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The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the Greek by William Tyndale, and finished in the year of our Lord God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the month of November.The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.
Antwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534Anwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
✚ 1For Herod him self / had sent forth and had taken John / and bound him & cast him into prison for Herodias sake which was his brother Philips wife. For he had married her. John said unto Herod: It is not lawful for the to have thy brothers wife. Herodias laid wait for him / & would have killed him / but she could not. For Herod feared John / knowing that he was a just man and an holy: & gave him reverence: & when he heard him / he did many things / and heard him gladly.
✚ 1For Herode him sylfe / had sent forth and had taken Iohn / and bounde him & cast him into preson for Herodias sake which was his brother Philippes wyfe. For he had maried her. Iohn sayd vnto Herode: It is not laufull for the to have thy brothers wyfe. Herodias layd wayte for him / & wolde have killed him / but she coulde not. For Herode feared Iohn / knowynge yt he was a iuste man and an holy: & gave him reverence: & when he hearde him / he dyd many thingꝭ / and hearde him gladly.
- 1Math. xiiij. a. Lu. iij. d. John baptistis be heeded.Math. xiiij. a. Lu. iij. d. Iohn baptistis be heeded.
But when a convenient day was come: Herod on his birthday made a supper to the lords / captains / & chief estate of Galilee. And the daughter of the said Herodias came in & daū sed / and pleased Herod and them that sate at board also. Then the king said unto the maiden: axe of me what thou wilt / & I will give it thee. And he sware unto her / whatsoever thou shalt axe of me / I will give it thee / even unto the one half of my kingdom. And she went forth and said to her mother: what shall I axe? And she said: John Baptists heed. And she cam in straight way with haste unto the king / & axed saying: I will / that thou give me by & by in a charger the heed of John Baptist. And the king was sorry: howbeit for his oaths sake / and for their sakes which sate at supper also / he would not put her beside her purpose. And immediately the king sent the hangman and commanded his heed to be brought in. And he went and beheaded him in the prison / and brought his heed in a charger / & gave it to the