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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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CAP. VI.

1   In the &yogh;er `in which diede king Osias, I sa&yogh; the Lord sittende vp on an hei&yogh; sete, and rered vp; and ful was the hous of his mageste, and tho thingus that vnder hym weren, fulfilden the temple. 2   Serafyn stoden vp on it, sixe wenges to the oon, and sixe to the other; with two they couereden the face of hym, and with two thei couereden the feet of hym, and with two thei flown. 3   And thei crieden the tother to the tother, and seiden, Hoeli, hoely, hoeli, Lord God of ostes; ful is al the erthe of the glorie of hym. 4   And to-moued ben the thresholdes of the heenglis fro the vois of the criende, and the hous fullfild is with smoke. 5   And I seide, Wo to me, for I heeld my pes; for

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a man defoulid in lippis I am, and in the myddel of the puple defoulid lippes hauende I dwelle, and the king Lord of ostes I sa&yogh; with myn e&yogh;en. 6   And ther flei&yogh; to me oon of the serafyn, and in his hond a cole, that with the toenge he toc fro the auter. 7   And he touchede my mouth, and seide, Lo! I haue touchid with this thi lippes, and ther shal be don awei thi wickydnesse, and thi synne shal be clensid. 8   And I herde the vois of the Lord, seiende, Whom shal I sende, and who shal go to &yogh;ou? And I seide, Lo! 9   I am; send me. And he seide, Go, and thou shalt sey to this puple, Hereth herende, and wileth not vnderstonde; and seeth a viseoun, and wileth not knowen. 10   Blynde out the herte of this puple, and his eres agregge, and his e&yogh;en close; lest par auenture he see with his e&yogh;en, and with his eres here, and with his herte vndyrstonde, and be conuertid, and I hele hym. 11   And I seyde, Hou longe, Lord? And he seide, To the tyme that ben desolat the citees with oute dwellere, and houses with oute man. And the lond shal be laft desert, 12   and aferr shal make the Lord men. And ther shal be multeplied that was laft in the myddel of the erthe, and &yogh;it in it tithing; 13   and it shal be conuertid, and it shal be in to shewyng as a terebynt, and as an oek, that spredeth out his braunches; hoely sed it shal ben, that that shal stonden in it.
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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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