[The Pentateuch]

And on the morning Balac toke Balaam and brought him up in to the high place of Baal / and then ce he saw unto the utmost part of the people. And Balaam said unto Balac: build me here seven alters and provide here seven oxen and seven rams. And Balac did as Balaam said. And Balac and Balaam offered on every alter an ox and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balac: stand by the sacrifice / while I goo to wit whether the Lord will come and mete me: & what soever he showeth me / I will tell thee / and he went forthwith.

ANd on the mornynge Balac toke Balam and brought him vpp in to the hye place of Baall / ād thē ce he sawe vnto the vttmost parte of the people. And Balam sayed vnto Balac: bylde me here seven alters and prouyde here seuē oxen and seuen rammes. And Balac dyd as Balam sayed. And Balac and Balam offered on euery alter an oxe and a ram. And Balam sayed vnto Balac: stonde by the sacrifyce / whyle I goo to wete whether the Lorde will come ād mete me: & what soeuer he sheweth me / I will tell the / and he went forthwith.

And god came unto Balaam / and Balaam said unto him: I have prepared .vij. alters / and have offered upon every alter / an ox & a ram. And y• Lord put a saying in Balans mouth & said: goo again to Balac & say on this wise. And he went again unto him and lo / he stood by his sacrifice / both he and all the lords of Moab. And he began his parable and said: Balac the king of ⟨p. xlv⟩Moab hath fett me fro Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying: come & curse me Jacob / come and defy me Israel. How shall I curse whom God curseth not¹ and how shall I defy whom the Lord defieth note from the top of y• rocks Ice him and from the hills I behold him: lo / the people shall dwell by him self and shall not be re•ened among other nations. Who can tell the dust of Jacob & the number of the fourth part of Israel. I pray God that my soul / may dye the death of the righteous / and that my last end may be like his.