare ge on thcoda weg, and ne ga ge innan Samari- 
 
 6 tana ceastre : ac gath ma to tham sceapum the forwurdon 
 
 7 Israhela hiw-raedene. Se Haelend cwaeth to hys leorning- 
 cnyhtum : Gath and bodiath, cwethende, Thaet heofena rice 
 
 8 genealaecth. Haelath untrume,awecceathdeade,claensiath 
 hreofle, drifath lit deoflu : ge onfengon to gyfe, syllath to 
 
 9 gyfe. Naebbe ge gold, ne seolfer, ne feoh on eowrum 
 
 20 
 
MATHEUS %. 
 
 bfgyrdlum ; ne codd on wege, ne twa tunecan, ne gescy, 10 
 ne gyrde : sothlice se wyrhta ys wyrthe hys metes. On n 
 swa hwylce burh oththe ceastre swa ge in-gath, acsiath hwa 
 sy wyrthe on thaere ; and wuniath thaer oth ge ut-gan. 
 Thonne ge in-gan sothlice on thaet hus,gretath hit, cweth- 12 
 ende, Sy syb thysum huse. And gyf thaet hus witodlice 13 
 wyrthe byth, eower syb cymth ofer hyt : gyf hyt sothlice 
 wyrthe ne byth, eower syb byth to eow gecyrred. And swa 14 
 hwa swa eow ne underfehth, ne eowre spraeca ne gehyrth, 
 thonne ge ut-gan of tham huse, oththe of thaere ceastre, as- 
 ceacath thaet dust of cowrum fotum. Sothlice ic eow secge, 15 
 Acumenulicre byth Sodoma-lande and Gomorra on domes 
 dacg, thonne thaere ceastre. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL TO MANEGRA MARTYRA MAESSE- 
 DAEG. 
 
 Nu ic eow sende swa sceap gemang wulfas : beoth 16 
 eornostlice gleawe swa naeddran, and bilwite swa culfran. 
 Warniath eow sothlice fram mannum : hig syllath eow soth- 17 
 lice on gemotum, and swingath eow on hyra gesomnung- 
 um ; and ge beoth gelaedde to demum and to cyningum is 
 for me, to hyra dome and theodum. Thonne belaewath hig 19 
 and syllath eow, ne thence ge hu oththe hwaet ge sprecon : 
 eow byth geseald sothlice on thaere tide hwaet ge sprecon. 
 Ne synt ge na the thaer sprecath, ac eowres Faeder Gast the 20 
 sprycth on eow. Sothlice brother sylth hys brother to dcathe, 21 
 and faeder his sunu : and beam arisath ongen magas, and 
 to deathe hig fordoth. And ge beoth on hatunge eallum22 
 mannum for minum naman : sothlice se thurhwunath oth 
 ende, se byth hal. Thonne hig eow ehtath on thysse by rig, 23 
 fleoth on othre ; and thonne hig on thaere eow ehtath, fleoth 
 on tha thryddan : sothlice ic eow secge, Ne befarath ge Isra- 
 helaburga,aerthan the mannes Sunucume. Nysse leorning- 24 
 cnyht ofer hys lareow, ne theow ofer hys hlaford. Genoh 25 
 byth sothlice tham leorning-cnyhte tliaet he sy swylce hys 
 
MATHEUS X. 
 
 lareow, and theow swylce hys hlaford. Gyf hig thaes 
 hyredes faeder Belzebub clypedon, mycle swythor hig eow 
 
 26 clypiath. Eornostlice ne ondraede ge hig. 
 
 T1IYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH TO ANES CONFESSORES MAESSE- 
 DAEG. 
 
 Nys sothlice nan thing digle, thaet ne weorthe geswutelod : 
 
 27 ne nan dygle thing, thaet ne weorthe geopenod. Thaet ic 
 eow secge on thystrum, secgath hyt on lcohte '. and thaet 
 
 28 ge on care gehyrath, bodiath uppan hrofum. And ne 
 ondraede ge tha the eowerne lichaman ofsleath : ne magon 
 hig sothlicc tha sawle ofslean : ac ondraedath ma thone the 
 
 29 maeg sawle and lichaman fordon on helle. Hu ne becyp- 
 ath hig twcgen spearwan to peninge ? and an of tham ne 
 
 so befylth on eorthan, butan eowrum Faeder : and sothlice 
 
 31 ealle eowres heafdes loccas synt getealde. Ne ondraede 
 
 32 ge ; ge synt selran thonne manega spearwan. Aelcne 
 eornostlice the me cyth beforan mannum, ic cythe hyne 
 
 33 beforan mi'num Faeder the on heofenum ys. Se the me 
 withsaecth beforan mannum, and ic withsace hyne beforan 
 
 34 minum Faeder the on heofenum ys. Ne wene ge thaet ic 
 come sybbe on eorthan to sendanne : ne com ic sybbe to 
 
 35 sendanne, ac sweord. Ic com sothlice mann asyndrian on- 
 gean hys faeder, and dohtor ongean hyre moder, and snore 
 
 36 ongean hyre swegre : and mannes fynd hys gehusan. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH TO ANES M4RTY r RES MAESSE- 
 DAEGE. 
 
 3- Se Haelend cwaeth to hys leorning-cnyhtum : Se the 
 lufath faeder oththe modor ma thonne me, nys he me wyrthe ; 
 and se the lufath sunu oththe dohtor swythur thonne me, nys 
 
 as he me wyrthe ; and se the ne nimth hys cwylminge, and 
 
 39 fylgth me, nys he me wyrthe. Se the gemet hys sawle, 
 se forspilth hig ; and se forspilth hys sawle for me, he 
 
 40 gemet hig. Se the eow underfehth, he underfehth me ; 
 and sethe me underfehth, he underfehth thone the me sende. 
 
MATHEUS XL 
 
 Se the underfehth witegan on witegan naman, he onfehth 41 
 witegan mede ; and se the underfehth rihtwisne on riht- 
 wises naman, he onfehth rihtwises mede. And swa hwyle 42 
 swa sylth anne drinc cealdes waeteres anuni thyssa lytelra 
 
 manna, on leorning-cnyhtes naman, soth ic secge eow, ne 
 ainyrth he hys mede. 
 
 XI. And hyt waes geworden, tha se Haelend thys geend- 
 ude, hys twelf leorning-cnyhtum bebeodende, he for 
 tjianon, thaet he laerde and bodode on heora burgum. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON TIIAERE AERRAN WUCAN AER MYDA- 
 VVINTRA. 
 
 Tha Iohannes on bendum gehyrde Cristes weorc, tha 2 
 sende he to hym twegen hys leorning-cnyhta, and cwaeth : 3 
 Eart thu the to cumenne eart ? oththe we othres sceolon 
 abidan ? Se Haelend andswarode and cwaeth to hym : 4 
 Gath and cy thath Iohanne tha thing the ge gehyrdon and ge- 
 sawon : blinde geseoth, healte gath, hreofe synd geclaen- 5 
 sode, deafe gehyrath, deade arisath, thearfan bodiath : and 6 
 eadig ys se the ne swycath on me. Tha hig ut-eodon, soth- 7 
 lice tha ongan se Haelend secgan be Iohanne, and cwaeth 
 to thaere maenio : Hwi eode ge lit on westen geseon ? 
 v.inde aweged hreod ? oththe hwi eode ge ut geseon ? & 
 mann hnescum gyrlum gescrydne ? nu, tha the synd hnesc- 
 ura gyrlum gescrydde, synd on cyninga husum : ac 9 
 hwaet code ge lit witegan geseon ? ic eow secge, eac 
 maran thonne witegan. Thes ys sothlice be tham awriten ys, 10 
 Nu ic sende minne engel beforan thine ansyne, se gegearw- 
 ath thinne weg beforan the. Sothlice ic eow secge, Ne n 
 aras betwyx wifa bearnum, mara Iohanna fulluhtere : 
 sothlice se the laessa ys, ys on heofena rice him mara. 
 Sothlice fram Iohannes dagum fulluhteres oth this heofena 12 
 rice tholath nead, and strece nimath thaet. Sothlice ealle 13 
 witegan and ae witegodon oth Iohannes : and, gyf ge u 
 wyllath gelyfan, he ys Heli'as the to cumenne ys. Se the 15 
 
MATHEUS XI 
 
 ioearan haebbe to gehyranne, gehyre. Sothlice hwam telle 
 ic thas cneorysse gelice ? heo ys gelic sitlcndum cnapun 
 
 17 on foretige, tha hrymath to heora efen-gelicum, and cweth- 
 ath, We sungon eow, and ge ne fri'cudun; we cwithdun, and 
 
 is ge ne weopon. Sothlice Iohannes com ne etende, ne 
 drino nde, and hig cwaedon, He haefth deoful-seocnysse. 
 
 wMannes Sunu com etende and drincende, and hig cweth- 
 ath, Her ys etul-man and win-drincende, manfulra and 
 synfulra freond. And wisdom ys gerihtwisod fram heora 
 bearnum. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE THRY- 
 TEOTHAN WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 20 Tha ongan he hyspan tha burga, on tham waeron gedone 
 manega hys maegena ; fortham the hig ne dydon daed-bote : 
 
 21 Wa the, Corozaim ! wa the, Bethsaida ! fortham gyf on 
 Tyro and Sydone waeron gedone tha maegenu the gedone 
 synd on eow, gefyrn hi dydon daed-bote on haeran and 
 
 ?2 on axan. Theah ic secge inc, Tyro and Sydone byth 
 
 23 forgifenlicor on domes daeg, thonne eow. And thu, Ca- 
 pharnaum, cwyst thu byst thu up-ahafen oth heofen, ac thu 
 nyther-faerst othhelle ; fortham gyf on Sodoma-lande waer- 
 on gedone tha maegenu, the gedone synd on the, witodlice 
 
 24 hig wunedon oth thysne daeg. Theah-hwaethere ic secge 
 eow, Thaet Sodom-wara lande byth forgyfenlicre on domes 
 daeg, thonne the. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE SYXTAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 25 Se Haelend cwaeth andswariende : Ic andette the, Driht- 
 en heofenes and eorthan,thu the behyddest thas thing fram 
 
 cowisum and gleawum, and onwrige tha lytlingum. Swa 
 Faeder : fortham hyt waes swa gecweme beforan the. 
 
 27 Ealle thing me synd gesealde fram minum Faeder ; and nan 
 man ne can thone Sunu, butan Faeder ; ne nan man ne 
 can thone Faeder, butan Sunu, and tham the se Sunu wyle 
 
MATHEUS XII. 
 
 onwreon. Cumath to me calle the swincath and gesymede 28 
 synd, and ic eow geblissige. JNimath mi'n geoc ofer eow, 20 
 and leorniath aet me ; fortham ic eom bilwite and eadmod 
 on heortan, and ge gemetath reste eowrum sawlum. Soth- 30 
 lice mi'n geoc ys wynsum, and mm byrthen ys leoht. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE EAHTOTHAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 XII. Se Haelend for on reste-daeg ofer aeceras ; sothlice 
 hys leorning-cnyhtas hingrede, and hig ongunnon pluc 
 cian tha ear and etan. Sothlice tha tha sundor-halgan thaet 2 
 gesawon, hi cwaedon to him : Nu thine leorning-cnyhtas 
 doth thaet him alyfed nys reste-dagum to donne. And he 3 
 cwaeth to hym : Ne raedde ge hwaet Dauid dyde tha hyne 
 hingrede, and tha the mid hym waeron ? hu he in-eode on 4 
 Godes hus, and aet tha offring-hlafas, the naeron hym alyf- 
 ede to etanne, ne tham the mid hym waeron, buton tham 
 sacerdum anum ? Oththe ne raedde ge on thaere a'e, tha'et 5 
 tha sacerdas on reste-dagum on tham temple gewemmath 
 thone reste-daeg, and synd butan leahtre ? Ic secge sothlice 6 
 eow, Thaet thes ys maerra thonne thaet tempi. Gyf ge soth- 7 
 lice wiston hwaet ys, Ic wylle mild-heortnysse, and na on- 
 saegdnysse, ne genythrade ge aefre unscyldige. Sothlice s 
 mannes Sunu ys eac reste-daeges Hlaford. Tha se Haelend 9 
 thanun for, he com into heora gesomnunge ; tha waes 10 
 thaer an man se haefde forscruncene hand. And hig acso- 
 don hyne, thus cwethende : Ys hyt alyfed to haelanne on 
 reste-dagum ? thaet hig wrehton hyne. He saede hym 11 
 sothlice : Hwylc man ys of eow, the haebbe an sceap and 
 gyf thaet afylth reste-dagum on pytt, hu ne nymth he thaet, 
 and hefth hyt up ? witodlice micle ma man ys sceape 12 
 betera ; witodlice hyt ys alyfed on reste-dagum wel to 
 donne. Tha cwaeth he to tham men: Athene thine hand. And 13 
 he hi athenede ; and heo waes hal geworden, swa seo other. 
 
 86 * 3 
 
MATHEUS XII. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON TIIAERE XIIII VVUCAN 
 OFER PExNTECOSTEN. 
 
 14 Tha sundor-halgan eodon tha lit sothlice, and worhton 
 is getheaht ongen hyne, hu hig hyne forspyldon. Se Hael- 
 
 cnd sothlice thaet wiste, and ferde thanon : and hym fylig- 
 i6 don niyccl maenigeo, and he haelde hig ealle ; and bebead 
 17 hym, thaet hig hyt nanum men ne sa'edon : thaet waere 
 
 gefylled thaet the gecwedenwaes thurh Ysaiam thone wite- 
 is gan, thus cwethende : Her ys mm cnapa, thone ic geceas ; 
 
 min gecorena, on tham wel geh'code minre sawle : ic asette 
 19 minne gast ofer hyne, and dom he bodath Thcodum. Ne flit 
 
 he, ne he ne hrymth ; ne nan man ne gehyrth hys stemne 
 so on straetum. Tocwysed hreod he ne forbrytt, and smeoc- 
 
 ende flex he ne adwaescth, aertham the he awurpe dom 
 
 21 to sige. And on hys naman Theoda gehyhtath. 
 
 TI1YS SCEAL ON THONE THRYDDAN SUNNAN-DAEG INNAN 
 LENCTEN. 
 
 22 Tha waes hym broht an deofol-seoc man, se waes blind 
 and dumb : and he hyne haelde, swa thaet he spraec and 
 
 23geseah. And tha maenigeo ealle wundredon, and cwaed- 
 
 24 on : Cwethe we ys thcs Dauides sunu ? Sothlice tha tha 
 sundor-halgan this gehyrdon, tha cwaedon hig : Ne adrifth 
 
 25 thes deoflu lit, buton thurh Belzebub deofla ealdre. Se 
 Haelend sothlice wiste heora gethancas, and cwaeth to hym : 
 Aelc rice, the byth twy-raede on him sylfum, byth toworp- 
 en ; and aelc ceaster oththe hus, the byth witherweard ongen 
 
 26 hyt sylf, hyt ne stent. And gif se deofol adrifth ut thone 
 deofol, hig beoth todaelede ; hu maeg thonne his rice stand- 
 
 27 an ? And gif ic thurh Belzebub adrife ut deofla, thurh 
 hwaene adrifath eowre beam ? fortham hig sylfe beoth 
 
 as eowre deman. Gif ic sothlice on Godes gaste awurpe 
 
 29 deoflu, witodlice on eow becymth Godes rice. Oththe hu 
 
 maeg man in-gan on stranges hus, and hys fata hyne 
 
 bereafian, buton he gebinde aerest thone strangan, and 
 
 thonne hys hus bereafige ? 
 
MATHEUS Xll. 
 
 THYS SCEAL OX WODNES DAE6, ON THAERE TWELFTAN 
 W ITCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 Se the nys mid me, he is ongen me ; and se the ne ga- 30 
 derath mid me, he towyrpth. Fortham ic secge eow, Aelc si 
 syn and bysmor-spraec byth f orgy fen mannum : sothlice 
 thaes Halgan Gastes bysmor-spraec ne byth forgyfen. And 32 
 swa hwylc swa cwyth word ongen mannes Sunu, him byth 
 forgyfen : se the sothlice cwyth ongen Haligne Gast, ne byth 
 hyt hym forgyfen, ne on thisse worulde, ne on thaere to- 
 weardan. Oththe wyrceath god treow, and hys waestni3? 
 godne; oththe wyrceath yfel treow, and hys waestm yfelne : 
 witodlice be tham waestme byth thaet treow oncnawen. La 3-1 
 ge naedrena cyn, hii magon ge god sprecan, thonne ge 
 synd yfele ? sothlice of thaere heortan willan se muth spycth. 
 God man sothlice of godum gold-horde bringth god forth : 33 
 and yfel man of yfelum gold-horde bringth yfel forth. 
 Sothlice ic secge aow, Thaet aelc idel word the men spree- 36 
 ath, hig agyldath gescead be tham on domes-daege. Sothlice 37 
 of thinum wordum thu byst gerihtwisod, and of thinum 
 wordum thu byst genytherod. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE FORMAN LENCTEN- 
 WUCAN. 
 
 Tha andswaredon hym sume tha boceras and tha sunder- 38 
 halgan, thus cwethende : Lareow, we wyllath sum tacn of 
 the geseon. He andswarode hym, and cwaeth : Yfel 39 
 cneorys and forliger secth tacn ; and hyre ne byth nan 
 tacn geseald, butan Ionas tacn thaes witegan : witodlice 40 
 swa swa Ionas waes on thaes hwaeles innothe thry dagas 
 and tlireo niht, swa byth mannes Sunu on eorthan heortan 
 thry dagas and threo niht. Niniuetisce weras ari'sath on 41 
 dome mid thysse cneorysse, and hig genytheriathhig : forth- 
 am the hig dydon daed-bote on Ionas bodunge ; and thes ys 
 mare thonne Ionas. Suth-daeles cwen arist on dome mid 42 
 thysse cneorysse, and heo genytherath hig : fortham the heo 
 
MATHEUS XIII. 
 
 com fram lancles gema'erum to gehyranne Salomones 
 
 43 wisdom; and thes ys mara thonne Salomon. Sothlice 
 thonne se unclaena gast ut-faerth fram men, he gaeth geond 
 
 44 drige stowa, secende reste, and he ne gemet. Thonne 
 cwyth he, It gecyrre on min hus thanon ic ut-eode ; and 
 cumende, he gemet hyt aemtig, geclaensod mid bese- 
 
 S mum, ami gefraetwod. Thonne gaeth he, and hym to 
 genimth seofun othfe gastas wyrsan thonne he, and in-gang- 
 ende hig eardiath thaer ; and thonne weorthath thaes mann- 
 es ytemestan wyrsan thonne tha aerran : and swa byth thysse 
 
 rewyrrestan cneorysse. Tha he thas thing tha gyt spaec to 
 tham maeneffum, tha stod his moder and his o-ebrothra thaer 
 
 S 7 • • O • • • • 
 
 « ute, secende spaecan to hym. Sothlice tha cwaeth sum to 
 
 hym : Witodlice thin moder and thine gebrothra standath 
 43 her lite, the secende. And he andswarode hym secgend- 
 
 um, and cwaeth : Hwylc is mm moder ? and hwylce synd 
 49 mine gebrothra ? And he athenede his hand on his leorn- 
 5c ing-cnyhtas, and cwaeth : Witodlice swa hwylc swa 
 
 wyrcth mines Faeder willan the on heofenan ys, he ysmin 
 
 brother, and min swuster, and moder. 
 
 XIII. On tham daege, tham Haelende ut-gangendum 
 
 2 of huse, he saet with tha sa'e ; and mycle maenio waeron 
 gesamnode to hym, swa thaet he eode on scip, and thaer 
 
 3 saet ; and eall seo maenio stod on tham warothe. And he 
 spraec to hym fela on bigspellum, cwethende : Sothlice, 
 
 4 ut-eode se saedere hys saed to sawenne : and tha tha he 
 seow, sume hig feollon with weg, and fuglas comon and 
 
 sa'eton tha: sothlice sume feollon on staenihte, thaer hyt 
 naefde mycle eorthan, and hraedlice up-sprungon, fortham 
 
 cthe hig naefdon thaere eorthan dypan : sothlice, up-sprung- 
 enre sunnan, hig adruwedon and forscruncon, fortham 
 
 7 the hig naefdon wyrtrum : sothlice sume feollon on thornas, 
 
 b and tha thornas weoxon and forthrysmodon tha : sume 
 sothlice feollon on gode eorthan, and sealdon waestm, sum 
 
MATHEUS XIIL 
 
 lundfealdne, sum Syxtigfealdne, sum thrittigfealdne. 
 
 Se the haebbe earan to gehyranne, gehyre. And tha ge- 9 
 
 nealaehton his leorning-cnyhtas, and cwaedon to hym : 10 
 
 For hwig spry est thu to hym mid bigspellum ? Tha and- 11 
 
 swarode he hym : Fortham the eow ys geseald to witanne 
 
 heofena rices gerynu, and hym nys na geseald. Sothlice 12 
 
 tham the haefth, hym byth geseald, and he haefth : sothlice se 
 
 the naefth, and thaet the he haefth hym byth aetbroden. 
 
 Fortham ic sprece to hym mid bigspellum ; fortham the 16- 13 
 
 ciende hig ne geseoth, and gehyrende hig ne gehyrath, ne ne 
 
 ongytath ; thaet on hym sy gefylled Esaias witegung, Of ge- 11 
 
 hyrnesse ge gehyrath, and ge ne ongytath ; and lociende ge 
 
 geseoth, and ge ne geseoth. Sothlice thises folces heorte ys 15 
 
 ahyrd, and hig hefelice mid earum gehyrdon,and hyra eagan 
 
 beclysdon, thy-laes hig aefre mid eagum geseon, and mid 
 
 earum gehyron, and mit heortan ongyton, and syn gecyr- 
 
 rede, and ic hig gehaele. Sothlice eadige synd eowre eagan, 16 
 
 fortham the hig geseoth ; and eowre earan, fortham the hig 
 
 gehyrath : sothlice on eornost ic eow secge, Thaet manega 17 
 
 witegan and rihtwise gewilnedon tha thing to geseonne the 
 
 ge geseoth, and hig ne gesawon ; and to gehyranne tha 
 
 thing the ge gehyrath, and hig ne gehyrdon. Gehyre ge soth- is 
 
 lice thaes sawendan bigspel. Aelc thaera the Godes word 19 
 
 gehyrth, and ne ongyt, thonne cymth deoful, and bereafath 
 
 thaet on hys heortan asawen ys. Thaet is se the with thone 
 
 weg asawen ys. Sothlice se the ofer thone stan asawen ys, 20 
 
 thaet ys se the thaet Godes word gehyrth , and hraedlice thaet 
 
 ■ aid blisse onfehth : sothlice hyt naefth thone wyrtrum on 21 
 
 nim, ac is hwilwendlic : gewordenre gedrefednesse and 
 
 ehtnesse for tham worde, hraedlice hig beoth geuntreow- 
 
 sode. Sothlice thaet the asawen ys on thornum, thaet ys se 22 
 
 the thaet word gehyrth ; and thonne geornfulnes thysse weo- 
 
 rulde, and leasung thyssa woruld-welena, forthrysmiath 
 
 thaet word, and hit is butan waestme geworden. Sothlice 23 
 29 3* 
 
MATHEUS XIII. 
 
 thaet the asawen waes on thaet gode land, thaet ys se the 
 thaet word gehyrth, and ongyt, and thone waestm bringth, 
 and thonne deth sum hundfealdne, sum sixtigfealdne, sum 
 
 wthrittigfealdne. He rehte hym tha other bigspel, and thus 
 cwaeth : Heofena rice ys geworden tham men gelic the seow 
 
 25 god saed on hys aecere : sothlice tha tha men slepon, tha com 
 his feonda sum and oferseow hit mid coccele on middan 
 
 20 tham hwaete, and ferde thanon. Sothlice tha seowyrt weox, 
 
 27 and thone waestm brohte, tha aeteowde se coccel hine. Tha 
 eodon thaes hlafordes theowas, and cwaedon : Hlaford, hu 
 ne seowe thu god saed on thinum aecere ? hwanon haefde 
 
 as he coccel ? Tha cwaeth he : Thaet dyde unhold-man. Tha 
 cwaedon tha theowas : Wylt thu we gath and gadriath hig ? 
 
 29 Tha cwaeth he : Nese ; thy-laes ge thone hwaete awurtwa- 
 
 30 lion, thonne ge thone coccel gadriath : laetath aegther weax- 
 an oth rip-timan ; and on tham rip-timan ic secge tham ripe- 
 rum, Gadriath aerest thone coccel, and bindath sceaf- 
 maelum to forbaernenne : and gadriath thone hwaete into 
 
 3i minum berne. He rehte hym tha gyt other bigspel, thus 
 cwethende : Heofena rice ys geworden gelic senepes 
 
 32 corne, thaet seow se man on his aecere : thaet ys ealra saeda 
 laest : sothlice thonne hit wyxth, hit ys ealra wyrta maest, 
 and hit wyrth treow, swa thaet heofn-fuglas cumath and 
 
 33 eardiath on his bogum. He spraec to hym other bigspel, 
 and thus cwaeth : Heofena rice ys gelic tham beorman, 
 thone thaet wif onfeng and behydde on thrym gemetum 
 
 34 melewes, oth he waes eall ahafen. Ealle thas thing se Hael- 
 end spraec mid bigspellum to tham weredum ; and nan 
 
 35 thing ne spraec he butan bigspellum ; thaet waere gefylled 
 thaes witegan cwyde, Ic ontyne minne muth mid big- 
 spellum ; ic bodige digolnessa fram middan-eardes ge- 
 
 36 setednesse. He forlet tha tha maenio, and com to his 
 inne, and tha genealaehton to him his leorning-cnyhtas, 
 and cwaedon : Arece us thaet bigspel thaes hwaetes and 
 
MATHEUS XIII. 
 
 thaes cocceles. Tha andswarode he hym : Se the seow thaet 37 
 gode sa'ed, se ys mannes Sunu ; sothlice se aecer ys thes 38 
 middan-geard ; thaet gode sa'ed thaet synd thaes heofenlican 
 rices beam ; se coccel synd sothlice tha manfullan beam ; 
 se unholda-man, se the thone coccel seow, thaet is deoful ; 39 
 sothlice thaet rip ys worulde endung ; tha riperas synd 
 englas. Eomostlice swa swa se coccel byth gegaderod and 40 
 mid fyre forba'erned, swa byth on worulde endunge. Mannes « 
 Sunu sent lvys englas, and hig gadriath of his rice ealle 
 gedrefednesse, and tha the unrihtwisnesse wyrceath ; and 42 
 asendath hig on fyres ofen, thaer byth wop and totha grist- 
 bitung. Thonne scinath tha rihtwisan swa swa sunne on 43 
 hyra Faeder rice. Gehyre, se the earan to gehyranne haefth. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL TO S~ AGNAN MAESSAN. 
 
 Heofena rice ys gelic gehyddum gold-horde on tham 44 
 aecere ; thone behyt se man the hine fint, and for his 
 blisse gaeth and sylth eall thaet he ah, and gebigth thone 
 aecer. Eft ys heofena rice gelic tham mangere, the sohte 45 
 thaet gode mere-grot : tha he funde thaet an deorwyrthe 46 
 mere-grot, tha eode he and sealde eall thaet he ahte, and 
 bohte thaet mere grot. Eft ys heofena rice gelic asendum 47 
 nette on tha sa'e, and of aelcum fisc-cynne gadrigendum : tha 48 
 hig tha thaet nett upp-atugon, and saeton be tham strande, 
 tha gecuron hig tha godan on hyra fatu, tl>a yfelan hig 
 awurpon lit. Swa byth on thysse worulde endunge : tha 49 
 englas farath,and asyndriaththa yfelan of thaera godra mid- 
 lene, and awurpath hig on thaes fyres ofen, thaer byth wop so 
 and totha gristbitung. Ongyte ge ealle thas thing ? Tha 51 
 cwaedon hig : Witodlice we hig ongytath. Tha saede he 52 
 hym : Fortham ys aelc gelaered bocere on heofenan rice 
 gelic tham hyredes ealdre, the forth-bringth of his gold- 
 horde ni'we thing and ealde. And hit waes geworden, tha 53 
 se Haelend geendode thas bigspel, tha ferde he thanone. 
 And tha he com to his earde, he laerde hig on hyra ge- 64 
 si 
 
MATHEUS XIV. 
 
 samnungum, swa thaet big wundredon, and cwaedot 
 
 55 Hwanon ys thysum thes wisdom, and this maegen ? Wil 
 odlice thes ys smithes sunu ; hu ne hatte hys modor Maria, 
 and his brothru, Iacob, and Ioseph, and Simon, and Iudas ? 
 
 56 and hii ne synd ealle hys swustra mid us ? hwanon synd 
 
 57 thysum ealle thas thing ? And hig waeron geuntreowsode 
 on hym. Tha sothlice saede se Haelend hym : Nys nan 
 witega butan wurthscype, buton on hys earde, and on 
 
 58 hys huse. And he ne worhte thaer manega maegena, for 
 heora ungeleaffulnysse. 
 
 XIV. On thaere tide gehyrde Herodes, se feorthan-daeles 
 
 2 rica, thaes Haelendes hlisan : and tha saede he hys cnyht- 
 um: Thes ys Iohannes se Fulluhtere, the ic beheafdode ; 
 he aras of deathe, and forthan synd thas wundru gefremode 
 
 3 on hym. Sothlice Herodes nam Iohannem, and geband 
 hyne, and sette on cwertern, for tham wife Herodiaden 
 
 4 Philippes hys brother. Iohannes hym saede : Nys the 
 salyfed hig to wife to habbanne. And tha he hyne ofslean 
 
 wolde, he adred hym thaet folc, fortham the hig haefdon 
 
 6 hyne for aenne witegan. Tha on Herodes gebyrd-daege, 
 tumbude thaere Herodiadiscan dohter beforan hym, and 
 
 7 hyt h'code Herode. Tha behet he mid athe, hyre to syllanne 
 
 8 swa hwaet swa heo hyne baede. Tha cwaeth heo, fram 
 hyre meder gemyngod : Syle me on anum disce, Iohan- 
 
 9 nes heafod, thaes Fulluhteres. Tha waes se cyning geun- 
 
 10 rotsud for tham athe, and for tham the him saeton mid ; and 
 he asende tha, and beheafdode Iohannem on tham cwert- 
 
 n erne. And man brohte tha hys heafod on anum disce, 
 and sealde tham maedene ; and thaet maeden hyre meder , 
 
 12 And tha genealaehton hys leorning-cnyhtas, and namon 
 hys lichaman, and bebyrgdon hyne, and comon and 
 
 13 cyddon hyt tham Haelende. Tha se Haelend thaet gehyrde, 
 tha ferde he thanon on-sundron, on anum scype : and 
 tfta tha gangendan maenigeo thaet gehyrdon, hig fyligdon 
 
 32 
 
MATHEUS XIV 
 
 nym of tham burgum. And tha he thanon ferde,he geseah 14 
 mycele maenigu, and he hym gemyltsode, and gehaelde 
 tha untruman. Sothlice tha hyt waes aefen geworden, hym 15 
 to genealaehton his leorning-cnyhtas, and him to cwaed- 
 on : Theos stow ys weste, and tima is forth-agan : forlaet 
 thas maenegeo, thaet hig faron into thas burga, and hym mete 
 bicgan. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : Nabbath hig neode 16 
 to faranne ; sylle ge hym etan. Tha andswaredon hig : 17 
 We nabbath her buton fif hlafas, and twegen fixas. Tha is 
 cwaeth se Haelend : Bringath me hider tha. And tha he 19 
 het tha maenegeo ofer thaet gaers hig sittan, and he nam 
 tha fif hlafas, and twegen fixas, and beseah on thone heof- 
 on, and bletsigende braec tha hlafas, and sealde hys 
 leoming-cnyhtum, and hig tham folce : and hig a'eton ealle, 20 
 and waeron gefyllede : and hig namon tha lafa, twelfwiliari 
 Tulle thaera brytsena. Sothlice thaera etendra getael waes 21 
 fif thusend wera, butan wi'fum and cildum. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL IN OCTABAS PETRI ET PAULI. 
 
 And tha sona het se Haelend his leorning-cnyhtas on 22 
 scyp astigan, and to-foran him faran ofer thone muthan, 
 oth thaet he tha maenegu forlete. And tha he hig forlaeten 23 
 haefde, he eode on thone munt, and hyne thaer ana gebaed. 
 Sothlice tha hyt aefen waes, he waes ana thaer. Witodlice 24 
 waes thaet scyp of tham ythum totorfod ; fortham the hyt 
 waes Strang wind. Tha com se Haelend ymbe thone feorthan 2.5 
 han-cred to hym, ofer tha sa'e gangende. Tha hig gesawon 26 
 thaet, hig wurdon gedrefede, and for tham ege clypo- 
 don, and cwaedon thus : Sothlice hyt ys scinlac. Tha 27 
 spraec se Haelend, and cwaeth : Habbath geleafan ; ic hyt 
 eom,nellen ge eow ondraedan. Tha andswarode him Petrus, 23 
 and cwaeth : Dryhten, gyf thu hyt eart, hat me cuman to 
 the ofer thas wacteru. Tha cwaeth he : Cum to me. Tha 29 
 eode Petrus of tham scype, ofer thaet waeter, thaet he to 
 tham Haelende come. Tha he geseah thone strangan wind, 30 
 
MATHEUS XV. 
 
 he him ondred : tha he wearth gedofen, he cwaeth : Dryht- 
 31 en, gedo me halne. And tha hraedlice he gefengc hyne, and 
 33 thus cwaeth : La lytles geleafan, hwi tweonedest thu ? And 
 
 33 tha hi waeron on tham scype, geswac se wind. Sothlice 
 tha the on tham scype waeron comon,and to him gehaedon, 
 
 34 and thus cwaedon : Sothlice thu eart Godes Sunu. And 
 tha hig ofer-seglodon, hig comon on thaet land Genesa- 
 
 8*feth. And tha thaet folc hyne gecneow, hig sendongeond 
 36 eall thaet land, and brohton to hym ealle untrume ; and 
 hyne baedon, thaet hig huru-thinga his reafes fnaed aethrin- 
 on : and swa hwylce hys aethrinon wurdon hale. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL GEBYRATII OX TIIONE THRYDDAN WODNES-DAEG 
 INNAN LENCTEN. 
 
 XV. Tha comon to hym fram Hiemsalem tha boceras 
 2 and Fariseisce, and cwaedon : Hwi forgymath thine leorn- 
 
 ing-cnyhtas ure yldrena lage ? ne thweath hig hyra handa 
 3thonne hig mete thicgath. Tha andswarode he hym, and 
 
 cwaeth : Hwi forgyme ge Godes bebod for eowre lage ? 
 4 Witodlice God cwaeth, Weortha thinne faeder and modor : 
 
 and Se the wyrgth hys faeder and modor, swelte se deathe. 
 a Sothlice ge cwethath, Swa hwylc swa segth hys faeder and 
 e meder, Swa hwylc lac swa of me ys fremath the ; and ne 
 
 weorthiath faeder and modor : and ge for naht dydon 
 ' Godes bebod for eowre lage. La liceteras ! wel be eow 
 s witegode Isaias se witega, tha he cwaeth, This folc me mid 
 
 welcrum weorthath, and hyra heorte ys feor fram me ; 
 3butan intingan hig me weorthiath, and laerath manna lara. 
 io And he tha, tham maeriegum togaedere geclypedum, thus 
 ii cwaeth : Gehyrath and ongytath, Ne besmit thone mann 
 
 thaet on hys muth gaeth ; ac hyne besmit, thaet of hys muthe 
 
 12 gaeth. Tha genealaehton hys leorning-cnyhtas, and cwaed- 
 on : Wast thu thaet tha Fariseiscan synd gedrefede, thysum 
 
 13 worde gehyredum ? Tha' andswarode he hym : Aelc plant- 
 ung, the mi'n heofenlica Faeder ne plantode, byth awurtwal- 
 
MATHEUS XV. 
 
 od. Laetath hig, hig synd blinde, and blindra latteowas. Se 14 
 blinda, gyf he blindne laet, hig feallath begen on aenne 
 pytt. Tha andswarode him Petrus, and cwaeth : Arece us 15 
 thys bigspel. Tha andswarode he him: And synd ge gyt 16 
 butan andgyte ? Ne ongyte ge thaet eall thaet on thone muth » 
 gaeth, gaeth on tha wambe, and byth on forthgang asend ? 
 Sothlice tha thins; the of tham muthe °ath cumath of thaere is 
 heortan, and tha besmitath thone mann. Of thaere heortan 19 
 cumath yfele gethancas, mann-slyhtas, unriht-haemedu,for- 
 ligru, stala, lease gewitnyssa, tacllice word : this synd tha 20 
 thing the thone mann besmitath : ne besmit thone mann, 
 theah he until wogenum handum ete. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON THONE FORMAN THUNRES-DAEG 
 INNAN LEXCTEX. 
 
 And tha ferde se Haelend thanon, on Tyrisce and Sydo-21 
 nisce endas. And efne, tha of tham Chananeiscum gemaer- 22 
 um clypode sum wif, and cwaeth : Dryhten, Dauides sunu, 
 gemiltsa me ; mm dohter ys yfele mid deofle gedreht. 
 Tha ne geandswarode he hyre. Tha genealaehton his leorn- 23 
 ing-cnyhtas, and him to cwaedon : Forlaet hig ; fortham 
 heo clypath efter us. Tha andswarode he: Ne eomic24 
 asend, buton to tham sceapum the forwurdon of Israhela 
 huse. Tha com heo, and hig to him gebaed, and thus 25 
 cwaeth : Drihten, gefylst me. Tha cwaeth he : Nys hit na 26 
 god thaet nam nime bearna hlaf, and hundum wyipe. Tha 27 
 cwaeth heo : Dryhten thaet ys soth ; witodlice tha hwelpas 
 etath of tham crumumthe of heora hlaforda beodum feallath. 
 Tha andswarode Dryhten hyre: Eala thu wif, mycel ys 28 
 thin geleafa : geweorthe the eal-swa thu wylle. And tha of 
 thaere tide waes hyre dohter hal geworden. Tha se Hael- 29 
 end thanon ferde, eft he com with tha Galileiscan sa'e; and 
 astah on thone munt, and thaer saet. Tha genealaehton hym 30 
 to mycele maenegu, mid hym haebbende manega healte, 
 and blinde, and wanhale, and manega othre, and aledon 
 
MATHEUS XVI. 
 
 31 to hys fotum ; and he gehaelde tha : swa thaet tha maenegu 
 wundredon, geseonde dumbe specende, healte gangende, 
 blinde geseonde : and big maersodon Israhela God. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON TIIAERE EAHTOTKAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 32 Tha cwaeth se Haelend, togaedere gcclypodum hys leorn- 
 ing-cnyhtum : Thysse maenigu ic gemiltsige, fortham hig 
 tliry dagas mid me wunedon, and hig nabbath hwaet 
 hig eton : and ic hig nelle faestende forlaetan, thy-laes hig 
 
 33 on wege geteorian. Tha cwaedon hys leorning-cnihtas : 
 Hwar nime we swa fela hlafa on thys westene, thaet we 
 
 34 gefyllan swa mycele maenigu ? Tha cwaeth he : Hu fela 
 hlafa habbe ge ? Tha cwaedon hig : Seofon, and feawa 
 
 35 fixa. And he bebead tha thaet seo maenigu saete ofer 
 
 36 thaere eorthan : and he nam tha tha seofon hlafas and tha 
 fixas, and braec, and sealde hys leorning-cnyhtum, and 
 
 37 hig sealdon tham folce. And hig aeton ealle, and waeron 
 gefyllede : and thaet to ldfe waes of tham gebrote hig nam- 
 
 38 on seofon wilian fullc. Witodlice tha thaer aeton waeron 
 39feower thusend manna, butan cildum and wifum. And 
 
 he forlet tha tha maenigu, and eode on scyp, and com on 
 tha endas Magedon. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG. ON THAERE EAHTOTHAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 XVI. And tha genealaehton hym to Farisei and Sa- 
 ducei, and hyne costedon, and baedon thaet he hym sum 
 
 2 tacen of heofena aetywde. Tha andswarode he hym, and 
 cwaeth : On aefcn ge cwethath, To-morgen hyt byth smylte 
 
 3 weder, thes heofen ys read. And on morgen ge cwethath, 
 To-daeg hyt byth hreoh weder, theos lyft scinth unweder- 
 lice. Nu cunne ge to-cnawan heofenes hiw ; witodlice 
 
 4 ge ne magon witan thaera ti'da tacnu ? Seo yfele cneorys 
 and unriht-haemende tacen secth, and hyre ne byth ge- 
 seald, buton Ionas tacen thaes witegan. And hymforlaet- 
 
MATHEUS XVI. 
 
 enum, ho ferde. And tha hys leorning-cnyhtas comon s 
 ofer tli one muthan, lug forgeaton thaet hig hlafas namon : 
 and tha saede he : Gymath and warniath tram beorman Fa- 6 
 riseorum and Saduceorum. Tha thohton hig betweox hym, 7 
 and cwaedon : Namon we hlafas mid us ? Tha se Haelend 8 
 wiste heora gethancas,he cwaeth to hym : Hwaet thence ge 
 betweox eow, lytles geleafan, thaet ge hlafas nabbath? Ne 9 
 understande ge gyt, ne ge ne gethencath thaere fif hlafa, 
 and fif thusend manna, and hu fela wilegena ge namon ? 
 ne thaera seofon hlafa, and feower thusend manna, and 10 
 hu fela wilegena ge namon ? Hwi ne ongyte ge gyt 11 
 thaet ic ne saede be hlafe, Warniath fram tham beorman 
 Fariseorum and Saduceorum ? Tha ongeaton hig thaet 12 
 he ne saede, Warniath fram hlafa beorman, ac fram lare 
 Fariseorum and Saduceorum. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATII OX PETRES MAESSE-DAEG. 
 
 Witodlice tha com se Haelend on tha daelas Cesareae 13 
 Philippi, and acsode hys leorning-cnyhtas : Hwaene sec- 
 gath men thaet sy mannes Sunu ? Tha cwaedon hig: Sume u 
 Johannem thone Fulluht-wer, sume Heliam, sume Hiere- 
 miam, oththe an thara witgena. Tha saede he : Hwaet secge 15 
 ge thaet ic sig ? Tha andswarode hym Petrus : Thu eart 16 
 thaes lyfigendes Godes Sunu ? Tha andswarode hym se 17 
 Haelend ; Eadig eart thu, Simon, culfran beam ; fortham 
 hyt the ne onwreah flaesc ne blod, ac min Faeder the on 
 heofenum ys. And ic secge the, Thaet thu eart Petrus, and 18 
 ofor thysne stan ic getimbrige mine cyricean ; and belle 
 jratu ne maaron onsrean tha. And the ic sylle heofena rices 19 
 ca'egia : and swa hwaet swa thu ofer eorthan bebindst, thaet 
 byth on heofenum gebunden : and swa hwaet swa thu un- 
 bindst ofer eorthan, thaet byth unbunden on heofenum. Tha 20 
 bebead se Haelend hys leorning-cnyhtum, thaet hig nanum 
 men ne saedon thaet he waere Haelend Crist. Syththan he 21 
 ongan swutelian hys leorning-cnyhtum, tljaet he wolde 
 37 5 
 
MATHEUS XVII. 
 
 faran to Hierusalem, and fela thinga tliolian fram yldrum, 
 and bocerum, and ealdor-mannum thaera sacerda, and 
 
 22beon ofslegen, and thy thryddan daege arisan. And tha 
 genam Petrus hyne on-sundron, and cwai th to him : 
 
 23Drihten, ne geweorthe thaet. Tha beseah he hyne, and 
 cwaeth to Petre : Gang baeftan me, Satanas : wither-raede 
 thu eart me : fortham thu nast tha thing the synd Godes, 
 ac tha the synd manna. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON S7e LAURENTIUS MAESSE-DAEG. 
 
 24 Tha saede se Haelend hys leorning-cnyhtum : Gyf hwa 
 wylle fyligean me, withsace hyne sylfne, and nyme hys rode, 
 
 25 and me fylige. Sothlice se the wyle hys sawle hale gedon, 
 he hig forspylth ; and se the wyle hig for me forspyllan, 
 
 26 se hig tint. Hwaet fremath aenegum men, theah he ealne 
 myddan-eard gestryne, gyf he hys sawle forwyrd tholath? 
 
 27 oththe hwylc gewrixl sylth se mann for hys sawle ? Wit- 
 odlice mannes Sunu ys to cumanne on hys Faeder wuldre, 
 mid hys englum ; and thonne agylt aeghwylcum be hys 
 agenum weorce. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON SAETERNES DAEG, ON THAERE FORMAN 
 LENCTEN WUCAN. 
 
 28 Sothlice ic secge eow, Sume synd her standende, the death 
 ne onbyrigeath, aer hig geseon mannes Sunu cumende on 
 hys Faeder rice. 
 
 XVII. And aefter six dagum, nam se Haelend Petrum, 
 and Iacobum, and Iohannem hys brother, and laedde hig 
 
 2 on-sundron, on aenne heahne munt. And he waes ge- 
 hiwod beforan hym ; and hys ansyn scean swa swa 
 
 3 sunne, and hys reaf wa'eron swa hwite swa snaw. And 
 efne, tha aetywde Moyses and Helias, mid hym sprecende. 
 
 4 Tha cwaeth Petrus to hym : Dryhten, god ys us her to be- 
 onne : gyf thu wylt, uton wyrcan her threo eardung-stowa ; 
 
 5 the ane, Moyse ane, and Heli'e ane. Hym tha gyt sprec- 
 endum, and sothlice tha beorht wolcn hig oferscean : and 
 
MATHEUS XVII. 
 
 tha efne com stefn of tham wolcne and cwaeth : Her ysmin 
 leofa Sunu, on tham me wel gelieath ; gehyrath hyne. And 6 
 tha hig t.hys gehyrdon hys leorning-cnyhtas, hig feollon on 
 heora ansyne, and hym swyt&e ondredon. He genealaehte 7 
 tha and hig aethran, and hym to cwaeth : Arisath,and ne on- 
 draedath cow. Tha hig heora eagan upp-ahofon, ne gesawon s 
 hig naenne, buton thone Haelend sylfne. And tha hig of 9 
 tham munte eodon, se Haelend hym behead, and thus 
 cwaeth : Nanum men ge thys ne secgon, aer mannes Sunu 
 of deathe arise. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE FIFTAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 And tha acsedon hys leorning-cnyhtas hyne : Hwaet sec- 10 
 gath tha boceras thaet gebyrige aerest cuman Heliam ? Tha 11 
 andswarode he hym : Witodlice Helias ys toweard, and 
 hegeedniwath ealle tiling. Sothlice ic eow secge, Thaet He- 12 
 lias com, and hig hyne ne gecneowon, ac hig dydon ymbe 
 hyne swa hwaet swa hig woldon : and swa ys mannes 
 Sunu eac fram hym to throwigenne. Tha ongeaton hys 13 
 leorning-cnyhtas thaet he hyt saede be Iohanne tham Ful- 
 luhtere. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, TO THAM FAESTENE AER 
 HAERFESTES EMNIHT. 
 
 And tha he com to thaere maenigu, hym to genealaehte 14 
 sum man gebigedum cneowum to-foran hym, and cwaeth: 
 Dryhten, gemiltsa minum suna ; fortham the he ys fylle- 15 
 seoc, and yfel tholath : oft he fylt.h. on fyr, and gelomlice 
 on waeter ; and ic brohte hyne to thinum leorning-cnyht- 16 
 um, and hig ne mihton hyne geha'elan. Tha andswarode 17 
 he hym : Eala ge imgeleafmlle and thweore cneores, hu 
 lange beo ic mid eow ? hu lange forbere ic eow ? bring- 
 ath hyne to me hyder. And tha threade se Haelend hyne, is 
 and se deofol hyne forlet : and se cnapa waes of thaere 
 
MATHEUS XVIII. 
 
 19 tide geha'eled. Tha gcnealaehton hys leorning-cnyhtas 
 hym to, and hym to cwaedon digelice : Hwi ne mihte we 
 
 20 hyne lit-adrifan ? Tha cwaeth he : For heora ungeleafiul- 
 nysse. Sothlice on eornest ic eow secge, gyf ge haefdon 
 geleafan swa senepes corn, and ge cwaedon to thysum 
 munte, Far heonone, thonne ferde he ; and eow ne byth 
 
 21 aenig thing unmihtelic. Sothlice thys cynn ne byth ut-adrif- 
 
 22 en, buton thurh gebed and faesten. Tha hig wunedon on 
 Galilea, tha cwaeth se Haelend : Mannes Sunu ys to syll- 
 
 23 anne on manna handa : and hig ofsleath hyne, and he 
 arist on tham thryddan daege. Tha wurdon hig thearle 
 
 24 geunrotsode. And tha he com to Capharnaum, tha genea- 
 laehton to Petre tha thaet gafol namon, and thus cwa'edon : 
 
 sj Eower lareow, ne gylt he gafol ? Tha cwaeth he : Gyse, 
 he deth. And tha he com into tham huse, tha cwaeth se 
 Haelend : Hwaet thincth the, Simon ? aet hwam nimath 
 cyningas gafol oththe toll ? of heora bearnum,hwaether the 
 86 of fremedum ? Tha cwaeth he : Of fremedum. Tha cwaeth 
 27 he: Eornostlice tha beam synd frige. Theah-hwaethre, thaet 
 we hig ne geunrotsion, gang to thaere sa'e, and wurp thinne 
 angel lit, and nim thone aerestan rise, and hys muth geo- 
 pena ; thu fintst aenne wecg on hym : nim thone, and syle 
 for me and for the 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON S« MICHAELES MAESPAE-DAEG. 
 
 XVIII. On thaere tide genealaehton hys leorning- 
 cnyhtas to tham Haelende, and cwaedon : Hwa wenst thu 
 
 2 ys yldra on heofena rice ? And tha clypode se Haelend 
 
 3 aenne lytling, and gesette on heora midlen, and cwaeth : 
 Sothlice ic secge eow, Buton ge beon gecyrrede and ge- 
 wordene swa swa lytlingas, ne ga ge on heofena rice. 
 
 4 Swa hwyle swa hyne geeathmet swa thes lytling, se ys 
 
 5 mara on heofena rice. And swa hwyle swa aenne thylicne 
 
 6 lytling on minum naman onfehth, se onfehth me. Sothlice 
 se the beswicth aenne of thyssum lytlingum the on me gelyf- 
 
MATIIEUS XVIII. 
 
 ith, betere hym ys thaet an cweorn-stan sy to hys sweoran 
 gecnyt, and sig besenced on sacs grund. Wa thysum 7 
 middan-gearde thurh swicdomas ! neod ys thaet swicdom- 
 as cumon ; theah-hwaethere wa tham men the swicdom 
 thurh hyne cymth ! Gyf thin hand oththe thin fct the swicath, a 
 aceorf hyne of, and awurp fram the : betere the ys thaet thu 
 ga wanhal oththe healt to life, thonne thu haebbe tvva handa 
 and twegen fe't, and sy on ece fyr asend. And gyf thin 9 
 eage the swicath, ahola hyt ut, and awurp fram the : betere 
 the ys mid anum eagan on life to ganne, thonne thu sy mid 
 twam asend on helle fyr. Warniath thaet ge ne oferhogion io< 
 aenne of thysum lytlingum the gelyfath on me. Sothlice 11 
 mannes Sunu com to gehaelanne thaet forwearth. Hwaet u 
 ys eow gethuht ? gyf hwylc man haefth hund sceapa, and 
 hym losath an of tham,hu ne forlaet he tha nigon and hund- 
 nigantig on tham muntum, and gaeth, and secth thaet an the 
 forwearth ? And gyf hyt gelimpth thaet he hyt tint, sothlice 13 
 ic eow secge, thaet he swithor geblissath for tham anum, 
 thonne ofer tha nigon and hund-nigontig the na ne losedon. 
 Swa n}*s wylla beforan eowrum Faeder the on heofonum 14 
 ys, thaet an fory/eorthe of thysum lytlingum, 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON TIWES-DAEG, ON THAERE THRYDDAN 
 LENCTEN -WU C AN. 
 
 Sothlice gyf thin brothor syngath with the, ga and styr hym 15 
 betweox the and hym sylfum : gyf he the gehyrth, thu ge- 
 stathelastthinne brothor. Gyf he the ne gehyrth, nim thonne 16 
 gyt aenne oththe twegen to the, thaet aelc word stande on 
 twegra oththe threora gewitnysse. Gyf he big ne gehyrth, 17 
 sege hyt geferraedene : gyf he hig ne gehyrth, sy he the 
 swa swa haethen and manful. Sothlice ic secge eow, Swa 13 
 hwylce swa ge gebindath ofer eorthan, tha beoth gebund- 
 ene on heofenum : and swa hwylce swa ge ofer eorthan 
 unbindath, tha beoth on heofenum unbundene. Eft ic 19 
 eow secge, Gyf twegen of eow gethwaeriath ofer eorthan 
 
 41 5* 
 
MATHEUS XIX. 
 
 be aelcum thinge the hig biddath, hyt gewyrth hym of min- 
 
 to um Faeder the on heofenum ys. Thaer tvvegen oth the threo 
 
 synd on minum naman gegaderode, thaer ic eom on hyra 
 
 21 midlene. Tha genealaehte Petrus to him, and cwaeth : 
 Dryhten, gif min brother syngath with me, mot ic him for- 
 
 22 oryfan oth seofon sithas ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Ne seco;e 
 ic the, Oth seofon sithas, ac oth seofon hund-seofontigon 
 sithon. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL ON THAERE XXIII. WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEX. 
 
 m Fortham is heofena rice anlic tham cyninge the hys theow- 
 
 % *•» as geradegode. And tha he thaet gerad sette, hym waes 
 
 25 an broht se hym sceolde tyn thusend punda. And tha he 
 
 naefde hwanon he hyt agulde, hyne het hys hlaford ge- 
 
 syllan, and hys wi'f and hys cild, and eall thaet he ahte. 
 
 ze Tha astrehte se theow hyne, and cwaeth : Hlaford, hafa 
 
 " gethyld on me, and ic hyt the eall agylde. Tha gemiltsode 
 
 '8 se hlaford hym, and forgeaf hym thone gylt. Tha se 
 
 theowa ut-eode, he gemette lrys efen-theowan se hym 
 
 sceolde an hund penega : and he nam hyne tha, and for- 
 
 thrysmode hyne, and cwaeth : Agif thaet thu me scealt. 
 
 » And tha astrehte hys efen-theowa hyne, and baed hyne, 
 
 and thus cwaeth; Gethyldega, and ic hyt the eall agife. 
 
 30 He tha nolde : ac ferde and wearp hyne on cweartern, 
 
 31 oththaet he hym eall agefe. Tha gesawon hys efen-theowas 
 thaet, tha wurdon hig swythe geiinrotsode, and comon and 
 
 32 saedon heora hlaforde ealle tha daede. Tha clypode his 
 hlaford hyne, and cwaeth tohim,Eala thu lythra theowa! 
 ealne thinne gylt ic the forgeaf, fortham the thu me baede : 
 
 33 hu ne gebyrede the gemiltsian thinum efen-theowan, swa 
 
 34 swa ic the gemiltsode ? Tha waes se hlaford yrre, and 
 asealde hyne tham witnerum, oththaet he eall agulde. Swa 
 
 theth min se heofenlica Faeder, gyf ge of eowrum heortum 
 
 eowrum bro thrum ne forg)fath. 
 
 XIX. And tha se Haelend geendode thas spraeca, he ferde 
 
MATHEUS XIX. 
 
 fram Galilea, and com on Iudeisce endas begcondan 
 Iordanen : and hym fyligdon mycele maenigeo, and he* 
 hig gehaelde timer. Tha genealaehton hym to Farisaei, 3 
 hyne cbstigende, and cwaedon : Ys alyfed aenegum men 
 hys v.if to forlaetenne for aenegum thinge ? Tha andswar- 4 
 ode he hym : Ne raedde ge, se the on fruman worhte, he 
 wothte waep-man and wif-man, and cwaeth, Fortham se 5 
 man forlaet faeder and moder, and hyne to his wife ge- 
 theot, and beoth twegen on anum flaesce ? Witodlice ne 6 
 synd hig twegen, ac an ilaesc. Ne getwaeme nan man 
 tha the God gesomnode. Tha cwaedon hig: Hwi he't 7 
 Moyses syllan hiw-gedales boc, and hig forlaetan ? Tha 8 
 cwaeth he : Moyses, for eower heortan heardnesse, lyfde 
 eow eower wi'f to forlaetenne : sothlice naes hyt on frymthe 
 swa. Sothlice ic secge eow, Sw r a hwa swa forlaet hys 9 
 wi'f, buton for forligere, and other fetath, se unryht-haemth : 
 and se the forlaetene aefter hym nymth, se unryht-haemth. 
 Tha cwaedon hys leorning-cnyhtas : Gyf hyt swa ys tham 10 
 men mid hys wife, ne fremath nanum men to wifienne. 
 Tha cwaeth he : Ne underfoth ealle men this word, ac 11 
 tham the hyt geseald ys. Sothlice synd belistnode, the of 12 
 heora moder innothum cumath ; and eft synd belistnode tha 
 men the man belistnath ; and eft synd belistnode the hig 
 sylfe belistnodon for heofena rice. Undernime, se the 
 underniman maege. Tha waeron hym gebrohte lytling- 13 
 as to, thaet he hys hand on hig asette, and hig geblets- 
 ade : tha threadon hys leorning-cnyhtas hig. Tha cwaeth m 
 se Haelend : Laetath tha lytlingas, and nelle ge hig for- 
 beodan cuman to me : swylcra ys heofena rice. And i& 
 tha he hym hys handa on-asette, tha ferde he thanon. And 16 
 tha genealaehte hym an man to, and cwaeth : La, gode 
 Lareow ! hwaet godes do ic, thaet ic ece lif haebbe ? Tha n 
 cwaeth he : Hwaet acsast thu me be gode ? an God is god : 
 sothlice gyf thu wylt on lif becuman, heald tha beboda. 
 
MATHEUS XX. 
 
 u Tha cwaeth he : Hwylce ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Ne do 
 
 thu man-slyht, Ne do thu unryht-naemed, Xe stel thu, Ne 
 
 . - i _ w itnysse, \Veorihathinnefaederandmoder, 
 
 20 and Lufa tjfrinne n shstan swa swa the sylfne. Tha cwaeth se 
 
 4-1 : Eall this ic geheold : hwaet ys me gyt wana ? 
 
 21 Tha cwa stb se Haelend : Gyf thu wylt beon fulfremed, ga 
 and becyp eall thaet thu ahst, and syle hyt thearfum, and 
 thonne haefist thu gold-hord on heofene : and cum and 
 
 «folgame. Tha se geonga man gehyrde thys word, tha 
 code he aweg unrot : sothlice he haefde mycele aehta. 
 
 23 Witodlice se Haelend cwaeth to his leorning-enyhtum : 
 Sothlice ic cow secge, Thaet earfothlice se welega gaeth on 
 
 24 Godes rice. And eft ic eow secge, Thaet eathelicre byth 
 tham olfende to ganne thurh naedle eage, thonne se welega 
 
 25 on heofena rice ga. Tha hys leorning-cnyhtas this ge- 
 hyrdon, hig wundredon and cwaedon : Hwa maeg this 
 
 26 gehealdan ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Uneathelic thaet ys 
 mid mannum : ac ealle thing synd mid Gode eathelice. 
 
 THYS SCEAL TO S« PAULUS MAESSE-DAEG; AND TO S« 
 BENEDiCTUS. 
 
 27 Tha andswarode Petrus, and cwaeth : X"u we forleton ealle 
 as thingc, and folgodon the ; hwaet byth us to mede ? Tha 
 
 cwaeth se Haelend : Soth ic eow secge, Thaet ge the me 
 folgodon on edcenninge, thonne mannes Sunu sit on hys 
 maegen-thrymme, thaet ge sittath ofer twelf setl, demende 
 » twelf maegtha Israhel. And aelc the forlaet, for minum 
 nainan, hys hus, oththc hys gebrothru, oththe swustra, 
 othth . oththe moder, oththe wif, oththe beam, oth- 
 
 thc land, be hundfealdum he onfehth lean, andhaefth ece lif. 
 lice manega fyrmeste beoth ytemeste, and ytemeste 
 
 lyi):; 
 
 X X. Sothlice heofena rice ys gelic tham hyredes ealdre, 
 
 ih<- 00 aerne-mergen ut-eode ahynan wyrhtan on hys win- 
 
 sgeard. Gewordenre gecwydraedene tham wyrhtum, he 
 
MATHETJS XX 
 
 sealde aelcon aenne penig with bys daeges weorce : he 
 asende hig on hvs wm-geard. And tha he lit-eode ymbe 3 
 undern-tide, he geseah othre on straete idele standan : tha 4 
 cwaeth he : Ga ge on minne wm-geard, and ic sylle eow 
 thaet riht byth : and hig tha ferdon. Eft he ut-eode ymbe 5 
 tha sixtan and nigothan tide, and dyde tham swa gel ice. 
 Tha ymbe tha endlyftan tide lie ut-eode, and funde othre 6 
 standende, and tha saede he : Hwi stande ge her ealne 
 daeg idele ? Tha cwaedon hig : Fortham the us nan man 1 
 ne hyrede Tha cwaeth he : And ga ge on minne wm- 
 geard. Sothlice tha hyt waes aefen geworden, tha saede se s 
 win-geardes hlaford his gerefan : Clypa tha wyrhtan, and 
 agyf hym heora mede : a^yn firam tham ytemestan oth 
 thone fyrmestan. Eornestlice tha the gecomon the ymbe 9 
 tha endlyftan tide comon, tha onfengon hig aelc his pen- 
 ing. And tha the thaer aerest comon wendon thaet hig 10 
 sceoldon mare onion ; tha onfengon hig syndrige penegas. 
 Tha ongunnon hig murcniau ongen thone hyredes ealdor, 11 
 and thus cwaedon : Thas ytemestan worhton ane tide, and 12 
 thu dydest hig gelice us, the baeron byrthena on thyses 
 daeges haetan. Tha cvraeth he andswariende heora anum : 13 
 Eala thu freond, ne do ic the naenne teonan : hu ne come 
 tliu to me to wyrcanne with anum peninge ? nim thaet thin ys m 
 and ga : ic wylle thysum ytemestum syllan eall s\va mycel 
 swa the. Oththe ne mot ic don thaet ic wylle ? hwaether the 15 
 thin eaire manful ys, fortham the ic god eom ? Swa beoth 16 
 tha fyrmestan ytemeste, and tha ytemestan fyrmeste : soth- 
 lice manega synd geclypede, and feawa gecorene. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEP.YR ATH ON WODNES-DABG, ON TIIAERE 
 OTHRE LENCTEN-WUCAN. 
 
 Tha ferde se Haelend to Hierusalem, and nam hvs leorn- n 
 inff-cnyhtas on-sundron, and thus cwaeth : Nu we fa rath to ib 
 Hierusalem ; and mannes Sunu byth geseald thaera sacerda 
 ealdrum and bocerum, and hig genytheriath hync to deathe, 
 
MATHEUS XX. 
 
 19 Theodum to bysmrigenne and to swinganne, and to ahonne ; 
 
 20 and tham thryddan daege he arist. Tha com to him Zebe- 
 dcis bearna moder mid hyre bearnum, hig geeathmed- 
 
 21 ende, and sum thingc fram hym biddende. Tha cwaeth he : 
 Hwaet wylt thu ? Tha cwaeth heo : Sege thaet thas mine 
 twegen suna sittan, an on thine swithran healfe, and an on 
 
 22 thine wynstran, on thi'num rice. Tha andswarode hym se 
 Haelend : Gyt nyton hwaet gyt biddath. Mage gyt drinc- 
 an thone calic the ic to drincanne haebbe ? Tha cwaedon 
 
 2.3 hig : Wyt magon. Tha cwaeth he : Witocllice gyt minne 
 calic drincath : to sittanne on mine swythran healfe, oththe 
 on wynstran, nys me inc to syllanne, ac tham the hytfram 
 
 24minum Faeder gegearwod ys. And tha tha tyn leorning- 
 
 25 cnyhtas gebulgon with tha twegen gebrothru, tha clypode se 
 Haelend hig to hym, and cwaeth : Wite ge thaet ealdor- 
 men wealdath heora theoda, and tha the synd yldran hab- 
 
 26 bath anweald on hym ? Ne byth swa betweox eow : ac 
 swa hwylc swa wyle betweox eow beon yldra, sy he 
 
 2- eower then ; and se the w T yle betweox eow beon fyrmest, 
 
 28 sy he eower theow : swa mannes Sunu ne com thaet hym 
 man thenode, ac thaet he thenode and sealde hys sawle lif, 
 to alysednesse for manegum. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON SAETERNES-DAEG, ON THAERE PENTECOSTENES 
 WUCAN TO THAM YMB-RENE. 
 
 29 And tha hig ferdon fram Hiericho, hym fyligde mycel 
 
 30 maenigeo. And tha saeton twegen blinde with thone weg, 
 and gehyrdon thaet se Haelend ferde ; and tha clypedon 
 hig to hym, and cwaedon : Drihten, gemiltsa unc, 
 
 at\ Dauides sunu ! Tha bead seo maenio hym thaet hig 
 swigedon : tha clypedon hig thaes the ma : Dryhten, ge- 
 
 32 miltsa unc, Dauides sunu ! Tha stod se Haelend, and 
 clypode hig to him, and cwaeth : Hwaet wylle gyt thaet ic 
 
 33 inc do ? Tha cwaedon hig : Drihten, thaet uncre eagan 
 34S^n geopenode. Tha gemiltsode he hym, and heora 
 
MATHEUS XXI. 
 
 eagan aethran : and hig sona gesawon, and fyligdon 
 hym. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THAERE FEORTHAN WUCAN AER MYDDA- 
 WYNTRA. 
 
 XXI. And tha he genealaehte Hierusalem, and com to 
 Bethfage, to Oliuetes dune, tha sende he hys twegen leorn- 
 ing-cnyhtas, and saede hym : Farath on thaet castel thaet 2 
 foran ongen eow ys, and thonne sona finde gyt ane as- 
 sene getigede, and hyre folan mid hyre : untigeath hig, 
 and laedath to me. And gif hwa eow acnig thingc to cwyth, 3 
 secgath, Thaet Dryhten haefth thyses neode ; and thonne 
 forlaet he eow hraedlice. Eall thys waes geworden, thaet 4 
 waere gefylled thaet thurh Esaiam thone witegan gecweden 
 waes, Secgath heahnesse dehter, Nu thin cyning the cymth 5 
 to, gedaefte, and n't uppan tamre assene, and hyre folan. 
 Thaferdon his leorning-cnyhtas, and dydon swa he hym be- c 
 bead, and laeddon tha assene to hym, and hyre folan, and 7 
 ledon heora reaf uppan hig, and setton hyne on-uppan. 
 Witodlice thaet folc strehton heora reaf on thone weg ; s 
 sume heowon thaera treowa bogas, and streowedon on thone 
 weg. Thaet folc thaet tharbeforan ferde, and thaet thar aefter 9 
 ferde, clypedon and cwaedon : Hal sy thii, Dauides sunu ! 
 Sy gebletsod se the com on Dryhtnes naman ; Sy hym ha'el 
 on hehnyssum ! Tha he ferde to Hierusalem, tha wearth eall 10 
 seo burh-waru onstyred, and cwaedon : Hwaet ys thes ? 
 Tha cwaeth thaet folc : Thys ys se Haelend witega of Naza- ji 
 reth on Galilea. Tha se Haelend into tham temple eode, 12 
 he adraf ut ealle tha the ceapedon innan tham temple, and 
 thaera mynetera sceamelas, and heora setlu, thaera the culf- 
 ran sealdon, he tobraec, and cwaeth to hym : Hyt ys awriten, 13 
 Min hus ys gebed-hus ; witodlice ge worhton thaet to 
 theofa cote. Tha eodon to hym tha blindan and tha healt- 14 
 an, and he hig gehaelde. Witodlice tha thaera sacerda 15 
 ealdras and tha boceras gesawon tha wundru the se Haelend 
 47 
 
MATHEUS XXI. 
 
 worhte, and gehyrdon hu tha cild clypedon on tham tem- 
 ple, and cwaedon, Sy Dauides sunu hal ! tha waeron hig 
 
 16 yrre, and cwaedon : Gehyrst thu hwaet thas cwethath ? Tha 
 cwaeth he : Witodlice ne raeddon ge naefre, Thu fulfrem- 
 
 17 edest lof of cilda and of sucendra muthe ? And he 
 forlet hig tha, and ferde of thaere by rig to Bethania ; and 
 
 is laerde hig timer be Godes rice. On mergen, tha he eft to 
 
 19 thaere byrig for, tha hingrede hyne : and he geseh an fic- 
 treow with thone weg : tha eode he to hym, and ne funde 
 on hym, buton tha leaf ane ; tha cwaeth he : Ne weorthe 
 naefre waestm of the acenned ! Tha sona forscranc thaet 
 
 20 fic-treow. And hys leorning-cnyhtas wundredon, and 
 cwaedon : Loca nu hu hraedlice thaet fic-treow forscranc ! 
 
