1   Forsothe Salomon beeldide his hows in thretene &yogh;eer, and vnto parfite brou&yogh;te forth. 2   And he bildide the hows of the wijld wode of Liban, of an hundrid cubitis of length, and of fifti cubitis of brede, and of thretti cubitis of hei&yogh;t; and foure aluris betwixe the cedre pilers; forsothe the cedre trees he hew&yogh; into pilers. 3   And he clothide al the chaumbre with cedre table beeldyngis; the which chaumbre was born vp with fyue and fourti pilers. The too ordre forsothe hadde fifteen pilers, 4   sette togidre a&yogh;ens hem self, 5   and `for a&yogh;en hem self beholdynge, with euen space betwixe the pilerys; and vpon the pilers foure cornerd trees, in alle thingis euen. 6   And the chaumbre of pilers he made of fifti cubitis of length, and of thretti cubitis of brede; and another chaumbre into the face of the more chaumbre; and pilers, and the heedis vpon the pilers he made. 7   Forsothe the chaumbre of the see, in the which is the chayer of dom, he made; and couerde with cedre trees, fro the pawment vnto the cop. 8   And the litil hows, in the which he sat to deme, was in the mydil chaumbre, lijk maner werk. Forsothe he made an hows to the dou&yogh;ter of Pharao, whom Salomon weddide, siche maner werk as this chaumbre. 9   Alle thingis with precious stoonus, `the whiche at a maner rewle and mesure, both with ynforth and with outforth, weren loken, fro the foundement vnto the cop of the

wallis, and with ynforth and vnto the more halle. 10   The foundementis forsothe of precious stoonus, the greet stoonus of ten, or of ei&yogh;t cubitis; 11   and there aboue precious stoonus of euen mesure weren hewen; and lijk maner of cedre. 12   And the more halle rownd, of thre ordres of hewen stonus, and of oon ordre of planed cedre; also and in the innermore porche of the hows of the Lord, and in the &yogh;aat hows of the hows of the Lord. 13   And kyng Salomon sente, 14   and took Yram, the sone of the widowe womman, fro Tyro, of the lynage of Neptalym, fader of the cuntre of Tyre, a crafti man of metal, and ful of wisdom, and vndurstondynge, and of lore, to doo al werk of metal. Which whanne he was comen to kyng Salomon, he made al the werk of hym; and made two brasen pilers, 15   of ei&yogh;teen cubitis of hei&yogh;t o piler; and a liyn of twelue cubitis wente about either piler. 16   And two heed coueryngys he made, that shulden be putte vpon the heedis of the pilers, &yogh;oten of bras; of fyue cubitis of hei&yogh;t oon heed couerynge, and of fyue cubitis of hei&yogh;t another heed couerynge; 17   and as in maner of a nette, and of cheynys wouyn togidre to hem self, in o werk. And either heed couerynge of the pilers was &yogh;oten; seuen litil nettis of verse in the toon heed couerynge, and seuen lytil nettis in the tothir heed couerynge. 18   And he fulfillide the pilers, and the two ordris bi enuyroun of alle the litil nettis, that thei coueren the heed coueryngis, that weren vpon the cop of the powmgarnettis; and the same wise he made to the secounde heed couerynge. 19   Forsothe the heed coueryngis, that weren vpon the heedis of the pilers, as in werk of a lilye weren forgid, in the &yogh;aathows, of foure cubitis; 20   and eft other heed coueryngis in the cop of the pilers aboue,

aftir the mesure of the piler a&yogh;ens the litil nettis; forsothe two hundryd ordres of powmgarnettis weren in enuyroun of the secounde heed couerynge. 21   And he sette two pilers in the &yogh;aat hows of the temple; and whanne he hadde sette the ri&yogh;t piler, he clepide it bi name Jachym; lijk maner he reride the secounde piler, and clepide the name of it Booz. 22   And vpon the heedis of the pilers he sette a werk in maner of a lilye; and fulfillid is the werke of the pilers. 23   He made forsothe the &yogh;oten see, of ten cubitis fro lippe vnto lippe, rounde in enuyroun; the hei&yogh;t of hym of fyue cubitis; and the littil nette of thretti cubitis girdide it by enuyroun. 24   And the grauynge vndur the lippe wente about it bi ten cubitis, goynge about the see; two ordris of storye grauyngis weren &yogh;oten, 25   and stoden vpon twelue oxen; of the whiche three beheelden to the north, and three to the weste, and three to the south, and thre to the este; and the see was there aboue vpon hem, whos alle the hyndirmore parties lurkiden with ynforth. 26   The greetnes forsothe of the watyr vessel was of three ouncis, and the lippe of it as the lippe of a chalice, and as a leef of a lilye to be `a&yogh;en bowid; it conteynede two thousand mesuris of thre quartis, thre thousand mesuris nee&yogh; of a potel. 27   And he made ten brasen feet, eche foot of foure cubitis of length, and of foure cubitis of brede, and of foure cubitis of hei&yogh;t. 28   And that werk of the feet was betwix grauyngis playn; and grauyngis betwix the ioynturis. 29   And betwix the litil crownes and wyndyngis, liouns, and oxen, and cherubin; and in the ioynturis lijk maner aboue; and vndur the lyouns and oxen as bridils of brasse hongynge. 30   And foure whelis bi eche feet, and brasen

