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174 him: and they sent a legacie after him, saying: We wil not have this man reigne over us. And it came to passe after he returned, having received his Kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he gave the money; that he might know how much every man had gained by occupying. And the first came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gotten ten poundes. And he said to him: Welfare thee good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a litle, thou shalt have power over ten cities. And the second came saying: Lord, thy pound hath made five poundes. And he said to him: And be thou over five cities. And another came, saying: Lord, loe here thy pound, which I have had laid up in a napkin. For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou didst not set downe, and thou reapest that which thou didst not sow. He saith to him: By thine owne mouth I judge thee, naughtie servant. Thou didst know that I am an austere man, taking up that I set not downe, and reaping that which I sowed not: and why didst thou not give my money to the banke, and I comming might certes with usurie have exacted it? $a$ And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him, and give it to him that hath the ten poundes. And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten poundes. But I say to you, that to every one that hath shal be given: and from him that hath not, that also which he hath shal be taken from him. ✠

But as for those mine enemies that would not have me reigne over them, bring them hither; and kil them before me.

And having said these things, he went before ascending to Hierusalem. And it came to passe * when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his Disciples, saying: Goe into the towne which is over against, into the which as you enter, you shal find the colt of an asse tied, on which no man ever hath sitten: loose him, and bring him. And if any man aske you: Why loose you him? You shal say thus to him: because our Lord needeth his service. And they that were sent, went their wayes, and found as he said to them, the colt standing. And when they loosed the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt? But they said: because our Lord hath need of him. And they brought him to. And casting their garments upon the colt, they set thereupon. And as he went, they spred their garments underneath in the way. And when he approched now to the descent of mount-Olivet, al the multitudes of ‘them that descended’, began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for al the miracles that they had seen, saying: Blessed is he that commeth King in the name of our Lord, peace in Heaven, and glorie on high. And certaine Pharisees of the multitudes said to him: Maister, rebuke thy Disciples. To whom he said: I say to you, that if these hold their peace, the stones shal crie. And as he drew neere, seeing the citie, he wept upon it, saying Because if thou also hadst knowen, and that in this thy day, the things that pertaine to thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the dayes shal come upon thee: and thy enemies shal Rh