A   Tobias was of the trybe ∧ citie of Nephtali, which lyeth in the hygh countreys of Galile aboue Naason þe; way towarde the West, hauyng the citie of Sephet vpon the left syde.

Though he was taken prysoner in þe; daies of Salmanasar king of the Assirians, neuerthelesse beyng in captiuitie, he forsoke not the waye of trueth: In so muche that whatsoeuer he might get, he parted it dayly with hys felow prysoners and brethren, that were of his kynred. And though he were yonger then all in the tribe of Nephtali, yet did not he behaue him self chyldeshly in hys workes. And wh&ebar; all the other went to the gold&ebar; calues, which Ieroboam the kynge of Israel had made, he hymselfe alone fled all their companies, and gat him to Hierusalem vnto the temple of the Lorde, and there worshipped the Lorde God of Israel, faythfully offeringe of all his first frutes and tythes, so that in the thyrde yeare he ministred all the tythes vnto the straungers and conuertes. These ∧ suche lyke thinges did he according to the law of God, wh&ebar; he was yet but yonge.

B   But when he was a man, he toke oute of hys owne trybe a wyfe called Anna, and of her he begat a sonne, whome he called after hys owne name, and taughte hym from hys youth vp, to feare God, and to refrayn from all synne.

Nowe when he with his wyfe, hys sonne ∧ with all his kynred was come in captiuitie vnto Niniue, what time as they al eate of the meates of the Heathen, he kepte hys soule, ∧ was neuer defyled in their meates. And for so much as he was myndefull of the Lord in all his hert, God gaue him fauour in the presence of Salmanasar the kynge, whych gaue him power to go where he wolde, and so had he libertie to do what hym list.

C   So went Tobias vnto al them that were in pryson, and comforted theym, ∧ gaue them wholsome exortacions. And when he came to Rages a cytye of the Medes, hauynge ^note ten talentes of syluer (of the thynges wherwith the kyng had honoured hym) ∧ sawe among a greate company of people of hys kynred, one Gabelus (which was of his owne tribe) beynge in necessitie, he gaue hym the sayde weyght of syluer vnder an handwrytyng.

After a longe season when Salmanasar the kynge was dead, and Sennaherib hys sonne reygned in hys steade, which hated the childr&ebar; of Israel. Tobias w&ebar;t dayly thorow out all hys kynred, and comforted them, and gaue of hys goodes to euery one of them, as much as he might: he fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and buried the dead and slayne, ∧ that diligently.

D   And when Sennaherib the kyng came agayne and fled out of Iewry (what tyme as God punished hym for his blasphemye) ∧ in his wrath slew many of the chyldr&ebar; of Israel Tobias buried their bodies. But wh&ebar; it was tolde the kynge, he c&obar;maunded to slaye him, and toke awaye all his goodes. Neuertheles Tobias with hys sonne and with hys wyfe fled hys waye, and was hyd naked, for there were many that loued hym. But after .lv. dayes the kynge was slayne of hys owne sonnes. Then came Tobias agayne to hys house, and all hys goodes restored vnto hym.

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