Matthew 14

Matthew^{(i) 1} At that tyme Herode the Tetrarcha heard of the fame of Iesu, ² & sayd vnto his seruantes. This is Ihon Baptiste. He is rysen agayne from death, and therefore are suche miracles wrought by hym. ³ For Herode had taken Ihon and bounde hym, & put hym in pryson for Herodias sake hys brother Philips wyfe. ⁴ For Ihon sayd vnto him. It is not lawfull for the to haue her. ⁵ And when he would haue put him to deth, he feared the people, because they counted hym as a Prophet. ⁶ But when Herodes byrth daie was come, the daughter of Heeodias daunsed before them and pleased Herode. ⁷ Wherefore he promysed with an othe, that he woulde geue her whatsoeuer she woulde axe. ⁸ And she beynge informed of her mother before sayd: geue me here Ihon Baptistes head in a platter. ⁹ And the king sorowed. Neuertheles for hys othe sake, & for theyr sakes that satte at also at the table, he commaunded it to be geuen her: ¹⁰ and sent & beheaded Ihon in the pryson, ¹¹ and hys headde was brought in a platter and geuen to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother. ¹² And hys disciples came and toke vp the body, and buried it: and went and tolde Iesus. ¹³ When Iesus heard that, he departed thence by shypp into a deserte place out of the waye. And when the people had hearde therof, they folowed him a fote out of theyr cities. ¹⁴ And Iesus went forth and sawe muche people, & hys herte did melte vpon them, & he healed of theim those that were sicke. ¹⁵ When euen was come, hys disciples came to hym saying: Thys is a desert place, and the daye is spent: let the people departe, that thei may go in to the townes & bye them vitayles. ¹⁶ But Iesus sayde vnto them. They haue no nead to go away, Geue ye them to eate. ¹⁷ Then sayde they vnto hym: we haue here but .v. loues & .ij. fishes. ¹⁸ And he sayed brig them hither to me. ¹⁹ And he commaunded the people to sit doune on the grasse: and toke the .v. loues and the .ij. fishes, and loked vp to heauen, and blessed, and brake and gaue the loues to his disciples, & the disciples gaue them to the people. ²⁰ And they did all eate, & were suffised. And they gathered vp the gobbets that remayned .xij. basketsful. ²¹ And they that eate, were in numbre about .v.M. men beside women and chyldren. ²² And strayght way Iesus made hys disciples into a ship, & to go ouer before him while he sent the people away. ²³ And assone as he had sent the people away, he went vp into a mountayn alone to pray, & when night was come, he was there him self alone. ²⁴ And the ship was now in the middest of the sea, & was toste wt waues, for it was a contrary wynde. ²⁵ In the .iiij. watch of the night. Iesus came vnto them walking on the sea. ²⁶ And when his disciples sawe him walkinge on the sea, they were troubled, saying: it is some spirite, & cried out for feare. ²⁷ And straight way Iesus spake vnto them saing be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayed. ²⁸ Peter aunswered him & saied: master: if thou be he, bid me come vnto the on the water. ²⁹ And he saide come. And when Peter was come doun out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Iesus. ³⁰ But when he saw a mighty wynd, he was afrayed. And as he began to synke, he cried saying: master, saue me. ³¹ And immediatly Iesus stretched forth his hande & caught him, & sayed to him. O thou litle fayth wherfore diddest thou doubt? ³² And assone as they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. ³³ Then they that were in the ship came & worshipped him sayng: of a truth thou art the sonne of God. ³⁴ And when thei were come ouer, they went into the land of Genesareth. ³⁵ And when the men of the place had knowlege of him, they sent out into all the country rounde about, & brought vnto him al that were sicke, ³⁶ & besoughte him, that thei migh touche the hemme of his vesture only, & as many as touched it were made safe.