A    ^noteTvrne the now (o Israel) vnto þe; LORDE thy God, for thou hast taken a greate fall thorow thy wickednesse. Take these wordes with you, when ye turne to the LORDE, ∧ saye vnto him: O forgeue vs all oure synnes, receaue vs graciously, ∧ then wil we offre þe; bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the. ^noteAssur shalbe no more oure helper, nether will we ryde vpon horses eny more. As for the workes of oure hondes, we wil nomore call vpon them: For it is thou that art oure God, thou shewest euer mercy vnto the fatherlesse.

O (yf they wolde do this) I shulde heale their sores: yee with all my herte wolde I loue them: so þt; my wrath shulde clene be turned awaye from them. Yee I wolde be vnto Israel as the dewe, and he shulde growe as þe; lylie, ∧ his rote shulde breake out as Libanus. B   His braunches shulde sprede out abrode, ∧ be as fayre as the olyue tre, ∧ smel as Libanus. They that dwel vnder his shadowe, shulde come agayne, ∧ growe vp as the corne, ∧ florish as the vyne: he shulde haue as good a name, as the wyne of Libanus.

O Ephraim, what haue I to do with Idols eny more? I wil graciously heare him, ∧ lede him forth. I wil be vnto the as a grene Fyrre tre, vpon me shalt thou fynde thy frute. Who so is wyse, shal vnderstonde this: ∧ he þt; is right enstructe, wil regarde it. For þe; wayes of the LORDE are rightuous, soch as be godly wil walke in them: As for the wicked, they wil stomble therin. The ende of the prophet Oseas.

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