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Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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CAP. VII.

1   Thanne the men of Caryathyarym camen, and brou&yogh;ten a&yogh;en the arke of the Lord, and beren it into the hows of Amynadab in Gabaa. And thei halweden Eleazar his sone, for he shulde kepe the arke of the Lord. 2   And it is doon, fro what day the arke of the Lord dwellide in Caryathiarym, multiplied ben the days; forsothe nowe was the twentithe &yogh;eer; and al the hows of Yrael restide after the Lord. 3   Forsothe Samuel seith to al the hows of Yrael, seiynge, If in al &yogh;oure herte &yogh;e turnen to the Lord, doth awey alien goddis fro the mydil of &yogh;ow, Baalym and Astaroth; and makith redi &yogh;oure hertis to the Lord, and serueth to hym alone; and he shal delyuere &yogh;ow fro the hond of Philistyens. 4   Thanne the sones of Yrael token awey Baalym and Astaroth, and serueden to the Lord alone. 5   Forsothe Samuel seide, Gederith al Yrael in to Masphat, that Y preye the Lord for &yogh;ou. 6   And thei camen to gidre in Masphat,

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and thei drewen water, and heelden out in the si&yogh;t of the Lord; and thei fastiden in that day, and seiden, To thee we han synned, Lord. And Samuel demyde the sones of Yrael in Masphat. 7   And Philistiens herden that the sones of Yrael weren gedryd in Masphat; and the satrapis of Philistiens stieden vp to Yrael. The which thing whanne the sones of Yrael hadden herd, thei dredden fro the face of Philistiens. 8   And thei seiden to Samuel, Ne ceese thow for vs to crye to the Lord oure God, that he saue vs fro the hond of Philistyens. 9   Forsothe Samuel took o sowkynge loomb, and offrede it into hool brent sacrifice to the Lord. And Samuel criede to the Lord for Yrael; and the Lord herde hym. 10   Forsothe it is doon, whanne Samuel offrede brent sacryfice, Philistiens to-goon into batayl a&yogh;ens Yrael. Forsothe the Lord thundryde with greet crakkynge in that day vpon the Philistiens, and he feeride hem; and thei ben slayn fro the face of Yrael. 11   And the sones of Yrael goon out fro Masphat, pursueden Philistiens, and smyten hem vnto the place that was vndur Bethaar. 12   Forsothe Samuel took a stoon, and putte it betwix Masphat and betwix Sen; and he clepide the name of that place The stoon of help. And he seide, Hidir to the Lord hath holpen to vs. 13   And Philistiens ben mekid, and no more ouer thei leiden to that thei camen into the teermys of Yrael. And so is doon the hoond of the Lord vpon Philistyens alle the days of Samuel. 14   And the cytees that the Philistiens token fro Yrael, ben &yogh;olden a&yogh;en to Yrael, fro Accharon vnto Geth and his teermys; and he delyueride Yrael fro the hoond of Philistyens; and pees was bitwix

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Yrael and Ammorre. 15   Forsothe Samuel demyde Yrael alle the days of his lijf; 16   and wente bi eche &yogh;eer enuyrounynge Bethel, and Galgal, and Masphat, and he demyde Yrael in the forseid placis; 17   and turned a&yogh;en in to Ramatha, forsothe there was his hows; and there he demyde Yrael, and he bildide vp there also an auter to the Lord.
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Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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