Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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CAP. I.
1 Tobie, of the linage and of the cite of
Neptalim, that is in the ouere partis of
Galilee, aboue Nason, after the weie
that ledith to the west, in the left
hauende the cite of Sofeth,
2 whan he was
ca&yogh;t in the da&yogh;es of Salmanasar, king of
Assiries, ner the latere in caitifte sett,
the weie of treuthe he forsoc not,
3 so that
alle thingus that he my&yogh;te han, eche dai
to the caityue brethern that weren of
his kinrede he delede.
4 And whan he
was alle &yogh;ungere in the linage of Neptalim,
ner the latere no childli thing he
dide in deede.
5 After whan alle wenten
to the goldene calues, the whiche Jeroboam,
king of Irael, made, this alone flei&yogh;
the cumpanye of alle;
6 and wente to Jerusalem,
to the temple of the Lord, and
there honourede the Lord God of Irael,
alle his firste frutis and his dymys treuli
offrende;
7 so that in the thredde &yogh;er to
the conuertid fro Jentilis and to comelingus
he mynystrede alle tithing.
8 These
thingus, and to these lic, after the lawe of
God a litil child he kepte wel.
9 Whan
forsothe he was maad a man, he toc a
wif, Anne, of his linage; and he gat of
hir a sone, his own name puttende to
hym;
10 whom fro the time that he began
to speken, he ta&yogh;te to dreden God, and to
abstenen fro alle synne.
11 Thanne whan
by caytifte he was come, with his wif and
sone, in to the cite Nynyue, with al his
linage,
12 and alle eeten of the metis of Jentilis,
this kepte his soule, and neuere is
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defoulid in metis of hem.
13 And for he
was myndeful of the Lord in al his herte,
God &yogh;af to hym grace in the si&yogh;te of king
Salamanasar;
14 and &yogh;af to hym power to
go whider euere he wolde, hauende fredam
to do what euere he hadde wold.
15 Thanne he wente bi alle that weren in
the caitifte, and monestingus of helthe he
&yogh;af to hem.
16 Whan forsothe he was
come in to Ragis, cite of Medis, and of
these thingus with the whiche he was
wrshipid of the king, hadde ten talentis of
siluer;
17 and with myche cumpanye of his
kinrede, he sa&yogh; Gabel nedi, that was of
his linage, he &yogh;af to hym the seid peis
of siluer, vndir writing.
18 Forsothe after
miche of time king Salmanasar dead,
whan his sone Senacherub regnede for
hym, and hadde the sonus of Irael hatesum
in his si&yogh;te,
19 Tobie wente eche dai bi
al hys kinrede, and coumfortide hem, and
deuidede to eche, as he my&yogh;te, of his facultees;
the hungri men he fedde,
20 and to
the nakide he &yogh;af clothis, and to the
deade and the slaine besi he fond sepulture.
21 After whan king Senacherub was
turned a&yogh;een, fleende fro Jude the veniaunce
that abouten hym God hadde do
for his blasfemye, and wroth slo&yogh; manie
of the sonus of Irael, Tobie biriede the
bodies of hem.
22 And wher it was told to
the king, he comandide hym to be slain,
and toc al his substaunce.
23 Tobie forsothe
with his sone and with wif fleende,
nakid lurkide, for manie looueden hym.
24 After forsothe fiue and fourti da&yogh;es, the
king his sonus slowen;
25 and Tobie is
turned a&yogh;een to his hous, and al his faculte
restorid to hym.
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Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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