Deuteronomy · Chapter 14

[ edit] Sones be ȝe of þe Lord ȝour God; ȝe ſhulen not kut, ne make ballidnes, vpon þe deed, for a puple holi þow art to þe Lord þi God, and þee haþ choſun þat þow be to hym into a ſpecial puple, of alle gentilis þat ben vpon erþe. Ne eete ȝe þingis þat ben vnclene. Þis is þe beeſt þat ȝe owen to eete; oxe, and ſheep, and ſhe geet, hert, capret, bugle, tragelaphum, þat is, a beeſt in part lijk an hert, and in part lijk a goot, phigarg, origen, camelion, þat is, a beeſt lijk a camele in þe heed, in þe bodi to a paard, and in þe nek to an horſe, in þe feet to a bugle, and pardelun, þat is, a litil pard. Al beeſt þat in two partis deuydiþ þe clee, and chewiþ code, ȝe ſhulen eete.

And of þes þat chewen code, and dyuyden not clee, þes ȝe ſhulen not eete; chameyl, haare, yrchun, for þei chowen code, and deuyden not þe clee, þei ſhulen be vnclene to ȝow; a ſuwe forſoþe, for ſhe deuydiþ þe clee, and chewiþ no code, ſhe ſhal be vnclene; þe fleſh of hem ȝe ſhulen not ete, and þe careyns ȝe ſhulen not towche. Þes þingis ȝe ſhulen eete, of alle þingis þat dwellen in watris; þo þat han fynnys and ſcalis eete ȝe; þo þat wiþ outen fynnys and ſcales ben, eete ȝe not, for þei ben vnclene.

Alle clene briddis eete ȝe; vnclene eete ȝe not, þat is, egle, and griffun, and a merliȝon, and yron, þat is, a whyte foul, laſſe þan a grijp, and of his kynde, and gryip, and kyte, aftir his kynde, and al þing of crowe kynde, and oſtrich, and nyȝt foul, and a koote, and an hawke, after his kynde, a gerfawkon, and a ſwan, and an ybyn, þat is a foule of Nyle flood, þat puttynge his bille into his ers, purgiþ hym ſelf, and a dyuedap, a pellican, and a nyȝt crowe, a cormeraunt, and a iay, eche in his kynde, and a lapwynk, and a reremos. And al þat crepiþ, and haþ fynnes, ſhal be vnclene, and not ben eten. Alle þat is clene, eete ȝe; al þat is faln wiþ deeþ, eete ȝe not of it.

To þe pilgryme þat is wiþ ynne þe ȝatis ȝif þat he eete, or ſel to hym, for þow art an hooli puple of þe Lord þi God. Þow ſhalt not ſeeþe þe kidde in þe mylk of his moder. Þe tenþe paart þow ſhalt ſeuer fro alle þe fruytis þat growen in þi lond, bi eche ȝeer; and þow ſhalt eete in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord þi God, in þe place þat he chees, þat in it þe name of hym be inwardli clepid, þe dyme of þi whete, of wyn, and oyle; and þe firſt gotun of droues, and of þi ſheep þow ſhalt offre, þat þow lerne to drede þe Lord þi God, in al tyme.

Forſoþe whanne lenger were þe weye, and þe place þat þe Lord þi God chees, and haþ bleſſid to þee, ne þow mayſt not to hym alle þes þingis brynge, þow ſhalt ſelle alle, and into priys turne, and þow ſhalt bere in þin hoond, and go to þe place þat þe Lord þi God cheſiþ; and þow ſhalt bigge of þe ſame money what euere þing to þe pleſe, oþer of droues, or of ſheep; forſoþe wyn, and ſidre, and al þat deſyriþ þi ſoule; and þow ſhalt eete before þe Lord þi God, and ſhal eete, þow, and þin hows, and þe Leuyte þat is wiþ ynne þi ȝatis; be war þat þow forſake not him, for he haþ noon oþer paart in þi poſſeſſioun.

Þe þridde ȝeer þow ſhalt ſeuer an oþer dyme of alle þingis þat growen to þee þat tyme, and put vp wiþ ynne þe ȝatis. And þe Leuyte ſhal come, þat haþ noon oþer paart ne poſſeſſioun wiþ þee, and þe pilgryme, and faderles child, and wedowe, þat wiþ ynne þi ȝatis ben; and þei ſhulen eete, and be fulfillid, þat þe Lord þi God bleſſe to þee, in alle þe werkis of þin hoondes þat þou ſhalt doo.