A   And they cam ^note ouer to the other syde of the see into the countre of þe; Gaderenites. And when he was come out of the shippe, immediatly there met hym out of the graues a man possessed of an vncleane sprete, whych had hys abydinge amonge the graues. And no man coulde bynde him: no not with cheynes, because that when he was often bo&ubar;de with fetters and cheynes, he plucked the chaynes a sundre, and brake the fetters in peces, Nether coulde eny man tame h&ibar;. And alwayes, nyght and daye he was in the mountaynes and in the graues, cryeng and beatyng hym selfe wyth stones. But when he had spyed Iesus a farre of, he ranne, and &rhand; worshipped him, and cryed with a loude voyce and sayde ^note what haue I to do wyth the: Iesus thou sonne of þe; moost hyest God? I requyre the in the name of God that thou torm&ebar;t me not. For he sayd vnto hym: come out of the man thou foule sprete. And he asked hym: what is thy name? And he answered and sayde vnto hym: my name is Legion, for we are many. And he prayd hym instantly, that he wolde not sende them awaye out of the countre.

B   But ther was there nye vnto the mountayns ^note a greate heerd of swyne fedynge, ∧ all þe; deuyls besought him, sayinge: sende vs in to the heerd of swyne, that we maye enter into th&ebar;. And anone Iesus gaue them leaue. And the vncleane spretes went out, and entred in to þe; swyne. And þe; heerd was caryed headlyng into the see. They were allmost .ij.M. and were drowned in þe; see. And þe; swyne heerdes fleed, and tolde it in the cytie, and in the feldes. And they went out for to se, what had happened: ∧ came to Iesus, &abar;d sawe him þt; was vexed with the fende ∧ had þe; Legion, syt, both clothed and in his ryght mynde, &abar;d they were afrayed. And they þt; sawe it tolde them, how it had happened to him that was possessed wyth the deuyll: ∧ also of þe; swyne. ^noteAnd they beganne to praye hym, that he wolde departe out of their coast. &cross3; ^noteAnd when he was come into the shippe, he þt; had the deuyll, prayed hym, that he myght be &wt; him. Howbeit, Iesus wolde not suffre hym, but sayde vnto him: go to thyne awne house and to thy frendes, and shewe th&ebar; how great thynges the Lorde hath done for þe;, and how he hath had compassyon on the. And he departed, ∧ beganne to publyshe in the ten cytyes, how greate thinges Iesus had done for hym, and all men dyd merueyle.

C   And when Iesus was come ouer agayne by shyppe vnto the other syde, moch people gathered vnto him, and he was nye vnto the see. ^noteAnd beholde, ther came one of the rulers of þe; Synagoge, whose name was Iairus: and when he sawe him, he fel downe at his fete, and besought hym greatly, sayinge: my daughter lyeth at poynt of deeth, I pray the come, and laye thy hande on her, that she maye be safe &abar;d lyue. And he w&ebar;t with hym, ∧ moch people folowed him, ∧ thr&obar;ged hym.

^noteAnd ther was a certen woman, which had bene diseased of an yssue of bloude .xij. yeres, &abar;d had suffred many thinges of many physycions, ∧ had spent all þt; she had, ∧ felte none amendement at all, but rather was worsse, and worsse. Wh&ebar; she had herde of Iesus, she came in þe; preasse behinde him, ∧ touched his garment. For she sayde: yf I maye but touch his clothes, I shall be whole. And streyght waye the fountayne of her bloude was dryed vp, ∧ she felt in her body, that she was healed of that plage.

And Iesus immediatly felynge in h&ibar; selfe, that vertue proceaded fr&obar; him, tourned him aboute in the prease, &abar;d sayde, who touched my clothes? And hys dyscyples sayde vnto him: þu; seest the people thrust þe;, and askest, þu; who dyd touch me? And he loked ro&ubar;d about for to se her that had done thys thynge. But the woman fearing and tr&ebar;bling (knowyng what was done wyth in her) came, and fell downe before him, ∧ tolde him all the truth. And he sayd vnto her: Daughter ^note thy fayth hath saued the: go in peace, and be whole of thy plage.

D    ^noteWhyll he yet spake, ther came fr&obar; the ruler of the Synagoges house, certayne which sayd: thy daughter is deed: why diseasest þu; þe; Master any further? Assone as Iesus hearde the worde that was spoken, he sayde vnto the ruler of þe; Synagoge: be not afrayed, onely beleue. And he suffred no man to folowe him, saue Peter, and Iames, &abar;d Iohn the brother of Iames. ^noteAnd he came vnto the house of the ruler of the Synagoge, and sawe the wondringe: and them that wepte and wayled greatly, and went in, and sayde vnto th&ebar;: why make ye this a doo, &abar;d wepe? The damosell is not deed, but slepeth. And they laught him to scorne. But he put them all out, and taketh the father &abar;d the mother of the damosell, and them that were wyth him, and entreth in where the damosell laye, ∧ taketh the damosell by the hande ∧ sayeth vnto hyr: Tabita, cumi: whych is (yf one do interprete it) damosell, I saye vnto þe;: aryse.

And streyght waye the damosell arose, and walked. For she was of the age of twelue yeres. And they were astonyed out of measure. And he charged them straytely, that no man shuld knowe of it, and commaunded, to geue her meate.

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