Revelation · Chapter 12

[ edit] And a greet token apperide in heuene; a womman couerid, or cloþid, wiþ þe ſunne, and þe moone vndir hir feet, and in þe heed of hir a coroun of twelue ſterris. And ſhe hauynge in wombe, and ſhe criede, beringe chijld, and is tourmentid, þat ſhe bere chijld. And an oþer tokene is ſeyn in heuen; and lo! a greet reed dragoun, hauynge ſeuen heedes, and ten hornes, and in þe heedis of him ſeuen diademes. And þe tayl of him drewȝ þe þridde paart of ſterres of heuene, and ſente hem in to erþe. And þe dragoun ſtood bifore þe womman, þat was to beringe chijld, þat whan ſhe hadde born chijld, he ſhulde deuoure hir ſone.

And ſhe chijldide a ſone male, þat was to reulinge alle folkes in an yren ȝerd; and hir ſone is rauyſchid to God, and to his trone. And þe womman fleiȝ in to wildirneſſe, where ſche haþ a place redy of God, þat ſhe feede hir þere a þouſynd dayes two hundrid and ſixty. And a greet bateyl is maad in heuen, and Mychael and his aungels fauȝten wiþ þe dragoun. And þe dragoun fauȝt, and his aungels; and þei hadden not miȝt, neþer þe place of hem is founden more in heuen. And þe þilke dragoun is caſt doun, þe greet olde ſerpent, þat is clepid þe Deuel, and Saþanas, þat deceyueþ al þe world; is caſt out in to erþe, and his aungels ben ſent wiþ him.

And I herde a greet voys in heuen, ſeiynge, Now is maad helþe, and vertu, and kingdom of oure God, and þe power of his Criſt; for þe accuſer of oure briþeren is caſt doun, which accuſede hem bifore þe ſiȝt of oure God day and niȝt. And þei ouercamen him for þe blood of þe lomb, and for þe word of his witneſſinge; and þei loueden not her ſoules, or lijfes, vnto deeþ. Þerfore glad ȝe heuens, and ȝe þat dwellen in hem. Wo to þe erþe, and ſe; for þe fend cam doun to ȝou, hauynge greet wraþþe, witinge for he haþ litel tyme. And aftir þat þe dragoun ſiȝe, for he was caſt doun in to erþe, he purſuede þe womman, þat chijdide a male ſone.

And two wynges of a greet egle ben ȝouun to þe womman, þat ſhe ſhulde flee in to deſert, in to hir place, where ſhe is fed bi tyme, and tymes, and þe half of tyme, fro þe face of þe ſerpent. And þe ſerpent ſente out of his mouþ aftir þe womman watir as flood, þat he ſhulde make hir for to be drawen of þe flood. And þe erþe helpide þe womman, and þe erþe openyde his mouþ, and ſoupide þe flood, þat þe dragoun ſente of his mouþ. And þe dragoun is wroþ to þe womman, and he wente for to make bateyl wiþ oþere of hir ſeed, þat kepen þe maundementes of God, and han þe witneſſing of Jheſu Criſt.