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. XXI.
1 Forsothe there is doon hungre in the
dais of Dauid, thre &yogh;eer contynueli. And
Dauid counseilde the heuenli answere of
the Lord; and the Lord seide, For Saul,
and the hows of hym, and the blood, for
he slew&yogh; Gabanytes.
2 Thanne the Gabanytis
clepid, the kyng seide to hem; forsothe
Gabanytis ben not of the sonys of
Irael, but the relikis of Ammoreis; forsothe
the sonys of Yrael hadden sworn
to hem, that thei shulen not slee hem,
and Saul wolde smyte hem bi enuye,
as for the sonys of Irael and of Juda;
thanne Dauid seide to Gabanitis,
3 What
shal I doo to &yogh;ou, and what shal be &yogh;oure
amendys, that &yogh;e blissen to the heritage
of the Lord?
4 And Gabanytis seiden to
hym, There is no questioun to vs vpon
gold and siluer, but a&yogh;ens Saul, and the
hows of hym; and we wolen not, that
there be slayn a man of Irael. To whom
the kyng seith, What thanne wolen &yogh;e,
that I doo to &yogh;ow?
5 The whiche seiden to
the kyng, The man that hath defowlid
vs, and oppressid wickidli, so we owen
to doon awey, ne oon forsothe be laft of
the lynage of hym in alle the coostis of
Yrael.
6 Be there &yogh;ouun to vs seuen men
of the sonys of hem, that we crucifien
hem to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, sumtyme
-- --
the chosen of the Lord. And the
kyng seith, I shal &yogh;eue.
7 And the kyng
sparide to Myphibosech, the sone of
Jonathan, the sone of Saul, for the ooth
of the Lord, that was betwix Dauid and
Jonathan, the sone of Saul.
8 And so the
kyng took two sonys of Respha, the
dow&yogh;ter of Ahia, whom she bare to Saul,
Armoony, and Myphibosech; and `of
Mychol fyue sones, of the dou&yogh;ter of
Saul, whom she gat to Adriel, the sone
of Berzellay, that was of Demolati.
9 And
he &yogh;af hem into the hoondis of Gabanytis,
the which crucifieden hem in the
hil before the Lord; and thes seuen
slayn togidir fellen in the dais of the
fyrst rijp, begynnynge the repynge of
barli.
10 Forsothe takynge Respha, the
dou&yogh;ter of Ahia, spradde abrood an
heyre to hire on a stoon, fro the bigynnynge
of the ryp to the tyme that watir
droppide vpon hem fro heuene; and she
suffride not breddis to teren hem bi the
day, ne beestis bi the ny&yogh;t.
11 And these
thingis ben toold to Dauid, the whiche
dide Respha, the dou&yogh;ter of Ahia, the
secoundarye wijf of Saul.
12 And Dauid
&yogh;ede, and took the boonus of Saul, and
the boonus of Jonathan, his sone, of the
men of Jabes Galaad; `the which hadden
stoln hem fro the streete of Bethsan, in
the which Philisteis hadden hongid hem,
whanne thei slewen Saul in Gelboe.
13 And
bare a wey thens the boonus of Saul,
and the boonus of Jonathan, his sone;
and thei gederynge togidir the boonus of
hem that weren pi&yogh;t, birieden hem with
the boonus of Saul and Jonathan, his
sone, in the loond of Beniamyn, in the
side in the sepulcre of Cys, his fader.
14 And thei diden alle thingis, that the
kyng comaundide; and the Lord dide
mercy a&yogh;en to the loond after thes
-- --
thingis.
15 Forsothe there is doon eft
bateil of the Philisteis a&yogh;ens Irael; and
Dauid cam doun, and his seruauntis
with hym, and thei fau&yogh;ten a&yogh;ens Philisteis.
16 Forsothe Dauid failynge, Jesbidenob,
that was of the kynrede of
Arapha, whose yren of the speere peiside
thre hundrid vnncis, and he was gird
with a newe swerd, `enforside to smyte
Dauid.
17 And Abisay, the sone of Saruye,
was to hym a socour; and the Philistee
smyten he slew&yogh;. Thanne the men
sworen to Dauid, seiynge, Now thow
shalt not goo out with vs in to bateil,
lest thou quenche the lanterne of Yrael.
18 The secounde bateil forsothe was in
Gob a&yogh;ens Philisteis; thanne he smoot
Sobochai of Huzachizaph, of the lynage
of Arapha, of the kynrede of geauntis.
19 The thridde bateil forsothe was in Gob
a&yogh;ens the Philisteis; in the which Adeodatis,
the sone of the wijlde wode, leyer
of dyuerse colours, Bethlamyte, smoot
Goliath Gethee, whos shaft of the speere
was as a beem of websters.
20 The ferthe
bateyl was in Geth; in the which was an
hee&yogh; man, that hadde sexe fyngris in the
hoondis and feet, that is, foure and twenti;
and he was of the kyn of Arapha;
21 and he
blasphemyde in Yrael; forsothe Jonathan,
the sone of Samaa, the brother of
Dauid, smoot hym.
22 These foure ben
born of Arapha in Jeth, and thei fellen
in the hoond of Dauid, and of his seruauntis.
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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