 •2i Tha andswarode he hym, and cwaeth : Soth ic eow secge, 
 Gif ge habbath geleafan and ne tweoniath, ne do ge na 
 thaet an be tham fic-treowe, ac eac theah ge cwethon to 
 
 22 thysum munte, Ahefe the up, and feall innan tha sae ; and 
 ealle thaes the ge byddath ge beoth titha, gif ge gelyfath. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODXES-DAEG, OX THAERE FIFTAN WUCAN 
 OFER PEXTECOSTEX. 
 
 23 Tha he com into tham temple, tha comon thaera sacerda 
 ealdras hym to, and cwaedon : On hwylcre mihte wyrcsth 
 
 24 thu thas thing, and hwa sealde the thisne anweald ? Tha 
 andswarode se Haelend hym, and cwaeth : Ic acsige eow 
 anre spraece ; gif ge me tha spraece secgath, thonne secge 
 
 25 ic eow on hwylcum anwealde ic thas thing wyrce. Hwaeth- 
 or waes Iohannes fulluht, t.he of heofenum, the of mannum ? 
 Tha cwaedon hig betweox hym, Gif we secgath, Of heofene, 
 
 36 thonne cwyth he, Forhwam ne gelyfde ge hym ? Gyf we 
 secgath, Of mannum, we ondraedath thys folc : ealle hig 
 
 27 haefdon Iohannem for aenne witegan. Tha andswaredon 
 hig, and cwaedon : We nyton. Tha cwaeth he : Ne ic eow 
 
 28 ne secge of hwylcum anwealde ic thas thing wyrce. Hu 
 thincth eow ? An man haefde twegen suna ; tha cwaeth he 
 
MATHEUS XXI. 
 
 to tham yldran suna, Ga and wyrce to-daeg on minum 
 win-gearde. Tha cwaeth he, Ic nelle ; eode theh syththan29 
 to tham win-gearde . Tha cwaeth he eal-swa to tham othrum. 30 
 Tha andswarede se hym and cwaeth, Hlaford, ic ga ; and 
 ne eode swa-theah. Hwaether thaera twegra dyde thaes 3t 
 faeder willan ? Tha cwaedon hig : Se aeftera. Tha cwaeth 
 se Haelend to hym : Soth ic eow secge, Thaet manfulle and 
 myltystran gath beforan eow on Codes rice. Iohannessa 
 com on ryhtwisnesse wege, and ge ne gelyfdon hym ; 
 witodlice manfulle and myltystran gelyfdon ; and ge ge- 
 sawon, and ne dydon syththan nane daed-bote, thaet ge ge- 
 lyfdon on hym. Gehyrath nu other bigspel : 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THAERE OTHRE WUCAN INNAN LENCTEN, 
 ON FRIGE-DAEG. 
 
 Sum hiredes ealdor waes, se plantode win-geard, and 33 
 betynde hyne, and sette thaer-on wi'n-wringan, and getim- 
 brode aenne stypel, and gesette thone myd eorth-tylion, 
 and ferde on eltheodignysse. Tha thaera waestma tid ge-34 
 nealaehte, tha sende he hys theowas to tham eorth-tylion. 
 thaet hig onfengon hys waestmas. Tha namon hig hys 35 
 theowas, and swungon sumne, sumne hig ofslogon, sumne 
 hig oftorfodon. Tha sende he eft othre theowas, selran 36 
 thonne tha aerran waeron : tha dydon hig tham gelice. 
 Aet nyhstan he sende hys sunu him to, and cwaeth, Hig 37 
 forwandiath thaet hig ne don minum suna swa. Wit- 38 
 odlice tha tha tylian thone sunu gesawon, tha cwaedon 
 hig betweox hym, Thes ys yrfenuma ; uton gan, and of- 
 slean hyne, and habban us hys aehta. Tha namon hig, 39 
 and ofslogon hyne, and awurpon withutan thone win-geard. 
 Hwaet deth thaes wi'n-geardes hlaford tham eorth-tylion, 40 
 thonne he cymth ? Tha cwaedon hig : He fordeth tha yfelan 41 
 myd yfele, and gesctt hys win-geard myd othrum tylion, 
 the hym hys waestm hyra tidum agyfon. Tha cwaeth se a 
 Haelend : Ne raedde ge naefre on gewritum, Se stan, the 
 49 6 
 
MATHEUS XXli. 
 
 tha timbriendan awurpon, ys geworden to thaere ny] 
 hcafde : thys ys fram Dryhtne geworden, and hyt ys 
 
 43 wundorlic on umm eagum ? Fortham ic secge eow, Thaet 
 cow byth aetbroden Godes rice, and bytli geseald thaere 
 
 44 t&eode the hys carnath. And se the fylth uppan thysne stan, 
 he byth tobrysed ; and he tobryst thone the he on-uppan 
 
 45 fylth. Tha rhaera sacerda ealdras and tha Pharisei thys big- 
 sp >n, tha ongeaton hig thaet he hyt saede be hym. 
 
 4G Ilig sohton hyne,and ondredon thaet folc ; fortham the hig 
 
 haefdon hyne for aenne witegan. 
 
 XXI!. 1 he hym eft other bigspel, and thus 
 
 a cwaeth: II :den t.ham cyninge the 
 
 a macode hys suna gifta ; and sende hys theowas, and clyp- 
 
 ode tha gelathodan to tham giftura : tha noidon hig cuman. 
 4 T-hasen othre th< owas,andsaede thamgelathodon, 
 
 Nu ic gegearwode mine feorme : mine fearras and mine 
 
 fugelas synd ofslegene, and ealle mine thing synd gearwe : 
 s cumath to tham giftum. Tha forgymdon hig thaet, and 
 
 6 ferdon ; sum to hys tune, sum to hys mangunge. And 
 tha othre namon hys theowas, and mid teonan geswencton, 
 
 7 and ofslogon. Tha se cyning thaet gehyrde, tha vvaes he 
 yrre, and sonde hys here to, and fordyde tha man-slagan, 
 
 s and heora burh forbaernde. Tha cwaeth he to his theowum, 
 Witodlice thas gyfta synd gearwe, ac tha the gelathode 
 
 9 waeron ne synd wyrthe. Gath nu witodlice to wega ge- 
 laetum, and clypiath to thisum giftum swa hwylce swa ge 
 
 logemeton. Tha eodon tha t,heowas lit on tha wegas, and 
 gegaderodon ealle tha the hig gemetton, gode and 
 tl.ia waeron tha gyft-hus mid sittendum mannum gefyllede. 
 
 u 1'lia eode se cyning in, thaet he wolde geseon tha the thaer 
 saeton , tha geseah he thaer aenne man the naes mid gyftlicum 
 
 ic re yd : tha cwaeth he, La freond, humeta eodest 
 
 »3 thu in, and naefdest gyftlic reaf ? Tha gesuwode he. And 
 se cyning cwaeth to hys thenum, Gebindath hys handa, and 
 
hys fet, and weorpath hyne on ilia uttran t&ystro ; tliaer 
 byth wop and totha gristbitung. Witodlice manega synt u 
 : hodc, and feawa gecorene. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON XXIII. WUCAN OFER PENTE- 
 COSTEN. _ 
 
 Tha ongunnon tha Pharisei raedan, thaet hig woldon thone 15 
 Haelend on hys spraece bcfon. Tha sendon hig hym hyra 16 
 leorning-cnyhtas to, mid tham Herodianiscum, and thus 
 cwaedon : Lareow, we witon thaet thu cart sothfaest, and thu 
 laerest Godes weg mid sothfaestnysse, and thu ne wandast 
 for nanum men, ne thu ne besceawast nanes mannes had : 
 sege us hwaet thincth the, Ys hyt alyfed thaet man Casere 17 
 gafol sylle, the na ? Tha se Haelend heora facn gehyrde, is 
 tha cwaeth he : La liceteras ! hwi fandige ge mm ? Aetyw- 19 
 ath me thaes gafoles mynet. Tha brohton hy hym aenne pen- 
 inc. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to lr^m : Hwaes anlicnys ys 20 
 tji}'s, and thys ofer-gewrit ? Hig cwaedon : Tliaes Caseres. 21 
 Tha cwaeth he : Agifath tham Casere tha thing the thaes 
 Caseres synd, and Gode tha thing the Godes synd. Tha hig 12 
 thaet gehyrdon, tha wundredon hig, and forleton Iryne, and 
 ferdon onweg. On tham daege comon to hym Saducei, tha 23 
 secgath thaet nan aeryst ne sy, and hig axodon hyne, and 24 
 cwaedon: Lareow, Moyses saede, Gyf hwa dead sy, and 
 beam naebbc, thaet hys brother nyme hys wif, and stryne 
 hym beam. Witodlice mid us waeron seofon gebrothru ; and 25 
 se forma fette wif, and forth-ferde, and laefde hys brether hys 
 wif butan bearne : and se other eal-swa, and se thrydda, oth 26 
 thone seofothan. Tha aet sithemestan forth-ferde thaet wif. 27 
 Hwylces thaera seofona byth thaet wif, on tham aeryste ? 28 
 ealle hig haefdon hig. Tha andswarode se Haelend hym, and 29 
 cwaeth : Ge dweliath, and ne cunnon halige gewritu, ne God- 
 es maegen. Witodlice ne wifiath hig, ne hig ne ceorliath, on 30 
 tham aeryste ; ac hig synd swylce Godes englas on heof- 
 one. Ne raedcle ge be deadra manna aeryste, thaet eow si 
 
MATHEUS XXIII. 
 
 afram Gode gesafed waes, Ic eom Abrahames God, and 
 Isaaccs God, and [acobes God ? Nys God na deadra, ac 
 
 S3 lybbendra. Tha thaet folc thaet gehyrde, tha wundredon 
 hig hys lare. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THAERE WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 84 Tha tha Phariseiscan gehyTd on thaet he het tha Saduceisc- 
 \ lie beon, tha eodon hig togaedere. And an, the waes 
 
 i h i re afe lareow, axode hyne and fandode hys, thus cweth- 
 oo ende : La Lareow, hwaetys thaet maeste bebod on thaere ae ? 
 .;: Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Lufa Dryhten thinne God on ealre 
 
 thinre heortan, and on ealre thinre sawle, and on eallum 
 38thinum mode. Thys ys thaet maeste and thaet fyrmeste 
 3? bebod. Other ys thysum gelic, Lufa thinne nehstan swa 
 10 swa the sylfne. On thysum twam bebodum byth gefylled 
 »i call seo ae. Tha tha Phariseiscan gegaderode waeron, tha 
 «9 cwaeth sc Haelend : Hwaet thincth eow be Criste ? hwaes 
 43 sunu ys he ? Hig cwaedon, Dauides. Tha cwaeth se Hael- 
 
 end: llwi clypath Dauid hyne on gaste Dryhten, and 
 «4cwythj Dryhten cwaeth to minum Dryhtne, Site on mine 
 
 swythran healfe, oth thaet ic gesette thine fynd the to fot- 
 uscamole? Gyf Dauid hyne on gaste Dryhten clypath, 
 46 lm ys he hys sunu? Tha ne mihton hig hym nan word 
 
 andswarian, ne nan ne dorste of tham daege hyne nan 
 
 tiling mare acsian. 
 
 XXIII. Tha spraec se Haelend to tham folce and to 
 
 ! hys Leoming-cnyhtum, and cwaeth : Boceras and Pharisei 
 
 i ofer Moyses lareow-setl. Healdath and wyrcath 
 
 swa hwaet swa hig secgath ; and ne do ge na aefter heora 
 
 4 weorcum : hig secgath, and ne doth. Hig bindath hefige 
 hyri.hrna, the man aberan ne maeg, and lecgath tha uppan 
 manna exla ; and nellath liig tha myd heora fingreaethrinan. 
 
 5 Ealle heora weorc hig doth thaet men hig geseon : hio- to- 
 braedath heora heals-bec, and maersiath heora reafa fnadu, 
 
 o hig lufiath tha fyrmestan setl on gebeorscypum, and tha 
 
MATHEUS XXIII. 
 
 .yrmestan lareow-setl on gesamnungum, and thaet hig 7 
 man grete on straetum, and thaet men hig lareowas nem- 
 non. Ne gyrne gc thaet eow man lareowas nemne ; an 8 
 ys eower Lareow ; ge synt ealle gebrothru. And ne nemne 9 
 ge eow faeder offer eorthan : an ys eower Faeder, se the on 
 heofonum ys. Ne eow man ne nemne lareowas ; fortham an 10 
 Crist ys eower Lareow. Se the eower yltst sy, beo se eower 11 
 then. Witodlice se the hyne up-ahefth, se byth genyther- 12 
 od ; and se the hyne sylfne geeathmet, se byth up-ahafen. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE NYGETHAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 Wa eow, boceras and Pharisei, liceteras ! fortham ge be- 13 
 
 lucath heofena rice beforan mannum : ne ge in ne gatli, 
 
 ne ge ne thafiath thaet othre in-gan. Wa eow, boceras and 15 
 
 Farisei, liceteras ! fortham ge befarath sa'e and eorthan, 
 
 thaet ge don anne eltheodigne : and thonne he geworden 
 
 byth, ge gedoth hyne helle beam twyfealdlicor thonne eow. 
 
 Wa eow, blindan latteowas ! ge secgath, Swa hwylc swa ie 
 
 swereth on temple, thaet ys naht ; sw T a hwa swa swereth on 
 
 thaes temples golde, se ys scyldig. Eala ge dysigan and n 
 
 blindan ! hwaether ys mare ? the thaet gold, the thaet tempi 
 
 the thaet gold gehalgath ? And swa hwa swa swereth on is 
 
 tham weofode, thaet ys naht ; swa hwylc swa swereth on 
 
 thaere offrunge the ofer thaet weofod ys, se ys scyldig. Eala 19 
 
 ge blindan ! hwaether ys mare, the offrung, the thaet weofod 
 
 the gehalgath tha ofTYunge ? Witodlice, se the swereth on 20 
 
 weofode, he swereth on hym, and on eallum tham the hym 
 
 ofer synd. And se the swereth on temple, he swereth on 21 
 
 hym, and on tham the hym on eardiath. And se the swereth 2* 
 
 on heofenan, he swereth on Godes thrym-setle, and on tham 
 
 the ofer thaet sitt. Wa eow, boceras and Pharisei, licet- 21 
 
 eras ! ge the teothiath mintan, and dile, and cymen, and 
 
 ge forleton tha thing the synd hefigran thaere ae, dom, and 
 
 mildheortnysse, and geleafan : thas thing hyt gebyrede 
 53 6 * 
 
MATHEUS XXIII, 
 
 24 thaet ge clydon, and tba othre ne forleton. La blindan lat- 
 
 teowas ! ge drehniath thone gnaet aw eg, and drincath thone 
 Kolfend. Wa cow, boceras and Pharisei, liccteras! for- 
 
 tham ge claensiath thaet withutan ys calicas and dixas, and 
 re ge synd innan fulle reafiaces and unclaennysse. Eala thu 
 
 bljnda Phariseus ! claensa aerest thaet withinnan ys calices 
 w and disces, thaet hyt sy claene thaet withutan ys. Wa eow, 
 
 boceras and Pharisei, liceteras ! fortham ge synd gelice 
 
 hwitum byrgenum, tha thincath mannum utan wlitige, and 
 ss hig synd innan fulle deadra bana and ealre fylthe. And 
 
 swa ge aetywaih mannum utan ryhtwise ; innan ge synd 
 so fulle licetunge and unryhtwisnesse. Wa eow, boceras 
 
 and Pharisei, liceteras ! ge the timbriath witegena byrg- 
 
 30 ena, and glengath ryhtwisra gemynd-siowa ; and ge cweth- 
 ath, Gyf we waeron on ure faedera dagum, naere we heora 
 
 31 geferan on thaera witegena blodes gyte. Witodlice ge 
 synd eow sylfum to gewitnesse, thaet ge synd thaera beam 
 
 32 the ofslogon tha witegan : and gefylle ge thaet gemet eowra 
 
 33 faedera. Eala ge naeddran, and naeddrena cynn ! hu 
 fleo ge fram belle dome ? 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL OX S« STEPHAXES MAESSE-DAEG. 
 
 34 Ic sende to eow witegan and wise boceras, and ge hig 
 ofsleatb, and both, and swingath, on eowrum gesomnungum, 
 
 35 and ge hig ehtath of byrig on byrig ; thaet ofer eow cume 
 aelc ryhtwis blod the Avaes agoten ofer eorthan,fram Abeles 
 blode thaes ryhtwisan, oth Zacharias blod, Baracliias suna, 
 thone ge ofslogon betweoix tham temple and tham weofode. 
 
 36 Soth ic seege eow, Ealle thas thing cumath ofer thas cneo- 
 
 . Eala Hierusalem, eala Hierusalem, thu the tha wite- 
 
 md mid stanum oftorfast tha the to the asende 
 
 synd, swithe oft ic wolde thine beam gegaderian, swa seo 
 
 henn byre cycenu under hyre fythem gegaderath, and thu 
 
 39 noldest ! Witodlice nu byth cower hus eow weste for- 
 
 c&laeten. Soth ic secge eow, Ne geseoth ge me heonon-forth, 
 
MATHEUS XXIV. 
 
 aertham the go secgon, Sy gebletsod se the com on Bryht- 
 nes naman. 
 
 XXIV. And tha se Haelend ut-eode of tham temple, hym i 
 to genealaehton hys leoniing-cnyhtas, thaet big hym aetyw- 
 don thaes temples getimbrunge. Tha andswarode he hym, 2 
 and cwaeth: Geseoth ge eall thys ? soth ic secge eow, Ne 
 byth her laefed stan uppan stane, the ne beo toworpen. 
 Tha he saet uppan Oliuctes dune, tha comon hys leorning- 3 
 cnyhtas dihlice, and cwaedon, Sege us hwaenne thas thing 
 geweorthon, and hwylc tacn sy thines to-cymes, and worulde 
 geendunge. Tha andswarode he hym, and cwaeth : Warn- \ 
 iath thaet eow nan ne beswice. Manega cumath on minum 5 
 naman, and cwethath, Ic eom Crist, and beswicath manega. 
 Witodlice ge gehyrath gefeoht and gefeohta hlisan, warn- 6 
 iath thaet ge ne beon gedrefede : thas thing sceolon ge- 
 weorthan, ac nys thonne gyt se ende. Theod winth ongean 7 
 th^oclc, and rice ongean rice ; and mann-cwealmas beoth, 
 and hungras, wide geond land, and eorthan styrunga. 
 I • thas thing synd thaera sara angin. Thonne syllath hig 8 
 on gedrefednysse, and ofsleath eow : and ealle men 9 
 cow hatiath for minum naman. And thonne beoth manega 10 
 ungetreowsode, and belaewath betweox hym, and hatiath 
 \im betwynan. And manega lease witegan cumath, and 11 
 beswicath manega. And fortham the unryhtwisnys ricsath, 12 
 manegra lufu acolath. Witodlice se the thurhwunath oth 13 
 ende, se byth hal. And this godspel byth bodod ofer ealle 14 
 eorthan, on gewitnysse eallum theodum ; and thonne cymth 
 seo geendung. Thonne ge geseoth tha onsceonunge thaere 15 
 toworpem^sse, the se witega gecwaeth Daniel, tha he stod 
 on haligre stowe ; ongyte se the hyt ra'et ; fleon thonne 16 
 to muntum tha the on Iudea-lande synd : and se the ys 17 
 uppan his huse, ne ga he nyther, thaet he aenig thing on his 
 huse fecce : and se the ys on aecere, ne cyrre he, thaet he is 
 tunecan nyme. Wa eacniendum and fedendum on 19 
 
MATHEUS XXIV. 
 
 h> i&am dagum ! Biddath thaet eower fleam on wintra, oththe 
 
 21 on reste daege, ne geweorthe : witodlice thonne byth swa 
 mycel gedeorf, swa naes of middan-geardes fruman oth 
 
 22 this, ne nu ne geweorth. And buton tha dagas gescyrte 
 waeron, naere nan man hal geworden : ac for tham geco- 
 
 23 renum the he geceas, tha dagas beoth gescyrte. Thonne 
 gyf eow hwa segth, Nu Crist ysher, oththe thaer, ne gelyfe 
 
 24 ge hym. Thonne cumath lease Cristas, and lease witegan, 
 and doth mycele tacn, and fore-beacn, thaet tha beoth on 
 gedwolan gelaedde, gyf hyt beon maeg, the gecorene waer- 
 
 23 on. Witodlice ic hyt eow fore-saede. Gyf hig eow 
 
 26 secgath, Her he ys on westene, ne fare ge lit : gyf hig 
 
 27 secgath, Her he ys on thurh-farun, ne gelyfe ge. Witod- 
 lice swa swa liget faerth fram east-daele, and aetywth oth 
 
 28west-dael; swa byth mannes Suna to-c} T me. Swa hwaer 
 
 so swa hold byth, thyder beoth earnas gegaderode. Sona aefter 
 
 thaera daga gedrefydnesse, seo sunne byth forsworcen, and 
 
 se mona his leoht ne sylth, and steorran feallath of thaere 
 
 heofenan, and thaere heofenan maegenu beoth astyrede : 
 
 30 and thonne aetywth mannes Suna tacn on heofenan : and 
 thonne wepath ealle eorthan maegtha, and geseoth mannes 
 Sunu cumendne on heofenan genipum, mid myclum maeg- 
 
 31 ene, and maegen-thrymme. And he asent hys englas 
 mid byman and mycelre stefne, and hig gegaderiath hys 
 gecorenan of feower middan-geardes endum, of heofena 
 
 M heahnyssum oth hyra gema'eru. Lcorniath bigspel be tham 
 fic-treowe ; Thonne hys twig byth hnesce, and leaf acenne- 
 
 33 de, ge witon tliact sumer ys gehende : and wite ge swa, 
 thonne ge tlias thing geseoth, thaet he ys on durum ge- 
 
 34 hende. Soth ic Becg< eow, Thaet thcoscneorysnegewit,aer- 
 
 35 tham lljc ealle i.l.ias thing geweorthon. Heofene and eorthe 
 
 36 gewitath, witodlice mine word ne gewitath. Nat nan man 
 be tham daege, ne be thaere tide, ne furthon englas, buton 
 
 « Faeder ana. Witodlice swa swa on Noes dagum waes ? 
 
MATHEUS XXV. 
 
 swa byth mannes Suna to-cyme. Swa hig waeron on tham 38 
 dagum aer tham tlode, etende and drincende, and wifi- 
 gende, and giita syllende, oth thone daeg the Noe on tha 
 earce eode ; and hig nyston a'er thaet flod com, and nam 39 
 hig ealle : swa byth mannes Suna to-cyme. Thonne beoth 10 
 twegen on aecere, an byth genumen and other byth laefed. 
 Twa beoth aet cweorne grindcnde, an byth genumen and 41 
 other byth laefed. Twegen beoth on bedde, an byth genum- 
 en and other byth laefed. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL TO MAENIGES CONFESSORES MAESSE- 
 DAEG. 
 
 Waciath witodlice ; fortham the ge nyton on hwylcere tide 42 
 eower Hlaford cuman wyle. Witath, thaet gyf se hyredes 43 
 ealdor wiste on hwylcere tide se theof toweard waere, wit* 
 odlice he wolde wacian, and nolde gethafian thaet man 
 iys hus underdulfe. And fortham beo ge gearwe ; for- 44 
 vham the mannes Sunu wyle cuman on thaere tide the ge 
 ryton. Wenst thu hwa sy getreowe and gleaw theow, thone 45 
 ^eset hys hlaford ofer hys hyred, thaet he hym on tide 
 nete sylle ? Eadig ys se theow, the hys hlaford hyne ge- 4G 
 net thus dondne, thonne he cymth. Soth ic eow secge, Thaet 47 
 )fer eall thaet he ah he hyne geset. Gyf se yfela theowa 43 
 :hencth on hys heortan, and cvryth, Min hlaford uferath hys 
 cyme ; and agynth beatan hys efen-theowas, and yt and 19 
 drincthmyddruncenum ; thonne cymth thaes wealcs hlaford 50 
 on tham daege the he na ne wenth, and on thaere tide the 
 he nat, and todaelth hyne, and aset hys dael mid liceterum ; sj 
 thaer byth wop, and totha grislbitung. 
 
 THYS SCEAL TO HALIGRA FAE1MNENA MAESSE-DAEGE. 
 
 XXV. Thonne byth heofena rice gelic tham tyn faemn- 1 
 um, the tha leoht-fatu namon, and ferdon ongean thone bryd- 
 guman and tha bryde. Heora fif waeron dysege, and fif ■> 
 gleawe. And tha fif dysegan namon leoht-fatu, and ne nam- 3 
 on naenne ele mid hym : tha gleawan namon ele on heora 4 
 
MATHEUS XXV. 
 
 6 fatum, mid tham leoht-fatum. Tha se bryd-guma ylde, tha 
 ehnappedon hig calle and slepon. Witodlice to middere 
 
 nihte man hrymds, and cwaeth, Nu, se bryd-guma cymth ; 
 : farath himtogeanes. Tha aryson calle thafaemnan, and gleng- 
 s don hebraleoht-fatu', Tha cwaedon tha dysegan to thamwis- 
 
 ura, Syllath us of eowrum ele ; fortham ure leoht-fatu synd 
 9 acwencte. Tha andswaredon tha gleawan, and cwaedon, 
 
 Nese ; thy-laes the we and ge nabbon genoh : gath to tham 
 io cypendum, and bycgath cow ele. Witodlice tha hig fer- 
 
 don, and woldon bycgan, tha com se bryd-guma ; and tha 
 
 the gearowe waeron, eodon in mid him to tham giftum : 
 ii and seo dura waes belocen. Tha aet nehstan comon tha 
 
 othre faemnan and cwaedon, Dryhten, Dryhten, laet lis in. 
 i2 Tha andswarode he heom, and cwaeth, Soth ic eow secge, 
 13 ne can ic eow. Witodlice waciath ; fortham the ge nyton 
 
 ne thone daeg, ne tha tide. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATII ON S~ SYLUESTRES MAESSE-DAEGE, • 
 AND TO OTI1RA CONFESSORES. 
 
 i4 Sum man ferde on eltheodignysse, and clypode hys theow- 
 i5 as, and betaehte hym hys aehta. And anum he sealde 
 
 fif pund, sumum twa, sumum an ; aeghwylcum be hys 
 io agenum maegene ; and ferde sona. Tha ferde se the tha 
 it fif pund underfeng, and gestrynde othre fife. And eal-swa, 
 is se the thfl twa underfeng gestrynde othre twa. Witodlice 
 
 se the tljaet an underfeng ferde, and bedealf hyt on eorthan, 
 19 and behydde hys hlafordes feoh. Witodlice aefter mycl- 
 
 um fyrste, com thaera theowa hlaford, and dyhte hym 
 d. Tha com se the tha fif pund underfeng, and brohte 
 
 othre fife, and cwaeth, Hlaford, fif pund thu sealdest me ; 
 21 nu ic gestrynde othre fife. Tha cwaeth hys hlaford to hym, 
 
 Beo blithe, thu goda rjieow and getrywa ; fortham the thu 
 
 waere getrywe ofer lytle thing, ic gesette the ofer nrycle : 
 ssga into thines hlafordes blisse. Tha com se the tha twa 
 
 pund underfeng, and cwaeth, Hlaford, twa pund thu me 
 
MATHEUS XXV. 
 
 sealdest ; im ic haebbe gestryned othre twa. Tha cwaeth 23 
 h}'s hlaford to hym, Geblissa, thu goda theowa and ge- 
 try wa ; fortham the thu waere getry we ofer feawa, ofer fela 
 ic the o-esette : era on thines hlafordes gefean. Tha com se 24 
 the thaet an pund underfeng, and cwaeth, Hlaford, ic wat 
 thaet thu eart heard mann, thu rypst thaer thu ne seowe,and 
 gaderast thaer thu ne sprengdest : and ic ferde ofdraed, and 25 
 behydde thin pund on eorthan : her thu haefst thaet thin ys. 
 Tha andswarode hys hlaford hym, and cwaeth, Thu yfela 26 
 theow and slawa, thu w istest thaet ic rype thaer ic ne sawe, 
 and ic gaderige thaer ic ne stredde : hyt gebyrede thaet thu 27 
 befaestest min feoh myneterum, and ic name, thonne ic 
 come , thaet min ys , mid th am gafole . Anymath thaet pund aet 28 
 hym, and syllath tham the me tha tyn pund brohte. Witod- 29 
 lice aelcon thaera the haefth man sylth, and he haefth genoh : 
 tham the naefth, tliaet hymthirrcth thaet he haebbe, thaet 
 hym byth aetbroden. And weorpath thone unnyttan theowan 30 
 on tha utteran thystru : thaer byth wop and totha gristbitung. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON MONAN-DAEG, ON FORM AN FAESTEN-DAEG. 
 
 Witodlice thonne mannes Sunu cymth on hys maegen- 31 
 thrymme, and ealle englas mid hym, thonne sit he ofer hys 
 maegen-thrymmes setl : and ealle theoda beoth to-foran 3?. 
 hym gegaderode, and he asyndrath hig hym betwynan, 
 swa swa se hyrde asyndrath tha seep fram tyceenum. 33 
 And he geset tha seep on hys swithran healfe, and tha 34 
 tyceenu on hys wynstran healfe. Thonne cwith ce cyning 
 to tham the on hys swithran healfe beoth, Cumath, ge 
 gebletsode mines Faeder, and onfoth thaet rice thaet eow 
 gegearwod ys of middan-geardes frymthe. Me hingrede, 35 
 and ge me sealdon etan : me thyrste, and ge me sealdon 
 drincan : ic waes cuma, and ge me in-lathedon : ic waes 36 
 nacod, and ge me scryddon : ic waes untrum, and ge 
 eodon to me :. ic waes on cwearterne, and ge comon to 
 me. Thonne andswariath tha ryhtwisan, and cwethath, 37 
 
MATHEUS XXVI. 
 
 Dryhten, hwaenne gcsawe we the hingrigendne, and we 
 
 38 the feddon ? thyrstendne, and we the drinc sealdon ? Hwaen- 
 ne gesawe we thaet thu cuma waere, and the in-lathedon ? 
 
 30 oththe nacodne, and we the scryddon ? Oththe hwaenne ge- 
 sawon we the untrumne, oththe on cwearterne, and we 
 
 40 comon to the ? Thonne andswarath se cyning hym, and 
 cwyth to hym, Soth ic eow secge, Swa lange swa ge dydon 
 anum of thysum minum laestum gebrothrum, swa lange 
 
 4i ge hyt dydon me. Thonne segth he tham the beoth on tha 
 wynstran healfe, Gewitath, ge awyrgede, fram me, on thaet 
 
 42 ece fyr, the ys deofle and hys englum gegearwod. Wit- 
 odlice me hingrede, and ge ne sealdon me etan : me 
 
 43 thyrste, and ge me drincan ne sealdon : ic waes cuma, 
 and ge me in ne gelathedon : ic waes nacod, and ge me 
 ne scryddon : ic waes untrum, and on cwearterne, and 
 
 44 ge ne comon aet me. Thonne andswariath hym tha, and 
 cwethath, Dryhten, hwaenne gesawe we the hingrigendne, 
 oththe thyrstendne, oththe cuman, oththe untrumne, oththe 
 
 4 5 on cwearterne, and we ne thenedon the ? Thonne andswarath 
 hym se cyning, and cwyth, Soth ic eow secge, Swa lange 
 swa ge ne dydon anum of thysum laestum, ne dyde ge 
 
 4 6 hyt me. And thonne farath hig on ece susle ; and tha 
 rihtwisan on thaet ece life. 
 
 XXVI. Witodlice tha se Haelend, haefde eaile thas 
 spraeca geendod, tha cwaeth he to hys leorning-cnyhtum : 
 
 THES PASSIO SCEAL ON PALM-SU1VNAN-DAEG. 
 
 2 Wite ge thaet aefter twam dagum beoth Eastro, and 
 mannes Beam byth geseald, thaet he sy" on rode ahangen. 
 
 3 Tha waeron gesamnode tha ealdras thaera sacerda, and 
 hlafordas thaes folces, to thaera sacerda ealdres botle, the 
 
 4 waes genemned Caiphas : and hig haefdon mycel gemot, 
 thaet hig woldon thone Haelend mid facne besyrwan, and 
 
 5 ot'slean. Hig cwaedon witodlice sume thaet hyt ne mihte 
 beon on tham freols-daege, thy-laes to mycel styrung wurde 
 
MATHEUS XXVI. 
 
 on tham folce. Tha se Haelend waes on Bethania, on a 
 Symones huse thaes hreoflan, tha genealaehte hymto sum 7 
 wif, seo haefde box mid deorwyrthre sealfe, and ageat upp- 
 an hys heafod thaer he saet. Tha gesawon hys leorning- s 
 cnyhtas thaet, and wurdon gebolgene, and cwaedon : To 
 hwan ys thys forspilled ? thys mihte beon geseald to miclum 9 
 weorthe, and thearfum gedaeled. Tha se Haelend hyt wiste, 
 tha cwaeth he to hym : Hwi synd ge grame thysum wife ? 
 witodlice god weorc heo worhte on me. Symle ge hab- 11 
 bath thearfan mid eow, ac ge nabbath me symle. Heo 12 
 dyde thas sealfe on minne lichaman, thaet ic waere gesmyr- 
 ed to bebyriann?. Soth ic secge eow, Swa hwaer swa 13 
 thys godspel byth gebodod on eallum middan-gearde, byth 
 gesaed on hyre gemynd thaet heo thys dyde. Tha ferde an u 
 of tham twelfum, the waes genemned Iudas se withersaca, 
 to thaera sacerda ealdrum, and cwaeth to hym : Hwaet is 
 wylle ge me syllan, and ic hyne belaewe eow ? Tha be- 
 heton big hym thritig scyllinga. And syththan he smeade is 
 geornlice thaet he hyne wolde belaewan. Tha on tham for- n 
 man gearcung-daege, genealaehton tha leorning-cnyhtas 
 to tham Haelende, and thus cwaedon : Hwaer wylt thu 
 thaet we gegearwion the thine thenunga to Eastron ? Tha is 
 cwaeth se Haelend: Farath on thas ceastre to sumum men, 
 and secgath hym, Se Lareow segth, Mm tima ys gehende 
 thaet ic mid the wyrce mine Eastro, mid minum leorning- 
 cnyhtum. And tha leorning-cnyhtas dydon swa se Haelend 19 
 him bebead ; and hig gegearwodon him Easter-thenunge. 
 On tham aefene saet se Haelend mid hys twelf leorning- 20 
 cnyhtum aet gereorde ; and tha hig a'eton he cwaeth to 21 
 hym: Witodlice ic secge eow, thaet an' eower belaewth 
 me. Tha wurdon hig swythe ge-unrotsode, and ongan 22 
 anra gehwylc cwethan : Drihten, cwyst thu eom ic hyt? 
 And he andswarode, and thus cwaeth : Se the bedypth on 23 
 disce mid me his hand, se me belaewth. Witodlice man- 24 
 
 61 7 
 
XXVI. 
 
 nes Sunu faerth, swa hyt awriten ys be hym: wa tham men, 
 thurh thone the byth mannes Sunu belacwed ! betere waere 
 
 as tham men tjhaet he oa tfre naere acenned. Thacwaeth Iu- 
 das, l.l.i' hyne belaewde : Cwyst thu, Lareow, hwaether ic 
 
 x hyt sy ? Tha c\\ aeth se Haelend : thu hyt saedest. Witod- 
 lice tha hig acton, se Haelend nam hlaf, and hyne geblet- 
 sode-, and brace, and sealdc hys leorning-cnyhtum, and 
 
 27 cwaeth : Onfoth, and etath ; thys ys minlichama. And he 
 genam tlione calic thanciende, and sealde hym, thus cweth- 
 
 ^ J ende : Drincath ealle of thysum ; thys ys witodlice mines 
 blodes calic niwre a'e,' thaet byth for manegum agoten, on 
 
 39 synna forgyfennesse. Witodlice ic secge eow, Thaet ic ne 
 drince heonon-forth of thysum eorthlican wine, aer tham 
 
 so daege the ic drince thaet niwe mid eow on mines Faeder 
 rice. Thahig haefdon heora lof-sans; 2resungenne,tha ferdon 
 
 si hig uppan Oliuetes dune. Tha saede se Haelend hym : Ealle 
 ge weorthath geuntreowsode on me on thysse nyhte : hyt 
 is awriten, Thurh thaes hyrdes siege byth se heord todrae- 
 
 33 fed. Witodlice aefter tham the ic of deathe arise, ic cume 
 
 ^3 to eow on Galilea. Tha andwyrde Petrus hym, and thus 
 ■\\ : Theah the hig ealle geuntrcowsion on the, ic 
 
 3i naefiv ne ffeuntreowsige. Thacwaeth se Haelend : Soth ic 
 ■ the,Thaeton thysse re nihte, aertham the eocc era we, 
 
 ssthriwathu withsaecst mm. Tha saede Petrus hym : Wit- 
 odlice, theah the ic scyle sweltan mid the, ne withsace ic 
 
 se thin. Gelice tham ewaedon ealle thaothre leorning-cityht- 
 as. Tha com se Haelend mid hym on thone tun, the ys 
 genemned Giezemani, and sard- hys leorning-cnyhtum: 
 Sittath her, oth l.haet ic ga hydcr-geond, and me gebydde. 
 
 a; And be genam Petrum and 7a bedeus twegen suna, and on- 
 
 38 gan unrotsian, and beon unrot. Tha saede se Haelend hym : 
 Unrol ys min sawl oth death : gebidath her, and waciath 
 
 89 mid me. And tha he waes lyt-hwon thanon agan, he afeol 
 on hys ansyne, and hyne gebaed, and thus cwaeth : Faeder 
 
 02 
 
MATHEUS XXVI. 
 
 min,gyf hyt boon maege, gewite thes calic fram mo : theah- 
 hwaethere, na swa swa ic wylle, ae swa swa thu wylt. And 40 
 he com to hys leorning-cnyhtum, and he gemette hig 
 nde, and he saede Petre: Swa, ne mihte ge mi 
 wacian ane tid mid mc ? Waciath and gebiddath eow, 41 
 thaet ge in ne gan on costnunge : witodlice se gast is 
 hraed, and thaet ilaesc is untrum. Eft othre sithe he ferde, 42 
 and hyne gebaed, and cwaeth : Min Faeder, gyf thes calic 
 ne maege gewitan, buton ic hyne drince, geweorthe thin 
 willa. And lie com eft, and gemette hig slaepende ; 43 
 sothlice heora cagan waeron gehefegode. And he forlet 44 
 
 I , and ferde, and hyne gebaed thryddan sithe, cweth- 
 ende thaet ylce gebed. Tha com he to hys lcorning- 45 
 cnyhtum, and saede hym : Slapath eallunga, and restath 
 eow : nu genealaecth seo tid, and mannes Sunu byth ge- 
 seald on synfulra hand. Arisath, uton faran ; nu genea- 46 
 laecth se the me belaewth. Tha he thas tiling spraec, tha 47 
 com Iudas, an of t ham twelfum, and micel folc mid hym, 
 mid swurdum and sahlum, asende fram thaera sacerda eal- 
 drum, and thacs folces ealdrum. Se the hyne belaewde 48 
 sealde hym tacn, and cwaeth : Swa hwaene swa ic cysse, se 
 hyt ys, nymath hyne. And he genealaehte hraedlice to tham 49 
 
 Lende, and cwaeth : Hal beo thu, Lareow; and he cyste 
 hyne. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : Eala frebnd, to so 
 hwan becom thu ? Tha genealaehton hig, and thone Hael- 
 end genamon. Witodlice an thaera, the mid tham Haelende 31 
 
 s, abraed hys sweord, and asloh of anes thaera sacerda 
 ealdres theowan eare. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : Do 52 
 thin sweord on hys scaethe : witodlice ealle t.ha the sweord 
 nymath, mi J sweorde hig forweortj^ath. VVenst thu thaet ic 53 
 ne myhte byddan minne Faeder, tha de me nu ma 
 
 thonne twclf eoredu engla ? Hu magon beon gefyllede &i 
 tha halgan gewritu, the be me awritene s;. ml ? fortfoam 
 thus hyt gebyrath to beonne. On thaerc tid.' cwaeth se 55 
 
 63 
 
MATHEUS XXVI. 
 
 Haelend to tliam folce : Eall-swa to theofe ge synd cum- 
 ene mid sweordum and mid sahlum me to nymanne : daegh- 
 wamlice ic saet mid cow on tliam temple, and laerde eow, 
 
 56 and ge me ne namon. Thys call ys geworden thaet thaera 
 witegena halgan gewritu syn gefyllede. Tha flugon ealle 
 
 57 tha leorning-cnyhtas, and forleton hyne. And hig gena- 
 nion thone Haelend, and laeddon hyne to Caiphan, thaera 
 sacerda ealdre, thaer tha hoceras and tha ealdras gesam- 
 
 63 node waeron. Petrus hym fyligde feorranne, oth he com 
 to thaera sacerda ealdres botle, and he in-eode, and saet 
 
 so mid tliam thcnum, thaet he gesawe thone ende. Witod- 
 lice thaera sacerda ealdras, and eall thaet gemot, sohton 
 lease saga ongean thone Haelend, thaet hig hyne to deathe 
 
 6o sealdon ; and hig ne mihton nane findan ; tha tha manega 
 mid leasum onsagum genealaehton. Tha aet-nehstan comon 
 
 6i twegen thaera leogera, and cwaedon : Thes saede, Ic maeg 
 towurpan Godes tempi, and aefter thrym dagum hyt eft 
 
 62 getimbrian. Tha aras se ealdor thaera sacerda, and cwaeth : 
 Ne andwyrdst thu nan thing ongean tha the thys the 
 
 63 onsecgath ? Se Haelend suwode. Tha se ealdor thaera 
 sacerda cwaeth : Ic halsige the, thurh thone lifigendan God, 
 
 64 thaet thu secge us gyf thu sy Crist Godes Sunu. Tha 
 cwaeth se Haelend him to : Thaet thu saedest. Soth ic 
 eow secge, Aefter thysum ge geseoth mannes Beam sittende 
 on tha swythran healfe Godes maegen-thrymmes, and cu- 
 es mendne on heofones wolcnum. Tha thaera sacerda ealdor 
 
 slat hys agen reaf, and cwaeth : This ys bysmor-spraec : to 
 
 li\\ i wilnige we aenige othre sage, nu ge gehyrdon of hym 
 
 6c gyltlice spraece ? Hwaet ys eow nu gethuht ? Hig and- 
 
 67 wyrdon ealle, and cwaedon : He ys deathes scyldig. Tha 
 
 spaetton hig on hys ansyne, and beoton hyne mid heora 
 
 fystum ; sume hyne slogon on hys ansyne mid heora bradum 
 
 es handum, and cwaedon : Sege us, Crist, hwaet is se the the 
 
 ey sloh ? Petrus sothlice saet ute on tham cafer-tune : tha com 
 
M ATIIEUS XXVII. 
 
 to hym an tjjeowen, and cwaeth : Ana thu waere mid tham 
 Galileiscean Haelende. And he withsoc beforan eallum, 70 
 and cwaeth : Nat ic hwaet thu segst. Tha he uteode of 71 
 thaere dura, tha geseah hyne other wyln, and saede tham 
 the thaer waeron : And t.hes waes mid tham Nazarenisean 
 Haelende. And he withsoc eft mid athe, thaet he hys nan 72 
 thing ne cuthe. Tha aefter lytlum fyrste genealaehton tha 73 
 the thaer stodon, and cwaedon to Petre : Sothlice thu eart 
 of hym, and thin spraec the geswutelath. Thaaetsoc he, and 7> 
 swerede thaet he naefre t.hone man ne cuthe. And hraed- 
 lice creow se cocc. Tha gemunde Petrus thaes Haelendes 75 
 word the he cwaeth, Aertham the se cocc crawe, thrywa 
 thu me withsaecst. And he eode lit, andweop biterlice. 
 
 XXVII. Witodlice tha hyt morgen waes, tha worhton 1 
 ealle thaera sacerda ealdras gemot, and thaes folces ealdras, 
 ongean t.hone Haelend, thaet hig hyne to deathe belaewdon : 
 and hig laeddon hyne gebundenne, and sealdon hyne tham 2 
 Pontiscan Pilate, tham deman. Tha geseah Iudas, the 3 
 hyne belaewde, thaet he fordemed waes, tha ongan he 
 hreowsian, and brohte tha thryttig scyllingas to thaera sa- 
 cerda ealdrum, and cwaeth : Ic syngode, tha ic sealde thaet -i 
 ryhtwise blod. Tha cwaedon hig : Hwaet spryest thu thaet 
 to us ? And he awearp tha scyllingas in on thaet tempi, 5 
 and ferde, and mid gryne hyne sylfne aheng. Tha sothlice s 
 thaera sacerda ealdras onfengon thaes seolfres, and cwaedon : 
 JNys hyt na alyfed thaet we asendon hyt on ure mathm- 
 cyste, fortham the hyt ys blodes weorth. Hig worhton tha 7 
 gemot, and smeadon, hu hig sceoldon thaes Haelendes 
 weorth ateon : tha gebohton hig aenne aecer, mid tham feo, 
 tigel-wyrhtena, on to bebyrgenne eltheodisce men. For- s 
 tham ys se aecer gehaten Acheldemah, thaet is on ure ge- 
 theode, blodes aecer ; and swa he ys gehaten oth thysne 
 daeg. Tha waes gefylled tliaet gecweden ys thurh Hiere- 9 
 miam t.hone witegan, thus cwethende, And hig onfengon 
 
 65 7* 
 
MATHEUS XXVII. 
 
 t&ryttig scyllinga, fhacs gebohtan weorth, thone the waes 
 oafer geweort&od fram [srahela bearnum ; and hig sealdon 
 
 thaet on tigelwyrhtena aecer,swa swa Dryhten me gesette. 
 i Tha stod se Haelend beforan tham deman ; and se dema 
 
 hyne acsode, thus cwethende: Eart tliu Iudea Cyning ? 
 
 12 Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Thaet thu segst. And mid thy the 
 hyne wregdon thacra sacerda ealdras and tha hlafordas, nan 
 
 13 tjhing he ne andswarede. Tha cwaeth Pilatus to hym : Ne 
 1 1 gehyrsl thu hu tela sagena hig ongean the secgath ? And he 
 
 ne andwyrde mid nanum worde, swa thaet se dema wun- 
 
 5 drode swythlice. Hig haefdon hym to gewunan, to heora 
 symbel-daege, thaet se dema sceolde forgifan tham folce 
 
 6 aenne forworhtne man, swylcne hig habban woldon. He 
 haefde tha sothlice aenne strangne theofman gehaeftne, se 
 
 7 waes genemned Barrabbas. Tha thaet folc gesamnod waes, 
 tha cwaeth Pilatus : Hwacther wylle ge thaet ic eow agyfe, 
 the Barrabban, the thone Haelend, the ys Crist gehaten ? 
 
 8 He wiste sothlice thaet hig hyne for andan hym sealdon. 
 
 9 He saet tha Pilatus on his dom-setle : tha sende his wif to 
 hym, and cwaeth : Ne beo the nan thing gemaene ongean 
 
 'ltwisan : sothlice fela ic haebbe getholod to-daeg 
 
 > thurh gesyhthe f< >r hym. Tha laerdon fchaera sacerda eaidr- 
 
 id tha hlafordas thaet folc, thaet hig baedon Barrabban, 
 
 thone Haelend ford}*d on. Tha andwyrde se dema, and 
 
 • hym : Hwaetherne wylle ge thaet ic forgyfe eow of 
 
 2 t.hysum twam ? Tha cwaedon hig : Barrabban. Tha cwaeth 
 
 Pilatus to hym : Witddlice hwaet do ic be tham Haelendc, 
 
 lli i i.s Crist genemned ? Tha cwaedon hig ealle : Sy he on 
 
 a rode ahangen. Tha cwaeth se dema to hym: Witodlice 
 
 ? Hig tha swithor clypedon, thus 
 
 Tha geseah Pilatus thaet hyt 
 
 ■mode, ac gewurde mare gehlyd, tha genam he 
 
 t, and i.liwoh hys handa beforan tham folce, and 
 
 cwaeth : Unscyldig ic eom fram thyses rihtwisan blode : 
 
MATIIEUS XXVII. 
 
 jeseoth. Tha andswarede call thaet folc,and cwaeth : Sy 23 
 
 hys blod ofer us, and ofer ure bruin. Tha forgeaf i 
 hym Barrabban ; and thone Haelend he let swingan, and 
 sealde hym to ahonne. Tha underfengon thaes deman 27 
 cempan thone Haelend on tham dom-emc, and gegadero- 
 don calne thone threat to hym ; and unscryddon hyne 2s 
 hys a^num reafe, and scryddon hyne mid weolcen-read- 
 um scyccelse ; and wundon eyne-helm of thornum, and 29 
 asetton ofer hys heafod, and hreod on hys swythran : and 
 bigdon heora cneow beforan him, and bysmeredon hyne, 
 thus cwethende : Hal waesthu,IudeaCyning ! andspaetton 30 
 on hyne, and namon hreod, and beoton hys heafod. And si 
 aefter tham the hig hyne thus bysmeredon, hig unscryddon 
 hyne tham scyccelse, and scryddon hyne mid hys agenum 
 reafe, and laeddon hyne to ahonne. Sothlice tha hig ut- 3 
 ferdon, tha gemetton hig aenne Cyreniscne man cumende 
 hym togeanes, thaes nama waes Symon : thone hig nyddon 
 thaet he baere hys rode. Tha comon hig on tha stowe the 33 
 ys genemned Golgotha, thaet ys, heafod-pannan stow ; 
 and hig sealdon hym win drincan with geallan gemeng- 34 
 ed : and tha he hys onbyrigde, tha nolde he hyt drincan. 
 Sothlice aefter tham the hig hyne on rode ahengon, hig to- 35 
 daeldon hys reaf, and wurpon hlot thaer-ofer ; thaet waere 
 gefylled thaet the gecweden waes thurh thone witegan, and 
 thus cwaeth, Hig todaeldon hym mine reaf, and ofer mine 
 reaf hig wurpon hlot. And hig beheoldon hyne sittcnde. 36 
 And hig asetton ofer hys heafod hys gylt, thus awritenne : 37 
 Thls ys se Haelend, Iudea Cyning. Tha waeron ahangen 38 
 mid hym twegen sceathan ; an on tha swythran healfe, and 
 other on tha wynstran. Witodlice tha weg-ferendan hyne 39 
 bysmeredon, and cwehton heora heafod, and cwaedon : 40 
 Wa thaet thes towyrpth Godes tempi, and on thrym dagum 
 hyt eft getimbrath : gehacl nu the sylfne. Gyf thu sy Godes 
 Sunu, ga nyther of thaere rode. Eac thaera sacerda caldras 41 
 
MATHEUS XXVII. 
 
 hyne bysmeredon, mid tham bocerum and mid tham eald- 
 
 « rum, and cwaeiion : Qthere he gehaelde, and hyne sylfne 
 gehaelan ne maeg. Gif he Israliela Cyning sy, ga nu nyth- 
 
 43 er of thaere rode, and we gelyfath hym. He gelyflh on 
 God ; alyse he hyne nu, gyf he wylle : witodlice he saede, 
 
 44Godes Sunu ic eom. Gelice tha sceathan, the mid hym 
 
 45 ahangene waeron, hyne hyspdon. Witodlice fram thaere 
 sixtan tide, waeron geworden thystru ofer ealle eorthan, oth 
 
 4G tha nygothan tid. And ymbe tha nygothan tid, clypode so 
 Haelend mycelre stefne, and thus cwaeth : Heli, Heli, 
 lema zabdani ? thaet is on Englisc, Min God, min 
 
 47 God, to hwi forlete thu me ? Sothlice sume, tha the 
 tjhaer stodon and thys gehyrdon, cwaedon : ]Nu he clypath 
 
 4sIIeliam. Tha hraedlice arn an hyra, and genam ane 
 spongean, and fylde big mid ecede, and asette an hreod 
 
 49 thacr-on, and sealde hym drincan. Witodlice tha othre 
 cwaedon : Laet, uton geseon hwaether Helias cume, and 
 
 so wylle hyne alysan. Tha clypode se Haelend eft mycelre 
 
 5i stefne, and asende hys gast. And thacr-rihte thaes temples 
 wah-ryft wcarthtosliten ontwegen daelas,fram ufeweardon 
 oth nythewcard ; and sed eorthe bifode, and stanas to- 
 
 bsburston; and byrgena wurdon geopenode ; and manige 
 
 53 halige lichaman, the a'er slepon, arison. And tha hig ut- 
 eodon of tham byrgenum, aefter hys aeryste, hig comon on 
 
 5» tha haligan ceastre, and aetywdon hig manegum. Witod- 
 lice thaes hundredes ealdor, and tha the mid hym waeron, 
 healdende thone Haelend, t.ha hig gesawon tha eorth-bi- 
 fnnge, and tha thing the thaorgcwurdon,higondredon hym 
 
 •-, tli earle, and cwaedon: Soth Godes Sunuwaes tjh.es. Witod- 
 lice thaer waeron manega wiffeorran,tJia the fyligdon tham 
 
 ssHaelende fram Galilea, him thcnigende : betweoh tham 
 wae? sco JVIagdalenisce Maria, and Maria Iacobes moder, 
 
 rand losephes moder, and Zebedeis sunena moder. Soth- 
 lice tha hyt aefen waes, com sum welig man of Arimathia, 
 
MATHEUS XXVIII. 
 
 thaes nama waes Iosop, se sylfa waes thaes Haelendesleorn- 
 ing-cnyht. He genealaehte to Pilate, and baed tliaes Hael- 58 
 endes lichaman. Tha het Pilatus agifan hym thone licha- 
 man. And Iosep genani thone lichaman, and bewand 59 
 byne mid claenre scytan, and lede hyne on hys niwan 00 
 byrgene, tha he aheow on stane : and he to-awylte my- 
 celne stan to hlide thaere byrgene, and ferde syththan. Thaer 6i 
 waes sothlice seo Magdalenjsce Maria, and seo other Maria, 
 sittende aet thaere byrgene. Witodlice othrum daege, the 62 
 waes gearcung-daeg, comon togaedere thaera sacerda eald- 
 ras and tha sunder-halgan to Pilate, and cwaedon : Hlaf- G3 
 ordj we gemunon thaet se swica saede, tha he on life waes, 
 Arfter thrym dagon ic arise. Hat nu healdan tha byrgene 64 
 oth thone thryddan daeg, thy-laes hys leorning-cnyhtas cum- 
 on, and forstelon hyne, and secgon tham folce, thaet he 
 aryse of deathe : thonne byth thaet aeftere gedwyld wyrse 
 thonne thaet aerre. Tha cwaeth Pilatus : Ge habbath heord- 65 
 raedene : farath, and healdath, swa swa ge witon. Soth- 66 
 lice hig ferdon, and ymbc-trymeclon tha byrgene, and in- 
 seglodon thone stan mid tham weardum. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON EASTER-AEFEN. 
 
 XXVIII. Sothlice tham reste-dacges aefene, se the on- 1 
 liiit e <mthamformanreste-daege,com seoMagdalenisce Ala- 
 lia, and seo other Maria, thaet hig woldon geseon tha byrg- 
 ene. And thaer wearth geworden mycel eorth-bifung ; 2 
 witodlice Dryhtnes engel astah of heofenum, and genea- 
 laehte, and awylte thone stan onweg, and saet thaer on-upp- 
 an. Hys ansyn waes swylce liget, and hys reaf swa 3 
 hwite swa snaw. Witodlice tha weardas waeron afyrhte, 4 
 and waeron gewordene swylce hig deade waeron. Tha 5 
 andsAvarede se engel, and saed tham wifum : Ne ondraede 
 ge eow : ic wat witodlice thaet ge secath thone Haelend, 
 thone the on rode ahangen waes. Nys he her : he aras e 
 sothlice, swa swa he saede. Cumath, and g^scoth tha stowe 
 
MATHEUS XXVIII. 
 
 7 the se Haelend waes on aled. And farath hraedlice, and 
 secgath hys leorning-cnyhtum thaet he aras : and sothlice 
 he cymth beforan eow on Galileam ; thaer ge hyne geseoth : 
 nu, ie secge eow. 
 
 TI1VS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE OTHRE EASTER- 
 WUCAN. 
 
 8 Tha ferdon hig hraedlice fram thaere byrgene mid ege, and 
 mid myclum gefean ; and union, and cythdon hyt hys 
 
 9 leorning-cnyhtum. And efne tha com se Haelend on- 
 gean hig, and cwaeth : Hale wese ge. Hig genealaebton, 
 
 io and genainon hys fet, and to hym geeathmeddon. Tha 
 cwaeth se Haelend to hym : Ne ondraede ge eow : far 
 and cythath minum gebr othrum thaet hig faran on Galileam, 
 
 n tliaer hig seseoth me. Tha tha his: ferdon, tha comon sume 
 tha weardas on tha ceastre, and cythdon thaera sacerda 
 
 u ealdruii) ealle tha thin?, the tliaer gewordene waeron. Tha 
 g< samnodon tha ealdras hig, and worhton gemot, and s.eal- 
 
 la don thiim thegnummycelfeoh,and cwaedon : Secgath, thaet 
 hys leorning-cnyhtas comon nihtes, and forstaelon hyne, tha 
 
 / 1 we slepon. And gyf se dema thys geeacsath, we iaerath hyne, 
 
 i5 and gedoth eow sorhlease. Tha onfengon hig thaes feos, and 
 dydon eall-swa hig gelaerede waeron : and thys word waes 
 gewidmaersod mid Iudeum oth thysne andweardan daeg. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, INNAN THAERE EASTEH-WUCAN. 
 
 16 Tha ferdon tha endleofen leorning-cnyhtas on thone munt, 
 n thruT se Haelend hym dyhte ; and hyne tliaer gesawon, and 
 
 hig to hym geeathmeddon : witodlice sume hig tweone- 
 13 don. Tha genealaehte se Haelend, and spraec to hym thas 
 
 thing, and thus cwaeth : Me ys g scald aelc anweald on 
 
 19 heofenan, and on eorthan. Farath witodlice, and Iaerath 
 ealle theoda, and fulllath hig on naman Faeder, and Suna, 
 
 20 and thaes Halgan Gastes : and Iaerath thaet hig healdon ealle. 
 tha thing the ic eow behead : and ic beo mid eow ealle 
 dagas, oth worulde geendunge. Amen. 
 
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THAET GODSPEL 
 
 AEFTER MARCUS GERECEDNYSSE. 
 
 1. HERys Godspellys angyn Haelencles Cristes, Godes 1 
 Sana ; swa awriten ys on thaes witegan bee Isaiam, Nu ic * 
 ase'nde minne engel beforan thine ansyne, se gegearwath 
 thinne weg beforan the. Clypiendc stefil on thara westene, 3 
 Gegearwiath Dryhtnes weg, doth rihte his sithas. Iohannes 4 
 waes on westene, fuiiigende, and bodiende daed-bote ful— 
 wiht, on synna forgyfenesse. And to hym ferde eall 5 
 Iudeisc rice, and ealle Hierosolima-ware, and waeron 
 fram hym gefullode on Iordanes ilode, hyra synna and- 
 dettende. And Iohannes waes gescryd mid oluendes6- 
 haerum, and fellen gyrdel waes ymbe hys landenu, and 
 gaerstapan and wudu-himig he aet ; and he bodode, and 7 
 cwaeth : Strengra cymth aefter me, thaes ne eom ic wyrthe 
 tliaet ic hys sceona thwanga bugencle uncnytte. Ic fullige 8 
 eow on waetere :- he eow fullath on Halgum Gaste. And 9 
 on tham dagum com se Haelend fram Nazareth Galilee, 
 and Eullod on lordane fram lohanne. And sona 10 
 
 of thai ah opene heofenas, and Haligne 
 
 Gast swa culfran a , and on hym wunigende : 
 
 and tha waes stefn of heofenum geworden : Thu eart min »i 
 gelufeda Sunu, on the ic gelicode. And sona gast hyne 12 
 on westen genydde. And he on Vv'estene waes feowertig 13 
 daga and feowertig nihta, and he waes fram Satane ge- 
 costnod ; and he mid wild-deorum waes ; and hym englas 
 thenodon. Syththan Iohannes geseald waes, com se Haelend u 
 on Galileam, Godes rices godspel bodigende, and thus u 
 
MARCUS J. 
 
 cwethende : Witodlice ti'd ys gefylled, and heofena rice 
 
 genealaecth ; doth daed-bote, and gelyfath tham godspeJ.le. 
 jg And tha he ferde with tha Galileiscan safe, he geseah Simo- 
 
 nem, and Andream his brother, heora nett on tha sae laet- 
 irende: sothlice hig waeron fisceras. And tha cwaeth se 
 
 1 [aelend : Cumath aefter me, and ic do inc thaet gytbeoth 
 lasawla onfonde. And hig tha hraedlice hym fyligdon, and 
 wforleton heora nett. And thanon hwon agan, he geseah 
 
 Iacobum Zebedei, and Iohannes his brother, and hig on 
 
 20 heora scype heora nett logedon. And he hig sona clyp- 
 ode : and hig heora faeder Zebedeo on scype forleton 
 
 21 mid hyrlingum [and him folgodon] ; and ferdon to 
 Gapharnaum : and sona reste-dagum he laerde hig on 
 
 22 gesamnunge in-ganoende. And hi^" wundredon be his 
 laie : sothlice he waes hig laerende swa se the anweald 
 
 23haefth, naes swa boceras. And on heora gesamnunge 
 24 waes sum man on unclaenum gaste ; and he hrymde, and 
 
 cwaeth : Eala Nazarenisca Haelend, hwaet ys us and the ? 
 
 com thu us to forspillane ? ic wat tjiu eart Godes Halga. 
 2s Tha cidde se Haelend hym, and cwaeth : Adumba, and ga 
 
 26 of thysum men. And se unclaena gast hyne slytende, 
 
 27 and mycelre stefne clypiende, hym of-eode. Tha wundre- 
 don hig ealle, swa thaet hig betweox hym cwaedon : 
 Hwaet ys tkys ? hwaet is theos niwe lar ? thaet he on an- 
 wealde unclaenum gastum bebyt, and hig hyrsumiath hym. 
 
 28 And sona ferde his hlisa to Galilea-rice. Hraedlice of 
 29hyra gesamnunge hig comon on vSimonis and Andreas 
 9ohus, mid lacobe and Iohanne. Sothlice tha saet Simonis 
 ai swegr hrithigende, and hig hym be hyre saedon. And 
 
 genealaecende he hig up-ahof, hyre handa gegripenre ; 
 and hraedlice se fefer hig forlet, and heo thenode hym. 
 
 32 Sothlice tha hit waes aefen geworden, tha sunne to setle 
 eode, hig brohton to hym ealle tha unhalan, and tha the 
 
 33 wode waeron. And eall seo burh-waru waes gegaderod 
 
 72 
 
MARCUS J I. 
 
 to thaer e dura. And he manega gehaelde the missenlicum. 34 
 adlum gedrehte waeron, and manega deofol-seocnyssa he 
 lit-adraf ; and hig sprecan ne let, fortham hig wiston thaet 
 he Crist waes. And swithe a'er arisendc, he ferde on weste 35 
 stowe, and hine thaer gebaed. And hym fyligde Simon, 36 
 and tha the mid hym waeron. And tha hig hine gemetton, 37 
 hig saedon hym : Eall thys folc the secth. Tha cwaeth 38 
 he : Fare we on gehende tunas and ceastra, thaet ic thaer 
 bodige : witodlice to tham ic com. And he waes bodigende 39 
 on heora gesomnungum, and ealre Galilea, and deofol- 
 seocnessa ut-adrifende. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE FIFTEOTHAN 
 WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 And to hym com sum hreofla, hyne biddende, and gebig- 40 
 edum cneowum him to cwaeth : Dryhten, gif thu wylt, 
 thu miht geclaensian me. Sothlice se Haelend him gemilts- 41 
 ode, and his hand athenede, and hyne aethrinende, thus 
 cwaeth : Ic wylle : beo thu geclaensod. And tha he thus 42 
 cwaeth, sona seo hreofnes hym fram gewat, and he waes 
 geclaensod. And sona he bead hym, and cwaeth : Warna 43 
 thaet thu hyt nanum men ne secge ; ac ga, and aetyw the 44 
 thaera sacerda ealdre, and bring for thinre claensunge thaet 
 Moyses bebead, hym on gewitnesse. And he tha ut-gang- 45 
 ende, ongan bodian and widmaersian tha spraece ; swa 
 thaet he ne mihte openlice on tha ceastre gan, ac beon lite 
 on westum stowum : and hig aeghwanon to hym comon. 
 
 II. And eft aefter dagum he eode into Capharnaum : 1 
 and hit waes gehyred thaet he waes on huse. And manega 2 
 togaedere comon, and he to hym spraec. And hig com- 3 
 on aenne laman to hym berende, thone feower men baeron. 
 And tha hig ne mihton hine in-bringan for thaere maen- 4 
 igeo, hig openedon thone hrof thar se Haelend waes ; and 
 hig tha in-asendon thaet bed, the se lama on laeg. Sothlice 5 
 tha se Haelend geseah heora geleafan, he cwaeth to tham 
 73 8 
 
MARCUS II. 
 
 6 laman : Sunu, the synd thine synna forgifene. Thaer waer- 
 
 on sume of tham bocerum sittende, and on heora heortum 
 
 ? thencende, Hwi spycth thes thus ? he dysegath ; hwa maeg 
 
 8 synna forgifan, buton God ana ? Tha se Haelend thaet on 
 his gaste oncneow, thaet hig swa betweox him thohton, he 
 cwaeth to him : Hwi tbence ge thas thing on eowrum he- 
 
 9 ortum ? hwaether ys etbre to secganne to tham laman, The 
 synd thine synna forgyfene ; hwaether the cwethan, Aris, 
 
 io nini thin bed, and ga ? Thaet ge sothlice witon thaet mannes 
 
 Sunu haefth anweald on eorthan synna to forgyfanne, he 
 
 n cwaeth to tham laman, The ic secge, Aris, nim thin bed, and 
 
 12 ga to thinum huse. And he sona aras, and beforan heom 
 eallum eode,swa thaet eallewundredon, and thus cwaedon: 
 
 13 Naefre we aer thyllic ne gesawon. Eft he ut-ode to thaere 
 safe, and eall seo maenigeo hym to com, and he hig laerde. 
 
 14 And tha he forth-eode, he geseah Leuin-Alphei sittende 
 aet his cep-setle, and he cwaeth to hym : Folga me. Tha 
 
 is aras he and folgode hym. And hit gewearth, tha he saet 
 on his huse, thaet manega manfulle saeton mid tham Hael- 
 ende, and his leorning-cnyhtum ; sothlice manega, tha the 
 
 i6 hym fyligdon, waeron boceras and Pharisei, and cwaedon : 
 Witodlice he ytt mid manfullum and synfullum, and hig 
 cwaedon to hys leorning-cnyhtum : Hwi ytt eower lareow 
 
 n and drincth mid manfullum and synfullum ? Tha se Hael- 
 end thys gehyrde, he saede him : Ne bethurfon natha hal- 
 an laeces, ac tha the untrume synd : ne com ic na thaet ic 
 
 is clypode rihtwise, ac synfulle. And tha waeron Iohannes 
 leorning-cnyhtas and Pharisei faestende : and tha comon 
 hig, and saedon hym : Hwi faestath Iohannes leorning- 
 
 wcnyhtas and Phariseorum, and thine ne faestath? Tha 
 cwaeth se Haelend : Cwethe ge sculon thaes bryd-guman 
 cnyhtas fa(^stan swa lange swa se bryd-guma mid him is ? 
 ne magon hi faestan swa lange tide swa hig thone bryd- 
 
 20 guman mid hym habbath. Sothlice tha dagas cumath, 
 
MARCUS III. 
 
 thonne se bryd-guma him bith fram acyrrctl, and thonne 
 hig faestath on tham dagum. Nan man ne sywath niwne a 
 scyp to ealdum reafe ; elles he afyrth thone niwan scyp of 
 tham ealdan reafe, and bith mare slite. And nan man ne 22 
 deth niwe win on ealde bytta, elles thaet win tobrycth tha 
 bytta, and thaet win bith agoten, and tha bytta forweorthath; 
 ac niwe win sceal beon gedon on niwe bytta, thonne beoth 
 butu gehealden. Eft waes geworden, tha he reste-dagum 23 
 thurh aeceras eode, his leorning-cnyhtas ongunnon tha ear 
 pluccian. Tha cwaedon Pharisei to hym : Loca nu hwaet 24 
 thine leorning-cnyhtas doth, thaet him alyfed naes on reste- 
 dagum. Tha saede he him : Ne raedde ge naefre hwaet 25 
 dyde Dauid, tha hine hingrode, and tha the mid him waeron ? 
 hu he in Godes huse eode, under Abiathar, thara sacerda 25 
 ealdre, and he aet tha ofrung-hlafas,the hym naeron alyfede 
 to etanne, buton sacerdum anum, and he sealde tham the 
 mid hym waeron ? And he saede hym : Reste-daeg waes ge- -'? 
 worht for tham men, naes se man for tham reste-daeo;e : wit- 28 
 odlice Dryhten ys mannes Sunu eac swylce reste-daeges. 
 
