[The Pentateuch]

And the Lord spake unto Moses saying: speak unto y• children of Israel & say unto them: when ether man or woman appointeth to vow a vow of abstinence for to abstain unto the Lord / he shall abstain from wine and strong drink / and shall drink no vinegar of wine or of strong drink / nor shall drink what soever is pressed out of grapes: & shall eat no fresh grapes nether yet dried ⟨p. xiij⟩/ as long as his abstinence endureth. Moreover he shall eat nothing y• is made of the vine tree / no n•• so much as y• cornel• or the husk of the grape.

ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge: speake vnto y• childrē of Israel & saye vnto them: when ether man or woman appo•nteth to vowe a vowe of abstinence for to abstene vnto the Lorde / he shall abstene from wyne and stronge drynke / and shall dryncke no vynegre of wyne or of stronge drynke / nor shal drynke what soeuer is pressed out of grapes: & shal eate no fresh grapes nether yet dryed ⟨p. xiij⟩/ as lōge as his absimēce ēdureth. Moreouer he shall eate nothyng y• is made of the vynetre / no n•• so moch as y• cornel• or the huske of the grape.

And as long as the vow of his abslin• ce endureth / there shall no razor nor shears come upon his heed / until his days be out which he fasteth unto the Lord / and he shall be holy and shall let the locks of his here grow. As long as he abenth unto the Lord he shall come at no deed body: he shall not make him self unclean at the death of his father / mother / brother or sister. for the abstinence of his God is upon his heed. And therefore as long as his abstinence lasteth / he shal be hely unto the Lord.