Leviticus 11:13-39

¹³These thingis ben of foulis whiche ye schulen not ete, and schulen be eschewid of you; an egle, and a grippe, aliete, and a kyte, and a vultur by his kynde;

¹⁴and al of `rauyns kynde bi his licnesse;

¹⁵a strucioun,

¹⁶and nyyt crowe, a lare, and an hauke bi his kinde;

¹⁷an owle, and dippere, and ibis ;

¹⁸a swan and cormoraunt, and a pellican;

¹⁹a fawcun, a iay bi his kynde; a leepwynke, and a reremows.

²⁰Al thing of foulis that goith on foure feet, schal be abhomynable to you;

²¹sotheli what euer thing goith on foure feet, but hath lengere hipis bihynde, bi whiche it skippith on the erthe, ye schulen ete;

²²as is a bruke in his kynde, and acatus, and opymacus, and a locuste, alle bi her kynde.

²³Forsothe what euer thing of briddis hath foure feet oneli, it schal be abhomynable to you;

²⁴and who euer touchith her bodies deed bi hem silf, schal be defoulid, and `schal be vnclene `til to euentid;

²⁵and if it is nede, that he bere ony deed thing of these, he schal waische his clothis, and he schal be vnclene til to the goyng doun of the sunne.

²⁶Sotheli ech beeste that hath a clee, but departith not it, nether chewith code, schal be vnclene; and what euer thing touchith it, schal be defoulid.

²⁷That that goith on hondis, of alle beestis that gon on foure feet, schal be vnclene; he, that touchith her bodies deed bi hem silf, schal be defoulid `til to euentid;

²⁸and he, that berith siche deed bodies, schal waische hise clothis, and he schal be vnclene `til to euentid; for alle these thingis ben vnclene to you.

²⁹Also these thingis schulen be arettid among defoulid thingis, of these that ben moued on erthe; a wesele, and mows, and a cocodrille, `alle bi her kynde;

³⁰mygal, camelion, and stellio, and lacerta, and a maldewerp.

³¹Alle these ben vnclene; he that touchith her bodies deed bi hem silf, schal be vnclene `til to euentid;

³²and that thing schal be defoulid, on which ony thing of her bodies deed bi hem silf fallith, as wel a vessel of tree, and a cloth, as skynnes `and heiris; and in what euer thing werk is maad, it schal be dippid in watir, and tho thingis schulen be defoulid `til to euentid, and so aftirward tho schulen be clensid.

³³Sotheli a vessel of erthe, in which ony thing of these fallith with ynne, schal be defoulid, and therfor it schal be brokun.

³⁴Ech mete, which ye schulen ete, schal be vnclene, if water is sched thereon; and ech fletynge thing, which is drunkun of ech vessel, `where ynne vnclene thingis bifelden, schal be vnclene;

³⁵and what euer thing of siche deed bodies bi hem silf felde theronne, it schal be vnclene, whether furneisis, ethir vessels of thre feet, tho schulen be destried, and schulen be vnclene.

³⁶Sotheli wellis and cisternes, and al the congregacioun of watris, schal be clene. He that touchith her bodi deed bi it silf, schal be defoulid.

³⁷If it fallith on seed, it schal not defoule the seed;

³⁸sotheli if ony man schedith seed with watir, and aftirward the watir is touchid with deed bodies bi hem silf, it schal be defoulid anoon.

³⁹If a beeste is deed, which it is leueful to you to ete, he that touchith the deed bodi therof schal be vnclene `til to euentid; and he that etith therof ony thing,