 III. And eft he eode on gesomnunge ; and thar wac 1 
 an man forscruncene hand haebbende. And hy gynidon, 2 
 hwaether he on reste-dagum gehaelde, thaet hig hyne 
 gewregdon. Tha cwaeth he to tham men the forscruncene 3 
 hand haefde : Aris gemang him. Tha cwaeth he : Alyfth 4 
 reste-dagum wel to donne, hwaether the yfele ? sawle ge- 
 haelan, hwaether the forspillan ? And hig suwodon. And 5 
 hig besceawigende mid yrre, ofer heora heortan blind- 
 nesse geunret, cwaeth to tham men : Athene thine hand. 
 And he athenede hig : tha wearth his hand gehaeled sona. 
 Tha Pharisei mid Herodianiscum ut-jran^ende, theahtedon 6 
 ongen hine, hu hig hyne fordon mihton. And tha ferde 7 
 se Haelend to thaere sae mid hys leorning-cnyhtum ; and 
 mycel maeniu him fyligde fram Galilea, and Iudea, and » 
 Hierusalem, and fram Idumea, and begeondan Iordane j 
 
MARCUS III. 
 
 and to him com myccl macnigeo ymbe Ti'rum and Sido- 
 
 9 ne, gehyrende tha thing the he wDrhte. And he cwaeth 
 to his cnyhtum, thaet hig him on scype thenedon, for thaere 
 
 10 macnigeo, thaet hig hine ne ofthrungon. Sothlice manega 
 he gehaelde ; swa thaet hig aethrinon hys : and swa fela 
 
 11 swa untrumnessa and unclaene gastas haefdon, tha hig 
 hine gesawon, hig to-foran him astrehton, and thus cweth- 
 
 12 ende clypedon : Thu cart Godes Sunu. And he him swythe 
 n forbead, thaet hig hine ne geswuteledon. And on aenne munt 
 
 he ferde, and to him geclypode tha the he wolde ; and hig 
 14 to him comon. And he dyde thaet hig twelfe mid him 
 swaeron, and he hig asende godspel to bodigenne ; and 
 
 he him anweald sealde untrumnessa to haelanne, and deo- 
 i6 fcl-seocnessa ut to adrifanne : and he nemde Simon Pe- 
 i7 trum ; and Iacobum Zebedei, and Iohannem his brother, and 
 
 heom naman onsette Boanerges, thaet ys, thunres beam : 
 
 is and Andream, and Philippum, and Bartbolomeum, and 
 
 [Matheum], and Thomam, and Iacobum Alphei, and Tad- 
 
 i9deum, and Simonem Chananeum, and Iudam Scarioth, 
 
 20 se hine sealde. And eft him to com swa micel maenig- 
 
 21 eo, thaet hig naefdon hlaf to etanne. And tha hig hyne 
 gehyrdon, hig ferdon, thaet hig hyne namon ; and thus 
 
 22 cwaedon : Sothlice he ys on hat-heortnesse gewend. And 
 tha boceras, the wendon fram Hierusalem, cwaedon : Soth- 
 lice he haefth Beelzebub, and on deofla ealdre he deofol- 
 
 23 seocnessa ut-adrifth. And he hig togaedere geclypode, 
 and on bigspellum hym to cwaeth : Hu maeg Satanas Sa- 
 
 24 tanan lit-adrifan ? and gif his rice on hym sylfum bith 
 2s todacled, hu maeg hit standan ? and gif thaet hus ofer 
 26 hit sylfe bilh todacled, hu maeg hit standan? and gif 
 
 Satanas winth ongen hyne sylfne, he byth todaeled, and he 
 
 27 standan ne maeg, ac haefth ende. Ne maeg man thone 
 
 strangan his aehta and his fata bereafian, and on his hus 
 
 gan, buton man thone strangan aerest gebinde ; and thonne 
 
MARCUS IV. 
 
 hys hus reafige. Sothlice ic eow secge, Thaet ealle synna as 
 synd manna bearnum forgyfene, and bysmerunga, tiiam the 
 hig bysmeriath : sothlice ic eow secge, Se the thone Halgan 29 
 Gast bysmerath, se naefth on ecnysse forgifenysse, ac byth 
 eces gyltes scyldig : fortham the hig cwaedon, He haefth 30 
 unclaenne gast. Tha com to him his moder, and his ge- 31 
 brothra, and thar ute stodon, and to him sendon, and to 
 him clypedon. And mycel maenigeo ymb hine saet, and 32 
 to him cwaedon : Her ys thin moder, and thine gebrothra 
 lite, and secath the. He tha him andswarede, and cwaeth : 33 
 Hwylc ys min moder, and mine gebrothra ? And he 34 
 cwaeth, tha behealdende the him abuton saeton : Her is 
 
 :;.- 
 
 min modor, and mine gebrothra. Sothlice se the deth 
 Godes wilian, se ys min moder, and min brother, and 
 swuster. 
 
 IV. And eft he ongan hig aet thaere sa'e laeran, and him 1 
 waes nrycel maenigeo to gegaderod, swa thaet he on scyp 
 eode, and on thaere sa'e waes ; and eall seo maenigeo ymbe 
 tha sa'e waes, on lande. And he hig fela on bigspellum 2 
 laerde, and him to cwaeth on his lare : Gehyrath ; Ut-eode 3 
 se sa'edere his saed to sawenne : and tha he seow, sum feoll 4 
 with thone wcg, and fugelas comon, and hit fraeton. Sum 5 
 feoll ofer stan-scylian, thar hit naefde mycele eorthan, 
 and sona up-eode ; fortham hit naefde eorthan thiccnesse. 
 Tha hit up-eode, seo sunne hit forswaelde, and hit for- 6 
 scranc ; fortham hyt wyrt-ruman naefde. And sum feoll 7 
 on thornas; thastigon thathornas, andforthrysmodon thaet, 
 and hit waestm ne baer. And sum feoll on god land, and 8 
 hit sealde, up-stigende and wexende, waestm ; and an 
 brohte thrytigfealdne, sum syxtigfealdne, sum hund- 
 fealdne. And he cwaeth : Gehyre, se the earan haebbe to 9 
 gehyranne. And tha he ana waes, hine acsodon thaet big- 10 
 spell tha twelfe the mid him waeron. And he saede heom : 11 
 Eow ys geseald to witanne Godes rices gerjaiu ; tfyarn the 
 77 8 * 
 
MARCUS IV. 
 
 u ute synd, ealle thing on bigspellum geweorthath : thaet hig 
 geseonde geseon, and na ne geseon ; and gehyrende ge- 
 hyron, and ne ongiton ; the-laes hig hwaenne syn gecyr- 
 
 13 rede, and heom syn hyra synna forgyfene. Tha saede he 
 him : Ge nyton this bigspell : and hu mage ge ealle big- 
 
 14 spell witan ? Se the saewth, word he saewth. Sothlice tha 
 is synd with thone weg, thar thaet word ys gesawen ; and 
 
 tlionne hig hit gehyrath, sona cymth Satanas, and afyrth 
 i6 thaet word the on heora heortan asawenys. And tha synd 
 
 gelice the synd ofer stan-scylian gesawen : sona thonne hig 
 n thaet word gehyrath, and thaet mid blisse onfoth ; and hig 
 
 nabbath wyrt-ruman on him, ac beoth unstatholfaeste ; and 
 
 syththan up-cymth deofles costnung,and his ehtnys for tham 
 is worde. Hig synd on thornum gesawen ; thaet synd tha the 
 i9 tliaet word gehyrath, and of yrmthe, and swicdome worold- 
 
 welena, and othra gewilnunga, thaet word ofthrysmiath,and 
 
 20 synd buton waestme gewordene. And tha the gesawene 
 synd ofer thaet gode land, tha synd the thaet word gehyr- 
 ath, and onfoth, and waestm bringath, sum thrytigfealdne, 
 
 21 sum syxtigfealdne, and sum hundfealdne. And he saede 
 him : Gwyst thu cymth thaet leoht-faet thaet hyt beo under 
 bydene aset, oththe under bedde ? Wite gere thaet hit sy 
 
 22 ofer candel-staef aset. Sothlice nys nan thing behydd, the 
 ne sy geswutelod ; ne nys digle geworden, ac thaet hit open- 
 
 23 lice cume. Gehyre, gif hwa earan haebbe to gehyranne. 
 
 24 And he cwaeth to him : Warniath hwaet ge gehyron ; and 
 on tham gemote the ge metath, eow bith gemeten, and eow 
 
 25 bith yht. Tham bith geseald the haefth, and tham the naefth, 
 
 26 him bith aetbroden. And he cwaeth ; Godes rice ys swylce 
 
 27 man wurpe god sa'ed on his land, and sawe ; and arise 
 daeges and nihtes, and thaet sa'ed growe and wexe, thonne 
 
 28 he nat. Sothlice sylf-willes seo eorthe waestm bereth ; aer- 
 est gaers, syththan ear, syththan fulne hwaete on tham eare. 
 
 29 And thonne se waestm bine forthbringth, sona he sent his 
 
MARCUS V. 
 
 si'col, fortham thaet ryp act ys. And eft he cwaeth : For 30 
 hwam geanlicie we heofena rice, oththe hwylcum bigspelle 
 withmete we hit ? Swa swa senepes saed, thonne hit bithai 
 on eorthan'gesawen, hit is ealra saeda lacst, the oneorthan 
 synd : and thonne hit asawen bith, hit astihth, and bith 32 
 ealra wyita maest, and haefth swa mycele bogas, thaet heof- 
 nes fugelas eardian magon under his sceade. And man- 33 
 egum swylcum bigspellum he spraec to hym, thaet hig 
 mihton gehyran. Ne spaec he na butan bigspelle: eall34 
 he his leorning-cnyhtum asimdron rehte. And saede 35 
 him : Thonne aefen byth, uton faran ongean. And tha maen- 36 
 igeo forlaetende, hig onfengon hine swa he on scype 
 waes, and othre scypu waeron mid him. And tha waes 37 
 mycel yst windes geworden ; and ytlia he awearp on thaet 
 scyp, thaet hit waes gefylled. And he waes on scype, ofer 38 
 bolster slapende ; and hig awehton hine, and cwaedon : 
 JNe belimpth to the thaet we forweorthath ? And he aras, 39 
 and tham winde bebead, and cwaeth to thaere sae : Suwa, 
 and gestyl ; and se wind geswac tha, and wearth mycel 
 smyltnes. And he saede him : Hwi synd ge forhte ? git 40 
 ge nabbath geleafan. And hig myclum ege him ondred- « 
 on, and cwaedon aelc to othrum : Hwaet wenst thu ? hwaet 
 ys thes, thaet him windas and sae hyrsumiath ? 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL OX FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE SEOFETPIAN VVUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 V. Tha comon hig ofer thaere sa'es muthan, on thaet rice 1 
 Gerasenorum. And him of scype gangendum, him sona 2 
 agen am an man of tham byrgenum, on unclaenum gaste, 
 se haefde on byrgenum scraef ; and hine nan man mid 3 
 racenteagum ne mihte gebindan ; fortham he oft, mid 4 
 fot-copsum and racenteagum gebunden, toslat tha race- 
 teaga, and tha fot-copsas tobraec ; and hyne nan man ge- 
 wyldan ne mihte. And symle, daeges and nihtes, he 5 
 waes on byrgenum and on muntum, hrymende, and hine 
 
MARCUS V. 
 
 6 sylfne mid stanum ceorfende. Sothlice tha he thone Hael- 
 
 7 end feorran geseah, he arn, and hine gebaed, and my- 
 celre stemne hrymende, thus cwaeth : Eala macra Hael- 
 end, Godes Sunu, hwaet ys me and the ? ic halsige the, 
 
 8 thurh God, thaet thu me ne threage . Tha cwaeth se Haelend: 
 
 9 Eala thu unclaena gast, ga of thy sum men. Tha acsode he 
 hine : Hwaet ys thin nama ? Tha cwaeih he : Min nama ys 
 
 io Legio ; fort ham we manega synd. And he hine swythe 
 n baed, thaet he hine of tham rice ne nydde. Th ar waes embe 
 
 12 thone munt mycel swyna heord laeswigende. And tha 
 unclaenan gastas hine baedon, and cwaedon : Send us on 
 
 13 thas swyn, thaet we on hig gan. And tha lyfde se Haelend 
 sona ; and tha eodon tha unclaenan gastas on tha swyn : 
 and on myclum hryre seo heord wearth on sae bescofcn, 
 
 i*twa thusendo, and wurdon adruncene on thaere sa'e. Soth- 
 lice tha the hig heoldon flugon, and cyddon on thaere 
 ceastre, and on lande : and hig ut-eodon \haet hig gesaw- 
 
 15 on hwaet thaer gedon waere. And hig comon to tham 
 Haelende, and hig gesawon tlione, the mid deofle gedreht 
 waes, gescrydne sittan, and hales modes : and hig him 
 
 i6 ondredon. And hig rehton him, tha the hit gesawon, hu 
 hyt gedon waes be tham the deofol-seocnesse haefde, and 
 
 17 be tham sw^num. And hig baedon thaet he of heora ge- 
 
 lsmaerum ferde. Tha he on scyp eode, hine ongan biddan, 
 se the a'er mid deofle gedreht waes, thaet he mid hym waere. 
 
 io Him tha se Haelend ne getithode ; ac he saede him : Ga to 
 thinum huse, to thinum hi'wum, and cyth heom, hu mycel 
 
 oo Dryhten gedyde, and he gemiltsode the. And he tha ferde, 
 and ongan bodian on Decapolim, hu fela se Haelend him 
 
 21 dyde : and hig ealle wundredon. And tha se Haelend 
 eft on scype ferde ofer thone muthan, hym com to mycel 
 
 22 maenigeo ; and waes ymbe tha sa'e. And tha com sum of 
 heah-gesamnungum, Iairus hatte ; and tha he hine geseah, 
 
 23 he astrehte hine to his fotum, and hine swythe baed, and 
 
MARCUS V. 
 
 he cwaeth : Min dohter ys on ytemestum sithe ; cum and 
 sete thine hand ofer hig, thaet hco hal sy, and lybbe. Tha <u 
 ferde he mid him ; and him fyligde mycel maenigeo, and 
 thrungon hine. And tha thaet wif, the on blodes ryne twelf 25 
 winter waes, and fram manegum laecum fela thinga tholode, 26 
 and daelde eall thaet heo ahte, and hit naht ne fremede, 
 ac waes the wyrse ; tha heo be tham Haelende gehyrde, heo 27 
 com with-aeftan tha maenigeo, and his reaf aethran. Soth- 28 
 lice heo cwaeth : Gif ic furthon his reafes aethrine, ic beo 
 hal. And tha sona wearth hyre blodes ryne adruwod ; 29 
 and heo on hyre gefredde, thaet heo of tham wite geha'eled 
 waes. And tha se Haelend oncneow on him sylfum thaet 30 
 him maegen of-eode, he cwaeth, bewend to thaere maenigeo : 
 Hwa aethran mine reaf ? Tha cwaedon his leorning-cnyht- 31 
 as: Thu gesyhst thas maenigeo the thringende, and thu 
 .•wyst, Hwa aethran me ? And tha beseah hine, thaet he 32 
 ^esawe thone the thaet dyde. Thaet wif tha, ondraedende 33 
 md forhtigende, com and astrehte hig beforan him, and saede 
 urn eall thaet riht. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Dohter, thin 34 
 ^eleafa the hale gedyde ; ga the on sibbe, and beo of thys- 
 :m hal. Him tha gyt sprecendum, hig comon fram tham 35 
 iieah-gesamnungum, and cwaedon: Thin dohtor ys dead ; 
 dwi drecst thu leng thone Lareow ? Tha he gehyrde thaet 36 
 word, tha cwaeth se Haelend : Ne ondraed thu the ; gelyf for 
 an. And he ne let hym aenig ne fyligean, buton Petrum, 37 
 and Iacobum, and Iohannem Iacobes brother. And hig 38 
 comon on thaes heah-ealdres hus, and he geseah mycel 
 gehlyd, wepende and geomriende. And tha he in-eode 39 
 he cwaeth : Hwi synd ge gedrefede and wepath ? nis this 
 maeden dead, ac heo slaepth. Tha taeldon hig hine. He 40 
 tha, eallum ut-adrifenum, nam thaes maedenes faeder and 
 moder, and tha the mid him waeron, and in-eodon suwiende 
 thar thaet maeden waes. And hyre hand nam, and cwaeth : « 
 Thalimtha cumi : t^iaet ys, on ure getheode gereht, Maed- 
 
 81 
 
MARCUS VI. 
 
 12 en, the ic secge, ari's. And heo sona aras, and eode ; 
 sothlice heo waes twelf wintre. And ealle hig wundredon 
 
 3 mycelre wundrunge. And he hym thearle bebead, thaet 
 
 hi hyt nanum men ne sa'edon : and he het hyre etan syllan. 
 
 VI. And tha he thanon eode, he ferde on his ethel, and 
 
 t him folgedon hys leorning-cnyhtas. And gewordenum 
 reste-daege, he ongan on gesomnunge laeran ; and mae- 
 nige gehyrdon, and wundredon on his lare, and cwaedon : 
 Hwanon synd thyssum ealle thas thing ? and hwaet ys se 
 wisdom the hym geseald ys, and swylce mihta the thurh 
 
 3 his handa gewordene synd ? Hu nys thys se smith, Ma- 
 rian sunu, Iacobes brother, and Iosepes, and Iude, and 
 Simonis ? hu ne synd hys swustra her mid us ? And tha 
 
 4 wurdon hig gedrefede. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Sothlice 
 nys nan witega butan weorthscype, buton on his ethele, 
 
 5 and on his maegthe, and on his huse. And he ne mihte 
 thar aenig maegen wyrcan, buton feawa untrume, on-asett- 
 
 6 um his handum, he gehaelde. And he wundrode for 
 heora ungeleafan. He tha laerende, tha castel beferde. 
 
 7 And him twelfe to geclypode, and agan hig sendan, 
 twam and twam ; and him anweald sealde unclaenra ga- 
 
 "ssta ; and him bebead thaet hig naht on wege ne namon, 
 buton gyrde ane ; ne codd, ne hlaf, ne feoh on heora 
 
 9 gyrdlum : ac gesceode mid calcum ; and thaet hig mid 
 
 io twam tunecum gescrydde naeron. And he cwaeth to him : 
 Swa hwylc hus swa ge in-gath, wuniath thar, oth thaet ge 
 
 ii ut-gan. And swa hwylce swa eow ne gehyrath, thonne ge 
 thanon ut-gath, asceacath thaet dust of eowrum fotum, him 
 
 i2 on gewitnessc. And ut-gangende, hig bodedon thaet 
 
 13 hig daed-bote dydon. And hig manega deofel-seocnessa 
 lit-adrifon, and manega untrume mid ele smyredon, and 
 
 14 gehaeldon. And tha gehyrde Herodes se cyning thaet 
 (sothlice his nama waes swutol geworden), and he cwaeth : 
 Witodlice Iohannes se Fulluhtere of deathe aras, and on 
 
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MARCUS VI. 
 
 him synd fortham maegenu geworht. Sume cwaedon : 15 
 He ys Elias ; sume cwaedon : He ys witega, swylce an 
 of tham witegum. Tha Herodes thaet gehyrde, he cwaeth : 16 
 Se Iohannes, the ic beheafdode, se aras of deathe. 
 
 TI1YS GODSPEL SCEAL INNAN HAEREFESTE TO S« IOHANNES 
 
 MAESSAN. 
 
 Sothlice Herodes sende and het Iohannem gebindan on 17 
 cwerterne, for thaere Herodiadiscan, hys brother lafe Phil- 
 ippus ; fortham the he nam hig. Tha saede Iohannes He- is 
 rode : Nys the alyfed to habbenne thines brother wi'f. Tha 19 
 syrwde Herodias ymbe hyne, and wolde hyne ofslean, 
 and heo ne mihte. Sothlice Herodes ondred Iohannem, 20 
 and wiste thaet he waes rihtwis and halig, and he heold 
 hine on cwerterne, and he gehyrde thaet he fela wundra 
 worhte, and he luflice him hyrde. Tha se daeg com He- 21 
 rodes gebyrd-tide, he gegearwode mycele feorme hys 
 ealdormannum, and tham fyrmestum on Galilea. And tha 22 
 tha thaere Herodiadiscan dohter in-eode, and tumbode, hit 
 licode Herode and eallum tham the him mid saeton. Se 
 cyning cwaeth tha to tham maedene : Bide me swa hwaet 
 swa thu wylle, and ic the sylle. And he swor hyre : Sothes 23 
 ic the sylle swa hwaet swa thu me bitst, theah thu wylle 
 healf min rice. Tha heo ut-eode, heo cwaeth to hyre meder : 24 
 Hwaes bidde ic ? Tha cwaeth heo : Iohannes heafod thaes 
 Fulluhteres. Sona tha heo mid ofeste in to tham cyningess 
 eode, heo baed, and thus cwaeth : Ic wylle thaet thu me 
 hraedlice on anum disce sylle Iohannes heafod. Tha 26 
 wearth se cyning geunret, for tham athe, and for tham 
 the hym mid saeton, nolde theah hig geunretan ; ac sende 
 aenne cwellere, and bebead thaet man his heafod on 97 
 anum disce brohte. And he hine tha on cwerterne be- 28 
 heafdode, and his heafod on anum disce brohte, and 
 hit sealde tham maedene ; and thaet maeden hit sealde hyre 
 meder. Tha his cnyhtas thaet gehyrdon, hig comon and 29 
 
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MARCUS VI. 
 
 30 his lie namon, and hine on byrgene ledon. Sothlice tha 
 tha apostolas togaedere comon, big cyddon tham Haelende 
 
 31 eall thaet hig dydon, and hig laerdon. And he saede hym : 
 Cumath, and utc-n gan on-sundron on weste stowe, and 
 us hwon restan : sothlice manega waeron the comon and 
 
 32 agen-hwyrfdon, and fyrst naefdon thaet hig a'eton. And 
 on scyp stigende, hig foron on-sundron on weste stowe. 
 
 33 And gesawon hig farende, and hig gecneowon manega, 
 and gangende of tham burgum, thyder urnon, and him 
 
 3ibeforan comon. And tha sc Haelend tlianon eode, he 
 geseah mycele maenigeo, and he gemiltsode him, fortham 
 the hig waeron swa swa seep the naenne hyrde nabbath : 
 
 35 and he ongan hig fela laeran. And tha hit mycel ykling 
 waes, his leorning-cnyhtas him to comon, and cwaedon : 
 
 ssTheos stow ys weste, and ti'ma ys forth-agan : forlaet thas 
 maenegeo, thaet hig faron on gehende tunas, and him 
 
 37 mete byegan, thaet hig eton. Tha cwaeth he : Sylle ge him 
 etan. Tha cwaedon hig : Uton gan, and mid twam hund- 
 red penegum hlafas byegan, and we him etan syllath. 
 
 38 Tha cwaeth he : Hu fela hlafa habbe ge ? gath and lociath. 
 And tha hig wiston, hig cwaedon : Fif hlafas, and twegen 
 
 39 fixas. And tha bebead se Haelend thaet thaet folc saete ofer 
 
 40 thaet grene hig. And hig tha saeton, hundredum, and fif- 
 4i tigum. And fif hlafum and twam fixum onfangenum, he 
 
 on heofen locode, and hig bletsode ; and tha hlafas braec, 
 
 and sealde his leorning-cnyhtum, thaet hig to-foran him 
 
 42asetton; and twegen fixas him eallum daelde. And hig 
 
 43aeton tha ealle, and gefyllede wurdon. And hig namon 
 
 44thaera hlafa and fixa lafa, twelf wilian fulle. Sothlice fif 
 
 thusend manna thaera etendra waeron. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON SAETERNES-DAEG AER HALGAN DAEGE. 
 
 45 Tha sona he nydde his leorning-cnyhtas on scyp sti'gan, 
 
 thaet hig him beforan foron ofer thone muthan to Bethsaida, 
 
 «6 0th he thaet folc forlete. And tha he hig forlet, he ferde 
 
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MARCUS VII. 
 
 on thone munt, and hine ana thar gebaed. And tha aefen 47 
 waes, thaet scyp waes on middre sae, and he ana waes on 
 lande. And he geseah hig on rewette swincende ; him 48 
 waes witherweard wind ; and on niht, ymbe tha feorthan 
 waeccan, he com to him, ofer tha sae gangende, andwolde 
 hig forbugan. Tha hig hine gesawon ofer tha sae gang- 49 
 ende, hig we'ndon thaet hit unfaele gast waere, and hig 
 clypedon : hig ealle hine gesawon, and wurdon gedref- 50 
 ede. And sona he spraec to him, and cwaeth : Gelyfath ; 
 ic hit eom ; nellen ge eow ondraedan. And he on scyp 51 
 to him eode ; and se wind geswac : and hig thaes the ma 
 betweox him wundredon. Ne ongeaton hig be tliam hlaf- 52 
 urn ; sothliee heora heorte waes ablend. And tha hig 53 
 ofer-segledon, hig comon to Genesaret, and thar wicedon 
 And tha hig of scype eodon, sona hig hine gecneowon ; 54 
 and eall thaet rice befarende, hig on saeccingum baeron tha 55 
 untruman, thar hig hine gehyrdon. And swa hwar swa he 56 
 on wi'c oththe on tunas eode, on straeton hig tha untruman 
 ledon, and hine baedon thaet hig hum his reafes fnaed aethrin- 
 on. And swa fela swa hine aethrinon, hig wurdon hale. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE THRYDDAN 
 LENCTEN-WUCAN. 
 
 VII. Tha comon to hym Pharisei, and sume boceras, 1 
 cumende fram Hierusalem. And tha hig gesawon sume 2 
 of his leorning-cnyhtum besmitenum handum, thaet is un- 
 thwogenum handum, etan, hig taeldon hig, and cwaedon : 
 Pharisei, and ealle Iudeas, ne etath buton hig heora handa 3 
 gelomlice thwean, healdende heora yldrena gesetnessa. 
 And on stra'ete hig ne etath, buton hig gethvvegene beon. 4 
 And manega othre synd, the hym gesette synd, thaet 3's ca- 
 licea fyrmtha, and ceaca, and ar-fata and maestlinga. And 5 
 tha acsodon hine Pharisei and tha boceras : Hwi ne gath 
 thine leorning-cnyhtas aefter ure yldrena gesetnysse, ac 
 besmitenum handum hyra hlaf thicgath ? Tha answarode 6 
 
 85 9 
 
MARCUS VII. 
 
 he hym : Wei witegode Isaias be eow liceterum, swa hit 
 
 awriten ys, This folc me mid welerum weorthath ; sothlice 
 
 i heora heorte ys feor fram me. On idel hig me weorthiath, 
 
 8 and manna lara and bebodu la'erath. Sothlice ge forlaetath 
 Godes bebod, and healdath manna laga, thweala ceaca and 
 
 9 calica, and manega othre thyllice thing ge doth. Tha saede 
 he him : Wei ge on idel dydon Godes bebod, thaet ge 
 
 10 eower lage healdon. Moyses cwaeth, Weortha thinne faeder 
 and thine moder ; and, Se the wyrgth his faeder and his 
 
 n moder, swelte se death* : sothlice ge cwethath, Gif hwa 
 secgth his faeder and meder, Corban, thaet ys on ure ge- 
 
 12 theode, gifu, gif hwylc ys of me the fremath. And ofer 
 thaet ge ne laetath hyne aenig thing don his faeder oththe 
 
 13 meder ; toslitende Godes bebod, for eower stuntan lage, 
 the ge gesetton : and manega othre thing thyssum gelice 
 
 14 ge doth. And eft tha maenegeo he him to clypode, 
 
 15 and cwaeth : Gehyrath me ealle, and ongytath : Nys nan 
 thing of tham men, on hine gangende, thaet hine besmitan 
 maege ; ac tha thing the of tham men forth-gath, tha hine 
 
 i6besmitath. Gif hwa earanhaefth, gehlyste me. And tha se 
 
 n Haelend fram thaere maenegeo eode, his leorning-cnyhtas 
 
 is hine an bigspel acsodon. Tha cwaeth he : And synd ge 
 
 thus ungleawe ? Ne ongyte ge, thaet eail thaet utan cymth, 
 
 19 on thone man gangende, ne maeg hine besmitan ? fortham 
 hit ne gaeth on his heortan, ac on his innoth, and on forth- 
 
 20 gang gewiteth, ealle mettas claensigende. , Tha saede he 
 him, Thaet tha thing the of tham men gath, tha hine besmit- 
 
 21 ath. Innan of manna heortan yfelo gethancas cumath, unriht- 
 
 22 haemedu, and forligeru, man-slihtas, stala, gitsung, man, 
 facnu, sceamleast, yfel gesyhth, dysignessa, ofermodignes, 
 
 23 stuntscipe : ealle thas yfelu of tham innoth e cumath, and 
 
 24 thone man besmitath. Tha ferde he thanon on tha endas 
 Tyri and Sidonis, and he in-agan on thaet hus : he nolde 
 
 v, thaet hig aenig wiste, and he ne mihte hit bemi'than. Sona 
 
MARCUS VIII. 
 
 tha an wif be him gehyrde, thaere dohter haefde uncla'enne 
 gast, heo in-eode, and to his fotum hig astrehte : sothlice 26 
 thaet wif waes Haethen, Siro-Fenisces cynnes ; and baed 
 hine, thaet he thone deofel of hyre dehter adrife. Tha saede 27 
 he hyre : Laet aerest tha beam beon gefylled ; nis na god 
 thaet man nime thaera bearna hlaf, and hundum weorpe. 
 Tha andswarode heo, and cwaeth : Dryhten, thaet ys soth : 28 
 witodlice tha hwelpas etath under thaere mysan, of thaera 
 cilda cruman. Tha saede he hyre : For thaere spraece ga; 29 
 nu se deofol of thinre dehter gewit. And tha heo on hyre 30 
 hus eode, heo gemette thaet maeden on hyre bedde lic- 
 gende, and thone deofol lit-agan. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON THAERE THIIYTTEOTHAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 And eft he eode of Tyra gemaerum, and com thurh Sidon- 31 
 em to thaere Galileiscan sae, betweox midde endas De- 
 capoleos. And hig laeddon him aenne deafne and dumb- 32 
 ne man ; and hine baedon thaet he his hand him on asette. 
 Tha nam he hine on-sundran of thaere maenigeo, and his 33 
 fingras on his earan dyde, and spa'etende his tungan on- 
 hran ; and on thone heofen behealdende, geomrode, and 34 
 cwaeth : EfFeta, thaet ys, on ure getheode, Sy thu ontyned. 
 And sona wurdon his earan geopenode, and his tungan 3.5 
 bend wearth unslyped, and he rihte spraec. And he bead 36 
 him thaet hig hit nanum men ne saedon : sothlice swa he 
 him swithor bebead, swa hig swithor bodedon ; and thaes the 37 
 ma wundredon, and cwaedon : Ealle thing he wel dyde ; 
 and he dyde thaet deafe gehyrdon, and dumbe spraecon. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON THAERE EHTOTHAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 VIII. Eft on tham dagum, him waes mid mycel maenig- j 
 eo, and naefdon hwaet hig aeton. Tha cwaeth he, to-somne 
 geclypedum his leorning-cnyhtum : Ic gemiltsige thysse 9 
 maenigeo, fortham hig thry dagas me geanbidiath, and nab- 
 
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MARCUS VIII. 
 
 3 bath hwaet hig eton : gif ic hi faestende to heora husum 
 laete, be wege hig geteoriath : sume hig comon feorran. 
 
 4 Tha andswaredon him his leorning-cnyhtas : Hvvanon 
 in a sg aenig man thas mid hlafum on thysum westene ge- 
 
 sfyllan? Tha acsodc he hig: Hu fela hlafa habbe ge ? 
 6 hig cwaedon : Seofon. Tha het he sittan tha maenegeo 
 
 ofer thaeorthan,andnamtha seofon hlafas,andGode thanc- 
 
 ode, and hig braec, and sealde his leorning-cnyhtum, 
 i thaet hig to-foran him asetton ; and hig swa dydon. And 
 
 hig naefdon buton feawa fixa ; and he tha bletsode, and 
 s het beforan him asettan. And hig aeton, and wurdon 
 
 gefyllede : and hig namon thaet of tham brytsenum belaf, 
 9 seofon wilian fulle. Sothlice tha the thar a'eton waeron fif 
 io thusend ; and he hig tha forlet. And sona he on scyp 
 
 astah mid his leorning-cnyhtum, and com on tha daelas 
 u Dalmanutha. And tha ferdon tha Pharisei, and ongunnon 
 
 mid him smeagean, and tacen of heofene sohton, and 
 12 his fandedon. Tha cwaeth he, geomriende on his gaste : 
 
 Hwi secth theos cneorys tacen ? sothlice ic eow secge,Ne 
 isbith thisse cneorysse tacen geseald. And hig tha forlaet- 
 
 ende, eft on scyp astah, and ferde ofer thone muthan. 
 H And hi ofergeaton thaet hig hlafas ne namon, and hig 
 i5 naefdon on scype mid him buton aenne hlaf. And he 
 
 him bead, and cwaeth : Lociath, and warniath fram Pharisea 
 ic and Herodes haefe. Tha thohton hig betweox him, and 
 17 cwaedon: Naebbe we nane hlafas? Tha se Haelend thaet 
 
 vvistf, he cwaeth : Hwat thence ge, fortham ge hlafas nab- 
 
 bath ? g^t ge ne ocnawath, ne ne ongitath ? gyt ge hab- 
 
 18 bath eowre heortan geblende ? Eagan ge habbath, and ne 
 geseoth ; and earan, and ne gehyrath ; ne ge ne thencath. 
 
 19 Hwaenne ic braec fif hlafas and twegen fixas, and hu 
 fela wylegena ge namon fulle ? Hig cwaedon tha : Twelfe. 
 
 v) And hwaenne seofen hlafas feower thusendum, and hu 
 fela wyligena brytsena ge namon ? Hig saedon : Seofon : 
 
MARCUS VIII. 
 
 Tha saede he him: Hwi ne ongyte ge gyt ? And hig si 
 comon tha to Bethzaida; and hig brohton him th;i aenneaa 
 blindne, and hine baedon thaet he hine aethrine. And tha 23 
 aethran he thaes blindan hand, and laedde hine butan tha 
 wi'c, and spaette on his eagan, and his hand on-asette, and 
 hine acsode, hwaether he aht gesawe. Tha cwaeth he, tha 24 
 tha he hine beseah : Ic geseo men swylce treow,gangende. 
 Eft he asette his handa ofer his eagan, and he geseah tha, « 
 and wearth geedniwod, swa thaet he beorhtlice eall geseah. 
 Tha sende he hine to his huse, and cwaeth : Ga to thinum 26 
 huse, and theah thu on tun ga, naenegum thu hit ne sege. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL SCEAL OX S« PETRES MAESSE-DAEGE. 
 
 Tha eode he and. hys leorning-cnyhtas on thaet castel Ce- 27 
 sareae Philippi ; and he on wege his leorning-cnyhtas 
 acsode : Hwaet secgath men thaet ic sy ? Tha andswaredon 23 
 hig: Same, Iohannem thone Fulluhtere ; sume, Heli'am ; 
 sume, Sumne of tham witegum. Tha cwaeth he : Hwaet 29 
 secge ge thaet ic sy ? Tha andswarede Petras him, and 
 cwaeth : Thu eart Crist. And tha bead he him, thaet hig 30 
 naenegum be him ne saedon. Tha ongari he hig laeran, 31 
 Thaet mannes Sunu gebyreth fela thinga tholian, and beon 
 aworpen fram ealdormannum, and heah-sacerdum, and 
 bocerum, and beon ofslegen, and aefter thrim dagum 
 ari'san : and spraec tha openlice. And tha nam Petrus32 
 hine, and ongan hine threagean. Tha bewende he hine, 33 
 and cidde Petre, and cwaeth : Ga on-baec, Satanas ; fortham 
 thu nast tha thing the synd Godes, ac tha thing the synd 
 manna. Tha cwaeth he, togaedere geclypedre maenegeo, 34 
 mid hisleorning-cnyhtum : Gyfhwawyle me fyligean,with- 
 sace hine sylfne, and nime his cwylminge, and folgige me. 
 Se the wyle his sawle hale gedon, se hig forspilth ; se the 35 
 forspilth his sawle for me, and for tham godspelle, se hig 
 gehaelth. Hwaet fremath men, theah he ealne middan-eard 36 
 gestryne, and do his sawle forwyrd ? oththe hwylc ge- 37 
 
MARCUS IX. 
 
 Ds wryxl sylth se man for his sawle ? Sothlice se the me for- 
 syhth and mine word, on thisre unriht-haemedan and syn- 
 fulran cneorysse, thone mannes Sunu forsyhth, thonne he 
 cymth on his Faeder wuldre, mid halgum englum. 
 
 1 X . Tha saede he him : Sothlice ic secge eow, Thaet sume 
 synd her wuniende, the death ne onbyrgath, aer hig geseon 
 Godes rice on maegne cuman. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON SATERN-DAEG, ON THAERE FORMAN FAESTEN 
 WUCAN. 
 
 2 Tha aefter syx dagum nam se Haelend Petrum, and Iacob- 
 ura, and Iohannem, and laedde hig sylfe on-sundron on 
 sumne heahne munt, and wearth beforan him oferhywod. 
 
 3 And his reaf wurdon glitiniende, swa hwite swa snaw, 
 swa nan fullere ofer eorthan ne maeg swa hwite gedon. 
 
 4 Tha aetywde him Helias, mid Moyse, and to him spraec- 
 
 5 on. Tha andswarede Petrus him, and cwaeth : Lareow, 
 god ys thaet we her beon : and uton wyrcan her threo 
 eardung-stowa ; the ane, and Moyse ane, and Helie ane. 
 
 6 Sothlice he nyste hwaet he cwaeth : he waes afaered mid 
 
 7 ege. And seo lyft hig ofer-sceadewode ; and stefn com 
 of thaore lyfte, and cwaeth : Thes ys mm leofesta Sunu, 
 
 8gehyrath hine. And tha sona tha hig besawon hi, nanne 
 hig mid him ne gesawon, buton thaene Haelend sylfne 
 
 9 mid him. And tha hig of tham munte astigon, he bead 
 him thaet he nanum ne saedon tha thing the hig gesawon , 
 
 10 buton thonne mannes Sunu of deathe arise. Hig tha thaet 
 word geheoldon betweox him, and smeadon hwaet thaet 
 
 ii waere, thonne he of deathe arise. And hig hine acsedon 
 tha : Hwaet secgath Pharisei and tha boceras, thaet gebyrath 
 
 12 aerest thaet Helias cume ? Tha saede he him, andswari- 
 gende : Helias ealle thing geedniwath, thonne he cymth ; swa 
 bo mannes Sunu awriten ys, thaet he fela tholige, and sig 
 
 13 oferhogod. Ac ic secge eow, Thaet Helias com, and hig 
 dydon him swa hwaet swa hig woldon, swa be him awrit- 
 
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MARCUS IX. 
 
 en ys. And tha he com to his leorning-cnyhtuiri, he ge- u 
 seah mycele maenigeo abutan hig, and boceras mid him 
 sprecende. And sona eall folc, thaene Haelend geseonde, is 
 wearth afaered and forht, and hyne gretende hym to 
 union. Tha ahsode he hig : Hwaet smeage ge betweox ia 
 eow ? 
 
 THYS SCEAL TO THAM YMB-RENE INNAN IIAEREFESTE, ON 
 WODNES-DAEG. 
 
 Him andswarode an of thaere maenigu : Lareow, ic brohte 17 
 minne sunu, dumbne gast haebbende ; se, swa hwaer swa 18 
 he hine gelaecth, forgnit hine, and tothum gristbitath, and 
 forscrincth : and ic saede thinum leorning-cnyhtum, thaet 
 hig hine ut-adrifon, and hig ne mihton. Tha andswarode 19 
 he him : Eala ungeleafFulle cneorys ; swa lange swa ic 
 mid eow beo, swa lange ic eow tholige : bringath hine to 
 me. Tha brohton hig hine ; and tha he hine geseah, sona 00 
 se gast hine gedrefde, and on eorthan forgnyden, faemende 
 he tearflode. And tha acsode he his faeder : Hu lano; ti'd 21 
 is syththan him this gebyrede ? Thacwaethhe : Of cildhade. 
 He hine gelomlice on fyr, and on waeter sende, thaet he 22 
 hine forspilde : ac gif thu hwaet miht, gefylst us, ure ge- 
 miltsod. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Gyf thu gelyfan miht, 23 
 ealle thing synd gelyfedum mihtlice. Tha sona hrymde 24 
 thaes cildes faeder, and wepende cwaeth : Drihten, ic ge- 
 lyfe ; gefylst minre ungeleaffulnysse. And tha se Haelend 25 
 geseah tha to-yrnendan maenigeo, he behead tham unclaen- 
 an gaste, thus cwethende : Eala deafa and dumba gast, 
 ic beode the, ga of him, and ne s;a thu lens on hine. He 26 
 tha hrymende, and hine swythe slitende, eode of him : and 
 he waes swylce he dead wa'ere ; swa thaet manega cwacdon : 
 Sothlice he ys dead. Tha nam se Haelend his hand, and 27 
 hine up-ahof, and he aras tha. And tha he into tham huse 28 
 eode, his leorning-cnyhtas hine digelice acsedon : Hwi 
 ne mihton we hine ut-adrifan ? Tha saede he : Thys cyn 20 
 
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MARCUS IX. 
 
 ne maeg of nanum men ut-gan, buton thurh gebedu, and 
 
 30 on faestene. Tha hig t.hanon ferdon, hi forbugon Gali- 
 
 31 leam : he nolde thaet hyt aenigman wiste. Sotblice he laerde 
 his leorning-cnyhtas, and saede : Sothlice mannes Sunu 
 byth geseald on synfulra handa, thaet highine ofslean, and, 
 
 aaofslagen, t.ham rhryddan daege he arist. Tha nyston hig 
 33 thaet word, and hi ondredon bine acsigende. Tha comon 
 
 hig to Capharnaum, and tha hig aet ham waeron, he acs- 
 24 ode bio; : Hwaet smeade ere be wege ? And his: suwodon : 
 
 witodlice hig on wege smeadon, hwylc heora yldost 
 3j waere. Tha he saet, he clypode hig twelfe, and saede 
 
 him : Gif cower hwylc wyle beon fyrmest, beo se eath- 
 
 36 modost, and cower ealra then. Tha nam he aenne cnapan, 
 and gesette on heora middele : tha he hyne beclypte, he 
 
 37 saede him : Swa hwylc swa aenne of thus geradum cnapum 
 on minum naman onfehth, se onfehth me ; and se the me 
 onfehth, he ne onfehth me, ac thone the me sende. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE NYGOTHAN 
 WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 38 Tha andswarode Iohannes, and cwaeth : Lareow, sumne 
 we gesawon on thinum naman deofol-seocnessa ut-adrif- 
 
 soende, se ne fyligth us, and we him forbudon. Tha cwaeth 
 
 he : Ne forbeode ge him : nys nan the on minum naman 
 
 ^omaegen wyrce, and maege rathe be me yfele sprecan. Se 
 
 41 the nys agen eow, se ys for eow. Sothlice se the sylth drinc 
 eow, calic fulne waeteres on minum naman, fortham ge 
 Cristes synd, ic eow soth secge, ne forlyst he hys mede. 
 
 42 And swa hwa swa gedrefth aenne of thysum lytlingum on 
 me gelyfendum, betere hym waere thaet an cweorn-stan 
 waere to his sweoran gecnyt, ami waere on sa'e beworpen. 
 
 43 And gif thin hand the swicath, ceorf hig of: betere the ys 
 thaet thu wanhal to life ga, thonne thu twa handa haebbe, 
 
 44 and fare on belle, and on unacwencedlic fyr : timer heora 
 is wyrm ne swylt, and fyr ne bith acwenced. And gif thin 
 
MARCUS X. 
 
 fot swicath the, ceorf hine of: betere the ys thaet thu healt 
 ga on ece h'f, t.honne thu haebbe twegen fet, and sig aworp- 
 en on helle unacwencedlices fyres : thaer heora wyrm 46 
 ne swylt, ne fyr ne byth adwaesced. Gif thin eage the 47 
 swicath, weorp hit lit : betere the ys mid anum eagan gan 
 on Godes rice, t.honne, twa eagan haebbende, sig aworpen 
 on helle fyr : thaer heora wyrm ne swylt, ne fyr ne bith 48 
 acwenced. Sothlice aelc man bith mid fyre gesylt, and 49 
 aelc offrung bith mid sealte gesylt. God ys sealt : gif 5 
 thaet sealt unsealt bith on tham the ge hyt syltath, habbath 
 sealt on eow, and habbath sibbc betweox eow. 
 
 X. And thanon he com on Iudeisce endas of Iordane : 1 
 tha comon eft maenigu to him ; and swa swa he gewun- 
 ode, he hig laerde eft-sona. Tha genealaehton him Pha- 2 
 risei, and hine axodon : Hwaether alyfth aenegum men his 
 wif forlaetan ? his thus fandigende. Tha andswarede he 3 
 him : Hwaet bead Moyses eow ? Hig saedon : Moyses 4 
 lyfdc thaet man write hiw-gedales boc, and hi forlete. Tha 5 
 cwaeth se Haelend : For eowre heortan heard nesse he eow 
 wrat this bebod. Fram fruman gesceafte, God hig ge-6 
 worhte waepned and wyfman, and cwaeth : Fortham se 7 
 man forlaet his faeder and moder, and hine his wife 
 getheot ; and beoth twegen on anum flaesce ; witodlice ne s 
 synd na twegen, ac an fiacsc. Thaet God gesamnode, ne 9 
 syndrige thaet nan man. And eft innan huse his leorning- 10 
 cnyhtas hine be tham ylcan acsodon. Tha cwaeth he : Swa 11 
 hwylc man swa his wif forlaet, and other nimth, unriht- 
 haemed he wyrcth thurh hig. And gif thaet wif hyre w r er 12 
 forlaet, and otherne nimth, heo unriht-haemth. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL ON FRICE-DAEG, OX THAERE SYXTAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 1.; 
 
 And hig brohton him hyra lytlingas, thaet he hig aet- 
 hrine : thaciddon his leorning-cnyhtastham the higbrohton. 
 Tha se Haelend hig geseah, unweorthlice he hyt forbead, 14 
 93 
 
MARCUS X. 
 
 and saede him : Laetath tha lytlingas to me cuman, and ne 
 forbeode ge him ; sothlice swylcera ys heofena rice. 
 
 15 Sothlice ic secge eow, Swa hvvylc swa Godes rice ne on- 
 
 16 tenth swa lytling, ne gaeth he on thaet. 1'ha beclypte he 
 hig, and his handa ofer hig settende, bletsode hig. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE SEOFETHAN 
 VVUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 17 And tha he on wege eode, sum him to am, and gebiged- 
 um cneowe to-foran him, cwaeth, and baed hine : La goda 
 
 is Lareow, hwaet do ic thaet ic ece lif age ? Tha cwaeth se 
 Haelend : Hwi segst thu me godne ? nys nan mann god, 
 
 19 buton God ana. Canst thu tha bebodu, Ne unriht-haem 
 thu, Ne slyh thu, Ne stel thu, Ne sege thu lease gewitnesse, 
 Facen ne do thu, Weortha thinne faeder and thine modor ? 
 
 20 Tha andswarede he : Goda Lareow, eall this ic geheold of 
 si minre geoguthe. Se Haelend hine tha behealdende, lufode, 
 
 and saede him : An tiling the ys wana : gesyle eall thaet thu 
 
 age, and syle hit thearfum : thonne haefst thu gold-hord on 
 22 heofenum ; and cum, and folga me. And for tham worde 
 
 he waes geunret ; and ferde gnornigende ; fortham he 
 M haefde mycele aehta. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to his leorn- 
 
 ing-cnyhtum, hine beseonde : Swythe earfothlice on Godes 
 u rice gath tha the feoh habbath ! Tha forhtedon his leorning- 
 
 cnyhtas be his wordum. Eft se Haelend him andswari- 
 
 ende cwaeth : Eala cild, swythe earfothlice tha the on heora 
 95 feo getruwiath gath on Godes rice ! Eathere ys olfende to 
 
 farenne thurh nafedle thyrel, thonne se rica and se welega 
 2« on Godes rice ga. Hig thaes the ma betweox him wun- 
 27 dredon, and cwaedon : And hvva maeg beon hal ? Tha 
 
 beheold se Haelend hig, and cwaeth : Mid mannum hyt 
 
 ys uneathelic, ac na mid Gode : Ealle thing mid Gode 
 assynt eathelice. Tha ongan Petrus cwethan : Witodlice, 
 oo we ealle thing forleton and folgodon the. Tha andswarode 
 
 him se Haelend : Nys nan the hys hus forlaet, oththe gebro- 
 
MARCUS X. 
 
 thru, oththe geswustra, oththe faeder,oththe moder, oththe 
 beam, oththe aeceras, for me and for tham godspelle, the 30 
 hundfeald ne onfo nu on tbysse tide, bus, and brothru, and 
 swustra, and faeder, and modor, and beam, and aeceras, mid 
 ehtnessum ; and on toweardre worulde, ece lif. Manega 31 
 fyrmeste beoth ytemeste : and ytemeste, fyrmeste. Soth- 32 
 lice his ferdon on wege to Hierusalem ; and se Haelend 
 him beforan eode ; and hi adredon him hine, and him 
 fyligdon. And eft he nam hi twelfe, and ongan him 
 seco;an tha thins; the him towearde waeron : Thaet we nu 33 
 astigath to Hierusalem ; and mannes Sunu bith geseald sa- 
 cerda ealdrum, and bocerum, and ealdrum, and hi hine 
 deathe genytheriath, and hi hine theodum syllath, and hi hine 34 
 bysmriath, and hi him on spaetath, and hine swingath, and 
 ofsleath hine : and he arist on tham thryddan daege. Him tha 35 
 genealaehton to Iacobus and Ioharmcs, Zebedeis suna, and 
 c waedon : Lareow, we wyllath thaet thu us do swa hwact swa 
 we biddath . Tha cwaeth he : Hwaet wylie gy t thaet ic inc do ? 36 
 Tha cwaedon big : Syle unc thaet wyt sitton on thinum w r ul- 37 
 dre, an on thine swythran healfe, and other on thine wynstran. 
 Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Gyt nyton hwaet gyt biddath : mage 38 
 gyt drincan thone calic the ic drince ? and beon gefullod 
 on tham fullubte the ic beo gefullod ? Tha cwaedon hi : 39 
 Wyt magon. Tha. cwaeth se Haelend : Gyt drincath thone 
 calic the ic drince ; gyt beoth gefullod;' tham fullubte the ic 
 beo gefullod : sotblice nis hit na mm inc to sy lie nne, thaet 40 
 gyt sitton on mine swythran healfe, oththe on tha wynstran ; 
 ac tham the hit gegearwod ys. Tha gebulgon tha tyne hi 41 
 be Iacobe and Iohanne. Tha clypode se Haelend hig, 42 
 and cwaeth : Wite ge thaet tha the on Theodum ealdorscipe 
 habbath, thaet hyra ealdras anweald ofer hi habbath ? Soth- 43 
 lice on eow hit nis swa : ac swa hwylc swa wyle mid eow 
 yldest beon, se bith eower then : and se the wyle on eow 44 
 fyrmest beon, se bith ealra theow. Sothlice ne com man- 40 
 
 95 
 
MARCUS XL 
 
 nes Sunu, thaet him man thenode, ac thaet he thenode, and 
 his sawlc sealde for manegra alysednysse. 
 
 TIIYS GEBYRATH ON SUNNAN-DAEG AER IIALGAN DAEGE. 
 
 46 Tha comon hig to Hiericho : and he ferde fram Hiericho, 
 and his leorning-cnyhtas, and mycel maenigeo. Timeus 
 
 47 sunu, Bartimeus, saet blind with thone weg waedla. Tha he 
 gehyrde thaet hit waes se Nazarenisca Haelend, he ongan 
 tha clypian, and ewe than : Haelend, Dauides sunu, gemiltsa 
 
 48 me. Tha budon him manega thaet he suwode : he clyp- 
 
 49 ode tha thaes the ma: Miltsa, me, Dauides sunu. Tha 
 aetstod se Haelend, and het hine clypian. Tha saedon hig 
 tham blindan : Beo geheortra, and arfs ; se Haelend the 
 
 so clypath. He tha his reaf awearp, and forth-raesde, and to 
 
 si him com. Tha cwaeth se Haelend: Hwaet wylt thu thaet 
 
 5-> ic the do ? Tha cwaeth he : Lareow, thaet ic geseo. Tha 
 
 cwaeth se Haelend to him : Ga ; thin geleafa the halne ge- 
 
 dyde. And he sona geseah, and him fyligde on wege. 
 
 TIIYS GEBYRATH FEOWER WUCON AER MYDDAN-WYNTRAN. 
 
 XI. Tha he genealaehte Hierusalem, and Bethania, to 
 
 Oliuetes duna, he sende hys twegen leorning-cnyhtas, 
 
 •2 and cwaeth to him : Farath to tham castelle, the ongean inc 
 
 ys, and gyt thaer sona gemetath assan folan getigedne, 
 
 ofer thaene nan man gyt ne saet : ungetigeath hine, and to 
 
 3 me gelaedath. And gif hwa to inc hwaet cwyth, secgath, 
 Thaet Dryhten haefth his neode ; and he hine sona hyder 
 
 4 laet. And tha hig ut-ferdon, hig gemetton thone folan 
 lite on twycinan beforan dura getigedne : tha untigdon 
 
 5 hig hine. And sume the thar stodon, thus saedon him : 
 
 6 Hwaet do gyt, thone folan untigende ? Tha cwaedon hig : 
 
 7 Swa se Haelend unc bead : and hi leton hig tha. Tha 
 laeddon hig thone folan to tham Haelende, and hig heora 
 
 s reaf on-aledon ; and he on-saet. Manega heora reaf on 
 thone weg strehton : sume tha bogas of tham treowum 
 
MARCUS XI. 
 
 heowon, and streowedon on theme weg. And tha the befor<§ 
 an eodon, and tha the aefter folgodon, cwaedon thus : Osan- 
 na : Sy gebletsod se the com on Dryhtnes naman : Sy ge- 10 
 bletsod thaet rice the com ures faeder Dauides : Osanna on 
 heahnessum. 
 
 TIIVS SCEAL ON THONE FEORTHAN FRIGE-DAEG OFER PENTE- 
 COSTEN. 
 
 And he eode tha on Hierosolima tempi, and ealle thing he n : 
 besceawode : tha aefen-tima waes, he ferde to Bethani'am, 
 mid his twelf leorning-cnyhtum. And othrum daege, tha 12 j 
 big ferdon fram Bethania, hine hyngrode : tha he feorranu 
 geseah an fic-treow, the leaf haefde, he com, and sohte 
 hwaether he thar-on aht funde : tha he him to com, ne funde 
 he thaer buton leaf ane ; sothlice hit waes thaes fic-treowes 
 tima. Tha cwaeth he : Heonon-forth on ecnesse ne ete aenig u 
 man waestm of the. And his leorning-cnyhtas thaet gehyr- 
 don. Tha comon hig eft to Hierusalem : and tha he on 15 
 thaet tempi eode, he ongan drifan of tham temple syllende 
 and bicgende ; and mynetera throcu, and heah-setlu the tha 
 culfran cypton he tobraec ; and he ne gethafode thaet aenig 16 
 man aenig faetthurh thaet tempi baere. And he tha laerende, 17 
 thus cwaeth to him : Nys hit awriten, Thaet min hus fram 
 eallum theodum bith genemned gebed-hus ? sothlice ge 
 dydon thaet to sceathenascraefe. Thathaerasacerdaealdras is 
 and tha boceras this gehyrdon, hig thohton hu hig hyne 
 forspildon, theh hig him ondredon hine ; fortham eall seo 
 maenigeo wundrode be his lare. And tha hit aefen waes, 19 
 he eode of thaere ceastre. On mergen, tha hig ferdon, hig 20 
 gesawon thaet fic-treow forscruncen of tham wyrt-ruman. 
 Tha cwaeth Petrus : Lareow, loca hu forscranc thaet fie- si 
 treo w, the thu wyrigdest. Tha cwaeth se Haelend, him and- 22 
 swarigende : Habbath Godes truwan. Ic secge eow to 23 
 sothe, Swa hwyle swa cwythto thisum munte, Sig thu afyrr- 
 ed, and on sa'e aworpen ; and on his heortan ne tweonath, 
 
MARCUS Xll. 
 
 ac gelyfth ; swa hwaet s\va he cwyth, Gevveorthe this, thaet 
 • 4 gewyrth. Fort^am ic cow secge, Swa hwaet swa ge gym- 
 
 ende biddath, gelyfath thaet ge hit onfoth, and hit eow be- 
 83 cymth. And thonne ge standath eow to gebiddanne, for- 
 
 gifath, gif fire hwaet a°ren aenige habbath : timet eow eower 
 
 synna forgife eower heofenlica Faeder, se the on heofenum 
 20 ys. Gyf ge ne forgyfath, ne eow eower synna ne for- 
 
 27 gyfth eower Faeder, the on heofonum ys. Tha com he eft 
 to Hierusalem ; and tha he on thani temple eode, hym to 
 genealaehton tha heah-sacerdas, and boceras, and ealdras, 
 
 28 and thus cwaedon : On hwylcum anwealde dest thu thas 
 tiling ? and hwa sealde the tliysne an weald thaet thu thys do ? 
 
 29 Tha cwaeth se Haelend : And ic acsige eow anre spraece, 
 andswariath me, and ic secge eow thonne on hwylcum 
 
 30 anwealde ic thys do. Hwaether waes Iohannes fulluht, the 
 
 31 ofheofone, the of mannum ? andswariath me. Thathohton 
 hi, and cwaedon betweox hoom, Gif we secgath, Of heof- 
 
 32 one, he segth us, Hwi ne gelyfde ge him ? Gif we secg- 
 ath, Of mannum, we ondraedath this folc : ealle hig haef- 
 
 33 don Iohannem thaet he waere sothlice witega. Tha andswar- 
 edon hig thain Haelende, and cwaedon : We nyton. Tha 
 cwaeth se Haelend : Ne ic eow ne secge on hwylcum an- 
 wealde ic thas thing do. 
 
 XII. Tha ongan he him bigspel reccan. Sum man 
 him plantode wm-geard, and betynde hine, and dealf 
 aenne seath, and getimbrode aenne stypel, and gesette 
 
 2 hine mid eorth-tylium, and ferde on aeltheodignysse. Tha 
 sende he to tham tilium his theow on tide, thaet he thaes 
 
 3 win-geardes waestm onfenge. Tha swungon hig thone, and 
 4 forleton hine idel-hende. And eft he him sende otherne 
 
 theow ; and hig thone on heafde gewundedon, and mid 
 steonum geswencton. And eft lie him sumne sende; 
 
 and hig thone ofslogon, and manega othre ; sume hi"- 
 ebeoton, sun 4 e hig ofslogon. Tha haefde he tha gyt aenne 
 
MARCUS XII. 
 
 leofestne sunu ; tha sende he aet nehstan hym thaene, and 
 cwaeth, Witodlice minne sunu hig forwandiath. Tha 7 
 cwaedon tha tylian heom betwynan, Her ys se yrfenuma ; 
 uton ofslean hyne, thonne byth ure seo yrfeweardnes. Hig s 
 tha ofslogon hine, and wiirpon withutan thone win-geard. 
 Hwaet deth thaes win-geardes hlaford ? he cymth, and for- 9 
 deth tha tylian, and sylth othrum thone win-geard. Ne raedde 10 
 ge thys gewrit, Se stan the tha wyrhtan awurpon, thes ys 
 geworden on thaere hyrnan heafod : thys ys fram Dryhtne 11 
 geworden, and hyt ys wundorlic on urum eagum ? Tha 12 
 smeadon hig thaet hig gefengon hyne, and hig ondredon 
 tha maenigu : hig oncneowon tha thaet he thys bigspel to 
 him saede : higTerdon tha, and hyne forleton. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THAERE XXIIII WUCAN OFER PENTE- 
 COSTEX. 
 
 Tha sendon hig to him sume of Phariscum and Herodian- 13 
 um, thaet hig befengon hine on his worde. Tha comon u 
 hig, and thus mid facne cwaedon : Lareow, we witon thaet 
 thu eart sothfaest, and thu ne recst be aenegum men : ne 
 besceawast thu manna ansyne ; ac thu Godes weg laerst 0:1 
 sothfaestnysse : Alyfth gafol to syllanne tham Casere, hw ae- 
 ther the ne syllath ? Tha cwaeth he, and heora lot-wrenc- 15 
 as wiste :. Hwi fandige ge mill, bringath me thone pening, 
 thaet ic hyne geseo. Tha brohton hig hym. Tha saede he 16 
 hym: Hwaes ys theos anlicnys, and this gewrit? Hig 
 cwaedon : Thaes Caseres. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : 17 
 Agyfath tham Casere tha thing the thaes Caseres synd, and 
 Gode tha the Godes synd. Tha wundredon hig be tham. 
 Tha comon hym to Saducei, tha secgath thaet aeryst ne sy ; ]8 
 and hine acsedon, and thus cwaedon : Lareow, Moyses us 19 
 wrat, Gif hwaes brothor dead bith, and laefth his wi'f, and 
 naefth nan beam, thaet his brothor nime his wif, and his 
 brothor sa'ed wecce. Eornostlice seofen gebrothru waer- 20: 
 on : and se aeresta nam wif, and wearth dead, na laefedum 
 
MARCUS XII. 
 
 21 saede. And tha nam se other hig, and wearth dead, ne se 
 wsafed ne laefde : gelice se thrydda. And ealle seofen hig 
 
 haefdon, and sa'ed ne laefdon : ealra aeftemest, tha forth- 
 23 ferde timet wif. On tham aeryste, hwylces thaera seofena 
 24 bith thaet wif? hig ealle hig haefdon. Tha andswarode 
 
 him se Haelend : llu ne dweliath ge, fortham the ge nyton 
 2i tha halgan gewritu, ne Godes maegen ? Sothlice thonne hig 
 
 of deathe arisath, ne wifiath hig, ne ne giftiath; ac hig synd 
 Mswylce Godes englns on heofenum. Be tham deadum, 
 
 thaet hig arison, ne raedde ge on Moyses bee, hu God 
 
 to him cwaeth ofer thone gorst-beam, Ic eom Abrahames 
 27 God, and Isaaces God, and Iacobes God? Nis God 
 
 deadra, ac he ys lybbendra : sothlice swythe ge dweliath. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE TWELFTAN 
 WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 2s Tha genealaehte him an of tham bocerum, the gehyrde hig 
 smcagende, and geseah thaet he him wel andswarode, and 
 
 29 acsode hine : Hwaet waere ealra beboda maest ? Tha and- 
 swarode he him : Thaet is thaet maestc bebod ealra, Israhel, 
 
 3ogehyrurne Dryhten God ; he is an God : and, lufa thinne 
 Dryhten God, of ealre thinre heortan, and of ealre thinre 
 sawle, eallum thinum mode, and of eallum thinum maeg- 
 
 3i ene : thaet ys thaet fyrmeste bebod. Sothlice ys other thys- 
 um gelic, Lufa thinne nehstan swa the sylfne. Nys other 
 
 32 mare bebod. Tha cwaeth se bocere : Lareow, well thu on 
 sothe cwa'ede : thaet an God ys ; and nys other buton him : 
 
 33 and thaet he sy gelufod of ealre heortan, and of eallum 
 andgyte, and of ealre sawle, and of ealre strengthe ; and 
 lufian his nehstan swa hine sylfne, thaet ys mare eallum 
 
 34 onsaegdnyssum and offiungum. Tha se Haelend geseah 
 thaet he him wislice andwyrde, he sa'ede him : Ne eart thu 
 feor fram Godes rice. And hine ne dorste nan mann 
 
 35 acsian. Tha cwaeth se Haelend, on tham temple laerende : 
 Hu secgath tha boceras tljaet Crist sy Dauides sunu ? 
 
MARCUS XIII. 
 
 Dauid sylf cwaeth to tham Halgan Gaste, Dryhtcn cwaeth 36 
 to milium Dryhtne, Site on mine swythran healfe, oth ic 
 thine fynd asette to fot-sceamole thinra fota. Dauid sylf 37 
 nemde hyne Dryhten ; and hwanon ys he his sunu ? And 
 mycel maenegu hyne luflice gehyrde. Tha saede he hym 38 
 on his lare : Warniath fram bocerum, tha wyllath on ge- 
 gyrlum gan, and beon on straetum gegrete, and on fyr- 39 
 mestum lareow-setlum sittan on gesamnungum, and tha 
 fyrmestan setl on gebeorscypum : tha the wudewena hus 49 
 forswelgath, mid heora langsuman gebede : tha onfoth leng- 
 estne dom. Tha saet se Haelend ongen thone toll-sceam- 41 
 ol, and geseah hu thaet folc heora feoh torfode on thone 
 toll-sceamol : and manega welige torfodon fela. Tha com « 
 an earm wudewe, and wearp twegen feorthlingas. Tha & 
 clypode he his leorning-cnyhtas, and saede hym : Sothlice 
 ic eow secge, Thaet theos earme wudewe eallunga maest 
 sealde thaera the on toll-sceamel scaldon : ealle sendon of *- 
 tham the hig genoh haefdon ; sothlice theos of hyre yrmthe 
 eall thaet heo haefde sealde, ealle hyre andlyfene. 
 
