[The Pentateuch]

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.

And god came vnto Balam / and Balam sayed vnto him: I haue prepared .vij. alters / and haue offered apō euery alter / an oxe & a ram. And y• Lorde put a sayenge in Balās mouth & sayed: goo agayne to Balac & saye on this wyse. And he went agayne vnto him and loo / he stode by his sacrifice / both he ād all the lordes of Moab. And he began hys parable and sayed: Balac the kinge of ⟨p. xlv⟩Moab hath fett me fro Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the easte sayenge: come & curse me Iacob / come and defye me Israel. How shall I curse whom God curseth not¹ and how shall I defye whom the Lorde defyeth note from the toppe of y• rockes Ise him and from the hylles I beholde him: loo / ye people shall dwell by him selfe and shall not be re•ened amōge other nacions. Who can tell the dust of Iacob & the numbre of the fourth parte of Israel. I praye God that my soule / maye dye the deeth of the righteous / ād that my last ende maye be like his.