The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete. William Wake

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       girl, and we are seeking for an inn

       to lodge at.

      9 They replied, Go along with

       us, and lodge with us.

      10 They then followed them,

       and were introduced into a new

       house, well furnished with all

       sorts of furniture.

      11 Now it was winter-time, and

       the girl went into the parlour

       where these women were, and

       found them weeping and lamenting

       as before.

      12 By them stood a mule, covered

       over with silk, and an ebony collar

       hanging down from his neck, whom

       they kissed and were feeding.

      13 But when the girl said, How

       handsome, ladies, that mule is!

       they replied with tears, and said,

       This mule, which you see, was our

       brother, born of this same mother

       as we;

      14 For when our father died,

       and left us a very large estate, and

       we had only this brother, and we

       endeavoured to procure him a suitable

       match, and thought he should

       be married as other men, some

       giddy and jealous women bewitched

       him without our knowledge.

      15 And we one night, a little before

       day, while the doors of the house

       were all shut fast, saw this our

       brother was changed into a mule,

       such as you now see him to be:

      16 And we in the melancholy

       condition in which you see us,

       having no father to comfort us,

       have applied to all the wise men,

       magicians, and diviners in the

       world, but they have been of no

       service to us.

      17 As often therefore as we find

       ourselves oppressed with grief, we

       rise and go with this our mother

       to our father's tomb, where, when

       we have cried sufficiently, we

       return home.

      18 When the girl had heard this

       she said, Take courage, and cease

       your fears, for you have a remedy

       for your afflictions near at hand

       even amoung you and in the midst

       of your house.

      19 For I was also leprous; but

       when I saw this woman, and this

       little infant with her, whose name

       is Jesus, I sprinkled my body with

       the water with which his mother

       had washed him and I was

       presently made well.

      20 And I am certain that he is

       also capable of relieving you under

       your distress. Wherefore arise,

       go to my mistress Mary, and when

       you have brought her into your

       own parlour, disclose to her the

       secret, at the same time earnestly

       beseeching her to compassionate

       your case.

      21 As soon as the women had

       heard the girl's discourse, they

       hastened away to the Lady St.

       Mary, introduced themselves to

       her, and sitting down before her,

       they wept.

      22 And said, O our Lady St.

       Mary, pity your handmaids, for

       we have no head of our family, no

       one elder than us; no father or

       brother to go in or out before us.

      23 But this mule, which you

       see, was our brother, which some

       women by witchcraft have brought

       into this condition which you see:

       we therefore entreat you to

       compassionate us.

      24 Hereupon St. Mary was

       grieved at their case, and taking

       the Lord Jesus, put him upon the

       back of the mule.

      25 And said to her son, O Jesus

       Christ, restore (or heal) according

       to thy extraordinary power this

       mule, and grant him to have again

       the shape of a man and a rational

       creature, as he had formerly.

      26 This was scarce said by the

       Lady St. Mary, but the mule

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