T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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The .xi. Chapter.
The people delyuered fr&obar; the tyrannye of Nahas
renueth the kyngdom of Saul.
A Then Nahas the Ammonite
came ∧ beseged Iabes in Galaad.
And al the people of Iabes
sayd vnto Nahas: make
a couenaunte wyth vs ∧ we
wylbe thy seruauntes. And
Nahas þe; Amonite said: herto will I make a
couenaunt &wt; you, eu&ebar; to thrust oute all youre
ryght eyes, þt; I may br&ibar;g þt; shame vp&obar; al Israel.
Then said the elders of Iabes: geue vs .vij.
dayes respite þt; we maye send messengers vnto
al the coastes of Israell. And then yf there
come no man to help vs, we wyll come out to
the. Th&ebar; came þe; mess&ebar;gers to Gabaah where
Saul dwelte,
B ∧ tolde his tidinges in the eares
of the people. And al the people lyfte vp theyr
voyces ∧ wept. And behold Saul came followyng
his oxen oute of the felde, ∧ asked what
ayled þe; people to wepe. And they told hym þe;
tydynges of the men of Iabes. Then came þe;
spryte of God vp&obar; Saul, wh&ebar; he hearde those
tidinges, ∧ he was exceding angrye. And toke
a youke of ox&ebar; ∧ hewed th&ebar; in peces, ∧ s&ebar;t them
thorowout al þe; coastes of Israel by þe; handes
of messengers saying:
C whosoeuer cometh not
forth after Saul ∧ after Samuel, so shall hys
oxen be serued. Then the note feare of the Lord
fel on the people, ∧ they came out as it had ben
but one man. And when they were n&obar;bred in
Bezek the children of Israel were thre h&ubar;dred
thousand, ∧ the m&ebar; of Iuda thyrtye thousand.
And they sayd vnto the messengers þt; came, so
say vnto the men of Iabes in Galaad: to morow
by that tyme, the sunne be hote, ye shall
haue helpe. And the messengers came ∧ shewed
the men of Iabes, ∧ they were glad. And
then the men of Iabes sayde: to morowe we
wil come out vnto you, that ye maye do with
vs al that pleaseth you. And on the morowe
Saul put þe; people in thre partes. And they came
in vp&obar; the host in þe; morn&ibar;g watche, ∧ slue
the Ammonites, vntill þe; heat of the day.
D And
they þt; remayned, shattered, so that two of th&ebar;
were not left together. Then saide the people
to Samuel: what are they þt; sayd: shall Saule
raigne ouer vs? bryng th&ebar; þt; we may slay th&ebar;.
But Saule sayde: there shal no man dye thys
daye, for to daye the Lord hath saued Israel.
Then sayde Samuel vnto the people: come
-- --
Saul.
∧ let vs go to Galgal, ∧ renewe the kyngdom
there. And the people went to Galgal ∧ made
Saul kyng there, before the Lorde in Galgal.
And there they offered peace offerynges before
the Lorde. And there Saul and all the people
reioysed excedinglye.
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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