A   And the Lorde apeared vnto hym in the playne of Mamre and he sat in his tent dore in the heate of the daye. And he lifte vp his eyes and looked: ∧ lo, thre men stode by him. And wh&ebar; he sawe them, he ran to mete them from the tent dore, and fell to the grounde and sayde: Lorde (I beseche the) yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght: goo not (I praye the) fr&obar; thy seruaunte. Let a lytle water be fett, and washe youre fete, and refreshe youre selues vnder the tree. And I wyll fett a ^note morsell of breed, to comforte youre hartes withall. And than shall ye goo youre wayes, for euen therfore are ye come to youre serua&ubar;te. And they sayde: Do euen so as þu; hast sayde: And Abraham went a pase in to his tent vnto Sara, ∧ sayde: make redy att&obar;ce thre peckes of fyne meale, kneade it, ∧ make cakes. And Abraham rennynge vnto his beastes, fett a calfe tendre and good, ∧ gaue it vnto a yonge man, ∧ he hasted to make it redy attonce. And he toke butter ∧ mylcke ∧ the calfe whych he had prepared, ∧ set it before th&ebar;, and stode hym selfe by them vnder the tree ^note whan they dyd eate.

B   And they sayde vnto him: Where is Sara thy wyfe? he answered: beholde, she is in the tent. And he sayde &club; in returnynge, I will come agayne vnto the, accordynge to þe; tyme of lyfe. And loo ^note Sara thy wyfe shall haue a sonne. That hearde Sara, in the tent doore which was behinde him (Abrah&abar; and Sara were both olde ∧ well stryken in age, ∧ it ceased to be with Sara after the maner as it is wyth wemen) Therfore Sara laughed with in hyr selfe sayinge: Nowe I am waxed olde, shall I geue my selfe to ^note lust, ∧ my Lorde olde also? And God sayde vnto Abraham: wherfore dyd Sara laughe sayinge: shall I of a suertye bere a chylde which am olde? is any thynge wonderfull to God? Acordynge to the tyme ^note appoynted will I returne vnto the, eu&ebar; acordynge to the tyme of lyfe, ∧ Sara shall haue a sonne. Th&abar; Sara denyed it sayinge: I laughed not, for she was afrayde. And he sayde: It is not so, but thou laughedst. C   And þe; men stondinge vp fr&obar; thence, loked towarde Sodome. And Abraham went with them to brynge them on the waye. And þe; Lorde sayde: Shall I hyde fr&obar; Abraham that thynge which I do? seynge that Abrah&abar; shall be a ^note great and a myghtie people, and all the nacyons of þe; erth shalbe blessed in him? I knowe this also, that he will commaunde his chyldren and hys houshold after him, that they kepe the waye of þe; Lorde, and do after ryghte and conscyence, that the Lorde maye bringe vpon Abraham all that he hath spoken vnto him.

And the Lorde sayde ^note The crye of: Sodome and Gomorra is great, and theyr synne is excedynge greuous. I wyll go downe nowe and see whether they haue done all together accordynge to that crye which is come vnto me or not, that I maye

Lot knowe. And the men departed thence and w&ebar;t to Sodome warde. But Abrah&abar; stode yet before the Lorde, and Abraham drewe nere ∧ sayde: Wylt þu; also destroye the ryghtwes with the wicked? parauenture there be l. ryghtwes within the cytie, D   wylt thou destroye and not spare the place for the sake of l. ryghtwes that are therin? That be farre from the, that thou shuldest do after thys sayinge, ∧ sley the ryghtwes with the wicked, ∧ that the ryghtwes shulde be as þe; wicked, that be farre fr&obar; the. Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordynge to ryghte? And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome .l. ryghtwes wythin þe; cytie, I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And Abraham answerynge: sayde, Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the Lorde, ^note which am but dust and asshes. perauenture there shall lacke fyue of fyftye ryghteous: wylt þu; destroye all the cytie for lacke of fyue? And he sayde: yf I fynde there fourtye ∧ fyue, I will not destroye th&ebar;. And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, ∧ sayde, peraduenture there shalbe fourtye founde there. He answered: I will not do it for forties sake. He sayde vnto him agayne: O let not my Lord be angry that I speake: peradu&ebar;ture there shall thyrtye be founde there. And he sayde: I will do nothynge yf I fynde thirtye there. He sayde agayne: O se, I haue taken vp&obar; me to speake nowe also vnto my Lorde: peradu&ebar;ture ther shalbe twentye founde there. He answered: I wyll not destroye them for twenties sake. And be sayde: O let not my Lorde he angry, ∧ I wyll speake yet but this once. Perauenture there shall ten be founde there. He answered: I wyll not destroye them for tens sake. And þe; Lorde went his waye as soone as he had lefte c&obar;moninge with Abraham. And Abraham also returned vnto his place.

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