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vi. 14.]
MARK.
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quhilkis ar made be his handis? 3 Quhethir is nocht
this a carpentare, the sonn of Marie, the bruthir of
James, and Josephe, and of Judas, and of Symoun?
Quhethir gif his sisteris ar nocht here with vs? And
thai war sclaundrit in him. 4 And Jesus said to thame,
That a prophete is nocht without honour, bot in his
awn cuntre, and amang his kynn, and in his hous.
5 And he mycht nocht do thare ony virtue, bot that
he helit a few seekmen, laying on thaim his handis.
6 And he wonndrit for the vnbeleue of thame. Ande
he went about castellis on ilk side, and taucht. 7 And
he callit togiddire xij, and begann to send thame be
ij togiddire; and gafe to thame powere of vnclene
spiritis, 8 And comandit thame that thai suld nocht
tak ony thing in the way, bot a wand aanly; nocht a
bag, nore breid, nouthir money in the belt, 9 Bot
schod with sandalis, and that thai suld nocht be
clethit with ij cotis. 10 And he said to thaim, Quhare
euir ye entire into an hous, duell ye thare till ye
ga out fra thine. 11 And quha euir resaues you
nocht, nouthir heres you, ga ye out fra thine, and
schake away the powder of your feet into witnessing
to thame. 12 Ande thai yede furth, and prechit that
men suld do pennance. 13 And thai kest out mony
feendis, and anoyntit with oile mony seek men, and
thai ware helit. 14 And king Herode herd, for his
Mathew xiii.
g-
Luc. mi. c.
Johan, iiii. e.
Mathew ix.
d.
Luc. xiii. b.
Mathewx. a.
Luc. ix. a.
Mathew x. b.
Luc. ix. a.
Mathewx. a.
Jaco. v. c.
vi. 3. Quhethir gif his sisteris : P., ‘ whether hise sistris ’; nonne
et sorores ejus.
4. amang his kynn {in cognatione sua), and in his hous : Clem,
transposes the order here, but WW. read as in the text.
6. castellis: castella ; Rh., ‘towns.’ on ilk side : incircuitu.
7. callit togiddire: reading convocavit. So WW. ; but Clem.,
vocavit. he ij togiddire : binos.
8. a wand: P., ‘a jerde’; virgam. bag: P., ‘scrippe’;
peram. belt: P., ‘ girdil ’; zona.
13. thai ware helit: reading, with St., Sixt, sanabantur.
Clem., sanabant. Burne (fob 62), ‘ eiectit deuillis, and oyntit
monie seik vith oyle, and haillit thame.’