¹ The beginnynge of the Gospell of Iesu Christ the sonne of God

² as yt is wrytten in the Prophetes: beholde I sende my messenger before thy face which shall prepared thy waye before ye.

³ The voyce of a cryer in the wildernes: prepare ye the waye of the Lorde make his paches streyght.

⁴ Iohn dyd baptise in the wyldernes and preche the baptyme of repentauce for the remission of synnes.

⁵ And all the londe of Iurie and they of Ierusalem went out vnto him and were all baptised of him in the ryver Iordan confessynge their synnes.

⁶ Iohn was clothed with cammylles heer and with a gerdyll of a skyn a bout hys loynes. And he dyd eate locustes and wylde hony

⁷ and preached sayinge: a stronger then I commeth after me whose shue latchet I am not worthy to stoupe doune and vnlose.

⁸ I have baptised you with water: but he shall baptise you with the holy goost.

⁹ And yt came to passe in those dayes that Iesus cam from Nazareth a cyte of Galile: and was baptised of Iohn in Iordan.

¹⁰ And assone as he was come out of the water Iohn sawe heaven open and the holy goost descendinge vpon him lyke a dove.

¹¹ And ther came a voyce from heaven: Thou arte my dere sonne in whom I delyte.

¹² And immediatly the sprete drave him into wildernes:

¹³ and he was there in the wildernes xl dayes and was tempted of Satan and was with wilde beestes. And the aungels ministred vnto him.

¹⁴ After Iohn was taken Iesus came in to Galile preachinge the gospell of the kyngdome of God

¹⁵ and sayinge: the tyme is come and the kyngdome of God is at honde repent and beleve the gospell.

¹⁶ As he walked by the see of Galile he sawe Simon and Andrew his brother castinge nettes into ye see for they were fysshers.

¹⁷ And Iesus sayde vnto them: folowe me and I will make you fisshers of men.

¹⁸ And strayght waye they forsoke their nettes and folowed him.

¹⁹ And when he had gone a lytell further thence he sawe Iames the sonne of zebede and Ihon his brother even as they were in the shyppe mendinge their nettes.

²⁰ And anone he called them. And they leeft their father zebede in the shippe with his hyred servauntes and went their waye after him.

²¹ And they entred into Capernau: and streight waye on ye Saboth dayes he entred in to ye synagoge and taught.

²² And they merveled at his learninge. For he taught them as one that had power with him and not as the Scribes.

²³ And there was in their synagoge a ma vexed wt an vnclene spirite yt cried

²⁴ sayinge: let be: what have we to do with the thou Iesus of Nazareth? Arte thou come to destroye vs? I knowe the what thou arte eue that holy of god.

²⁵ And Iesus rebuked him sayinge: hoolde thy peace and come out of him.

²⁶ And ye vnclene spirite tare him and cryed with a loude voyce and came out of him.

²⁷ And they were all amased in so moche that they demaunded one of another amoge them selves saying: what thinge is this? what newe doctryne is this? For he comaundeth the foule spirites with power and they obeye him.

²⁸ And immediatly his fame spreed abroade throughoute all the region borderinge on Galile.

²⁹ And forth with as sone as they were come out of the synagoge they entred into ye housse of Symon and Andrew with Iames and Ihon.

³⁰ And Symons mother in lawe lay sicke of a fever. And anone they tolde him of her.

³¹ And he came and toke her by the honde and lifte her vp: and the fever forsoke hir by and by: and she ministred vnto them.

³² And at even when the sunne was downe they brought to him all that were diseased and them that were possessed with devyls.

³³ And all the cite gaddred to gedder at the dore

³⁴ and he healed many yt were sicke of divers deseases. And he cast out many devyls and suffred not ye devyls to speake because they knewe him.

³⁵ And in the morninge very erly Iesus arose and went out into a solitary place and there prayed.

³⁶ And Simon and they that were with him folowed after him.

³⁷ And when they had founde him they sayde vnto him: all men seke for the.

³⁸ And he sayd vnto them: let vs go into the next tounes that I maye preache there also: for truly I cam out for that purpose.

³⁹ And he preached in their synagoges throughout all Galile and cast the devyls out.

⁴⁰ And there came a leper to him besechinge him and kneled doune vnto him and sayde to him: yf thou wilt thou canest make me clene.

⁴¹ And Iesus had copassion on him and put forth his honde touched him and sayde to him: I will be thou clene.

⁴² And assone as he had spoke immediatly ye leprosy departed fro him and was clensed.

⁴³ And he charged him and sent him awaye forthwith

⁴⁴ and sayd vnto him: Se thou saye no thinge to any man: but get the hence and shewe thy silfe to ye preste and offer for thy clensinge those thinges which Moses comaunded for a testimoniall vnto them.

⁴⁵ But he (assone as he was departed) beganne to tell many thinges and to publyshe the dede: in so moche that Iesus coulde no more opely entre in to the cite but was with out in desert places. And they came to him fro every quarter.