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. III.
1 Thanne thei senten ther legatus of alle
cites and prouyncis, the kingus and the
princis of Cirie, that is, of Mesopotanie,
and of Cirie Sobal, and of Libie, and of
Cicilie. The whiche comende to Olofernen,
seiden,
2 Cese thin indignacioun aboute
vs; betere forsothe it is that liuende wee
serue to Nabugodonosor, the grete king,
and soget wee be to thee, than diende
with oure deth wee vsself suffre the
harmys of oure seruyse.
3 Al oure cite,
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al oure possessioun, alle hillis, and litle
hillis, and feldis, and droues of oxen, and
flockis of shep, and of she get, and of
hors, and of camailis, and alle oure facultees
and meynes in thi si&yogh;te ben;
4 alle
thingus ben vndir thi lawe.
5 Wee also
and oure sonus ben thy seruauns.
6 Cum
to vs a pesible lord, and vse oure seruyse,
as it pleseth to thee.
7 Thanne he
cam doun fro the hillis, with horsmen in
gret vertue, and weldede eche cite, and
alle men dwellende in the lond.
8 Of alle
forsothe cites he toc to hym helperis,
stronge men and chosen to bataile.
9 And
so myche drede to that prouynce fel in,
that of alle cites the dwelleris, princys
and wrshipeful men, togidre with the
puple wenten out in to meeting to hym
comende,
10 resceyuende hym with crounus
and laumpis, ledende dauncis in trumpis
and timbris.
11 And &yogh;it ner the latere
these thingus doende thei my&yogh;ten not
swagen the feerste of his brest;
12 for and
ther cites he destro&yogh;ede, and ther maumet
wodus he heew doun.
13 Forsothe king
Nabugodonosor hadde comaundid to hym,
that alle the goddis of the lond he shulde
outlawen, that is, that he god alone were
seid of these naciouns, that my&yogh;ten ben
vnder&yogh;okid bi the my&yogh;t of Olofernes.
14 Passende forsothe Cirie Sobal, and al Appanyam,
and al Mesopotanye, cam to Idumes
in the lond of Gabaa;
15 and he toc
the cites of hem, and sat there bi thretti
da&yogh;es, in whiche da&yogh;es he comaundede
to be gedered togidere al the ost of his
vertue.
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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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