A   And it happened after the seu&ebar; dayes, that I dreamed a dream by night. And beholde there arose a wynd from the sea, that it moued all the floudes therof. And I loked, and beholde, the m&abar; was str&obar;g and increased with the cloudes of heauen: ^note and when he turned his countenaunce to c&obar;syder, al the thinges trembled that were sene vnder hym: and when the voyce wente oute of his mouth, all they brent that herde hym, lyke as the earth when it feleth the fyre.

After these I sawe, ∧ beholde, there was gathered together a multitude of men out of numbre fr&obar; the foure wyndes of the heau&ebar;, to fyght agaynst the man, that came out fr&obar; the sea. And I loked, and beholde, he graued ^note hym selfe a great mountaine, and slew vp vpon it. But I wolde haue sene the border or place, wher out the hyll was grauen, and I coulde not.

I sawe after these, that all they which came to fyght agaynst hym, were sore afrayed, ∧ yet durst they fight. Neuerthelesse when he sawe the fearsnesse ∧ vyolence of the people, he neither lift vp his hande nor helde swerde nor any weap&ebar;: but onely (As I saw) he sent out of hys mouth as it hadde bene a blast of fyre, and out of his lippes the wynde of the fl&abar;me: ∧ out of hys tonge he cast out sparkes and stormes, and they were all myxte together: the blast of fyre, the wynde of the flammes, and the greate storme, and fell wyth a russhe vpon the people, which was prepared to fight and brent th&ebar; vp euerychone: so that of the innumerable multitude there was nothinge sene, but onely dust and smoke. Wh&ebar; I sawe this, I was afrayed.

B   Afterwarde sawe I the same man come doune fr&obar; the mountayne, and callyng vnto hym another peaceable people: ∧ there came much people vnto him: some were glad, some were sory, some of theym were bounde, ^note so that they were caried and brought forth.

Then was I sycke thorow greate feare, ∧ I awaked, and sayde: thou haste shewed thy seruaunt all thy wonders fr&obar; the beginning ∧ hast counted me worthy, that thou mightest receyue my praier: shew me now yet the interpretacion of this dreame. For thus I c&obar;sidre in my vnderstanding: Wo vnto theym that shall be lefte in those dayes: and muche more wo vnto th&ebar; that are not left behynde: for they that were not left, were in heuynes.

Now vnderstande I the thynges that are layed vp in the latter dayes, which shall happen vnto them, and to those that are not lefte behynde. Therfore are they come into great parelles, and many necessities, lyke as these dreames declare. Yet is it easier, þt; he whiche suffreth hurte, come in these, then to passe awaye as a cloude out of the world, and now to se the thinges that shall happ&ebar; in the laste.

Then aunswered he me, and sayde: The interpretaci&obar; of the sighte shall I shewe the, and I wil open vnto the, the thing that thou hast requyred. For thou hast spoken of them that are lefte behynde, and thys is the interpretacion. He that taketh awaye the parell in that tyme, hath kepte him selfe. They that be fallen into harme, are suche as haue workes ∧ fayth vnto the moost mightie. Knowe this therfore, that they which be left behynd, are more blessed, then they that be dead.
This is the meanynge of the vision. Where as thou sawest a man commynge vp frome the depe of the sea, the same is he whom God the Hyest hath kepte a greate season, whiche by hys owne selfe shall deliuer hys creature, ∧ he shall ordre th&ebar; that are left behynde. And where as thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came a blast of wynde, fyre ∧ storme, ∧ how that he lyft vp neither swerde nor weapen, but that the rushing in of him destroyed the whole multitude, that came too fighte agaynst him: it signifieth, that the dayes come C   whan God will deliuer them that are vpon earth, ∧ in a traunce of mynde shall he come vpon them, that dwell in the earth. And one shal vndertake to fight agaynst another, one citie agaynst another, one place agaynst another, one people agaynste another, and one realme agaynst another. When this c&obar;meth to passe, then shall the tok&ebar;s come, that I shewed the before: ∧ then shall my sonne be declared, whome thou sawest clymme vp as a man. And wh&ebar; all the people heare his voice euery man shall in their owne l&abar;de leaue the battayl that they haue one agaynst another, ∧ an innumerable multitude shalbe gathered together, as they that be willinge to come ∧ to ouercome hym by fightinge. But he shall stande vpon the toppe of the mount Sion.
Neuerthelesse Sion shall come, ∧ shalbe shewed, beinge prepared ∧ buylded for all men, lyke as thou sawest the hyll grauen forthe without any handes. But my sonne shall rebuke the people that are come for their wyckednes, with the tempest, and for their euell imaginacions: and their paynes wherewyth they shalbe punyshed, are syckened vnto the flamme: and without any laboure, shall he destroye them, euen by the lawe, whiche is compared vnto the fyre.

And where as thou sawest, that he gathered another peaceable people vnto him: those are the ten tribes, whiche were caryed awaye prysoners out of their owne l&abar;de, in the time of Oseas the kyng, whome Salmanasar the kynge of Assiria toke prysoner, and caryed them ouer the water, and so came they into another lande.

But they gaue them this co&ubar;sai, that they should leaue the multitude of the Heathen, ∧ to go forth into a farther countrie, D   where neuer mankynde dwelt: that they myght there kepe their statutes, whiche they neuer kepte in their owne lande. And so they entred in at the narow passages of the water of Euphrates, and God shewed tok&ebar;s for them, ∧ helde

styll the floude tyll they were passed ouer: for thorow that countre there was a great way, namely of a yeare ∧ a halfe iourney, for the same regyon is called Asareth. Then dwelt they there vnto the latter tyme: ∧ when they come forth agayne, the hyest shall holde still the sprynges of the streame agayn, that they mai go thorow, therfore sawest thou the multitude wyth peace. And they that be lefte behynde of thy people, are those that be founde within my border. Now when he destroyeth the multytude that is gathered together, he shall defende hys people that remayne, and then shall he shew them great wonders.

Then sayde I: O Lorde Lorde, shewe me thys: wherfore haue I sene the man c&obar;ming vp from the depe of the sea? And he sayde vnto me: Lyke as thou canst neyther seke out nor know these thynges that are in the depe of the sea, eu&ebar; so mayest thou not se my sonne or those that be with hym, but in the tyme of the daye. Thys is the interpretacion of the dreame which thou sawest, therfore thou only arte here lightened: for thou haste forsaken thyne owne lawe, and applyed thy diligence vnto myne, and sought it. Thy life hast thou ordred in wisdome, ∧ haste called vnderstandinge thy mother, ∧ therefore haue I shewed the the treasure of the Hyest. After thre daies I will shewe the more, and talke with the at more large, yea heauy and wonderous thynges wyll I declare vnto the.

Then went I forth into the felde, geuyng prayse ∧ thankes greatly vnto God, because of hys wonders which he dyd in tyme, ∧ because he gouerneth the same, and suche as is in tyme, and there I sat thre dayes.

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