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hadd forsaken yaire goddez lawe, yat es at say, godd of Isrl,
and wirchiped? Calues & oper Mawmettes, yare-fore yay ware
ledd oute of yaire awenn laude & halden in thralldom, and yat
4 prophetes had pophiced be-fore yat yay sulde neuer
come oute
of thraldom bi-fore agayne ye day of dome. And yan Alexander
ansuerde & said yat he sulde sperre yam In mare seurely. And
yan he garte close att ye entreez wit stane & lyme & sand, Bot
all yat he garte make on ye day was fordone on ye nyghte. And
when Alexander saw yat mannes laboure myghte nozte stande in
stede, he bi-soghte godd of Isrl yat if it ware his liste yat yay
habade yare, yat he walde close pam in. And ye nexte nyghte
12 aftir ilk a cragge felle till oyer, and so yare may nathynge
passe m nor owte. And yare-by it semez yat it es nozte goddez
witt yat yay come oute. Neuer-ye-lesse abowte pe Ende of ye
werlde bay satt breke oute and do mekitt schathe & slaa many
16 men.

¹ Fra yeine yay remowed & come to ye grete See Occeane. In
yat See yay sawe ane Ile a littitt fra ye lande. And in yat Ile
yay herde men speke grewe. And yan Alexander commanded
20 yat sum of his knyghts sulde do off yaire clathes and swyme
ouer to ye ile. And yay did soo. And als sone als yay come
in ye See yare come gret crabbes vp oute of ye water & pullede
yam downne to ye grounde & drownned yam.

24 ² Thanne remowed yay fra thethyn and went ay endlande
ye See syde to-warde ye solstice of wynter trauellande xl days ;
and at ye laste yay come to a reede See, and yare yay lugede
yam. Yare was faste by a Mountayne wonder hye, One
28 ye whilke Alexander went vp. And when he was abown on
ye heghte yare-offe, hym thoghte yat he was nerre ye Firmament
yan ye erthe ; yan he ymagned in his hert swilk a gynn how
he myghte make * grippes bere hym vp in-to ye ayere. And
32 onane he come doune of ye Mountayne and garte come bi-fore
hym his Maistre wrightes and comandid yam yat yay sulde g
make hym a chayer and trelesse it wit barrez of Iren one ilk
a syde so yat he myzte sauely sitt yare-in. And yan he gart .
36 brynge foure gripes and tye yam faste wit Iren cheynes vn-to ye
chayere, and in ye ouermare party of ye chayere he gart putt

[Right margin]
But he
learns that
they had
forsaken
the True
God for
idols, and
therefore
banished
and imprisoned
till Doomsday.
Alexander
says he
shall bar
them in
more
surely.
God answers
his prayers,
and rocks
fall down
and shut
them in
until
Doomsday,
when they
shall come
forth to do
great harm.
They come
to the sea
and an isle
near the
shore.
They hear
men speak
Greek
there.
Alexander´s
messengers
to the isle
are killed
by crabs.
They travel
along the
*Leaf 45.
seashore to
the Red
Sea.
Alexander
goes up a
mountain.
His master
workers
make him

1 Four lines with red capital F and ^ Three lines with red capital T and

small f in the margin beside. small capital T in margin.