A   Then resorted vnto him ^note all the publicans and synners, for to heare h&ibar;. And the Pharises &abar;d Scribes murmured, sayinge. He receaueth synners, &abar;d eateth with them. But he put forth this parable vnto them, saieng. ^noteWhat m&abar; of you hauynge an hundred shepe (yf he lose one of them) doth not leaue nynty &abar;d nyne in the wildernes, &abar;d go after that which is lost, vntill he fynde it? And when he hath founde it, he laieth it on his shulders with ioye. And assone as he cometh home, he calleth together his louers and neyghbours, saying vnto them: Reioyse with me for I haue fo&ubar;de my shepe, which was loost. B   I say vnto you, that like wyse ioye shalbe in heauen ouer one synner that repenteth, more then ouer nynty and nyne iuste persons, which nede no rep&ebar;taunce. Ether what woman (hauynge ten grotes, yf she loose one) doth not light a candell, and swepe the housse, and seke dilig&ebar;tly tyll she fynde it? And when she hath founde it, she calleth her louers and her neyghbours together, sayinge: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde the grote which I had lost. C   Likewyse I saye vnto you, shall ther be ioye in the presence of the angels of God, ouer one synner ^note that repenteth. &cross3;

&cross2; And he sayd: A certayne man had two sonnes, and the yonger of them sayde vnto the father: father, geue me the porcion of the goodes, þt; to me belongeth. And he deuided vnto th&ebar; his substance. And not longe after, whan the yonger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iorney into a far countreye, and there ^note he wasted his goodes with ryotous liuing. And when he had spent all, ther arose a greate derth in all that land, and he began to lacke, and went, &abar;d came to a citesyn of the same countre: and he sent him to his farme, to kepe swyne. And he wolde fayne haue fylled his bely with the coddes þt; the swyne dyd eate: ∧ no m&abar; gaue vnto him.

D   Then he came to him selfe, and sayd: how many hyred seruauntes at my fathers haue breed ynough? and I perishe with honger. I wyll aryse, &abar;d go to my father, and will saye vnto h&ibar;: father, I haue synned agaynst heauen, and before the, ∧ am no more worthy to be called thy s&obar;ne, make me as one of thy hyred serua&ubar;tes. And he arose, ∧ came to his father. ^noteBut wh&ebar; he was yet a greate waye of, his father sawe him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kyssed him. And the sonne sayde vnto him: father, I haue synned agaynst heauen, and in thy syght, ∧ am nomore worthy to be called thy sonne. But the father sayd to his seruauntes: brynge forth the best garment, E   and put it on him, and put a rynge on his hande, and shoes on his fete. And brynge hyther that fatt caulfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery: for this my sonne was deed, and is alyue agayne, he was loste, and is founde. And they began to be merye. The elder brother was in the felde: and when he came and drewe nye to the housse, he herde mynstrelsy ∧ daunsynge, and called one of his seruauntes, and asked, what those thynges me&abar;te. And he sayd vnto him: thy brother is come, and thy father hath kylled the fatt caulfe, because he hath receaued him safe and sounde. F   And he was angry, and wolde not go in. Then came hys father out, and entreated him. He answered and sayde to his father: Lo, these many yeares haue I done the seruice, nether brake at any tyme thy commaundement, and yet gauest thou me neuer a kid, to make mery with my fr&ebar;des: but assone as this thy sonne was come (which hath deuoured thy goodes with G    harlotes) thou haste for his pleasure kylled the fatt caulfe. And he sayde vnto him: Sonne, thou art euer with me, &abar;d all that I haue is thyne: it was mete that we shulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: and was loste, and is founde. &cross3;

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