 XIII. Tha he of tham temple eode, tha cwaeth an of his r 
 leorning-cnyhtum to him : Lareow, loca hwylce stanas 
 her syndj and hwylce getimbrunga thyses temples ! Tha s 
 cwaeth se Haelend : Ne geseo ge ealle thas mycelan getim- 
 brunga ? ne byth her laefed stan ofer stan, the ne beo to- 
 worpen. Tha hig saeton on Oliuetes dune, ongen thaet 3 
 tempel, synderlice hine Petrus and Iacobus and Iohannes 
 and Andreas acsedon : Sege us, hwaenne thas thing ge- 4 
 weorthon ? and hwylc tacen bith, thonne ealle thas thing 
 onginnath beon geendod ? Tha ongan se Haelend, hym 5 
 andswarigende to, cwethan : Warniath thaet eow nan man 
 ne beswi'ce : sothlice manega cumath on minum naman, and 6 
 cwethath, Ic eom Crist ; and beswicath manega. And 7 
 thonne ge gehyrath gefeohtu, and gefeohta hlisan, ne on- 
 draede geeow : hit gebyrath thaet hitbelimpe ; ac thonne gyt 
 ici 10 * 
 
MARCUS XIII. 
 
 s nys ende. Sothlice theod aryst age'n theode, and rice on- 
 gen rice ; and beoth corthan styrunga geond stowa, and 
 
 9 hunger : this synd sara angyn. Warniath eow sylfe ; hig 
 syllath eow on getheahte, and swingath on gesamnungum ; 
 and ge standath beforan demum and cyningum, for min- 
 
 10 um naman, hym on gewitnesse. And on ealle theoda 
 
 ii aerest gebyreth beon thaet godspel gebodod. And thonne 
 hig syilende eow laedath, ne foresmeage ge hwaet ge spec- 
 on, ac specath thaet eow on thaere tide geseald byth : ne 
 
 12 synd ge na specende, ac se Halga Gast. Sothlice se 
 brothor thone brothor to deathe sylth, and se faeder his sunu ; 
 and tha beam arisath ongen heora magas, and mid deathe 
 
 13 hig gcwaecath. And ge beoth eallum on hatunge for minum 
 naman : sothlice se bith hal, se the oth ende thurhwunath. 
 
 n Thonne ge geseoth thaere toworpennysse asceonunge stand- 
 an thaer heo ne sceal (thonne ongyte se the raet), fleon 
 
 15 thonne on muntas, tha the synd on Iudea : and se the isofer 
 thecene, ne stige he on his hvis, ne he in ne ga, thaet he 
 
 16 aht on his huse nime : and se the bith on aecere, ne 
 n cyrre he ongen, thaet he his reaf nime. Wa cennendum 
 is on tham dagum ! Biddath thaet this on wintra ne geweorthe. 
 i9 Sothlice on tham dagum beoth swylce gedrefednyssa, swylce 
 
 ne gewurdon of frymthe thaere gesceafte, the God gesceop, 
 20 oth nu ; ne na ne geweortheth. And gif Dryhten thas dag- 
 
 as ne gescyrte, nan flaesc ne wurde hal ; ac for tham ge- 
 2i corenum, the he geceas, he gescyrte tha dagas. And gif 
 
 eow hwylc segth : Witodlice, her ys Crist ; witodlice, 
 ej thaer he ys ; ne gelyfe ge : sothlice lease Cristas, and lease 
 
 witogan arisath, and wyrcath fore-beacnu, to beswicanne 
 
 23 eac, gyf hit beon maeg, tha gecorenan. Warniath eow nu 
 
 24 ealle thing, the ic eow fore-saede. Ac on tham dagum, 
 aefter thaere geswencednysse, byth sunne athystrod, and se 
 
 25 mona his beorhtnysse ne sylth ; and heofenes steorran 
 beoth feallende, and beoth astyrode tha maegenu, the on 
 
MARCUS XIV. 
 
 neofenum synd. Thonne geseoth hig mannes Sunu cum- 26 
 endne on genipum, mid myeelum maegene and wuldre. 
 Thonne sent he hys englas, and hig gaderiath his gecoren- 27 
 an of feower windum, of eorthan heahnesse oth heofenes 
 heahnesse. Leorniathan bigspel be tham fic-treowe : Thonne 28 
 his twig bith mearu, and leaf beoth acennede, ge witon 
 thaet sumor ys gehende : and wite ge thonne ge thas thing 29 
 geseoth, thaet he ys dura gehende. Sothlice ic eow secge, 30 
 thaet theos cneores ne gewit, aertham ealle thas thing gewe- 
 orthon. Heofen and eorthe gewitath ; witodlice mine word 31 
 ne gewitath. Be tham daege and thaere tide nan man nat, 32 
 ne englas on heofnum, ne mannes Sunu, buton Faeder ana. 
 Warniath, and waciath, and gebiddath eow : ge nyton 33 
 hwaenne seo tid ys. Swa se man, the aeltheodlice ferde, 34 
 forlet his hus, and sealde his theowum thone anweald ge- 
 hwylces weorces, and beode tham dure-wearde thaet he 
 wacige . Eornostlice waciath : ge nyton hwaenne thaes huses 35 
 hlaford cymth, the on aefen, the on midre nihte, the on han- 
 crede, the on mergen : the-laes he eow slaepende gemete, 36 
 thonne he faeringa cymth. Sothlice ic eow secge, eallum 37 
 is hit secge, Waciath. 
 
 THES PASSIO GEBYRATH ON TIWES-DAEG, ON THAERE PALM- 
 WUCAN. 
 
 XIV. Sothlice tha aefter twam dagum waeron Eastron ; 1 
 «md tha sohton tha heah-sacerdas and tha boceras, hu hig 
 hine mid facne namon, and ofslogon. Tha cwaedon hig : 2 
 Naes na on freols-daege, thy-laes thaes folces gehlyd we- 
 orthe. And tha se Haelend waes on Bethania, on Simones 3 
 hiise anes hreoflan, and thar saet, tha com an wi'f, and haefde 
 hyre sealf-box deorwyrthes nardes ; and tobrocenum sealf- 
 boxe, ofer his heafod aseat. Sume hit unweorthlice for- 4 
 baeron, and betweox hym sylfum cwaedon : For-hwi waes 
 thysse sealfe forspillednes geworden ? theos sealf mihte 5 
 beon geseald to thrim hund penegum, and beon thearfum 
 
MARCUS XIV. 
 
 6 geseald. And hig yrsodon ongean hig. Tha cwaeth se 
 Haelend : Laetath hig ; hwi synd ge hyre grame ? god 
 
 7 weorc heo on me worhte. Sothlice symie ge habbath 
 thearfan mid eow, and thonne ge wyllath ge magon him 
 
 a teala don : me ge symle nabbath. Theos sealde thaet heo 
 
 laefde : heo com to smyrianne minne lichaman on byrg- 
 9 ene. Sothlice ic eow secge, Swa hwar swa this godspel 
 
 gebodod bith on eallum middan-earde, bith gebodod thaet 
 io heo thys on hys gemynde dyde. Tha Iudas Scarioth, thaet 
 
 ys withersaca, an of tham twelfum, ferde to tham heah- 
 n sacerdum, thaet he hine him belaewde. Tha hig thys ge- 
 
 hyrdon, hig fahnodon, and beheton him feoh to syllanne. 
 
 12 And he smeade hu he hine digollice sealde. And tham 
 forman daege azimorum, tha hig Eastron offrodon, his 
 leorning-cnyhtas him saedon : Hwyder wylt thu thaet we 
 
 13 faron, and gegearwian the, thaet thu Eastron ete ? Tha sende 
 he twegen of his leorning-cnyhtum, and saede him : Gath 
 on thas ceastre, and inc ongean-yrnth sum man berende 
 
 14 sume waeter-flaxan : folgiath him. And swa lrwyder swa 
 he in-gaeth,secgath thaes huses hlaforde, Ure lareow segth, 
 Hwar ys min gyst-hus, and min gereord ; hwar ete ic 
 
 15 Eastron mid minum leorning-cnyhtum ? and he inc 
 geswutelath mycele healle gedaefte : and gegearwiath us 
 
 i6 thara. Tha ferdon his leorning-cnyhtas, and comon on 
 
 tha ceastre, and fundon eall swa he hyt heom saede : 
 
 )7 and gegearwodon tha Eastron. Sothlice tha aefen com, 
 
 is him twelfum mid hym sittendum and etendum, saede se 
 
 Haelend : Sothlice ic cow secge, Thaet eower an, the mid 
 
 io me yt, gesylth mo. Tha ongunnon hig boon dreorige, 
 
 20 and betweox heom cwethan : Cwyst thu com ic hyt ? Tha 
 
 saede he him : An of eow twelfum me sylth, se the his 
 
 2i hand on disce mid me d^pth. And wilodlice mannes Sunu 
 
 gaeth, swa be hym awriten ys. Wa tham men, thurh thone 
 
 the mannes Sunu geseald bith ! betere him waere thaet se 
 
MARCUS XIV. 
 
 man acenned nacre. Him tha etcndum, afeng se Haelend 22 
 hlaf, and bine bletsiende brace, and sealde him, and thus 
 cwaeth : Niniath, this ys min lichama. And onfeng calice, 23 
 and Gode thancas dyde, and sealde him ; and ealle him 
 of druncon. Tha saede he him : This ys min blod thaere 24 
 nywan cythnesse, thaet bith for manegum agoten. Sothlice 25 
 ic cow secge, Thaet ic heonon-forth nc drince of thyses win- 
 geardes cynne, oth tlione daeg thonne ic hine niwne drince 
 on Godes rice. And gecwedenum lofe, hig ferdon 01126 
 Ele-bergcna munt. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Ealle ge beoth 27 
 geuntreowsode on thisse nihte ; fortham the hit awriten ys, 
 Ic slea tlione hyrdc, and beoth tha seep todraefede. Ac ea 
 aefter tham the ic arise, ic cume beforan eow on Galileam. 
 Tha saede Petrus him : Theah the ealle swicion, no swicige 29 
 ic the na. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Sothlice ic the secge, 30 
 Thaet thu on thysse nihte, aer liana tuwa crawe, thriwa 
 withsaecst min. And he thaes the mare spraec: And theah 31 
 me gebyrige mid the to sweltanne, ne aetsace ic thin. And 
 swa hig cwaedon ealle. Tha comon hi to anum tune, thaes 32 
 nama waes Giedzemani : and he cwaeth to hys leorning- 
 cnyhtum : Sittath her, oth thaet ic me gebidde. And he 33 
 nam tha mid him Petrum, and Iacobum. and lohannem : 
 tha ongan he forhtian, and sargian ; and saede him : Un- 34 
 rot ys min sawl, oth death : gebidath her, and waciath. Tha 35 
 he lyt-hwon forth-stop, he astrehte hine ofer tha eortlian, 
 and he baed, gif hit bcon mihte, t.liaet he on thaere tide fiam 
 him gewite. And tha cwaeth he : Abba (thaet ys Faeder, on 36 
 ure getheode), ealle thing the synd mihtelice ; afyr thysne 
 calic fram me : ac na thaet ic wylle, ac thaet thu. Tha com 37 
 he, and funde hig slaepende, and cwaeth to Petre: Simon, 
 slaepst thu ? ne mihtest thu ane tide wacian ? Waciath and 38 
 gebiddath, thaet ge on costnunge ne gan. Witodlice se gast 
 ys gearu, ac thaet flaesc ys untrum. And eft he gebaed tha 39 
 ylcanspraece. And tha he hine eft ongean-bewende, he funde w 
 
 105 
 
MARCUS XIV. 
 
 hig slaepcnde (heora eagan waeron gehefegode) ; and hig 
 
 4i nyston hwact hig hyni andswaredon. Tha com he thryddan 
 
 sithfi, and saede hym : Slapath nu, and restath ; genoh hyt 
 
 ys, ti'ma ys cumen ; nu ys mannes Sunu geseald on syn- 
 
 42 fulra handa. Arisath, uton gan ; nu ys gehende se the 
 
 43 me sylth. Hym tha tha gyt sprecendum, com Iudas Sca- 
 rioth, thaet ys withersaca, an of tham twelfum, and mid hym 
 mycel maenigeo, mid sweordum and mid sahlum, fram 
 
 u heah-sacerdum, and bocerum, and caldrum. vSothlice 
 hys laewahym tacen sealde, and thus cwaeth: Swahwylc- 
 ne swa ic cysse, he hyt ys ; nymath, and laedath hine 
 
 « waerlice. And sona swa he com, he genealaehte hym to, 
 
 46 and cwaeth : Lareow ; and cyste hine. And hig heora 
 
 47 handa on hine wurpon, and namon hine. Sothlice an of 
 tham the thar ymbe uton stodon, his sweorde abraed, and 
 
 48 sloh thaes sacerdes theow, and hys eare of-acearf. Tha 
 cwaeth se Haelend hym andswarigende : Sw T a swa to anura 
 sceathan ge ferdon, mid sweordum and treowum me ge- 
 
 49 fon ? Thonne ic daeghwamlice mid eow waes on temple, 
 laerende, and ge me ne namon : ac thaet tha gewritu syn 
 
 sogefyllede. Tha forleton his leorning-cnyhtas ealle hine, 
 5i and flugon. Sum iungling hym fyligde, mid anre scytan 
 52bewaefed, nacou" ; and hig namon hine. Tha aworpenre 
 
 53 thaere scytan, nacod he hym frarn fleah. And hig lacddon 
 thone Haelend to tham heah-sacerde : and comon ealle 
 
 54 sacerdas, and boceras, and ealdras, togaedere. Petrus 
 him fyligde feorran, oth thaes heah-sacerdes cafer-tun : 
 and he saet mid tham rhenum, and wyrmde hine aet. tham 
 
 ssfyre. Tha heah-sacerdas sohton, and eall gctheaht, tale 
 ongean thone Haelend, thaet hig hine to deathe sealdon ; 
 
 wand hig ne fundon. Manega saedon lease gecythnesse 
 
 57 ongeanhine; andthacythnessanaeronthaeslice. Thaarison 
 sume, and saedon lease cythnesse ongean hine, and thus 
 
 58 cw r aedon : Sothes we gehyrdon hine secgan, Ic toweorpe 
 
MARCUS XV. 
 
 this hand-worhte tempel, and acfter thrym dagum ic other 
 unhand-worht getimbrige. And heora cythnes naes thaes- 59 
 lie. Tha aras sum heah-sacerd on heora midlene, and 60 
 acsode thone Haelend : Ne andswarast thu nan thing ongean 
 thaet thas the onweorpath ? He swugode, and naht ne and- 61 
 swarede. Eft hine acsode se heah-sacerd : Eart thu Crist, 
 thaes Gebletsodan Godes Sunu ? Tha saede se Haelend : Ic 62 
 eom ; and ge geseoth mannes Sunu on swytliran healfe 
 sittan hys maegenes, and cumende mid heofenes genipum. 
 Tha cwaeth se heah-sacerd, hys reaf slytende : Hwi gewil- 63 
 nige we gyt cythera ? Ge gehyrdon his bysmor : hwaet ct 
 thincth eow ? Tha hyrwdon hi ealle hine, and cwaedon, 
 thaet he waere deathes scyldig. And sume ongunnon him 65 
 on spaetan, and oferwreon his ansyne, and mid fystum 
 hine beoton, and him to cwaedon : Ara'ed : and tha thenas 
 hine mid handum beoton. And tha Petrus waes on ca- 66 
 fer-tune, tha com to him an thinen thaes heah-sacerdes : and 67 
 tha heo geseah Petrum wyrmende, tha cwaeth heo : Thu 
 waere mid tham Nazareniscan Haelende. Tha aetsoc he, 68 
 and cwaeth : Ic nat, ne ne can hwaet thu segst. And he 
 eode tha af tham cafer-tunc ; and se hana creow. Eft tha 69 
 hine gecneow other thinen, and heo ongan cwethan to tham 
 the thar-abutan stodon : Sothlice thes ys of tham. And he 70 
 eft aetsoc. And eft tha ymbe lytel, tha the aet-stodon cwaed- 
 on to Petre : Sothlice thu eart of tham : Galileisc thu eart. 
 Tha ongan he aetsacan and swerian : Sothes ne can ic thone 71 
 man the ge secgath. And tha eft-sona creow se hana. 72 
 Tha gemunde Petrus thaes Haelendcs word, the he him 
 saede : Aer se hana crawe tuwa, thrywa thu me aetsaecst. 
 Tha ongan he wepan. 
 
 XV. Tha sona on morgen worhton tha heah-sacerdas 1 
 heora gemot mid ealdrum, and bocerum, and eallum wer- 
 ede, and laeddon thone Haelend gebundenne, and sealdon 
 hine Pilato. Tha acsode Pilatus hine: Eart thu Iudea2 
 
MARCUS XV. 
 
 3 cyning ? Tha andswarode he him : Thu hit segst. Tha wreg- 
 
 4 don hine tha heah-sacerdas on manegum thingum. Eft 
 Pilatus hine acsode : Ne andswarast thu nan thing ? loca 
 
 5 hu mycehim hig the wregath. Tha ne andswarode se Hael- 
 c end him na mare ; swa thaet Pilatus vvundrode. On 
 
 symbel-daege waes his gewuna, thaet he hym forgefe aenne 
 
 7 gebundenne, swa hwylcne swa hig baedon. Tha baedon 
 hig Barraban, se waes gebunden mid tham raeplingum, 
 
 8 se thurh swic-craeft man-sliht geworhte. And tha he ferde, 
 tha ongan seo maenigeo hine biddan, swa heo symle dyde. 
 
 9 Tha cwaeth Pilatus : Wylle ge thaet ic eow forgife Iudea 
 io cyning ? He wiste thaet thurh andan hine sealdon tha heah- 
 u sacerdas. Tha astyredon tha bisceopas tha maenigeo, thaet 
 i2 he him Barraban forgefe. Eft Pilatus him andswarode: 
 
 13 Hwaet do ic be Iudea cyninge ? Hig eft hrymdon, and 
 
 14 cwaedon : Hoh hine. Tha saede Pilatus : Hwaet yfeles 
 is dyde he ? Hig thaes the ma clypedon : Ahoh hine. Pi- 
 latus wolde tha tham folce gecweman, and forgef him Bar- 
 raban, and sealde him thone Haelend beswungenne, thaet 
 
 i6 he ahangen waere. Tha laeddon tha cempan hine on thaes 
 
 dom-ernes cafer-tun ; and hig to-somne eall werod clyp- 
 
 17 edon : and scryddon hine mid purpuran, and him on 
 
 is setton thyrnenne helm awundenne, and ongunnon hine 
 
 19 thus gretan : Hal wes thu, Iudea cyning ! And beoton hine 
 
 on thaet heafod mid hreode, and spaeton him on, and heora 
 
 2ocneow bigdon, and hine geeathmeddon. And syththanhig 
 
 hine bysmredon, unscryddon hine tham purpuran, and 
 
 scryddon hine mid his reafum, and laeddon hine thaet hig 
 
 2i hine ahengon. And genyddon sumne weg-ferendne, Si- 
 
 monem Cireneum , cumende of tham tune, Alexandres faeder 
 
 22 and Run, thaet he his rode baere. And hi laeddon hine on tha 
 stowe Golgotha, thaet ys, on ure getheode gereht, heafod- 
 
 23 pannena stow. And sealdon him gebiterod win : and he hyt 
 
 24 ne onfeng \nd tha hig hine ahengon, hig daeldon his reaf, 
 
MARCUS XV. 
 
 md hlotu wurpon, hwaet gehwa name. Tha waes undern-25 
 id; and hig ahengon hine. And ofer-gewrit his gyltes 26 
 .vaes awriten, Iudea Cyning. And hig ahengon mid a7 
 him twegen sceathan ; aenne on hys swythran healfe, and 
 otherne on his wynstran. Tha waes thaet gewrit gefylled, 28 
 thaet cwyth, And he waes mid unrihtwisum geteald. And 29 
 tha the forth-stopon hine gremedon, and heora heafod 
 cwehton, and thus cwaedon : Wala se towyrpth thaet tempel, 
 and on thrim dagum eft getimbrath ; gehael the sylfne, 30 
 of thaererodestigende. Eall-swa thaheah-sacerdas,bysmri- 31 
 ende betweox tham bocerum, cwaedon : Othre he hale 
 ^edyde, hine sylfne he ne maeg halne gedon. Crist, 32 
 Israhela Cyning, astige nu of rode, thaet we geseon and 
 gelyfon. And tha the mid him hangedon waeron mid him 
 gebundene. And on thaere syxtan tide, wurdon thystru 33 
 gewordene geond ealle eorthan, oth non-tide. And to 34 
 non-tide, se Haelend clypode mycelre stefne : Heloi, He- 
 loi, lema sabbattani ? thaet ys, on ure getheode, Mm God, 
 mm God, hwi forlete thu me ? And sume the thar abuton 35 
 stodon, and this gehyrdon, hig cwaedon: Nu, thes clypath 
 Heliam. Tha arn heora an, and fylde ane spyngan mid 36 
 ecede, and on hreod sette, and hym drincan sealde, and 
 cwaeth : Laetath, thaet we geseon hwaether Helias cume 
 hyne nyther to settanne. Se Haelend tha asende his stefne, 37 
 and forth-ferde. And thaes temples wah-rift waes tosliten on 38 
 twa, of ufeweardum oth ncotheweard. Tha se hundred- 39 
 man, the thar ongen stod, geseah thaet se Haelend swa clyp- 
 iende forth-ferde, he cwaeth ; Sothlice thes man waes Godes 
 Sunu. And tha wi'f waeron feorran behealdende : and 40 
 betweox tham waes seo Magdalenisce Maria, and Maria 
 Iacobes modor [thaes gingran, and Iosepes moder], and 
 Salomeae (and tha he waes on Galilea, hig fyligdon him, 41 
 and himthenedon) ; and manega othre the him mid ferdon 
 on Hierusalem. And tha aefen waes geworden, thaet waes 48 
 109 11 
 
MARCUS XVI. 
 
 43 Parasceue, thaet ye aer-saeter-daege,thacom Iosep se aeth- 
 ela gerefa of Arimathia, se sylfa" Godes rices geanbidode, 
 and be dyrstelice in to Pilate code, and baed thaes Hael- 
 
 44 endes lichaman. Tha wundrode Pilatus gif he tha gyt 
 forth-feide ; tha clypode he thone hundred-man, and hine 
 
 45 acsode hwaether he dead waere. Tha he wiste thaet, tha 
 
 46 agef he thone lichaman Iosepe. Tha bohte Iosep ane scytan, 
 and hine thar-on befeold, and on byrgene lede, seo waes 
 of stane aheawen ; and wylte aenne stan to thaere byrgene 
 dura. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON EASTER-DAEG. 
 
 47 Tha com Maria Magdalene, and Iosepes Maria, and be- 
 heoldon hwar he geled waere. 
 
 XVI. And tha Saeternes-daeg waes agan, seo Magda- 
 lenisce Maria, and Iacobes Maria, and Salome'a'e, bohton 
 
 2 wyrt-gemang, thaet hig comon, and hine smyredon. And 
 swythe a'er anum reste-daege comon to thaere byrgene, up- 
 
 3 asprungenre sunnan ; and cwaedon him betwynan : Hwa 
 
 4 awylt us thysne stan of thaere byrgene dura ? Tha hig hig 
 besawon, hig gesawon thone stan aweg awyltne : sothlice 
 
 s he waes swythe mycel. And tha hig eodon on tha byrgene, 
 hig gesawon aenne geongne on tha swythran healfe sitt- 
 ende, hwitum gegyrlan oferwrogenne, and hig tha forht- 
 
 6 edon. Tha cwaeth he to him : j\e forhtige ge na : ge 
 secath thone Nazereniscan Haelend ahangenne : he aras ; 
 
 7 nys he her : her ys seo stow thaer hig hine ledon. Ac 
 farath, and secgath his leorning-cnyhtum and Petre, thaet 
 he gaeth to-foran eow on Galileam : thar ge hine geseoth, 
 
 8 swa he eow saede. And hig ut-eodon, and flugon fram 
 thaere byrgene ; and waeron afaerede for thaere gesyhthe 
 the hig gesawon : and hig nanum men naht ne saedon ; 
 sothlice hig him ondredon. 
 
 no 
 
MARCUS XVI. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 OTHRE EASTER- WUCAN. 
 
 Tha he aras on aerne-mergen, on reste-daege, aerest he 9 
 aetywde thaere Magdaleniscan Marian, of thaere he ut- 
 adraf seofon deofol-seocnyssa. And heo tha ut-eode, and 10 
 hit tham cydde the mid him waeron, heofendum and wep- 
 endum. Tha hig gehyrdon thaet he leofede, and hig hine 11 
 gesawon, tha ne gelyfdon hig him. Aefter tham him twam 13 
 he waes aetywed on othrum hiwe, him on thone tun farend 
 urn. And hig tha foron, and thaet othrum cyddon ; and 13 
 hig him ne gelyfdon. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL ON TIIUNRES-THAEG, INNAN THAERE GANG- 
 WUCAN. 
 
 Tha aet nehstan he aetywde heom aendlefene, thaer hig aet- u 
 gaedere saeton, and taelde heora ungeleaffulnysse, and 
 heora heortan heardnysse ; fortham the hig ne gelyfdon 
 tham the hine gesawon of deathe arisan. And he saede him : 15 
 Farath into ealne middan-eard, and bodiath godspel ealre 
 gesceafte. Se the gelyfth, and gefullod bith, se bith hal ; i6 
 sothlice se the ne gelyfth, se bith genytherod. Thas tacnu 17 
 fyliath tham the gelyfath : On minum naman hig deofol- 
 seocnessa ut-drifath ; hig sprecath niwum tungum ; naed- is 
 dran hig afyrrath ; and him ne derath, theah hig hwaet dead- 
 baerlices drincon ; ofer seoce hig heora handa settath, and 
 hig beoth hale. And witodlice Dryhtcn Haelend, syththan 19 
 he to hym spraec, he waes on heofenum afangen, and he 
 sit on Godes swythran healfe. Sothlice hig tha farende, 20 
 aeghv/ar bodedon, Dryhtne mid-wyrcendum, and trymm- 
 endrc s]^raece aefter-fyligendum tacnum. 
 
THAET GODSPEL 
 
 AEFTER LUCAS GERECEDNYSSE. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON MIDDE-SUMERES MAESSE- 
 AEFEN. 
 
 I. Fortham the witodlice manega thohton thaera thinga 
 
 2 race geendebyrdan the on us gefyllede synd, swa us betaeht- 
 
 on tha the hy t of frymthe gesawon, and thaere spraece thenas 
 
 a waeron ; me gethuhte geornlice eallum endebyrdnesse 
 
 4 writan the, thu se selesta Theophilus, thaet thu oncnawe 
 thaere worda sothfaestnysse, of tham the thu gela'ered eart. 
 
 5 On Herodes dagum, Iudea cyninges, waes sum sacerd 
 on naman Zacharias, of Abian tune : his wif waes of 
 
 6 Aarones dohtrum, and hyre nama waes Elizabeth. Sothlice 
 hig waeron butu ryhtwyse beforan Gode, gangende on 
 eallum hys bebodum and rihtwisnessum, butan wrohte. 
 
 7 And hig naefdon nan beam, fortham the Elizabeth waes 
 unberende, and hig on heora dagum butu forth-eodon. 
 
 8 Sothlice waes geworden, tha Zacharias his sacerdhades 
 greac, on his gewrixles endebyrdnesse, beforan Gode, 
 
 9 aefter gewunan thaes sacerdhades hlotes, he eode thaet he his 
 io offrunge sette. Tha he on Godes tempel eode, eall werod 
 
 thaes folces waes lite srebiddende on thaere ofTruno;e timan. 
 n Tha aetywde hym Dryhtnes engel standende on thaes weo- 
 12 fodes swythran healfe. Thawearth Zacharias gedrefed thaet 
 is geseonde, and hym ege onhreas. Tha cwaeth se engel 
 hym to : Ne ondraed thu the, Zacharias ; fortham the thin 
 bon ys gehyred ; and thin wif Elizabeth the sunu centh, 
 u and thu nemst hys naman Iohannes. And he byth the to 
 
LUCAS I. 
 
 •;efean and to blissc ; and manega on his acennednysse 
 gefagniath. Sothlice he byth ma'ere beforan Dryhtne, and 15 
 he ne drincth will ne beor ; and he byth gefylled on Hal- 
 igum Gaste, thonne gyt of hys mod or innothe. And 16 
 manega Israhela bearna he gecyrth to Dryhtne heora 
 Gode. And he gaeth to-foran hym on gaste and Elias n 
 mihte, thaet he faedera heortan to heora bearnum gecyrre, 
 and ungeleaffulle to rihtwisra gleawscype ; Dryhtne ful- 
 fremed folc gegearwian. Tha cwaeth Zacharias to tham is 
 engle : Hwanum wat ic thys ? ic eom nu eald, and mm 
 wif on hyre dagum forth-eode. Tha andswarode hym se 19 
 engel : Ic eom Gabrihel, ic the stande beforan Gode ; 
 and ic eom asend with the sprecan, and the thys bodian. 
 And nu thu byst suwigende, and thu sprecan ne miht, oth 20 
 thone da'eg the thas thing geweorthath : fortham thu milium 
 wordum ne gelyfdest, tha beoth on heora timan gefyllede. 
 And thaet folc waes Zachariam geanbidiende, and wim.- -21 
 drigende thaet lie on tliam temple laet waes. Tha he ut-eode 29 
 ne mihte he him to sprecan : and hig oncneowon thaet he 
 on tham temple sume gesyhthe geseah : and he waes bicni- 
 gende hym, and dam thurhwunode. Tha waes geworden, 23 
 tha his thenunga dagas gefyllede waeron, he ferde to his 
 huse. Sothlicc aefter dagum Elizabeth his wif geeacnode, 24 
 and heo bediglode hig fif monthas, and cwaeth : Sothlice 25 
 me Dryhten gedyde thus on tham dagum the he geseah 
 minne hosp betweox mannum afvrran. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, TO THAM VMB-RENE, AER 
 
 MYDDA-WV.NTHAN. 
 
 Sothlice on tham syxtan monthe waes asend Gabriel se 26 
 engel fram Dryhtne on Galilea ceastre, thaere nama waes 
 Nazareth, to beweddudre faemnan anum were thaes 27 
 nama waes Tosep, of Dauides hiise ; and thaere faemnan 
 nama waes Maria. Tha cwaeth se engel in-gangende: Hal 23 
 wes thu mid gife gefylled ; Dryhten mid the : thu earl 
 11a u * 
 
LUCAS I. 
 
 20 gebletsod on wifum. Tha wearth Iico on his spraece 
 io gcdrefed, and thohte hwaet seo greting waere. Tha cwaeth 
 
 se engel : Ne ondraed thu the, Maria : sothlice thu gife mid 
 3i Gode gemettest. Sothlice nu, thu on innothe geeacnast, 
 3-2 and sunu censt, and his naman Haelend genemnest. Se 
 
 byth maere, and thaes Hehstan Sunu genemned : and hym 
 
 33 sylth Dryhten God his faeder Dauides setl : and he ricsath 
 on ecnysse on Iacobes huse ; and hys rices ende ne byth. 
 
 34 Tha cwaeth Maria to tham engle : Hu gewyrth thys, fortham 
 
 35 ic wer ne oncnawe ? Tha andswarede hyre se engel ; Se 
 Halga Gast on the becymth, and thaes Hehstan miht the 
 ofer-sceadath ; and fortham thaet halige, the of the acenned 
 
 36 byth, byth Godes Sunu genemned. And nu, Elizabeth thin 
 mage sunu on hyre ^lde geeacnode, and thes monath ys 
 
 37 hyre syxta, seo ys unberende genemned. Fortham nys 
 
 38 aelc word mid Gode unmihtelic. Tha cwaeth Maria: Her 
 ys Dryhtncs thinen ; geweorthe me aefter thinum worde. 
 And se engel hyre fram gewat. 
 
 TIIYS GEBYRATH ON FRIGE DAEG TO THAM YLCAN FAESTENE. 
 
 39 Sothlice on tham dagum aras Maria, and ferde on munt- 
 
 40 land mid ofste, on Iudeisce ceastre ; and eode into Za- 
 
 41 charias huse, and grette Elizabeth. Tha waes geworden, 
 tha Elizabeth gehyrde Marian gretinge,tha gefagnode thaet 
 cild on hyre innothe ; and tha wearth Elizabeth Halegum 
 
 42 Gaste gefylled : and heo clypode mycelre stefne, and 
 cwaeth : Thu eart betweox wifum gebletsod, and gebletsod 
 
 43 ys thines innothes waestm. And hwanon ys me thys, thaet 
 
 44 mines Dryhtnes moder to me cume ? Sona swa thinre 
 gretinge stefn on minum earum geworden waes, tha faegn- 
 
 « ode min cild on minum innothe. And eadig thu eart, thu 
 the gelyfdest, thaet fulfremede synd tha thing, the the fram 
 
 46 Dryhtne gesaede synd. Tha cwaeth Maria : Min sawl maer- 
 
 47 sath Dryhten, and min gast geblissode on Gode minum 
 
 48 Haelende. Fortham the he geseah his thinene eadmodnesse : 
 
LUCAS I. 
 
 sothlice heonon-forth me eadige sccgath ealle cneoryssa. 
 Fortham the me mycele thing dyde, se the mihtig ys ; and 49 
 hys nama is halig. And hys mild-heortnes of cneorysse 5s 
 on cneorysse hyne ondraedendum. He worhte [maegne] 51 
 on hys earme ; he todaelde tha ofermodan on mode 
 heora hcortan. He awearp tha rican of setle, and tha 52 
 eathmodan up-ahof. Hingrigende he mid godum gefylde, 53 
 and ofermode idele forlet. He afeng Israhel hys cnyht, 54 
 and gemunde hys mild-heortnysse ; swa he spraec to urumss 
 faederum, Abrahame and hys saede, on a weorold. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON MYD-SUMERES MAESSE-DAEG. 
 
 Sothlice Maria wunede mid hyre swylce thry monthas, and 55 
 gewende tha to hyre huse. Tha waes gefylled Elizabethe 57 
 cenning-ti'd, and heo sunu cende. And hyre nehhebur- 58 
 as and hyre cuthan thaet gehyrdon, thaet Dryhten hys 
 mild-heortnysse mid hyre maersode, and hy mid hyre 
 blissodon. Tha on tham ehteothan daege hig comon thaet 59 
 cild ymb-snithan ; and nemdon hyne hys faeder naman 
 Zachariam. Tha andswarode hys moder : Nese sothes ; 60 
 ac he byth Iohannes genemned. Tha cwa'edon hig to hyre : 6i 
 Nis nan on thi'nre maegthe thyson naman genemned. Tha 62 
 bycnodon hig to hys faeder, hwaet he wolde hyne genem- 
 nedne beon. Tha wrat he, gebedenum wex-brede, Iohannes 63 
 ys hys nama. Tha wundredon hig ealle. Tha wearth sona 64 
 hys muth and his tunge geopenod, and he spraec, Drihten 
 bletsiende. Tha wearth ege geworden ofer eall hyraes 
 nehheburas ; and ofer ealle Iudea munt-land wa'eron thas 
 word gewidmaersode. And ealle tha the hit gehyrdon, 66 
 on heora heortan setton, and cwa'edon : Wenstu hwaet 
 byth thes cnapa ? Witodlice Dryhtnes hand waes mid 
 hym. And Zacharias his faeder waes mid Halgum Gaste 67 
 gefylled, and he witegode, and cwaeth : Gebletsod s^es 
 Dryhten, Israhela God; fortham the he geneosode, and his 
 folces alysednysse dyde. And he us ha'ele horn araerdeuo 
 
LUCAS II. 
 
 70 on Dauides huse hys cnyhlcs ; swa he spraec thurh hys 
 haligra wifegena muth, tha the of worldes fry mthe spra'econ. 
 
 71 And he alysdc us of urum feondum, and of ealra thaera 
 
 72 handa the us hatedon ; niild-heortnysse to wyrcanne mid 
 urum faederiim, and gemunan his halgan cythnysse ; 
 
 73 hyne us to syllanne thone ath, the he urum faeder Abra- 
 
 74 hame swor, Thaet we butan ege, of lire feonda handa 
 
 75 alysede, hym theowian, on halignesse beforan hym, eallum 
 7o urum dagum. And thu, cnapa, hist thaes Hehstan witega 
 
 genemned: thu gaest beforan Dryhtnes ansyne, hys wegas 
 
 77 gearwian ; to syllanne his folce his haele gewit on heora 
 
 78 synna forgyfenysse, thurh innothas Ores Godes mild- 
 heortnysse, on tham he us geneosode, of east-daele lip- 
 
 79 springende, onlyhtan tham the on thystrum and on deathes 
 sceade sittath, ure fet to gereccanne on sybbe weg. 
 
 so Sothlice se cnapa weox, and waes on gaste gestrangod, 
 and waes on westenum oth thone daeg hys aety\vednyssum 
 on Israhel. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL ON MYDDE-WYNTRES MAESSE-NYIIT, TO THAERE 
 EORMAN MAESSAN. 
 
 II. Sothlice on tham dagum waes geworden gebod fram 
 
 tham Casore Augusto, thaet eall ymb-hwyrft wa'ere to- 
 
 2 mearcod. Thcos to-mearcodnys waes aerest geworden 
 
 s fram tham deman vS^rige Cirino. And ealle hig eodon 
 
 4 and syndrie ferdon on heora ceastre. Tha ferde Iosep 
 
 fram Galilea of thaore ceastre Nazareth, on Iudeisce ceastre 
 
 Dauides, soo ys genemned Bethleem ; fortham the he waes 
 
 s of Dauides huse and hirede : thaet he ferde mid Marian 
 
 6 the him beweddod waes, and waes geeacnod. Sothlice 
 waes geworden, tha hig thaer wa'eron, hyre dagas wa'eron 
 
 7 gefyllede thaet heo cende. And heo cende hyre frum- 
 cennedan sunu, and hyne mid cild-clathum bewand, and 
 hyne on binne alede ; fortham the hig na'efdon nim on 
 
 8 cumena-huse. And hyrdas wa'eron on tham ylcan rice 
 
LUCAS II. 
 
 waciende, and niht-waoccan healdcndc ofef hcora heorda. 
 Tha stod Dryhtnes engel with hig, and Godes beorhtneso 
 hym ymbe scan : and hig him myclum cge ondredon. 
 And so engel him to cwaeth : Nolle go eow ondra'edan : io 
 Sothlice nu ic eow bodie mycelne gefean, se bith eallum 
 folce. Fortham to-daeg eow ys Haelond acenned, se ys n 
 Dryhten Crist, on Dauides coastre. And this tacen eow 12 
 byth ; Ge gemetath an cild hraegium bewunden, and on 
 binne aled. And tha waes faeringa gewordcn mid tham 13 
 engle mycelnes heofenlices weredes, God heriendra, and 
 thus cwethendra : Gode sy wuldor on heahnysse, and on u 
 eorthan sybb, mannum godes willan. And hit waes ge- 15 
 worden, tha tha englas to heofene ferdon, tha hyrdas him 
 betwynan spra'econ, and cwaedon : Uton faran to Beth- 
 leem,and geseon thaet word the gewordenys, thaet Dryhten 
 us aetywde. And hig efstondo comon, and gemetton 16 
 Manan, and Iosep, and thaet cild on binne aled. Tha hig 17 
 thaet gesawon, tha oncnoowon hig be tham worde the him 
 gesa'ed waes be tham cilde. And ealle tha the gehyrdon, is 
 wundredon be tham the him tha hyrdas saedon. Maria ge- 19 
 heold ealle thas word on hyre heortan smeagende. Tha 20 
 gewcndon ham tha hyrdas, God Avuldriende and heriende, 
 on eallum tham the hig gehyrdon and gesawon, swa to him 
 gecweden waes. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON TIIONE EHTOTHAN MAESSE-DAEG TO MYDDAN- 
 WYNTBA. 
 
 Aefter tham the ehta dagas gefyllede waoron thaet thaet cild 21 
 ymb-snyden waere, his nama waes Haelend, se waes fram 
 engle genemned, a'er he on innothe geeacnod wa'ere. And 22 
 aefter tham the hyre claensungc dagas gefyllede wa'eron, 
 aefter Moyses a'e, hig laeddon hyne on Hierusalem, thaet 
 hig hyne Gode gesetton ; swa swa on Dryhtnes a'e awriten 23 
 ys, Thaet aelc waepned gocynde-lim ontynende byth Dryht- 
 ne halig genemned; and thaet hig oiFrunge soaldon, aefter 24 
 
LUCAS II. 
 
 tham the Dryhtnes ae gecweden ys, Twa turtlan, oththe 
 
 aotweaen culfran-briddas. And tlia waes an man on Hieru- 
 
 salem, thaes nam a waes Simeon ; and thes man waes rihtwis, 
 
 and oth Israhela frofer geanbidiende ; and Halig Gast 
 
 26 him on waes. And he andsware fram tham Halgan 
 Gaste onfeng, tha-t he death ne gesawe, buton he air 
 
 27 Dryhten Crist gesawe. And on Gaste he on thaet tempel 
 com : and tha hys magas laeddon thone Haelend, thaet hig 
 
 28 for hym aefter thaere ae gew.unan dydon, he onfeng 
 hyne mid hys handum, and God bletsode, and cwaeth : 
 
 29 Dryhten, nu thu laetst thinne theow, aefter thinumworde, 
 
 30 on sibbe : fortham mine ea^ansvsawon thine haele, tha thu 
 
 31 geearwodest beforan ansyne ealra folca ; leoht to Theoda 
 ■32 awrigenesse, and to thines folces wuldre Israhel. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THONE Sl.WAN-DAEG, BETWEOX MYDDE- 
 WYNTRES MAESSE-DAEGE AND TWELFTAN DAEGE. 
 
 33 Tha w T aes hys faeder and hys moder wundriende be tham 
 
 34 the be hym gesaede waeron. And tha bletsode hig Simeon, 
 and cwaeth to Marian his meder : Loca nu, thes ys on 
 hryre and on aeryst aset manega on Israhel ; and on 
 
 3staeen tham the with-cweden byth ; (and his sweord thine 
 sawle thurh-faerth), thaet gethohtas syn awrigene of maneg- 
 
 36 um heortum. And Anna waes witegestre, Fanueles doh- 
 tor, of Asseres maegthe : theos wunede maenigne da'eg, and 
 heo lyfede mid hyre were seofen gear of hyrc faemnhade ; 
 
 37 and heo waes wuduwe oth feower and hund-ehtatio; seara, 
 seo of tham temple ne gewat, daeges and nihtes theowi- 
 
 39 gende on faestenum and on halsungum. And theos thaere 
 tide becumende, Dryhtne andette, and be hym spraec 
 eallum tham the geanbidedon Hierusalem alysednysse. 
 
 39 And tha hig ealle thing gefyldon, aefter Dryhtnes ae, hig 
 gehwurfon on Galileam, on heora ceastre Nazareth. 
 
 40 Sothlice thaet cild weox, and waes gestrangod, wisdomes 
 4i full, and Godes gyfa waes on hym. And his magas fer- 
 
 
LUCAS. III. 
 
 don aelce gere to Hiemsalem, on Easter-daeges iVeols-ti'de. 
 And tha he wars twelf wintre, big foron to Hiemsalem, 42 
 to tham Easterlican freolse, aefter heora gewunan. And 43 
 gefylledum dagum, tha hig ongean-gehwurfon, belaf se 
 Haelend on Hiemsalem ; and his magas thaet nyston : 
 wendon thaet he on heora gefere waere. Tha eomon hig 44 
 anes daeges faer, and hine sohton betweox his magas and 
 his cuthan. Tha hig hyne ne fund on, hig gewendon to 45 
 Hiemsalem, hine secende. Tha aefter thrim dagum, hig 46 
 fundon hine on tham temple, sittende on middan tham 
 lareowum, hlystende and hig acsigende. Tha wundredon 47 
 hig ealle the gehyrdon be his gleawscype and his and- 
 swarum. Tha cwaeth his moder to hym : Sunu hwi dydest 48 
 rhu unc thus ? thin faeder and ic sarigcnde the sohton. Tha 49 
 cwaeth he to hym : Hwaet ys thaet gyt me sohton ? nyste 
 gy t thaet me gebyrath to beonne on tham thingum the mines 
 Faeder synd ? Tha ne ongeaton hig thaet word the he to so 
 hym spraec. Tha ferde he mid hym, and com to jNaza- 51 
 reth, and waes hym under-theod, and his moder geheold 
 ealle thas word on hyre heortan smeagende. And se 52 
 Haelend theah on wisdome and on ylde, and mid gyfe mid 
 Gode and mid mannum. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON SAETERN-DAEG, TO AEW-FAESTENE, AER 
 MY DDAN - W YXTR A. 
 
 III. Sothlice tham fifteothangearethaesCaseres an weald- 1 
 es Tiberii,begymendum tham Pontisean Pilate Iude'a-the- 
 ode, feorthan dacles r/ca Galilee Herode, Philippo his breth- 
 er feorthan daeles n'ca Iturie and thaes rices Traconitidis, 
 and Lisania Abiline feorthan daeles rica, under thaera'sacerda 2 
 ealdrum Anna and Caifa, Godes word waes geworden ofer 
 Zacharias sunu on westene. And he com into call Iordanes 3 
 rice, bodiende daed-bote fulluht, and synna forgifenysse ; 
 swa hit awriten ys on Isaias bee thaes witegan, Clypi-4 
 endes stefn on westene, Gegearwiath Dryhtnes weg, doth 
 
LUCAS III. 
 
 5 his sithas rihte. Aelc denu byth gefylled, and aelc munt 
 and be6rh byth genytherod ; and thweoru beoth on gerihte, 
 
 (. and ungerydu on smethe wegas ; and aelc flaesc gesyhth 
 
 7 Godes haele. Sothlice he cwaeth to tham maenegum the 
 ferdon thaet hi waeron gefullode fram hym : Eala ge 
 naeddrena cyn, hwa aety wde cow thaet ge fleon fram tham 
 
 stoweardan yrre ? Doth geornlice daed-bote waestmas, 
 and ne onginne ge cwethan, We habbath us to faeder 
 Abraham : ic secge eow, Thaet God ys swa mihtig, thaet he 
 
 9 maeg of thysum stanum Abrahames beam aweccan. Nu 
 is seo aex aset to thaes treowes wyrt-ruman : witodliee 
 aelc treow the ne brincth godne waestm bith forcorfen, and 
 
 io on fyr aworpen. Tha acsedon bine tha maenegeo, and 
 
 ii cwaedon: Hwaet do we ? Tha cwaeth he to hym : Se the 
 hai fth twa tunecan, sylle tham the naefth ; and tham gelice 
 
 12 do,se the mettas haefth. Thacomontha manfullan, thaet hig 
 athwegene waeron, and cwaedon to him : Lareow, hwaet 
 
 13 do we ? Tha cwaeth he : Ne do ge naht mare thonne thaet 
 u eow geset ys. Tha acsedon bine tha cempan, and cwaedon : 
 
 And hwaet do we ? Tha sa'ede he him : Ne slea ge naenne, 
 ne tale ne doth, and beoth ethhylde on eowrum andlyfen- 
 
 i3 urn. Sothlice tham folce wenendum, and eallum on heora 
 hcortan thencendum be Iohanne, hwaether he Crist waere ; 
 
 iGtl.ia andswarede Johannes, him eallum secgende : Witod- 
 lice ic eow on waetere fullige ; sothlice cymth strengra 
 thonne ic, thaes ic ne eom wyrthe thaet ic his sceo-thwancg 
 uncnytte : he eow fullath on Halgum Gaste and on fyre : 
 
 n And his fann ys on his handa, and he feormath his bernes 
 flore, and gaderath his hwafete into his heme : thaet 
 
 wceaf he forbaernth on unacwencedlicum fyre. Manega 
 
 wothre tiling bodigende he thaet folc la'erde. Herodes se 
 feorthandaeles rica,tha hewaes fram himgethread be thaere 
 Herodiadiscan his brother wife, and be eallum yfelum the 
 
 20 Herodes dyde ; and ofer eall thaet geicte, thaet he be- 
 
LUCAS IV. 
 
 clysde Iohannem on cwearterne. Sothlice waes geworden, 21 
 tha eall thaet folc waes gefullod, and tham Haelende gefullod- 
 um and gebiddendum, heofen waes geopenod, and se Halga 22 
 Gast astah lichamlicre ansyne on hine, swa an culfre ; and 
 stefn waes of heofene geworden, and thus cwaelh : Thu eart 
 min gecorena Sunu, on the me gelicode. And se Haelend 23 
 waes on ylde swylce thrytig wintre, thaet men wendon 
 thaet he waere losepes sunu, se waes Heliges sunu se waes 
 Nazareth. Swa of cneorysse on cneorysse oth Adam, se 
 waes Godes sunu, oth fif and hund-seofentig cneoryssa. 
 
 IV. Sothlice se Haelend waes full Halgum Gaste, and 
 ferde fram Iordane, and he waes fram Halgum Gaste ge- 
 laed on sumum westene feowertig daga, and waes fram 2 
 deofle costod. And he on tham dagum nan thing ne aet : 
 and tham dagum gefylledum hyne hingrode. Tha cwaeth se 3 
 deofol hym to : Gif thu sy Godes Sunu, sege thysum stane 
 thaet he to hlafe geweorthe. Tha andswarode him se Hael- 1 ' 
 end : Hit is awriten, Thaet se man ne lyfath be hlafe 
 anum, ac of aelcum Godes worde. And tha laedde see 
 deofol hyne, and aetywde him ealle n'cu eorthan ymbe- 
 hwyrftes on anre byrhtm-hwile, and to him cwaeth : 6 
 Ealne thisne anweald ic the sylle, and heora wuldor : for- 
 tham the big me s} r nd gesealde ; and ic hig sylle tham the ic 
 wille. Witodlice ealle hig beoth thine, gif thu geeadmetst 7 
 beforan me. Tha andswarode him se Haelend : Hit ys s 
 awriten, Dryhten thinne God thu geeadmetst, and him 
 anum theowast. Tha laedde he hyne on Hierusalem, and 9 
 gesette hine ofer thaes temples hricg, and him to cwaeth : 
 Gyf thu sy Godes Sunu, asend the heonun nyther : sothlice 10 
 hyt ys awriten, Thaet he hys englum be the bebyt, thaet hig 
 the gehealdon : and thaet hig the mid handum nimon, thy- 11 
 laes thu thinne fot aet stane aetsporne. Tha cwaeth se Hacl- 12 
 end, hym anclswariende : Hyt ys gecweden, Ne costa 
 thu Dryhten thinne God. And ealre thaere costunge ge-13 
 
 121 J2 
 
LUCAS IV. 
 
 H fylledre, se deofol him sume hwile fram gewat. Tha 
 ferde se Haelend on Gastes maegne on Galileam : and 
 
 15 his hlisa be him ferde on eall thaet rice. And he laerde be 
 heora gesanmungum, and waes fram eallum gemaersod. 
 
 is Tha com he to Nazareth thar he afed waes : and he eode 
 on reste-daege on tha gesamnunge, aefter his gewunan, 
 
 it and he aras thaet he raedde. And him waes geseald Isaias 
 boc thaes witegan : and sona swa he tha hoc unfeold, tha 
 
 isfunde he thaer awriten, Dryhtnes Gast ys ofer me, for- 
 tham the lie smyrede me : he sende me thearfum bodian 
 and gehaeftum alysednesse, and blindum gesihthe ; forbroc- 
 
 »9ene gehaelan, and bodian Dryhtnes andfenge ger, and 
 
 20 edleanes daeg. And tha he tha boc befeold, he hig tham 
 thene agef, and saet : and ealra heora eagan on thaere ge- 
 
 21 samnunge waeron on hyne behealdende. Tha ongan he 
 heom to cwethan: Sothlice to-daeg thys gewrit ys on eow- 
 
 22 rum earum gefylled. And hig ealle v.'aeron thaes gecnaewe, 
 and wundredon be tham wordum the of his muthe eodon, 
 
 23 and thus cwaedon : Nys t.lies Iosepes sunu ? Tha cwaeth he : 
 Witodlice ge secgath me thas gelicnesse, Eala la'ece, gehael 
 the sylfne : do her on thinum earde swa fela wundra swa 
 
 24 we gehyrdon gedone on Cafarnaum. Tha cwaeth he: 
 Sothlice ic eow secge, Thaet nan witega nys andfenge on 
 
 25hys ethele. Sothlice ic eow secge, Manega wudewan 
 waeron on Helias dagum on Israhel, tha tha seo heofen 
 waes belocen threo ger and syx month as, tha waes geworden 
 
 26 my eel hunger on ealre eorthan : and to thaera nanum 
 naes Helias asend, buton to anre wudewan on Sarepta 
 
 27 Sidonie. And manega lic-throweras waeron on Israhel 
 under Heliseo tham witegan, and hyra nan naes aclaensod, 
 
 28 buton Naaman se Syrisca. Tha wurdon hig ealle on thaere 
 gesamnunge mid yrre gefylled, thas thing gehyrende : 
 
 23 and hig arison, and scufon hine of thaere ceastre, and 
 laeddon hine ofer thaes muntes cnaepp, ofer thone heora 
 
 122 
 
 
LUCAS IV. 
 
 burh getimbred waes, thaet hig hyne nyther-bescufon. 
 Tha ferde he thurh heora midlen. And he ferde to Ca-30 
 farnaum, on Galileisce ceastre, and hig thar on reste-si 
 dagum laerde. And hig wundredon be his lare : fortham 32 
 his spaec on anwealde waes. And on heora gesamnunge 33 
 waes sum man unclaene deofol haebbende, and he hrymde 
 mycelre stefne, and cwaeth : Laet la, Nazarenisca Hael-34 
 end ! hwaet ys us and the ? com thu us to forspillane ? ic 
 wat thaet thu eart Godes Halga. And tha cidde him se Hael- 35 
 end, and cwaeth : Adumba, and ga him of. And tha he 
 ut-adraf hine on heora mid lone, he him fram gewat, and 
 him naht ne derude. Tha wurdon hig ealle forhte, and 30 
 spraecon him betwynan, and cwaedon : Hwaet ys thaet 
 word, thaet he on mihte and on maegene unclaenum gastum 
 bebyt, and hig ut-gath ? Tha waes his hlisa gewidmaersod 37 
 on aelcere stowe thaes rices. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON TFIONE TIIRYDPAN TIIUNRES-DAEG 1NNAN 
 
 LENCTENE, AM) TO PENTECOSTEN ON SAETERNES- 
 
 DAEG. 
 
 Sothlice he aras of heora °;esamnuno;e, and ferde on Simo-38 
 nes hus : tha waes Simones swegr geswenced on mycelum 
 feferum ; and hig hyne for hyre ba'edon. And he standende 39 
 ofer hig tham fefere bebead ; and he hig forlet : and heo 
 sona aras and him thenode. Sothlice tha sunne asah, ealle 40 
 the untrume waeron on mislicum adlum hig la'eddon him 
 to ; and he syndrigum his hand on-settende, hig gehaelde. 
 Tha ferdon tha deoflu of maenegum, hrymende and cweth-41 
 ende : Sothes thu cart Godes Sunu. And he ne gethafode 
 thaethigaenithingspraecon: fortham the hig wiston thaet he 
 Crist waes. Tha gewordenum daege, se Haelend ut-gang-42 
 ende ferde on weste stowe : and tha maenegu hine sohtun, 
 and hig comon to him, and behaefdon hine, thaet he him 
 fram ne gewite. Tha saede he him : Sothlice me gedafenath 43 
 othrum ceastrum Godes rice bodian : fortham to tham ic 
 
LUCAS V. 
 
 « eom asend. And he waes bodigende on Galilea gesom- 
 nungum. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL ON THONE SYXTAN SUNNAN-DAEG OFER 
 PENTEUUSTEN. 
 
 V. Sothlice waes geworden, tha tha maenegu him to cora- 
 on, thaet hig Codes word gehyrdon, he stod with thone 
 
 2 mere Qenesareth, and he geseah twa scipu standende 
 with thone mere: tha fisceras eodon, and woxon heora net. 
 
 3 He til a astigende on an scyp, thaet waes Simones, baed hyne 
 thaet he hit lyt-hwon fram lande tuge. And on tham scipe 
 
 4 sittende, he laerde tha maenigeo. Tha he sprecan geswac, 
 he cwaeth to Simone : Teoh hit on dypan, and laetath eowre 
 
 5 net on thone fisc-wer. Tlia cwaeth Simon, him andsvvar- 
 iende : Eala Bebeodend, ealle niht swincende we naht 
 ne gefengon : sothlice on tliinum worde ic mi'n net ut- 
 
 6la'ete. And tha hig thaet dydon, hig betugon mycele mae- 
 ? negeo fixa : and hyra net waes tobrocen. And hig 
 
 bicnodon hyra geferan, the on othrum scype waeron, thaet 
 
 hig comon and him fylston. Tha comon hig, and gefyl- 
 
 don butu tha scypu, swa thaet hig neh waeron besencte. 
 8 Tha Petrus thaet geseah, lie ieoll to thaes Haelendes cneow- 
 
 um, and cwaeth : Drihten, gewit fram me ; fortham ic 
 9eomsynful mann. And he wundrode, and ealle tha the 
 
 mid him waeron, on tham were thaera fixa the hio; grefengon : 
 io gelice Iacobum and Iohannem, Zebedeis suna, tha waeron 
 
 Simones geferan. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to Simone : Ne 
 j! ondraed thu the ; heonon-forth thu byst men gefonde. And 
 
 hig tugon heora scypu to lande, and forleton hig, and 
 12 folgodon tham Haelende. Tha he waes on anre ceastre, tha 
 
 waesthaeranhreofla: and tha he geseah thaene Haelend, tha 
 
 astrehte he hine, and baed, and thus cwaeth: Dryhten, gyf 
 is thu wylt, thu miht me geclaensian. And he aethran hine, 
 
 his handa athenede, and cwaeth : Ic wylle : sis; thu ge- 
 14 claensod. And sona se hreofla him fram fe'rde. And he 
 
 124 
 
LUCAS V. 
 
 bebead him, thaet he hyt nanum men ne saetle : ac ga, ana 
 aetyw the tham sacerde, and bring for thinre claensunga 
 swa Moyses bebead, him on gewitnesse. Witodlicethaesthe 15 
 ma seo spraec be him ferde : and mycele maenigeo comon, 
 tliaet hig gehyrdon, and wurdon gehaelede fram heora 
 untrumnessum. He tha ferde on westen, and bine gebaed. is 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE PENTEC0STENE8 
 WUCAN. 
 
 Thawaesanumdaegegeworden, tliaet he saet and higlaerde, 17 
 and tha wa'eron tha Farisei sittende, and thaere a'e lareowas, 
 tha comon of aelcum castellum Galileae, and Iudaeae, and 
 Hierusalem : and Dryhtnes maegen waes hig to gehael- is 
 enne. And tha baeron men on anum bedde anne man 19 
 se waes lama : And hig ne mihton bine in-bringan, 
 and alecgan beforan him, for thaere maenio, the mid tham 
 Haelende waes. Tha astigon hig uppan thaene hrof, and 
 thurh tha watelas hine mid tham bedde asendon, beforan 
 thone Haelend. Tha lie geseah heora geleafan, he cwaeth : 20 
 La man, the synd thine synna forgifene. Tha ongunnon 21 
 thencan tha boceras and Farisei, and cwaedon : Hwaet ys 
 thes the her sprycth woffunga ? Hwa maeg synna forgyfan, 
 buton God ana ? Tha se Haelend gecneow heora ge- 22 
 thancas, he andswariende cwaeth to him: Hwaet thence ge 
 on eowrum heortum ? Hwaether ys ethre to cwethenne, 23 
 The synd tliine synna forgifene ; hwaether the cwethan, Aris 
 and ga? Tliaet ge witon thaet mannes Sunu on eorthan 2 4 
 anweald haefth synna to forgifanne, and he sa'ede tfram 
 laman, 'Hie ic secge, Aris, nim thin bed, and ga on tliin hus. 
 And he sona beforan him aras, and nam thaet he on lafeg, 2s 
 and to his huse. ferde, and God wuldrode. And hig ealle 2 e 
 wundredon, and God maersodon^ and waeron mid ege 
 gefyllede, and cwaedon, Sothes we to-daeg wundru gesaw- 
 011. Tha aefter tham he ut-eode, and geseah publicanum, 27 
 he waes othrum naman Leui gehaten, aet ceap-sceamule 
 125 12* 
 
LUCAS VI. 
 
 sssittende : and he cwaeth to him : Fylig me. And he him 
 
 29 tha fyligde, and ealle hys thing forlet. And Leui dyde 
 him mycelne gebeorscype on hys huse : and thaer waes 
 mycel maenigeo manfulra and otherra, the mid him saeton. 
 
 30 Tha murcnedon tha Farisei and tha boceras, and cwaedon 
 to hys leorning-cnyhtum : Hwi ete ge and drincath mid 
 
 31 manfullum and synfullum ? Tha andswarode se Haelend, 
 and cwaeth to him : Ne bethurfon laeces tha the hale synd ; 
 
 32 ac tha the unhaelthe habbath. Ne com ic rihtwise clypian, 
 
 33 ac synfulle on daed-bote. Tha cwaedon hig to him : ITwi 
 faestath Iohannes leorning-cnyhtas gelomlice, and hals- 
 unga doth, and eall-swa Farisea ; and thine etath and drinc- 
 
 34 ath ? Tha cwaeth he : Cwyst thu magon thaes bryd-guman 
 beam faestan, swa lange swa se bryd-guma mid him ys ? 
 
 35 Sothlice tha dagas cumath, thonne se bryd-guma hym byth 
 
 36 afyrred, thonne faestath hig on tham dagum. Tha saede he 
 him an bigspel : Ne asent nan man scyp of niwum reafe 
 on eald reaf ; elles thaet ni'we slit, and se niwa sc^-p ne 
 
 87hylpth tham ealdan. Ne nan man ne sent ni'we win on 
 ealde bytta ; elles thaet ni'we win brycth tha bytta, and thaet 
 
 3 8 win byth agoten, and tha bytta forweorthath. Ac niwe win is 
 to sendenne on niwe bytta ; thonne beoth tha bytta geheald- 
 
 39 ene. And ne drincth nan man eald win, and wylle sona 
 thaet niwe : he cwyth, Thaet ealde ys betere. 
 
 VI. Sothlice waes geworden on tham aefteranreste-daege 
 aerest, tha he ferde thurh tha aeceras, his leorning-cnyhtas 
 tha ear pluccedon, and mid heora handum gnidon, and 
 
 2 aeton. Tha cwa'edon sume of tham sunder-halgan : Hwi 
 
 3 do ge thaet eow alyfed nys on reste-dagum ? Tha and- 
 swarode him se Haelend : Ne raedde ge thaet hwaet Dauid 
 
 4 dyde, tha hine hingrede, and tha the mid him waeron ; hu 
 he eode into Godes huse, and nam tha offrung-hlafas, and 
 hig act, and tham sealde the mid him waeron ; tha naeron 
 
 5 alyfede to etanne, buton sacerdum anum ? And he sa'ede 
 
LUCAS VI. 
 
 him, Thaet Dryhtenys mannes Sunueac swylcercste-daeges. 
 Sothlice on othrum reste-daege waes geworden, thaet he on e 
 gesamnunge eode and laerde : and thaer waes sum man, and 
 hys swythre hand waes forscruncen. Tha gymdon tha hoc- 7 
 eras and Farisei, hwaether he on reste-daege haelde ; thaet 
 hig hyne gewregdon. Sothlice he wiste heora gethancas, 9 
 and he saede tham men the tha forscruncenan hand haefde : 
 Ari's, and stand her on middan. Tha aras he and stod. 
 Tha cwaeth se Haelend to him : Ic acsige eow, Alyfth on 9 
 reste-dagum wel don, oththe yfele ? sawle hale gedon, 
 hwaether the forspillan ? And him eallum gesceawedum 10 
 mid yrre, he saede tham men : Athene thine hand. And he 
 athenede : and his hand waes ge-edniwod. Tha wurdon hig 11 
 mid unwisdome gefyllede ; and spraecon betweox him 
 hwaet hig tham Haelende dydon. Sothlice on tham dagum 12 
 he ferde on anne munt hine gebiddan, and waes thar 
 wacigende on Godes gebede. And tha tha daeg waes, he 13 
 clypode hys leorning-cnyhtas ; and geceas twelf of him, 
 and tha he nemde apostolas ; Simonem, thone he nemde u 
 Petrum, and his brother Andreas, lacobum and Iohan- 
 nem, Philippum and Bartholomeum, Thomam and Ma- 15 
 theum, lacobum Alfei, and Simonem se ys genemned 
 Zelotes, Iudam Iacobi,and Iudam Scarioth, se waes laewa. 16 
 And mid him farendum, he stod on feldlicre stowe, and 17 
 mycel wered his leorning-cnyhta, and mycel maenegeo 
 fram ealre Iudea and fram Hierusalem, and ofer muthan 
 and sa'e-gemaere Ti'ri and Sidonis,tha cumon thaet hig hyne 
 g^hyrdon, and waferon of heora adlum gehaelede ; and is 
 tha the wa'eron of unclaenum gastum gedrehte waeron gehael- 
 ede. And eall seo maenigeo sohte hine to aethrinanne, 19 
 forthamtliemaegenof him eode: andheeallegehaelde. Tha 20 
 cwaeth se Haelend, beseonde to hys leorning-cnyhtum : 
 Eadige synd ge thearfan on gaste : for tham the Godes rice 
 ys eower. Eadige synd ge the hingriath nu : fortham ge 21 
 
LUCAS VI. 
 
 beoth gefyllede. Eadige synd ge the nu wepath : fortham 
 
 22 ge hlihhath. Eadige beo ge, thonne eow men hatiath, and 
 ehtath, and onhiscath, and awurpath eowerne naman swa 
 
 23 swa yfel, for mannes Suna. Geblissiath and gefaegniath on 
 tham dagum : nu eower med ys mycel on heofenum : sothlice 
 aefter thysum thingum heorafaederas dydon thamwitegum. 
 
 24 Theah-hwaethere waeow weligum ! fortham the ge eowerne 
 
 25 frofer habbath. Wa eow the gefyllede synd ! fortham the ge 
 hingriath. Wa eow the nu hlihhath ! fortham the ge heofath 
 
 26 and wepath. Wa eow thonne eow ealle menbletsiath ! aefter 
 
 27 thyssum thingum heora faederas dydon tham witegum. Ac 
 ic eow secge, fortham the ge gehyrath, Lufiath eowre fynd, 
 
 28 doth tham tala the eow hatedon,bletsiath tha the eow wirg- 
 
 29 eath,gebiddathfor tha the eow onhiscath. And tham the the 
 slyhth on thin gewenge wend other ongean ; and tham the 
 
 30 thin reaf nymth, ne forbeod hym na thine tunecan. Syle 
 aelcum the the bidde ; and se the nimth tha thing the thine 
 
 3i synd , ne mynga thu hyra. And sw r a ge wyllath thaet eow men 
 
 32 don, doth heom gelice. And hwylc thane ys eow, gif ge 
 lufiath tha the eow lufiath ? sothlice synfulle lufiath tha the hig 
 
 33 lufiath. And gif ge wel doth tham the eow wel doth, hwylc 
 
 34 thane ys eow ? witodlice thaet doth synfulle. And gif ge 
 laenath tham the ge eft aet-onfoth, hwylc thane ys eow ? soth - 
 
 35 licesynfullesynfullumlaenathjthaethiggelice onfon. Theah- 
 hwaethre lufiath eowre fynd , and hym wel doth, and laene syl- 
 lath, nan thing thanun eft gehyhtende ; and eower med byth 
 mycel on heofone , and ge beoth thaes Hehstan beam : fortham 
 
 36 the he ys god ofer unthancfulle and ofer yfele. Eornostlice 
 
 37 beoth mild-heorte, swa eower Faeder ys mild-heort. Nelle 
 ge deman, and ge ne beoth demede : nelle ge genytherian, 
 and ge ne beoth genytherode : forgyfath, and eow byth for- 
 
 38 gyfen : syllath, and eow byth geseald ; god gemet, and full, 
 and geheapod, and oferflowende, hig syllath on eowerne 
 bearm. Tham sylfangemete the gemetatheowbithgemeten 
 
LUCAS VII. 
 
 Tha saede he hym sumbigspel : Segst thu maeg se blinda thone 39 
 blindan la'edan ? hu ne feallath hig begen on tliaene pytt ? Nis 40 
 se leorning-cnyht ofer thone lareow : aelc bith fulfremed,gif 
 he ys swylce his lareow. Hwi gesyhst thu tha egle on thines 41 
 brother eagan, and ne gesyhst thone beam on thinum 
 eagan ? And hu miht thu secgan thinum brether, Brother, « 
 laet thaet ic ateo tha egle of thinum eagan, and thu sylt ne 
 gesyhst thone beam on thinum agenum eagan ? Eala licet- 
 ere, teoh aerest thone beam of thinum eagan, and thorme 
 thu gesyhst thaet thu ateo tha egle of thines brother eagan. 
 Nys god treow the yfelne waestm deth ; ne nys yfel treow 43 
 godne waestm donde. Aelc treow ys be his waestme oncnaw- 14 
 en. ]N T e hig of thornum fic-aeppla ne gaderiath, ne wm- 
 berian on gorste ne nimath. God man of godum gold-hoide 45 
 his heortan god forth-bringth ; and yfel man of yfelum 
 gold-horde yfel forth-bringth : sothlice se muth spycth swa 
 seo heorte thencth. Hwi clypige ge me, Dryhten, Dryhten, 4 6 
 and ne doth thaet ic eow secge ? Aelc thaera the to me cymth , 41 
 and mine spraecagehyrth,andtha deth,ic himaetywe hwam 
 he geli'c ys : he ys gelic timbriendum men hys hus, se 48 
 dealf deope, and hys grund-weall ofer thone stan asette : 
 sothlice gewordenum flode, hyt fleow into tham huse, and 
 hyt ne myhte thaet hus astirian : hyt waes ofer thone stan 
 getrymed. Se the gehyrth, and ne deth, he ys geli'c tham 49 
 timbriendan men his hus ofer tha eorthan butan grund- 
 wealle ; and thaet flod in-fleow, and hraedlice hyt afeoll ; 
 and wearth mycel hryre thaes huses. 
 
 VII. Sothlice tha he ealle his word gefylde on thaes folc- 1 
 es hlyste, he eode into Cafarnaum. Tha waes sumes 2 
 hundred-mannes theowa untrum, se waes sweltendlic, se 
 waes him dyre. And tha he gehyrde be tham Haelende, 3 
 he sende to him Iudea ealdras, and baed thaet he come, 
 and his theow gehaelde. Tha hig to tham Haelende comon, 4 
 hig ba'edon hyne geornlice, and thus cwaedon : He ys 
 
 129 
 
LUCAS VII. 
 
