But when Herode hearde of hym, he sayde: it is Ihon whome I beheaded, he is rysen from death agayne.
And Herode sayde: Ihon haue I beheaded: who then is this of whom I hearde such thinges? And he desyred to se hym.
saying: I haue synned betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayde: what is that to vs? Se thou to that.
& sayd vnto his seruantes. This is Ihon Baptiste. He is rysen agayne from death, and therefore are suche miracles wrought by hym.
They are afrayed, where no feare is: for God breaketh the bones of them that beseige the: thou puttest them to confusion, for God despiseth them.
Other sayde: it is Helyas: and some sayde: it is a Prophet: or as one of the Prophetes.
For Herode him selfe had sent forth, & had taken Ihon, and bounde him and cast him into pryson for Herodias sake, whiche was hys brother Philippes wyfe: For he had maried her.