A   And he sayd also vnto his disciples. &cross2; Ther was a certayne rych man / which had a stewarde / ^note that was acused vnto him / that he had wasted his goodes. And he called him / ∧ sayd vnto him: How is it / that I heare this of the? Geve a comptes of thy steward shippe: For thou mayste be no longer stewarde. The stewarde sayd &wt; in him selfe: what shall I do? for my master will take awaye fr&obar; me þe; stewarde shippe. I c&abar;not digge / ∧ to begge / I am ashamed. I woote what to do / þt; when I am put out of þe; stewardshippe / they maye receave me into their houses.

B   Then called he all his masters detters / and sayd vnto þe; fyrst: how moche owest thou vnto my master? And he sayd: an hondred tonnes of oyle. And he sayd to him: take thy bill / ∧ syt doune quickly / ∧ wryte fiftie. Then sayd he to another: what owest thou? And he sayde: an hondred quarters of wheate. He sayd to him: Take thy bill / ∧ write foure scoore. And

the lorde c&obar;mended the vniust stewarde / because he had done wysly. For þe; chyldren of this worlde are in their kynde / wyser then þe; chyldren of lyght. And I saye also vnto you: make you frendes of the wicked mammon / that when ye shall departe / they may receave you into everlastinge habitacions. &cross3;

&cross2; He that is faithfull in that which is leste þe; same is faithfull in moche. ^noteAnd he þt; is vnfaithfull in þe; least: is vnfaithfull also in moche. So then yf ye have not ben faithfull in þe; wicked m&abar;mon? who will beleve you in that ^note which is true? And yf ye have not bene faithfull in another m&abar;nes busines: who shall geve you youre awne? No servaunt can serve .ii. masters / ^note for other he shall hate þe; one ∧ love þe; other / or els he shall lene to the one ∧ despyse the other. Ye can not serve God ∧ mammon.

D   All these thinges herde the pharises also which were coveteous / and they mocked him. And he sayd vnto th&ebar;: Ye are they which iustifie youre selves before m&ebar;: but God knoweth youre hertes. For þe; which is highlie estemed am&obar;ge m&ebar; / is abhominable in þt; sight of god &cross3; ^note

The lawe and the Prophetes raygned vntyll the tyme of Iohn: and sence that tyme / the kyngdom of God is preached / and every man stryveth to goo in.

Soner shall heven and erth perisshe / then one tytle of the lawe shall perisshe. ^noteWhosoever forsaketh his wyfe and marieth another / ^note breaketh matrimony. And every man which marieth her that is devorsed from her husbande

/ committeth advoutry also. ^note

E   &cross2; Ther was a certayne ryche man / which was clothed in purple ∧ fyne bysse / ^note and fared deliciously every daye. And ther was a certayne begger / named Lazarus / whiche laye at his gate full of soores / desyringe to be refresshed with the cromes whiche fell from the ryche m&abar;nes borde. Neverthelesse / the dogges came ∧ licked his soores. And yt fortuned that the begger dyed / and was caried by the angelles into Abrah&abar;s bosome. The riche man also died / and was buried.

F   And beinge in hell in torm&ebar;tes / he lyfte vp his eyes ∧ sawe Abraham a farre of / ∧ Lazarus in his bosome / ∧ he cryed and sayd: father Abraham / have mercy on me / ∧ sende Lazarus that he maye dippe the tippe of his fynger in water / and cole my tonge: for I am tourmented in this flame. But Abrah&abar; sayd vnto him Sonne / remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme / receavedst thy pleasure / ∧ contrary wyse Lazarus payne. Now therfore is he comforted / and thou art punysshed. Beyonde all this / bitwene you ∧ vs ther is a greate space set / so that they which wolde goo from thence to you cannot: nether maye come from thence to vs.

G   Then he sayd: I praye the therfore father / send him to my fathers housse. For I have fyve brethren: for to warne th&ebar; / left they also come into this place of tourm&ebar;t. Abrah&abar; sayd vnto him: they have Moses ^note ∧ the Prophetes / let them heare them. And he sayd: naye father Abraham / but yf one came vnto th&ebar; /

from the ded / they wolde repent. He sayd vnto him: If they heare not Moses ∧ þe; prophetes / nether will they beleve / though one roose from deeth agayne.

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