[The Pentateuch]

And the sons of Israel came to bye corn among other that came / for there was dearth also in the land of Canaan. And Joseph ⟨p. lxij⟩was governor in the land / and sold corn to all the people of the land. And his brethren came / and fell flat on the ground before him. When Joseph saw ••s brethren / he knew them: But made strange unto them / and spake roughly unto them saying: Whence come ye? and they said: out of the land of Canaan / to bye victual. Joseph knew his brethren / but they knew not him.

And the sonnes of Israell came to bye corne amonge other that came / for there was derth also in the lande of Canaan. And Joseph ⟨p. lxij⟩was gouerner in the londe / and solde corne to all the people of the londe. And his brethren came / and fell flatt on the grounde before him. When Joseph sawe ••s brethern / he knewe them: But made straunge vnto them / and spake rughly vnto them saynge: Whence come ye? and they sayde: out of the lande of Canaan / to bye vitayle. Joseph knewe his brethern / but they knewe not him.

And Joseph remembered his dreams which he dreamed of them / and said unto them: ye are spies / and to see where the land is weak is your coming. And they said unto him: nay my lord: but to bye victual thy servants are come. We are all one mans sons / and mean truly / and thy servants are no spies. And he said unto them: nay verily / but even to see where the land is weak is your coming. And they said: we thy servants are .xij. brethren / the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is yet with our father / and one no man wotteth where he is.

And Joseph remembred his dreames which he dreamed of them / and sayde vnto them: ye are spies / and to se where the lande is weake is youre comynge. And they sayde vnto him: nay my lorde: but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come. We are all one mans sonnes / and meane truely / and thy seruauntes are no spies. And he sayde vnto them: nay verely / but euen to se where the land is weake is youre comynge. And they sayde: we thi seruauntes are .xij. brethern / the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan. The yongest is yet with oure father / and one no man woteth where he is.