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17 And sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to say to them that were bydden, come, for all thynges are nowe redy. 18 And they all at once began to make excuse. The first sayde vnto hym: I haue bought a farme, & I must needes go & see it, I pray thee haue me excused. 19 And another sayde: I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I go to proue them, I pray thee haue me excused. 20 And another sayde: I haue maryed a wyfe, and therfore I can not come. Luke 14:17-20, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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