and a bynneTher was non auditour coude of hym wynneWel wiste he be the droughte and be the rayn̄The yeldynge of his seed and of his greyn̄His lordis sheep his neet and his deirieHis swyne his hors his stoor
fayle of his conclusionThan wolde I say gode leef take kepeHow mekely lokith wilkyn our sheepYe sholde be al pacient and mekeCom nr my spouse lat me ba thy chekeAnd haue a swete spicid concienceSith ye so speke of iobbis
werse is for to swere falsely and eke nedeles / what saye we eke of them that delyten them in sweryng and holde it a gentrye or manly dede to swere grete othis / And what of hem that of
werke but it is to hym vnsauery and al apallid thenne wexith he sore sluggish and slumbry and soon wil he be wroth and soon is enclyned to hate and to enuye / And thenne comyth the synne of worldly
hercules and theseus / And wysshed by a grete desir to haue of tho moutons sayyng to hem that he wold that hit coste hym as moche golde as a payr moutons weye and that he hadde a ram and
that afterward was na¦med spayne And ther sought so longe the yle with the sheep / that at laste arriued there / at the paas / The geant that was comysid to kepe the entre and the warde of the
rychesse and helde gretter astate than he / Whan than hercules had knowleche herof / he wente and spack to the kynge phyneus and to the quene / And shewid vnto them theyr vyces in so good manyer and facion
and falsenes that the felon Jewes leyde on hym wrongfully and purposed ayenst hym / And requyreden that Barabas: whyche that for dmycyde and fot hefte was put in pryson shold by delyuered ¶ And he whyche was pure
grete hurte and domages of the poure peple & saye to them grete vylonnyes and take them somtyme wyth bothe hondes / They he cladde wyth the wulle of the sheep of our lord and eten the flessh and after
for shepherdes / and to chaunge their pasture / and ordey∣ned floekes of sheepand departed the sheep fro the gheet after the qualite the lambes by them self / and the older by them self / And vnderstode the
Iacob and lya and soughte and fonde nothyng / And whan he cam in to the tabernacle of Rachel / she hyed her and hydde the Idollis vnder the lytter of the the camel and satte vpon it / And
children and tendre andsheepand oxē whiche yf I ouer laboured shold deye alle in a daye / wherfore plese it yow my lord to goo to fore and I shal folowe as I may with my chyldren and
their sheep in Sichem Come and I shal sende the to them / Whiche answerd I am redy / and he saide / goo and see yf all thynge be wel and prosperous at thy brethern and beestis and come
of her neyhbour and of her hostesse vessel of syluer and of gold and clothes / and them shal ye leye on your sones & on your dough¦tres and ye shal Robbe Egypte / Thēne Moyses answerd and saide /
were Innumerable / And an huge grete multytude of beestis of dyuerse kynde / The tyme that the chyldren of Israhel had dwellyd in Egypte was four honderd yere / And so they departed out of Egypte and wente not
/ And cryeng they wepte they cam for to conforte hym and whan they considered hys myserye they tare theyr clothis and caste duste on theyr heedys / and satte by hym seuen dayes and seuen nyghtes / and noman
And he wold praye for her / she assented ther∣to / she wrote her synne / and dyly∣gently closed and sealed it / And de∣lyuerd it to saynt Ioh̄n / And anon after saynt Ioh̄n waxe seek and deyde
and of his brethern he suffred obpro∣bryes / and was confused and cursed of them alle / and he toke euer mekelye and paciently / Iob was a man of grete hospitalyte and had cure of poure peple /
his per¦amour and badde hym torne and Iuste / So syr Dynas smo∣te hym doune that with the falle he brake his legge and his ar¦me / And thenne his lady and peramour cryed sire Dynas mercy / and said
eest and in to the west / and was the first londe that was parfyght and noble in crafte of rowyng with oores / Armes & shotyng with arowes. and yaf lawe wreton. and taught men ride on horsbak And