23. And in the synagoge of hem was a man in an vnclene spirit, and he cried,
24. Seyinge, What to vs and to thee, thou Jhesu of Nazareth? haste thou cummen bifore the tyme for to destroie vs? Y woot thot thou art the holy of God.
25. And Jhesus thretenyde to hym, seyinge, Wexe dowmb, and go out of the man.
26. And the vnclene goost debrekynge hym, and cryinge with grete vois, wente awey fro hym.
27. And alle men wondriden, so that thei soughten togidre among hem, seyinge, What is this thinge? what is this newe techyng? for in power he comaundith to vnclene spirits, and thei obeyen to hym.
28. And the tale, or tything, of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee.
FOOTNOTES:
[15] Part of Chapter I of the Gospel of St. Mark, as translated by Wyclif. It will be noted that Wyclif's orthography is irregular, the same word being often spelled differently on the same page. This selection is printed in the original as a specimen of the English of Wyclif's time.