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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. I.

1   The wordis of Amos, whiche was in sheperdis thingus of Thecue, whiche he saw&yogh; on Yrael, in the days of Osye, kyng of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam, sone of Joas, kyng of Yrael, byfore two &yogh;eris of the erthe mouynge. 2   And he saide, The Lord shal rore of Syon, and of Jerusalem shal &yogh;eue his voice; and the faire thingus of sheperdis mourneden, and the top of Carmele is dried vp. 3   These thingis saith the Lord, On thre grete trespassis of Damask, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that that thei threshiden in yren waynes Galaad. 4   And Y shal sende fijr in to the hous of Asael, and it shal deuoure the houses of Benadab. 5   And Y shal breke to gydre the barris, or lockis, of Damaske, and Y shal distruye the dweller of the feeld of ydol, and the holdynge sceptre of the hous of voluptee and lecchorie; and the peple of Syrie shal be transferrid to Sirenen, saith the Lord. 6   These thingus saith the Lord, On three grete trespassis of Gasa, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that that he translatide perfit caitiftee, that he shulde close to gydre it in to Ydume. 7   And Y shal sende fijr in to the wall of Gasa, and it shal deuoure housis therof. 8   And Y shal distruye the dwellers of Azotus, and the holdynge sceptre of

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Ascalon; and Y shal turne to gydre myn hond vpon Accharon, and relikis of Philistiens shuln perische, seith the Lord God. 9   These thingis seith the Lord God, On thre greet trespassis of Tyrus, and on four, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that that thei closiden to gydre perfit caytiftee in Ydume, and thou&yogh;ten not of the boond of bretheren. 10   And Y schal send fijr in to the wall of Tyrus, and it shal deuoure the housis therof. 11   These thingus seith the Lord God, On three grete trespassis of Edom, and on foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that he pursuede in swerd his brother, and defoulide the mercy of hym, and heelde ouer his wodenesse, and kepte his indignacioun til in to the eend. 12   Y shal sende fijr in to Theman, and it shal deuoure the housis of Bosra. 13   These thingus saith the Lord God, On three grete trespassis of the sonys of Amon, and on the foure, Y shal not conuerte hym, for that he karf wymmen with chijld of Galaad, for to alarge his terme. 14   And Y shal kyndyl fijr in the wall of Rabba, and it shal deuoure his housis, in &yogh;oulyng in the day of bateyle, and in whirlwynd in the day of meuyng to gydre. 15   And Melchon shal go in to caitiftee, he and his princis to gydre, saith the Lord.
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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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