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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
To the reader: ¶ W. T. unto the Reader.To the reader: ¶ W. T. vnto the Reader.
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.
¶ W. T. unto the Reader.
¶ W. T. vnto the Reader.
Here thou hast (most dear reader) the new Testament or covenant made with us of God in Christs blood. Which I have looked over again (now at the last) with all diligence / and compared it unto the Greek / and have weeded out of it many faults / which lack of help at the beginning and oversight / did sow therein. If ought seem changed / or not all together agreeing with the Greek / let the finder of the fault consider the Hebrew Phrase or manner of speech left in the Greek words. Whose preterperfectence and present tense is oft both one / and the future tense is the optative mode also / and the future tense is oft the imperative mode in the active voice / and in the passive ever. Likewise person for person / number for number / and an interrogation for a conditional / and such like is with the Hebrews a common usage.
HEre thou hast (moost deare reader) the new Testamēt or covenaunt made wyth vs of God in Christes bloude. Which I have looked over agayne (now at the last) with all dylygence / and compared it vnto the Greke / and have weded oute of it many fautes / which lacke of helpe at the begynninge and oversyght / dyd sowe therin. If ought seme chaunged / or not all to gether agreynge with the Greke / let the fynder of ye faute consider the Hebrue Phrase or maner of speche lefte in the Greke wordes. Whose preterperfectence and presenttence is ofte both one / and the futuretence is the optative mode also / and the future tence is ofte the imperatyve mode in the actyve voyce / and in the passyve ever. Lykewyse person for person / nombre for nombre / and an interroga•ion for a cō dicionall / and soche lyke is with the Hebrues a comen vsage.
I have also in many places set light in the margent / to understand the text by. If any man find faults ether with the translation or ought beside (which is easier for many to do / then so well to have translated it them selves of their own pregnant wits / at the beginning without foreign sample) to the same it shall be lawful to translate it them selves and to put what they lust thereto. If I