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. XXIII.
1 Forsothe thes ben the last wordis, that
Dauid, the sone of Ysay, seide. A man
seide, to `whom there is ordeynd of the
Crist of God of Jacob, a solempne salm
maker of Yrael;
2 The spirite of the Lord
is spokyn bi me, and his word bi my
tonge.
3 He seyde, God of Yrael to me
-- --
hath spokyn, the strong of Yrael, the
lordshipper of men, the ri&yogh;twise lordshipper
in the dreed of God.
4 As li&yogh;t of
morwtide, springinge the sunne eerli
with out clowdis, gliterith; and as bi
reynes buriouneth the eerbe of the erthe.
5 And not so mych is myn hows anentis
God, that euerlastynge couenaunt he
shulde goo yn with me, stable in alle
thingis and warnysshit; forsothe al myn
heelth and al wil, ne there is eny thing
of it, that ne buriowneth.
6 Brekers of
the lawe forsothe as thornys shulen be
pullid vp alle, the whiche ben not takyn
with hoondis.
7 And if eny man wolde
touche hem, he shal be aarmyd with
yren, and speer tree; and with fier tend
vp, thei shulen be brent vnto nou&yogh;t.
8 Thes the names of the stronge men of
Dauid. Dauid sittynge in the chayer,
moost wise prynce among three; he is as
a moost tendre litil werme of a tree, the
which ei&yogh;t hundrid slew&yogh; with a bure.
9 Aftir this Eliazar, the sone of his vncle
Abohy; among the three stronge, that
weren with Dauid, whanne thei reproueden
to Philisteym, and thei ben
gederid thidir into bateil.
10 And whanne
the men of Yrael hadden stiede vp, he
stood, and smoot the Philisteis, to the
tyme that his hoond failide, and wexe
heuy with the swerd. And the Lord
dide greet heelth in that day; and the
puple that flei&yogh; is turned a&yogh;en to the
spoilis of the sleyn men to be withdrawen.
11 After this Semma, the sone of
Age, of Arary. And Philisteis ben gedrid
in the stacioun; forsothe there was there
a feelde ful of corn; and whanne the
puple hadde flowen fro the face of Philisteis,
he stood in the mydil of the feeld,
12
and rescuwid it; and he smoot the Philisteis,
and the Lord made a greet heelth.
13 Also and before wenten doun the three,
-- --
that weren princis amonge thretti, and
camen in tyme of rijp to Dauid into the
spelunk of Odollam. Forsothe the tentis
of Philisteis weren sett in the valey of
geauntis.
14 And Dauid was in the strength;
forsothe the stacioun of Philistees thanne
was in Bethlem.
15 Dauid desiride thanne
the watir of the laak, and seith, If eny
man wolde &yogh;yue to me drynke of the
watir of the systern, that is in Bethleem,
biside the &yogh;aat.
16 Thanne breken out
three stronge men the tentis of Philisteis,
and drewen water of the sistern of
Bethleem, that was biside the &yogh;aat, and
brou&yogh;ten to Dauid; and he wolde not
drynke, but offride it to the Lord,
seiynge,
17 Merciful be to me the Lord,
lest Y doo this; whether the blood of
thes men, that ben goon forth, and the
perile of lyues I shal drynke? Thanne
he wolde not drynke. Thes thingis
diden the three moost stronge.
18 Forsothe
Abisay, the brother of Joab, the
sone of Saruye, was prince of the three;
he is that reride his spere a&yogh;ens thre
hundrid, whom he slew&yogh;, nemned in the
three,
19 and amonge the three the nobler,
and he was the prince of hem; but vnto
the three first men he ful cam not.
20 And
Banayas, the sone of Joiade, man moost
strong of greet werkes, of Capseel, he
smoot the two lyouns of Moab; and he
cam doun, and smoot a lioun in the
mydil cistern in the dais of snow&yogh;.
21 Forsothe
he slew&yogh; an Egipcian man worthi
beholdynge, hauynge in the hoond a
spere; and so whanne he was comyn
doun to hym in a &yogh;erd, bi force he pullide
out the spere fro the hoond of the
Egipcien, and he slew&yogh; hym with his
speere.
22 Thes thingis dide Banayas, the
sone of Joiade;
23 and he namyd among
the three stronge, that weren amonge
-- --
the thretti nobler; neuerthelater vnto
the three he ful cam not. And Dauid
made hym to hym a secretarie of
pryuete.
24 Asahel, the brother of Joab,
among the thretti; Elianan, the sone of
his eem, of Bethleem;
25 Seruma, of Arary;
Elka, of Arodi;
26 Helias, of Phelu; Hyra,
the sone of Aches, of Thekua;
27 Abiazer,
of Anathoth;
28 Nobanay, of Vsathi; Selmon
Acothes;
29 Macharoy Nethophatites; Eled,
the sone of Baana, and he Nethophatite;
Hitai, the sone of Rabai, of Jebeeth,
of the sonis of Beniamyn;
30 Banai
Affrotonyte; Heddai, of the streem of
Gaas;
31 Albiabon Arbachite; Asmanech, of
Berromy;
32 Elyala, of Sobony; the sones of
Jonathan, and Jeson;
33 Semma, of Horodi;
Hayam, the sone of Saray, Saratite;
34 Elipheleth,
the sone of Saasbai, the sonys
of Maachati; Heliam, the sone of Achitophel,
Gilonyte;
35 Esrai, of Carmeel; Pharai,
of Arbi;
36 Igaal, the sone of Natha,
of Soba;
37 Bony, of Gaddi; Selech, of Ammony;
Naamy Berothite, the squyer of
Joab, the sone of Saruye;
38 Ira Yatrite;
Gareb, and he Yatrite;
39 Vrie Ethee; alle,
seuen and thretti.
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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