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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.
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.
And as he went out to land / there met him a certain man out of the cite / which had a devil long time / and ware no clothes / nether abode in any house: but among graves. When he saw Jesus / he cried / and fell down before him / and with a loud voice said: What have I to do with the Jesus the Son of the God most hiest? I beseech the torment me not. Then he commanded the foul spirit to come out of the man. For oft times he caught him / & he was bound with chains & kept with fetters: and he brake the bonds / and was carried of the fend / into wilderness.
And as he went out to londe / ther met him a certayne man out of ye cite / which had a devyll longe tyme / and ware noo clothes / nether aboode in any housse: but amonge graves. When he sawe Iesus / he cryed / and fell doune before him / and with a loude voyce sayde: What have I to do with the Iesus the sonne of the God moost hyest? I beseche the torment me not. Then he cōmaunded ye foule sprete to come out of the man. For ofte tymes he caught him / & he was bounde with chaynes & kept with fetters: and he brake the bondes / and was caryed of the fende / into wyldernes.
And Jesus aid him saying: what is thy name? And he said: Legion / because many devils1 were entered into him. And they besought him / that he would not command them to goo out into y• deep. And there was there by an herd of many swine / feeding on an hill: & they besought2 him / that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man / & entered into the swine: And the herd toke their course & ran headlong into the lake / and were choked. When the herdmen saw what had chanced / they fled and told it in the cite and in the villages.
And Iesus ayed him sayinge: what is thy name? And he sayde: Legion / because many devyls