A   Beholde, speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie, which I wyll put in thy mouth, sayeth the Lorde: and cause th&ebar; to be wrytten in a letter, for it is the trueth. Feare not the ymaginacyons agaynst the, Let not þe; vnfaythfulnes of them trouble the, that speake agaynst the. For all the vnfaythfull shall dye in theyr vnfaythfulnes. Beholde sayeth the Lorde, I wyll brynge plages vpon the worlde, the swerde, honger, death and destruccion, for wyckednes hath the vpper hand in all the earth, and theyr shamefull workes are fulfylled.

Therfore sayeth the Lorde: I wyll holde my tonge nomore vnto theyr wyckednesse, whych they do so vngodly: nether wyll I suffre them in the thynges, that they deale with all so wyckedly. Beholde ^note þe; innocent bloud of the troubled cryeth vnto me, ∧ the soules of the ryghteous complayne contynually: and therfore (sayeth þe; Lord) I wyll surely auenge, ∧ receaue vnto me all the innocent bloude from amonge them.

^noteBeholde, my people, is led as a flock of shepe to be slayne, I wyll not suffre them now to dwell in Egypte, but wyll brynge them out with a myghtye h&abar;d ∧ a stretched out arme, ∧ smyte it with plages as afore and wyll destroye all þe; lande of it. Egypte shall mourne, and the foundacy&obar;s of it shalbe smytten with the plage and punyshm&ebar;t, that God shall brynge vpon it.

B   They that tyll the grounde, shall mourne: for theyr sedes shall be destroyed thorow the blastynge and hayle, and an horrible starre. Wo worth the worlde and them that dwell therin, for the swerde and theyr destruccyon draweth nye, and one people shall stande vp to fyght agaynst another, and swerdes in theyr h&abar;des. For men shall be vnstedfast, ∧ some shall do vyolence vnto other: they shall not regarde theyr kyng and prynces, the wayes of theyr doynges and handelynges in theyr power. A man shall desyre to go into the cytye, and shall not be able. For because of theyr pryde the cytyes shalbe brought in feare, the houses shal shake, and men shalbe afrayed. A man

shall haue no pytye vpon hys neyghbour, but one shall prouoke another vnto battayll to spoyle theyr goodes because of the honger of bred, and because of the greate trouble.

D   Beholde, I gather and call together all the kynges of the earth which are from the vprysing, from the South, from the East and Lybanus to turne vnto them, ∧ restore the thynges þt; they haue geuen them. Lyke as they do yet thys daye vnto my chosen, so wyll I do also, ∧ rec&obar;pense them in theyr bosome. Thus sayeth the Lord God: my ryght h&abar;d shall not spare the synners, ∧ my swerde shall not ceasse ouer them, that shed the innoc&ebar;t bloud vpon earth. The feare is gone out from hys wrath, ∧ hath consumed the foundacy&obar;s of þe; earth, ∧ the synners lyke the straw þt; is kyndled. Wo worth them that synne, ∧ kepe not my c&obar;maundem&ebar;tes, sayeth the Lorde. I wyll not spare them, Go youre waye ye chyldren from violence defyle not my S&abar;ctuary: for the Lord knoweth all them that synne agaynst hym, ∧ therfore delyuered he them vnto death and destruccyon: For now are the plages come vpon þe; worlde, ∧ ye shall remayne in them. For God shall not delyuer you, because ye haue synned agaynst hym.

E   Beholde, an horryble vysyon commeth from the East, where generacy&obar;s of Dragons shall come out, and þe; people of þe; Arabes with many charettes, and þe; multytude of them shalbe as þe; wynde vpon earth, that all they which heare them ragynge in theyr wrath, maye feare and be afrayed, and as the wylde bores oute of the wod, so shall they go out, and wyth greate power shall they come, and st&abar;de fyghtynge wyth them and shall waste the porcyon of the lande of the Assyrians.

