And the angel that spake in me, answered, and said to me, Whether thou knowest not what be these things? And I said, No, my lord.
Joseph answered, Without me, God shall answer prosperities to Pharaoh.
Thy knowing is made wonderful of me; it is comforted, and I shall not be able to it.
And this sacrament, [or hid truth], is showed to me not by wisdom which is in me more than in all living men, but that the interpreting should be made open to the king, and thou shouldest know the thoughts of thy soul.
And I said, My lord, who be these? And an angel of the Lord said to me, that spake in me, I shall show to thee what these be.
And the angel turned again, that spake in me, and raised me, as a man that is raised up out of his sleep.
And he said to me, and spake, Whether thou knowest not what be these things? And I said, No, my lord.
And I answered, and said to the angel that spake in me, and I said, What be these things, my lord?
And he said to them, Know not ye this parable? and how ye shall know all parables?