to him all these things, whereon his father
marvelled and prayed him that he should bring him in. Then the angel
came in and saluted the old Tobit and said: Joy be to thee always. And
Tobit said: What joy shall be to me that sit in darkness, and see not
the light of heaven. To whom the youngling said: Be of strong belief; it
shall not be long but of God thou shalt be cured and healed. Then said
Tobit to him: Mayst thou lead my son unto Gabael in Rages city of Medes,
and when thou comest again I shall restore to thee thy meed. And the
angel said: I shall lead him thither and bring him again to thee. To
whom Tobit said: I pray thee to tell me of what house or of what kindred
art thou. To whom Raphael the angel said: Thou needest not to ask the
kindred of him that shall go with thy son, but lest haply I should not
deliver him to thee again: I am Azarias son of great Ananias. Tobit
answered: Thou art of a great kindred, but I pray thee be not wroth,
though I would know thy kindred. The angel said to him: I shall safely
lead thy son thither, and safely bring him and render him to thee again.
Tobit then answered saying: Well mote ye walk, and our Lord be in your
journey, and his angel fellowship with you. Then, when all was ready
that they should have with them by the way, young Tobias took leave of
his father and mother, and bade them farewell. When they should depart
the mother began to weep and say: Thou has taken away and sent from us
the staff of our old age, would God that thilke [that] money had never
been for which thou hast sent him, our poverty sufficeth enough to us
that we might have seen our son. Tobit said to her: Weep not, our son
shall come safely again and thine eyes shall see him. I believe that the
good angel of God hath fellowship with him, and shall dispose all
things that shall be needful to him, and that he shall return again to
us with joy. With this the mother ceased of her weeping and was still.

Then young Tobias went forth and an hound followed him. And the first
mansion [stay] that they made was by the river of Tigris, and Tobias
went out for to wash his feet, and there came a great fish for to devour
him, whom Tobias fearing cried out with a great voice: Lord, he cometh
on me, and the angel said to him: Take him by the fin and draw him to
thee. And so he did and drew him out of the water to the dry land. Then
said the angel to him: Open the fish and take to thee the heart, the
gall, and the milt,