A   After these thinges vpon a solempne daye of the LORDE Tobias made a good feast in his house, ∧ sayde vnto his sonne: Go þi; waye ∧ brynge hither some of oure trybe, soch as feare God, that they maye make mery with vs. And wh&abar; he was gone, he came agayne, and tolde his father, that one of the children of Israel laye slayne vpon the strete. And immediatly he leape from his table, left the feast, came fastinge to the deed coarse, toke him ∧ bare him preuely in to his house, þt; whan the Sonne was downe, he might safely burye him. And wh&abar; he had hyd the coarse, he ate his meate with mournynge and feare, remembrynge þe; wordes, that the LORDE sayeth by the prophet Amos: ^note youre hye feastes shalbe turned to sorowe and heuynes.

B   But whan þe; Sonne was downe, he wente his waye ∧ buried him. Then all his neghbours reproued him, sayenge: ^note It is not l&obar;ge, sens it was commaunded to slaye the because of this matter, and hast scarce escaped the daunger of death, and buriest thou the dead againe? Neuertheles Tobias fearinge God more then the kynge, toke the bodies of the slayne, hyd them in his house, ∧ buried them at mydnight.

C   It happened vp&obar; a daye, that he had buried þe; deed, ∧ was weery, came home, ∧ layed him downe by the wall ∧ slepte. And whyle he was a slepe, there fell downe vp&obar; his eyes warme donge out of the swalowes nest, so þt; he was blynde. ^noteThis tentacion dyd God suffre to happen vnto him, that they which came after, might haue an example of his paci&ebar;ce, like as of holy Iob. For in so moch as he euer feared God from his youth vp, ∧ kepte his commaundementes, he was not heuy against God, that the plage of blyndnes cha&ubar;sed vnto him, but remayned stedfast in the feare of God, and thanked God all the dayes of his life.

D   For like as blessed Iob was had in derision of kynges, euen so was he laughed to scorne of his elders ∧ kynsfolkes, which sayde vnto him: where is thy hope, ^note for þe; which thou hast done allmes and buried the deed? But Tobias rebuked th&ebar;, ∧ spake: Saye not so, ^note for we are the children of holy men, ∧ loke for the life, which God shal geue vnto them, that neuer turne their beleue from him. Anna his wife wente daylie to the weeuynge worke, ^note ∧ loke what lyuinge she coude get &wt; the labo&highr; of hir handes, she brought it. And it happened þt; she toke a kyd and brought it home.

And whan hir hu&esset;band herd it crie, he sayde: ^note loke þt; it be not stollen, restore it agayne to the owners: for it is not laufull for vs, to eate or to touch eny thinge of theft. Then was his wife angrie, and sayde: ^note Now is thy hope become vayne openly, ∧ thy allmes dedes are manifest. With these ∧ soch like wordes dyd she cast him in the tethe.

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