[The Pentateuch]

And a certain man found him wandering out of his way in the field / and axed him what he sought. And he answered: I seek my brethren / tell me I pray the where they keep sheep And the man said / they are departed hence / for I heard them say / let us goo unto Dothan. Thus went Joseph after his brethren / and found them in Dothan.

And a certayne man founde him wandrynge out of his waye in the felde / ād axed him what he soughte. And he answered: I seke my brethren / tell me I praye the where they kepe shepe And the man sayde / they are departed hēce / for I herde them say / let vs goo vnto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph after his brethren / and founde them in Dothan.

And when they saw him a far of before he came at them / they toke counsel against him / for to slay him / and said one to another / Behold this dreamer cometh / come now and let ⟨p. liiij⟩us slay him and cast him in to some pit / and let us say that some wicked beast hath devoured him / and let us see what his dreams will come to.

And whē they sawe him a farr of before he came at them / they toke councell agaynst him / for to sley him / and sayde one to another / Beholde this dreamer cometh / come now and let ⟨p. liiij⟩us sley him and cast him in to some pytt / and let vs saye that some wiked beast hath deuoured him / and let us see what his dreames wyll come to.

When Reuben heard that / he went about to rid him out of their hands and said / let us not kill him. And Reuben said moreover unto them / shed not his blood / but cast him in to this pit that is in the wilderness / and lay no hands upon him: for he would have rid him out of their hands and delivered him to his father again.