A   And he sayde vnto me: In the begynnynge whan the grounde was made, before the worlde stode, or euer þe; wyndes blew, before it thondred and lightened, or euer the foundacions of Paradise were layed, before the fayre floures were sene, or euer the moueable powers were stablished, before þe; innumerable multitudes of angels were gathered together, or euer þe; highnesses of þe; ayre were lifted vp, afore þe; measures of the firmament were named, or euer þe; chymneys in Sion were hote, and or the presente yeares were sought out, and or euer the invencions of them þt; now synne, were put asyde, before they were sealed that now gather faith for a treasure: then dyd I c&obar;sidre and pondre all these thinges, and they all were made thorow me, and thorow none other: by me also they be ended, and by none other.

Then answered I and sayde: which shalbe the partynge asunder of the tymes? Or whan shalbe the ende of the first, and the begynnynge of it that foloweth? And he sayde vnto me: From Abrah&abar; vnto Isaac, wh&abar; Iacob ∧ Esau were borne of him, Iacobs hande helde first the hele of Esau: for Esau is the ende of this worlde, and Iacob is the begynnynge of it that foloweth. The hande of man betwixte the hele and the hande. Other question (E&esset;dras) axe thou not.

B   I answered then and sayde: O LORDE LORDE, yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight, I beseke the, shewe thy seruaunt the ende of thy tok&ebar;s, wherof thou shewdest me parte the last night. So he answered and sayde vnto me: St&obar;de vp vpon thy fete, and heare the perfecte voyce and sounde. There shal come a greate mocion, but þe; place where thou st&obar;dest shal not be moued. And therfore whan thou hearest the wordes, be not afrayed: for of the ende shal the worde and foundacion of þe; earth be vnderstonde. And why? the worde therof trembleth and quaketh, for it knoweth, that it must be chaunged at the ende. And it happened, that wh&abar; I had herde it, I stode vp vpon my fete and herkened: and beholde, there was a voyce þt; spake, and the sounde of it was like the sounde of many waters, and it sayde. Beholde, þe; dayes come, þt; I wyl begynne to drawe nye, and to vyset them that dwell vp&obar; earth, and wyl begynne to make inquysicion of them, what they be þt; haue hurte equyte &wt; vnrighteousnes, and whan the lowe estate of Sion shalbe fulfylled: and whan the worlde, that shal vanish awaye, shalbe ouersealed, then wyl I do these tokens.

C   The bokes shalbe opened before the firmament, and they shal se all together, ∧ the children of a yeare olde shal speake &wt; their voyces: the wom&ebar; with childe shal brynge forth vntymely children of thre or foure monethes olde, and they shall lyue, and be raysed vp: ∧ sod&ebar;ly shal the sowne places appeare as the vnsowne, the full store houses shal sodenly be founde emptie, and the trompett shal geue a sounde, which wh&abar; euery man heareth, they shalbe haistely afrayed. ^noteAt that tyme shall frendes fight one agaynst another like enemies, and the earth shal stonde in feare with them.

The sprynges of the welles shal stonde styll, and in thre houres they shal not renne. Who so euer remayneth from all these thingeu that I haue tolde the, shal escape, and se my saluacion, and the ende of youre worlde. And the men that are receaued, shal se it, they that haue not taisted death fr&obar; their byrth: and the hert of the indwellers shalbe chaunged, and turned in to another meanynge: for euell shalbe put out, and disceate shalbe quenched. As for faith, it shal florish, corrupcion shalbe ouercome: and the trueth, which hath bene so longe without frute, shalbe declared.

D   And it happened whan he talked &wt; me, that I loked demurely vp&obar; him, before wh&obar; I stode, and these wordes sayde he vnto me: I am come to shewe þe;, the tyme of þe; night for to come.

Yf thou wilt praye yet more, and fast seu&ebar; dayes agayne, I shal tel the more thinges, ∧ greater then before: for thy voyce is herde before the Hyest: for why? the Mightie hath sene thy righteous dealynge, he hath sene also thy chastite, which thou hast had euer sence thy youth: and therfore hath he sent me to shewe the all these thinges, and to saye vnto the: Be of good comforte, and feare not, and haist not with þe; tymes that are past to

thynke vayne thinges, and make no haist of the latter tymes.

And it happened after this, þt; I wepte agayne, and fasted seuen dayes in like maner, that I might fulfill the thre wekes, which he tolde me. In the eight night was my hert vexed within me agayne, and I beganne to speake before the Hyest: for my sprete was greatly set on fyre, and my soule was in distresse, and I sayde: O LORDE, thou spakest vnto thy creature from the begynnynge (euen the first daye) and saydest: ^note Let heauen and earth be made, and thy worde was a perfecte worke. And then was there the sprete, and the darcknesses were yet on euery syde, and sylence: there was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then commaundedst thou a fayre light to come forth out of thy treasures, that thy worke might appeare and be sene.

E   Vpon the seconde daye thou maydest the sprete of the firmament, and commaundedst it to parte asunder ∧ to make a deuysion betwixte the waters, that the one parte might remayne aboue, and the other beneth. Vpon the thirde daye thou broughtest to passe, þt; the waters were gathered in the seuenth parte of the earth: Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp, and kepte them, to the int&ebar;t þt; men might sowe and occupie hu&esset;bandrie therin. As soone as thy worde wente forth, the worke was made. For immediatly there was greate innumerable frute, ∧ many dyuerse pleasures ∧ desyres of temptacion, floures of chaungeable coloure and smell, and this was done the thirde daye.

Vpon the fourth daye thou c&obar;maundedst that the Sonne shulde geue his shyne, and þe; Moone hir light: the starres didest thou sett in ordre, and gauest them a charge, ^note to do seruyce euen vnto man, that was for to be made. Vp&obar; the fifth daye thou saydest vnto the seuenth parte (where the waters were gathered) that they shulde bringe forth diuerse beastes, foules and fishes. And so it came to passe, that the domme water and without soule, brought forth lyuynge beastes at the commaundement of God, that all people might prayse thy wonderous workes. Then didest thou preserue two soules, þe; one thou calldest Enoch and the other Leuiathan, and didest separate the one from the other: for the seuenth parte (namely, where the water was gathered together) might not holde them both. F   Vnto Enoch thou gauest one parte, which was dryed vp the thirde daye, that he shulde dwell in the same parte, wherin are a thousande hilles. But vnto Leuiath&abar; thou gauest the seuenth parte, namely the moyst, and hast kepte him to deuoure what thou wylt, and whan.

Vpon the sixte daye thou gauest c&obar;maundement vnto the earth, that before the it shulde brynge forth beastes, catell and all þt; crepe, ∧ (besydes this) Adam also, whom thou maydest lorde of all thy creatures: Of him come we all, and the people also, whom thou hast chosen specially vnto thy self. All this haue I sayde now and spoken before the, that I might shewe, how that the worlde is made for oure sakes. As for the other people which also come of Adam, thou hast sayde that they are nothinge, but be like a spetle, and hast lickened the abunda&ubar;ce of them vnto a droppe (that falleth) from the rofe of the house.

And now (O LORDE) the Heith&ebar; which haue euer bene reputed as nothinge, haue beg&obar;ne to be lordes ouer vs, and to deuoure vs: but we thy people (whom thou hast called þi; first borne, thy only begotten, and thy feruent louer) are geuen in to their handes and power. Yf the worlde now be made for oure sakes, why haue we not the inheritaunce in possession with the worlde? How longe shal this endure?

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