Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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CAP. VI.
1 Wo to &yogh;ou, that ben ful of richessis in
Sion, and tristen in the hil of Samarie, &yogh;e
principal men, the heedis of puplis, that
goen proudli in to the hous of Israel.
2 Go
&yogh;e in to Calamye, and se &yogh;e, and go &yogh;e fro
thennus in to Emath the greet; and go &yogh;e
doun in to Geth of Palestyns, and to alle
the beste rewmes of hem, if her terme be
broddere than &yogh;oure terme.
3 And &yogh;e ben
departid in to yuel dai, and nei&yogh;en to the
seete of wickidnesse;
4 and &yogh;e slepen in
beddis of yuer, and doen letcherie in &yogh;oure
beddis; and &yogh;e eten a lomb of the flok, and
calues of the myddil of droue;
5 and &yogh;e
syngen at vois of sautree. As Dauid thei
gessiden hem for to haue instrumentis of
song, and drynken wyn in viols;
6 and with
beste oynement thei weren anoynted; and
in no thing thei hadden compassioun on
the sorewe, ether defoulyng, of Joseph.
7 Wherfor now thei schulen passe in the
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heed of men passynge ouer, and the doyng
of men doynge letcherie schal be don
awei.
8 The Lord God swoor in his soule,
seith the Lord God of oostis, Y wlate
the pride of Jacob, and Y hate the housis
of hym, and Y schal bitake the citee with
hise dwelleris;
9 that if ten men ben left in
oon hous, and thei schulen die.
10 And his
nei&yogh;bore schal take hym, and schal brenne
hym, that he bere out boonys of the hous.
And he schal seie to hym, that is in the
priuy places of the hous,
11 Whether ther is
&yogh;it anentis thee? And he schal answer, An
ende is. And he schal seie to hym, Be thou
stille, and thenke thou not on the name of
the Lord.
12 For lo! the Lord schal comaunde,
and schal smyte the grettere hous
with fallyngis, and the lesse hous with
brekyngis.
13 Whether horsis moun renne
in stoonys, ether it mai be eerid with
wielde oxun? For &yogh;e turneden doom in
to bitternesse, and the fruyt of ri&yogh;tfulnesse
in to wermod.
14 And &yogh;e ben glad in
nou&yogh;t, and &yogh;e seien, Whether not in oure
strengthe we token to vs hornes?
15 Lo! Y
schal reise on &yogh;ou, the hous of Israel, seith
the Lord God of oostis, a folc; and it schal
al to-breke &yogh;ou fro entre of Emath `til
to the streem of desert.
Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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