Matthew(i)
1 And it fortuned at .ij. yeres ende that Pharao dreamed, & thought that he stode by a ryuers syde,
2 and that there came out of the ryuer .vij. goodly kyne and fatflesshed, and fedd in a medowe,
3 and hym thought that .vij. other kyne came vp after them out of the ryuer euel fauored and leane fleshed and stode by the other vpon the brynke of the ryuer.
4 And the euyll fauored and leans flesshed kyne: ate vp the .vij. wel fauored and fat kyne: and he awoke there wyth.
5 And he slepte agayne and dreamed the second tyme, that seuen eares of corne grewe vpon one stalke rancke and goodly.
6 And that .vij. thynne eares blasted wyth the wynde, sprange vp after them:
7 and that the .vij. thynne eares deuoured the .vij. rancke and full eares. And than Pharao awaked: & se, here is his dreame.
8 When the mornynge came, hys sprete was troubled. And he sent and called for all the sothesayers of Egypte & al the wyse men therof, and tolde them his dreame: but there was none of them that coulde interpretate it vnto Pharao.
9 Than spake the chefe buttelar vnto Pharao saying. I do remembre my faute thys daye.
10 Pharao was angrye wt his seruauntes, & put in warde in the chefe marshals house both me & the chefe baker.
11 And we dreamed both of vs in one nyght & ech mannes dreame of a sondrye interpretacion.
12 And there was wyth vs a yonge man, an Hebrue borne, seruaunte vnto the chefe marshall. And we told hym, and he declared our dreames to vs accordynge to ether of oure dreames.
13 And as he declared them vnto vs, euen so it came to passe. I was restored to myne office agayn, and he was hanged.
14 Than Pharao sent & called Ioseph. And they made him haste out of preison. And he shaued him self and chaunged his rayment, and went in to Pharao.
15 And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I haue dreamed a dreame & no man can interpretate it, but I haue herde say of the that as sone as thou hearest a dreame thou dost interpretate it.
16 And Ioseph answered Pharao saying: God shal geue Pharao an answere of peace without me.
17 Pharao sayd vnto Ioseph: in my dreame me thought I stode by a ryuers syde,
18 and there cam out of the ryuer .vij. fat fleshed and well fauored kyne, and fedde in the meddow.
19 And then .vij. other kyne came vp after them, poore & very euell fauored & leane fleshed: so that I neuer sawe their lyke in all the lande of Egypte in euell fauordnesse.
20 And the .vij. leane and euel fauored kyne eate vp the fyrste .vij. fat kyne.
21 And when they had eaten them vp a man coulde not perceyue that they had eaten them: for they were styll as euyll fauored as they were at the begynnyng. And I awoke.
22 And I sawe agayn in my dreame .vij. eares spring out of one stalke ful and good,
23 and .vij. other eares wytherd, thynne an blasted wt wynde, sprynge vp after them.
24 And the thynne eares deuowred the .vij. good eares. And I haue tolde it vnto the sothsayers, but no man can tell me what it meaneth.
25 Then Ioseph sayde vnto Pharao: both Pharaos dreames are one. And God doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to do.
26 The seuen good kyne are .vij. yeres: & the seuen good eares: are seuen yeres also, and it is but one dreame.
27 Likewyse the seuen thynne and euel fauored kyne that came out after them, are seuen yeres: and the .vij. emptye and blasted eares shalbe .vij. yeres of hunger.
28 This is that whiche I sayde vnto Pharao, that god doth shewe Pharao what he is about to do.
29 Beholde there shal come .vij. yere of great plenteousnes through oute all the lande of Egypte.
30 And there shal aryse after them .vij. yeres of hunger. So that al the plenteousnes shalbe forgotten in the lande of Egypt. And the hunger shall consume the lande:
31 so that the plenteousnes shall not be once a sene in the lande by reason of that hunger that shall come after, for it shalbe exceadynge greate.
32 And as concernynge that the dreame was doubled vnto Pharao the seconde tyme, it betokeneth that the thynges is certanly prepared of God, and that God wyll shortlye brynge it to passe.
33 Nowe therfore let Pharao prouyde for a man of vnderstandyng & wysdome, and set him ouer the land of Egypte.
34 And let Pharao make offycers ouer the lande, & take vp the fyfte parte of the lande of Egypte in the .vij. plenteous yeres
35 & let them gather all the foode of these good yeres that come, and lay vp corne vnder the power of Pharao, that there may be foode in the cyties,
36 and there let them kepe it: that there maye be foode in stoore in the lande, agaynste the .vij. yeres of hunger whych shal come in the land of Egypte, and that the land perysh not thorow hunger.