2   And the saboth maad, Jhesus bigan

for to teche in a synagoge. And manye heeringe wondriden in his techinge, seyinge, Of whennis `to this alle these thingis? and what is the wysdom that is &yogh;ouun to him, and suche vertues `the whiche ben maad by his hond? 3   Wher this is not a smyth, `or carpenter, the sone of Marie, the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Symound? wher and his sistris ben nat here with vs? 4   And thei weren sclaundrid in him. And Jhesus seide to hem, For a prophete is not with outen honour, no but in his owne cuntree, and in his hows, and in his kyn. 5   And he my&yogh;te not make there ony vertu, no but heelide a fewe sike men, the hondis put to. 6   And he wondride for the vnbileue of hem. And he wente aboute castelis in enuyrown, techinge. 7   And he clepide twelue, and bigan for to sende hem bi tweyne; and &yogh;af to hem power of vnclene spiritis, 8   and comaundide hem, that thei schulde not take ony thing in the weye, no but a &yogh;erd oonly, not a scrippe, not bred, neither money in the girdil, 9   but schoon with sandalies, `that ben opyn aboue, and that thei `weren not clothid with tweie cootis. 10   And he seide to hem, Whidir euere &yogh;ee schulen entre in to an hous, dwelle &yogh;e there, till &yogh;e gon out thennis. 11   And who euere `schulen not resseyue, ne heere &yogh;ou, &yogh;e goynge out fro thennes shake awey the powdre fro &yogh;oure feet, in to witnessinge to hem. 12   And thei goynge out, prechiden, that men schulden do penaunce. 13   And thei castiden out many fendis, and anoyntiden with oyle manye syke men, and thei weren heelid. 14   And kyng Eroude herde, forsothe his name

was maad opyn, and `he seide, For Johne Baptist hath risun a&yogh;en fro deed men, and therfore vertues worchen in hym. 15   Sothely othere seiden, For it is Ely; but othere seiden, For it is a prophete, as oon of prophetis. 16   The whiche thing herd, Eroude seith, Whom I haue bihedid, `John, this hath risun fro deed men. 17   Forsothe the ilke Eroude sente, and held Joon, and bond him in to prisoun, for Erodias, the wyf of Philip, his brother; for he hadde weddid hir. 18   Sothly Johne seide to Eroude, It is not leefful to thee, for to haue the wyf of thi brother. 19   Erodias forsothe `leide aspies to him, and wolde sle him, and mi&yogh;te not. 20   Sothly Eroude drede John, witinge him a iust man and hooly, and kepte him. And him herd, he dide many thingis, and `gladly herde hym. 21   And whanne a couenable day hadde fallun, Eroude `in his birthe day made a soupere to the princis, and tribunys, and to the firste, `or gretteste, of Galilee. 22   And whanne the dou&yogh;ter of thilke Erodias hadde entrid yn, and lepte, and pleside to Eroude, and also to men restynge, the kyng seide to the wenche, Axe thou of me what thou wolt, and I schal &yogh;yue to thee. 23   And he swoor to hir, For what euere thou schalt axe, I schal &yogh;yue to thee, thou&yogh; the half of my kyngdom. 24   `The whiche, whanne sche hadde gon out, seide to hir modir, What schal I axe? And she seide, The heed of John Baptist. 25   And whanne she hadde entrid anon with haste to the kyng, she axide, seyinge, I wole that anoon thou &yogh;yue to me in a dische the heed of John Baptist. 26   And the kyng was sory for the ooth,

and for men sittinge `to gidere at mete he `wolde not hir be maad sory; 27   but a manquellere sent, he comaundide the heed of John Baptist for to be brou&yogh;t. 28   And he bihedide him in the prison, and brou&yogh;te his heed in a dische, and &yogh;af it to the wenche, and the wench &yogh;af to hir modir. 29   The which thing herd, his disciplis camen, and token his body, and puttiden it in a buriel. 30   And apostlis comynge to gidere to Jhesu, tolden to hym alle thingis, that thei hadden don, and tau&yogh;t. 31   And he seith to hem, Come &yogh;e `by &yogh;ou selue in to a desert place; reste &yogh;e a litel. Forsoth `there weren manye that camen, and wenten a&yogh;en, and thei hadden not space for to ete. 32   And thei sti&yogh;ynge in to boot, wenten in to a desert place `by hem selue. 33   And thei sy&yogh;en hem goynge awey, and manye knewen, and goynge on feet fro alle citees, thei runnen to gidere thidir, and came bifore hem. 34   And Jhesus goynge out sy&yogh; moche cumpanye, and hadde mercy on hem, for thei weren as scheepe not hauynge a shepherde. And he bigan for to teche hem manye thingis. 35   And whanne moche our was maad now, his disciplis `camen ny&yogh;, seyinge, This place is desert, and now the our hath passid; 36   leeue hem, that thei goynge in to the nexte townes or vilagis, bye to hem metis whiche thei schulen ete. 37   And he answerynge seith to hem, &YOGH;yue &yogh;e to hem for to ete. And thei seiden to hym, Goynge bye we loues with two hundrid pens, and we schulen &yogh;yue to hem for to ete. 38   And he seith to hem, Hou many loues han &yogh;e? Go &yogh;e, and se. And whanne thei hadden knowun, thei

seien, Fyue, and two fyschis. 39   And he comaundide to hem, that thei schulden make alle men sitte to mete aftir cumpenyes, vpon greene hey. 40   And thei saten down by parties, by hundridis, and fyfties. 41   And the fyue looues taken, and two fyschis, he biholdynge in to heuene, blesside, and brak loouis, and &yogh;af to his disciplis, that thei schulden putte bifore hem. And he departide two fyschis to alle; 42   and alle eeten, and weren fillid. 43   And thei token the relyues of broken mete, twelue coffyns full, and of the fyschis. 44   Sothli thei that eeten, were fyue thousynd of men. 45   And anon he constreynede his disciplis for to sti&yogh;e vp in to a boot, that thei schulden passe bifore him ouer the see to Bethsayda, the while he lefte the peple. 46   And whanne he hadde left hem, he wente in to an hil, for to preie. 47   And whanne euenyng was, the boot was in `the myddil see, and he aloone in the lond; 48   and he sy&yogh; hem trauelinge in rowynge; sothli the wynd was contrarie to hem. And aboute the fourthe waking of the ny&yogh;t, he wandrynge on the see cam to hem, and wolde passe hem. 49   And thei, as thei sy&yogh;en him wandrynge on the see, gessiden for to be a fantum, and crieden; 50   forsoth alle sy&yogh;en hym, and thei weren disturblid. And anon he spak with hem, and seide to hem, Triste &yogh;e, I am; nyle &yogh;e drede. 51   And he `cam vp `to hem in to the boot, and the wynd ceesside. And thei more wondriden with ynne hem; for thei vndirstoden not of the looues; 52    sothli her herte was blyndid. 53   And whanne thei hadden passid ouer the see, thei camen in to the lond of Genazareth, and setten to londe. 54   And whanne thei hadden gon out of the boot, anon thei

knewen him. 55   And thei rennynge thur&yogh; al that cuntree, bigunnen to bere `aboute in beddis hem that hadden hem yuele, where thei herden him be. 56   And whidur euere he entride yn to vilagis and townes, or in to citees, thei puttiden syke men in stretis, and preieden him, that thei schulden touche either the hem of his cloth; and how manye euere touchiden him, weren maad saf.

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