 5 wyrthe thaet thu him tilige ; witodlice he lufath ure theode, 
 
 6 and he us lire samnunge getimbrode. Tha ferde se Hael- 
 end mid him ; and tha he waes unfeor tham huse, se hund- 
 red man sende hys frynd to him, and cwaeth : Dryhten, 
 nelle thu beon gedreht : ne eom ic wyrthe thaet thu ga un^ 
 
 7 der mine thecene : fortham ic ne tealde me sylfne thaet ic 
 to the come ; ac cwaeth thin word, and min cnyht byth ge- 
 
 s haeied. Ic eom an man under anwealde gesett, cempan 
 under me haebbende : and ic secge thyssum, Ga, and he 
 ga'eth ; and ic secge thyssum, Cum, thonne cymth he ; and 
 
 9 ic secge minum theowe, Do thys, and he deth. Tha wun- 
 drode se Haelend, tham gehyredum, and cwaeth, to thaere 
 maenigeo bewend : Sothlice ic secge eow, Ne funde ic on 
 io Israhel swa mycelne geleafan. And tha tha ham comon 
 the asende waeron.hig gremetton halne thone the aer untrum 
 waes. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THONE SEOFENTEOTHAN SUNNAN-DAEG 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 i Tha waes syththan geworden he ferde on tha ceastre the ys 
 genemned Nairn ; and mid hym ferdon hys leorning- 
 
 12 cnyhtas, and mycel maenigeo. Tha he genealaehte thaere 
 ceastre gate, tha waes thar an dead man geboren, anre 
 wudewan sunu, the naenneothernenaefde: and seo wudewe 
 waes thaer,and mycel maenigeo thaere burh-ware midhyre. 
 
 13 Tha se Haelend hig geseah, tha waes he mid mild-heort- 
 nysse ofer hig gefylled, and cwaeth to hyre : Ne we'p thu 
 
 14 na. Tha genealaehte he and tha cysteaethran: tha aetstodon 
 tha the hyne baeron. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Eala geonga, 
 
 is the ic secge, Aris. Tha aras se the dead waes, and ongan 
 lcsprecan. Tha agef he hine his meder. Tha ofer-eode ege 
 hig ealle : and hig God maersodon, and cwaedon, Thaet 
 maera witega on us aras ; and Thaet God hys folc geneos- 
 17 ode. Tha ferde theos spaec be him on ealle Iudea, and 
 is ymbeeall thaetrice. Thacythdon Iohannesleorning-cnyhtas 
 
LUCAS VII. 
 
 him be eallum thysum thingum. Tha clypode Iohannes 19 
 twegen of his leorning-cnyhtum, and sende to tham Hael- 
 ende, and thus cwaeth : Eart thu the to cumenne eart ? 
 hwaether the we othres sculon onbidan ? Tha hig to him 20 
 comon, thus hig cwaedon : Iohannes se Fulluhtere us sende 
 to the, and thus cwaeth : Eart thu the to cumenne eart, the 
 we sculon othres onbidan ? Sothlice on thaere tide he 21 
 gehaelde manega of adlum ge of witum, and of yfelum 
 gastum ; and manegum blindum he gesyhthe forgeaf. Tha 22 
 cwaeth se Haelend : Farath, and cythath Iohannetha thing 
 the ge gesawon and gehyrdon; thaet blinde geseoth,and he- 
 alte gath , hreorlan synd gehaelede , deafe gehyrath , deade aris- 
 ath, thearfan bodiath. And eadig ys, swa hwylc swa ne byth 23 
 on me geuntreowsod. And tha tha Iohannes aerend-racan 24 
 ferdon, tha cwaeth se Haelend to tliam folce be Iohanne : 
 Hwi ferde ge on westene geseon ? Thaet hreod the byth mid 
 winde astyred ? Ac hwi ferde ge to geseonne ? Thone25 
 man mid hnescum reafum gescrydne ? Tha the synt on 
 deorwyrthum reafe, and on estum [synd on cyninga hus- 
 um] . Ac hwi ferde ge ? Thone witigan geseon ? Wit- 26 
 odlice ic eow secge, he ys mara thonne witega. Thes ys27 
 be tham the awriten ys, Nu, ic asende minne engel beforan 
 thine ansyne, se gegearwath thinne weg beforan the. Soth- 28 
 lice ic eow secge, Nys betweox wifa bearnum nan maerra 
 vvite^a thonne Iohannes se Fulluhtere : se the ys laessa on 
 Godes rice se ys his mara. And eall folc thys gehyrende, 29 
 sunder-halgan God heredon, and gefullode on Iohannes 
 fulluhte. Sothlice tha sunder-halgan and tha a'e-gleawan 30 
 forhogedon thaes Haelendes getheaht on him sylfum, na 
 fram tham Haelende gefullode. Hwam telle ic geh'ce 31 
 thysse cneorisse men ? and hwam synd hig gelice ? Hig 32 
 synd gelice cilclum on straete sittendum, and sprecendum 
 betweox hym, and cwethendum, We sungon eow be hearp- 
 an, and ge ne saltedon ; we heofdon, and ge ne weopon. 
 
LUCAS VII. 
 
 33 Sothlice Iohannes com, se Fulluhtere, hlaf ne etende, ne 
 
 34 win drincende ; and ge cwethath, Deofol-seocnysse he 
 haefth. Mannes Sunu com etende and drincende, and ge 
 cwethath, Thes man ys swelgend, and win drincende, 
 
 35 manfulra and synfulra freond ! And wisdom ys geriht- 
 wisod on eallum hys bearnum. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL TO THAM YMB-RENE INNAN HAERFESTE, 
 ON FR1GE-DAEG. 
 
 36 Tha baed hinesumof tham sunder-halgum thaet he mid him 
 a'ete. Tha eode he into thaes Fariseiscan huse, and gesaet. 
 
 3- And tha thaet wif, the waes on thaereceastre synful, tha heo 
 oncneow thaet he saet on thaes Fariseus huse, heo brohte hyre 
 
 38 sealf-box, and stod with-aeftan hys fet, and ongan mid 
 hyre tearum hys fet thwean, and drigde mid hyre heafdes 
 
 39 feaxe, and cyste hys fet, and mid sealfe smyrede. Tha se 
 sunder-halga, the hyne in-gelathode, thaet geseah,he cwaeth 
 on his gethance, Gyf thes man witega waere, witodlice he 
 wiste hwaet and hwylc thys wif waere the his aethrinth , thaet 
 
 40 heo synful ys. Tha cwaeth se Haelend, him andswariende ; 
 Simon, ic haebbe the to secgenne sum thing. Tha cwaeth he: 
 
 4i Lareow, sege thonne. Twegen gafol-gyldan wa'eron sum- 
 urn laenende : an sceolde fif hund penega, and other 
 
 42 fiftig. Tha hig naefdon hwanon big hit aguldon, he hit 
 
 43 him bam forgeaf. Hwaether lufode hyne swythor ? Tha 
 andswarode Simon : Ic wene se the he mare forgeaf. 
 
 44 Tha cwaeth he : Rihte thu demdest. Tha bewende he hyne 
 to tham wife, and saede Simone : Gesyhst thu thys ay if ? Ic 
 eode into thinum huse, ne sealdest thu me waeter to minum 
 fotum: theos mid hyre tearum mine fet thwoh, and mid 
 
 .45 hyre loccum drigde. Coss thu me ne sealdest : theos, syth- 
 than ic in-eode, ne geswac thaet heo mine fet ne cyste. 
 
 46 Min heafod thu mid ele ne smyredest : theos smyrede mid 
 
 47 sealfe mine fet. Forrham ic secge the, Hyre synd manega 
 synna forgyfene ; fortham heo me swythe lufode : laesse 
 
LUCAS VIII. 
 
 lufath tham the laesse lorgyfen ys. Tha cwaeth he to hyre : 48 
 The synd thine synnaforgyfene . Tha hegunnon tha the thaer 49 
 saeton betweox heom cwethan : Hwaet ys thes the manna 
 synna forgyfth ? Tha cwaeth he to tham wife : Thin geleafa 50 
 the dycle hale : ga mi on sybbe. 
 
 VIII. Syththanwaesgeworden thaet he ferdethurh tha ce- 1 
 astre and thaet castel, Godes rice prediciende and bodiende, 
 and hig twelfe mid ; and sume wif, the waeron gehaelede of 2 
 awyrgdum gastum and untrumnessum ; seo Magdalenisce 
 Maria, of thaere seofen deoflu lit-eodon : and lohanna, 3 
 Chuzan wif, Herodes gerefan ; and Susanna, and manega 
 othre the him of hyra spedum thenedon. Sothlice tha mycel 4 
 maenigeo com, and of thamceastrum to him efstun,he saede 
 him an bigspel : Sum man his saed seow : tha he thaet seow, 5 
 sum feoll with thone weg,and wearth fortreden,and heofen- 
 es fugelas hyt fraeton. And sum feoll ofer thone stan,6 
 and hyt forscranc, fortham tlje hyt waetan naefde. And r 
 sum feoll on tha thornas, and tha thornas hyt forthrysmodon. 
 And sum feoll on gode eorthan, and worhte hundfealdne 8 
 waestm. Tha clypode he, and cwaeth : Gehyre sethe earan 
 haebbe. Tha acsodon hine his leorning-cnyhtas, Hwaet 9 
 thaet bigspel waere ? Tha cwaeth he : Eowys geseald thaet 10 
 ge witon Godes rices geryne, and othrum on bigspellum ; 
 thaet hig geseonde ne geseon, and gehyrende ne ongiton. 
 Sothlice thys ys thaet bigspel : Thaet saed ys Godes word. 11 
 Tha the synd with tl>one weg, thaet synd tha the gehyrath ; 12 
 syththan se deofol cymth, and aetbryt thaet word of heora 
 heortan; thaet hig thurh thone geleafan hale ne geweorthon. 
 Tha the synd ofer thone stan,tha thaet word midgefean on- 13 
 foth ; and tha nabbath wyrt-ruman ; fortham the hig hwilum 
 gelyfath, and awaciath on thaere costnungetiman. Thaet saed u 
 the feoll on tha thornas, thaet synd tha the gehyrath, and of 
 carum,andof welum,andof lustum thy seslifes synd forthrys- 
 mode, and naenne waestm ne bringath. Thaet feoll on tha 13 
 
 133 13 
 
LUCAS VIII. 
 
 godan eorthan, thaet synd tha the, on godre and on selestrehe- 
 
 ortan gehyrende, thaet word healdath, and waestm on ge- 
 i6 thylde bringath. Ne oferwrith nan man mid faete his onael- 
 
 ede leoht-faet, oththe under bed aset ; ac ofer candel-staef 
 17 aset, thaet tha in-gangendan leoht geseon. Sothlice nys nan 
 
 thing digle, thaet ne sy geswutelod; ne behydd, thaet ne sy 
 is ciith and open. Warniath hu ge gehyran ; tham byth ge- 
 
 seald the haefth ; and swa hwylc swa naefth, thaet he wene 
 
 19 thaet he haebbe hym byth afyrred. Hys moder and hys 
 gebrothru hym to comon, and hig ne myhton hine for 
 
 20 thaere maenigeo geneosian. Tha waes him gecythed : Thin 
 moder and thine gebrothru standath her ute, wyllath the 
 
 2i geseon. Tha cwaeth he to hym : Min moder and mine 
 522 gebrothru synd tha the gehyrath and doth Godes word . Soth- 
 lice anum daege waes geworden, tha he on scyp eode, and 
 his leorning-cnyhtas, tha cwaeth he to him ; Uton seglian 
 
 23 ofer thysne mere. And hig segledOn tha. Tha hig reow- 
 on tha slep he. Tha com windig yst, and hig forhtedon. 
 
 24 Tha genealaehton hig hym to, and cwaedon : Hlaford, we 
 forweorthath. Tha aras he, and threade thone wind, and 
 thaeswaetereshreohnesse. Tha geswac sewind,and wearth 
 
 2.5 mycel smyltnes. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Hwar ys eower 
 geieafa ? Tha adredon hig and wundredon, and be- 
 tweox heom cwaedon : Wenst thu hwaet ys thes, thaet he 
 
 26bebyt ge windum ge safe, and hig him hyrsumiath. Tha 
 reowon hig to Gerasenorum rice, thaet ys foran ongen 
 
 27 Galileam. Tha he to lande com, hym agen arn sum man, 
 se haefde deofel-scocnysse lange tide, and naes mid nan- 
 um reafe gescryd, and ne mihte on huse gewunian, ac 
 
 20 on byrgenum. Tha he geseah thone Haelend, he astrehte 
 hyne to-foran hym, and cwaeth, mycelre stefne hrymende : 
 Hwaet ys me and the, la Haelend, thaes Hebstan Godes 
 
 23 Sunu ? Ic halsigethe thaet thu ne threage me. Thabeadhe 
 tham unclaenangaste, thaet he of tham men ferde. Sothlice 
 
 134 
 
 
LUCAS VIII. 
 
 lange tide he hine gegrap : and he waes mid racenteag- 
 ura gebunden, and mid fot-copsum gehealden ; and to- 
 bovstenum bendum, he waes tram deofle on westen ge- 
 laed. Tha acsode se Haelend hine : Hwaet ys thin nama ? 30 
 Tha cwaeth lie : Legio (thaet ys, on ure getheode, Eored) : 
 fortham the manega deoflu on hine eodon. Tha ba'edon big 31 
 hine thaet he him ne bude thaet lug on grund ne bescuton. 
 And thaer "svaes mycel heord swyna on tham munte laesi-32 
 endra : tha baedon big thaet he lyfde him on tha gan. Tha 
 lyfde he him. Tha eodon hig of tham men on tha swyn : 33 
 tha ferde seo heord mycelum raese on thone mere, and 
 wearth thar adruncen. Tha tha hyrdas thaet gesawon, tha 34 
 flugon hig, and cyddon on tha ceastre and on tunum. Thau 
 eodon hig lit, thaet hig gesawon thaet thar geworden waes; 
 tha comonhig to tham Haelende ; tha fundon hig thone man, 
 the deofel of-eode, gescrydne and halum mode, aet his fot- 
 um : and hig adredon him. Tha cyddon him tha the ge-36 
 sawon hu he waes hal geworden of tham eorede. Tha baed 37 
 hine eall maenigeo thaes rices Gerasenorum, thaet he fram 
 him gewite ; fortham hig mycelum ege gehaefte waeron. 
 Tha wende he on scype agen. Tha baed hine se man the 38 
 se deofol of-eode thaet he mid him wunede : tha forlet se 
 Haelend hine, and cwaeth to him : Wend to thinum huse, 39 
 and cyth hu mycel the God gedon haefth. Tha ferde he 
 into eall tha ceastre, and cythde hu mycel se Haelend him 
 gedon haefde. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON TIIAERE PENTECOSTENES 
 WUCAN, TO THAM YMB-RENE. 
 
 Sothlice waes geworden, tha se Haelend age'n-com, seo 40 
 maenigeo hine onfeng : ealle hig gebidon his. And tha 41 
 com an man thaes nama waes Iairus, se waes thaere gesam- 
 nunge ealdor : tha feoll he to thaes Haelendes fotum, and 
 baed hine thaet he ferde to his huse : fortham he haefde a 
 ane dohtor nean twelf wintre, and seo forth-ferde. Tba 
 
LUCAS IX. 
 
 gebyrede hyt, tha he ferde, of tham maenigum he waes of- 
 
 43 thrungen. Tha waes sum wif on blod-ryne twelf ger, seo 
 fordaelde on laecas eal thaet heo ahte, and ne mihte theah 
 
 44 of aenegum beon gehaeled. Tha s;enealaehte heo with- 
 
 in a o 
 
 aeftan, and aethran his reafes fnaed : tha aetstod sona thaes 
 
 45 blodes ryne. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Hwaet ys se the me 
 aethran ? Tha hig ealle aetsocon, tha cwaeth Petrusand tha 
 the mid him waeron : Eala Hlaford. thas maenegeo the 
 thringath and geswencath, and thu segst, Hvva aethran me ? 
 
 46 Tha cwaeth he : Sum me aethran : ic wiste thaet maegen of 
 
 47 me eode. Tha thaet wif geseah thaet hit him naes dyrne, 
 heo com forht, and astrehte hig to his fotum, and geswu- 
 telode beforan eallum folce for hwylcum thinge beo hine 
 
 48 aethran, and hu heo wearth sona hal. Tha cwaeth he to 
 hyre : Dohter, thin geleafa the hale gedyde : ga nu on 
 
 49sibbe. Him tha gyt specendum, tha com sum man to 
 thaere gesamnunge ealdre, and cwaeth to him : [Thyn doh- 
 
 so tor ys dead ;] ne drece thu hyne. Tha se Haelend thaet 
 word gehyrde, he andswarode thaes maedenes faeder : Ne 
 
 si ondraed thu the : gelyf witodlice, and heo bith hal. And 
 tha tha he to tham huse com, ne let he naenne mid him in- 
 gan, buton Petrum, and Iohannem, and Iacobum, and 
 
 52 thaes maedenes faeder and hyre moder. Tha weopon hig 
 ealle, and heofedon hig : tha cwaeth he : Ne wepe ge ; 
 
 53 sothlice nys thys maeden dead, ac heoslaeplh. Tha taeldon 
 
 54 hig hyne, and wiston thaet heo dead waes. Tha nam he 
 
 55 hyre hand, and cwaeth : Ma'eden, the ic secge, Ari's. Tha 
 gehwearf hyre gast ongean, and heo sona aras : and he 
 
 56hethyre syllan etan. Tha wundredon hyre magas : tha 
 bead he tham thaet hig hyt nanum men ne saedon thaet 
 thaer gedon waes. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THUNRES-DAEG, ON THAERE PENTECOSTENES 
 VVUCAN. 
 
 IX. Tha clypode he togaedre his twelf apostolas, and 
 
LUCAS IX. 
 
 sealde him mihte and anweald ofer ealle deofel-seoc- 
 nyssa, and thaet hig aula gehaeldon. And he sende hig 2 
 bodigende Godes rice, and untrume gehaelan. Tha cwaeth 3 
 he to him : Ne nime ge nan thing on wege, ne gyrde, ne 
 codd, ne hlaf, ne feoh : ne ge nabbon twa tunecan. And 4 
 on swa hwylc hiis swa ge in-gath, wuniath thaer oth ge ut- 
 gan. And swa hwylce swa eow ne onfoth, thonne ge of 5 
 thaere ceastre gath, asceacath eower fota dust ofer hig on 
 witnesse. Tha ferdon hig thurh tha burgha bodigende, and g 
 aeghwar haelende. Tha gehyrde Herodes, se feorthan 7 
 daeles rica, ealle tha thing the be him waeron gewordene, 
 tlia tweonode him ; fortham the sume saedon thaet Johannes 
 of deathe aras ; sume saedon thaet Helias aetywde ; sume, a 
 thaet an eald witega aras. Tha cwaeth Herodes : Iohannem 9 
 ic beheafdode : hwaet ys thes be tham ic thylc gehyre ? Tha 
 smeade he thaet he hine gesawe. Tha cyddon him tha 10 
 apostolas swa hwaet swa hig dydon. Tha nam he hig, 
 and ferde on-sundron on weste-stowe, seo ys Bethsaida. 
 Tha tha maenigeo thaet Aviston, tha filidon hig him : tha 11 
 onfeng he hig, and spaec to him be Godes rice ; and tha 
 he gehaelde the lacnunga bethorfton. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE PENTECOS-, 
 TENES WUCAN, TO THAM YMB-RENE. 
 
 Tha gewat se daeg forth, and hig twelfe hym gcnealaehton, 12 
 and saedon him : Lact thas maenigeo, thaet hig faron on thas 
 castelu and on thas tunas the her abutan synd, and him 
 mete findon : fortham the we synd her on westre stowe. 
 Tha cwaeth he to hym : Sylle ge hym etan. Tha cwaedon ia 
 hig : We nabbath buton fi'f hlafas and twegen fixas ; 
 buton we gan and us mete bicgon, and eallum thisum 
 werede. Thar waeron noali fi'f thusenda wera. Tha cwaeth 14 
 he to his leorning-cnyhtum : Doth thaet hig sitton thurh 
 gebeorscypas fiftcgum. And hig swa dydon, and hig 15 
 ealle saeton. Tha nam he tha fif hlafas and tha twegen \o 
 137 13* 
 
LUCAS IX. 
 
 fixas, and on thone heofon beseah, and bletsode hig, and 
 braec, and daelde his leorning-cnyhtum, thaet hig asetton 
 
 17 hig beforan tham maenegum. Tha aeton hig ealle, and 
 wurdon gefyllede : and man nam tha gebrotu the thar be- 
 
 18 lifon twelf cypan fulle. Tha waes geworden, tha se Hael- 
 end waes ana hine gebiddende, hys leorning-cnyhtas 
 waeron mid him : tha acsode he hig : Hwaet secgth this folc 
 
 19 thaet ic sy ? Tha andswaredon hig, and cwaedon : Iohan- 
 nem Baptistam ; sume Heliam ; sume thaet sum witega of 
 
 20 tham ealdum aras. Tha saede he him : Hwaet secge ge 
 thaet ic sy ? Tha andswarode Petrus : Thu eart Crist, 
 
 ai Godes Sunu. Tha threade he hig, and bead thaet hig hyt 
 
 22 nanum men ne saedon ; fortham the hyt gebyreth thaet mari- 
 nes Sunu fela thinga tholie, and beo aworpen fram ealdrum 
 and ealdermannum, and fram bocerum, and beo ofslagen, 
 
 23 and thriddan daege arise. Tha cwaeth he to eallum : Gyf 
 hwa wyle aefter me cuman, aetsace hine sylfne, and nime 
 
 24 hys cwylminge, and me folgie. Se the wyle hys sawle 
 hale gedon, se hig forspilth : witodlice se the his sawle for 
 
 25 me forspilth, he hig gehaelth. Hwaet fremath aenegum 
 men, theah he ealne middan-geard on aeht begite, and 
 
 26 hine sylfne forspille, and hys forwyrd wyrce ? Se the 
 me and mine spraeca forsyhth, thone mannes Sunu forsyhth, 
 thonne he cymth on his maegen-thrymme, and his Faeder, 
 
 27 and halegra engla. Ic secge cow sothlice, her synd sume 
 standende, tha deade ne weorthath, aer hig Godes rice ge- 
 
 28 seon. Tha waes geworden, aefter tham Avordum, nean eahta 
 dagas, t.haet he nam Petrum, and Iohannem, and Iacob- 
 
 29 um, and eode on aenne munt, thaet he hine gebaede. Tha 
 he hine gebaed, tha waes his ansyn othres hiwes, and his 
 
 36 reaf hwit scinende. Tha spa'econ twegen weras with hine, 
 
 t3i Moyses and Helias, gesewene on maegen-thrymme, and 
 
 sa'edon his gewitendnesse, the he to gefyllene w r aes on Hie- 
 
 32 rusalem. Petrus and tha the mid hym waeron wurdon 
 
LUCAS IX. 
 
 mid slaepe gehefegode : and tha hi°; onwaecnodon, hig 
 gesawon his maegen-thrym, and twegejG weras the mid him 
 
 stodon. And hig him fram eodon. Petrus cwaeth to 33 
 him : Eala Bebeodend, god ys thaet we her beon : and 
 utonwyrcan thrco eardung-stowa; ane the, and ane Moyse, 
 and ane Helie : and he nyste hwaet he cwaeth. Tha he 34 
 this spaec, tha wearth genip, and ofersceadede hig ; and hig 
 ondredon him gangende on thaet genip. Tha com stefen 35 
 of tham genipe, and cwaeth : Thes ys min leofa Sunu : ge- 
 hyrath hyne. Tha sco stefen waes gehyred, tha waes se se 
 Haelend gemet ana. And hig suwedon, and ne saedon 
 nanum men on tham dagum nan thing thaes the hig gesawon. 
 Othrum daege, him of tham munte farendum, hym ongean 37 
 am mycel maenigeo. Tha elypede an wer of thaere mae- 3s 
 nigeo, and cwaeth: Lareow, ic halsie the, geseoh minne 
 sunu : fortham he ys min anlica sunu. And nu, se un- 59 
 claena gast hine aethrinth, and he faerlice hrymth, and for- 
 nimth hyne, and faemth ; and hyne tyrth and slit. And ic 40 
 baed thine leorning-cnyhtas thaet hig hyne ut-adrifon, and 
 hig ne mihton. Tha cwaeth se Haelend him to andsware : 41 
 Eala ungeleaffulle and tlrweore cneoresse, swa lange swa 
 ic beo mid eow, and eow tholie. Laed hider tliinne sunu. 
 And tha he hyne laedde him to, se deofol hyne fornam 42 
 and fordyde. Tha nydde se Haelend thone unclaenan gast 
 ut, and gehaelde thone cnapan, and agef hyne his faeder. 
 Tha wundredon hig ealle be Godes maerthe. And eallum 43 
 wundiiendum be tham thin^um the gewurdomhe cwaeth to 
 his leorning-cnyhtum : Asettath thas spaeca on eowrum 44 
 heortum : hyt ys toweard thaet mannes Sunu sig geseald 
 on manna handa. Tha thohton hig thys word, and hyt 45 
 waes bewrygen beforan him, thaet hig hyt ne ongeton : 
 and hi ne dorston hine be tham worde acsian. Sothlice 46 
 thaet gethanc eode on hig, hwylc heora yldest wa'ere. Tha 47 
 se Haelend geseh heora heortan gethancas, he gesette 
 
LUCAS X. 
 
 48 thone cnapan with hine, and cwacth to him : Se the thysne 
 cnapan on milium naman onfehth, se me onfehth : and se 
 the me onfehth, he onfehth t&one the me sende; witodlice 
 
 49 se the ys lacst betweox eow ealle, se ys mara. Tha and- 
 swarode Iohannes : Bebeodend, we gesawon sumne on 
 thinum naman deofol-seocnyssa lit-drifende ; and we hine 
 
 5oforbudon, fortham he mid us ne fylgth. Tha cwaeth he : 
 Ne forbeode ge : se the nis ongen eow, se ys for eow. 
 
 51 Sothlice waes geworden, tha his andfenga-dagas waeron 
 gefyllede, he getrymede his ansyne thaet he ferde to Hie- 
 
 52 rusalem ; tha sende he bodan beforan his ansyne : tha 
 eodon hig on tha ceastre Samaritanorum, thaet hig him 
 
 53 gegearwodon. And hig ne onfengon hine, fortham the 
 
 54 he wolde faran to Hierusalem. Tha his leorning-cnyhtas 
 thaet gesawon, Iacobus and Iohannes, tha cwaedon hig : 
 
 55 Dryhten, wyltu we secgath thaet fyr cume of heofene, and 
 
 56 fornime hig ? And hine bewende, he hig threade. And 
 
 57 hig ferdon on other castel. Tha hig ferdon on wege, sum 
 him to cwaeth : Ic fylige the, swa hwyder swa thu faerst. 
 
 58 Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Foxas habbath holu, and heofenes 
 fuglas nest; sothlice mannes Sunu naefth hwar he his heaf- 
 
 59 od ahylde. Tha cwaeth he to othrum : Filig me. Tha 
 cwaeth he : Dryhten, alyf me aeryst bebyrian minne fae- 
 
 60 der. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Laet tha deadan byrgean 
 6i heora deadan : ga thu and boda Godes rice. Tha cwaeth 
 
 other : Ic fylige the, Dryhten ; ac laet me aerest hyt cythan 
 62 tham the act ham synd. Tha cwaeth se Haelend hym to : 
 Nan man the his hand aset on his sulh, and on-baec be- 
 syhth, nis andfenge Godes rice. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL TO ANE3 APOSTOLES MAESSAN. 
 
 X. Aefter tham se Haelend gemearcode othre twa and 
 
 hund-seofentig, and sende hig twam beforan his ansyne, 
 
 2 on aelce ceastre and stowe, the he to cumenne waes ; and 
 
 cwaeth to him : Her ys mycel rip, and feawa wyrhtena : 
 
 
LUCAS X. 
 
 biddath thaes ripes Hlaford, thaet he sende wyrhtan to his 
 ripe. Farath nu : nu, ic eow sende swa swa lamb be- 3 
 tweox wulfas. Ne bere ge sacc, ne codd, ne gescy : ne 4 
 naenne man be wege ne gretath. On swa hwylc hus swa 5 
 ge in-gath, cwethath aerest, Sybsig thysse hy wraedene. And 6 
 gyf thar beoth sybbe beam, reste thar eower syb : gif hit 
 elles sy, heo sy to cow gecyrred. Wuniath on tliam ylcan - 
 huse, and etath and drincath tha thing thehig habbath; soth- 
 lice se wyrhta ys his mede wyrthe. Ne fare ge fram 
 huse to huse. Ac on swa hwylce ceastre swa ge in-gath, s 
 and big eow onfoth, etath thaet eow to-foran aset ys : and 9 
 gehaelath tria untruman the on tham huse synd, and secgath 
 him, Godes rice to eow genealaecth. On swa hwylce 10 
 ceastre swa ge in-gath, and hig ne onfoth eow, gath on 
 heora straeta, and cwethath, Thaet dust thaet of eowre ceastre n 
 onurum fotum clifode, we drigeath on eow : witath theah 
 thaet Godes rice genealaecth. Ic eow secge, thaet Sodom- 12 
 warum on tham daege bithforgyfenlicre,thonne thaere ceas- 
 tre. Wa the, Corozaim ! wa the, Bethsaida ! fortham gif on 13 
 Tyro and on Sidone gewordene waeron tha maegenu the 
 on cow gedone synd, gefyrn hig on haeran and on axan 
 hreowsunge dydon. Theah-hwae there, Tyro and Sidone u 
 on tham daege bith forgyfenlicre, thonne eow. And thu, ij 
 Cafarnaum, othheofen up-ahafen, thu bist oth helle besenc- 
 ed. Me gehyrth, se the eow gehyrth ; and me oferhogath, ie 
 se the eow oferhogath ; se the me oferhogath, he oferhogath 
 thone the me sende. Tha gecyrdon tha twa and hund-seo- 17 
 fentig mid gefean, and cwaedon : Dryhten, deofel-seoc- 
 nyssa us synd on thinum naman undertheodde. Tha saede is 
 he hym : Ic geseah Satanan swa swa lig-raesc of heofone 
 feallende. And nu, ic sealde eow anweald to tredenne 19 
 ofer naeddran and snacan, and ofer aelc feondes maegen : 
 and nan thing eow ne derath. Theah-hwacthere, ne bliss- 20 
 ige ge on tham the, eow synd gastas undertheodde : ge 
 
LUCAS X. 
 
 blissiath thaet eower naman synd on heofenum awritene 
 
 21 On thaere tide he on HalgumGastegeblissode, and cwaeth : 
 Ic andette the, Faeder, Dryhten heofenes and eorthan, for- 
 tham the thuthas thing wisum and gledwum behyddest,and 
 lytlingum awruge ; fortham hyt beforan the swa gelicode. 
 
 22 Ealle thing me synd fram minum Faeder gesealde : and 
 nan man nat hwylc ys se Sunu, buton se Faeder ; ne 
 hwylc ys se Faeder, buton se Sunu, and se the se Sunu 
 hyt onwreon wyle. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THAERE FEOWERTEOTHAN WUCAN OFER 
 PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 2.3 Tha cwaeth he, to his leorning-cnyhtum bewend : Eadige 
 
 24 syndtha eaganthe geseoththa thingthegegeseoth. Sothlice 
 
 ic eow secge, thaet manega witegan and cyningas woldon 
 
 geseon thaet ge geseoth, and hig hyt ne gesawon ; and 
 
 woldon gehyran thaet ge gehyrath, and hig hyt ne gehyr- 
 
 2j don. Tha aras sum ae-gleaw man, and fandode his, and 
 
 26 cwaeth : Lareow, hwaet do ic thaet ic ece lif haebbe ? Tha 
 cwaeth he to him : Hwaet ys gewriten on thaere a'e ? hu 
 
 27 raetst thu ? Tha andswarode he : Lufa Dryhten thinne 
 God of ealre thinre heortan, and of ealre thinre sawle, and 
 of eallum thinum mihtum, and of eallum thinum maegene ; 
 
 23 and thinne nehstan swa the sylfne. Tha cwaeth he : Ryhte 
 
 29 thu andswarodest : do thaet, thonne lyfast thu. Tha cwaeth 
 he to tham Haelende, and wolde hine sylfne gerihtwisian : 
 
 30 And hwylc ys min nehsta ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend, hine 
 up-beseonde : Sum man ferde fram Hierusalem to Hie- 
 richo, and becom on tha sceathan, tha hine bereafodon, and 
 
 3i tintregodon hine, and forliiton hine sam-cucene. Tha 
 gebyrede hyt thaet sum sacerd ferde on tham ylcan wege ; 
 
 32 and tha he thaet geseah, he hine forbeah. And eall-swa 
 se diacon,tha he waes with tha stowe, and thaet geseah, he 
 
 33 hyne eac forbeah. Tha ferde sum Samaritanisc man with 
 hine : tha he hine geseah, tha wearth he mid mild-heort- 
 
LUCAS XI. 
 
 nysse ofer hine astyred. Tha genealaehte he, and wrath 34 
 his wunda, and on-ageat ele and win, and hine on his 
 nyten asette, and gelaedde on his la'ece-hus, and hine ge- 
 lacnode ; and brohte othrum daege twegen penegas, and 35 
 sealde tham laece, and thus cwaeth, Begym hys ; and swa 
 hwaet swa thu mare tq-gedest, tlionne ic cume, ic hit for- 
 ffylde the. Hwylc thaera threora thincth the thact sis thaes 36 
 maeg, the on tha sceathan befeoll ? Tha cwaeth he : Se the 37 
 hym mild-heortnysse on dyde. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : 
 Ga, and do eall-swa. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL TO ASSUMPTIONE S. MARIAE, AND SAETERN- 
 DAGUM BE MARIA. 
 
 Sothlice hyt waes geworden, tha hig ferdon, se Haelend 38 
 eode on sum castel, and sum wi'f on naman Martha 011- 
 feng hyne on byre hiis. And thaere swuster waes Maria, 39 
 seo eac saet with thaes Haelendes fet, and hys word ge- 
 hyrde. Sothlice Martha geornlice him thenode. Tha stod 40 
 heo, and cwaeth : Dryhten, nis the nan cam thaet min 
 swuster let me aenlypie thenian ? sege hyre thaet heo fylste 
 me. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Martha, Martha, geornful 41 
 thu eart, and ymbe fela thinga gedrefed : gewislice an 42 
 thing ys nyd-behefe : Maria geces thone selestan dael, se 
 hyre ne bith afyrred. 
 
 XL Sothlice waes geworden, tha he waes on sumere 1 
 stowe hine gebiddende, tha tha he geswac, him to cwaeth an 
 his leorning-cnyhta : Dryhten, laer us us gebiddan, swa 
 Iohannes his leorning-cnyhtas laerde. Tha cwaeth he to 2 
 him : Cwethath thus, thonne ge eow gebiddath, Ure Faeder, 
 thu the on heofene eart, Sig thin nama gehalgod. T6-cume 
 thin rice. Geweorthe thin wylla on heofene, and on eorth- 
 an. Syle us to-daeg urne daeghwamlican hlaf. And 3 
 forgyf us uregyltas,swa we forgyfath aelcum thaera the with 4 
 us agylt. And ne laed thu us on costunge ; ac atys lis 
 fram yfele. Tha cwaeth he to him: Hwylc eower haefths 
 
LUCAS XI. 
 
 sumne freond, and gacth to midre nihte to him, and cwaeth 
 
 6 to him, La freond, lafen me thiy hlafas ; fortham mi'n 
 freond com of wege to me, and ic naebbe hwaet ic him 
 
 7 to-foran lecge ; and he thonne him thus andswarige, Ne 
 beo thu me gram : nu min dura ys beloccn, and mine 
 cnyhtas synd on reste mid me ; ne maeg ic arisan nu and 
 
 s syllan the? Gyf he thonne thurwunath cnuciende, ic eow 
 
 secge, gyf he [ne] aryst, and him sylth thonne, fortham 
 
 the he his freond ys, theah-hwaethere for his on-hrope he 
 
 a aryst, and sylth him his neode. And ic eow secge : Bid- 
 
 dath, and eow bith seald ; secath, and ge findath ; cnuciath, 
 
 io and eow bith ontyned. Aelc thaera the bitt onfehth; and se 
 
 n the secth, he fint ; and cnuciendum byth ontyned. Hwylc 
 
 eower bitt his faeder hlafes, segst thu sylth he him stan ? 
 
 oththe gif he bitt fi'sces, sylth he him naeddran for fisce ? 
 
 32 oththe gif he bitt a'eg, segst thu raecth he him scorpionem 
 
 ,3 (thaet ys an wyrm-cynnj ? Witodlice gyf ge thonne, the 
 
 synd yfele, cunnon syllan gode sylene eowrum bearnum, 
 
 swa mycele ma eower Faeder on heofone sylth Godne 
 
 Gast tham the hine biddath. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON THONB THRYDDAN SUNNAN- 
 DAEG INNAN LENCTENE. 
 
 nTha waes se Haelend lit-adrifende sume deofel-seocnysse, 
 and seo waes dumb. And tha he lit-adraf tha deofel-seoc- 
 nysse, tl)a spracc se dumba; and tha maenigeo wundredon. 
 is Sume cwaedon, On Belzcbub deofla ealdre he ut-adriftb 
 16 tha deofel-seocnyssa. And sume his fandedon, and gyrn- 
 1- don of hcofene tacnes of him. Tha he geseah heora ge- 
 thancas, he cwaeth : Aelc rice on hyt-sylf todaeled byth to- 
 i8 worpen ; and thaet bus ofer thaet hus fealth. Gyf Satanas 
 ys todaeled on hine-sylfne, hu stent his rice ? fortham the 
 ge secgath thaet ic on Belzebub deofel-seocnyssa ut-adrife. 
 19 Gyf ic on Belzebub deofla ut-adrife, on hwam vit-adrifath 
 ao eower beam? fortham hig beoth eowre deman. Gewis- 
 
LUCAS XI 
 
 lice gif ic on Godes fingre deofla ut-adrife, eallunga 
 Godes rice on cow becymth. Thonne se stranga gewaepn-si 
 ud his cafer-tun gehealt, thonne beoth on sibbe tha thing 
 the he ah : gyf thonne strengra ofer bine cymth, and hine 22 
 oferswith,ealle his waepriuthe he on-truwode he him afyrth, 
 and todaeleth his hcre-reaf. Se the nys mid me seys23 
 ongen me : and se the ne gaderath mid me se hyt tostret. 
 Thonne se unclaena gast gaeth of tham men, he gaeth thurh 24 
 UBwaeterie stowa, reste secende, and nane ne gemet : 
 thonne cwyth he, Ic gewende eft to milium huse the ic of- 
 eode. And thonne he cymth, he hyt gemet aemtig, mid 25 
 besmum afeormod. Thonne gaeth he, and nimth seofen26 
 othre gastas wyrsan thonne he ; and in-gath, and thar eard- 
 iath ; thonne synd thaes mannes endas wyrsan tham aerrum. 
 Sothlice waes gewordcn, tha he thys sa'ede, sum wi'f him to 27 
 cwaeth: Eadigys se innoth the the baer, and tha breost the 
 thu suce. Tha cwaeth he : Eadige synd tha the Godes word 28 
 gehyrath, and thaet gehealdath. Tha hyra manega togaed- 29 
 ere comon, he cwaeth to him : Theos cneorys ys manful 
 cneorys : heo secth tacen, and hyre ne bith nan geseald, 
 buton Ionan tacen. Swa swa Iona waes tacen Niniuet- 30 
 um ; swa bith mannes Sunu tacen thysse cneorysse. Suth-31 
 daeles cwen arist on dome mid thysse cneorysse mannum, 
 and genytherath hig: fortham the heo com of eorthan end- 
 um to gehyranne Salomones wisdom ; and, efne, thes ys 
 mara thonne Salomon. Niniuetisce men ari'sath on dome 32 
 mid thysse cneorysse, and genytheriath hig: fortham the hig 
 daed-bote dydon aet Ionan bodunge ; and thes ys mara 
 tlionne Iona. Ne onaelth nan man his leoht-faet and sett 33 
 on dyglum, ne under bydene, ac ofer candel-staef, thaet 
 tha the in-gath leoht geseon. Thin eage ys thines lichaman 34 
 leoht-faet : gyf thin eage bith hluttor, thonne bith eall thin 
 lichama beorht : gyf hyt bith deorc, eall thin lichama 
 byth thystre . Warna thaet t.Ijaet leoht tfce the on ys ne syn » 
 
LUCAS XI. 
 
 36thrystru. Gyf thin lichama call bith beorht, and naefth 
 naenne dael thystra, thonne bith he eall beorht, and the on- 
 lyht, swa thaet leoht-faet thaes lig-raesces. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH Ox\ FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 TEOTHAN WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 37 Tha baed hine sum Fariseisc man thaet he aete mid hym : 
 
 38 and he in-eode, and saet. Tha ongan se Fariseisca on 
 him smeagan, and cwethan, Hwi he gethwogen naere aer 
 
 39 his gereorde ? Tha cwaeth Dryhten to hym : iN u ge Fa- 
 risei thaet ute ys calices and disces geclaensiath ; thaet eow 
 
 40 innan ys, thaet ys full reaflaces and unrihtwisnesse. La 
 dysegan, hu ne worhte thaet thaet inne ys se the worhte thaet 
 
 41 lite ys ? Theah-hwaethere thaet to lafe ys syllath aelmyssan ? 
 
 42 thonne beoth eow ealle thing cla'ene. Ac wa eow Fariseum ! 
 ge the teothiath mintan and rudan and aelce wyrte, and ge 
 forbugath dom and Godes lufe : thas thing eow gebyrede 
 
 4jto donne, and tha thing ne forlactan. Wa eow Fariseum ! 
 ge the lufxath tha forman heah-setl on gesamnungum, and 
 
 44 gretinga on straete. Wa eow ! fortham the ge synd swylce 
 tha byrgena, the man innan ne sceawath, and tha men nylon, 
 
 45 the hym on-ufan gath. Tha andswarode him sum ae-gleaw : 
 
 46 Lareow,teonan thu wyrcst us mid thysse sage. r I'ha cwaeth 
 he : Wa eow ae-gleawum ! fortham the ge symath men mid 
 tham byrthenum, the hig aberan ne magon ; and ge ne 
 
 47 ahrinath tha seamas mid eowrum anum fingre. Wa eow ! 
 ge the timbriath witegena byrgena, eower faederas hig of- 
 
 43 slogon. Eallunga ge cythath and ge thafiath eower faedera 
 weorcum : fortham hig ofslogon hig, and ge timbriath 
 
 49 heora byrgena. Fortham cwaeth Godes wisdom, Ic sende 
 to him Witegan and apostolas, and hig ofsleath hig, and 
 
 so ehtath : thaet ealra witegena blod sy gesoht, the waes agot- 
 en of middan-eardes fruman, fram thysse cneorysse ; 
 
 51 fram Abeles blode oth Zacharian blod, se forwearth be- 
 tweox tliam altare and tham temple : ic eow secge, Swa 
 
LUCAS XII. 
 
 bith gesoht fram thysse cneorysse. Wa eow ae-gleawum ! o.> 
 fortham the ge aetbrudon thaes in-gehydes caege : ge in ne 
 eodon, and ge forbudon tha the in-eodon. Tha he hymsa 
 thys to cwaeth, tha ongunnon tha Farisei and tha ae-gleawan 
 hefilice him agen-standan, and hys muth dyttan ; and 54 
 ymbe hyne syrwan, secende sum thing of his muthe, thaet 
 hi°' nine wreodon. 
 
 XII. Mycelum weredum him ymbe standendum, thaet 1 
 hig hine traedon, tha cwaeth he to his leorning-cnyhtum : 
 Warniath with Farisea lare, thaet ys licetung. Sothlice nis 2 
 nan thing oferheled, the ne beo unhelcd; ne behydd, thaet 
 ne sy witen. Fortham the thaet ge secgath on thystrum beoth 3 
 on leohte saede, and thaet ge on earum spraecon on bed- 
 cofum, bith on hrofum bodud. Ic seege eow minum4 
 frcondum, Ne beo ge bregede fram tham the thone licha- 
 man ofsleatb, and nabbath syththan hwaet hig ma don. Ic s 
 eow aetywe hwaene ge ondraedon : Ondraedath thone the 
 anweald haefth, syththan he ofslyhth, on helle asendan : thus 
 ic eow secge, Adraedath thone. Ne becypath hig fif spearw- b 
 an to helflinge, and an nys of tham ofergyten beforan 
 Gode ? Ac ealle cowres heafdes loccas synd getealde. 7 
 Ne ondra'ede ge eow : ge synd beteran manegum spearw- 
 um. Sothlice ic eow secge, Swa hwylc swa meandets 
 beforan mannum, thone manncs Sunu andet beforan 
 Godes englum : se tl^e me withsaecth beforan mannum, se 9 
 bith w-ithsacen beforan Godes englum. And aelc the segth 10 
 aenig , svord ongen mannes Sunu, tham bith forgyfen : tham 
 the withersacathonge'n Haligne Gast, ne bith tham forgyfen. 
 
 TIlY r S SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 Thonne hig laedath eow on gesamnunga, and to dugethc- 11 
 ealdrum, and to anwealdum, ne beo ge ymbe-thencende 
 hu oththe hwaet ge specon, oththe andswarion. Halig Gast ii 
 eow laerth onthaere tide tha thing theeowspecangebyrath. 
 Tha cwaeth sum of tham maencgum : Lareow, sege minum 13 
 
 147 
 
LUCAS XII. 
 
 14 brether thaet he daele uncer aehta with me. Tha cwaeth he : 
 La man, hwa sette me deman oththc daelend ofer inc ? 
 
 15 Thacwaeth he : Gymath,and warniath with aelce gytsunge : 
 fortham the nys nanes mannes Iff on gytsunge of tham the 
 
 is he ah. Tha saede he him sum bigspel : Sumes weliges 
 n mannes aecer brohte .forth gode waestmas : tha thohte he on 
 
 him sylfum, and cwaeth, Hwaet do ic, fortham ic naebbe 
 i3 hwyder ic mine waestmas gadrige ? Tha cwaeth he, Thus 
 
 ic do : ic toweorpe mine berna, and ic wyrce maran ; 
 
 and ic gaderige thyder eall tliaet me gewexen ys, and mine 
 
 19 god. And ic secge minre sawle, Eala sawel, t.liu haefst 
 mycele god asette to manegum gearum ; gerest the, et, 
 
 20 and drinc, and gewi'sta. Tha cwaeth God to him, La 
 dysega, on thysse nyhte hig feccath thine sawle fram the : 
 
 2i hwaes beoth tha thing the thu gegearwodest ? Swa ys se the 
 
 22 him sylfum strynth, and nis welig mid Gode. Tha cwaeth 
 he to his leorning-cnyhtum : Fortham ic eow secge, Ne 
 beo ge ymbe-hydige eowre sawle, hwaet ge etan ; ne 
 
 23 eowrum lichaman, hwaet ge scrydon. Seo sawul ys ma 
 thonne se lichama, and se lichama ys ma thonne thaet reaf. 
 
 24 Besceawiath tha hrefnas; thaethig ne sawath,ne ne ripath; 
 nabbath hig heddern ne bern : ac God hig fet : thaes the 
 
 25 ma ge synd heora selran. Hwylc eower maeg thencende 
 26 yean ane elne to his anlicncsse ? Gif ge thaet laesse ne 
 
 magon, hwig synd ge be othrum thingum ymbe-hydige. 
 
 27 Sceawiath tha lilian hu hig wexath: hig ne swincath, ne ne 
 spinnath ; sothlice ic eow secge, thaet Salomon on eallum 
 
 28 his wuldre naes gescryd swa thyssa an. Gyf God scryt 
 tliaet hig, the }*s to-daog on aecere, and to-morgen for- 
 scryneth, swa mycele ma God scryt eow, gehwaedes ge- 
 
 29 leafan. And nolle ge secan hwaet ge eton oththe drincon, 
 so and ne beo ge up-ahafene. Ealle thas thing theoda secath: 
 3i eower Faederwat thaet gethisesbethurfon. Theah-hwae th- 
 ere secath Godes rice ; and ealle tlias thing eow beoth geyhte. 
 
 148 
 
LUCAS XII 
 
 Ne ondraed thu the, lalytleheord ; fortham cowrum Faeder 32 
 gelicodc eow rice syllan. Syllath thaet ge agon, and syllath 33 
 aelmyssan ; wyrceath seodas tha the ne forealdiath, ungeteo- 
 rodne gold-hord on heofenum, thyder theof ne genealaecth, 
 ne moththe ne gewemth. Thar eower gold-hord is, thar 34 
 bith eower heorte. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH TO MAENIGES CONFESSORES 
 MAESSE-DAEGE. 
 
 Sin eower lendenu begyrde, and leoht-fatu byrnende ; 35 
 and beo ge a;elice tham mannum the heora hlafordes abid- 36 
 ath, hwaenne he sy fram gyftum gecyrred : thaet hig him 
 sona ontynon, thonne he cymth and cnucath . Eadige synd tha 37 
 theowas,the se hlaford waeccende gemet, thonne he cymth: 
 sothlice ic eow secge, thaet he begyrt hine, and deth thaet 
 hig sittath, and gangende him thcnath. And gif he cymth 38 
 on thaere aefteran waeccan, oththe on thaere thriddan, and 
 thus gemet, eadige synd tha theowas. Witath, thaet gif se 39 
 hyredes ealdor wiste hwaenne se theof cuman wolde,witod- 
 lice he wacode, and ne gethafocle thaet man his hus under- 
 dulfe. And beo ge wa'ere : fortham the mannes Sunu cymth 40 
 thaere tide the ge ne wenath. Tha cwaeth Petrus : Dryhten, 4i 
 segst thu this bigspell to us, hwaether the to ealium ? Tha 42 
 cwaeth Dryhten : Hwa wenst thu thaet ys getrywe and gleaw 
 dihtnere,thone se hlaford gesett ofer his hyred, thaet he bym 
 hwaetes gemet on timan sylle ? Eadig ys se theow the his 43 
 hlaford gemet thus dondne, thonne he cymth. Sothlice 44 
 ic secge eow, thaet he gesett hine ofer eall thaet he ah. 
 Gyf thonne se theow cwyth on hys heortan, Min hlaford 45 
 uferath hys cyme ; and agynth beatan tha cnyhtas and tha 
 thinena, and etan, and drincan, and beon oferdruncen ; 
 thonne cymth thaes theowan hlaford on tham daege the he ne* 4 s 
 wenth, and thaere tide the he nat, and todaelth hine, and sett 
 his dael mid tham ungetreowum. Sothlice thone theow, the 47 
 his hlafordes willan wiste, and ne dyde aefter his hlafordes 
 149 14* 
 
LUCAS XIII. 
 
 49 willan, he byth witnod manegum witum. Thone theow, the 
 his willan nyste, and theah dyde, he bith witnod feawum 
 witum. Aelcum the mycel geseald is, him man mycel to 
 secth : and aet tham the hig mycel befaeston, hig mycel 
 
 49 biddath. Fyr ic sende on eorthan ; and hwaet wylle ic, 
 
 so buton thaet hit baerne ? Ic haebbe on fulluhte beon ge- 
 fullod ; and hu beo ic gethread oth hyt sy gefylled ? 
 
 si Wene ge fortham the ic com sybbe on eorthan sendan ? Ne, 
 
 52 secge ic eow, ac todal. Heonon-forth beoth fife on anum 
 huse toda'elede, thry on twegen, and twegen on thry beoth 
 
 53 toda'elede. Faeder on sunu, and sunu on his faeder ; 
 moder on dehter, and dohter on hyre moder ; swegr on 
 
 54 hyre snore, and snoru on hyre swegre. And he cwaeth 
 to tham folce : Thonne ge geseoth tha lyfte cumende on 
 west-daele, sona ge cwethath, Storm cymth ; and hit swa 
 
 55 bith. And thonne ge geseoth suthanblawan,gesecgath, Thaet 
 
 56 ys toweard ; and hit bith. La liceteras, cunne 
 ge afandian heofenes ansyne, and eorthan ; humeta na 
 
 57 afandige ge thas tide ? Hwi ne deme ge of eow-sylfum 
 
 58 thaet ryht ys ? Thonne thu gaest on weg mid thinum wither- 
 winnan to hwylcum ealdre, do thaet thu beo fram him 
 alysed ; thy-laes he the sylle tham deman, and se de'ma tham 
 
 so bydele, and se bydel the sende on cwertern. Ic secge the, ne 
 
 gaest thu thanone, aer thu agylde thone ytemestan feorthling. 
 
 XIII. Thar wa'eron sume on thaere tide of Galileum him 
 
 cythende, thaerablod Pilatus mengde mid heora offrungum. 
 
 2 Tha cwaeth he, hym andswariende : Wene ge Ava'eron tha 
 Galileiscan synfulle to-foran eallum Galileiscum, fortham 
 
 3 the hig swylc tholedon ? Ne, secge ic, na : ac ealle ge 
 
 4 gelice forweorthath, buton ge daed-bote don. Swa tha 
 ehtatyne, ofer tha feoll se stypel on Siloa, and hig ofsloh, 
 wene ge thaet hig waeron scyldige ofer ealle men the on 
 
 s Hierusalem wunedon ? Ne, secge ic : ac swa ge for- 
 weorthath, buton ge daed-bote don. 
 
LUCAS XIII. 
 
 THVS GODSPEL SCEAL TO THAM YMB-RENE INN AN IIAERE- 
 FESTE, ON SAETERN-DAEG. 
 
 Tha saede he hym thys bigspell : Sum man haefde an fie- 6 
 treow geplantod on his win-gearde ; tha com he and sohte 
 his waestmas on him, tha ne funde he nanne. Tha cwaeth 7 
 he to tham hyrde, Nu synd threo gear syththan ic com 
 waestm secende on thysum fic-treowe, and ic ne funde : 
 forceorf hine ; hwi ofrhricth he thaet land ? Tha cwaeth he, 8 
 Hldibrd, laet hine gyt thys gear, oth ic hine bedelfe, and 
 ic hine beweorpe mid meoxe : and witodlice hewaest-9 
 mas bringth : gif hit elles hwaet bith, ceorf hine syththan. 
 Tha waes he reste-dagum on heora gesamnunge laerende. 10 
 Tha waes thar sum wif seo haefde untrumnysse gast ehta- u 
 tyne gear, and heo waes abogen, ne heo eallunga ne 
 mihte up-beseon. Tha se Haelend hig geseah, he clypode 12 
 hig to him, and safede hyre : Wif, thu eart forlaeten of 
 thinre untrumnysse ; and his hand hyre on sette : tha 13 
 waes heo sona up-araered, and heo God wuldrode. Tha 14 
 gebealh se duguthe-ealdor hine, fortham the se Haelend on 
 reste-daege haelde, and saede tham maenegum : Syx dagas 
 synd on tham gebyrath thaet man wyrce : cumath on tham 
 and beoth gehaelede, and na on reste-daege. Tha andswar- 15 
 ode se Haelend, and cwaeth : La liceteras, ne untigth 
 eower aelc on reste-daege his oxan oththe assan fram thaere 
 binne, and laet to waetere. Thas Abrahames dohter, the 16 
 Satanas geband nu ehtatyne gear, ne gebyrede hyre beon 
 unbunden of thyssum bende on reste-daege ? Tha he thys n 
 saede, he sceamode ealle his wither-winnan : and eall folc 
 geblissode on eallum tham the wuldorfullice fram him 
 gewurdon. Sothlice he cwaeth : Hwam ys Godes rice is 
 geh'c ? and hwam wene ic thaet hit beo gelic ? hit ys 19 
 gelic senepes corne, thaet se man onfeng, and seow on hit 
 wyrtun ; and hit weox, and wearth mycel treow ; and 
 heofenes fugelas reston on his bogum. And eft he so 
 
LUCAS XIII. 
 
 21 cwaeth : Hwam wene ic thaet Codes rice sig gelic ? Hit 
 ys gelic tham beorman, the thaet wif onfengc, and behydde 
 on tham melewe threo gemetu, oth hit wearth eall ahafen. 
 
 22Thaferde he thurh ceastra and castelu to Hierusalem, and 
 
 23 thar laerde. Tha cwaeth sum man to hym : Dryhten, feawa 
 
 24 synd the synd gehaelede. Tha cwaeth he to hym : Efstath 
 thaet ge gangon thurh thaet nearwe get ; fortham ic secge 
 eow, manega secath thaet hig in-gan, and hi ne magon. 
 
 s* Thonne se hyredes ealdor in-gaeth, and his cluru beclyst, 
 ge standath thar ute, and tha duru cnuciath, and cwethath, 
 Dryhten, atyn us : thonne cwyth he to eow, Ne can ic 
 
 26 eow; nat ic hwanon ge synd. Thonne ongynne ge cweth- 
 an, We aeton and druncon beforan the, and on urum 
 
 27 straetum thu laerdest. Thonne segih he eow, Ne can ic 
 hwanon ge synd : gewitath fram me ealle unriht-wyrhtan. 
 
 28 Thar bith wop and totha grystlung, thonne ge geseoth Abra- 
 ham, and Isaac, and Iacob, and ealle witegan, on Godes 
 
 29 rice, and ge beoth ut-adrifene. And hig cumath fram east- 
 daele, and west-daele, and north-daele, and sittath on Godes 
 
 no rice. And, erne, synd ytemeste, tha the beoth fyrmeste, and 
 
 31 synd fyrmeste, tha the beoth ytemeste. On tham daege hym 
 genealaehton sume Farisei, and hym saedon : Far, and ga 
 
 32 heonon : fortham the Herodes the wyle ofslean. And tha 
 cwaeth he to him : Gath, and secgath tham foxe, Deofel- 
 seocnyssa ic ut-adrife, and ic haela gefremme to-daeg 
 and to-morgen, and thryddan daege ic beo fornumen. 
 
 33 Theah-hwaethere me gebyreth to-daeg, and to-morgen, and 
 thy aefteran daege, gan : fortham the ne gebyreth thaet se 
 
 34 witega forweorthe butan Hierusalem. Eala Hierusalem, 
 Hierusalem, thu the tha witegan ofslyhst, and haenst tha the 
 to the asende synd : hu oft ic wolde thine beam gegade- 
 rian, swa se fugel deth his nest under his fytherum, and 
 
 35 thu noldest. Nu bith eower hus eow forlaeten : sothlice 
 ic eow secge, Thaet ge me ne geseoth, aertham the cume 
 
 152 
 
LUCAS XIV. 
 
 thonne ge cwethath, Gebletsod sy se the com on Dryhtnes 
 naman. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON THAERE NYGONTEOTHAN 
 WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 XIV. Tha waes geworden, tha he code on sumes Farise'a i 
 ealdres hus on reste-daege, thaet he hlaf aete, and hig be- 
 gymdon hine. Tha waes thar sumwaeter-seoc man beforan 2 
 him. Tha cwaeth se Haclend to tham ae-gleaAvum and Fa- 3 
 riseum : Ys hyt alyfed thaet man on reste-dagiim haele ? 
 Tha suwedon hig. Tha nam he hine, and gehaelde, and 4 
 forlet hine. Thacwaeth he tohym, andswariende : Hwylces 5 
 eowres assa oththe oxa befealth on aenne pytt, and ne tihth 
 he hine hraedlice up on reste-daege ? Tha ne mihton hig e 
 ongean thys him ge-andwyrdan. Tha saede he sum bigspel r 
 oe tham in-gelathedon, gymende hu hig tha fyrmestan setl 
 gecuron ; and thus cwaeth : Thonne thu byst to gyftum 8 
 gelathod,ne site thu on tham fyrmestan setle ; the-laes wen- 
 unga sum weorthfulra sig in-gelathod fram hym, and 9 
 thonne cume se the the in-gelathode, and secge the, Rym 
 thysum men setl ; and thu thonne mid sceame nyme thaet 
 ytemeste setl. Ac thonne thu geclypod byst, ga, and site 10 
 on tham ytemestan setle ; thaet se the the in-gelathode, thonne 
 he cymth, cwethe to the, La freond, site ufer : thonne b} T th 
 the weorthmynt beforan mid-sittendum. Fortham aelc the 11 
 hine up-ahefth byth genytherod ; and se the hine nytheratb, 
 se bith up-ahafen. Tha cwaeth he to tham the hine inlathode : 12 
 Thonne thu dest wiste oththe feorme, ne clypa thu thine 
 frynd, ne thine gebrothru, ne thine cuthan,ne thine welegan 
 nehheburas ; the-laes hig the agen lathion, and thu haebbe 
 edlean. Ac thonne thu gebeorscype do, clypa thearfan, 13 
 and wanhale, and healte, and blinde : thonne byst thu 14 
 eadig ; fortham the hig nabbath hwanon hig hyt the forgyld- 
 on : sothlice hyt bith the forgolden on rihtwisra aeryste. 
 
LUCAS XIV. 
 
 « Tha thys gehyrde sum of tham sittendum, tha cwaeth he : 
 Eadig ys se the lilaf yt on Godes rice. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATII ON THONE THRYDDAN SUNNAN- 
 DAEG OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 15 Tha saede he hym : Sum man worhte mycele feorme, and 
 
 i7manega gelathode. Tha sende he his theowan to thaere 
 
 feorme timan, thaet he saede tham gelathedum thaet hig 
 
 is comon ; fortham the ealle thing gearwe waeron. Tha on- 
 
 gunnon hig ealle hig beladian. Se forma him saede, Ic 
 
 bohte aenne tun ; ic haebbe neode thaet ic fare and hine 
 
 19 geseo : ic bidde the thaet thu me beladige. Tha cwaeth se 
 
 other, Ic bohte an getyme oxena ; nu wille ic faran and 
 
 so fandian hyra : nu bidde ic the belada me. Tha cwaeth 
 
 2i sum, Ic laedde wif ham, fortham ic ne maeg cuman. Tha 
 
 cyrde se theowa, and cydde his hlaforde thaet. Tha cwaeth 
 
 se hlaford mid yrre to tham theowan, Ga hrathe on tha 
 
 stra'eta and on wic thysse ceastre, and thearfan, and wan- 
 
 22 hale, and blinde, and healte,laed hider in. Tha cwaeth se 
 theowa, Hlaford, hyt ys gedon swa thu bude, and nu gyt 
 
 23 her 3"s aemtig stow. Tha cwaeth se hlaford tha gyt to tham 
 theowan, Ga geond thas wegas and hegas, and nyd hig 
 
 24 thaet hig gan in, thaet min hus sig gefylled. Sothlice ic eow 
 secge, Thaet nan thaera manna the geclypode synd ne on- 
 byriath minre feorme. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL TO S c ~s HEREMITIS AND TO Set 
 AUGUSTUSES MA ESS AN. 
 
 25 Sothlice mid hym ferde mycel maenego : tha cwaeth he, to 
 
 26 hym bewend : Gyf liwa to me cymth, and ne hatath hys 
 faeder, and moder, and wif, and beam, and brothru, and 
 swustra, and thonne gyt his sawle, ne maeg he beon min 
 
 27 leorning-enyht. And se the ne byrth hys cwylminge, and 
 cymth aefter me, ne maeg he beon min leorning-cnyht. 
 
 ssHwylc eower wyle timbrian aenne stypel, hu ne sytt he 
 aeryst, and teleth tbaandfengas the him behefe synd,hwae- 
 
 154 
 
LUCAS XV, 
 
 ther he haebbe hine to fulfremmenne ? thy-laes, syththanhe 29 
 thone grund-vveall legth, and ne macg hine fulfremman, 
 ealle the hyt geseoth agynnon hine taelan, and cwaethan, 30 
 Hwaet thes man ongan timbrian, and ne mihte hyt geend- 
 ian. Oththe gyf hwylc cynincg wyle faran and feohtan.u 
 ongean otherne cyning, hu ne syt he aer, and thencth hwae- 
 ther he maege mid t}-n thusendum cuman ongean thone tlje 
 hym ongean cymth mid twentigum thusendum ? and gif 32 
 he thonne with hyne gefeohtan ne maeg, he sent aerynd 
 racan, and bytt sybbe. Witodlice swa ys aelc of eow the 33 
 ne withsaecth eallum thingum the he ah ; ne maeg he beon 
 min leorning-cnyht. God ys sealt: gyf hyt awyrth on 34 
 tham the hyt gesylt bith, nys hyt nyt, ne on eorthan, ne on 35 
 myxene ; ac hyt byth ut-aworpen. Gehyre se the earan 
 haebbe to gehyrenne. 
 
 TilYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON THONE FEQRTHAN SUNNAN DAEG 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 XV. Sothlice him genealaehton manfulle and synfulle, 1 
 thaet hig his word gehyrdon. Tha murcnedon tha Farisei 2 
 and tba boceras, and cwaedon : Thes onfehth synfulle, and 
 mid him ytt. Tha cwaeth he this bigspel to tham : Hwylc 3 
 man ys of eow the haefth hund sceapa, and gif he forlyst * 
 an of tham, hu ne forlaet he thonne nygon and hund-ny- 
 gontigon thafri*wcstonc,and gaethtotham theforwearth,oth 
 'ie hit tint? And thonne he hit fint, he hit set on hiss 
 exla geblissiende. And thonne he ham cymth, he to-somne 6 
 clypath hys frynd and hys nehheburas, and cwyth, Blissiath 
 mid me ; fortham ic funde min sceap the forwearth. Ic 7 
 secge eow, thaet swa byth on heofone blis be anum syn- 
 fullum the daed-bote deth, ma thonne ofer nygon and ny- 
 gontigum rihtwisra the daed-bote ne bethurfon. Oththe 8 
 hwylc wif haefth tyn scyllingas, gif heo forlyst aenne 
 scylling, hu ne onaelth heo hyre leoht-faet, and awent hyre 
 hus, and secth geornlice oth heo hine fint? And tfronneQ 
 
LUCAS XV. 
 
 heo hine tint, heo clypath hyre frynd and nehhebyryna, 
 and cwyth, Blissiath mid me : fortham ic fnncle minne 
 loscylling the ic forleas. Ic secge eow, swa bith blis beforan 
 Godes englum be anum synfullum the daed-bote detb. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL GEBYRATII ON gAETERNES-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 OTHERE LENCTEN-WUCAN. 
 
 u He cwaeth : Sotblice sum man haefde twegen suna. Tha 
 
 is cwaeth se yldra to his faeder, Fa'eder, syle me minne dael 
 
 minrc aehte the me to gebyreth. Tba daelde he hym hys 
 
 13 aehte. Tba, aefter feawa dagum, ealle his thing gegaderode 
 se gingra sunu, and ferde wraeclice on feorlen rice, and 
 
 14 forspilde thar bis aehta, lybbende on his gaelsan. Tha he 
 hig haefde ealle amyrrede, tha wearth mycel hunger on 
 
 15 tliam rice ; and he wearth waedla. Tha ferde he and fol- 
 gode anum burh-sittendum men thaes rices ; tha sende he 
 
 16 hine to his tune, thaet he heolde hys swyn. Tha ge wilnode 
 he his wambe gefyllan of tham beon-coddum the tha swyn 
 
 n a'eton : and him man ne sealde. Tha bethobte he bine, and 
 cwaeth, Eala hu fela yrtblinga on mines faeder huse hlaf 
 
 wgenohne habbath, and ic her on hungre forweorthe ! Ic 
 arise, and ic fare to minum faeder, and ic secge him, 
 
 19 Eala faeder, ic syngode on heofenas, and beforan the, nu 
 ic neom wyrthe thaet ic beo thin sunu nemned : do me swa 
 
 20 aenne of thinum yrthlingum. And he aras tha, and com to 
 his faeder. And tha gyt, tha he waes feor his faeder, he 
 hyne geseah, and wearth mid mild-heortnesse astyred, and 
 
 2i agen hine am, and hine beclypte, and cyste hine. Tha 
 cwaeth his sunu, Faeder, ic syngode on heofen, and befor- 
 an the, nu ic ne eom wyrthe thaet ic thin sunu beo genem- 
 
 22 ned. Tba cwaeth se faeder to his theowum, Bringath rathe 
 thone selestan gegyrelan, and scrydath hine ; and syllath 
 
 23 him hring on his hand, and gescjr to his fotum : and 
 bringath an faett styric, and ofsleath ; and uton etan, and 
 
 *4gewistfullian: fortham tljes min sunu waes dead, and he 
 
LUCAS XVI. 
 
 ge-edcucode ; he forwearth, and he ys gemot. Tha on- 
 gunnon hig gewistlaecan. Sothlice his yldra sunu waes 25 
 on aecere ; and he com : and tha he tham huse genealaehte, 
 he gehyrde thone sweg and thaet wered. Tha clypode he 26 
 aenne throw, and acsode hine hwaet thaet waere. Thacwaeth 27 
 he, lllin brother com, and thin faeder ofsloh an faett cealf ; 
 fortham the he hine halne onfeng. Tha gebealh he hine, 28 
 and nolde in-gan : tha eode his faeder lit, and ongan hine 
 biddan. Tha cwaeth he, his faeder andswariende, Efne, 29 
 swa tela geara ic the theowode, and ic naefre thin bebod ne 
 forgymde, and ne sealdest thu me naefre an ticcen, thaet ic 
 mid minum freondum gewistfullode : ac syththan thes thin 30 
 sunu com, the hys spede mid myltystrum amyrde, thu of- 
 sloge him faett cealf. Tha cwaeth he, Sunu, thu eart symle 31 
 mid me, and ealle mine thing synd thine : the gebyrede 32 
 gewistfullian and geblissian: fortham thes thin brother waes 
 dead, and he ge-edcucode ; he forwearth, and he ys gemet. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON THAERE TEOTHAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 XVI. Tha cwaeth he to his leorning-cnyhtum : Sum 1 
 
 welig man waes, se haefde sumne gerefan, se wearth with 
 
 hine forwreged, swylce he his god forspilde. Tha clypode 2 
 
 he hine, and saede him, Hwi gehyre ic thys be the? agyf 
 
 thine scire ; ne miht thu leng tun-scire bewitan. Tha cwaeth 3 
 
 se gerefa on his gethanc, Hwaet do ic ? fortham the min 
 
 hlaford mine geref-sci're fram me nymth : ne maeg ic delf- 
 
 an ; me sceamath thaet ic waedlige. Ic wat hwaet ic do, 4 
 
 thaet hig me on heora hus onfon, thonne ic bescired beo 
 
 fram tun-scire, Tha tha gafol-gyldan gegaderode waeron, 5 
 
 tha sa'ede he tham forman, Hu mycel scealt thu minum hlaf- 
 
 orde ? Tha saede he, Hund sestra eles. Tha saede he 6 
 
 him, Nim thine fethere, and site hrathe, and writ fiftig. Tha 7 
 
 saede he othrum, Hu mycel scealt thu ? Tha cwaeth he, 
 
 Hund mittena hwaetes. Tha cwaeth he, Nim thine stafas, 
 157 15 
 
LUCAS XVI. 
 
 s and writ hund-eahtatig. Tha herede se hlaford thaere un- 
 rihtwisnesse tun-gerefan, fortham the he gleawlice dyde ; 
 fortham the thysse worulde beam synd gleawran thysses 
 
 9 leohtes bearnum on thysse cneorysse. And ic secge eow : 
 Wyrcath eow frynd of thysse worulde-welan unrihtwis- 
 nesse ; thaet hig onfon eow on ece eardung-stowa, thonne 
 ge geteoriath. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE TEOTHAN 
 WTCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 10 Se the ys on lytlum getrywe, se ys on maran getrywe ; 
 and se the ys on lytlum unrihtwis, se ys eac on maran un- 
 
 n rihtwis. Gif ge on unrihtwisum woruld-welan na'eron 
 
 12 getrywe, hwa betaecth eow thaet eower ys ? And gyf ge 
 on fremedum na'eron getrywe, hwa sylth eow thaet eower 
 
 13 y?, ? Ne maeg nan theow twam hlafordum theowian ; oththe 
 he aenne hatath,andotherne lufath: oththe he anum folgath, 
 and otherne forhoo;ath : and ge ne magon Gode theowian 
 
 14 and woruld-welan. Thas thing ealle tha Farisei gehyrdon, 
 
 15 tha the gifre waeron : and highine taeldon. Thacwaethhe 
 to hym : Ge synd the eow-sylfe beforan mannum geriht- 
 wisiath ; sothlice God can eowre heortan : fortham the be- 
 
 i6 foran Gode ys ascuniendlic thaet mannum heah ys. Seo 
 
 a'e and witegan otii Iohannem ; and of him is bodud Godes 
 17 rice, and ealle on thaet strangnysse wyrcath. Eathre ys 
 
 thaet heofon and eorthe gewiton, thonne an staef of thaere 
 »8 ae fealle. Aelc man the his wif forlaet, and other nimth, se 
 
 unriht-haemth : and se the thaet forlaetene wif nimth, se 
 
 unriht-haemth. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON TIIONE OTHERNE SUNNAN- 
 DAEG OFER PEiNTECOSTEN. 
 
