A   The worde of þe; Lorde came vnto me, sayinge: Thou sonne of m&abar;: put forth ^note a darcke speakynge and a parable, vnto þe; house of Israel, ∧ saye: Thus sayeth þe; Lorde God: There came a great ^note Aegle &wt; greate wynges, yee, with a myghtye longe bodye, ∧ full of fethers of dyuerse coloures, vp&obar; the mount of Libanus, ∧ toke the hyest braunch fr&obar; a Cedre tree, ∧ brake of þe; toppe of his twygge, ∧ caryed it into þe; l&abar;de of Canaan, ∧ set it in a cyte of marcha&ubar;tes. He toke also of the seade of the lande, ∧ planted it in a frutefull grounde, he brought it vnto greate waters, and set it as a wyllowe tree therby. Then dyd it growe, and was a greate vynestocke, but lowe by the grounde whose braunches turned in to it selfe, and þe; rotes of it, were fastened vnder it, thus there came of it a vyne, and it brought forth blossomes, ∧ spred out bra&ubar;ches. B   But there was another Aegle, a great one, which had greate winges ∧ many fethers: and beholde, þe; rotes of thys vyne had an h&ubar;ger after him, ∧ spred out his braunches towarde him, þt; he myght water her with the orchyerd þt; he had planted. Neuertheles, it was planted vp&obar; a good gro&ubar;d besyde greate waters: so þt; (by reason) it shulde haue brought out bra&ubar;ches ∧ frute, ∧ haue bene a goodly vyne. C   Speake þu; therfore, thus sayeth þe; Lorde God: Shall this vyne prospere? shall not his rotes be pluckte oute, his frute be broken of, his grene braunches, wither ∧ fade awaye? ye, without ether str&obar;ge arme or many people, shall it be plucked vp by þe; rotes. Beholde, it was pl&abar;ted: shall it &pro;spere therfore? Shal it not be dryed vp ∧ withered, yee, euen in þe; shutinge out of his blossomes, as soone as þe; east w&ibar;de bloweth?

D   Moreouer, þe; worde of þe; Lord came vnto me sayinge: Speake to þt; frowarde housholde: knowe ye not, what these thynges do signifye? Tell th&ebar;: Beholde, ^note þe; kynge of Babylon came to Ierusal&ebar;, ∧ toke þe; kynge and his prynces, and ledde them to Babylon.

He toke of the kynges sede, and made a couenaunt wyth hym, and toke an othe of him: The Prynces of the lande toke he with him also, that the lande myght be holden in subieccyon, and not to rebelle, but kepe the couenaunt, and fulfyll it. But he fell from him, ∧ sent his Embassytours into Egypt þt; he myght haue horses and moche people. Shulde that prospere? Shulde he be kepte safe, that doth soch thynges? E   Or shulde he escape, that breaketh hys couenaunt? As truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God: He shall dye at Babylon, in the place where the kynge dwelleth, þt; made hym kynge: whose

othe he hath despysed, and whose couenaunt he hath broken. Nether shall Pharao with his greate host ∧ multitude of people, maynteyne him in the warre: when they cast vp dyches, and set vp bulworkes to destroye moch people. For seynge he hath despysed þe; othe, and broken the couena&ubar;t (where as he yet gaue his hande ther vpon) and done all these thynges, he shall not escape.

F   Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God. As truly as I lyue, I wyll brynge myne othe þt; he hath despysed, and my couenaunt that he hath broken, vpon his awne head. ^noteI wyll cast my net aboute him, and catch him in my yarne. To Babylon will I carie him, there will I punishe him, because of the greate offence that he made me. As for those that fle from him out of the hoost, they shalbe slayne with the swearde. The resydue shalbe scatred towarde all the wyndes: and ye shall knowe, that I the Lorde haue spoken it.

G   Thus sayeth the Lorde God: I wyll also take a braunche from an hye Cedre tree, and will set it, ∧ take þe; vppermost twygge, þt; yet is but tendre, and plante it vp&obar; an hye hyll: Namely, vpon the hye hyll of Syon will I plante it: þt; it maye bringe forth twygges, ∧ geue frute, and be a greate Cedre tree: so þt; all maner of foules maye bylde in it, ∧ make their nestes vnder þe; shadow of his bra&ubar;ches.

And all the trees of the felde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe þe; hye tree, and set the lowe tree vp: þt; I haue dryed vp the grene tree, and made the drye tree to floryshe: Euen I the Lorde that spake it, haue also brought it to passe.

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