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¹ In the begynnynge was the worde, and the worde was with God, and God was ye worde.² The same was in the begynnynge wt God.³ All thinges were made by the same, and without the same was made nothinge that was made.⁴ In him was the life, and the life was the light of men:

⁵ and the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the darknesse comprehended it not.⁶ There was sent from God a man, whose name was Ihon.⁷ The same came for a witnesse, to beare wytnesse of ye light, that thorow him they all might beleue.⁸ He was not that light, but that he might beare witnesse of ye light.⁹ That was the true light, which lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde.¹⁰ He was in the worlde, & the worlde was made by him, and ye worlde knewe him not.¹¹ He came in to his awne, and his awne receaued him not.¹² But as many as receaued him, to them gaue he power to be the children of God: euen soch as beleue in his name.¹³ Which are not borne of bloude, ner of the wyl of the flesh, ner of the wyl of man, but of God.¹⁴ And the worde became flesh, and dwelt amonge vs: and we sawe his glory, a glory as of the onely begotte sonne of the father, full of grace and trueth.

¹⁵ Ihon bare wytnesse of him, cryed, and sayde: It was this, of whom I spake: After me shal he come, that was before me, For he was or euer I:¹⁶ and of his fulnesse haue all we receaued grace for grace.¹⁷ For the lawe was geuen by Moses, grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ.¹⁸ No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begotte sonne which is in the bosome of the father, he hath declared the same vnto vs.

¹⁹ And this is the recorde of Ihon, whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites fro Ierusalem, to axe him: Who art thou?²⁰ And he confessed and denyed not. And he confessed, and sayde: I am not Christ.²¹ And they axed him: What the? Art thou Elias? He sayde: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No.²² Then sayde they vnto him: What art thou the, yt we maye geue answere vnto the that sent vs? What sayest thou of yi self?²³ He sayde: I am ye voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse. Make straight ye waye of the LORDE. As ye prophet Esay sayde:²⁴ And they that were sent, were of ye Pharises.²⁵ And they axed him, & sayde vnto him: Why baptysest thou then, yf thou be not Christ, ner Elias, ner a prophet?²⁶ Ihon answered them, and sayde: I baptyse with water, but there is one come in amonge you, whom ye knowe not.²⁷ It is he that cometh after me, which was before me: whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse.²⁸ This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Ihon dyd baptyse.

²⁹ The nexte daye after, Ihon sawe Iesus commynge vnto him, and sayde: Beholde the labe of God, which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde.³⁰ This is he, of whom I sayde vnto you: After me commeth a man, which was before me. For he was or euer I,³¹ and I knewe him not: but that he shulde be declared in Israel, therfore am I come to baptyse with water.³² And Ihon bare recorde, & sayde: I sawe the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a doue, and abode vpon him,³³ & I knewe him not. But he that sent me to baptyse with water, ye same sayde vnto me: Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him, the same is he, that baptyseth with the holy goost.³⁴ And I sawe it, and bare recorde, that this is the sonne of God.³⁵ The nexte daye after, Ihon stode agayne, and two of his disciples.³⁶ And wha he sawe Iesus walkynge, he sayde: Beholde the labe of God.

³⁷ And two of his disciples herde him speake, and folowed Iesus.³⁸ And Iesus turned him aboute, and sawe them folowinge, and sayde vnto the: What seke ye? They sayde vnto him: Rabbi, (which is to saye by interpretacion, Master.) Where art thou at lodginge?³⁹ He sayde vnto them: Come and se it. They came and sawe it, & abode with him the same daye. It was aboute the tenth houre.⁴⁰ One of the two, which herde Ihon speake, and folowed Iesus, was Andrew the brother of Symon Peter:⁴¹ the same founde first his brother Symon, and sayde vnto him: We haue founde Messias (which is by interpretacion, ye Anoynted)⁴² and brought him to Iesus. Whan Iesus behelde him, he sayde: Thou art Symon the sonne of Ionas, thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretacion, a stone.

⁴³ The nexte daye after, wolde Iesus go agayne in to Galile, and founde Philippe, and sayde vnto him: Folowe me.⁴⁴ Philippe was of Bethsaida the cite of Andrew and Peter.⁴⁵ Philippe founde Nathanael, and sayde vnto him: We haue founde him, of who Moses in the lawe, and ye prophetes haue wrytten, euen Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth.⁴⁶ And Nathanaell sayde vnto him: What good can come out of Nazareth? Philippe sayde vnto him: Come, and se.⁴⁷ Iesus sawe Nathanael comynge to him, and sayde of him: Beholde, a righte Israelite, in whom is no gyle.⁴⁸ Nathanael sayde vnto him: From whence knowest thou me? Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him: Before yt Philippe called the, whan thou wast vnder the fygge tre, I sawe the.⁴⁹ Nathanaell answered, and sayde vnto hi: Rabbi, thou art ye sonne of God, thou art ye kynge of Israel.⁵⁰ Iesus answered, & sayde vnto him: Because I sayde vnto the, that I sawe the vnder the fygge tre, thou beleuest: thou shalt se yet greater thinges the these.⁵¹ And he sayde vnto him: Verely verely I saye vnto you: Fro this tyme forth shal ye se the heauen open, and the angels of God goinge vp & downe ouer the sonne of man.