 19 Sum welig man waes, and he waes gescryd mid purpuran 
 and mid twine, and daeghwamlice riclice gewistfullode. 
 
 20 And sum waedla waes, on naman Lazarus, se laeg on his 
 2i dura, swythe forwundod, and wilnode thaet he hine of his 
 
LUCAS XVII. 
 
 crumum gefylde, the of his beodc feollon : and him nan 
 man ne sealde ; ac hundas comon, and his wunda licce- 
 don. Thawaes gewordcn, thaet se waedla forthferde, and 23 
 hine englas bacron on Abrahamcs greadan : tha wealth se 
 welega dead, and waes on helle bebyrged. Tha ahof he 23 
 his eagan upp, tha he on tham tintregum waes, and geseah 
 feorran Abraham, and Lazarum on his greadan. Tha 24 
 hrymde he, and cwaeth, Eala faeder Abraham, gemiltsa 
 me, and send Lazarum, thaet he dyppe his fingres lilh on 
 waetere, and mine tungan gecaele ; fort.ham the ic eom on 
 t.liys li'ge cwylmed. Tha cwaeth Abraham, Eala sunu, ge- 25 
 thenc t.liaet thu god onfenge on thinum life, andgelice Laza- 
 rus onfeng yfel : nu ys thes gefrefrod, and thu eart cwylm- 
 ed. And on eallum thyssum, be twe ox us and eow ys26 
 mycel dwolma getrymed : tha the wyllath heonon to eow 
 faran ne magon ; ne thanun faran hidere. Tha cwaeth he, 27 
 Faeder, ic bidde the, thaet thu sende hine to mines faeder 
 huse ; ichaebbefif gebrothm,thaethe cythe heom, thaet hig 28 
 ne cumon on thyssa tintrega stowe. Tha saede Abraham 29 
 him, Hig habbath Moysen and witegan : hig hlyston hym. 
 Tha cwaeth he, Nese, faeder Abraham : ac hig doth daed- 30 
 bote, gif hwylc of deathe to hym faerth. Tha cwaeth he, sr 
 Gif hig ne gehyrath Moysen and tha witegan, ne hig ne 
 gelyfath, theah hwylc of deathe arise. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON THOXE OTHERNE FRIGE-DAEG 
 OFER TEXTECOSTEN. 
 
 XVII. Tha cwaeth he to his leorning-cnyhtum : Unmiht- 1 
 licys thaet gedrefednyssa ne cumon : wa tham the hig thurh 
 cumath ! nyttre him waere thaet an cweorn-stan sig gecnyt 2 
 abutan his sweoran, and sig on sa'e bcworpen, thonne he 
 gedrefde aenne of thyssum lytlingum. Warniath eow : gif 3 
 thin brother syngath, cid him; and gif he on daeg seofen4 
 sithum syngath, and seofen sithum to tl.ie on daeg gecyrred 
 bith, and cwyth, Hyt me ofthincth, forgif hyt him. Tha 5 
 
LUCAS XVII. 
 
 cwacdon hys apostolas : Dryhten, gej^c urne geleafan. 
 6 Tha ewaeth Dryhten : Gif ge haefdon geleafan swa senepes 
 
 corn, ge saedon thyssum treowe, Sy thu awyrtwalod, and 
 ? aplantod on sac ; and hit hyrsumode eow. Hwylc eower 
 
 haefth eregendne theow, oththe seep laesgendne, tliam, of 
 
 tham a'ecere gehworfenum, he him sona segth, Ga and site ? 
 
 8 and ne segth him, Gearwa thaet ic ete, and gyrd the, and 
 thena me tha hwile the ic ete and drince ; and syththan thu 
 
 9 ytst and drincst ? Wenst thu- haefth se theowa aenigne thane, 
 fortham the he dyde thaet him beboden waes ? ne wene ic. 
 
 io Swa ys eow : thonne ge doth eall thaet eow beboden ys, 
 cwethath, Unnytte theowas we synd : w r e dydon thaet we 
 don sceoldon. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON TIIAERE 'SYXTEOTHAN WUCAN OFER 
 PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 ii Tha he ferde to Hierusalem, he code thurh midde Sama- 
 
 12 rian and Galileam. And tha he eode on sum castel, him 
 ongean urnon tyn hreofe weras ; tha stodon hig feorran, 
 
 13 and heora stefna up-ahofon, and cwaedon : Haelend, Be- 
 i4beodend, gemiltsa lis. Tha he hig geseah, tha ewaeth he : 
 
 Gath and aetyw r ath eow tham sacerdum. Tha hig ferdon, 
 ishigwurdon geclaensode. Tha heora an geseah thaet he 
 
 geclaensod w r aes, tha cyrde he, mid mycelre stefne God 
 i6maersiende, and feoll to his fotum, and him thaneode : 
 n and thes waes Samaritanisc. Tha ewaeth se Haelend, him 
 
 andswariende : Hu ne synd tyn geclaensode ? hwaer synd 
 is tha nygene ? Naes gemet se the agen-hwurfe, and Gode 
 
 19 wuldor sealde, buton thes aelfremeda ? Tha ewaeth he : 
 Ari's, and ga ; fortham the thin geleafa the halne gedyde. 
 
 20 Tha acsodon hine tha Farisei, Hwaenne Godes rice come ? 
 Tha andswarode he, and ewaeth: Ne cymth Godes rice mid 
 
 21 begymene : ne hig ne cwethath, Erne her hyt ys, oththe thar : 
 
 22 Godes rice ys betwynan eow. Tha ewaeth he to his leorn- 
 ing-cnyhtum : Thadagas cumath, thonne ge gewilniath thaet 
 
LUCAS XVIII. 
 
 gje geseon aeime daeg mannes Sunu, and ge ne geseolh. 
 And hig secgath eow, Her he is ; and thar he is : ne fare 23 
 ge, ne ne fyliath. Witodlice swa se lig-raesc lyhtende 24 
 scinth under heofone, on tha thing the under heofone synd, 
 swa bith mannes Sunu on his daege. Aeryst him gcbyreth 25 
 thaet he fela thinga tholige, and beon fram thysse cneorysse 
 aworpen. And swa on Noes dagum waes geworden, swa 26 
 beoth mannes Suna to -cyme. Hig a'eton, and druncon, 27 
 and wifedon, and waeron to gyftum gesealde, oth thone 
 daeg the Noe on earce code, and flod com, and ealle for- 
 spilde. Eall~swa waes geworden on Lothes dagum ; hig 28 
 a'eton, and druncon, and bohton, and sealdon, and plante- 
 don, and timbredon. Sothlice on tham daege the Loth eode 29 
 of Sodoma hyt rinde fyr and swefl of heofone, and ealle 
 forspilde. Aefter thysum thingum bith on tham -daege the 30 
 mannes Sunu onwrigen bith. On tham daege, se the bith 31 
 on thecene, and his fatu on huse, ne stihth he nyther thaet 
 he hig nime ; and se the bith on aecere, ne went he on-baec 
 Beoth gemyndige Lothes wifes. Swa hwylc swa secth his 32 
 sawle gedon hale, se hig forspilth ; and swa hwylc swa hig 33 
 forspilth, se hig geliflliestath. Sothlice ic eow secge, On 34 
 thaere nihte beoth twegen on bedde ; an bith genumen, and 
 other bith forlaeten. Twa beoth aetgaedere grindende ; an 35 
 bith genumen, and other laefed. Twegen beoth on aecere ; 36 
 an bith genumen, and other bith laefed. Tha cwaedon hig 37 
 to him : Hwar, Dryhten ? Tha cwaeth he : Swa hwar swa 
 se lichama bith, thyder beoth earnas gegaderod. 
 
 XVIII. Tha saede he him sum bigspel, thaet hit ys riht 1 
 thaet man symle gebidde, and na geteorige ; and thus 2 
 cwaeth : Sum dema waes on sumere ceastre, se God ne 
 ondred, ne nanne man ne onthracode. Tha waes sum wu- 3 
 dewe on tliaere ceastre : tha com heo to him, and cwaeth, 
 Wrec me with minne wither-winnan. Tha nolde he langre4 
 tide ; aefter tham, tha cwaeth he, Theah ic God ne ondraede, 
 
 161 
 
LUCAS XVIlI. 
 
 5 ne ic man ne onthracige ; theah forth am the theos wudewe 
 
 me ys gram, ic wrece hig ; thy-laes heo aet neahstan cume 
 e me behropende. Tha cvvaeth Dryhten: Gehyrath hwaet se 
 7unrihtwisa dema cwyth. Sothlice ne deth God his geco- 
 
 renra wrace, clypiendra to him daeges and nihtes, and he 
 sgethyld on him haefth ? Ic eow secge thaet he rathe hj T ra 
 
 wrace deth. Theah-hwaethere vvenst thu thaenne mannes 
 9 Sunu cymth, gemet he geleafan on eorthan ? Tha cwaeth 
 
 he to sumum this bigspel, the on hig sylfe truwedon, and 
 
 othre forhogedon. : 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON THAERE ENDLYFTAN WUCAN OFER 
 PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 io Twegen men ferdon to sumum temple, thaet hig hig ge- 
 
 n baedon ; an sunder-halga, and other manfull. Tha stod 
 
 se Farise'us, and hine thus gebaed, God, the ic thancas do, 
 
 fortham ic neom swylce othre men, reaferas, unrihtwise, 
 
 12 unriht-haemeras, oththe eac swylce thes manfulla. Ic faeste 
 tuwa on wuean,ic sylla teothunga eallesthaes the ic haebbe. 
 
 13 Tha stod se manfulla feorran, and nolde furthun his eagan 
 ahebban up to tham heofone ; ac he beot his breost, and 
 
 u cwaeth, God, beo thu milde me synfullum. Sothlice ic 
 
 eow secge, thaet thes ferde gerihtwisod to his huse ; fortham 
 
 the aelc the hine upp-ahefth bith genytherod ; and se the hine 
 13 nytherath bith upp-ahafen. Tha brohton hig cild to him, 
 
 thaet he hig aethrine : tha his leorning-cnyhtas hig ge- 
 losawon, hig ciddon him. Tha clypode se Haelend hig to 
 
 him, and cwaeth : La'etath tlia lytlingas to me cuman, and 
 n ne forbeode ge hig: swylcera )"s Godes r:ce. Sothlice 
 
 ic eow secge, Swa hwylc swa ne onfehth Godes rice, swa 
 is swa cild, ne gaeth he on Godes rice. Tha acsode hine sum 
 
 ealdor : [La goda] lareow, hwaet do ic thaet ic ece lif 
 19 haebbe ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Hwi segst thu me god- 
 so ne? nys nan man god, buton God ana. Canst thu tha 
 
 bebodu, Ne ofsleh tliu, Ne fyrena tliu, Ne stel thu, Ne leoh 
 
LUCAS XVIII. 
 
 thu, We or t h a thi mi e faederand thine moder ? Thacwaethhe: 21 
 Eall thys ic heold of minre geoguthe. Thacwaeth se Hael- 22 
 end : An thing the? ys wana : syle eall thaet thu haefst, and 
 syle eall thaet thearfum ; thonne haefst thu gold-hord on 
 heofene ; and cum, and folga me. Tha he thas word ge-23 
 hyrde, he wearth geunret : fortham the he waes swithe 
 welig. Tha se Haelend hine unrotne geseah, he cwaeth : 24 
 Eala hu earfothlice on Godes rice gath tha the feoh hab- 
 bath. Eathelicor maeg se olfend gan thurh anre na'edle 25 
 eage, thonne se welega on Godes rice. Tha cwaedon tha 26 
 the this gehyrdon : And hwa maeg hal beon ? Tha sa'ede 27 
 he him : Gode synd mihtelice tha thing the mannum synd 
 unmihtelice. Tha cwaeth Petrus : Ealle thing we forleton, as 
 and folgedon the. Tha cwaeth he: Sothlice ic eow secge, 29 
 Nys nan man the his hus forlaet, oththe magas, oththe brothru, 
 oththe wif, oththe beam, for Godes rice, the ne onfo mycele 30 
 mare on thysse tide, and ece Iff on towerdre worulde. 
 Tha nam se Haelend his leorning-cnyhtas, and cwaeth to*3i 
 him : Farath to Hierusalem, and ealle thing beoth gefyllede, 
 the be mannes Suna thurh witegan awritene synd. He 32 
 bythTheodum geseald, and bith gebysmrod, and geswungen, 
 and on-spaet: and aefter tham the hig hine swingath, hig33 
 hine ofsleath : and he thriddan daeo-e arist. And hig naht34 
 thaes ongeton, and him this word waes behydd. Tha he 35 
 genealaehte Hiericho, sum blind man saet with thone weg 
 waedligende. And tha he gehyrde tha maenigeo farende,3ff 
 he acsode hwaet thaet waere. Tha saedon hig, thaet thaer 37 
 ferde se Nazarenisca Haelend. Tha hrymde he, and cwaeth : 38 
 Eala Haelend, Dauides sunu, gemiltsa me. And tha the 39 
 fore-stoponhine threadon, thaet he suwude : he thaes the ma 
 clypode : Dauides sunu, gemiltsa me. Tha stod se Hael- 40 
 end, and het laedan hine to him. Tha he genealaehte, he 
 acsode hine : Hwaet wylt thu thaet ic the do ? Tha cwaeth 41 
 he : Dryhten, thaet ic geseo ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend : «s 
 
LUCAS XIX 
 
 43Beseoh: thin gcleafa the gehaelde. And he sona geseah, 
 and him folgode, God wuldrigende. And eal folc Gode 
 lof sealde, tha his; thaet gesawon* 
 
 XIX. Tha code he geond Iericho. Tha waes thar sum 
 
 2 man on naman Zacheus, se waes welig. And he wolde 
 
 3 geseon hwylc se Haelend wafere : tha ne mihte he for thaere 
 * maenegu ; fortham the he waes lytel on waestmum. Tha 
 
 arn he beforan, and stah up on an treow sicomorum, thaet 
 
 5 he hine gesawe : fortham the he wolde thanon faran. Tha 
 
 he com to thaere stowe, tha geseah se Haelend hine, and 
 
 cwaeth to hym : Zacheus, efst to thi'num huse ; fortham the 
 
 e ic wylle to-dacg on thi'num huse wunian. Tha efste he, 
 
 7 and hine blithelice onfengc. Tha hig thaet gesawon, tha 
 murcnodon hig ealle, and cwaedon, Thaet he to synfullum 
 
 8 men gecyrde. Tha stod Zacheus, and cwaeth to Dryhtne : 
 Nu, ic sylle thearfum healf mine aehta ; and gif ic aenigne 
 
 9bereafode, ic hit be feowerfealdum agyfe. Tha cwaeth se 
 Haelend to him : To-daeg thysse hiwraedene ys hael ge- 
 io worden ; fortham the he waes Abrahames beam. Mannes 
 u Sunu com secan and hal don thaet forwearth. Tha hig thys 
 gehyrdon, tha geyhte he sum bigspel ; fortham the he waes 
 neh Hierusalem, and fortham the hig wendon thaet hraed- 
 lice Godes rice geswutelod wa'ere. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON E£ GREGORIUS MAESSE-DAEG. 
 
 i2 Witodlice he cwaeth : Sum aethel-boren man ferde on 
 fyrlen land, thaet he hym rice onfenge, and eft agen come. 
 
 13 Tha clypode he his tyn theowas, and sealde tyn pund him, 
 
 14 and cwaeth tohim,Ceapiathoth thaet ic cume. Thahatedon 
 hine his leode, and sendon aerend-racan aefter him, and 
 
 is cwaedon, We nyllath thaettjhes ofer us ricsie. Tha he agen 
 com, and timet rice onfengc, he het clypian his tjieowas 
 the he thaet feoh sealde, thaet he wiste hu mycel gehwylc 
 
 16 gemangode. Tha com se forma, and cwaeth, Hlaford, this 
 
 17 pund gestrynde tyn pund. Tha cwaeth se hlaford, Ge- 
 
LUCAS XIX. 
 
 blissa, thu goda theowa : fortham the thu waere on lytlum 
 gctrywe, thu byst anweald haebbende ofer tyn ceastra. 
 Tha com other, and cwaeth, Hlaford, thin pund gestrynde is 
 fi'f pund. Tha cwaeth he to tham, And bco thu ofer fi'f 19 
 ceastra. Tha com other, and cwaeth, Hlaford, her ys thin 20 
 pund, the ic haefde on swat-lin aled : ic the adred, fortham 21 
 the thu eart stith man : thu nimst thaet thu ne settest, and thu 
 ripst thaet thu ne seowe. Tha cwaeth he to him, Of thinum 22 
 muthe ic the deme, ia lythra theowa. Thu wistest thaet ic 
 com stith man, thaet ic nime thaet ic ne sette, and ripe thaet 
 ic ne seow : and hwi ne sealdest thu min feoh to hyre, 23 
 and thonne ic come ic hit witodlice mid gestreone on 
 fcnge ? Tha cwaeth he to tham the him abutan stodon, 24 
 ]N T imath thaet pund fram him, and syllath tham the haefthtyn 
 pund. (Tha cwaedon hig to him, Hlaford, he haefth tyn 25 
 pund.) Sothlice ic secge eow, Thaet aelcum haebbendum 26 
 bith geseald fram tham the naefth ; ge thaet thaet he haefth 
 him bith afyrred. Theah-hwaethere tha mine fynd, the nol- 27 
 don thaet ic ofer hig ricsode, laedath hider, and ofsleath hig 
 beforan me. And thysum gecwedenum, he ferde to Hieru- 28 
 salem. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH FEOWER WUCAN AER MIDDAN WINTRA, 
 AND ON PALM-SUNNAN-DAEG. 
 
 Tha he genealaehte Bethfage and Bethania, to tham munte 29 
 the ys genemned Oliueti, he sende his twegen cnyhtas, 
 and cwaeth : Farath on thaet castel the ongen inc ys, on 30 
 tham gyt gemetath assan folan getiged, on tham nan man 
 gyt ne saet : untigath hyne, and la'edath to me. And gif ai 
 inc hwa acsath, Hwi gyt hyne untigath ? secgath him, 
 Dryhten haefth his neode. Tha fe'rdon tha the asende waer- 32 
 on, and funclon, swa he him saede, thone folan standan. 
 Tha hig hyne untigdon, tha cwaedon tha hlafordas, Hwi 33 
 untige ge thone folan ? Tha cwaedon hig, Fortham the 34 
 Dryhten hacflh his neode. Tha laeddon hig hine to tham u 
 
LUCAS XX. 
 
 Haelende, and heora reaf wurpon ofer thone folan, and 
 
 36 thone Haelend on-ufan setton. And tha he for, hig streht- 
 
 37 on under hine heora reaf- on tham wege. And tha he 
 genealaehte to Oliuetes muntes nyther-sti'ge, tha ongunnon 
 ealle tha maenigeo geblissian, and mid mycelre stefne 
 God heredon be eallum tham mihtum the hig gesawon, 
 
 38 and cwaedon : Gebletsod sy se cyning the com on Dryht- 
 nes naman : syb sy on heofenum, and wuldor on heah- 
 
 39 nessum. Tha cwaedon sume of tham Fariseum to him : 
 
 40 Lareow, cid thinum leorning-cnyhtum. Tha cwaeth he to 
 hym : Ic eow secge, theah thas suwion, stanas clypiath. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATII ON TIIAERE ENDLYFTAN WUCAN 
 OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 4i And tha he genealaehte, and geseah tha ceastre, he weop 
 
 42 ofer hig, and cwaeth : Eala gif thu wistest, and witodlice 
 on thysum thinum daege, the the to sybbe synd ! nu hig 
 
 43 sind fram thinum eagum behydde. Fortham the tha dagas 
 to the cumath,and thine fyndthebetrymiath,andbehabbath 
 
 44 the, and genyrwath the aeghwanon, and to eorthan afyllath 
 the, and thine beam the on the synd ; and hig ne laefath on 
 the stan ofer stane ; fortham the thu ne oncneowe tha tide 
 
 45 thi'nre geneosunge. Tha ongan he of tham temple ut- 
 
 46 drifan tha syllendan and tha bicgendan; and him to cwaeth: 
 Hyt ys awriten, Thaet min hiis } t s gebed-hus : ge hit 
 
 47 worhton to sceathena scraefe. And he waes daeghwamlice 
 on tham temple laerende. Sothlice thaera sacerda ealdras 
 and tha boceras and thaes folces ealdor-men smeadon hu 
 
 48 hig hyne fordon mihton ; and hig ne fundon hwaet hig 
 hym to gylte dydon : sothlice eall folc waes abysgod the 
 be him gehyrde secgan. 
 
 XX. Tba waes anum daege geworden, tha he thaet folc 
 
 on tham temple laerde, and him bodude, tha comon thaera 
 
 2 sacerda ealdras and tha boceras, and to him cwa'edon : 
 
 Sege us on hwylcum anwalde wyrcst thu thas thing? oththe 
 
LUCAS XX. 
 
 hwaet ys se the thisneanwald sealde ? The cwaethhe him lo 3 
 andsware : And ic acsie eow an word ; andswariath me : 
 Waes Iohannes fulluht of heofone, hwaether the of man- 4 
 nam ? Tha thohton hig betweox him, and cwaedon, Gyf 5 
 we secgath thaet he sy of heofone, he cwyth to us, Hwi ne 
 gelyfde ge him ? Gyf we secgath thaet he sy of mannum, g 
 call folc us haenth ; hig wiston gere thaet Iohannes waes 
 witega. Tha aiulswaredon hig, thaet hig nyston hwanon 7 
 he waes. Tha cwaeth se Haelend him to : Ne ic eow ne 8 
 secge on hwylcum anwalde ic thas thing wyrce. He on- 9 
 gantha this bigspel to tham folce cwethan : Sum man plant- 
 ode him win-geard, and hine gesette mid tilium, and he 
 waes him feor manegum tidum. Tha on tide he sende 10 
 histheow to tham tilium, thaet hig himsealdonof thaes win- 
 geardes waestme : tha swungon hig thone, and idelne hine 
 forleton. Tha sende he otherne theow : tha beoton hig ii 
 thone, and, mid teonum gewaecende, hine forleton idelne. 
 Tha sende he thriddan : tha wurpon hig ut thone gewund- 12 
 odne. Tha cwaeth thaes win-geardes hlaford, Hwaet do ic? 13 
 ic asende minne leofan sunu : wenuns;a hine his: for- 
 wandiath, thonne hig hine geseoth. Tha hine tha tilian ge- u 
 sawon, hig thohton betweox him, and cwaedon, Her ys se 
 yrfe-weard : cumath, uton hine ofslean, thaet seo aeht ure 
 sy. And hig hine of tham win-gearde awurpon ofslegene. 15 
 Hwaet deth thaes win-geardes hlaford ? He cymth and 16 
 forspylth tha tilian, and sylth thone win-geard othrum. Hig 
 cwaedon, tha hig this gehyrdon : Thaet ne geweorthe. Tha 17 
 beheold he hig, and cwaeth : Hwaet ys thaet awriten ys, 
 Thone stan the tha wyrhtan awurpon, the's ys geworden on 
 thaere hyrnan heafod. Aelc the fylth ofer thaene stan byth is 
 forbryt : ofer thone the he fylth, he tocwyst. Tha sohton 19 
 thaera sacerda ealdras and tha boceras heora handa on 
 thaere tide on hine wurpan ; and hig ondredon him thaet 
 folc : sothlice hig ongeton thaet he this bigspel to him cwaeth. 
 
LUCAS XX. 
 
 20 Tha sendon hig mid searwum tha the hig rihtwise leton, 
 tl.ta.et big hine gescyldegodon, and thaet hig hine gesealdon 
 tham ealdron to dome, and to thaes deman anwalde to for- 
 
 •:i demanne. Tha acsodon hig hine, and cwaedon : Lareow, 
 Ave witon tliaet thu rihte sprycst and laerst, and for nanum 
 men ne wandast, ac Godes w eg on sothfaestnesse laerst: 
 
 22 Ys hit riht thaet man tham Casere gafol sylle, the na ? Tha 
 
 23 cwaeth he to him, tha he heora faces ongct : Hwi fandige 
 
 24 ge min ? Ywath me anne peninc. Hwaes anlicnesse 
 haefth he, and ofer-gewrit ? Tha cwaedon hig : Thaes Ca- 
 
 r> seres. Tha cwaeth he to him : Agyfath tham Casere tha 
 thing the thaes Caseres synd, and Code tha thing the Godes 
 
 2f synd. Tha ne mihton hig his word befon beforan thamfolce : 
 tha suwedonhig, vvundrigende be his andsware. 
 
 THVS GODSPEL SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG OFER PENTE- 
 COSTEN. 
 
 27 Tha genealaehton sume of Saduceum, tha aetsacath thaes 
 
 28 aeristes, and acsedon hine, and cwaedon : Lareow, Moyses 
 us wrat, Gif hwaes brothor byth dead, and wif haebbe, and 
 se byth butan bearnum, thaet his brothor nime his wif, and 
 
 29 his brothor saed awecce. Seofon gebrothru waeron : and 
 
 30 se forma nam wif, and waes dead butan bearne. Tha 
 
 31 nam other hig, and waes dead butan bearne. Tha nam se 
 thridda hig ; and swa ealle seofene : and nan saed ne 
 
 32 la'efdon, and waeron deade. Tha ealra ytemest waes thaet 
 
 33 wif dead. On tham aeryste hwylces heora wif bith thaet? 
 
 34 Tha cwaeth se Haelend to him : Thysse worulde beam wif- 
 
 35 iath, and beoth to giftum gesealde ; tha the synd thaere wor- 
 ulde wyrthe, and aerystes of deadum, ne giftiath hi, ne 
 
 36 wif ne laedath ; ne ofer thaet sweltan ne magon : hig synd 
 sothlice englum gelice ; and hig synd Godes beam, thonne 
 
 37 higsyndaerystesbearn. Fortham the sothlice deade arisath, 
 and Moyses aetywde with aenne beig-beam, swa he cwaeth, 
 Dryhten Abrahames God, and Isaaces God, and Iacobes 
 
LUCAS XXI. 
 
 God. Nys God deadra, ac lybbendra: ealle lug hym 38 
 lybbath. Tha andswaredon him sume thaera bocera, and 39 
 cwa'edon : Lareow, wel thu cwa'ede. And hig hine lengw 
 ne dorston aenis; thins; acsian. Tha cwaeth ho to him : Hwi 41 
 secgath hig thaet Crist sy Dauides sunu ? and Dauid 42 
 cwyth on tham Sealme, Dryhten saede to minum Dryhtne, 
 Site on mine switjiran healfe, oththaet ic asette thine fynd 43 
 to fot-sceamele thinra fota. Dauid hine clypath Dryhten, 41 
 and humeta ys he hys sunu ? Tha saede he hys leorning- 45 
 cnyhtum, eallum folce gehyrendum : Warniath with tha *g 
 boceras, tha the wyllath on gegyrlum gan, and lufiath gret- 
 inga on straete, and tha yldstan setl on gesamnungum, 
 and tha forman hleonunga on gebeorscypum ; tha forswelg- •*? 
 ath wudewena hus, hiwjjende lan^srebed: tha onfoth maran 
 genytherunge. 
 
 XXI. Tha he hine oeseah, he geseh tha welegan heora 1 
 lac sendan on thone sceoppan. Thageseahhe sume earme2 
 wudewan bringan twegen feorthlingas. Tha cwaeth he : 3 
 Soth ic eow secge, thaet theos earme wudewe ealra maest 
 brohte : sothes ealle thas brohton Gode lac of heora my- 4 
 celan welan : theos wudewe brohte of tham the heo haefde, 
 ealle hyre andlyfene. And tha cwaeth he to tham the saedon 5 
 be tham temple, thaet hit wa'ere geglenged mid godum 
 stanum and godum gifum : Thas thing the ge geseoth, tha e 
 dagas cumath, on tham ne bith stan laefed ofer stan, the ne 
 beo toworpen. Tha acsedon hig hine: La Bebeodend,7 
 hwaenne beoth thas thing, and hwylce tacna beoth, thonne 
 thas thing geweorthath ? Tha cwaeth he : Warniath thaet ge s 
 ne syn beswicene : manege cumath on minum naman, 
 and cwethath, Ic hit eom ; and tid genealaecth : ne fare 
 ge aefter him. Ne beo ge bregede, thonne ge geseoth 9 
 gefeoht and twy-raednessa: thas thing gebyriath aeryst: ac 
 nys tljonne gyt ende. Tha cwaeth he to him : Theod aryst jo 
 ongean theode, and rice ongean rice ; and beoth mycele 11 
 
 169 16 
 
LUCAS XXI. 
 
 eorthan styrunga geond stowa, and cwealmas, and hunger, 
 
 12 and egesan of heofene and mycele tacnu beoth. Ac to- 
 foran eallum thissum, hig nimath eow, and ehtath, and 
 syllath eow on gesamnunga, and on hyrdnyssa, and laedath 
 
 13 eow to cyningum and to demum, for minum naman. This 
 
 14 eow gebyrath on gewitnesse. Ne scyle ge on eowrum 
 is heortum fore-smeagean hu ge andswarian : ic sylle eow 
 
 muth and wisdom, tham ne magon ealle eower wither- 
 lewinnan withstandan and withcwethan. Ge beoth gesealde 
 
 fram migum, and gebrothrum, and cuthum, and freond- 
 17 urn ; and hig eow to deathe geswencath. And ge beoth 
 is eallum on hatunga for minum naman. And ne forwyrth 
 is an locc of eowrum heafde. On eowrum gethylde ge ge- 
 20 healdath eowre sawla. Thonne ge geseoth Hierusalem 
 
 mid here betrymede, witath thaet hyre toworpenys genea- 
 2i laecth. Thonne fleoth on muntas tha the on Iudea synd : 
 
 and nyther ne astigath, tha the on hyre mydlene synd ; 
 
 22 and in to hyre ne magon tha the thaer-ute synd. Fortham 
 the this synd wrace dagas, thaet ealle thing syn gefyllede the 
 
 23 awritene synd. Sothlice wa eacniendum wife, and fed- 
 endum, on tham dagum ! thonne bith mycel ofthryccednys 
 
 24 ofer eorthan, and yrre thyssum folce. And hig feallath 
 on sweordes ecge, and beoth haeftlingas on ealle theoda. 
 Hierusalem bith fram Theodumfortreden, oth Maegtha tida 
 
 25 synd gefyllede. And beoth tacnu on sunnan, and on 
 monan, and on steorrum ; and on eorthan theoda forthryc- 
 
 2? cednys ; for gedrefednesse safes sweges and ytha ; bifi- 
 gendum mannum for ege, and anbide the eallum ymb- 
 hwyrfte to-becumath : thonne beoth heofones mihta astyr- 
 
 2- ede. And thonne hig geseoth mannes Sunu on lyfte 
 cumende mid mycelum anwalde and maegen-thrymme. 
 
 28 Thonne thas thing agynnath, beseoth,and eowre heafdu up- 
 
 29ahebbath; fortham the eower alysednys genealaecth. Tha 
 saede he him sum bigspel : Behealdath thone fic-beam, 
 
LUCAS XXII. 
 
 and ealle treowa : thonne hig waestm bringath, ge witonaj 
 thaet sumor ys gehende. And thonne ge thas thing geseoth, 31 
 witath thaet Godes rice ys gehende. Sothlice ic eow secge, 32 
 Thaet theos cneorys ne gewit, aertham the ealle thas thing 
 geweorthon. Heofen and eorthe gewitath ; sothlice mine 33 
 word ne gewitath. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 ENDLEFTAN WUCAN OFER PENTECOSTEN. 
 
 Warniath eow, thy-laes eower heortan gehefegode syn on 34 
 ofer-fylle, and on druncennesse, and thysses lifes carum, 
 and on cow se faerlica daeg becume. Sw T a swa gryn he 35 
 becymth on ealle tha the sittath ofer eorthan ansyne. Wac- 38 
 iath on aelcere tide, and biddath, thaet ge weorthe syn thaet 
 ge tlias towerdan thing forileon, and standan beforan man- 
 nes Suna. Sothlice he waes on daeg on tham temple lacr- 37 
 ende : and on niht he eode, and wunode on tham murste 
 the ys g.ecweden Oliueti. And eall folc on mergen cum s» 
 to him to tham temple, thaet hig hine gehyrdon 
 
 THES PASSIO GEBYRATH ON WODNES-DAEG ON THAERE 
 PALM-WUCAN. 
 
 XXII. Tha sothlice genealaehte freols-daeg azimorum, 1 
 se is gecweden Eastre. And thaera sacerda ealdras and a 
 tha boceras smeadon hu hig hine forspyldon ; sothlice hig 
 ondredon him thaet folc. Tha eode Satanas on Iudam, se 3 
 waes othre naman Scarioth, an of tham twelfum. Tha ferde 4 
 he, and space mid thaera sacerda ealdormannum, and 
 duguthe-ealdrum, hu he hine him gesealde. And hig s 
 faegnodon, and him weddedon feoh to syllanne. And e 
 he behet ; and he sohte hu he eathelicost hine be-aeftan 
 thaere maenio gesealde. Tha com se daeg azimorum, on 7 
 tham hig woldon heora Eastron gewyrcan. And he a 
 sende Petrum and Iohannem, and cwaeth to him : Farath, 
 and gearwiath us, thaet we ure Eastron gewyrcon. Tha 9 
 cwaedon hig : Hwar wylt tu thaet we gcarwion. And he 10 
 
 171 
 
LUCAS XXU. 
 
 cwaeth to him : Nu, thonne ge on tha ceastre gath, eow 
 
 ona-ean yrnth an man mid waeter-buce ; filiath him on thaet 
 u hus the he in-gaeth, and secgeath tham hus-hlaforde, Ure 
 
 Lareow the secgth, Hwar ys cumena hus, thar ic mine 
 wEastron wyrce mid minum leorning-cnyhtum. And he 
 
 eow betaecth mycele healie gedaefte : gegearwiath thara. 
 
 13 Tha ferdon hig, and gemetton swa he him saede : and 
 
 14 hig gegearwodon Eastrun. And tha tima waes, he saet, 
 
 15 and his twelf apostolas mid him. And he saede him : 
 Of gewilnunge ic gewilnode etan mid eow thas Eastron, 
 
 i6 aer ic forth-fare. Ic eow secge, thaet ic heonon-forth ne 
 
 nete, aer hit sy on Godes rice gefylled. And onfeng 
 
 caiice, and thancas dyde, and cwaeth : Onfoth, and daelath 
 
 is betweox eow : sothlice ic cow secge, thaet ic ne drince of 
 
 19 thyses wi'n-geardes cynne, aer Godes rice cume. And he 
 onfengc hlafe, and thancode, and him sealde, and cwaeth : 
 This is min lichama, se is for eow geseald : doth this on 
 
 20 min gemynd. And swa eac thone calic, syththan he geeten 
 haefde, and cwaeth: Thes calic is niwe gecythnys on minum 
 
 2i blode, se bith for eow agoten. Theah-hwaethere, her ys 
 
 22thaes laewan hand mid me on mysan. And witodlice 
 
 marines Sunu gaeth, aefter tham the him fore-stihtod waes : 
 
 23 theah-hwaethere wa tham men the he thurh geseald bith ! 
 And hig agunnon betweox him smeagan, hwylc of him thaet 
 
 24 to donne waere. And hig niton betweox him, hwylc 
 
 25 heora waere yldest. Tha saede he him : Cyningas wealdath 
 heora theoda ; and tha the anweald ofer hig habbath, synd 
 
 2<jfremfulle genemned. Ac ne beo ge na swa: ac ge- 
 weorthe he swa swa gingra, se the yldra ys betweox eow : 
 and se the fore-staeppend ys, beo he swylce he then sy. 
 
 27 Hwaether ys yldra, the se the thenath, the se the sit ? witod- 
 lice se the sit. Ic eom on eowrum midlene swa swa se the 
 
 as thenath. Ge synd the mid me thurh wuneclon on minum 
 
 39 geswincum. And ic eow dihte, swa min Faeder me rice 
 
 m 
 
LUCAS XXII. 
 
 dihte ; thaet ge eton and drincon ofer mine nr^san on 30 
 mi'num rice ; and ge sitton ofer thrym-setl, demende twelf 
 maegtha Israhel. Tha cwaeth Dryhten: Simon, Simon, nu 31 
 Satanas gyrnde thaet he eow hridrode swa swa hwaete. 
 Ic gebaed for the, thaet thin geleafa ne ate'orie : and thu, aet 32 
 sumum cyrre gewend, getryme thine gebrothru. Tha 33 
 cwaeth he : Dryhten, ic eom gearu to farenne mid the, ge 
 on cwertern, ge on death. Tha cwaeth he : Ic secge the, 34 
 Petrus, ne craewth se hana to-daeg, aer thu me aetsaecst. 
 Tha cwaeth he to him : Tha ic eow sende butan seode, and 35 
 codde, and gescy, waes eow aenig thing wana ? Tha cwaed- 
 on hig : Nan thing. Tha cwaeth he : Ac mi, se the haefth 36 
 seod, gelice nime codd : and se the naefth,sylle his tunec- 
 an, and bycge him sweord. Sothlice ic eow secge, thaet 37 
 gyt scyl beon gefylled thaet be me awriten ys, And thaet 
 he mid unrihtwisum geteald waes : witodlice tha thing the 
 be me synd habbath ende. And hig cwaedon : Dryhten, 38 
 her synd twa sweord. And he cwaeth : Thaet ys genoh. 
 And aefter gewunan he ut-eode on thaene Munt Oliuarurn, 39 
 thaet ys, Ele-bergena ; and hys leorning-cnyhtas h}<m filig- 
 don. And tha he com to t.haere stowe, he saede hym : 40 
 Gebiddath thaet ge on costnunge ne gan. And he waes 41 
 fram him alocen swa mycel swa is anes stanes wyrp ; 
 and gebigedum cneowum he hine gebaed, and cwaeth : 42 
 Faeder, gif thu wylt, afyr thysne calic fram me : theah- 
 hwaethere ne geweorthe min willa, ac thin. Tha aetywde 43 
 hym Godes engel of heofene, and hyne gestrangode. 
 And he waes on gewinne, and hine lange gebaed, and his 44 
 swat waes swylce blodes dropan on eorthan yrnende. And 45 
 tha he of gebede aras, and com to his leorning-cnyhtum, 
 he hig funde slaepende for unrotnysse ; and he sa'ede 46 
 him : Hwi slape ge ? arisath and biddath, thaet ge on cost- 
 nunge ne gan. Hym tha tha gyt sprecendum, tha com t.ljaet 47 
 wered, and him to-foran eode an of tham twelfum, se 
 
 173 -JQ* 
 
LUCAS XXII. 
 
 waes genemned Iudas; and he genealaehte tham Haelende, 
 
 48 tjiaet he hine cyste. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Iudas, man- 
 
 49 nes Sunu thu mid cosse sylst ? Tha gesawon tha the him 
 abutan waeron thaet thaer towerd waes, and cwa'edon : Dryht- 
 
 50 en, slea we mid sweorde ? Tha sloh heora an thaera sa- 
 6i cerda ealdres thcow, and his swythre eare of-acerf. Tha 
 
 andswarode se Haelend: Laetath thus. And tha he aethran 
 52 his eare, he hyt geha'elde. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to tham 
 
 ealdormannum, and to tham witum, and thaes temples 
 
 ealdrum : Ge ferdon swa swa to anum sceathan, mid 
 53Sweordum and mid sahlum, thaet ge me gefengon. Tha ic 
 
 waes daeghwamlice on temple mid cow, ne athenedon ge 
 
 eower handa on me : ac this is eower tid, and thrystra an- 
 54 wald. Tha namon hig hine, and laeddon to thaera sacerda 
 .55 ealdres huse. And Petrus fyligde feorran. And Petrus 
 
 waes mid him on middan tham cafer-tune, thaer hig aet 
 so tham fyre saeton. Tha hine geseah sum thinen aet leohte 
 
 sittendne, and hine beheold, tha cwaeth heo : And thes 
 
 57 waes mid him. Tha aetsoc he, and cwaeth : Eala wi'f, ne 
 
 58 can ic hine. And tha ymbe lytel hine geseah other, and 
 cwaeth : Thu eart of hym. Tha cwaeth Petrus: Eala man, 
 
 £9 ic ne eom. And tlia aefter lytlum faece, swylce anre tide, 
 sum other sethde, and cwaeth : Sothlice thes waes mid him : 
 
 6o witodlice he is Galileisc. Tha cwaeth Petrus : Eala man, 
 nat ic hwaet thu segst. And tha hig triaet spraecon, sam- 
 
 6i nunga se hana creow. Tha Dryhten bewende hine, and 
 beseah to Petre. Tha gemunde Petrus Dryhtnes wordes 
 the he cwaeth, Thaet thu min aetsaecst thrywa to-daeg, aer 
 
 c-2se hana crawe. Tha eode Petrus lit, and biterlice weop. 
 
 C3 And tha the thone Haelend heoldon hine bysmredon, and 
 
 «4beoton, and oferwrugon his ansyne, and thurcson his 
 nebb, and acsedon hine : Araed, hwylc is se the the sloh ? 
 
 65 And manega othre thing hig hym to cwaedon, dysigende. 
 
 66 And tha tha da'eg waes, tha togaedere comon thaes folces 
 
 171 
 
LUCAS XXIII. 
 
 yldran, and thaera sacerda ealdormen, and boceras, and 
 laeddon hine to heora gemote, and ewaedon : Sege us 67 
 gif thu sy Crist. Tha cwaeth he : Theah ic eow secge, ge 
 me ne gelyfath : Theah ic eow acsige, ge ne andswariath os 
 me, ne ne forlaetath. Heonon-forth bith mannes Sunu sit- 69 
 tende on Godes maegnes swythran healfe. Tha cwa'edon 70 
 his ealle : Eart thu Godes Sunu ? Tha cwaeth he : Ge 
 secgath thaet ic eom. And hig ewaedon : Hwi gyrne we 71 
 gyt gewitnesse ? sylfe we gehyrdon of his muthe. 
 
 XXIII. Tha aras eall heora maenigeo, and laeddon hine 1 
 to Pilate ; and agunnon hyne wregan, and cwa'edon : 2 
 Thysne we gemetton forhwyrfende ure theode, and for- 
 beodende thaet man tham Casere gafol ne sealde, and segth 
 thaet he sig Crist Cyning. Tha acsode Pilatus hine : Eart 3 
 thu Iudea Cyning ? Tha andswarode he : Thu hit segst. 
 Tha cwaeth Pilatus to tham ealdrum and tham werede : Ne 4 
 finde ic naenne intingan on thysum mien. Tha hlyddon 5 
 hig, and cwa'edon: He astyrathtliis folc,laerende thurh ealle 
 Iudeam, agynneude of Galilea oth hider. Tha Pilatus ge- 6 
 hyrde Galileam, he acsode hwaether he wa'ere Galileisc 
 man. And tha he gecneow thaet he waes of Herodes an- 7 
 walde, he hine agen-sende to Herode : he waes on tham 
 dagum on Hierusalem. Sothlice Herodes fahnode tha he s 
 thone Haelend geseah : mycelre tide he wilnode hine ge- 
 seon, fortham the he gehyrde mycel be him : and he hop- 
 od.e thaet he gesawe sum tacen the fram him gewurde. 
 Tha acsode he hine manegum wordum ; and he naht ne 9 
 andswarode. Tha stodon thaera sacerda ealdras hine an- 10 
 raedlice wregende. Tha oferhogode Herodes hine mid 11 
 his hyrede, and bysmrode hine, gescrydne hwitum reafe, 
 and hine agen-sende to Pilate. And on tham daege wurd- 19 
 on Herodes and Pilatus gefrynd : sothlice hig waeron 
 a'er gefvud him betweonan. Tha cwaeth Pilatus to thaera 13 
 sacerda ?9ldvuD\, and duguthe ealdrum, and to tham folce : 
 
LUCAS XXIII. 
 
 •4 Ge brohton me thysne man, swylce he thys folc for- 
 hwyrfde, and nu, beforan eow acsiende, ic nanne intingan 
 findan ne mafeg on tfrysum men, of tham the ge hine wreg- 
 i5 ath : ne furthon Herodes : ic hine sende ao-en to him ; 
 16 and him naht thaeslices deathe gedon waes. Ic hine ge- 
 i7betne forla'ete. (Niede he sceolde him forgifan aenne to 
 is heora freols-daege.) Tha hrymde eall thaet folc aetgaedere, 
 
 19 and cwaeth : Nim thisne, and forgif us Barrabban. (Se 
 waes for sumere twy-raednysse and man-slyhte on cwert- 
 
 20 ern asend.) Eft spaec Pilatus to him, and wolde forlaet- 
 2i an thone Haelend. Tha hrymdon hig, and cwaedon : 
 
 22 Ahoth hine, ahoth hine. Tha cwaeth he to him thriddan 
 sithe : Hwaet dyde thes yfeles ? ne gemette ic nan thing 
 yfeles on thysum men, thaet he sig deathes scyldig: ic hine 
 
 23 threage and forlaete. And hig astodon, and mycelre 
 stefne ba'edon thaet he waere ahangen. And heora stefna 
 
 25 swithredon. * * * And he forgef him thone the waes 
 for man-slyhte and sumere sace on cwerterne, thone hig 
 baedon ; and thone Haelend he sealde to heora willan. 
 
 26 And tha hig hine laeddon, hig gefengon sumne Cyre- 
 niscne, Simonem, se com of tham tune, and tha rode him on 
 
 27 setton, thaet he hig ba'ere aefter tham Haelende. Him fy- 
 lide mycel wered folces and wifa, tha hine heofon and 
 
 2sweopon. Tha cwaeth se Haelend bewend : Eala dohtra 
 Hierusalem, nelle ge ofer me wepan, ac wepath ofer eow 
 
 29 sylfe, and ofer eowre beam. Fortham tha dagas cumath, 
 on tham hig cwethath, Eadige synd tha untymendan, and 
 
 30 innothas the ne cendon, and thabreostthe ne sycton. Thonne 
 agynnath hig cwethan to tham muntum, Feallath ofer us ; 
 
 31 and to beorgum, Oferwreoth us. Fortham gif hig on 
 grenumtreowethas thing doth, hwaet doth hig on thamdrig 
 
 32 um? And mid him waeron gelaedde twegen othre man- 
 
 33 fulle, thaet hig wa'eron ofslegene. And s}'ththan hig comon 
 on tha stowe, tfte ys genemned Caluarie, thaet is, heafod- 
 
 176 
 
LUCAS XXIII. 
 
 pannan stow, thaer big hine hengon, and aenne sceathan on 
 his swythran healfe, and otherne on his wynstran. Tha 34 
 cwaeth se Haelend : Fafeder, forgif hym : ibrtham hig nyton 
 hwaet hig doth. Sothlice hig daeldon his reaf, and wurp- 
 on hlotu. And thaet folc stod ge-anbidigcnde. And tha 3* 
 ealdras hyne taeldon mid him, and cwaedon : Othre he 
 gehaelde; gehaele hine sylfne, gif he sig Godes gecorena. 
 And tha cempan hine bysmredon, and him eced brohton,36 
 and thus cwaedon : Gif thu sig Iudea cyning, gedo the 37 
 halne. Tha waes his ofer-gewrit ofer hine awn'ten Gre- 38 
 eiscum stafum, and Ebreiscum, Tins is Iudea Cyning. 
 An of tham sceathum the mid him hangode hine gremede, 39 
 and cwaeth : Gif thu Crist eart, gehael the sylfne and unc. 
 Tha andswarode se other, and hine threade, and cwaeth : Ne 40 
 thu God ne ondraetst, thaet thu eart on thaere ylcangenyth- 
 erunge ? and wyt witodlice be uncer aer-daedum onfolh : 41 
 sothlice thes naht yfeles ne dyde. And he cwaeth to tham 42 
 Haelende : Dryhten, gemun thu me, thonne thu cymst on 
 thin rice. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : To-daeg thu bist 43 
 mid me on Paradiso. Tha waes nean seo syxte tid, and 44 
 thystro waeron ofer ealle eorthan, oth tha nigothanti'de. And 45 
 sunne waes athystrod, and t.haes temples wah-ryft wealth 
 tosliten on middan. Tha cwaeth se Haelend, clypiende my- 45 
 celre stefne: Fafeder, ic bebeode minne gast on thine handa: 
 and thus cwethende he forth-ferde. Tha se hundred-man 4 ? 
 geseah thaet thar geworden waes, he God wuldrode, and 
 cwaeth : Sothlice thes man waes rihtwis. And call wered 48 
 the aet thisse waefer-synne waeron, and gesawon tha thing 
 the gewurdon, waeron agen gewende, and heora breost beot- 
 on. Tha stodon ealle his cuthan feorran, and tha wif the 
 him fyligdon fram Galilea, thas thing geseonde. And tha 50 
 an man on naman Iosep, se waes gerefa, god wer and 
 rihtwis (thes ne gcthwaerede heora gethcahtc, and heora si 
 daedum) ; fram Arimathia, Iudea ceastre, se sylfa ge-an- 
 
LUCAS XXIV. 
 
 ;->bidode Godes rice: thes genealaehte to Pilate, and baed 
 
 53 thaes Haelendes lichaman ; and nyther-ale'de hyne, and 
 on scytan befeold, and lede hine on aheawene byrgene, 
 
 54 on thaere naes tha gyt naenig aled. And tha waes se daeg 
 parasceue, thaet ys gegearwunge, and saeter-daeg onlyhte. 
 
 55 Tha wi'f the hym fyligdon, the comon mid him of Galilea, 
 hig gesawon tha byygene, and hu his lichama aled waes : 
 
 56 and hig cyrdon, and gearwedon wyrt-gemang and sealfa ; 
 and on saeter-daes; hio- gestildon aefter bebode. 
 
 XXIV. On anum reste-daege, swythe afer on daeg-red, 
 hig comon to thaere byrgene, and ba'eron mid him tha wyrt- 
 
 2 gemang, the hig gegearwedon. And hi gemetton thone 
 
 3 stan awyltne of thaere byrgene. And tha hig in to thaere 
 byrgene eodon, hig ne gemetton na thaes Haelendes licha- 
 
 4 man. And tha waes geworden, tha hig on mode afaerede 
 wa'eron be thyssum, tha stodon twegen weras with hig on 
 
 e hwitum reafe. And tha hig ondredon, and heora and- 
 wlitan on eorthan hyldon, hig cwa'edon to him : Hwi sece 
 
 6 ge lybbendne mid deadum ? Nys he her, ac he aras : 
 gethencath huhe spaec with eow, tha gyt tha he waes onGa- 
 
 7 lilea, and cwaeth, Thaet mannes Sunu bith geseald on handa 
 synfulra manna, and beon ahangen, and thy thryddan da'ege 
 
 9 ari'san. And hig gemundon his worda. And hig gewend- 
 on fram thaere byrgene, and cyddon eall thys tham endleof- 
 
 io enum, and eallum othrum. Sothlice waes Maria Magda- 
 lene, and Iohanna, and Maria Iacobi, and othre the mid 
 
 ii him waeron, tha saedon thas thing tham apostolum. And 
 thas word waeron gethuhte beforan him swa woffung; and 
 
 12 hig ne gelyfdon him. Tha aras Petrus, and arn to thaere 
 byrgene ; and alutende he geseah tha lin-waeda sylfe alede ; 
 and he ferde wundrigende thaes thar geworden waes. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON OTHERNE EASTER-DAEG. 
 
 13 And tha ferdon twegen of him on thaet castel thaet waes on 
 faece syxtig furlanga fram Hierusalem, on naman Emaus. 
 
LUCAS XXIV. 
 
 And hig spaecon, hym betweonan, be eallum. tham the thar u 
 gewordene waeron. And tha hig spelledon and mid him 15 
 smeadon, se Haelend genealaehte, and ferde mid him. 
 Sothlice heora eagan waeron forhaefde, thaet hig hine ne ge- 16 
 cneowun. And he cwaeth to him : Hwaet synd tha spraeca n 
 the gyt reccath inc betweonan, gangende, and synd un- 
 rote ? Tha andswarode him an, thaes nama waes Cleophas, is 
 and cwaeth : Eart thu ana forwrecen on Hierusalem, and 
 nystestt.hu tha thing the on hyre gewordene synd on thysum 
 dagum ? He sa'ede tha : Hwaet synd tha thing ? And hig 19 
 saedon : Be tham Nazareniscan Haelende, se waes wer and 
 witega, mihtig on spraece and on weorce beforan Gode 
 and eallum folce : and hu hine sealdon tha heah-sacerdas 20 
 and ure ealdras on deathes genytherunge, and ahengon 
 hine. We hopedon thaet ho to alysenne waere Israhel ; 21 
 and nu ys se thryddadaeg to-daeg thaet this waes geworden. 
 And eac sume wit* of lirum us bregdon, tha waeron a'er 22 
 leohte aet thaere byrgene, and na his lichaman gemetton : 23 
 hig comon, and saedon, thaet hig gesawon engla gesihthe ; 
 tha sccirath hine lybban. And tha ferdon sume of urum to 24 
 tha'ere bergene, and swa gemetton swa tha wi'f saedon: hine 
 hig ne gesawon. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to him : Eala 25 
 dysegan, and on heortan la'ete to gelyfenne eallum tham 
 the witegan spaecon : hu ne gebyrede Criste thas thing 2 6 
 "holian, and swa on his wuldor gan ? And he rehte him 27 
 of Moyse and of eallum haligum gewritum, the be him 
 awritene waeron. And hig genealaehton tham castele, the 28 
 hig to ferdon : and he dyde swylce he fyr faran wolde. 
 And* hig nyddon hine, and cwa'edon : Wiina mid unc, 29 
 fortham the hit aefen-laecth : and se daeg waes ahyld. And 
 he in-eode, thaet he mid him wunode. And tha he mid 30 
 him saet, he onfencg hlaf, and hine bletsode, and braec, 
 and him raehte. Tha wurdon heora eagan geopenode, 31 
 and bio- o-ecneowon hine : and he gewat fram him. And 32 
 
LUCAS XXIV. 
 
 hig cwaedon him betwynan : Naes uncer heorte byrn- 
 ende, tha he on wege with unc spaec, and unc halige ge- 
 
 33 writu ont^nde ? And hig arison on thaere ylcan tide, 
 and wendon to Hierusalem, and gemetton endleofan ge- 
 
 34 gaderode, and tha the mid him waeron, and cwaedon, Thaet 
 3aDrihten sothlice aras, and Simone aetywde. And hig 
 
 rehton thathiilg,thatheon wege gewordene waeron,andhu 
 hig hine oncneowon on hlafes brice. 
 
 TIIVS GEBYRATH ON THRYDDAN EASTER-DAEG. 
 
 36 Sothlice-tha hig this spraecon, se Haelend stod on heora 
 mydlene, and saede him : Sib sy eow : ic hyt eom : ne 
 
 37 ondraede ge eow. Tha waeron hig gedrefede and afaerede, 
 
 38 and hig wendon thaet hig gast gesawon. And he saede 
 him : Hwi synd ge gedrefede, and gethancas on eowre 
 
 39 heortan astigath ? Geseoth mine handa and mine fet, 
 thaet ic sylf hit eom : grapiath, and geseoth thaet gast naefth 
 
 40 fla'esc and ban, swa ge geseoth me habban. And tha he 
 4i thys saede, he aeteowde him fet and handa. Tha cwaeth 
 
 he to him, tha hig tha gyt ne gelyfdon, and for gefean 
 
 42 wundredon : Haebbe ge her aenig thing to etanne ? And 
 hig brohton hym dael gebraeddes fisces, and beo-bread. 
 
 43 And tha he aet beforan hym, he nam tha lafa, and him 
 
 44 sealde, and cwaeth to hym : Thys synd tha word the ic spraec 
 to eow, tha ic waes tha gyt mid eow ; forlham the hyt ys 
 neod thaet beon ealle thing gefyllede, the awritene synd 
 on Moyses a'e, and on witegum, and on Sealmum be me. 
 
 45 Tha ontynde he him andgyt, thaet hig ongeton halige 
 
 46 gewritu ; and he cwaeth to him, Thaet thus ys awriten, and 
 thus gebyrede Criste tholian, and thy thryddan daege of 
 
 at deathe arisan ; and beon bodod on his naman daed-bote 
 and synna forgyfenesse on ealle theoda, agynnendum 
 
 48 fram Hierusalem. Sothlice ge s} r nd thinga gewitan. And 
 
 49 ic sende on eow mines Faeder behat : sitte ge on ceastre, 
 *» oth ge syn ufene gescrydde. Sothlice he gelaedde hig ut 
 
 180 
 
LUCAS XXIV. 
 
 on Bethanian, and he bletsocle hig, his handum up-ahaf- 
 enum. And hit waes geworden, tha he bletsode hig, he 51 
 ferde fram him, and waes fered on heofen. And hig ge- 52 
 biddende, hig gehwurfon on Hierusalem mid mycelum 
 gefean. And hig waeron symle on tham temple, Gode heri- 53 
 gende, and hyne eac bletsigende. Amen. 
 
THAET GODSPEL 
 
 AEFTER IOHANNES GERECEDNYSSE 
 
 I. On fruman waes Word, and thaet Word waes mid 
 
 2 Gode, and God waes thaet Word. Thaet waes on fruman 
 
 3 mid Gode. Ealle thing waeron geworhte thurh. hyne ; and 
 
 4 nan thing: naes geworht butan him. Thaet waes lif the on 
 
 5 him geworht waes, and thaet lif waes manna leoht. And 
 thaet leoht lyht on thystrum ; and thystro thaet ne genamon. 
 
 6 Man waes fram Gode asend, thaes nama waes Iohannes. 
 
 7 Thes com to gewitnesse, thaet he gewitnesse cythde be tham 
 
 8 Leohte, thaet ealle men thurh hyne gelyfdon. Naes he 
 Leoht, ac thaet he gewitnesse forth-baere be tham Leohte. 
 
 9 Soth Leoht waes, thaet onlyht aelcne cumendne man on 
 io thysne middan-eard. He waes on middan-earde, and 
 
 middan-eard waes geworht thurh hine, and middan-eard 
 
 n hine ne gecneow. - To hys agenum he com, and hig 
 
 is hyne ne underfengon. Sothlice swa hwylce swa hyne 
 
 underfengon, he sealde hym anweald thaet hig waeron 
 
 13 Godes beam, tham the gelyfath on his naman: tha ne synd 
 
 acennede of blodum, ne of flaesces willan, ne of weres 
 
 u willan ; ac hig synd of Gode acennede. And thaet Word 
 
 waes flaesc geworden, and eardode on us (and we ge- 
 
 sawon hys wuldor, swylce an-cennedes wuldor of Faeder), 
 
 thaet waes ful mid gyfe and sothfaestnysse. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATri THRYM WUCON AER MYDDAN- 
 WINTRAN, ON TIIONE FR1GE-DAEG. 
 
 la Iohannes cyth gewitnesse be him, and clypath, thus cweth- 
 ende : Thes waes the ic sacde, Se the to cumenne ys aefter 
 
IOHANNES I. 
 
 me waes geworden beforan me : forth am he waes a'er thonne 
 l'c. And of his gefyllednesse we ealle onfengon gyfe i? 
 
 for gyfe. Fortham the a'e waes geseald thurh Moysen, and 17 
 gyfu and sothfaestnes ys geworden thurh Haelend Crist. 
 
 Ne geseah naefre nan man God ; buton se an-cenneda js 
 Sunu hit cythde, se ys on hys Faeder bearme. And thaet 19 
 ys Iohannes gewitnes. 
 
 TIIYS GEBYKATH ON TIIONE SUNNAN-DAEG AER MYDDAN 
 WYNTRA. 
 
 Tha tha Iudeas sendon heora sacerdas and heora diaconas 
 fram Ierusalem to hym, thaet hig acsodon hine, and thus 
 cwaedon : Hwaet eart thu ? And he cythde, and ne withsoc, 20 
 and thus cwaeth : Ne eom ic na Crist. And hig acsodon 21 
 hine, and thus cwaedon : Eart thu Eh'as ? ' And he cwaeth : 
 Ne eom ic hit. Tha cwaedon hig : Eart thu witega? And 
 he andwyrde, and cwaeth : Nic. Hig cwaedon to him : as 
 Hwaet eart thu ? thaet we andwyrde bringon tham the us to 
 the sendon. Hwaet segst thu be the sylfum ? He cwaeth : 23 
 
 O • • • • J 
 
 Ic eom clypiendes stem on westene, Gerihtath Dryhtnes 
 weg, swa se witega Isaias cwaeth. And tha the thaer asende 24 
 waeron, tha waeron of sundor-halgon. And hig acsodon 23 
 hine, and cwaedon to him : Hwi fullast thu, gif thu ne 
 eart Crist, ne Eh'as, ne witega ? Iohannes him and- 26 
 swarode : Ic fullige on waetere : to-myddes eow stod the 
 ge ne cunnon. He ys the aefter me toweard ys, se waes 27 
 geworden beforan me; ne eom ic wyrthe thaet ic unbinde 
 his sceo-thwang. Thas thing waeron gewordene on Betha- 28 
 ni'a begeondan Iordanen, thaer Iohannes fullode. 
 
 TIIYS GEBYRATII OX THONE VIII. DAEG GODES AETYVVED- 
 N VSSE. 
 
 Othre daege Iohannes geseah thone Haelend to hym cum- 29 
 ende, and cwaeth; Her ys Godes Lamb; her ys se the 
 deth aweg middan-eardcs synne. 'Hies ys be thnni ie saede, 30 
 Aefter me cymth wer the beforan me geworden waes : 
 
 183 
 
IOHANNES I. 
 
 31 fort ham the he waes a'er thonne ic. And ic hyne nyste ; ac 
 ic com and fullode on wa'etere, to tham thaet he waere ge- 
 
 saswutelod on Israhela folce. And Iohannes cythde ge- 
 witnesse, cwethende : Thaet ic geseah nyther-cumendne 
 Gast of heofenum, swa swa culfran, and wunode ofer 
 
 33 hyne. And ic hyne ne cuthe : ac se the me sende to 
 fullianne on wa'etere, he cwaeth to me, Ofer thone the thu 
 gesyhst nyther-stigendne Gast, and ofer hyne wuniendne 
 
 34 thaet ys se the fullath on Halgum Gaste. And ic geseah, 
 and gewitnesse cythde thaet thes is Godes Sunu. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON S c "e ANDREAS MAESSE-AEFEN. 
 
 35 Eft othre daege stod Iohannes, and twegen of his leorn- 
 
 36 ing-cnyhtum ; and he cwaeth, tha he geseah thone Haelend 
 3" gangende : Her ys Godes Lamb! Tha gehyrdon bine 
 
 twegen leorning-cnyhtas specende, and fylidon tham Hael- 
 
 38 ende. Tha beseah se Haelend, and geseah hig hym fyli- 
 ende, and cwaeth to hym: Hwaet sece gyt? Hig cwaedon 
 to hym : Rabbi (thaet ys gecweden and gereht, Lareow), 
 
 39 hwar eardast thu ? He cwaeth to hym : Cumath and ge- 
 seoth. Hig comon and gesawon hwar he wunode, and 
 mid hym wunodon on tham daege : hit waes tha seo teothe 
 
 40 tid. Andreas, Simones brother Petres, waes other of tham 
 4i twam, tha gehyrdon aet Iohanne, and him fyligdon. Thes 
 
 gemette aerest Simonem his brother, and cwaeth to him : 
 
 42 We gemetton Messiam, thaet is gereht, Crist. And hig 
 gelaeddon hine to tham Haelende. Tha beheold se Hael- 
 end hine, and cwaeth : Thu eart Simon, Ionan sunu ; thu 
 
 43byst genemned Cephas, thaet ys gereht, Petrus. On 
 rnergen he wolde faran on Galilea, and he gemette Phil- 
 
 44 ippus ; and se Haelend cwaeth to him : Fylig me. Soth- 
 lice Philippus w T aes fram Bethsaida, Andreas ceastre, and 
 
 ♦5 Petres. Philippus gemette Nathanahel, and cwaeth to 
 hym : We gemetton thone Haelend, Iosepes sunu, of 
 Nazareth, thone wrat Moyses and tha witegan on thaere afe. 
 
 164 
 
IOHANNES U. 
 
 A nd Nathanahel cwaeth to hym : Maeg aenig tiling godes 46 
 >eon of Nazareth ? Philippus cwaeth to hym : Cum and 
 j'eseoh. Tha geseah se Haelend Nathanahel to nym.47 
 cumendne, and cwaeth be hym : Her ys Israhelisc wer, 
 on tham nis nan facn. Tha cwaeth Nathanahel to him : 48 
 Hwanon cuthest thu me ? Tha andswarode se Haelend, 
 and cwaeth to him : Ic geseah the tha thu waere under tham 
 fic-treowe, aertham the Philippus the clypode. Hym and- 49 
 swarode tha Nathanahel, and thus cwaeth : Rabbi, thu eart 
 Godes Sunu, and thu eartlsrahela Cining. Tha cwaeth se 50 
 Haelend to hym : Thu gesyhst mare thonne thissy : fortham 
 the thu gelyfdest, tha ic cwaeth thaet ic gesawe the under 
 tham fic-treowe. And he saede him : Soth ic secge cow, 51 
 ge geseoth opene heofenas, and Godes englas up-stigende 
 and nj^ther-stigende ofer mannes Sunu. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL OX SUNNAN-DAEG, THAERE OTHRE 
 WUCAN OFER EPIPHANIA DOMINI. 
 