And then shall the Drag&obar;s haue the vpper hande, not rem&ebar;brynge theyr byrth, and shall turne aboute swearynge together in greate power, to persecute them. But these shalbe afrayed, ∧ kepe syl&ebar;ce at theyr power and shall fle: and one out of the lande of the Assyrians shal besege them, ∧ consume one of them, ∧ in theyr hoost shall be feare and drede, and stryfe amonge theyr kynges.

F   Beholde cloudes from þe; East, and from the North vnto the South, and they are very horryble to loke vpon, full of wrath ∧ storme. They shall smyte one vpon another, ∧ they shall smyte at the greate starre vpon earth and theyr starre, and the bloude shalbe from the swerde vnto the bely, and the smoke of man vnto the Camels lytter: And there shalbe great fearfulnes ∧ tremblyng vpon earth, and they þt; se the wrath, shal be afrayed, and a tremblynge shall come vpon them.

And then shall there come greate raynes from the South, ∧ from the North, ∧ parte from the West, and from the stormy wynde from the East, ∧ shall shut them vp agayne and þe; cloude whych he raysed vp in wrath, ∧ the starre to cause feare towarde the East ∧ West wynde, shalbe destroyed: ∧ the great cloudes shalbe lyft vp, ∧ the myghtye cloudes full of wrath, and the starre, that they maye make all the earth afrayed and them that dwell therin, ∧ that they maye poure oute ouer all places an horryble starre, fyre and hayle, and flyenge swerdes, ∧ many waters: that all feldes maye be full, and all ryuers, ∧ they shall breake downe the cytyes and walles, mountaynes ∧ hylles, all trees, wood, ∧ the grasse of þe; medowes, ∧ all theyr frute. And they shall go stedfast vnto Babylon, and make her afrayed, they shall come to her ∧ besege her: þe; starre ∧ all wrath shall they poure out vpon her.

G   Then shall the dust ∧ smoke go vp vnto the heauen, and all they that be aboute her, shall bewayle her: ∧ they that remayne vnder her, shall do seruyce vnto them that haue put her in feare? And thou Asia þt; confortest thy selfe also vpon þe; hope of Babylon, and art a worshyp of her personne: Wo be vnto the thou wretch, because þu; hast made thy selfe lyke vnto her, and hast deckte thy daughters in whordome, that they myght triumphe ∧ please thy louers, whych haue allwaye desyred to committe whordome &wt; the: thou hast folowed the abhominable cytye in all her worckes and inu&ebar;cyons.

Therfore sayeth God: I wyll sende plages vpon þe;, wyddowhode, pouerte, honger, warres, and pestylence, to waste thy houses with destruccyon, ∧ death, and the glorye of thy power shallbe dryed vp as a floure, when the heate ryseth that is sent ouer the: Thou shalt be syck as a poore wyfe þt; is plaged ∧ beaten of wemen: so that the myghtie and louer shall not be able to receaue the. Wolde I so hate þe; sayeth þe; Lord? If thou haddest not alwaye slayne my chosen, exaltinge þe; stroke of thy h&abar;des, and sayde ouer theyr death, when þu; wast dr&obar;cken: sett forth the bewtye of thy countenaunce.

The rewarde of thy whordome shalbe recompensed the in thy bosome, therfore shalt thou receaue rewarde.

H   Lyke as thou hast done vnto my chosen (sayeth þe; Lorde) euen so shall God do vnto the, and shall delyuer þe; into the plage. Thy chyldren shall dye of h&obar;ger, and thou shalt fall thorow the swerde. Thy cytyes shalbe broken downe, ∧ all thyne shall perish with the swerde in the feld. They that be in the mountaynes shall dye of honger, and eate their awne flesh, ∧ drincke their awne bloud for very h&obar;ger of bred and thyrst of water.

Thou vnhappie shalt come thorow the see, and receaue plages agayne.

In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cytye, and shall rote out one parte of thy lande, and consume the porcion of glorye. They shall treade the downe lyke stubble, and they shall be thy fyre, and shall consume the: thy cyties and thy l&abar;de, thy wood and thy frutefull trees shall they burne vp with the fyre. Thy chyldren shall they cary awaye captyue, and loke what thou hast, they shall spoyle it, and marre the bewtye of thy face.

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