P069 Specimens of the Different Versions.

P069 Specimens of the Different Versions.

6. Purvey, 1388. See page 21.

Matt, vi, 24, 25. No man may serve twey Lordis for either he schall hate the toon and love the tother: either he schal susteyne the toon, and despise the tother; ye moun not serve god and richesse.

Therfore I sey to you that ye be not besy to youre lyf, what ye schull ete neither to youre bodi with what ye schul be clothid. whether lyf is not more than mete, and the body more than the cloth?(1) 7. Tyndale’s Pentateuch, 1530.(2) Gen. xliii, 11, 12. Than their father Israel sayde unto thē. yf it must nedes be so now: than do thus, take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles, and brynge the man a present, a curtesie bawlme, and a curtesie of hony spyces and myrre, dates and almondes. And take as moch money more with you. And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes, take it agayne with you in youre handes, peradventure it was some oversyghte.

8. Coverdale’s Bible, 1535.

Then sayde Israel their father unto thē: yf it must nedes be so, then do this: take of the best frutes of the lande in youre sackes and brynge the man a present: a curtesy balme, and hony, and spyces, and myrre, and dates, and almondes.

Take other money with you also, and the money that was brought agayne in youre sacke mouthes, cary it agayne with you: peradventure it was an oversight.

9. Matthew’s Bible, 1537. Than their father Israel sayd unto them: Yf it must ned be so now: than do thus, take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles and brynge the mā a present, a curtesye bawlme, and a curtesye of hony, spices & myrre, dates and almōdes. And take as moche money more with you. And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes, take it agayne wyth you, peradventure it was some oversyghte.

------------ (FN1)Baber’s "Wycliffe’s [Purvey’s] Testament," in loco.

(FN2)The rest of these "specimens" we have copied from Cotton’s "Editions of the Bible," etc., page 235, et seq.

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