Bishops(i)
1 And they came ouer to the other syde of the sea, into the countrey of the Gadarenites
2 And when he was come out of the shippe, immediatly there met hym from among the tombes, a man [possessed] of an vncleane spirite
3 Which had his abidyng among the tombes: And no man coulde bynde him, no not with cheynes
4 Because, that when he was often bounde with fetters and cheynes, he plucked the cheynes a sunder, and brake the fetters in peeces: Neither coulde any man tame hym
5 And alwayes, nyght and day, he was in the mountaynes, and in the tombes, crying, and beatyng hym selfe with stones
6 But when he had spied Iesus a farre of, he ranne, and worshypped hym
7 And cried with a loude voyce, & sayde: what haue I to do with thee Iesus thou sonne of the most hyest God? I require thee in the name of God, that thou torment me not
8 (For he sayde vnto hym: come out of the man thou foule spirite.
9 And he asked hym, what is thy name? And he aunswered and sayd vnto hym: my name is legion, for we are many
10 And he prayed hym instantly, that he woulde not sende them away, out of the countrey
11 But there was there, nye vnto the mountaynes, a great hearde of swyne feedyng
12 And all the deuyls besought hym, saying: sende vs into the swyne, that we may enter into them
13 And anone Iesus gaue them leaue. And the vncleane spirites went out, and entred into the swyne: And the hearde ran headlong into the sea, (they were about two thousande,) & were drowned in the sea
14 And the swyneheardes fled, and tolde it in the citie, and in the countrey. And they went out for to see what was done
15 And came to Iesus, and sawe hym that was vexed with the fiende, and had the legion, syt, both clothed, and in his right mynde: & they were afraide
16 And they that sawe it, tolde them, howe it came to passe to hym that was possessed with the deuyll: and also of the swyne
17 And they beganne to pray hym, that he woulde depart out of their coastes
18 And when he was come into the shippe, he that had [ben possessed] with the deuyll, prayed hym, that he myght be with hym
19 Howebeit, Iesus woulde not suffer hym, but sayde vnto hym: go home to thy frendes, and shewe them howe great thynges the Lorde hath done for thee, and howe he had compassion on thee
20 And he departed, and beganne to publyshe in the ten cities, howe great thynges Iesus had done for hym: and all men dyd maruayle