Revelation · Chapter 10

[ edit] And I ſiȝe an oþer ſtrong aungel comynge doun fro heuen, couerid, or cloþid, wiþ a cloude, and þe raynbowe in his heed; and þe face of him was as ſunne, and þe feet of him as a pyler of fijr. And he hadde in his hond a litel book openyd; and he putte his riȝt foot on þe ſe, forſoþe his lift on þe erþe. And he criede wiþ greet voys, as a lyoun whan he roriþ; and whan he hadde cried, ſeuene þundres ſpaken her voices. And whan þe ſeuen þundres hadden ſpoke her voyces, I was to writynge. And I herde a voys fro heuen, ſeiynge, Signe þou, or marke, what þinges þe ſeuen þundres ſpaken, and nyle þou write hem.

And þe aungel whom I ſiȝe ſtondinge aboue þe ſe, and aboue þe erþe, liftide vp his hond to heuen, and ſwoor bi þe lyuynge in to worldlis of worldlis, þat maad of nouȝt heuen, and þo þinges þat ben in it, and þe erþe, and þo þinges þat ben in it, and þe ſe, and þo þinges þat ben in it, for time ſhal no more be. But in þe dayes of þe voyce of þe ſeuenþe aungel, whan he ſhal bigynne for to ſynge in trumpe, þe myſterie of God ſhal be endid, as he euangelizide bi his ſeruauntis prophetis. And I herde a voys fro heuen eftſoone ſpekinge wiþ me, and ſeiynge, Go þou, and take þe book openyd, of þe hond of þe aungel ſtondinge aboue þe ſe, and on þe lond.

And I wente to þe aungel, ſeiynge to him, þat he ſhulde ȝiue to me þe book. And he ſeide to me, Take þe book, and deuoure it; and it ſhal make þi wombe for to be bittir, but in þi mouþ it ſhal be ſwete as hony. And I toke þe book of þe aungels hond, and deuouride it, and it was in my mouþ as ſwete honey; and whan I hadde deuourid it, my wombe was bittir. And he ſeide to me, It bihoueþ þee eftſoone for to prophecie to heþen men, and to puplis, and langagis, and to many kingis.