Ioseph answered and sayde: this is the interpretation therof. The
.iij. baskettes are .iij. dayes/ for this daye .iij. dayes shall
Pharao take thy heade from the/ and shall hange the on a tree/ and the
byrdes shall eate thy flesh from of the.
And it came to passe the thyrde daye which was Pharaos byrth daye/
that he made a feast vnto all his servauntes. And he lyfted vpp the
head of the chefe buttelar and of the chefe baker amonge his
servauntes. And restored the chefe buttelar vnto his buttelarshipe
agayne/ and he reched the cuppe in to Pharaos hande/ ãd hanged the
chefe baker: euẽ as Ioseph had interpretated vnto thẽ. Notwithstonding
the chefe buttelar remembred not Ioseph/ but forgat hym.
The .xli. Capter
And it fortuned at .ij. yeres end/ that Pharao dreamed/ and thought
that he stode by a ryuers syde/ and that there came out of the ryver
.vij. goodly kyne and fatt fleshed/ and fedd in a medowe. And him
though that .vij. other kyne came vp after them out of the ryver
evelfauored and leane fleshed and stode by the other vpon the brynke
of the ryuer. And the evill favored and lenefleshed kyne ate vp the
.vij. welfauoured and fatt kyne: and he awoke their with.
And he slepte agayne and dreamed the second tyme/ that .vij. eares of
corne grewe apon one stalke rancke and goodly. And that .vij. thynne
eares blasted with the wynde/ spronge vp after them: and that the
.vij. thynne eares deuowrerd the .vij. rancke and full eares. And than
Pharao awaked: and se/ here is his dreame. When the mornynge came/ his
sprete was troubled And he sent and called for all the soythsayers of
Egypte and all the wyse men there of/ and told them his dreame: but
there was none of them that coude interpretate it vnto Pharao.
Than spake the chefe buttelar vnto Pharao saynge. I do remembre my
fawte this daye. Pharao was angrie with his servauntes/ and put in
warde in the chefe marshals house both me and the chefe baker. And we
dreamed both of vs in one nyght and ech mannes dreame of a sondrye
interpretation.
And there was with vs a yonge man/ an Hebrue borne/ servaunte vnto the
chefe marshall. And we told him/ and he declared oure dreames to vs
acordynge to ether of oure dreames. And as he declared them vnto vs/
euen so it came to passe. I was restored to myne office agayne/ and he
was hanged.
Than Pharao sent and called Ioseph. And they made him haste out of
preson. And he shaued him self and chaunged his rayment/ & went in to
Pharao. And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I haue dreamed a dreame and no
man cã interpretate it/ but I haue herde saye of the y^t as soone as
thou hearest a dreame/ thou dost interpretate it. And Ioseph answered
Pharao saynge: God shall geue Pharao an answere of peace without me.
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