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. IV.
1 And the aungel turnede a&yogh;ein, that
spak in me, and reyside me, as a man
that is reyside of his sleep.
2 And he
saide to me, What seest thou? And Y
saide, Y saw&yogh;, and loo! a candilstyke al
of gold, and the laumpe therof vpon the
hed therof, and seuen lanternes therof
vpon it, and seuen vessels for to holde
oyle to the lanternys, that weren vpon
the hed therof.
3 And two olyues thervpon,
oon on the ri&yogh;t half of the laumpe,
and an other on the left half therof.
4 And Y answerde, and Y saye to the angel
that spak in me, sayinge, What ben
these thingus, my lord?
5 And the angel
that spak in me, answerde, and saide to
me, Wher thou wost not what ben these
thingus? And Y saide, No, my lord.
6 And he answerde, and saith to me, sayinge,
This is the word of the Lord to
Zorobabel, sayinge, Not in oost, nether
in strengthe, bot in my spirit, saith the
Lord of oostis.
7 Who thou, grete hill,
byfore Zorobabel in to pleyn? and he shal
leede out the firste stoon, and shal make
euene grace to grace therof.
8 And the
word of the Lord is maad to me, sayinge,
9 The hondis of Zorobabel foundiden
this hous, and the hondis of hym shuln
perfourme it; and &yogh;e shuln wite, for the
Lord of oostis sente me to &yogh;ou.
10 Who
forsothe dispiside litil days? and thei
shuln glade, and shuln see a stoon of tyn
in the hond of Zorobabel. These ben
seuen ee&yogh;en of the Lord, that rennen
aboute in to eche lond.
11 And Y answerde,
and saide to hym, What ben
these two olyues on the ri&yogh;thalf of the
candilstike, and at the left half?
12 And Y
answerde the secounde tyme, and sayde
-- --
to hym, What ben the two eris, or rijp
fruyt, of the olyues, that ben bysidis the
two golden bilis, in whiche ben oyle
vesselis of gold?
13 And he saith to me,
sayinge, Wher thou wost not what ben
these thingis? And Y saide, No, my
lord.
14 And he saide, These ben two
sonys of oyle shynynge, whiche stonden
ni&yogh; to the lordshipere of al erthe.
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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