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 Wo to &yogh;ou, that ben ful of richessis in
Syon, and tristen in the hille of Samarie,
&yogh;e best men in honour, hedis of peplis,
proudly goynge in to the hous of Yrael.
2 Go &yogh;e in to Calamye, and se &yogh;e, and
go &yogh;e thennus in to Emath the grete; and
go &yogh;e doun in to Geth of Palestyns,
and to alle the best rewmes of hem, &yogh;if
her terme be bradder than &yogh;our terme.
3 Whiche &yogh;e ben departid in to yuel day,
and nei&yogh;en to seete of wickidnesse;
whiche &yogh;e sleepen in beddis of yuer,
4 and
wexen wijld, or iolyf, in &yogh;our beddis;
whiche &yogh;e eete lombe of floc, and a calf
of mydil of the droue;
5 whiche &yogh;e syngen
at voice of psautrie. As Dauid thei gessiden
hem for to haue vessels of song,
6 in
vyols drinkynge wyne, and with best
oynement anoyntid; in no thing thei
suffriden on the contricioun of Joseph.
7 Wherfore now thei shuln passe in the
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hed of men passynge ouer, and the doyng,
or tresoun, of men wexinge ioly
shal be don awey.
8 The Lord God swore
in his soule, saith the Lord God of oostis,
Y wlate the pride of Jacob, and Y hate
the hous of hym, and Y shal bytake the
citee with his dwellers;
9 that &yogh;if the
relikis shuln be ten men in oon hous,
and thei shuln dye.
10 And his nei&yogh;bore
shal take hym, and shal to gydre brenne
hym, that he bere out boonys of the
hous. And he shal saye to hym, that is in
priue places of the hous,
11 Wher there is
&yogh;it anentis thee? And he shal answere,
An eend is. And he shal saye to hym, Be
stille, and recorde not the name of the
Lord.
12 For loo! the Lord shal comaunde,
and shal smyte the gretter hous with
fallyngis, and the lesse hous with keruyngis.
13 Wher horsis mown renne in
stonys, or may it be erid in wijlde
oxen? For &yogh;e conuerten dom in to bitternesse,
and the fruyte of ri&yogh;twisnesse
in to wormod.
14 Whiche &yogh;e gladen in
nou&yogh;t, whiche &yogh;e sayen, Wher not in oure
strengthe we token to vs horns?
15 Loo! Y
shal reyse a folc vpon &yogh;ou, &yogh;e the hous of
Yrael, saith the Lord God of oostis; and
it shal to gydre breke &yogh;ou fro entre of
Emath vn to the streme of desert.
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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