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. X.
1 It is do forsothe, whan she hadde cesid
to crien to the Lord, she ros fro the place,
in whiche she lai throwe doun to the
Lord.
2 And she clepide hir fre maiden,
and cam doun in to hir hous; she dide
awei fro hir the heire, and clothide hyrself
out of the clothing of hir widewehed.
3 And she wesh hir bodi, and oyntide hirself
with the beste myrre, and she platte
the her of hir hed, and putte a mytre
vp on hir hed, and she clothide hir with
the clothis of hir jolite, and clothide hirself
ga&yogh;e shon to hir feet; and she toc
armes onournemens, and lilies, and ere
ringus, and finger ringys, and with alle
hir onournemens she onournede hir.
4 To whom also the Lord &yogh;af bri&yogh;tnesse,
for al this composicioun not of lust, but
of vertue heeng; and therfore the Lord
made more this fairnesse in to hir, that
she aperede to the e&yogh;en of alle men with
fairnesse vncomparable.
5 And so she putte
on to hir fre maiden a botel of wijn, and
`a vessel of oile, and potage, and dried
figes, and loues, and chese, and wente
forth.
6 And whan thei weren come to
the &yogh;ate of the cite, thei founden Osiam
abidende, and the prestis of the cite.
7 The
whiche whan thei hadden seen hir, stone&yogh;ende
merueileden ful miche the fairnesse
of hir.
8 No thing ner the latere askende
hir laften to passen, seiende, God of oure
fadris &yogh;iue to thee grace, and al the
counseil of thin herte with his vertue
strengthe, and glorie vp on thee Jerusalem,
and be thi name in the noumbre
-- --
of seintus and of ri&yogh;twis men.
9 And these,
that ther weren, alle with o vois seiden,
Be it do! be it do!
10 Thanne Judit pre&yogh;ende
the Lord, passede thur&yogh; the &yogh;atis,
she and hir fre maiden.
11 It is do forsothe,
whan she cam doun the hil aboute spring
of the dai, a&yogh;en camen to hir the aspies
of the Assiries, and heelden hir, seiende,
Whennes comest thou, or whider gost
thou?
12 The whiche answerde, A do&yogh;ter I
am of Ebrues, and therfore I flei&yogh; fro the
face of hem, for to comen I knew, that
thei shul ben to &yogh;ou in to prei taking,
for thi that despisende &yogh;ou wolden not
freeli taken themself, that thei shulden
finde mercy in &yogh;oure si&yogh;te.
13 For this
cause I tho&yogh;te with myself, seiende, I
shal go to the face off Olofernes prince,
that I shewe to hym the priuites of hem,
and I shal shewe to hym, bi what entre
he mai wynne hem, so that ther falle
not oon man of his ost.
14 And whan thoo
men hadden herd hir woordis, thei beheelden
hir face, and she was in ther
e&yogh;en stoneyng, for thei merueileden ful
myche the fairnesse of hir.
15 And thei
seiden to hir, Thou hast kept thi lif, for
thi that such a counseil thou hast founde,
that thou come doun to oure lord.
16 This
forsothe wite thou, that, whan thou stondist
in his si&yogh;te, he shal wel do to thee,
and thou shalt be most acceptid in his
herte. And thei ladden hir to the tabernacle
of Olofernes, and shewiden hir.
17 And whan she was comen in beforn his
face, anoon Olofernes is ca&yogh;t in his e&yogh;en.
18 And hise tyraunt kny&yogh;tis seiden to hym,
Who despisede the puple of Jewis, that
han so faire wymmen, that not for hem
bi ri&yogh;t a&yogh;en hem wee owen to fi&yogh;ten?
19 And so Judit seande Olofernes sittende
in the canope, that was of purper, and
-- --
of gold, and of smaragd, and of most
precious stones with inne wouen,
20 and
whan `in to his face she hadde lokid,
she honourede hym, fallende hyrself doun
vpon the erthe; and the seruauns of Olofernes
rereden hir vp, ther lord comaundende.
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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