though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
and þese thre men ben in þe myddis þerof, Y lyue, seith þe Lord God, þat þei schulen not delyuere sones neþer douytris, but þei aloone schulen be delyuered.