Revelation · Chapter 13

[ edit] And he ſtood on þe grauel of þe ſee. And I ſiȝe a beeſt ſtiȝinge vp of þe ſe, hauynge ſeuen heedes, and ten hornes; and on his hornes ten dyademes, and on his heedes þe names of blasfemye. And þe beeſt, whom I ſiȝe, was lijk to a parde, or a lipard, and his feet as þe feet of a bere, and his mouþ as þe mouþ of a lyoun; and þe dragoun ȝaf to þe ilke his vertu, and greet power. And I ſiȝe oon of his heedis, as ſlayn in to deeþ; and þe wounde of his deeþ is curid. And al erþe wondride aftir þe beeſt. And þei worſchipiden þe dragoun, þat ȝaf power to þe beeſt; and þei worſchipiden þe beeſt, ſeiynge, Who lijk to þe beeſt, and who ſhal mowe fiȝte wiþ it?

And a mouþ ſpekinge greet þinges, and blasfemyes, is ȝouun to it; and power is ȝouun to it, for to do in two and fourty moneþis. And it openyde his mouþ in to blasfemyes to God, for to blasfeme his name, and his tabernacle, and hem þat dwellen in heuen. And it is ȝouun to hym for to make bateyl wiþ ſeyntis, and for to ouercome hem; and power is ȝouun to him, in to al lynage, and puple, and tunge, and folk. And alle men worſchipiden it, þat dwellen in erþe, whois names ben not writen in þe book of lijf of þe lomb, þat is ſlayn fro þe bigynnynge of þe world. If ony man haþ eres, of heringe, here he.

He þat ſhal lede in to caytifte, ſhal go in to caytifte; he þat ſhal ſleeþ in ſwerd, it bihoueþ him for to be ſlayn in ſwerd. Þis is þe pacience and feiþ of ſeyntis. And I ſiȝe an oþer beeſt ſtiȝing vp fro þe erþe, and hadde two hornes, lijk þe lomb; and it ſpak as þe dragoun, and dide al þe power of þe former beeſt, in his ſiȝt. And it made þe erþe, and men dwellinge in it, for to worſchipe þe firſt beeſt, whois plage of deeþ is curid.

And it dide grete ſignes, þat alſo it made fijr for to come doun fro heuen in to erþe, in þe ſiȝt of alle men; and deceyueþ men, dwellinge in erþe, for ſignes þe whiche ben ȝouun to it for to do in þe ſiȝt of þe beeſt; ſeiynge to men dwellinge in erþe, þat þei make an ymage of þe beeſt, þat haþ þe wounde of ſwerd, and lyuede. And it is ȝouun to him, þat he ſhulde ȝiue a ſpirit to þe ymage of þe beeſt, and þe ymage of þe beeſt ſpeke. And he ſhal make, þat who euer ſhal not honoure þe ymage of þe beeſt, be ſlayn.

And he ſhal make alle, ſmale and greete, and riche and pore, and fre men and ſeruauntes, for to haue a caracter in þe riȝt hond, or in her forhedis; þat no man may bye, or ſille, no but þei þat han þe caracter, or lettre, or þe name, or þe noumbre of his name. Heere is wiſdom; he þat haþ vndirſtonding, acounte þe noumbre of þe beeſt; ſoþeli þe noumbre of man is, and his noumbre is ſixe hundrid ſixty and ſixe.