[The Pentateuch]

And he tarried there that same night / & toke of that which came to hand / a present / ⟨image 55⟩unto Esau his brother: ij hundred she goats and xx he goats: ij hundred sheep and xx rams: thirty milch camels with their colts: xl kine and x bulls: xx she asses and x fools and delivered them unto his servants / every drove by them selves / and said unto them: goo forth before me and put a space betwixt every drove. And he commanded the foremost saying

And he taried there that same nyghte / & toke of that which came to hande / a preasent / ⟨image 55⟩vnto Esau his brother: ij hundred she gootes ād xx he gootes: ij hundred shepe and xx rammes: thyrtye mylch camels with their coltes: xl kyne ād x bulles: xx she asses ād x foles and delyuered them vnto his seruauntes / euery drooue by them selues / ād sayde vnto them: goo forth before me and put a space betwyxte euery drooue. And he cōmaunded the formestsaynge

When Esau my brother meteth the and axeth the saying: whose servant art thou & whither ghost thou / & whose are these that goo before the: thou shalt say / they be thy servant Jacobs / & are a present sent unto my lord Esau / and behold / he him self cometh after us. And so commanded he the second / and even so the third / and likewise all that followed the droves saying / of this manner see that ye speak unto Esau when ye mete him / and say more over. Behold thy servant Jacob cometh after us / for he said. I will pease his wrath with the present y• goeth before me and afterward I will see him myself / so peradventure he will receive me to grace.

Whē Esau my brother meteth the ād axeth the saynge: whose seruaūte art thou & whither goost thou / & whose ar these that goo before ye: thou shalt say / they be thy seruaunte Iacobs / & are a present sent vnto my lorde Esau / and beholde / he him selfe cometh after vs. And so cō maunded he the seconde / ād euen so the thirde / and lykewyse all that folowed the drooues sainge / of this maner se that ye speake vnto Esau whē ye mete him / ād saye more ouer. Beholde thy seruaunte Iacob cometh after vs / for he sayde. I will pease his wrath with the present y goth before me and afterward I will see him myself / so perdventure he will receaue me to grace.