A   Then Tobias called vnto hym þe; Aungell, whom he thought to haue bene a man, and sayde vnto hym: Brother Azarias, I praye the herken vnto my wordes: Yf I shulde geue my selfe to be thy seruaunt, I shall not deserue thy prouydence. Neuerthelesse I beseche the, that thou wylt take the beastes and the seruauntes, and go vnto Gabelus in rages the cyte of Medes, and delyuer him his hand wrytinge, and receaue the money of hym, and praye hym to come to my maryage. For þu; knowest thy selfe, that my father doth n&obar;bre the dayes: and yf I tary one daye to long, he wylbe sory in his mind. B   Now seist thou how earnestly Raguel hath requyred me, so that I cannot saye hym nay.

Then toke Raphaell foure of Raguels seruauntes, and two Camels, and w&ebar;te vnto Rages the cyte of the Medes: and when he had fo&ubar;de Gabelus, he gaue him his h&abar;dwrityng, ∧ receaued all the money. He tolde him also of Tobias the sonne of Tobi, C   how all thynges had happened, and caused hym to come &wt; hym to the mariage. Now when he came into the house of Raguel, he founde Tobias syttyng at the table: and he leaped vp, and they kyssed one another, and Gabelus wepte, and praysed God, and sayde: the blessyng of the God of Israel haue thou, for thou art the sonne of a ryght vertuous and iust man, and of one that feareth God, and geueth great almes. D   And blesseng haue thy wyfe, and your elders, that ye maye se your chyldren and youre chylders children, vnto the thyrde and fourth generacion, and your sede be blessed of the God of Israell, whych reygneth worlde without ende. And when they all had sayd Am&ebar;, they went to þe; feast, but with the feare of the Lord held they the feast of the mariage.

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