Ioseph answered and sayde: this is the interpretation therof. The .iij. baskettes are .iij. dayes/ for this daye .iij. dayes shall Pharao take thy heade from the/ and shall hange the on a tree/ and the byrdes shall eate thy flesh from of the.
And it came to passe the thyrde daye which was Pharaos byrth daye/ that he made a feast vnto all his servauntes. And he lyfted vpp the head of the chefe buttelar and of the chefe baker amonge his servauntes. And restored the chefe buttelar vnto his buttelarshipe agayne/ and he reched the cuppe in to Pharaos hande/ ãd hanged the chefe baker: euẽ as Ioseph had interpretated vnto thẽ. Notwithstonding the chefe buttelar remembred not Ioseph/ but forgat hym.
The .xli. Capter
ANd it fortuned at .ij. yeres end/ that Pharao dreamed/ and thought that he stode by a ryuers syde/ and that there came out of the ryver .vij. goodly kyne and fatt fleshed/ and fedd in a medowe. And him though that .vij. other kyne came vp after them out of the ryver evelfauored and leane fleshed and stode by the other vpon the brynke of the ryuer. And the evill favored and lenefleshed kyne ate vp the .vij. welfauoured and fatt kyne: and he awoke their with.
And he slepte agayne and dreamed the second tyme/ that .vij. eares of corne grewe apon one stalke rancke and goodly. And that .vij. thynne eares blasted with the wynde/ spronge vp after them: and that the .vij. thynne eares deuowrerd the .vij. rancke and full eares. And than Pharao awaked: and se/ here is his dreame. When the mornynge came/ his sprete was troubled And he sent and called for all the soythsayers of Egypte and all the wyse men there of/ and told them his dreame: but there was none of them that coude interpretate it vnto Pharao.
Than spake the chefe buttelar vnto Pharao saynge. I do remembre my fawte this daye. Pharao was angrie with his servauntes/ and put in warde in the chefe marshals house both me and the chefe baker. And we dreamed both of vs in one nyght and ech mannes dreame of a sondrye interpretation.
And there was with vs a yonge man/ an Hebrue borne/ servaunte vnto the chefe marshall. And we told him/ and he declared oure dreames to vs acordynge to ether of oure dreames. And as he declared them vnto vs/ euen so it came to passe. I was restored to myne office agayne/ and he was hanged.
Than Pharao sent and called Ioseph. And they made him haste out of preson. And he shaued him self and chaunged his rayment/ & went in to Pharao. And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I haue dreamed a dreame and no man cã interpretate it/ but I haue herde saye of the yt as soone as thou hearest a dreame/ thou dost interpretate it. And Ioseph answered Pharao saynge: God shall geue Pharao an answere of peace without me.
Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: in my dreame me thought I stode by a ryvers syde/ and there came out of the ryver vij fatt fleshed ãd well fauored kyne/ and fedd in the medowe. And then .vij. other kyne came vp after them/ poore and very euell fauored ãd leane fleshed: so that I neuer sawe their lyke in all the lande of Egipte in euell fauordnesse. And the .vij. leane and euell fauored kyne ate vpp the first .vij. fatt kyne And when they had eaten them vp/ a man cowde not perceaue that they had eatẽ them: for they were still as evyll fauored as they were at the begynnynge. And I awoke.