¶2; The .vj. Chapter.The lambe openeth the sixe seales, and many thynges folowe the openyng therof,
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1And I sawe when the
lambe opened one of the
seales, and I heard one of
the foure beastes say, as it
were the noyse of thunder,
come and see: and I sawe.
2 And behold, there was a whyte horse,
and he that sate on hym had a bowe, ∧
a crowne was geuen vnto hym, and he
went foorth conqueryng, and for to ouercome.
3 And when he had opened the seconde
seale, I hearde the seconde beast saye,
come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that
was redde, and power was geuen to
him that sate theron to take peace from
the earth, and that they should kyll one
another: note and there was geuen vnto
hym a great sworde.
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5 And when he had opened the thirde
seale, I hearde the third beast say, come
and see. And I behelde, and loe, a blacke
horse, and he that sate on hym hadde a
payre of balaunces in his hande.
6 And I hearde a voyce in the myddes
of the foure beastes saye: A measure of
wheate for a penie, and three measures
of barly for a penie, and oyle and wine
see thou hurt not.
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7 And when he had opened the fourth
seale, I hearde the voyce of the fourth
beast say, come and see.
8 And I loked, and behold a pale horse,
∧ his name that sate on him was death,
and hell folowed after hym, and power
was geuen vnto them ouer the fourth
part of the earth, to kyll with sworde, ∧
with hunger, and with death, and with
the beastes of the earth.
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9 And when he had opened the fift seale,
I sawe vnder the aulter note the soules of
them that were kylled for the worde of
God, and for the testimonie which they
had.
10 And they cryed with a loude voyce,
saying: Howe long taryest thou Lorde,
holy and true, to iudge and to auenge
our blood on th&ebar; that dwell on þe; earth?
11 And long whyte garmentes were geuen
vnto euery one of them: and it was
sayde vnto them, that they should reste
yet for a litle season, vntyll the number
of their felowes, and brethren, and of
them that shoulde be kylled as they
were, were fulfylled.
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12 And I behelde when he had opened
the sixt seale, and loe there was a great
earthquake, ∧ the sunne was as blacke
as sackcloth made of heere, ∧ the moone
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waxed all euen as blood:
13 And the starres of heauen fell vnto the
earth, euen as a figge tree casteth her
vntimely figges when she is shaken of a
myghtie wynde.
14 And heauen vanished awaye as a
scroule when it is roulled together, and
all mountaynes and yles were moued
out of their places.
15 And the kynges of the earth, and the
great men, and the ryche men, and the
chiefe capitaines, and the myghtie men,
and euery bonde man, and euery free
man, hyd them selues in dennes and in
rockes of the hylles:
16noteAnd sayde to the hylles ∧ rockes, fall
on vs, and hyde vs from the presence of
him that sitteth on the throne, and from
the wrath of the lambe:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come:
and who is able to endure?
