¹ In those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury

² saynge; Repet the kyngdome of heue is at honde.

³ This is he of whom it is spoken by the Prophet Esay which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernes prepare the Lordes waye and make hys pathes strayght.

⁴ This Iho had hys garmet of camels heer and a gerdell of a skynne aboute his loynes. Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony.

⁵ The went oute to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all ye regio roude aboute Iorda

⁶ and were baptised of him in Iorda cofessynge their synnes.

⁷ When he sawe many of ye Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto the: O generacio of vipers who hath taught you to fle fro the vengeauce to come?

⁸ Brynge forth therfore the frutes belongynge to repentauce.

⁹ And se that ye ons thynke not to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldern vnto Abraha.

¹⁰ Euenowe is ye axe put vnto ye rote of ye trees: soo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute is hewe doune and cast into ye fyre.

¹¹ I baptise you in water in toke of repentauce: but he ye cometh after me is myghtier then I whose shues I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with ye holy gost and with fyre:

¹² which hath also his fan in his hod and will pourge his floure and gadre ye wheet into his garner and will burne ye chaffe with vnquecheable fyre

¹³ Then cam Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym.

¹⁴ But Ihon forbade hym saynge: I ought to be baptysed of the: and comest thou to me?

¹⁵ Iesus answered and sayd to hym: Let it be so now. For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all rightwesnes. Then he suffred hym.

¹⁶ And Iesus assone as he was baptised came strayght out of ye water. And lo heue was ope over hym: and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym.

¹⁷ And lo there came a voyce from heven sayng: Thys ys that my beloved sonne in whom is my delyte.