B and her marchauntes are wexed
ryche of the abundance of her pleasures.
And I herde another voyce from heven saye:
come a waye from her my people / that ye
be not parttakers in her synnes / that ye receave
not of her plages. For her synnes are gon
vp to heven / and God hath remembred her
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wyckednes. Rewarde her even as she rewarded
you / and geve her dubble accordynge to
her workes. And poure in dubble to her in the
same cuppe which she fylled vnto you. And
as moche as she gloryfied her silfe and lyved
wantanly / so moche poure ye in for her of punysshment
/ and sorowe / for she sayde in her
herte: I sytt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe
and shall se no sorowe. noteTherfore shall
her plages come at one daye / deeth / and sorowe
/ and honger / and she shallbe brent with
fyre: for stronge ys the lorde god which iudgeth
her.
C And the kynges of the erth shalbe wepe her
and wayle over her / which have committed
fornicacion with her / and have lyved wantanly
with her / when they shall se the smoke of
her burnynge / and shall stonde a farre of / for
feare of her punnysshment / sayinge: Alas / Alas
/ that gret cite Babilon / that myghty cite:
For at won houre is her iudgment come.
And the marchauntes of the erth shall wepe
and wayle in them selves / for no man wyll
bye their ware eny more / the ware of golde / ∧
silver / ∧ precious stones / nether of pearle / and
raynes /
D and purple / ∧ skarlet / and all thyne
wodde / and almanner vessels of yvery / and almanner
vessels of most precious wodde / and
of brasse / and of yron / and synamon / and odours
/ and oyntmentes / and frankynsence /
and wyne / and oyle / and fyne floure / and wheate
/ bestes / and shepe / and horsys / and charrettes
/ and boddyes and soules of men.
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And the apples that thy soule lusted after /
are departed fr&obar; the. And all thynges which
were deyntie / and had in pryce ar departed fr&obar;
the / and thou shalt fynde them no more. The
marcha&ubar;ntes of these thynges which were
wexed ryche shall stonde a farre of from her /
E
for feare of the punyshment of her / wepynge
and waylynge / and saying: alas alas / that
grett cite / that was clothed in raynes / and purple
/ and scarlett / and decked with golde / and
precious stone / and pearles: for at one houre
so great ryches ys come to nought
And every shippe governer / ∧ all they that
occupied shippes / and shippmen which worke
in the see / stode a farre of / and cryed / when
they sawe the smoke of her burnynge / sayinge
what cite is lyke vnto this grett cite? And
they cast dust on their heddes /
F and cryed wepynge
/ and waylinge / and sayed: Alas Alas þt;
greate cite wherin were made ryche all that
had shyppes in the see / by the reason of her
costlynes for atone houre is she made desolate
Reioyce over her thou heven / and ye holy
Apostles / and prophetes: for god hath geven
youre iudgment on her. And a myghty angell
toke vp a stone lyke a grett mylstone / and cast
it into the see / sayinge: with suche violence
shall that gret cite Babilon be cast / and shallbe
founde no more.
G And the voyce of harpers /
and musicions / and of pypers / and trompetters
/ shalbe herde no more in the: and no craftes
man / of whatsoever craft he be / shalbe founde
eny more in the. and the so&ubar;de of a myll
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shalbe herde no more in the / ∧ the voyce of the
brydegrome and of the bryde / shalbe herde no
more in the: for thy marchaunt&es; were þe; grett
men of þe; erth. And with thyne inchantment
were deceaved all nacions: ∧ in her was founde
the bloude of the prophettes / ∧ of þe; saynct&es;
and of all that were slayne apon þe; erth.
