Revelation · Chapter 8

[ edit] And whan he hadde openid þe ſeuenþe ſeel, ſilence is maad in heuene, as half an hour. And I ſiȝe ſeuen aungels ſtondinge in þe ſiȝt of God, and ſeuen trumpes be ȝouun to hem. And anoþer aungel cam, and ſtode bifore þe auter, hauynge a golden cenſer; and many encences ben ȝouen to him, þat he ſhulde ȝiue of þe preyers of alle ſeyntis vpon þe golden auter, þat is bifore þe trone. And þe ſmoke of encenſis of þe preyers of halewis ſtiȝede vp of þe aungelis hond bifore God. And þe aungel toke þe cenſer, and fillide it of þe fijr of þe auter, and ſente it in to erþe. And þundres, and voyces, and leytinges ben maad, and greet erþe mouyng.

And þe ſeuene aungelis, þat hadden ſeuen trumpes, maden hem redy, þat þei ſhulden ſynge in trumpe. And þe firſt aungel ſong in trumpe; and hayl is maad, and fijr mengid to gydere in blood; and it is ſent in to erþe. And þe þridde paart of erþe is brent, and þe þridde paart of trees is brent, and al green hay, or gras, is brent. And þe ſecunde aungel ſong in trumpe; and as a greet hil brennyng wiþ fijr is ſent in to þe ſe; and þe þridde part of þe ſe is maad blood, and þe þridde part of creatures is deed, þat hadden ſoules, or lijfes, in þe ſe, and þe þridde paart of ſhippis perſchide.

And þe þridde aungel ſong in trumpe; and a great ſterre brennynge as a litel brond, fel fro heuen; and it fel in to þe þridde part of floodis, and in to wellis of watris. And þe name of þe ſterre is ſeid Wermod. And þe þridde part of watris is maad in to wermod; and many men ben deed of þe watris, for þei ben made bitter. And þe fourþe aungel ſong in trumpe; and þe þridde paart of ſunne is ſmytun, and þe þridde paart of þe moone, and þe þridde part of ſterris, ſo þat þe þridde paart of hem was derkid, and þe þridde paart of dai ſhoone not, and alſo of niȝt.

And I ſiȝe, and herde þe voys of an egle fleynge bi mydle heuen, ſeiynge wiþ greet voys, Wo! wo! wo! to þe dwellinge men in erþe, of oþere voycis of þre aungels, þat weren to ſyngynge in trumpe.