ſayde they: Cameſt not thou onely herin as a ſtraunger, and wilt thou now be a iudge?[crossref 1] Wel, we will deale worſe with the thē with them.
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And they preſſed ſore vpon ye man Lot.[crossref 2] And what they ranne to, and wolde haue broken vp the dore, the men put out their hondes, and pulled Lot vnto them in to the houſe, and ſhut to the dore.[crossref 3] And the men at ye dore of the houſe were ſmyttē with blyndneſſe both ſmall and greate, ſo that they coude not fynde the dore.
And ye men ſaide vnto Lot: Haſt thou yet here eny ſonne in lawe, or ſonnes or doughters? Who ſo euer belongeth vnto the in the cite, brynge him out of this place: for we muſt deſtroye this place, becauſe the crye of them is greate before the LORDE, which hath ſent vs to deſtroye them. Then wente Lot forth, and ſpake to his ſonnes in lawe, which ſhulde haue maried his doughters, and ſayde: O ſtonde vp, and get you out of this place, for the LORDE wyll deſtroye this cite. Neuertheles they toke it but for a ſporte.
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Now whan the mornynge aroſe, the angels cauſed Lot to ſpede him, and ſayde: Stonde vp, take thy wife ⁊ thy two doughters which are at hande, that thou alſo periſhe not in the ſynne of this cite.[crossref 4] But whyle he prolonged the time, the men caught him and his wife, and his two doughters by the hande(becauſe the LORDE was mercifull vnto him,) and brought him forth, ⁊ ſet him without the cite.
And whē they had brought him out, they ſayde: Saue thy ſoule, and loke not behynde the, nether ſtonde thou in all this countre: Saue thy ſelf vpon the mountayne, that thou periſh not. Then ſayde Lot vnto thē: Oh no my LORDE beholde, in as moche as thy ſeruaūt hath founde grace in thy ſight, now make yi mercy greate, which thou haſt ſhewed vnto me, in that thou ſaueſt my ſoule alyue. I can not ſaue my ſelf vpon the mountayne. There might ſome myſfortune fall vpon me, that I ſhulde dye. Beholde, here is a cite by, that I maye flye vnto, and it is a litle one: let me ſaue myſelf there in. Is it not a litle one, that my ſoule maye lyue?
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Then ſayde he vnto him: Beholde, I haue loked vpon the in this poynte alſo, that I will not ouerthrowe the cite, wherof thou haſt ſpoken. Haiſt the, and ſaue thy ſelf there: for I can do nothinge tyll thou be come thither. Therfore is the cite called Zoar. And the Sonne was vp vpon the earth, whan Lot came in to Zoar.
Then the LORDE cauſed brymſtone and fyre to rayne downe from the LORDE out of heauen vpon Sodoma and Gomorra, and ouerthrew thoſe cities, the whole region, and all that dwelt in the cities, and that that grew vpon the earth.[crossref 5] And his wife loked behynde her, and was turned into a pillar of ſalt.
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Abraham roſe vp early in the mornynge, and gat him vnto the place, where he had ſtonde before the LORDE, and turned his face towarde Sodoma and Gomorra, and all ye londe of that countre, and loked.[crossref 6] And beholde, there roſe vp a ſmoke from ye countre, as it had bene ye ſmoke of a fornace. For whan God deſtroyed ye cities of the region, he thought vpon Abraham, and conueyed Lot out of the cities which he ouerthrew, wherin Lot dwelt.
And Lot departed out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountaynes with both his daughters(for he was afrayed to tary at Zoar) and ſo remayned he in a caue wt both his daughters.
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Then ſayde ye elder vnto the yonger: Oure father is olde, and there is not a man more vpon earth, that can come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde. Come therfore, let vs geue oure father wyne to drynke, and lye with him, that we maye ſaue ſede of oure father. So they gaue their father ther wyne to drinke ſame night.[crossref 7] And the elder doughter wente in, and laye with hir father: and he perceaued it not, nether when ſhe laye downe, nether when ſhe roſe vp
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On the morow the elder ſayde vnto the yonger: Beholde, yeſternight laye I with my father: let vs geue hym wyne to drynke this night alſo: that thou mayeſt go in and lye with him, that we maye ſaue ſede of oure father. So they gaue their father wyne
