1   And the worde of the Lorde came vnto ^note Ionah the seconde time, saying,

2   Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, & preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.

3   So Ionah arose & went to Nineueh according to þe; word of the Lord: now Nineueh was a ^note great & excellent citie of three dayes iourney.

4   And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes ^note iourney, and he cryed, and said, Yet fourtie dayes, and Nineueh shalbe ouerthrowen.

5   So the people of Nineueh ^note beleeued God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from þe; greatest of th&ebar; euen to the least of them.

6   For worde came vnto the King of Nineueh, and he rose from his throne, and he layed his robe from him, and couered him with sackecloth, and sate in ashes.

7   And he proclaimed & said through Nineueh, (by the counsell of þe; king & his nobles) saying, Let neither m&abar;, nor ^note beast, bullock nor sheep taste any thing, neither feed nor drinke water.

8   But let man and beast put on sackecloth, and ^note crie mightily vnto God: yea, let euery man turne from his euill way, and from the wickednesse that is in their handes.

9    ^noteWho can tell if God will turne, and repent and turne away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?

10   And God sawe their ^note workes that they turned from their euill wayes: and ^note God repented of the euill that he had said that he woulde doe vnto them, and he did it not.

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