 II. On tham thryddan daege waeron gifta gewordene on 1 
 Chanaa Galileae ; and thaes Haelendes moder waes thaer : 
 sothlice se Haelend and hys leorning-cnyhtas waeron ge- 2 
 lathode to tham giftum. And tha thaet win geteorode, tha 3 
 cwaeth thaes Haelendes moder to him : Hig nabbath win. 
 Tha cwaeth se Haelend to byre : La wif, hwaet ys me and 4 
 the? gyt min tima ne com. Tha cwaeth thaes Haelendes 5 
 moder to tham rhenum : Doth swa hwaet swa he eow secge. 
 Thar waeron sothlice aset syx staenene waeter-fatu, aefter 6 
 Iudea geclaensunge, aelc waes on twegra sestra gemete, 
 oththe on threora. Tha bead se Haelend thaet hig tha fatu 7 
 mid waetere gefyldon. And hig gefyldon tha oth thone 
 brerd. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Hladath mi, and beratha 
 thaere dryhte-ealdre. And hig namon. Tha se dryhte- 
 ealdor thaes wines onbyrgde, the of tham waetert geworden 
 waes, he nyste hwanon hit com: (thatlienas sothlice wiston, 
 the thaet waeter hlodon ;) se dryhte-ealdor clypode thone 
 185 1 7 ' 
 
IOHANNES II. 
 
 obryd-guman, and cwaeth to him : Aelc man sylth aerest 
 god win ; and thonne hig druncene beoth, thaet the wyrse 
 
 1 1 by th : thu geheolde thaet gode win oth thys. Thys waes thaet 
 forme tacn the se Haelend worhte on Chanaa Galileae, 
 and geswutelode hys wuldor : and hys leorning-cnyhtas 
 gelyfdon on hine. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON TIIAERE FEORTHAN WUCAN 
 INNAN LENCTENE, ON MONAN-DAEG. 
 
 i2Aefter thysum he, and his moder, and his gebrothru, and 
 
 his leorning-cnyhtas, foron to Capharnaum, and wunedon 
 13 thaer feawa daga. And hyt waes neah Iudea Eastron, 
 H and se Haelend for to Hierusalem, and gemette on tham 
 
 temple tha the sealdon oxan and sceap and culfran, and 
 io sittende myneteras. And he worhte swi'pan of strengon, 
 
 and hig ealle of tham temple adraf, ge sceap, ge oxan ; 
 
 and he ageat thaera mynetera feoh, and towcarp heora 
 16 mysan ; and saede tham the tha culfran cypton : Doth thas 
 
 thing heonon ; ne wyrce ge mines Faeder hus to mangung- 
 . 7 huse. Tha gemundon his leorning-cnyhtas thaet the awriten 
 is ys, Thines huses anda me et. Tha andswaredon him tha 
 
 ludeas, and cwaedon : Hwylc tacn aetywst thu us, fortham 
 
 19 the thu thas thing dest ? Se Haelend him andswarode, and 
 cwaeth : Toweorpath t.liis tempel, and ic hit araere binnan 
 
 20 thrym dagum. Tha ludeas cwaedon to him : This tempel 
 waes getimbrod on six and feowertigum wintrum, and 
 
 21 araerst thu hit on thrym dagum ? Sothlice he hyt cwaeth be 
 
 22 his lichaman temple. Tha he of deathe aras, tha gemundon 
 his leorning-cnyhtas thaet he hit be him sylfum cwaeth : 
 and hig gelyfdon halgum gewrite, and thaere spraece the 
 
 23 se Haelend spraec. Tha he waes on Hierusalem on Ea- 
 stron, on freols-daege, manega gelyfdon on his naman, tha 
 
 2i hig gesawon tha tacna the he worhte. Se Haelend ne ge- 
 swutelode hine sylfne him, fortham he cuthe hig ealle, 
 25 and fortham him naes nan thearf thaet aenis man saede 
 
IOHANNES III. 
 
 gewitnesse be men : he wiste witodlice hwaet waes on 
 men. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL MAN SCEAL RAEDAN OFER EASTRON, BE 
 
 THAERE RODE, AND EFT OFER PENTECOSTEN, ON 
 
 THONE FORMAx\-SUNNAN-DAEG. 
 
 III. Sothlice sum Phariseisc man waes genemned Ni- 1 
 chodeinus, se waes Iudea ealdor. Thes com to him on 2 
 niht, and cwaeth to him : Rabbi (thaet is, Lareow), we 
 witon thaet thu come fram Gode : ne maeg nan man thas 
 tacn wyrcan the thu wyrcst, buton God beo mid him. Se 3 
 Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth : Soth ic the secge, 
 Buton hwa bco edniwan gecenned, ne maeg he geseon 
 Godes rice. Tha cwaeth Nichodemus to hym: Hu maeg 4 
 man beon eft acenned, tlionne he byth eald ? cwyst thu 
 maeg he eft cuman on hys moder innoth, and beon eft 
 acenned ? Se Haelend hym andswarode, and cwaeth : 5 
 Soth ic the secge, Buton hwa beo ge-edcenned of waetere 
 and of Halgum Gaste, ne maeg he in-faran on Godes 
 rice. Thaet the acenned is of flaesce, thaet is flaesc ; and 6 
 thaet the of Gaste is acenned, thaet is gast. Ne wundra thu, ? 
 fortham the ic saede the, Eow gebyrath thaet ge beon acen- 
 nede edniwan. Gast orethath thaer he wile, and thu gehyrst s 
 his stefne, and thu nast hwanon he cymth, ne hwyder he 
 gaeth: swa is aelc the acenned is of Gaste. Tha andswarode 9 
 Nichodemus, and cwaeth : Hu magon thas thing thus ge- 
 weorthan ? Se Haelend andswarode, and cwaeth to him : 10 
 Thu eart lareow Israhela folce, and thu nast thas thing ? 
 Soth ic the secge, Thaet we sprecath thaet we witon, and we u 
 cythath thaet we gesawon : and ge ne underfoth ure cyth- 
 nesse. Gyf ic eow eorthlice thing saede, and ge ne ge- 19 
 lyfath, humeta gelyfe ge, gif ic eow heofcnlice thing secge ? 
 And nan man ne astihth to heofenum, buton se the nyther 13 
 com of heofenum, mannes Sunu, se the com of heofenum. 
 And swa swa Moyses tha naeddran up-ahof of tham 14 
 
IOHANNES III. 
 
 westene, swa gebyrath thaet mannes Sunu beo up-ahafen : 
 io thaet nan thaeraneforweorthetheonhynegelyfth,achaebbe 
 thaet ece h'f. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON OTHERNE PENTECOSTENES MAESSE-DAEG. 
 
 jg God lufode middan-eard, swa thaet he sealde his an- 
 
 cennedan Sunu, thaet nan ne forweorthe the on hine ge- 
 n lyfth, ac haebbe thaet ece h'f. Ne sende God his Sunu on 
 
 middan-eard, thaet he demde middan-earde ; ac thaet mid- 
 i3 dan-eard sy gehaeled thurh hine. Ne bith tham gedemed 
 
 the on hine gelyfth : se the ne gelyfth, him bith gedemed ; 
 
 fortham the he ne gelyfde on thone naman thaes an-cen- 
 i9nedan Godes Sana. Thaet is se dom, thaet leoht com on 
 
 middan-eard, and men lufedon thystro swythor thonne thaet 
 so leoht: heora weorc waeron yfele. Aelc thnera the yfele 
 
 dethj hatath thaet leoht; and he ne cymth to leohte, thaet his 
 
 21 weorc ne syn gerihtlaehte. Witodlice se the wyrcth soth- 
 faestnysse cymth to tham leohte, thaet his weorc syn ge- 
 
 22 swutelode, fortham the hig synd on Gode gedone. Aefter 
 thyssum com se Haelend and his leorning-cnyhtas to 
 Iudea-lancle, and wunede thaer mid hym, and fullode. 
 
 23 And Iohannes fullode on Enon with Sal/m, fortham the 
 thaer waeron manega waetro. And hig togaedere comon, 
 
 24 and waeron gefullode. Tha gyt naes Iohannes gedon on 
 cweartern. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE THRYDDAN 
 WUCAN OFER EAST RON. 
 
 2/5 Tha smeadon Iohannes leorning-cnyhtas and tha Iudeas be 
 
 26 thaere claensunge : and comon to lohanne, and cwaedon 
 to him : Rabbi, se the mid the waes begeondan Iordane, 
 be tham thu cythdest gewitnesse, nu he fullath, and ealle 
 
 27 hig cumath to him. Iohannes andwyrde, and cwaeth: Ne 
 maeg man nan tiling underfon, buton hit beo him of heof- 
 
 28 enum geseald. Ge sylfe me synd to gewitnesse, thaet ic 
 sa'ede : Neom ic Crist, ac ic eom asend beforan hine. 
 
IOHANNES IV. 
 
 Se the bryde hacfth, seis bryd-guma: se the is thaes bryd-29 
 guman freohd, and stent and geh^rth hyne, mid gefean 
 he geblissath for thaes bryd-guman stefne : thes mi'n gefea 
 is gefylled. Hit gebyrath thaet he weaxe, and thaet ic 30 
 wanige. Se the ufenan com, se ys ofer ealle : se the of 31 
 eorthan ys, se sprycth be eorthan : se the of heofone com, 
 se ys ofer ealle. And he cyth thaet he geseah and ge- 32 
 hyrde ; and nan man ne underfehth his cythnesse. Soth-33 
 lice se the his cythnesse underfehth, he getacnath thaet God 
 ys sothfaestnes. Se the God sende sprycth Godes word : 34 
 ne sylth God thone Gast be gemete. Faeder lufath thone 35 
 Sunu, and sealde ealle thing on his hand. Se the gelyfth on & 
 Sunu, se haefth ece lif : se the tham Suna is ungeleaflull, 
 ne gesyhth he lif: ac Godes yrre wunath ofer hine. 
 
 IV. Tha se Haelend wyste thaet tha Pharisei gehyrdon 1 
 thaet he haefde ma leorning-cnyhta thonne Iohannes (theah 2 
 se Haelend ne fullode, ac hys leorning-cnyhtas), tha forlet 3 
 he Iudea-land, and for eft on Galilea. Hym gebyrede 4 
 thaet he sceolde faran thurh Samaria-land. Witodlice he 5 
 com on Samarian cestre, the ys genemned Sychar, neah 
 tham tune the Iacob sealde losepe his suna. Thaer waes 6 
 Iacobes wyll. 
 
 THYS SCEAL OX FRIGE DAEG, ON THAERE III. LENGTEN- 
 WUCaN. 
 
 S ■ Haelend saet aet tham wylle, t.lia he waes werig gegan : 
 and hit waes mid-daeg. Tha com thaer an wif of Sama- 7 
 ria, wolde waeter feccan : tha cwaeth se Haelend tc hyre : 
 Syle me drincan. (Hys leorning-cnyhtas ferdon tha to a 
 thaere ceastre,woldon him mete bicgan.) Thacwaetn thaet 9 
 Samaritanisce wif to hym : Humeta bitst thu aet mc drinc- 
 an, thonne thu eart Iudeisc, and ic eom Samaritanisc 
 wif ? ne brucath Iudeas and Samaritanisce metes aetgae- 
 dere. Tha andswarode se Haelend, and cwaeth to hyre : 10 
 Gif thu wistest Godes gyle, and hwaet se is the cwyth to 
 
IOHANNES IV. 
 
 the, SyJe me drincan ; witodlice thu baede hine thaet he 
 11 sealde the lifes waeter. Tha cwaeth thaet wi'f to hym : Leof- 
 
 ne, thu naefst nan thing mid to hladenne, and thes pytt ys 
 (2 deop : hwanon haefst thu lifes waeter ? Cwyst thu thaet 
 
 thu sig maerra thonne ure faeder Iacob, se the us thisne pytf. 
 
 sealde, and he, and his beam, and his nytenu of thai* 
 13 druncon ? Tha andswarode se Haelend, and cwaeth ta 
 
 hyre: Aelcne thaera thyrst eft the of thysum waeter drincth* 
 i4 witodlice aelc thaera the drincth of tham waetere the ic hinx 
 
 sylle, bith on him will forth-raesendes waeteres on ece lif 
 is Tha cwaeth thaet wif to him : Hlaford, syle me thaet waeter^ 
 i6 thaet me ne thyrste, ne ic ne thurfe her feccan. Tha cwaeth 
 
 se Haelend to hyre : Ga, clypa thinne ceorl, and cum 
 nhider. Tha andwyrde thaet wif, and cwaeth : Naebbe ie 
 
 naenne ceorl. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hyre : Wei thu 
 is cwaede, thaet thu naefst ceorl : Witodlice thu haefdest fi'f 
 
 ceorlas, and se the thu nu haefst nis thin ceorl : aet tham thu 
 
 19 saedest soth. Tha cwaeth thaet wif to him : Leof, thaes the 
 
 20 me thincth, tliu eart witega. Ure faederas hig gebaedon 
 on t.hyssere dune ; and ge secgath, thaet on Hierusalem sy 
 
 21 seo stow thaet man on gebidde. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to 
 hyre : La wif, gelyf me thaet seo ti'd cymth, thonne ge ne 
 gebiddath Faeder, ne on thissere dune, ne on Hierusalem. 
 
 '.'2 Ge gebiddath triaet ge nyton : we gebiddath thaet we witon ; 
 2:5 fortham the hael is of Iudeum. Ac seo tid cymth, and nu 
 
 ys, thonne sothe gebed-men gebiddath Faeder on gaste and 
 
 on sothfaestnysse : witodlice Faedersecth swylce the hyne 
 24gebiddon. Gast ys God : and tham the hyne gebiddath, 
 
 gebyrath thaet hig gebiddon on gaste and on sothfaestnysse. 
 & Thaet wif cwaeth to hym: Ic wat thaet Messias cymth, the 
 
 is genemned Crist: thonne he'cymth, he cyth us ealle thing 
 
 26 Se Haelend cwaeth to hyre : Ic hit eom, the with the sprece. 
 
 27 And thaer-rihte comon his leorning-cnyhtas, and hig wun- 
 dredon thaet he with thaet wif spraec ; thcah heora nan ne 
 
lOHAJNJN'ES IV. 
 
 cwaeth, Hwaet secst thu ? oththe, Hwaet sprycst thu with 
 hig? Witodlice thaet wif forlet hyrewaeter-faet,andeodeto 28 
 thaere byrig, and cwaeth to tham mannum : Cumath, and 29 
 
 geseoth thone man, the me saede ealle tha thing the ic dyde : 
 cwethe ge ys he Crist? Tha eodon hig ut of thaere byrig, 30 
 and comon to him. On-o-emano; tham his leorning-cnihtas 31 
 hine baedon, and thus cwaedon : Lareow, et. Tha cwaeth a 
 he to him : Ic haebbe thone mete to etanne the ge nyton. 
 Tha cwaedon his leorning-cnyhtas him betweonan, Hwae-33 
 ther aenig man him mete brohte ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend 34 
 to hym : Min mete ys thaet ic wyrce thaes willan the me 
 sende, thaet ic fullfremme his weorc. Hu ne secge ge, 33 
 Thaet nu gyt synd feower monthas aer man rypan maege ? 
 nu ic eow secge, Hebbath up eowre eagan, and geseoth 
 thas eardas, thaet hig synd scire to rypanne. And se the 36 
 rypth nymth mede,and gaderath waestm onecum life : thaet 
 aetgaedere geblission, se the saewth and se the rypth. On 37 
 thyson ys witodlice soth word, Fortham other ys se the 
 saewth , other ys se th e rypth . Ic sende eow to rypanne thaet 38 
 thaet o-e ne beswuncon : othre swuncon, and ge eodon onheora 
 geswinc. Witodlice manega Samaritanisce of thaere ceastre 39 
 gelyfdon on hine, for thaes wifeswordum,the be him cythde, 
 Thaet he saede me ealle tha thing the ic dyde . Tha tha Sama- 40 
 ritaniscan comon to hym, hig gebaedon hyne thaet he wun- 
 ode thaer : and he wunode thaer twegen dagas. And my- 41 
 cele ma gelyfdon for his spaece ; and cwaedon to tham +1 
 wife : Ne gelyfe we na for thinre spraecc : we sylfe gehyr- 
 don, and we witon thaet he is soth middan-eardes Haelend. 
 Sothlice aefter twam dagon he ferde thanone, and for to 43 
 Galilea. Se Haelend sylf cythde gewitnesse, thaet nan 44 
 witega naefth nanne wcorthscype on hys agenum earde. 
 Tha he com to Galileam, tha underfengon hig hine, tha hig a, 
 gesawon ealle tha thing the he worhte on Hierusalem on 
 freols-dae^e : and hig comon to tham freols-daege. And m 
 
IOHAJNiNES V. 
 
 he com eft to Clianaa Galileae, thaer he worhte thaet win 
 
 of w act ere. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH OFER PENTECOSTEN, ON THAERE 
 AN AND TWENTYGOTHAN WUCAN ON SUNNAN-DAEG. 
 
 Sum under-cyning waes thaes sunu waes gesyclod on Ca- 
 
 i7 pharnaum. Tha tha se gehyrde thaet se Haeiend for fram 
 
 Iudea to Galilea, he com to him, and baed hine thaet he 
 
 fore, and gehaelde his sunu : sothlice he laeg aet forth-fore. 
 
 48 Tha cwaeth se Haeiend to him : Buton ge tacna and fore- 
 
 49beacna geseon, ne gelyfe ge. Tha cwaeth se under-cing 
 
 50 to hym : Dryhten, far aer min sunu swelte. And se 
 Haeiend cwaeth : Ga, thin sunu leofath. Tha eode he, and 
 
 51 gelyfde thaere spraece the se Haeiend him saede. Tha he 
 for, tha union his theowas ongean hine, and saedon, Thaet his 
 
 5-2 sunu lyfode. Tha acsode he to hwylcum timan him bet 
 
 waere. And hig saedon him, Gyrstan-daeg, to thaere seo- 
 53 fethan tide, se fefer hyne forlet. Tha ongeat se faeder thaet 
 
 hy t waes on thaere tide the se Haeiend cwaeth, Thin sunuleof- 
 64 ath. And he gelyfde, and eal his hiwraeden. Se Haeiend 
 
 worhte thys taccn eft othre sithe, tha he com fram Iudea- 
 
 lande to Galilea 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL OX FPJGE-DAEG, ON THAERE FOR- 
 MAN LENCTEN -WUCAN. 
 
 V. Aefter thyssum waes Iudea freols-daeg, and se Hael- 
 
 2 end for to Hierusalem. On Hierusalem ys an mere, se 
 is genemned on Ebreisc Betzaida ; se mere haefth fif por- 
 
 3 ticas. On tham porticon laeg mycel maenigeo geadledra, 
 blindra, and healtra, and forscruncenra, and ge-anbide- 
 don thaes waetercs styrunge. Dryhtenes engel com to his 
 timan on thone mere, and thaet waeter waes astyred : and 
 se the rathost com on thone mere, aefter thaes waeteres styr- 
 unge, wearth gehaeled fram swa hwylcere untrumnysse 
 
 .> swa he on waes. Thaer waes sum man eahta and thrittig 
 ( wintra on his untrumnysse. Tha se Haeiend geseah thysne 
 
IOHANNES V. 
 
 )icgan,and wiste thaet he lange hwyle thar waes, tha cwaeth 
 he to him : Wylt thu hal beon ? Tha andswarode se seoca 7 
 him, and cwaeth : Dryhten, ic naebbe naenne man thaet me 
 do on thone mere, thonne thaet waeter astyred bith : thonne 
 ic cume, thonne bith other beforan me. Tha cwaeth se Hael- s 
 end to him : Ari's, nim thin bed, and ga. And se man 9 
 waes sona hal ; and he nam his bed, and eode. Hyt waes 
 reste-daegon tham daege. Tha cwaedon tha Iudeas to tham 10 
 the thaer gehaeled waes: Hit is reste-daeg : nis the alyfed 
 thaet thu thin bed bere. He andswarode him, and cwaeth : 11 
 Se the me gehaelde, se cwaeth to me, Nim thin bed, and ga. 
 Tha acsedon hig hine, Hwaet se man waere, the the saede, 12 
 Nim thin bed, and ga? Se the thaer gehaeled waes nyste 13. 
 hwa hyt waes : se Haelend sothlice beah fram thaere ge- 
 gaderunge. Aefter tham se Haelend hine gemette on h 
 tham temple, and cwaeth to hym : Nu, thu eart hal geword- 
 en, ne synga thu, thy-laes the en sumum thingum wyrs 
 getide. Tha for se man, and cydde hit tham Iudeum, thaet 15 
 hit waes se Haelend the hyne haelde. Fortham tha Iudeas 16 
 ehton thone Haelend, fortham the he dyde thas thing on 
 reste-daege. 
 
 THYS GODSPRL SCEAL ON THUNRE8-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 fEORTHAN LENCTEN -WUCAN. 
 
 Tha andswarode se Haelend hym, and cwaeth : Min Faeder 17 
 tvyrcth oth this nu gj^t, and ic wyrce. Thaes the ma tha Iu- is 
 deas sohton hine to ofsleanne, naes na for tham anum the 
 he thone reste-daeg braec, ac for tham the he cwaeth t.ljaet 
 God waere his Faeder, and hyne sylfne dyde Gode ge- 
 li'cne Witodlice se Haelend andswarode, and cwaeth to 19 
 him Soth ic eow secge, Ne maeg se Sunu nan thing don, 
 buron thaet he gesyhth his Faeder don ; tha thing the he 
 wyrcth, se Sunu wyrcth gelice. Se Faeder lufath thone 20 
 Sunu, and geswutelath him ealle tha thing the he wyrcth, 
 
 and maran weorc thonne thas s^n he geswutelath him, thaet 
 103 18 
 
IOHANNES V. 
 
 21 ge wundrion. Swa se Faeder awecth tha deadan, and ge- 
 
 22 liffaest, swa eac se Sunu geliffaest tha the he wyle. Ne se 
 Faeder ne demth nanum menn, ac he sealde aelcne dom 
 
 23 tham Suna; thaet ealle arwurthion thone Sunu, swa swa hig 
 arwurthiath thone Faeder. Se the ne arwurthath thone Sunu, 
 
 24 ne arwurthath he thone Faeder the hine sende. Sothicsecge 
 cdw, thaet se the min word gehyrth, and thamgelyfththeme 
 sende, se haefth ece lif, and ne cymth aet tham dome, ac 
 
 m faerth fram deathe to life. Soth ic secge eow, Thaet seo tid 
 cymth and nu ys, thonne tha deadan gehyrath Godes Suna 
 
 36 stefne : and tha lybbath the hig gehyrath. Swa se Faeder 
 haefth Iff on him sylfum, swa he sealde tham Suna thaet he 
 
 27 haefde lif on him sylfum ; and sealde him anweald thaet 
 
 as he moste deman, fortham the he is mannes Sunu. Ne 
 
 wundrion ge thaes, thaet seo tid cymth, thaet ealle gehyrath 
 
 29 his stefne the on byrgenum synd : and tha the god worhton, 
 farath on lifes a'ereste ; and tha the yfel dydon, on domes 
 aereste. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THURS-DAEG, ON THAERE OTI1RE LENCTEN- 
 WUCAN. 
 
 30 Ne maeg ic nan thing don fram me sylfum : ic deme swa 
 swa ic gehyre ; and min dom is ryht ; fortham ic ne sece 
 
 31 minne willan, ae thaes the me sende. Gif ic gewitnesse be 
 
 32 me cythe, min gewitnes nis soth. Other is, se the cyth 
 gewitnesse be me, and ic wat thaet seo cythnes is soth the 
 
 33 he cyth be me. Ge sendon to Iohanne, and he cythde 
 
 34 sothfaestnesse gewitnesse. Ic ne onfo gewitnesse fram 
 
 35 men ; ac thas thing ic secge, thaet ge syn hale. He waes 
 byrnende leoht-faet, and lyhtende: ge woldon sume 
 
 36hwile geblissian on his leohte. Ic haebbe maran gewit- 
 nesse thonne Iohannes : witodlice tha weorc the Faeder me 
 sealde, thaet ic hig fullfremme, tha weorc the ic wyrce, 
 
 37 cythath gewitnesse be me, thaet Faeder me asende : and se 
 Faeder the me sende cyth gewitnesse be me. Ne ge naefre 
 
 191 
 
10HANNES VI. 
 
 his stefne ne gehyrdon, ne ge his hiw ne gesawon. And aa 
 ge nabbath his word on eow wunigende ; fortham the ge 
 ne gelyfath tham the he sende. Smeageath halige gewritu : 
 fortham the ge wenath thaet ge habbon ecelif on tham: and 
 hig synd the gevvitnesse cythath be me. And ge nellath 40 
 cuman to me, thaet ge habbon lif. Ne underfo ic nane 41 
 beorhtnesse aet mannum. Ac ic gecneow eow, thaet ge 4? 
 nabbath Godes lufe on eow. Ic com on mines Faeder 43 
 naman, and ge me ne underfengon : gyf other cymth on 
 his agenum naman, hyne ge underfoth. Hu mage ge 44 
 gelyfan, the eow betweonan wuldor underfoth, and ne 
 secath thaet wuldor the ys fram Gode sylfum. Ne we'ne 45 
 ge thaet ic eow wrege to Faeder : se ys the eow wregth, 
 Moyses, on thone ge gehyhtath. Witodlice gif ge gelyfdon 46 
 Moyse, ge gelyfdon eac me : sothlice he wrat be me. Gif 47 
 ye his stafum ne gelyfath, hu gelyfe ge minum wordum ? 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON MID-LENCTENES SUNNAN-DAEG. 
 
 VI. Aefter thyssum for se Haelend ofer tha Galik isonn t 
 sa'e, seo ys Tiberiadis. And him fylide mycel foL~, for- a 
 
 tham the nig wsawon tha tacna the he worhte on tham the 
 
 • •00 
 
 waeron geuntrumode. Witodlice se Haelend astah on 3 
 anne munt, and saet thaer mid hys leorning-cnyhtum. Hyt 4 
 waes gehende Eastron, Iudea freols-daege. Tha se Haelend 5 
 his eagan up-ahof, and geseah thaet micel folc com to him, 
 he cwaeth to Philippe : Hwaer bicge we hlafas, thaet thas 
 eton ? Thaet he cwaeth his fandigende : he wiste hwaet he 6 
 don wolde. Thaandwyrde Philippus, and cwaeth : Nabbath 7 
 hig genoh on twegra hundred penega weorthe hlafes, 
 thaet aelc sumne dael nyme. Tha andwyrde him an hys 8 
 leorning-enyhta, Andreas, Simones brother Petres : Her 9 
 is an cnapa, the haefth fif berene hlafas, and twegen fixas ; 
 ac hwaet synd tha thing betweox swa manegum mannum ? 
 Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Doth thaet thas men sitton. On 10 
 thaere stowe waes mycel gaers. Thaer saeton tha swylce fif 
 
IOHANNES VI. 
 
 11 thusendo manna. Se Haelend nam tha hlafas, and thane- 
 wyrthlice dyde, and hig todaelde tham sittendum; and eall- 
 
 12 swa of tham fixum, swa mj sel swa hig woldon. Tha hig 
 fulle waeron, tha cwaeth he to his leorning-cnyhtum : 
 Gaderiath tha brytsena the thar to lafe waeron, thaet hig ne 
 
 islosion. Hig gegaderodon, and fyldon twelf wylian fulle 
 
 thaerabrytsena of tham the tha laefdoii, tjie of tham fif beren- 
 u an hlafon aeton. Tha men cwaedon, tha hig gesawon thaet 
 
 he thaet tacen worhte, Thaet thes ys sothlice witega the on 
 15 middan-eard cymth. Tha se Haelend wiste thaet hig woldon 
 
 cuman, and hyne gelaeccan, and to cynge don, tha fleah 
 n he ana up on thone munt. * * * And tha hig eodon 
 
 on scyp, hig comon ofer tha sa'e to Capharnaum. Hyt 
 is wearth tha thystre, and se Haelend ne com to him. Mycel 
 
 19 wind bleow, and hyt waes hreoh sa'e. Witodlice tha hig 
 haefdon gerowen swylce twentig furlanga oththe thryttig, 
 tha gesawon hig thone Haelend uppan thaere sa'e gan, and 
 thaet he waes gehende tham scype : and hig him ondredon. 
 
 20 He cwaeth tha to him : Ic hyt eom : ne ondraedath eow. 
 
 21 Hig woldon hyne niman on thaet scyp : and sona thaet scyp 
 
 22 waes aet tham lande the hig woldon to faran. Sothlice othre 
 daege,seo maenegeo,the stod begeondan tham mere,geseah 
 thaet thaer naes buton an scyp, and thaet se Haelend ne eode 
 on scyp mid his leorning-cnyhtum, ac his leorning- 
 
 23 cnyhtas sylfe ana foron ; othre scypu comon fram Tiberi- 
 ade with tha stowe thar hig thone hlaf aeton, Dryhtne 
 
 24 thanciende : tha seo maenigo geseah thaet se Haelend thar 
 naes, ne his leorning-cnyhtas, tha eodon hig on scipu, and 
 
 2.5 comon to Capharnaum, sohton thone Haelend. And tha 
 hig gemetton hyne begeondan tham mere, hig cwaedon to 
 
 26 hym : Lareow, hwaenne com thu hider ? Se Haelend 
 hym andswarode, and cwaeth : Soth ic secge eow, ne sece 
 ge me fortham the ge tacnu gesawon, ac fortham the ge 
 aeton of tham hlafon, and synd fulle. 
 
JOHANNES VI. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON THAERE FORMAN WUCAN 
 AEFTER EPIPHANIA DOMINI. 
 
 Ne wyrcath aeft er tham mete trie forwyrth , ac aefter tham the 27 
 thurhwunath on ecelif, thone mannes Sunueowsylth: thone 
 God Faeder getacnode. Hig cwaedon to him : Hwaet 28 
 do we thaet we wyrceon Godes weorc ? Tha andswarode 29 
 se Haelend, and cwaeth to him : Thaet is Godes weorc, thaet 
 ge gelyfon on thone the he sende. Tha cwaedon hig: Hwaet 30 
 dest thu to tacne, thaet we geseon, and gelyfon thaet thu hit 
 wyrce. Ure faederas aeton heofonlicne mete on westene ; 31 
 swa hit awriten is, He sealde him etan hlaf of heofone. 
 Se Haelend cwaeth to him : Soth ic secge eow, ne sealde 32 
 Moyses eow hlaf of heofenum, ac mi'n Faeder eow sylth 
 sothne hlaf of heofenum. Hit is Godes hlaf the of heofene 33 
 com, and sylth middan-earde li'f. Hig cwaedon to him : 34 
 Dryhten, syle us thysne hlaf. Se Haelend cwaeth to him : 35 
 Ic eom lifes hlaf: ne hingrath thone the to me cymth ; and 
 ne thyrst thone naefre the on me gelyfth. Ac ic eow saede, 36 
 Thaet ge gesawon me, and ne gelyfdon. Eall thaet Faeder 37 
 me sylth cymth to me ; and ic ne weorpe ut thone the to 
 me cymth. Fortham the ic ne com of heofenum thaet ic 38 
 minne willan do, ac thaes willan the me sende. Thaet ys 39 
 thaes Faeder willan the me sende, thaet ic nan thing ne for- 
 leose of tham the he me sealde, ac awecce thaet on tham 
 ytemestan daege. This is mines Faeder willa the me sende, 40 
 th aet aelc the thone Sunu gesyhth,and on nine gelyfth , haebbe 
 ece li'f : and ic hine awecce on tham ytemestan daege. Tha 41 
 murcnodon tha Iudeas be him, fortham the he cwaeth, Ic 
 ei-MTi hlaf the of heofenum com. And hig cwaedon : Hu 42 
 nys thys se Haelend, Iosepes sunu, we cunnon his faeder 
 and his moder ? humeta segth thes, Ic com of heofenum ? 
 Se Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth to him : Ne 4s 
 murcniath eow betweonan 
 
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IOHANNES VI. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAEEE PENTECOST- 
 ENES WUCAN. 
 
 44 Ne maeg nan man cuman to me, buton se Faecler the me 
 sende hyne teo : and ic hine ara'ere on tham ytemestan 
 
 45 daege. On thaere witegena boeum is awriten, Ealle eath- 
 laere beoth Godes. Aelc the gehyrde aet Faeder, and 
 
 4oleornode, cymth to me. Ne geseah nan man Faeder, 
 4- buton se the is of Gode, se gesyhth Faeder. Soth ic secge 
 
 48 eow, Se haefth ece Iff, the on me gelyfth. Ic eom lifes 
 
 49 hlaf. Ure faederas aeton heofonlicne mete on westene, 
 
 50 and hig synd deade. This is se hlaf the of heofonum com, 
 
 51 thaet ne swelte se the of him ytt. Ic eom lybbende hlaf 
 the of heofonum com : swa hwa swa ytt of thyson hlafe, 
 he leofath on ecnysse : and se hlaf the ic sylle is min flaesc, 
 
 52 for middan-eardes life. Tha Iudeas fliton him betweon- 
 an, and cwaedon : Hu maeg thes his flaesc us syllan to 
 
 53 etanne ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend to him : 
 
 THYS SCEAL ANUM DAEGE AER PALM-SUNNAN-DAEGE. 
 
 Soth ic secge eow, Naebbe ge li'f on eow, buton ge eton 
 
 54 mannes Suna flaesc, and his blod drincon. Se haefth ece 
 li'f, the ytt min flaesc, and drincth min blod ; and ic hine 
 
 55 ara'ere on tham ytemestan daege. Sothlice min flaesc is 
 
 56 mete, and min blod is drinc. Se the ytt min flaesc, and 
 5? drincth min blod, he wunath on me, and ic on him. Swa 
 
 swa lybbende Faeder me sende, and ic lybbe thurh Faeder ; 
 
 58 and se the me ytt, he leofath thurh me. This is se hlaf the of 
 heofonum com : na swa swa ure faederas aeton heofon- 
 licne mete, and deade waeron ; se the ytt thysne hlaf, he 
 
 59 leofath on ecnysse. Thas thing he saede on gesamnunge, 
 
 60 tha he laerde on Capharnaum. Manega his leorning- 
 cnyhta cwaedon, tha hig this gchyrdon : Heard is theos 
 
 6i spraec ; hwa maeg hig gehyran ? Tha wiste se Haelend 
 
 thaet his leorning-cnyhtas murcnedon betweox him sylfum 
 
 ,62 be thysum, and he cwaeth to him : Thaet eow beswicth ? gif 
 
IOHANNES VII. 
 
 ge geseoth mannes Sunu astigendne thaer he aer waes ? 
 Gast is se the geliffaest ; flaesc ne fremath nan thing : tha 63 
 word the ic eow saede synd gast and lif. Ac sume ge ne 64^ 
 gelyfath. Witodlice se Haelend wiste fram fruman hwaet 
 tha gelyfendan waeron, and hwa hine belaewan wolde. 
 And he cwaeth : Forthig ic eow saede, thaet nan man ne 65 
 maeg cuman to me, buton min Faeder hit him sylle. 
 Syththan manega his leorning-cnyhta cyrdon on-baec, and 66 
 ne eodon mid him. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to tham twelf-^67 
 um : Cwethe ge wylle ge fram me ? Tha andwyrde him 68 
 Simon Petrus, and cwaeth : Dryhten, to hwam ga we ? 
 thu haefst eces lifes word. And we gelyfath, and witon69 
 thaet thu eart Crist, Godes Sunu. Se Haelend him and-70 
 swarode, and cwaeth : Hu ne geceas ic eow twelfe, and 
 eower an ys deofol ? He hyt cwaeth be Iuda Scariothe : 71 
 thes hine belaewde, tha he waes an thaera tweifa. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON TYWES DAEG, ON THAERE FIFTAN WUCAN 
 INNAN LENCTENE. 
 
 VII. Syththan for se Haelend to Galilea: he nolde faran. 1 
 to Iudea, fortham the tha Iudeas hyne sohton, and woldon 
 hyne ofslean. Hit waes gehende Iudea freols-daege. 2 
 His brothro cwaedon to him : Far heonon, and ga on 3 
 Iudea-land, thaet thine leorning-cnyhtas geseon tha weorc 
 the thu wyrcst. Ne deth nan man nan thing on diglum, ac 4 
 secth thaet hit open sy. Gif thu thas thing dest, geswutela 
 the sylfne middan-earde. Witodlice ne his magas nes 
 gelyfdon on hyne. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : Gyt;<j 
 ne com min tid : eower tid ys symle gearu. Ne maeg 7 
 middan-eard eow hatian ; ac he hatath me, fortham ic cythe 
 gewitnesse be him, thaet his weorc synd yfele. Fare ge 8 
 to thison freols-daege : ic ne fare to thison freols-daege : 
 foruxdm min tid nys gyt gefylled. He wunode on Gali-9 
 lea, tha he thas thing saede. Eft tha his brothru foron, tha 10 
 for he eac to tJiam freols-daege, naes na openlice, ac di- 
 
IOHANNES VII. 
 
 ugollice. Tha Iudeas hyne sohton on tham freols-daege, 
 
 12 and cwaedon : Hwar ys he ? And mycel gehlyd waes 
 on thaere maenio be him : sume cwaedon : He ys god : 
 
 13 othre cwaedon : JNe'se ; ac he beswi'cth this folc. Theah- 
 hwaethere ne spaec nan man openlice be him, for thaera 
 Iudea ege. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON MYD-LENCTENE3 WUCAN, ON TYWES- 
 DAEG. 
 
 h Tha hit waes mid-daeg thaes freols-daeges, thaeode se Hael- 
 15 end into tham temple, and laerde. And tha Iudeas wundre- 
 
 don, and cwaedon : Humeta can thes stafas, thonne he 
 i6 ne leornode ? Se Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth : 
 17 Min lar nis na min, ac thaes the me sende. Gyf hwa wyle 
 
 his willan don, he gecnaewth be thaere lare, hwaether heo 
 issig of Gode, hwaether the ic be me sylfum spece. Se the 
 
 be him sylfum sprycth secth his agen wuldor : se the secth 
 
 thaes wuldor the hyne sende, se is sothfaest, and nis nan un- 
 i9 rihtwisnys on him. Hu ne sealde Moyses eow a'e, and 
 
 eower nan ne healt tha a'e ? Hwi sece ge me to ofsleanne ? 
 
 20 Tha andswarode seo maenio, and cwaeth : Deofol the sticath 
 
 21 on : hwa secth the to ofsleanne ? Tha andswarode s& 
 Haelend, and cwaeth to him : An weorc ic worhte, and 
 
 suealle ge wundriath. Forthy Moyses eow sealde ymb- 
 snydenysse, naes na forthig the heo of Moyse sy, ac of 
 
 23 faederon ; and on reste-daege ge ymb-snithath mann ; thaet 
 Moyses a'e ne sy toworpen ; and ge belgath with me, for- 
 
 24 tliam the ic gehaelde aenne man on reste-daege. Ne de'me 
 
 25 ge be ansyne, ac demath rihtne dom. Sume cwaedon, tha 
 the waeron of Ierusalem : Hu nis this se the hig secath to 
 
 26 ofsleanne ? And nu he spycth openlice, and hig ne 
 cwethath nan thing to him. Cwethe we hwaether tha ealdras 
 
 27 ongyton thaet this is Crist? Ac we wi'ton hwanon thes ys: 
 thonne Crist cymth, thonne nat nan man hwanon he bith 
 
 28 Se Haelend clypode and laerde on tham temple, and cwaeth* 
 
TQJJATsNES VII. 
 
 Me ge cunnon, and ge wilcn hwanpn ic eom : and ic ne 
 com fram me sylfum, ac se is soth the me sende, thone o- e 
 ne cunnon. Ic hyne can : and gif ic secge thaet ic hine 
 ne cunne, ic beo leas, and eovv gelic. Ic hyne can, and 29 
 ic eom of him, and he me sende. Hig hine sohton to 30 
 nimanne, and heora nan hys ne aethran ; fortham the his 
 tid ne com tha gyt. Manega of thaere maenego gelyfdon 31 
 on hine, and cwaedon : Cwethe ge wyrcth Crist ma tacna, 
 thonne he cymth, thonne thes deth ? Tha Pharisei gehyrdon 32 
 tha maenego thus murcnigende be him 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON MONAN-DAEG, ON THAERE FYFTAN WUCAN 
 INNAN LENCTENE. 
 
 Tlia ealdras and tha Pharisei sendon heora thenas, thaet his; 
 vvoldon hine gefon. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Gyt ic beo 3:, 
 sume hwile mid eow, and ic gange to tham the me sende. 
 Ge 'secath me, and ne findath : and ge ne magon cuman 34 
 tjiar ic eom. Tha Iudeas cwaedon betvveonan him sylfum : 35 
 Hwyder wyle thes faran, thaet we hine ne find on ? cwyst 
 thu wyle he faran on Theoda todraefednysse,and hig laeran ? 
 Hwaet ys theos spraec the he sprycth, Ge secath me, and ne 36 
 findath : and ge ne magon cuman thar ic eom ? On tham 37 
 aeftemestan maeran freols-daege, stod se Haelend and clyp- 
 ode : Cume to me se the hine thyrste, and drince. Se 38 
 the gelyfth on me, swa thaet gewrit cwyth, lybbendes wae- 
 teres flod llowath of his innothe. Thaet he cwaeth be tham 39 
 Gaste, the tha sceoldon underfon the on hyne gelyfdon : tha 
 gyt naes se Gast geseald ; fortham the se Haelend naes tha 
 gyt gewuldrod. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON THUNRES-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 FIFTAN WUCAN INNAN LENCTENE. 
 
 Of thaere tide seo maenio cwaeth, tha heo gehyrde thas his 40 
 spraece : Thes is soth witega. Sume cwaedon : He is Crist. 41 
 Sume cwaedon : Cwethe ge cymth Crist fram Galilea ? 
 Hu ne cwyth t.liaet gewrit, Thaet Crist cymth of Dauides 4a 
 
IOHANNES VIII. 
 
 43 cynne, and of Bethleem ceastre, thar Dauid waes ? Wit- 
 odlice ungethwaernes waes geworden on thaere maenio for 
 
 44 him. Sume'hio" woldon hine niman : ac heora nan his 
 
 45 ne aethran. Tha thenas comon to tham bisceopum and to 
 tham Phariseum, and hig cwaedon to him ; For hwi ne 
 
 4sbrohton ge hine hider ? Tha andwyrdon tha thenas, and 
 cwaedon : Ne spraec naefre nan man swa thes man sprycth. 
 
 47 Tha cwaedon tha Pharisei to him : Synd ge beswicene ? 
 
 48 Cwethegegelyfdeaenig thaera ealdraoththe thaera Pharisea 
 
 49 on hyne ? Ac theos maenio the ne cuthe tha a'e, hig synd 
 
 50 awyrgede. Tha cwaeth Nichodemus to hym, se the com tc 
 si him on nyht, se waes heora an : Cwyst thu demth ure a'e 
 
 aenigne man, buton hyne man aer gehyre, and wite hwaet 
 52 he do ? Hig andswaredon, and cwaedon to him : Cwyst 
 
 tha thaet thu sy Galileisc ? Smea, and geseoh, thaet nan 
 sswitega cymth fram Galilea. And hig cyrdon ealle ham, 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ANUM DAEGE AER MYD- 
 FAESTENE. 
 
 VIII. Se Haelend for on Oliuetes dune ; and com eft 
 
 2 on daeg-red to tham temple, and eall thaet folc com to him ; 
 
 3 and he saet, and laerde hig. Tha laeddon tha Pharisei and 
 tha boceras to him an wif seo waes aparod on unriht-hae- 
 
 4 mede, and setton hig to-middes heora, and cwaedon to 
 him : Lareow, this wif waes afunden on unrihton haemede. 
 
 5 Moyses us bebead ,on thaere a'e , th aet we sceoldon thus gerade 
 
 6 mid stanum oftornan : hwaet cwyst thu ? This hig cwaed- 
 on his fandiende, thaet hig hine wrehton. Se Haelend 
 abeah nyther, and wrat mid his fmgre on thaere eorthan. 
 
 7 Tha hig thurhwunedon hine acsiende, tha aras he upp, and 
 cwaeth to him : Loca, hwylc eower sig synleas, weorpe 
 
 8 aerest stan on hig. And he abeah eft, and wrat on thaere 
 
 9 eorthan. Tha hig thys gehyrdon, tha eodon hig ut, an aefter 
 anum : and he gebad thar sylf, and thaet wif stod thaer on 
 
 iomiddan. Se Haelend aras up, and cwaeth to hyre : Wif, 
 
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IOHANNES VIII. 
 
 hwaer 'ynd tha the the wregdon ? ne fordemde the nan man ? 
 And heo cwaeth : Na, Dryhten. And se Haelend cwaeth : u 
 V ! ic the ne fordeme : do ga, and ne synga thu naefre ma. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON THAERE MYD-FAESTENES 
 WUCAN, ON SAETERNES-DAEG. 
 
 Eft se Haelend spraec thas thing to hym, and cwaeth : Ic 13 
 com middan-eardes leoht : se the me fylith, ne gaeth he na 
 on thystro, ac he haefth lifes leoht. Tha Pharisei cwaedon 13 
 to hym : Thu cythst gewitnesse be the sylfum ; nis thin ge- 
 witnes soth. Se Haelemd andswarode, and cwaeth to hym: u 
 Gyf ic cythe gewitnesse bs me sylfum, min gewitnes ys 
 soth ; fortham the ic wat hwanon ic com, and hwyder ic 
 ga : ge nyton hwanon ic com, ne hwyder ic ga. Ge 15 
 demath aefter flaesce : ic ne deme nanum men. And gif 16 
 ic deme, min dom is soth ; fortham the ic ne eom ana, ac 
 ic and se Faeder the me sende. And on eowre a'e is awrit- n 
 en, thaet twegra manna gewitnes is soth. Ic eom the cythe is 
 gewitnesse be me sylfum, and se Faeder the me sende cyth 
 gewitnesse be me. Witodlice hig cwaedon to him : Hwar 19 
 is thin faeder ? Se Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth: 
 Ne cunne ge me, ne minne Faeder : gyf ge me cuthon, 
 wen is thaet ge cuthon minne Faeder. Thas word he spaec 20 
 aet cep-sceamele : and nan man hyne ne nam ; fortham 
 the hys tid ne com tha gyt. Witodlice eft se Haelend 21 
 cwaeth to him : 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON MONAN-DAEG, ON THAERE OTHRE 
 LENCTEN-WUCAN. 
 
 Ic fare, and ge me secath, and ge sweltath on eowre 
 synne : ne mage ge cuman thyder ic fare. Tha cwaedon 22 
 tha Iudeas : Cwethe ge ofslyhth he hine sylfne ? fortham 
 he segth, Ge ne magon cuman thyder ic fare. Tha cwaeth 23 
 he to him : Ge synd nythane, and ic eom ufane: ge synd 
 of thysum middan-earde ; ic ne eom of thysum middan- 
 earde. Ic eow saede, thaet ge sweltath on eowrum syn-24 
 
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IOHANNES VIII 
 
 num : gif ge ne gelyfath thaet ic hit sy, ge sweltath on 
 Las eowre synne. Tha cv/aedon big to hym : Hwaet eart thu ? 
 
 Se Haelend cwaetli to him : Ic eom fruma the to eovv sprece. 
 ; 26 Ic haebbe fela be eow to sprecanne and to demenne : ac 
 
 se the me sende is sothfaest ; and ic sprece on middan- 
 
 27 earde tha tiling the ic aet him gehyrde. And big ne un- 
 
 28 dergeton thaet he tealde him God to Faeder. Se Haelend 
 cwaeth to him : Thonne ge mannes Sunu up-ahebbath, 
 thonne gecnawe ge thaet ic hit eom 2 and ic ne do nan thing 
 of me sylfum : ac ic sprece thas thing swa Faeder me 
 
 29 laerde. And se the me sende is mid me, and he ne forlaet 
 me aenne ; fortham the ic wyrce symle tha thing the him 
 
 30 synd gecweme. Tha he thas thing spaec, manega gelyfdon 
 on hine. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON THUNRES-DAEG, ON THAERE FORMAN 
 LENCTEN-WUCAN. 
 
 3j Witodlice se Haelend cwaeth to tham ludeum the hym ge- 
 lyfdon : Gif ge wuniath on minre spraece, sothlice ge beoth 
 32 mine leorning-cnyhtas ; and ge oncnawath sothfaestnysse, 
 L33 and sothfaestnys eow alyst. Tha andswaredon hig hym, 
 and cwaedon : We synd Abrahames cynnes, and ne theow- 
 edon we nanum men naefre : humeta cwyst thu, Ge beoth 
 .34 frige ? Se Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth : Soth ic 
 eow secge , thaet aelc the synne wyrcth ys thaere synne theow. 
 35 Witodlice se theow ne wunath on huse on ecnysse : se Sunu 
 136 wunath on ecnysse. Gif se Sunu eow alyst, ge beoth sothlice 
 
 37 frige. Ic wat thaet ge synd Abrahames beam ; ac ge secath 
 
 38 me to ofsleanne, fortham min spraec ne wunath on eow. Ic 
 sprece thaet the ic mid Faeder geseah : and ge doth tha thing 
 
 39 the ge mid eowrum faedergesawon. Tha andswaredon hig 
 and cwaedon to him : Abraham ys ure faeder. Tha cwaeth 
 se Haelend to hym : Gif ge Abrahames beam syndj 
 
 '.4o wyrcath Abrahames weorc. Nu ge secath me to ofsleanne^ 
 thone man the eow sa'ede sothfaestnysse, tha the ic gehyrde of 
 
IOHANNES VIII. 
 
 Gode : ne dyde Abraham swa. Ge wyrcath eowres faeder 41 
 weorc. Hig cwaedon witodlice to him : Ne synd we 
 of forlire acennede ; we habbath alne God to Faeder. 
 Witodlice se Haelend cwaeth to him : Gif God waere « 
 eowre faeder, witodlice ge lufedon me : ic com of Gode ; 
 ne com ic na fram me sylfon, ac he me sende. Hwi ne 43 
 gecnawe ge mine spraece ? fortham the ge ne magon ge- 
 hyran mine spaece. Ge synd deoiles beam, and ge willath-44 
 wyrcan eowres faeder willan. He waes fram frymthe 
 man-slaga, and he ne wunode on sothfaestnysse, fortham 
 the sothfaestnys nis on him. Thonne he sprycth leasunga, 
 he sprycth of him sylfum ; fortham the he is leas, and his 
 faeder eac. Witodlice ge ne gelyfath me, fortham the ic4j 
 secge eow sothfaestnysse. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH OxN SUNNAN-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 FIFTAN WUCAN INN AN LENCTENE. 
 
 Hwylc eower ascunath me for synne ? Gif ic soth secge, 46 
 hwi ne gelyfe ge me ? Se the ys of Gode, gehyrth Godes 47 
 word : forthigge ne gehy rath, fortham the ge ne synd of Gode. 
 Witodlice tha Iudeas andswaredon, and cwaedon to him : 48 
 Hwi ne cwethe we wel, thaet thu eart Samaritanisc, and eart 
 wod ? Se Haelend andswarode, and cwaeth: Ne eom ic wod ; 49 
 ac ic arweorthige minne Faeder, and ge unarweorthedon me. 
 Witodlice ne sece ic min wuldor : se ys the secth and demth. 50 
 Soth ic secge eow, Gif hwa mine spraece gehealt, ne ge- 51 
 syhth he death naefre. Tha cwaedon tha Iudeas : Nu we 52 
 witon thaet thu eart wod. Abraham waes dead, and tha 
 witegan ; and thu cwyst, Gif hwa mine spraece gehealt, 
 nebith he naefre dead. Cwyst thu thaet thu symaerra thonne 53 
 ure faeder Abraham, se waes dead ? and tha witegan waeron 
 deade : hwaet thincth the thaet thu sy ? Se Haelend hym 54 
 andswarode : Gif ic wuldrige me sylfne, nys min wuldor 
 naht: min Faeder is, the me wuldrath ; be tham ge cwethath 
 thaet he sy uwre God ; and ge ne cuthon hyne : ic hyne 55 
 205 19 
 
IOHANNES IX. 
 
 cann ; and gif ic secge thaet ic hyne ne cunne, ic beo 
 
 leas, and eow geli'c : ac ic hyne cann, and ic healde his 
 M spraece. Abraham eower faeder geblissode thaet he gesawe 
 57 minne daeg : and he geseah, and geblissode. Tha Iudeas 
 
 cwaedon to hym : Gyt thu ne eart fiftig wintre, and ge- 
 es sawe thu Abraham ? Se Haelend cwaeth to hym : Ic waes 
 59 aertham the Abraham waere. Hig namon stanas, to tham 
 
 thaet hig woldon hyne torfian : se Haelend hine bediglode, 
 
 and eode of tham temple. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON WODNES-DAEG, ON MYD- 
 FAESTENES WUCAN. 
 
 IX. Tha se Haelend for, tha geseah he aenne man the waes 
 
 2 blind geboren. And his leorning-cnyhtas hyne acsedon, 
 and cwaedon : Lareow, hwaet syngode thes, oththe his ma- 
 
 3 gas, thaet he waere blind geboren ? Se Haelend andswar- 
 ode, and cwaeth : Ne syngode he, ne his magas : ac thaet 
 
 4 Godes weorc waere geswutelod on him. Me gebyrath tc 
 wyrcanne thaes weorc the me sende, tha hwyle the hytdaeg 
 
 5 ys : nyht cymth, thonne nan man wyrcan ne maeg. Ic 
 eom myddan-eardes leoht, tha hwyle the ic on myddan- 
 
 6 earde eom. Tha he thas thing saede, tha spaette he on tha 
 eorthan, and worhte fenn of his spatle, and smyrede mid 
 
 7 tham fenne ofer his eagan, and cwaeth to him : Ga, and 
 thweh the on Syloes mere. He for, and thwoh hine, and 
 
 8 com geseonde. Witodlice hys neah-geburas, and tha the 
 hine gesawon, tha he waedla waes, cwaedon : Hu nis this se 
 
 9 the saet and waedlode ? Sume cwaedon : He hyt is : 
 sume cwaedon : Nese, ac is him gelic. He cwaeth soth- 
 
 10 lice : Ic hyt eom. Tha cwaedon hig to hym: Hu waeron 
 
 u thine eagan geopenede ? He andswarode, and cwaeth : Se 
 
 man the is genemned Haelend worhte fenn, and smyrede 
 
 mine eagan, and cwaeth to me, Ga to Syloes mere, and 
 
 ,>2 thweh the : and ic eode, and thwoh me, and geseah. Tha 
 
 cwaedon hig to him : Hwar is he ? Tha cwaeth he : Ic 
 
IOHANNES IX. 
 
 nat. Hig laeddon to tham Phariseon thone the thar blind is 
 waes. Hitwaesreste -daegthase Haelend worhte thaet fenn, u 
 and his eagan untynde. Eft tha Pharisei hyne acsedon 15 
 hu he gesawe. He cwaeth to him : He dyde fenn ofer 
 mine eagan, and ic thwoh, and ic geseo. Sume tha Pha- 16 
 risei cwaedon : Nis thes man of Gode, the reste-daeg ne 
 hylt. Sume cwaedon : Hu maeg synful man thas tacn 
 wyrcan ? And hig fliton him betweonan. Hig cwaedon 17 
 eft to thamblindan : Hwaet segst thu be tham the thine eagan 
 untynde ? He cwaeth : He is witega. Ne gelyfdon tha is 
 Iudeas be him, thaet he blind waere, and gesawe, aertham 
 the hig clypedon his magas the gesawon, and acsedon hig, 19 
 and cwaedon : Is this eower sunu, the ge secgath thaet blind 
 waere acenned ? humeta gesyhth he nu ? Hys magas 20 
 him andswaredon, and cwaedon : We witon thaet thes ys 
 ure sunu, and thaet he waes blind acenned : we nyton 21 
 humeta he nu gesyhth, ne hwa his eagan untynde : acs- 
 iath hine sylfne ; ylde he haefth : sprece for hine sylfne. 
 His magas spaecon thas thing, fortham the hig ondredon tha 22 
 Iudeas : tha gedihton tha Iudeas, gif hwa Crist andette, 
 thaet he waere butan heora geferraedene. Fortham cwaedon 2.3 
 his magas, He haefth ylde : acsiath hine sylfne. Tha clype- 24 
 don hig eft thone man the aer blind waes, and cwaedon to 
 him : Sege Gode wuldor : we witon thaet he is synful. 
 And he cwaeth : Gif he synful is, thaet ic nat : an thing ic 25 
 wat, thaet ic waes blind, and thaet icnu geseo. Tha cwaedon 26 
 hig to him : Hwaet dyde he the ? hu ontynde he thine 
 eagan ? He andswarode him, and cwaeth : Ic eow saede 27 
 a'er, and ge gehyrdon : hwi wylle ge hyt eft gehyran ? 
 cwethe ge wylle ge beon his leorning-cnyhtas ? Tha wyrg- 28. 
 don hig hine, and cwaedon : Sig thu his leorning-cnyht : 
 we synd Moyses leorning-cnyhtas. We witon thaet God 29 
 spaec with Moysen : nyte we hwanon thes ys. Se man 30 
 andswarode, and cwaeth to him : Thaetis wundorlic,thaetge 
 
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IOHANNES X. 
 
 si nyton hwanon he is, and he untynde mine eagan. We 
 witon sothlice thaet God ne gehyrth synfulle : ac gif hwa 
 is Gode gecoren, and his willan wyrcth, thone he gehyrth. 
 
 32 Ne gehyrde we naefre on worulde, thaet aenig ontynde thaes 
 
 33 eagan the waere blind geboren. Ne mihte tla.es nan thing 
 
 34 don, gif he naere of Gode. Hig andswaredon, and 
 cwaedon to him : Eall thu eart on synnum geboren, and 
 
 35 thu laerst us. And hig drifon hine ut. Tha se Haelend 
 gehyrde thaet hig hyne drifon lit, tha cwaeth he to him, tha 
 
 36 he hine gemitte : Gelyfst thu on Godes Sunu ? He and- 
 swarode and cwaeth : Hwylc is, dryhten, thaet ic on hine 
 
 37 gelyfe ? And se Haelend cwaeth to him : Thu hine gesawe, 
 
 38 andse the with the sprycth,se hit is. Tha cwaeth he : Dryht- 
 en, ic gelyfe. And he feoll nyther, and geeathmedde 
 
 39 hyne. And se Haelend cwaeth to him : Jc com on thysne 
 middan-eard to demenne, thaet tha sceolon geseon, the ne 
 
 4.ogeseoth; andbeonblinde,thathegeseoth. Tha thaet gehyrd- 
 on tha Pharisei the mid him waeron, tha cwaedon hig to hym : 
 
 41 Cwyst thu synd we blinde ? And se Haelend cwaeth to 
 him : Gif ge blinde waeron, naefde ge nane synne : nu 
 ge secgath thaet ge geseon ; thaet is eowre syn. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON TYWES-DAEG, ON THAERE PENTECOST- 
 EN ES WUCAN. 
 
 X. Soth ic secge eow, Se the ne gaeth aet tham geate into 
 sceapa falde, ac styhth elles ofer, he is theof and sceatha. 
 
 2 Se the in-gaeth aet tham geate, he is sceapa hyrde, thaene 
 
 3 se geat-weard laet in, and tha sceap gehyrath his stefne : 
 and he nemth his agene sceap be naman, and laet hig ut. 
 
 4 And thonne he his agene sceap laet ut, he gaeth beforan 
 him, and tha sceap him fyliath ; fortham the hig gecnawath 
 
 s his stefne. Ne fyliath hig uncuthum, ac neoth fram him ; 
 
 6 fortham the hig ne gecneowon uncuthra stefne. This big- 
 
 spel se Haelend him saede : hig nyston hwaet he spraec to 
 
 7 him. Eft se Haelend cwaeth to him : Soth ic eow secge: 
 
 208 
 
IOHANNES X. 
 
 Ic eom sceapa geat. Ealle tha the comon waeroa theofas a 
 and sceathan ; ac tha sceap hig ne gehyrdon. lc eom 9 
 geat : swa hwylc swa thurh me gaeth, byth hal, and gacth 
 in and lit, and fmt laese. Theof ne cymth, buton thaet he 10 
 stele, and slea, and fordo : ic com to tham thaet hig hab- 
 bon li'f, and habbon genoh. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON SUNNAN-DAEG, FEOWERTYNE NYHT UPPAN 
 EASTRON. 
 
 Ic eom god hyrde : god hyrde sylth his lif for his sceap- u 
 urn. Se hyra, se the nis hyrde; and se the nah tha sceap, 12 
 thonne he thone wulf gesyhth, thonne flyhth he, and forlaet 
 tlia sceap : and se wulf nimth, and todrifth tha sceap. Se 13 
 hyra flyhth, fortham the he bith ahyrod, and hym ne gebyr- 
 ath to tham sceapum. Ic eom god hjade, and ic gecnawe 14 
 mine sceap, and hig gecnawath me. Swa min Faeder 15 
 can me, ic can minne Faeder ; and ic sylle min agen lif 
 for minum sceapum. And ic haebbe othre sceap, tha ne u 
 synt of thisse heorde : and hyt gebyrath thaet ic laede tha, 
 and hig gehyrath mine stefne ; and hyt byth an heord, 
 and an hyrde. Fortham Faeder me lufath, fortham the ic n 
 sylle mine sawle, and hig eft nime. Ne nimth hig nan 19 
 man aet me, ac laete hig fram me sylfum. Ic haebbe an- 
 weald mine sawle to alaetanne, and ic haebbe anweald hig 
 eft to nimanne. This bebod ic nam aet minum Faeder. 
 Eft waes ungethwaernes geworden betweox tham Iudeum, 19 
 for thysum spraecum. Manega heora cwacdon, Deofol 20 
 ys on hym, and he wet ; hwi hl}'ste ge hym ? Sume 21 
 cwaedon, Ne synd na thys wodes mannes word. Cwyst 
 thu maeg wod man blindra manna eagan ontynan ? 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG, IXNON THAERE PIFTAN 
 LEXCTEN-VVUCAN ; AND TO CYRIC-IIALGUNGU.M. 
 
 Tha waeron templ-halgunga on riierusalein, and hyt waes 2a 
 winter. And se Haelend eode on tham temple, on Salo- 23 
 209 19* 
 
IOHANNES X. 
 
 24 mones portice. Tha bestodon tha Iudeas hyne utan, and 
 cwaedon to hym : Hu lange gaelst thu ure h'f ? Sege us 
 
 25 openlice, hwaether thu Crist sy. Se Haelend hym and- 
 swarode, and- cwaeth : lc spece to eow, and ge ne ge- 
 lyfath : tha weorc the ic wyrce on mines Faeder naman, tha 
 
 26 cythath gewitnesse be me. Ac ge ne gelyfath, fortham the 
 
 27 ge ne synd of minum sceapum. Mine sceap gehyrath 
 mine stefne, and ic gecnawe hig, and hig folgiath me : 
 
 28 and ic hym sylle ece lif, and hig ne forweorthath naefre, 
 
 29 and ne nimth hig nan man of minre handa. Thaet the min 
 Faeder me sealde ys maerre thonne aenig other thing ; and 
 
 30 ne maeg hit nan man niman of mines Faeder handa. Ic 
 
 31 and Faeder synd an. Tha Iudeas namon stanas, thaet hig 
 32Woldon hyne torflan. Se Haelend hym andswarode, and 
 
 cwaeth : Manega gode weorc ic eow aetywde be minum 
 Faeder ; for hwylcum thaera weorca wylle ge me haenan ? 
 
 33 Tha Iudeas hym andswaredon, and cwaedon : Ne haene 
 we the for godum weorce, ac for thinre bysmer-spaece ; 
 
 34 and fortham the thu eart man, and wyrcst the to Gode. Se 
 Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth : Hu nys hyt awrit- 
 
 3 j en on eowre a'e, Thaet ic saede, Ge synd godas ? Gif 
 he tha tealde godas, the Godes spaec to waes geworden, 
 
 36 and thaet halige gewrit ne maeg beon awend ; the Faeder 
 gehalgode, and sende on middan-eard, ge secgath, Thaet 
 thu bysmer spycst ; fortham ic saede : Ic eom Godes Sunu. 
 
 37 Gif ic ne wyrce mines Faeder weorc, ne gelyfath me. 
 33 Gif ic wyrce mines Faeder weorc, and gif ge me nellath 
 
 gelyfan, gelyfath tham weorcum ; thaet ge oncnawon, and 
 3ogelyfon thaet Faeder ys on me, and ic on Faeder. Hig 
 
 smeadon witodlice ymbe thaet hig woldon hyne gefon, 
 4o and he eode ut fram hym, and he for eft ofer Iordane'n, 
 
 to thaere stowe the Iohannes waes, and aerest on fullode ; 
 4i and he wunode thaer. And manega comon to him, and 
 
IOHANNES XI. 
 
 cwaedon : Witodlice ne worhte Iohannes nan tacn : ealle 
 tha thing the Iohannes saedebe thyssum waeronsothe. And 42 
 manega gelyfdon on hyne. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON FRYGE-DAEG, ON MYD-FAESTENES WUCAN. 
 
 XL Witodlice sum seoc man waes genemned Lazarus, 1 
 of Bethanfa, of Marian ceastre, and of Marthan hys 
 swustra. Hyt waes seo Maria the smyrede Dryhten mid 2 
 thaere sealfe, and drigde his fet mid hyre loccum. Laza- 
 rus hyre brother waes geyflod. Hys swustra sendon to 3 
 hym, and cwaedon : Dryhten, nu ys seoc se the thu lufast. 
 Tha se Haelend thaet gehyrde, tha cwaeth he to him : Nys 4 
 theos untrumnys na for deathe, ac for Godes wuldre : thaet 
 Godes Sunu sig gewuldrod thurh hyne. Sothiice se Hael- 5 
 end lufode Marthan and hyre swustor Marian, and La- 
 zarum heora brother. Witodlice he waes twegen dagas 6 
 on thaere sylfan stowe, tha he gehyrde thaet he seoc waes. 
 Aefter thyssum he cwaeth to hys leorning-cnyhtum : Uton 7 
 faran eft to Iudea-lande. Hys leorning-cnyhtas cwaedon 8 
 to hym : Lareow, nu tha Iudeas sohton the, thaet hig woldon 
 the haenan ; and wylt thu eft faran thyder ? Se Haelend 9 
 hym andswarode, and cwaeth : Hu ne synd twelf tida 
 thaes daeges ? Gif hwa gaeth on dafeg, ne aetspyrnth he, 
 fortham he gesyhth thyses middan-eardes leoht. Gif he 10 
 gaeth on niht, he aetspyrnth,. fortham the thaet leoht nys on 
 hyre. Thas thing he cwaeth : and syththan he cwaeth to him : 11 
 Lazarus ure freond slaepth ; ac ic wylle gan, and awrec- 
 can hyne of slaepe. His leorning-cnyhtas cwaedon : 12 
 Dryhten, gif he slaepth, he byth hal. Se Haelend hit 13 
 cwaeth be his deathe: hig wendon sothiice thaet he hyt saede 
 be swefnes slaepe. Tha cwaeth se Haelend openlice to i« 
 him : Lazarus ys dead ; and ic eom blithe for eowrum 15 
 thingum, thaet ge gelyfon, fortham ic naes thara : ac uton 
 gan to him. Tha cwaeth Thomas to hys geferum : Uton ie 
 gan, and sweltan mid him. Tha for se Haelend, and ge- ti 
 
IOHANNES XL 
 
 mette thaet he waes forth-faren, and for feower dagum he 
 lsbyrged. Bethania ys gehende Hierusalem ofer fyftym 
 
 19 furlang. Manega thaera ludea comon to Marthan anu 
 to Marian, thaet hig woldon hig frefrian for heora brothor 
 
 20 thingon. Tha Martha gehyrde thaet se Haelend com, tha 
 
 21 arn heo ongean hyne : and Maria saet aet ham. Tha cwaeth 
 Marthato tham Haelende : Dryhten, gif thu waere her, naere 
 
 22 min brothor dead. And eac ic wat nu tha thaet God the 
 
 23 sylth swa hwaet swa thu hyne bitst. Tha cwaeth se Haelend 
 2» to hyre : Thin brothor arist. And Martha cwaeth to hym : 
 25 Ic wat thaet he arist on tham ytemestan daege. And se 
 
 Haelend cwaeth to hyre : Ic eom aeryst and lif : se the ge- 
 
 26iyfth on me, theah he dead sy, he leofath : and ne swylt 
 
 nan thaera the leofath and gelyfth on me. Gelyfst thu thyses ? 
 
