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 Sara herde that out of the tent dore, which was be hynde his backe. And Abraham and Sara were both olde, &#x204a; well &#383;tryken in age: ſo that it wente nomore with Sara after maner of wemen: therfore laughed &#383;he with in hir &#383;elf, and ſayde: Now that I am olde &#x204a; my lorde olde al&#383;o, &#383;hal I yet geue my &#383;elf to lu&#383;t?

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Then &#383;ayde LORDE vnto Abraham: Wherfore doth Sara laugh, and &#383;aye: Is this true in dede, that I ſhal beare, and yet am olde? Shulde eny &#383;och thinge be to harde for the LORDE? Aboute this tyme(yf I lyue) I wil come to the agayne, &#x204a; Sara ſhal haue a &#383;onne. Then Sara denyed it, and ſayde: I laughed not, for &#383;he was afrayed. But he &#383;ayde: Is it not ſo, thou dydde&#383;t laughe. Then the men &#383;tode vp from thence, and turned them towarde Sodome: and Abraham wente with them, to brynge them on their waye.

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Then &#383;ayde the LORDE: How can I hyde from Abraham, thinge that I wil do? &#383;eynge he &#383;hal be a greate and mightie people, and all people vpo&#772; earth ſhalbe ble&#383;&#383;ed in him? For I knowe him that he wil co&#772;maunde his children and his houſholde after him, to kepe the waye of LORDE, and to do after right and con&#383;cience, that the LORDE maye bringe vpo&#772; Abraham what he hath promiſed him. And the LORDE ſayde: There is a crie at Sodome and Gomorra, which is greate, &#x204a; their ſynnes are exceadinge greuous: therfore will I go downe &#x204a; ſe, whether they haue done all together, acordinge to that crye, which is come before me, or not, that I maye knowe. And the men turned their face, and we&#772;te towarde Sodome. But Abraham &#383;tode &#383;till before LORDE, and &#383;tepte vnto him, and &#383;ayde:

Wilt thou then de&#383;troye the righteous with the vngodly? Peradue&#772;ture there maye be fiftie righteous within cite: wilt thou deſtroye thoſe, and not &#383;pare the place, for fiftie righteous &#383;ake that are therin? That be farre fro&#772; the, yt thou ſhulde&#383;t do this, and to ſlaye the righteous with the vngodly, and that the righteous ſhulde be as the vngodly. That be farre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all the worlde do acordinge to right? And the LORDE ſayde: Yf I finde fiftie righteous at Sodome in the cite, I wil ſpare all the place for their &#383;akes.

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Abraham anſwered, and &#383;ayde: O &#383;e, I haue taken vpon me to ſpeake vnto the LORDE, howbeit I am but du&#383;t and a&szlig;&#383;hes. Peraduenture there maye be fyue le&#383;&#383;e then fiftie righteous therin: Wilt thou then de&#383;troye the whole cite becauſe of tho&#383;e fyue? He &#383;ayde: yf I fynde fyue and fourtie therin, I will not de&#383;troye them:

And he proceded further to &#383;peake vnto him, and &#383;ayde: Peraduenture there might be fourtie founde therin. And he &#383;ayde: I wil do nothinge vnto them for thoſe fourtyes &#383;ake. Abraham &#383;ayde: Oh let not my LORDE be angrie, that I ſpeake yet more. Peradue&#772;ture there might be thirtie founde ther in. And he &#383;ayde: Yf I fynde thirtie therin, I will do nothinge vnto them. And he &#383;ayde: O ſe, I haue taken vpon me to ſpeake vnto my LORDE.

Peradue&#772;ture there might be twe&#772;tie founde therin. He anſwered: I wyll not de&#383;troye them for thoſe twentyes &#383;ake. And &#383;ayde: O let not my LORDE be angrie, that I ſpeake yet once more. Peraduenture there might be ten founde therin. He ſaide: I wil not de&#383;troye them for thoſe ten ſake.

And the LORDE wente his waye, whan he had left talkynge with Abraham. And Abraham returned vnto his place. undefined

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n the euenynge came the two angels vnto Sodome. And Lot ſat vnder the gate of the cite. And whe&#772; he &#383;awe them, he roſe vp for to mete them, and bowed him ſelf downe to the grounde vpon his face, &#x204a; &#383;ayde: Se lordes, turne in(I praye you) in to youre &#383;eruauntes houſe, and tarye all night: let youre fete be wa&#szlig;ſhen, ſo maye ye ryſe tomorow by tymes, and go youre waye. Neuertheles they ſayde: Nay, but we wyll byde in the &#383;tretes all night. Then compelled he them &#383;ore: and they turned in vnto him, and came in to his houſe. And he made them a fea&#383;t, and baked &#383;wete cakes, and they ate.

But before they wente to re&#383;t, the men of the cite of Sodome came and compa&#383;ed the hou&#383;e rounde aboute, yonge and olde, all the people from all quarters, and called Lot, and &#383;ayde vnto him: Where are the me&#772; that came vnto the to night? Bringe them out here vnto vs, that we maye knowe them.

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And Lot went out at the dore vnto the&#772;, and &#383;hut the dore after him, and &#383;ayde: O brethren, do not &#383;o wickedly. Beholde, I haue two doughters, which yet haue knowne no man: them will I brynge out vnto you, do with them as it liketh you. Onely do nothinge vnto the&#383;e men of God, for therfore are they come vnder the &#383;hadowe of my rofe. But they &#383;ayde: Come thou hither. Then