[The Pentateuch]

And the LORD said? The cry of Sodom and Gomo•ra is great / and there sin is exceeding grievous. I will go down and see whether they have done all to gather according to that cry which is come unto me or not / that I may know. And the men departed thē ce and went to Sodomeward. But Abraham stood yet before y• LORD / & drew near & said Wilt thou destroy the righteous with the wicked? If there be .l. righteous within the city / wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of .l. righteous that are therein? That be far from the / that thou shouldest do after this manner / to slay the righteous with the wicked / and that the righteous should be as the wicked: that be far from thee. Should not the judge of all y• world do according to right? And the LORD said: If I find in Sodom .l. righteous within the city / I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And the LORde sayde? The crie of Sodome and Gomo•ra is great / and there synne is excedynge grevous. I will go downe and see whether they haue done all to gedder acordynge to that crye which is come vnto me or not / that I may knowe. And the mē departed thē ce and went to Sodomeward. But Abraham stode yet before y• LORde / & drewe nere & sayde Wylt thou destroy the rightwes with the wyked? Yf there be .l. rightwes within the cyte / wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of .l. rightwes that are therin? That be farre from the / that thou shuldest do after thys maner / to sley the rightwes with the weked / ād that the rightwes shulde be as the weked: that befarre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all y• worlde do acordynge to righte? And the LORde sayde: Yf I fynde in Sodome .l. rightwes within the cy•e / I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And Abraham answered and said: behold I have taken upon me to speak unto y• LORD / and yet am but dust and ashes. What though there lack .v. of .l. righteous / wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of .v? And he said: If I find there .xl. and .v. I will not destroy them.