axtrees; and bi foure partyes as litil shuldres vndur the water vessel &yogh;oten, a&yogh;ens hem self beholdynge. 31   And the mouth of the watir vessel with ynforth was in the cop of the heed, and that, that with outforth aperide, was of o cubite, and alle round, and togidre hadde o cubite and an half; in the corners forsothe of the pilers weren dyuers grauyngis, and the mene pilers betwix squaar, and not round. 32   Forsothe the foure whelis, that weren bi the foure corners of the foot, cleueden togidre to hem self vndir the foot; o whele hadde of hei&yogh;t a cubite and an half. 33   Forsothe the whelis weren siche, as ben wont to be maad in a chaar; and the axtre of hem, and the spokys, and the felijs, and the naue, alle &yogh;oten. 34   For thoo ilke foure litil shuldres, bi alle the corners of o foot, fro that foot weren &yogh;oten, and ioyned. 35   In the cop forsothe of the foot was a maner roundnes, of a cubite and a half, so forgid, that the watir vessel my&yogh;te be sette there aboue, hauynge his dyuerse endentyngis, and grauyngis of hym self. 36   Forsothe he grauede in the table beeldyngis, that weren of brasse, and in the corners, cherubyn, and liouns, and palmys, as into the lickenesse of a man stondynge, that thei shulen be seen not grauen, but leid to bi enuyroun. 37   And in this maner he made ten feet, bi o &yogh;etynge and mesure, and with lijk maner grauynge. 38   Forsothe he made ten brasen water vessels; o water vessel heelde fourti mesuris of thre quaartis, and was of foure cubitis; and alle the water vessels he putte vpon alle the feet, that is, vpon ten feet. 39   And he ordeynde the ten feet, fyue at the ry&yogh;t partie of the temple, and fyue at the left; forsothe the see he putte at the ri&yogh;t parti of the temple, a&yogh;ens the este at the south. 40   And Iram made cawdrones, and fier pannys, and wyn violis; and he parformede al the werk of kyng

Salomon in the temple of the Lord. 41   Two pilers, and two lytil cordis of the heed coueryngis vpon the heedis of the pilers, and two litil nettis, that thei coueren the two litil coordis, that weren vpon the heedis of the pilers. 42   And foure hundrid powmgarnettis in the two litil nettis; two vers of powmgarnettis in eche litil nettis, to the litil coordis to be couerd of the heed coueryngis, that weren vpon the heedis of the pilers. 43   And the ten feet, and the ten water vessels vpon the feet; and oon see, 44   and twelue oxen vndir the see; 45   and cawdrones, and fijr pannys, and wyn vyolis. Alle the vessels, that Iram made to kyng Salomon in the hows of the Lord, weren of latoun. 46   And in the wijld feeldy regioun of Jordan the kyng &yogh;etide hem, in the cleyye erthe, betwix Socoht and Sarcham. 47   And Salomon putte alle the vessels in the hows; for the mych multitude forsothe there was no wei&yogh;t of the brasse. 48   And Salomon made alle the vessels in the hows of the Lord; forsothe a golden auter, and a golden bord, on the which shulden be leyd the looues of proposicioun; 49   and fyue golden candelstickis at the ri&yogh;t side, and fyue at the left, a&yogh;ens Goddis answerynge place, of moost pure gold; and as flouris of lilie, and golden lanterns there aboue, and golden snytters; 50   and stenys, and flesh hookis, and vyolis, and morters, and censerys, of moost pure gold; and the heengis of doris of the ynnermore hows of the holy of halowis, and of the dorys of the hows of the temple, weren of gold. 51   And he parfourmede al the werk, that Salomon made in the hows of the Lord; and he brou&yogh;te in the thingis that Dauid, his fader, hadde halowid; siluer, and gold, and vessels; and he leide vp in the tresours of the hows of the Lord.

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