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The Great Bible 1539
| 10:1 | And I saw another myghtye angell come downe from heauen clothed wt a cloude, & the raynebowe vpon his heed. And his face as it were the sunne, & his fete as it were pyllars of fyre, |
| 10:2 | and he had in his hande a lytell boke open, and he put his ryght fote vpon the see, & his lyfe fote on the erth. |
| 10:3 | And cryed wyth a lowde voyce, as when a lyon roreth. And when he had cryed, seuen thonders spake their voyces. |
| 10:4 | And when the .vii. thondres had spoken their voyces, I was about to wryte. And I herde a voyce from heauen, sayinge vnto me: seale vp those thynges whych the .vii. thondres spake, & wryte them not. |
| 10:5 | And the Angell which I sawe stonde vpon the see, & vpon the erth, lyfte vp his hande to heuen, |
| 10:6 | and sware by him that lyueth for euer more, wich created heauen, & the thynges that therin are and the see, & the thynges which therin are: that there shulde be no lenger tym |
| 10:7 | but in the dayes of the voyce of the seuenth Angell, when he shall begyn to blowe: euen the mystery of God shalbe fynysshed, as he preached by his seruauntes the prophetes. |
| 10:8 | And the voyce which I herde from heuen, spake vnto me agayne, & sayd: go & take the lytle boke which is open in the hande of the angell which standeth vpon the see, & vpon the erth. |
| 10:9 | And I went vnto the angell, & sayde to him: geue me the lytle boke, and he sayde vnto me: take it, & eate it vp, & it shall make thy belly bytter, but it shalbe in thy mouthe as swete as hony. |
| 10:10 | And I toke the lytle boke out of his hande, & eate it vp, & it was in my mouth as swete as hony: and as sone as I had eaten it, my belly was bytter. |
| 10:11 | And he sayde vnto me: thou must prophesy agayne amonge the people, and nacyons, and tonges, and to many kynges. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."