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[1]At that tyme Herode the Tetrarch, hearde of the fame of Iesu
[2]And sayde vnto his seruauntes: this is Iohn the Baptist, he is risen from the dead, and therfore great workes do shewe foorth them selues in hym
[3]For Herode had taken Iohn, and bounde hym, and put hym in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wyfe
[4]For Iohn sayde vnto hym: it is not lawfull for thee to haue her
[5]And when he woulde haue put hym to death, he feared the people: because they counted hym as a prophete
[6]But when Herodes birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunsed before them, and pleased Herode
[7]Wherfore he promised with an othe, that he woulde geue her whatsoeuer she woulde aske
[8]And she, beyng instruct of her mother before, sayde: geue me here Iohn Baptistes head in a platter
[9]And the kyng was sory: Neuerthelesse, for the othes sake, and them which sate also at the table, he commaunded it to be geuen her
[10]And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson
[11]And his head was brought in a platter, and geuen to the damsell: and [she] brought it to her mother
[12]And his disciples came, and toke vp his body, and buryed it: and went, and tolde Iesus
[13]When Iesus hearde of it, he departed thence in a shyp, vnto a desert place, out of the way: And when the people had hearde therof, they folowed hym on foote out of the cities
[14]And Iesus went foorth, and sawe much people: and was moued with mercye towarde them, and he healed their sicke
[15]And when the euen drewe on, his disciples came to hym, saying: this is a desert place, and the hour is nowe past, let the people depart, that they may go into the townes, and bye them vittels
[16]But Iesus sayde vnto them: They haue no nede to go away, geue ye them to eate
[17]They saye vnto hym: we haue here but fyue loaues, and two fisshes
[18]He sayde: bryng them hyther to me
[19]And he commaunded the people to sit downe on the grasse, and he toke the fyue loaues, and the two fisshes, and lift vp his eyes towarde heauen, & blessed: And when he had broken [them], he gaue the loaues to his disciples, and his disciples to the people
[20]And they dyd all eate, and were suffised. And they gathered vp (of the fragmentes that remayned) twelue baskets full
[21]And they that had eaten, were about fyue thousande men, besyde women and chyldren
[22]And strayghtway Iesus constrayned his disciples to get vp into a shippe, and to go before hym vnto the other syde, whyle he sent the people away
[23]And when the people were sent away, he went vp into a mountayne alone to pray: And when nyght was come, he was there hym selfe alone
[24]But the shippe was nowe in the middes of the sea, & was tost with waues: for it was a contrary wynde
[25]And in the fourth watch of the nyght, Iesus went vnto them, walkyng on the sea
[26]And when the disciples sawe hym walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, it is a spirite: and they cryed out for feare
[27]But strayght way, Iesus spake vnto them, saying: be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayde
[28]Peter aunswered hym, and sayde: Lorde, yf it be thou, byd me come vnto thee, on the water
[29]And he sayde: come. And when Peter was come downe out of the shippe, he walked on the water, to go to Iesus
[30]But when he sawe a myghty wynde, he was afrayde: And when he began to sincke, he cryed, saying, Lorde saue me
[31]And immediatly Iesus stretched foorth his hande, and caught hym, and sayde vnto hym: O thou of litle fayth, wherefore diddest thou doubt
[32]And when they were come into the shippe, the wynde ceasse
[33]Then they that were in the shippe, came and worshypped hym, saying: of a trueth thou art the sonne of God
[34]And when they were gone ouer, they came into the lande of Gennezaret
[35]And when the men of that place, had knowledge of hym, they sent out into all that countrey rounde about: and brought vnto hym all that were sicke
[36]And besought hym, that they myght touche the hemme of his garment only: And as many as touched [it] were made whole
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