 27 Heo cwaeth to him : Witodlice, Dryhten, ic gelyfe thaet 
 thu eart Crist, Godes Sunu, the on middan-earde come. 
 
 28 And tha heothas thing saede,heoeode,and clypodedigollice 
 Marian hyre swustor, thus cwethende : Her is ure Lareow, 
 
 29 and clypath the. Tha heo thaet gehyrde, heo aras rathe, and 
 
 30 com to him. Tha gyt ne com se Haelend binnan tha 
 ceastre, ac waes tha gyt on thaere stowe thaer Martha him 
 
 31 ongean com. Tha Iudeas the waeron mid hyre on huse, 
 and hig frefrodon, tha hig gesawon thaet Maria aras, and 
 mid ofeste lit-eode, hig fyligdon hyre, thus cwethende : 
 
 32 Heo gaeth to his byrgene, thaet heo wepe thara. Tha Maria 
 com thar se Haelend waes, and heo hyne geseah, heo feoll 
 to his fotum, and cwaeth to him : Dryhten, gif thu waere 
 
 33 her, naere min brothor dead. Tha se Haelend geseah t.liaet 
 heo weop, and thaet tha Iudeas weopon, the mid hyre com- 
 on, he geomrode on I ys gaste, and gedrefde hyne sylfne, 
 
 34 and cwaeth : Hwar lede ge hine ? Hig cwaedon to him : 
 
 36 Dryhten, ga and geseoh. And se Haelend weop. And 
 
 37 tha Iudeas cwaedon : Loca nu hu he hyne lufode. Sume 
 hig cwaedon : Ne mihte thes, the ontynde blindes eagan, 
 
10HANNES XL 
 
 don eac thaet tlics naere dead ? Eft sc Haelcnd geomrode 38 
 on him sylfum, and com to thaere byrgene. Hit waes an 
 scraef, and thar waes an stan on-uppan geled. And se3» 
 Haelendcwaeth: Doth awegthone stan. Thacwaeth Martha 
 to him, thaes swuster the thar dead waes : Dryhten, nu he 
 stincth : he waes for feower dagum dead. Se Haelend 40 
 cwaeth to hyre : Ne saede icthe, thaet thu gesyhst Godes 
 wuldor, gif thu gelyfst ? Tha dydon hig aweg thone stan. 4i 
 Se Haelend ahof his eagan up, and cwaeth : Faeder, ic do 
 thancas the,fortham thu gehyrdest me. Ic wat thaet thu me « 
 symle gehyrst : ac ic cwaeth for tham folce the her ymb- 
 utan stent, thaet hig gelyfon thaet thu me asendest. Tha he 43 
 thas thing saede, he clypode mycelre stefne : Lazarus, ga 
 lit. And sona stop forth se the dead waes, gebunden 44 
 handum and fotum : and hys neb waes mid swat-line ge- 
 bunden. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : Unbindath hine, 
 and laetath gan. Manega thaere Iudea the comon to Marian, 45 
 and gesawon tha thing the he dyde, gelyfdon on hine. Hig 46 
 sume foron to tham Phariseon,and saedon him tha thing the 
 se Haelend dyde 
 
 THYS SCEAL TWAM DAGUM AER PALM-SUNNAN-DAEG. 
 
 Witodlice tha bisceopas and tha Pharisei gaderodon gemot, 47 
 and cwaedon : Hwaet do we ? fortham thes man wyrcth 
 mycele tacna. Gif we hine forlaetath, ealle gelyfath on 48 
 hine ; and Romane cumath, and nimath ure land and urne 
 theodscype. Heora an waes genemned Caiphas, se waes 49 
 tha on geare bisceop, and cwaeth to him : Ge nyton nan 
 thing, ne ne gethencath , thaet us ys betere thaet an man swelte so 
 for folce, and eall theod ne forweorthe. Ne cwaeth he thaet 51 
 of him sylfum ; ac tha he waes thaet gear bisceop, he wit- 
 gode thaet se Haelend sceolde sweltan for thaere theode : 
 and na synderlice for thaere theode, ac thaet he wolde ge-52 
 somnian togaedere Godes beam the todrifene waeron. 
 Of tham daege hig thohton thaet hig woldon hyne ofslean. 53 
 
10HANNES XII. 
 
 54 Tha ne for se Haelend na openlice gemang tham Iudeum ; 
 ac for on thaet land with thaet westen, on tha burh the ys 
 genemned Effrem, and wunode thaer mid his leorning- 
 
 55 cnyhtum. Iudea Eastron waeron gehende : and manega 
 foron of tham lande to Hierusalem aer tham Eastron, thaet 
 
 56 hig woldon hig sylfe gehalgian.- Hig sohton thone Hael- 
 end, and spraecon hym betwynan, thaer hig stodon on tham 
 temple, and thus cwaedon : Hwaet wene ge, thaet he ne 
 
 57 cume to freols-daege ? Tha bisceopas and tha Pharisei 
 haefdon beboden, gif hwa wiste hwar he waere, thaet he 
 hyt cydde, thaet hig mihton hine niman, 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON MONAN-DAEG, INNAN THAERE 
 PALM-WUCAN. 
 
 XII. Se Haelend com syx dagum aer tham Eastron to 
 Bethani'a, thar Lazarus waes dead, the se Haelend awrehte. 
 
 2 Hig worhton him thar gebeorscipe, and Martha thenode. 
 
 3 Lazarus waes an thaera the mid him saet. Maria nam an 
 pund deorwyrthre sealfe, mid tham wyrt-gemange the hig 
 nardus hatath, and smyrede thaes Haelendes fet, and drigde 
 mid hyre loccum : and thaet hus waes gefylled of thaere 
 
 4 sealfe swaecce. Tha cwaeth an his leorning-cnyhta, Iudas 
 
 5 Scarioth, the hine belaewde : Hwi ne sealde heo thas sealfe 
 with thrym hundred penegon, thaet man mihte syllan thearf- 
 
 6 um ? Ne cwaeth he na thaet forthig the him gebyrede to 
 tham thearfon,ac fortham the he waes theof, and haefde serin, 
 
 7 and baer tha thing the man sende. Tha cwaeth se Haelend : 
 Laet nig; thaet: heo healde tha oth thone daes; the man me 
 
 8 bebyrige. Ge habbath symle thearfan mid eow ; ac ge nab- 
 
 9 bath me symle. Mycel maenigeo thaera Iudea gecneow 
 thaet he waes thar ; and hig comon, naes na for thaes Hael- 
 endes thingon synderlice, ac thaet hig woldon geseon 
 
 io Lazarum, the he awehte of deathe. Thaera sacerda ealdras 
 
 u thohton tliaet hig woldon Lazarum ofslean ; fortham the 
 
 manega foron fram tham Iudeum for his thingon, and ge- 
 
 
IOHANNES XII. 
 
 lyfdon on thone Haelend. On mergen mycel maenigeo, 12 
 the com to tham freols-daege, tha big gehyrdon thaet se 
 Haelend com to Hierusalem, hig namon palm-treowa 13 
 twigu, and eodon ut ongean hine, and clypodon : Sy 
 Israhela cing hal, and gebletsod the com on Dryhtnes 
 nam an. And se Haelend gemette anne assan, and rad 11 
 on-uppan tham, swa hyt awriten ys, Ne ondraed thu, Siones 15 
 dohter: nu thin cing cymth, uppan assan folan sittende. 
 Ne undergeton hys leorning-cnyhtas thas thing aerest : ac ig 
 tha se Haelend waes gewuldrod, tha gemundon hig thaet thas 
 thing waeron awritene be him, and thas thing hig dydon 
 him. Seo maenigeo, the waes mid him tha he Lazarum 17 
 clypode of thaere byrgene, and hine awehte of deathe, 
 cythde gewitnesse. And forthig him com seo maenio on- ^ 
 gean, fortham the hi gehyrdon thaet he worhte thaet tacn. 
 Tha Pharisei cwaedon betweox hym sylfum : We geseoth 19 
 thaet we nan thing ne fremiath : nu wyle eall middan-eard 
 aefter him.' Sume the waeron Haethene, the foron thaet hig 20 
 woldon hig gebiddan on tham freols-daege, tha genealaeh- 21 
 ton to Philippe, se waes of thaere Galileiscan Bethsaida, 
 and hig baedon hine, and cwaedon : Leof, we W3'llath ge- 
 seon thone Haelend. Tha eode Philippus, and saede hyt 22 
 Andreae ; and eft Andreas and Philippus hit saedon tham 
 Haelende. Se Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth: Seo 23 
 tid cymth, thaet mannes Sunu byth geswutelod. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON TYWES-DAEG, OX THAERE PALM-WUCAN. 
 
 Sothlice ic secge eow, Thaet hwa'etene corn wunath ana, 24 
 buton hyt fealle on eorthan, and sy dead : gif hyt byth 
 dead, hyt bringth mycelne waestm. Se the lufath his 25 
 sawle forspilth hig ; and se the hatath his sawle on thyson 
 middan-earde, gehylt hig on econ life. Gif hwa thenige 26 
 me, fylige me : and min then bith thaer thaer ic eom. Gif 
 me hwa thenath, min Faeder hine weorthath. Nu min sawl 27 
 ys gedrefed ; and hwaet secge ic ? Faeder, gehael me of 
 
10HANNES XII. 
 
 ss thisse tide : ac for tham ic com on thas ti'd. Faeder, ge- 
 wuldra thinne naman. Tha com stem of heofone, thus 
 cwethende : And ic gewuldrode, and eft ic gewuldrige. 
 
 •20 Seo maenigo the thaer stod,and thaet gehyrde,saedon thaet 
 hyt thunrode : sume saedon thaet engel spaece with hyne. 
 
 30 Se Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth : Ne com theos 
 
 3i stem for minon thingon, ac for eowrum thingon. Nu ys 
 middan-eardes dom : nu byth thyses middan-eardes ealdor 
 
 32 lit-aworpen. And gif ic beo up-ahafen fram eorthan, ic 
 
 33 teo ealle thing to me sylfum. Thaet he saede, and tacnode 
 
 34 be hwylcum deathe he wolde sweltan. Seo maenigo him 
 andswarode, and cwaeth : We gehyrdon on thaere a'e thaet 
 Crist bith on ecnysse : and humeta segst t.Tiu, Hit ge- 
 byrath thaet mannes Sunu beo up-ahafen ? hwaet ys theg 
 
 35 mannes Sunu ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend : Nu gyt ys lytel 
 leoht on eow : gath tha hwile the ge leoht habbon, thaet 
 thystro eow ne befon : se the gaeth on thystron, he nat 
 
 36 hwyder he gaeth. Tha hwile the ge leoht habbon, ge- 
 lyfath on leoht, thaet ge syn leohtes beam. Thas tiling se 
 Haelend him saede, and eode, and bediglode hine fram 
 
 37 him. Tha he swa mycele tacn dyde beforan him, hig ne 
 
 38 gelyfdon on hine : thaet thaes witegan word Isaias waere 
 gefylled, the he cwaeth, Dryhten, hwa gelyfde thaes the we 
 gehyrdon? and hwam waes Dryhtnes strencth geswutelod? 
 
 39 Forthig hig ne mihton gelyfan, fortham Isaias cwaeth eft, 
 
 40 He ablende heora eagan, and ahyrde heora heortan, thaet 
 nig ne geseon mid heora eagon, and mid heora heortan 
 ne ongyton, and syn gecyrrede, and ic hig geha'ele. 
 
 4i Isaias saede thas thing, tha he geseah hys wuldor, and 
 4?spraec be him. And theah manega of tham ealdron ge- 
 lyfdon on hine ; ac hig hyt ne cythdon for thaera Pharisea 
 thingon ; thy-laes hig man ut-adrife of hyra gesomnunge. 
 
 43 Hi lufodon manna wuldor swithor thonne Godes wuldor. 
 
 44 Se Haelend clypode and cwaeth to him : Se the gelyfth on 
 
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IOHANNES XIII. 
 
 me, ne gelyfth he na on me, ac on thaene the me sende ; 
 and se the me gesyhth, gesyhth thaene the me sende. Ic 45 
 com to leohte on middan-earde ; and nan thaera the ge- 46 
 lyfth on me ne wunath on thystrum. And gif hwa ge- 47 
 hyrth mine word, and ne gehylt, ne deme ic hine : ne 
 com ic middan-eard to demanne, ac thaet ic gehaele mid- 
 dan-eard. Se the me forhigth, and mine word ne under- 48 
 fehth, he haefth hwa him deme : seo spa'ec the ic space, seo 
 him demth on tham ytemestan daege. Fortham the ic ne 49 
 sprece of me sylfum ; ac se Faeder the me sende, he me 
 bebead hwaet ic cwethe, and hwaet ic sprece. And ic 50 
 wat thaet his bebod ys ece lif : tha thing the ic sprece, ic 
 sprece swa Faeder me saede. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON THUNRES-DAEG AER EASTRON. 
 
 XIII. Aer tham Easter-freols-daege, se Haelend wiste 1 
 thaet his ti'd com thaet hewoldegewi'tan of thysum middan- 
 earde to hys Faeder, tha he lufode hys leorning-cnyhtas 
 the waeron on middan-earde, oth ende he hig lufode. And 2 
 tha Dryhtnes thenung waes gemacod, tha for se deofol on 
 ludas heortan Scariothes, thaet he hine belaewde. He 5 
 wiste thaet Faeder sealde ealle thing on hys handa, and 
 thaet he com of Gode, and cymth to Gode. He aras fram 4 
 his thenunge, and lede hys reaf, and nam linen hraegl, and 
 begyrde hyne. Aefter tham he dyde waeter on faet, and 5 
 thvvoh his leorning-cnyhta fet, and drigde hig mid thaere 
 lin-waede the he waes mid begyrd. Tha com he to Simone 6 
 Petre, and Petrus cwaeth to him : Dryhten, scealt thu 
 thwean mine fet ? Se Haelend andswarode, and cwaeth to 7 
 him : Thu nast mi thaet ic do ; ac thu wast syththan. Petrus 8 
 cwaeth to him : Ne thwyhst thu naefre mine fet. Se Hael- 
 end him andswarode, and cwaeth : Gif ic the ne thwea, 
 naefst thu naennedaelmyd me. Tha cwaeth Simon Petrus to 9 
 him: Dryhten, ne thweh thu na mine fet ane, ac eac min 
 heafod and mine handa. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to him : io 
 217 20 
 
IOHANNES XIII. 
 
 Se the claene by th ne bethearf buton thaet man his fet thwea, 
 ac ys eall claene : and ge synd sume claene, naes na ealle 
 n He wiste witodlice hwa hyne sceolde belaewan ; fortham 
 
 12 he cwaeth, Ne synd ge ealle claene. Syththan he haefde 
 heora fet athwogene, he nam his reaf ; and tha he saet, he 
 
 13 cwaeth eft to hym : Wite ge hwaet ic eow dyde ? Ge 
 clypiath me Lareow and Dryhten ; and wel ge cwethath ; 
 
 H swa ic eom sothlice. Gif ic thwoh eowre fet, ic the eom 
 
 eower Lareow and eower Hlaford, and ge sceolon eac 
 
 i5 thwean eower aelc othres fet. Ic eow sealde bysne, thaet 
 
 io ge don swa ic eow dyde. Sothlice ic eow secge, Nys se 
 
 theowa furthra thonne his hlaford ; ne se aerend-raca nys 
 
 17 maerra thonne se the hyne sende. Gif ge thas thing witon, 
 
 is ge beoth eadige gif ge hig doth. Ne secge ic be eow 
 
 eallon : ic wat hwylce ic geceas; ac thaet thaet halige ge- 
 
 writ sy gefylled, the cwyth, Se the ytt hlaf myd me, ahefth 
 
 19 hys ho ongean me. Nu ic eow secge, aertham the hyt ge- 
 weorthe, thaet ge gelyfon, thonne hyt geworden byth, thaet 
 
 20 ic hyt eom. Soth ic eow secge, Se the underfehth thaene the 
 ic sende, underfehth me ; and se the underfehth me, under- 
 
 21 fehth thaene the me sende. Tha seHaelend thas thing saede, 
 he waes gedrefed on gaste, and cythde, and cwaeth : Soth 
 
 22 ic eom secge, thaet eower an me belaewth. Tha leorning- 
 cnyhtas heheold heora aelc otherne, and him twynode be 
 
 23 hwam he hit saede. An thaera leorning-cnyhta hlinode 
 
 24 on thaes Haelendes bearme thone se Haelend lufode. Si- 
 mon Petrus bicnode to thyson, and cwaeth to him : Hwaet 
 
 25 is se the he hyt big segth ? Witodlice tha he hlinode ofer 
 thaes Haelendes breostum, he cwaeth to him : Dryhten, 
 
 26 hwaet ys he ? Se Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth : 
 He ys se the ic raece bedyppedne hlaf. And tha tha he 
 
 27bedypte thone hlaf, he sealde hyne Iudas Scariothe. And 
 
 tha aefter tham bitan Satanas eode on hyne. Tha cwaeth se 
 
 28 Haelend to him : Do rathe thaet thu don wylt. Nyste nan 
 
IOHANNES XIV. 
 
 t,haera sittendra to hwam he thaet saede. Sume wendon, so 
 fortham Iudas haefde serin, thaet se Haelend hit cwaede be 
 hym, Bige tha thing the us thearf sy to tham freols-daege ; 
 oththe thaet he sealde sum thing thearfendum mannum. Tha 30 
 he nam thone bitan he eode ut thaer-rihte : hit wacs niht 
 tha he ut-eode; and se Haelend cwaeth : Nu ys mannes3i 
 Sunu geswutelod, and God ys geswutelod on him. Gif u 
 God ys geswutelod on him, and God geswutelath hine on 
 hym sylfum. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON FRIGE-DAEG, ON TIIAERE 
 FEORTHAN WUCAN OFER EASTRON. 
 
 La beam, nu gyt ic eom gehwaede tid mid eow. Ge me 33 
 secath : and swa ic tham Iudeum saede, Ge ne magon far- 
 an thyder the ic fare ; and nu ic eow secge. Ic eow sylle 34 
 niwe bebod, Thaet ge lufion eow betwynan, swa ic cow 
 lufode. Be tham oncnawath ealle men thaet ge synd mine 35 
 leorning-cnyhtas, gif ge habbath lufe eow betwynan. 
 Simon Petrus cwaeth to him : Dryhten, hwyder gaest thu ? Z6 
 Se Haelend hym andswarode, and cwaeth : Ne miht I. 1 , u me 
 fylian thyder ic nu fare : thu faerst eft aefter me. Petrus 37 
 cwaeth to him : Hwi ne maeg ic the nu fylian ? ic sylle min 
 lif for the. Se Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth : Thin 38. 
 lif thu sylst for me ? Soth ic the secge, Ne craewth se cocc, 
 aer thu withsaecst me thriwa. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH TO THAERE MAESSAN PIIILIPPI 
 AND IACOBI. 
 
 XIV. And he cwaeth to hys leorning-cnyhtum : Ne sy 1 
 eower heorte gedrefed : ge gelyfath on God, and gelyfath 
 • on me. On mines Faeder huse synd manega eardung-2 
 stowa : ne saede ic eow. Hyt ys lytles wana thaet ic fare, 
 and wylle eow eardung-stowe gegearwian. And gif ic 3 
 fare, and eow eardung-stowe gegearwige, eft ic cume, 
 and nime eow to me sylfum ; thaet ge syn thaer ic eom. 
 And ge witon hwyder ic fare, and ge cunnon t&one weg. 4 
 
IOHANNES XIV. 
 
 5 Thomas cwaeth to hym : Dryhten, we nyton hwyder thu 
 
 6 faerst ; and hu mage we thone weg cunnan ? Se Haelend 
 cwaeth to him : lc eom weg, and sothfaestnys, and li'f : 
 
 7 ne cymth nan to Faeder, buton thurh me. Gif ge cuthon 
 me, witodlice ge cuthon minne Faeder: and heonon-forth 
 
 sge hyne gecnawath, and ge hine gesawon. Philippus 
 cwaeth to him : Dryhten, aetyw us thone Faeder, and we 
 
 9 habbath genoh. Se Haelend cwaeth to him : Philippus, 
 swa lange tid ic waes mid eow, and ge ne gecneowon 
 me : se the me gesyhth, gesyhth minne Faeder : humeta 
 
 io c wyst thu, Aetyw us thinne Faeder ? Ne gelyfst thu thaet ic 
 eom on Faeder, and Faeder ys on me ? tha word the ic to 
 eow sprece, ne sprece ic hig of me sylfum : se Faeder 
 
 n the wunath on me, he wyrcth tha weorc. Ne gelyfe ge 
 thaet ic eom on Faeder, and Faeder ys on me : gelyfath for 
 
 is tham weorcum. Soth ic eow secge, Se the gelyfth on me, 
 he wyrcth tha weorc the ic wyrce, and he wyrcth maran 
 
 13 thonne tha synd ; fortham the ic fare to Faeder. And ic 
 do swa hwaet swa ge biddath on minum naman, thaet Fae- 
 
 u der sig gewuldrod on Suna. Gif ge hwaet me biddath 
 on minum naman, thaet ic do. 
 
 THYS SCEAL ON PENTECOSTENES MAESSE-AEFEN. 
 
 15 Gif ge me luflath, healdath mine bebodu. And ic bidde 
 i6 Faeder, and he sylth eow otherne Frefriend, thaet beo aefre 
 n mid eow ; sothfaestnysse Gast, the thes middan-eard ne 
 maeg underfon: he ne can hyne, fortham the he ne gesyhth 
 hyne : ge hyne cunnon, fortham the he wunath mid eow, 
 is and bith on eow. Ne laete ic eow steop-cild : ic cume 
 
 19 to eow. Nu gyt ys an lytel fyrst, and middan-eard me 
 ne gesyhth : ge me geseoth ; fortliam ic lybbe, and ge 
 
 20 lybbath. On tham daege ge gecnawath thaet ic eom on 
 minum Faeder, and ge synd on me, and ic eom on eow. 
 
 2i Se the haefth mine bebodu, and hylt tha, he ys the me lufath : 
 min Faeder lufath thaene the me lufath, and ic lunge hyne, 
 
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IOHANNES XV. 
 
 and geswutelige him me sylfne. Iudas cwaeth to hym 2a 
 (naes na se Scarioth) : Dryhten, hwaet ys geworden, thaet 
 tliu wylt the sylfne gesvvutelian us, naes middan-earde ? 
 Se Haelend andswarode, and cwaeth to him : 23 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON PEiNTECOSTENES MAESSED-VEG. 
 
 Gif hwa me lufath, he hylt mine spraece, and min Faeder 
 lufath hine ; and we cumath to him, and we wyrcath eard- 
 ung-stowa mid him. Se the me ne lufath, ne hylt he 24 
 mine spraeca : and nys hyt min spraec the ge gehyrdon, 
 ac thaes Faeder the me sende. Thas tiling ic eow saede, tha 25 
 ic mid eow wunode. Se Halga Frofre-Gast, the Faeder 26 
 sent on minum naman, eow laerth ealle thing; and he lacrth 
 eow ealle tha thing the ic eow secge. Ic laefe eow sibbe ; 27 
 ic sylle eow mine sibbe : ne sylle ic eow sibbe swa mid- 
 dan-eard sylth. Ne sy eower heorte gedrefed, ne ne forht- 
 ige ge. Ge gehyrdon thaet ic eow saede, Ic ga, and ic cume 28 
 to eow. Witodlice gif ge me lufedon, ge geblissodon ; 
 fortham the ic fare to Faeder ; fortham Faeder ys mara thonne 
 ic. And nu ic eow saede, aerrham the hit geweorthe, thaet 29 
 ge gelyfon, thonne hit geworden bith. Ne sprece ic nu 30 
 na fela with eow : thyses middan-eardes ealdor cymth, and 
 he naefth nan thing on me : ac thaet middan-eard on- 31 
 cnawe thaet ic lufige Faeder, and ic do swa Faeder me be 
 bead. Arisath, uton gan heonon. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATII TO S c ~ VITALIS MAESSAN. 
 
 XV. Ic eom soth win-eard, and min Faeder ys eorth- 1 
 tilia. He deth aelc twig awcg on me the blaeda ne byrth ; 2 
 and he feormath aelc tljaera the blaeda byrth, thaet hyt here 
 blaeda theswitlior. Nugesyndclaenefor thaere spraece the 3 
 ic to eow spraec. Wuniath on me, and ic on eow. Swa -i 
 twig ne maeg blaeda beran him-sylf, buton hit wunige on 
 win-earde, swa ge ne magon eac, buton ge wunion on 
 me. Ic eom win-eard, and ge synd twigu : Se the wunath s 
 on me, and ic on him, se byrth myelc blaeda : fortham ge 
 221 20 * 
 
IOHANNES XV. 
 
 ine magon nan thing don lutan me. Gif hwa ne wunath 
 on me, he byth aworpen ut swa twig, and fordruwath ; 
 and hig gaderiath tha, and doth on fyr, and hig foibyrnath. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON WODNES-DAEG OFER ASCENSIO 
 DOMINI. 
 
 7 Git' ge wuniath on me, and mine word wuniath on eow, 
 biddath swa hwaet swa ge wyllon, and hyt byth eower. 
 
 8 On tham ys min Faeder geswutelod, thaet ge beron mycle 
 
 9 blaeda, and beon mine leorning-cnyhtas. And ic lufode 
 to eow swa Faeder lufode me : wuniath on minre lufe. Gif 
 
 ge mine bebodu gehealdath, ge wuniath on minre lufe ; 
 swa ic geheold mines Faeder bebodu, and ic wunige on 
 ii hys lufe. Thas thing ic eow saede, thaet min gefea sy on 
 eow, and eower gefea sy gefullod. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH TO THAERA APOSTOLA MAESSE-DAGON. 
 
 12 This ys min bebod, thaet ge lufion eow gemaenelice,swa ic 
 
 i3 eow lufode. Naefth nan man maran lufe thonne theos ys, 
 
 H thaet hwa sylle his li'f for his freondum. Ge synd mine 
 
 15 frynd, gif ge doth tha thing the ic eow bebeode. Ne telle 
 
 ic eow to theowan ; fortham se theow r a nat hwaet se hlaford 
 
 deth : ic tealde eow to freondum ; fortham ic cythde eow 
 
 i6 ealle tha thing the ic gehyrde aet minum Faeder. Ne ge- 
 
 cure ge me, ac ic geceas eow, and ic sette eow,tliaet ge gan 
 
 and blaeda beron, and eowre blaeda gelaeston ; thaet Faeder 
 
 sylle eow sw r a hwaet swa ge biddath on minum naman 
 
 AND THYS GEBYRATH TO THAERA APOSTOLA MAESSE- 
 DAGON. 
 
 i7 Thas thing ic eow beode, thaet ge lufion eow gemaenelice. 
 
 is Gif middan-eard eow hatath, witath thaet he hatede me a'er 
 
 19 eow. Gif ge of middan-earde waeron, middan-eard 
 lufode thaet his waes : fortham the ge ne synd of middan- 
 earde, ac ic eow geceas of middan-earde, forthig middan- 
 
 soeard eow hatath. Gemunath minre spraece the ic eow 
 saede, Nis se theowa maerra thonne his hlaford. Gif hig 
 
IOHANNES XVI. 
 
 me ehton, hig wyllath ehtan eower : gif hig mine spraece 
 heoldon, hig healdath eac eowre. Ac ealle thas thing hig 21 
 doth eow for minum naman ; fortham the hig ne cunnon 
 thone the me sende. Gif ic ne come, and to him ne spraece, 2s 
 naefdon hig nane synne : nu hig nabhath nane lade be 
 heora synne. Se the me hatath hatath minne Faeder. Gif 24 
 ic nane weorc ne worhte on him, the nan other ne worhte, 
 naefdon hig nane synne : nu hig gesawon, and hig hate- 
 don aegther ge me, ge minne Faeder. Ac thaet seo spraec as 
 sy gefylled the on hyra ae awriten ys. Thaet hig hatedon me 
 buton gewyrhtam. 
 
 THYS GEBYRATH ON SUNNAN-DAEG, OFER ASCENSIO 
 DOMINI. 
 
 Thonne se Frefriend cymth, the ic eow sende fram Faeder, 26 
 sothfaestnysse Gast,the cymth fram Faeder, he cyth gewit- 
 nesse be me : and ge cythath gewitnesse, fortham ge waer- 37. 
 on fram fruman mid me. 
 
 XVI. Thas thing ic eow saede, thaet ge ne swicion. Hig 2 
 doth eow of gesomnungum ; ac seo tid cymth, thaet aelcthe 
 eow ofslyhth wenth thaet he thenige Gode. And tljas thing 3 
 hig doth, fortham the hig ne cuthon minne Faeder, ne me. 
 Ac thas thing ic eow saede, thaet ge gemunon, thonne heora 4 
 tid cymth, tliaet ic hit eow saede. Ne saede ic eow thas 
 thing aet fruman, fortham the ic waes mid eow. 
 
 TUYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON SUNNAN-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 FEORTHAN WUCAN OFER EASTRON. 
 
 Nu ic fare to tham the me sende, and eower nan ne acsath 5 
 me, Hwyder ic fare ? Ac fortham the ic spraec thas thing 6 
 to eow, unrotnys gefylde eowre heortan. Ac ic eow 7 
 secge sothfaestnysse ; Eow fremath thaet ic fare : gif ic ne 
 fare, ne cymth se Frefriend to eow : witodlice gif ic fare, 
 ic hyne sende to eow. And thonne he cymth, he thwyth 8 
 thysne middan-eard be synne, and be rihtwisnesse, and 
 be dome: be synne, fort.liam hig ne gelyfdon on me ; 9 
 
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JOHANNES XVI. 
 
 10 be rihtwisnysse, fortham ic fare to Faeder, and ge me ne 
 
 11 geseoth ; be dome, fortham thyses middan-eardes ealdor ys 
 
 12 gedemed. Gyt ic haebbe eow fela to secgenne, ac ge 
 
 13 hyt ne magon nu acuman. Thonne thaere sothfaestnysse 
 Gast cymth, he laerth eow ealle sothfaestnysse : ne sprycth 
 he of him-sylfum, ac he sprycth tha thing the he gehyrth : 
 
 H and cyth eow tha thing the towearde synd. He me geswu- 
 io telath ; fortham he nimth of minum, and cyth eow. Ealle 
 
 tha thing the min Faeder haefth synd mine ; forthigiccwaeth, 
 
 thaet he nimth of minum, and cyth eow. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH OFER EASTRON, TWA WUCAN, 
 ON SUNNAN-DAEG. 
 
 16 Ne ymbe an lytel ge me ne geseoth ; and eft ymbe lytel 
 
 17 ge me geseoth, fortham the ic fare to Faeder. Tha cwaedon 
 his leorning-cnyhtas him betwynan : Hwaet ys thaet he 
 us segth, Ymbe lytel ge me ne geseoth ; and eft ymbe 
 
 is lytel and ge me geseoth ; and thaet ic fare to Faeder ? Hig 
 cwaedon witodlice : Hwaet ys thaet he cwyth, Ymbe lytel ? 
 
 19 we nyton hwaet he sprycth. Se Haelend wiste thaet hig 
 woldon hyne acsian, and he cwaeth to hym : Be tham ge 
 smeageath betweonan eow, fortham ic saede, Ymbe lytel 
 
 20 ge me ne geseoth ; and efte ymbe lytel ge me geseoth : soth 
 ic eow secge, Thaet ge heofiath and wepath, middan-eard 
 geblissath ; and ge beoth unrote, ac eower unrotnys byth 
 
 21 gewend to gefean. Thaenne wi'f centh, heo haefth unrot- 
 nysse, fortham the hyre tid com : thonne heo centh cnapan, 
 ne geman heo thaere hefinysse for gefean, fortham man 
 
 22 byth acenned on middan-eard. And witodlice ge habbath 
 nu unrotnysse : eft ic eow geseo, and eower heorte ge- 
 blissath ; and nan man ne nimth eowerne gefean fram 
 
 23 eow. And on tliam daege ge ne biddath me nanes thinges. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL SCEAL ON THONE FEORTHAN SUNNAN-DAEG 
 OFER EASTRON. 
 
 Soth ic eow secge, Gif ge hwaet biddath minne Faeder on 
 
 224 
 
IOHANNES XVII. 
 
 minum naman, he hyt sylth eow. Oth thys ne baede ge nan 24 
 thing on minum naman ; biddath, and ge underfoth, thaet 
 eower gefea sy full. Thas thing ic eow saede on bigspcll- is 
 um : seo tid cymth, tlionnc ic eow ne sprece on bigspellum, 
 ac ic cythe eow openlice be minum Faeder, On tham daege 2G 
 ge biddath on minum naman ; and ic eow ne secge for- 
 tfyam ic bidde minne Faeder be eow. Witodlice se Faeder n 
 eow lufath,foitham the ge lufedon me, and gelyfdon thaet 
 ic com of Gode. Ic for fram Faeder, and com on mid- 28 
 dan-eard : eft ic forlaete middan-eard, and fare to Faeder. 
 Hys leorning-cnyhtas cwaedon to hym : Nu, thu sprycst 89 
 openlice, and ne segst nan bigspell. Nu we witon thaet m 
 thu wast ealle thing, and the nys nan thearf thaet aenig the 
 acsie : on thysum we gelyfath thaet thu come of Gode. Se 31 
 Haelend him andswarode, and cwaeth : Nu ge gelyfath. 
 Nu, com tid, and cymth, thaet ge to-faron aeghwylc to his 32 
 agenum, and forlaeton me anne : and ic ne eom ana, 
 forthamminFaederysmidme. Thas tiling ic eow saede, thaet 33 
 ge habbon sibbe on me. Ge habbath hefige byrthene on 
 middan-earde : ac getruwiath ; ic oferswithde middan-eard. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON WODXES-PAEG, ON THAERE 
 GANG-WUCAN TO THAM VIGILIAN. 
 
 XVII. Thas thing se Haelend spraec,and ahof uphiseagan 1 
 to heofenum, and cwaeth : Faeder, tid ys cumen ; geswu- 
 tela thinne Sunu, thaet thin Sunu geswutelige the : and swa 2 
 thu hym sealdest anweald aelces mannes, thaet he sylle ece 
 Iff eallum tham the thu hym sealdest. This ys sotbiice ece 3 
 1 if, thaet hig- oncnawon thaet thueartansoth God, and se the 
 thu sendest, Haelend Crist. Ic the geswutelode ofer eorth- 4 
 an : ic geendode thaet weorc thaet thu me sealdest to don- 
 ne. And nu, thu Faeder, gebeorhta me mid the sylfum 5 
 thaere beorhtnysse the ic haefde mid the, a'ertham the mid- 
 dan-eard wa'ere. Ic geswutelode thinne naman tham mannum 6 
 the thu me sealdest of middan-earde : big waeron thine, 
 
IOHANNES XVII. 
 
 and thu hig sealdest me ; and hig geheoldon thine spraece. 
 . Nil hio o-ecneowon thaet ealle tha thing the thu me sealdest 
 
 8 synd of the. Fortham ic sealde him tha word the thu seal- 
 dest me ; and hio- underfengon and oncneowon sothlice 
 t.'iaet ic com of the ; and hig gelyfdon thaet thu me sendest. 
 
 9 Ic bidde for hig : lie bidde ic for middan-earde, ac for 
 .o tha the thu me sealdest ; fortham hig synd thine. And ealle 
 
 mine synd thine, and thine synd* mine ; and ic eom geswu- 
 n telod on him. And nu ic ne eom on middan-earde, and 
 hig synd on middan-earde, and ic cume to the. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON WODNES-DAEG, ON THAERE 
 FEORTHAN WUCAN OFER EASTRON. 
 
 [On thaere tide se Haelend beheold his leorning-cnyhtas, 
 and cwaeth :] Halga Faeder, heald on thinum naman thaet 
 12 thu me sealdest, thaet hig syn an, swa wyt synd. Tha ic 
 waes mid him, ic heold hig on thinum naman : ic heold 
 tha the thu me sealdest, and ne forwearth heora nan, buton 
 forspyllednysse beam; thaet tljaethaligegewritsygefylled. 
 i3.Nu ic cume to the, and thas thing ic sprece on middan- 
 earde, thaet hig habbon minne gefean gefylledne on him- 
 H sylfum. Ic sealde him thine spraece ; and middan-eard 
 hig haefde on hatunge ; fortham hig ne synd of middan- 
 isearde, swa ic eac ne eom of middan-earde. Ne bidde ic 
 thaet thu hisj nime of middan-earde, ac thaet thu hio; o- e healde 
 i6 of yfele. Ne synd hig of middan-earde, swa ic ne eom of 
 17 middan-earde. Gehalga hig in sothfaestnysse : thin spraec 
 is ys sothfaestnys. Swa thu me sendest on middan-eard, ic 
 
 19 sende hig on middan-eard. And for hio; i c halo-io-e me 
 
 20 sylfne, thaet hig syn eacgehalgodeonsothfaestnysse. Witod- 
 lice ne gebidde ic for hig ane, ac eac for tha the gyt sceolon 
 
 si gelyfan thurh heora word on me ; thaet ealle syn an ; swa 
 thu, Faeder, eart on me,andic on the, thaet hig syn eac an on 
 
 *a unc : thaet middan-eard gelyfe thaet thu me sendest. And 
 ic sealde him tha beorhtnysse tfoe thu me sealdest ; thaet hig 
 
IOHANNES XVIII. 
 
 syn an, swa wyt syn an. Ic eom on him, and thu eart on 33 
 me, thaet big syn geendode on an ; thaet middan-eard on- 
 cnawe thaet thu me sendest, and lufodest hig, swa thu me 
 lufodest. Faeder,ic wylle thaet tha, the thu me sealdest,syn 24 
 mid me thaer ic eom ; thaet hig geseon mine beorhtnysse, 
 the thu me sealdest: fortham thu lufodest me a'er middan- 
 eard geset waere. La rihtwi'sa Faeder, middan-eard the 25 
 ne gecneow : witodlice ic the gecneow, and hig oncneow- 
 on thaet thu me sendest. And ic him cythde thinne naman, 26 
 and gyt wylle cythan; thaet seo lufu,the thu me lufodest, sy 
 on him, and ic eom on him. 
 
 TIIES PASSIO GEBYRATII ON LANGA-FRIGE-DAEG. 
 
 XVIII. Tha se Haelend thas thi ng cwaeth , tha eode he ofer 1 
 tha burnan Cedron, thaer waes an wyrt-tun, in to tham he 
 eode, and his leorning-cnihtas. Witodlice Iudas, the hyne * 
 belafewde,wiste tha stowe, fortham the se Haelend oft-raed- 
 lice com thyder mid hys ieorning-cnyhtum. Tha underfeng 3 
 Iudas thaet folc and tha thegnas, aet tham bisceopum and 
 aet tham Phariseon, and com thyder mid leoht-fatum, and 
 mid blasum, and mid waepnum. Witodlice se Haelend 4 
 wiste ealle tha thing the him towearde waeron : he eode tha 
 forth, and cwaeth to him : Hwaene sece ge ? Hig andsware- 5 
 don him, and cwaedon : Thone Nazareniscan Haelend 
 Se Haelend cwaeth : Ic hit eom. Sothlice Iudas, the hyne 
 belaewde, stod mid him. Tha he openlice saede, Ic hit 6 
 eom, tha eodon big under-baec, and fcollon on tha eorthan 
 Eft he hig axode ; Hwaene sece ge ? Hig cwaedon : 1 
 Thone Nazareniscan Haelend. Se Haelend hymandswaro- » 
 de : Ic saede eow thaet ic hit eom : gyf ge witodlice me 
 sec ath,laetath thas faran: thaet seo spraec waere gefylled, the 9 
 he cwaeth, Thaet icnaennethaeraneforspi lie, the thu me seal- 
 dest. Witodlice Simon Pctrus ateah hys sweord, and slob io 
 thaes bisceopes tfyeowan, and accarf him of thaet swythre 
 eare. Thaes theo wan nama waes Malchus. Tha cwaeth se 11 
 
 227 
 
IOHANNES XVIII. 
 
 Haelend to Petre : Do tliin sweord onhys scaethe ; thone calic 
 
 12 the min Faeder me sealde, ne drince ic hine ? Thaet folc, and 
 se ealdor, and tliaera Iudea thegnas namon thone Haelend, 
 
 13 and bundon hine, and laeddon hine aerest to Annan, se 
 waes Caiphas sweor ; and se Caiphas waes thaes geares 
 
 ubi-sceop. Witodlice Caiphas dihte tham Iudeum, and 
 cwaeth, thaet hyt betere waere thaet anmanswulteforfolce. 
 
 15 Simon Petrus fyligde tham Haelende, and other leorning- 
 cnyht : se other leorning-cnyht waes tham bisceope cuth ; 
 and he eode in myd tham Haelende on thaes bisceopes 
 
 16 cafer-tun. Petrus stod aet thaere dura thaer-ute. Tha eode 
 se leorning-cnyht lit, the waes thaes bisceopes cutha, and 
 
 n cwaeth to thaere duru-tliinene, and laedde Petrum in. Tha 
 cwaeth seo duru-thinen to Petre : Cwyst thu eart thu of 
 thyses leorning-cnyhtum ? Tha cwaeth he : Nice, ne eom 
 
 is ic. Tha theowas and tha thegnas stodon aet tham gledon, 
 and wyrmdon hig ; fortham hit waes ceald : witodlice 
 
 19 Petrus stod mid him, and wyrmdon hyne. Se bisceop 
 acsode thone Haelend ymbe hys leorning-cnyhtas, and 
 
 2oymbe hys lare. Tha andswarode se Haelend, and cwaeth : 
 Ic spraec openlice to middan-earde ; and ic laerde symle 
 on gesomnunge, and on temple, thaer ealle Iudeas togae- 
 
 2i dere comon ; and ic ne spraec nan thing digelice. Hwi 
 ucsast thu me ? acsa tha the gehyrdon hwaet ic to hym 
 
 22 spra'ece : hig witon tha thing the ic hym saede. Tha he th} T s 
 cwaeth, thasioh an thaera thegna the thar stodon thone Hael- 
 end mid his handa, and cwaeth : Andswarast thu swa tham 
 
 29 bisceope ? Se Haelend andswarode hym, and cwaeth : 
 Gif ic yfele spraece, cyth gewitnysse be yfele : gif ic wel 
 
 24 spraece, hwi beatst thu me ? Tha sende Annas hyne to 
 
 25 tham bisceope gebundenne. And Simon Petrus stod 
 and wyrmde hine. Tha cwaedon hig to hym : Cwyst thu 
 eart thu of his leorning-cnyhtum ? He withsoc, and cwaeth : 
 
 26 Ic ne eom Tha cwaeth an thaes bisceopes theowena, his 
 
 228 
 
IOHANNES XVIII. 
 
 cutha thaes eare sloh Petrus of: Hu ne geseah ic tljc on 
 tham wyrt-tune mid him ?■ Petrus tlja eft withsoc : and 27 
 sona se cocc creow. Tha gelaeddon hig thone Haelend to 28 
 Caiphan on thaet dom-ern : hyt waes tlja morgen ; and hig 
 sylfe ne eodon in to tham dom-erne, thaet hig naeron be- 
 smitene ; ac thaet hig aeton heora Eastron. Tha eode Pila- 29 
 tus lit to him, and cvvaeth : Hwylce wrohte bringe ge 
 ongean thysne man ? Hig andswarcdon, and cwaedon to 30 
 him : Gif he na'ere yfel-daede, ne sealde we hyne the. Tha 31 
 cwaeth Pilatus to him : Nimath hine, and demath him be 
 eowre ae. Tha cwaedon tlja Iudeas to him : Us nis alyfed 
 thaet we aenigne man ofslean : thaet thaes Haelendes spraec 33 
 waere gefylled, the he cwaeth, tha he geswutelode hwylcon 
 deathe he swulte. Tha eode Pilatus eft in to tham dom- 33 
 erne, and clypode thone Haelend, and cwaeth to hym : 
 Eart thu Iudea cining? Tha andswardde se Haelend hym, 34 
 and cwaeth : Cwyst thu this of the sylfum, hwaether the hyt 
 the othre saedon ? Pilatus hym andswarode, and cwaeth : 33 
 Cwyst thu eom ic Iudeisc ? Thin theod and thine bisceopas 
 the sealdon me : hwaet dydcst thu ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend : 36 
 Mm rice nys of thysum middan-earde : gif min rice waere 
 of thysum middan-earde, witodlice mine thegnas fuhton, 
 thaet ic naere geseald Iudeum : n3 T s min rice of thysum 
 middan-earde. Tha cwaeth Pilatus to hym : Eart thu wit- 37 
 odlice cyning ? Se Haelend hym andswarode, and 
 cwaeth : Thu hyt segst thaet ic eom cyng. On tham ic com 
 geboren, and to tham ic com on middan-eard, thaet ic cythe 
 sothfaestnysse. Aelc thaera the ys on sothfaestnysse gehyrth 
 mine stefne. Tha cwaeth Pilatus to hym : Hwaet ys soth- 33 
 faestnys ? And tha he this cwaeth, tha eode he eft lit to 
 tham Iudeum, and cwaeth to hym : Ne funde ic naenne 
 gylt on thysum men. Hit ys eower gewuna, thaet ic for- 39 
 gife eow aenne man on Eastron : wylie ge thaet ic forgife 
 eow Iudea cyning ? Hig clypedon ealle, and cwaed- 40 
 229 21 
 
IOHANNES XIX. 
 
 on : Na thysne, ac Barraban. Witodlice Barrabas waes 
 theof. 
 
 XIX. Tha nam Pilatus thone Haelend, and swang hyne. 
 
 2 And tha thegnas wundon thyrnenne cyne-helm, and asetton 
 hyne on his heafod, and scryddon hyne mid purpuran 
 
 3 reafe ; and hig comon to hym, and cwaedon ; Hal beo 
 thu, Iudea cyning ! and hi plaetton hyne mid heora hand- 
 
 4um. Tha eode Pilatus eft ut, and cwaeth : Nu, ic hyne 
 laede hyder lit to eow, thaet ge ongiton thaet ic ne funde 
 
 snaenne gylt on hym. Tha eode se Haelend lit, and baer 
 thyrnenne cyne-helm, and purpuran reaf. And saede 
 
 6 him : Her is man ! Witodlice tha tha bisceopas and tha 
 thegnas hine gesawon, tha clypodon hig, and cwaedon : 
 Hon hyne, hoh hyne. Tha cwaeth Pilatus to him : Nime 
 ge hyne, and hoth : ic ne funde naenne gylt on hym. 
 
 7 Tha Iudeas him andswaredon, and cwaedon : We habbath 
 a'e, and be ure a'e he sceal sweltan ; fortham tlie he cwaeth 
 
 8 thaet he waere Godes Sunu. Tha Pilatus gehyrde thas 
 
 9 spra'ece, tha ondred he him thaes the swithor ; and eode eft 
 in to tham dom-erne, and cwaeth to tham Haelende : Hwa- 
 non eart thu ? Witodlice se Haelend hym ne sealde nane 
 
 io andsware. Tha cwaeth Pilatus to hym : Hwi ne spry est 
 thu with me ? nast thu thaet ic haebbe mihte the to honne, 
 
 ii and ic haebbe mihte the to forlaetenne ? Se Haelend hym 
 andswarode : Naefdest thu nane mihte ongean me, buton 
 hyt wa'ere the ufan geseald ; fortham sehaefth maran synne, 
 
 12 se the me the sealde. And syththan sohte Pilatus hu he 
 hine forlete. Tha Iudeas clypodon, and cwaedon : Gif 
 thu hine forla'etst, ne eart thu thaes Caseres freond : aelc 
 
 13 thaerathehyne to cynge deth,ys thaes Caseres wither-saca. 
 Tha Pilatus trias spraece gehyrde, tha laedde he ut thone 
 Haelend, and saet aet-foran tham dom-setle,on thaere stowe 
 the ys genemned Lithostratos, and on Ebreisc Gabbatha. 
 
 i4 Hyt waes tjia Eastra gegearcung-daeg, and hyt waes seo 
 
IOHANNES XIX. 
 
 syxte ti'd : tha cwaeth he to tham Iudeum: Her ys eower 
 Cyning! Hig clypodon ealle, and cwaedon : Is'im hyne, \& 
 nim hyne, and hob. Tha cwaeth Pilatus : Sceal ic hon 
 eowerne cyning ? Him andswarcdon tha bisceopas, and 
 cwaedon : JN'aebbe we naenne cyning, buton Casere. Tha 16 
 sealde he hyne hym to ahonne. Tha namon hig thone 
 Haelend, and tugon hine lit ; and bacron his rode mid 17 
 him, on tha stowe the ys genemned heafod-pannan stow, 
 and on Ebreisc, Golgotha ; Thaer hig hyne ahengon, and is 
 twegen othre mid him, on twa healfa, and thone Haelend 
 on middan. Witodlice Pilatus wrat ofer-gewrit, and 19 
 sette ofer his rode. Thaer waes on gewriten, Tins ys se 
 Nazarejniscea Haelend, Iudea Cyniing. Manega thaera 20 
 Iudea raeddon this gewrit ; fortham the seo stow waes ge- 
 hende thacre ceastre thaer se Haelend waes ahangen. Hit 
 waes awriten Ebreisceon stafon, and Greeisceon, and 
 Leden stafon. Tha cwaedon tha bisceopas to Pilate : Ne 21 
 writ thu Iudea Cyning, ac thaet he cwaede, Ic eom Iudea 
 Cyning. Tha cwaeth Pilatus ; Ic wrat thaet ic wrat. Tha 22 
 tha cempan hyne ahengon, hig «. namon his reaf, and 23 
 worhton feower daelas, aelcon cempan aenne dael ; and 
 tunecan : seo tunece waes unasiwod, and waes eall awef- 
 en. Tha cwaedon hig him betweonan : Ne slite we hig, 24 
 ac uton hleotan hwylces ure heo sy : thaet thaet halige 
 gewrit sy gefylled, the thus cwyth, Hig todaeldon hym mine 
 reaf, and ofer mine reaf hig wurpon hlot. Witodlice 
 thus dydon tha cempan. Tha stodon with tha rode thaes Hael- 25 
 endes moder, and his moder swuster, Maria Cleophe, 
 and Maria Magdalenisce. Tha se Haelend geseah his w 
 moder, and thone leorning-enyht stand cnde, the he lufode, 
 tha cwaeth he to his meder : Wif, her ys thin sunu ! Eft 27 
 he cwaeth to tham leorning-cnyhte : Her ys thin moder ! 
 And of thaere tide se leorning-cnyht hig nam to him. 
 Aefter thyson, tha se Haelend wiste thaet ealle thing waeron 28 
 
 231 
 
IOHANNES XIX. 
 
 geendode, thaet thaet halige" gewrit waere gefylled, tha 
 
 29 cvvaeth he : Me thyrst. Tha slod an faet full ecedes : hig be- 
 
 wundon ane spingan myd ysopo, seo waes full ecedes, and 
 
 so setton to his muthe. Tha se Haelend onfeng thaes ecedes, 
 
 tha cwaeth he : Hyt ys geendod : and he ahylde his heafod, 
 
 si and ageaf his gast. Tha Iudeas baedon Pilatum thaet man 
 
 fjrbraece heora sceancan, and lete hig nyther ; fortham the 
 
 hit waes g;eo;earcuno;-daeo; : thaet tha lichaman ne wunedon 
 
 on rode on reste-daege : se daeg waes maere reste-daeg. 
 
 32 Tha comon tha cempan, and braecon aerest thaes sceancan, 
 
 33 the mid him ahangen waes. Tha hig to tham Haelende 
 comon, and gesawon thaet he dead waes, ne braecon hig 
 
 34 na his sceancan : ac an thaera cempena geopenode his 
 si'dan mid spere, and hraedlice thar fleow blod lit, and 
 
 35 waeter. And se the hyt geseah cythde gewitnesse, and 
 his gewitnes is soth, and he wat thaet he sothsaede, thaet ge 
 
 36 gelyfon. Thas thing waeron gewordene, thaet thaet gewrit 
 
 37 waere gef3 7 lled, Ne forbraece ge nan ban on him ; hig 
 38geseoth on hwaene hig on-faestnodon. Witodlice Iosep 
 
 fram Arimathi'a baed Pilatus, thaet he moste niman thaes 
 Haelendes lichaman, fortham the he waes thaes Haelendes 
 leorning-cnyht : thys he dyde dearnunga, for thaera Iudea 
 ege: and Pilatus hym lyfde. Tha com he, and nam thaes 
 
 39 Haelendes lichaman. And Nichodemus com thyder, se 
 the aerest com to tham Haelende on niht,and brohte wyrt- 
 
 4ogemang and alewan, swylce hund-teontig boxa. Hig 
 namon thaes Haelendes lichaman, and bewundon hyne 
 mid linenum clathe, mid wyrt-gcmangum, swa Iudea 
 
 4i theaw ys to bebyrgenne. Witodlice thaer waes wyrt-tiin 
 on thaerestowe thar se Haelend ahangen waes ; and on tham 
 wyrt-tune waes niwe byrgen, on thaere tha gyt nan man 
 
 42 naes aled. Sothlice thar hig ledon thone Haelend, fortham 
 thaera Iudea gearcung waes, with tha byrgene. 
 
IOHANNES XX. 
 
 TIIYS SCEAL ON SAETERNESDAEG, ON THAERE EASTEE 
 
 Wl'CAN. 
 
 XX. Witodlice on anum reste-dacgc seo Magdalenisce 1 
 Maria com on mergen, aer hyt leoht waere, to thaere byrg- 
 ene ; and heo geseah thaet se stan awog aniimen waes 
 fram thaere byrgene. Tha arn heo, and com to Simone 2 
 Petre, and to tham othrum leerning-cnyhte, the se Haeland 
 lufode, and heo cwaeth to hym : Hig namon Dryhten of 
 byrgene, and we nyton hwar hig hyne le'don. Petrus3 
 eode lit, and se other leorning-cnyht, and comon to thaere 
 byrgene. Witodlice hig twegen urnon aetgaedere, and 4 
 se other leorning-cnyht for-arn Petrus forne, and com 
 rathor to thaere byrgene. And tha he nyther abeah, he 5 
 geseah tha lin-waeda licgan ; and ne eode theah in. Wit- u 
 odlice Simon Petrus com aefter hym, and eode into thaere 
 byrgene, and he geseah lin-waeda licgan ; and thaet swat- 7 
 lin, the waes uppan hys heafde, ne laeg hit na mid tham 
 lin-waedum, ac on-sundron gcfealden on anre stowe. Tha 8 
 eode eac in se leorning-cnyht, the aerest com to thaere byrg- 
 ene, and geseah, and gelyfde. Witodlice tha gyt hig ne 9 
 cuthon halige gewrit, thaet hit gebyrede thaet he sceolde 
 fram dcathe arisan. Tha foron et't tha leorning-cnyhtas to 10 
 tham othrum. 
 
 TIIYS GODSPEL GEBYR ATH ON TIIUNRE3-DAEG, INNAN 
 THAERE EASTER-WUCAN. 
 
 Witodlice Maria stod thar ute aet thaere byrgene and 11 
 weop : and tha heo weop, heo abeah nyther, and beseafa 
 innan tha byrgene, and geseah twegen englas sitlan, mid la 
 hwitum reafe, aenne aet tham heafdum, and otherne ;i t 
 tham fotum,thaerthaesHaelendes lie aled waes. I ligcwaed- la 
 onto hyre : Wif, hwi wepst thu ? Tha cwaeth heo to 
 hym : Fortham hig namon minne Driliten, and ie oat 
 hwar hig hine ledon. Tha heo thas thin^sac«lt',thal)< !W< 
 heo hig on-baec, and geseah hwar Be Elaelend stod; and 
 233 > 1 • 
 
IOHANNES XX. 
 
 is heo nyste thaet hyt se Haelend waes. Tha cwaeth se Hael- 
 end to hyre : Wi'f, hwi wepst thu? hwaene secst thu ? Heo 
 wende thaet hyt se wyrt-weard waere, and cwaeth to him : 
 Leof, gif thu hine name, sege me hwar thu hine ledest, 
 
 J6 and ic hine nime. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hyre : Maria. 
 Heo bewende hig, and cwaeth to hym : Rabboni, thaet ys 
 
 17 gecweden, Lareow. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hyre : Ne 
 aethrin thu min ; nu gyt ic ne astah to minum Faeder. 
 Gang to minum brothrum, and sege hym, Ic astige to 
 minum Faeder, and to eowrum Faeder : and to minum 
 
 is Gode, and to eowrum Gode. Tha com seo Magdalenisce 
 Maria, and cythde tham leorning-cnyhtum, and cwaeth : Ic 
 geseah Dryhten, and thas thing he me saede. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH SEOFON NYHT OFER EASTRON. 
 
 19 Tha hyt waes aefen, on anon thaera reste-daga, and tha dura 
 waeron belocene thaer tha leorning-cnyhtas waeron gega- 
 derode,for thaera Iudea ege, se Haelend com, and stod to- 
 
 20 middes heora, and cwaeth to him : Sig sibb mid eow. And 
 tha he thaet cwaeth, he aetywdehim hishanda and his sidan. 
 Tha leorning-cnyhtas waeron blithe, tha hig haefdon Dryht- 
 
 2i en gesewen. He cwaeth eft to him : Sig sibb mid eow : 
 
 22swa swa Faeder me sende, ic sende eow. Tha he thaet 
 
 cwaeth, tha bleow he on hig, and cwaeth to him : Underfoth 
 
 23 Haligne Gast. Thaera synna tlie ge forgyfath, hig beoth 
 him forgifene ; and thaera the ge healdath, hig beoth ge- 
 
 24 healdene. Witodlice Thomas, an of tham twelfum, the ys 
 gecweden Didimus, thaet ys Gelicost, on ure getheode, he 
 
 25 naes mid him, tha se Haelend com. Tha cwaedon tha othre 
 leorning-cnyhtas to him : We gesawon Dryhten. Tha 
 cwaeth he to him : Ne gelyfe ic, buton ic geseo thaera 
 naegla faestnunge on his handa, and ic do minne finger 
 on thaera naegla stede, and do mine hand to his sidan. 
 
 26 And eft, aefter eahta dagum, his leorning-cnyhtas waeron 
 inne, and Thomas mid. hym : se Haelend com, belocenum 
 
IOHANNES XXI. 
 
 durum, and stod to-middes hym, and cwaeth : Si^ oow 
 sibb. Syththan he saede Thome : Do thinne finger hyder, 27 
 and geseoh mine handa ; and nini thine hand, and do on 
 mine sidan : and ne beo thu ungeleafful, ac geleaflul. Tho- 28 
 mas andswarode, and cwaeth to him : Thu eart min God, 
 and min Dryhten. Se Haelend cwaeth to him : Thu gelyf- 29 
 dest, fortham thu me gesawe : tha synd eadige the ne gesaw- 
 on, and geiyfdon. Witodlice manega othre tacen se Hael-30 
 end worhte on hys leorning-cnyhta gesyhthe,the ne synd on 
 thysse bee awritene. Witodlice thas thing synd awritene, 31 
 thaet ge gelyfon thaet se Haelend ys Crist, Godes Sunu ; and 
 thaet ge habbon ece lif, tfyonne ge gelyfath on hys naman. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON WODNES-DAEG, INNAN 
 THAERE EASTER-WUCAN. 
 
 XXI. Eft aefter tham se Haelend hine geswutelode thus 1 
 aet thaere Tiberiadiscan safe. Simon Petrus, and Thomas, 2 
 the ys gecweden Gelicost, waeron aetgaedere, and Natha- 
 nahel, se waes of Ghana Galileae, and Zebedeus suna, 
 and othre twegen thaera leorning-cnyhta. Tha cwaeth Simon 3 
 Petrus to him: Ic wylle gan on fixoth. Tha cwaedon hig 
 to him : And we wyllath gan mid the. And hig eodon 
 ut, and eodon on scyp ; and ne fengon nan thing on thaere 
 nihte. Witodlice on aerne mergen se Haelend stod on 4 
 tham strande : ne gecneowon theah tha leorning-cnyhtas 
 thaet hyt se Haelend waes. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to him : 5 
 Cnapan, cwethe ge haebbe ge sufol ? Hig andswarodon 
 him, and cwaedon : Nese. He cwaeth to hym : Laetath 6 
 thaet nett on tha swythran healfe thaes rewettes, and ge ge- 
 metath. Hig leton witodlice, and ne mihton hit ateon for 
 thaera fixa maenigeo. Witodlice se leorning-cnyht the se 7 
 Haelend lufode cwaeth to Petre : Hyt ys Dryhten. Tha 
 Petrus gehyrde tl^aet hyt Dryhten waes, tha dyde he on 
 his tunecan, and begyrde hine, witodlice he waes a'er 
 nacod, and scet innan sa'e. 'Tha othre leorning-cnyhtas a 
 
IOHANNES XXI. 
 
 reowon thaer-to : hig waeron unfeor fram lande, swylce 
 
 9 hyt waere twa hund elna, and tugon heora fisc-nett. Tha 
 
 hig on land eodon, hig gesawon licgan gleda, and fisc 
 
 10 thar-ofer, and hlaf. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to him : Brin£- 
 
 i ath tha fixas the ge nu gefengon. Simon Petrus eode up, 
 
 and teh his nett on land, mycelra fixa full, thaera waes 
 
 hund-teontig and threo and fiftig : and tha heora swa fela 
 
 is waes, naes thaet nett tobrocen. Tha cwaeth se Haelend to 
 
 him : Gath hider and etath. And nan thaera the thar saet 
 
 ne dorste hine acsian hwaet he waere. Hig wiston thaet 
 
 13 hyt waes Dryhten. And se Haelend com, and nam hlaf, 
 
 14 and eac fisc, and sealde hym. On thysum waes se Hael- 
 end thriwa geswutelod his leorning-cnyhtum, tha he aras 
 
 ij of deathe. Tha hig a'eton. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON PETRES MAESSE-AEFEN. 
 
 Tha cwaeth se Haelend to Simon Petre : Simon Iohannis, 
 lufast thu me swythor thonne thas ? He cwaeth to him : 
 Gea, Dryhten ; thu wast thaet ic the lunge. He cwaeth to 
 
 16 him : Heald mine lamb. He cwaeth eft to him : Simon 
 Iohannis, lufast thu me ? He cwaeth to him : Gea, Dryht- 
 en ; thu wast thaet ic the lufige. Tha cwaeth he to him : 
 
 17 Heald mine lamb. He cwaeth thriddan sithe to him: Si- 
 'mon Iohannis, lufast thu me? Tha waes Petrus sarig, 
 
 forth am the he cwaeth thriddan sithe to him, Lufast thu me ? 
 And he cwaeth to him : Dryhten, thu wast ealle thing; thu 
 wast thaet ic the lufige ? Tha cwaeth he to him : Heald mine 
 
 is sceap. Soih ic secge the, Tha thu gingra waere, thu gyrdest 
 tlie, and eodest thaer thu woldest: witodlice thonne thu 
 ealdst, thu strecst thine handa, and other the gyrt, and laet 
 
 19 thyder the thu nelt. Thaet he witodlice saede, and tacnode 
 hwylcon deathe he woldc God geswutelian. 
 
 THYS GODSPEL GEBYRATH ON Sd IOHANNIS EUANGE- 
 LISTA MAESSE-DAEG. 
 
 And tha he thaet saede, tha cwaeth he to him : Fylig me 
 
IOHANNES XXI. 
 
 Tha Petrus hine bewende, tha geseah he thaet se leorning-20 
 cnyht him fyligde, the se Haelend lufode ; se the hlinode 
 on gebeorscype ofer his breost, and cwaeth, Dryhten, 
 hwaet ys se the the belaewth ? Witodlice tha Petrus thysne 21 
 geseah, tha cwaeth he to tham Haelende : Dryhten, hwaet 
 sceal thes ? Tha cwaeth se Haelend to hym : Ic wylle thaet 22 
 he wunige thus oth ic cume : hwaet to the ? fylig t.riu me. 
 Witodlice theos spraec com ut gemang brothrum, thaet se 23 
 leorning-cnyht ne swylt : and ne cwaeth se Haelend to 
 him, Ne swylt he : ac, Thus ic wylle, thaet he wunige oth 
 ic cume : hwaet to the ? Thys ys se leorning-cnyht the cyth 24 
 gewitnesse be thy son, and wrat thas thing : and we witon 
 thaet hys gewitnes ys soth. Witodlice othre manega thing a 
 synd the se Haelend worhte : gif tha ealle awritene waeron, 
 ic wene ne mihte thes middan-eard ealle tha bee befon. 
 Amen. 
 
NOTES 
 
 A. = Cod. MS. Bibl. Pub. Cant. I. i. 2. 11 
 
 B. = Cod. MS. C.C.C.C. S. 4. 140. 
 C.=Cod. MS. Bodl. No. 441. 
 
 Matt. ix. 11. ys, so A. B. C. 
 
 — xxi. 16. sacerda for sucendra, A. B. C. absurdly. 
 
 At the end of Matthew, B. has the following 
 note : — " Sic sit hoc interim. Ego aelfricus 
 scripsi hunc librum in monasterio baththonio, 
 et dedi brihtwoldo praeposito. Qui scripsit, 
 vivat in pace in hoc mundo et in futuro 
 s cl ° ; et qui legit, legator in eternum." 
 Marc. iii. 18. The MSS. omit Matheum. 
 
 — v. 40. The MSS. read, nam Petrum and thaes mae- 
 
 denes moder, etc., omitting faeder, and add- 
 ing Petrum. 
 
 — xiv. 35. Version incorrect, ^ &qu being omitted, and 
 
 he on thaere tide substituted. 
 
 — xv. 32. waeron mid him gebundene : so MSS. for the 
 
 Gr. (brsldei't^ov avidv ; but the Saxon is, 
 no doubt, translated from one of the Latin 
 versions. 
 Luc. v. 14. claensunga for claensunge, MSS. omnes. 
 
 — vi. 24. For weligum, A. B. and C. concur in the 
 
 absurd reading, witegum. 
 
 — vii. 22. thearfan bodiath, for the Gr. mcoxol etiayyeX- 
 
 XI'Qoptou, 
 
 238 
 
NOTES. 
 
 Luc. ix. b6. The MSS. omit all the foregoing pari of thin 
 verse. 
 
 — x. 1. The MSS. concur in the reading, seventy- 
 
 two instead of seventy. 
 
 — — 30. hyne up-beseonde, neither in the Gr. nor 
 
 Eng. ; the former has -brcola^v <5e 6 '///- 
 gov;. 
 
 — xi. 8. This widely differs from both Gr. and Engl.; 
 
 the beginning, gif cnuciende is in nei- 
 ther, and the MSS. omit the following ne. 
 
 — xii. 50, 51. The MSS. read (v. 50), and vv'ene ge hu beo 
 
 ic gethread ; but I have, with Marshall, trans- 
 ferred wene ge to the beginning of v. 51. 
 
 — — 55. xavaojv, heat, is omitted in the MSS. 
 
 — xiii. 7. treow, masc. ; perhaps originally beam. 
 
 — — 29. The MSS. omit and suth-daele. 
 
 — xv. 7. The MSS. omit hund before nigontigum. 
 
 — — 8. For ymb-styreth, inserted by Marshall, the 
 
 MSS. read awent. 
 
 — — 12. yldra MSS. for gingra. 
 
 — xvii. 22. sunu MSS. for suna. 
 
 — — 37. MSS. gegaderud or gegaderod, in the singu- 
 
 lar. 
 
 — xviii. 18. The MSS. omit La goda. 
 
 — xx. 15. A. and C. read ofslage ; it should correctly 
 
 be ofslegenne. 
 
 — xxi. 12. syththan MSS. for syllath. 
 
 — — 25. for gedrefednysse. The erroneous rendering 
 
 of the Saxon renders a deviation from the 
 usual punctuation necessary. 
 
 — xxii. 37. The MSS. read rihtwisum. 
 
 — xxiii. 15. ic hine sende .... the version here is false : 
 
 bvircepipu yaq vfiag. 
 
 — — 24. is wanting in the MSS. 
 
NOTES. 
 
 Ioh. i. 3, 4. Here the readings of the MSS. widely differ 
 from Marsha IPs text. 
 
 — ii. S. The MSS. have thacre instead q/*tham. 
 
 — vi. 16. is omitted in the MSS. 
 
 — vii. 23. Of this verse the beginning is omitted in the 
 
 MSS. 
 
 28. and gif ic secge .... gelic, neither in the Gi\ 
 
 nor the Engl. 
 
 — viii. 9. This is singularly defective in the Saxon; the 
 
 translator seems not to have well understood 
 
 his original. 
 25. fruma : r^v uqx*\ v so rendered. The Gothic 
 
 commits the same mistake, anastodeins. 
 42. In C. the final e of eowre is erased: read 
 
 eower. 
 54. uwre. The MSS. agree in this singular form 
 
 of the pronoun. 
 
 — xvii. 11. On thaere tide. . . . cwaeth. These words are 
 
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