And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: thy father and thy brethren are come vnto the. The londe of Egipte is open before the: In the best place of the lande make both thy father and thy brothren dwell: And even in the lond of Gosan let them dwell. Moreouer yf thou knowe any men of actiuyte amonge them/ make them ruelars ouer my catell. And Ioseph brought in Iacob his father and sett him before Pharao And Iacob blessed Pharao. And Pharao axed Iacob/ how old art thou? And Iacob sayde vnto Pharao: the dayes of my pilgremage are an hundred and .xxx. yeres. Few and euell haue the dayes of my lyfe bene/ and haue not attayned vnto the yeres of the lyfe of my fathers in the dayes of their pilgremages. And Iacob blessed Pharao and went out from him. And Ioseph prepared dwellinges for his father and his brethern/ and gaue them possessions in the londe of Egipte/ in the best of the londe: eu? in the lande of Raemses/ as Pharao commaunded. And Ioseph made prouysion for his father/ his brethern and all his fathers housholde/ as yonge childern are fedd with bread.

There was no bread in all the londe/ for the derth was exceadige sore: so y^t y^e lÕde of Egipte & y^e lÕde of Canaan/ were fameshyd by y^e reason of y^e derth. And Ioseph brought together all y^e money y^t was founde in y^e lÃde of Egipte and of Canaan/ for y^e corne which they boughte: & he layde vp the money in Pharaos housse.

When money fayled in the lÃde of Egipte & of Canaan/ all the Egiptians came vnto Ioseph and sayde: geue us sustenaunce: wherfore suffrest thou vs to dye before the/ for oure money is spent. Then sayde Ioseph: brynge youre catell/ and I will geue yow for youre catell/ yf ye be without money. And they brought their catell vnto Ioseph. And he gaue them bread for horses and shepe/ and oxen and asses: so he fed them with bread for all their catell that yere.

* The blide gydes gott previleges frÕ bearige with their brethr? contrarye to Christes lawe of love. And of these prestes of idolles did oure cÕpassige yvetrees lerne to crepe vp by litle & litle & to cÕpasse y^e greate trees of y^e world with hypocrisye/ Ãd to thrust y^e rodes of idolatrysse superstition in to th? & to sucke out y^e iuce of th? with their poetrye/ till all be seer bowes and no thinge grene save their awne com?welth.

When that yere was ended/ they came vnto him the nexte yere and sayde vnto him: we will not hyde it from my lorde/ how that we haue nether money nor catell for my lorde: there is no moare left for my lorde/ but euen oure bodies and oure londes. Wherfore letest thou us dye before thyne eyes/ and the londe to goo to noughte? bye us and oure landes for bread: and let both vs and oure londes be bonde to Pharao. Geue vs feed/ that we may lyue & not dye/ & that the londe goo not to wast.

And Ioseph boughte all the lande of Egipte for Pharao. For the Egiptians solde euery man his londe because the derth was sore apÕ them: and so the londe became Pharaos. And he appoynted the people vnto the cities/ from one syde of Egipte vnto the other: only the londe of the Prestes bought he not. For there was an ordinauce made by Pharao for y^e * preastes/ that they shulde eate that which was appoynted vnto them: which Pharao had geuen them wherfore they solde not their londes.

Then Ioseph sayde vnto the folke: beholde I haue boughte you this daye Ãd youre landes for Pharao. Take there seed and goo sowe the londe. And of the encrease/ ye shall geue the fyfte parte vnto Pharao/ and .iiij. partes shalbe youre awne/ for seed to sowe the feld: and for you/ and them of youre housholdes/ and for youre childern/ to eate. And they answered: Thou haste saued oure lyves Let vs fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde/ and let us be Pharaos servautes. And Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the lÃde of Egipte vnto this daye: that men must geue Pharao the fyfte parte/ excepte the londe of preastes only/ which was not bond vnto Pharao.

And Israel dwelt in Egipte: euen in the countre of Gosan. And they had their possessions therein/ and they grewe and multiplyed exceadingly. Moreouer Iacob lyued in the lande of Egipte .xvij. yeres/ so that the the hole age of Iacob was an hundred and .xlvij. yere.

When the tyme drewe nye/ that Israel must dye: he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him: Yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte/ put thy hande vnder my thye and deale mercifully Ãd truely with me/ that thou burie me not in Egipte: but let me lye by my fathers/ and carie me out of Egipte/ and burie me in their buryall. And he answered: I will do as thou hast sayde. And he sayde: swere vnto me: Ãd he sware vnto him. And than Israel bowed him vnto the beddes head.