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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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PSALM XLIV. 1   In to the ende, for hem that shul ben with chaungid, to the sones of Chore, to vndirstondyng, the song for the loouede.

2    noteMyn herte bowide out a good woord; I sey my werkis to the king. My tunge the penne of a scribe, swiftli wrytende. 3   Fair in forme befor the sonus of men, grace is held out in thi lippis; therfore blesside thee God in to with oute ende. 4   Be thou gird to with thi swerd; vp on thin hipe most my&yogh;tili. 5   In thi shap and thi fairnesse behold; go forth welsumli, and regne. For treuthe, and debonernesse, and ri&yogh;twisnesse; and thi ri&yogh;thond shal merueilously bringe thee thennes. 6   Thin arwis sharpe, puplis vnder thee shul falle; in to the hertis of the enemys of the king. 7   Thy sete, God, in to the world of world; the &yogh;erde of thi gouernyng

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to euenenesse, the &yogh;erde of thi regne. 8   Thou loouedest ri&yogh;twisnesse, and hatedist wickidnesse; therfore enoyntide thee God, `thi God, with oile of gladnesse befor thi felawis. 9   Myrre, and the swote gumme gutta, and the swote erbe casia, fro thi clothis, fro the yuer housis; of 10   the whiche deliteden thee the do&yogh;tris of kingus in thi wrshipe. The queen stod nee&yogh;h fro thi ri&yogh;t parties in clothing ouergilt; enuyround with dyuersete. 11   Here, do&yogh;ter, and see, and inbowe thin ere; and for&yogh;et thi puple, and the hous of thi fader. 12   And the king shal coueite thi fairnesse; for he is the Lord thi God, and thei shul honouren hym. 13   And the do&yogh;tris of Tiri in &yogh;iftis; thi chere shul louli pre&yogh;e alle the riche men of the folc. 14   Al the glorie of hym of the do&yogh;ter of the king fro with inne, in goldene hemmes; 15   aboute wrappid with diuersetees. Ther shul ben bro&yogh;t to the king maidenes aftir hir; the ne&yogh;heboris of hir shul be bro&yogh;t to thee. 16   Thei shul be bro&yogh;te in gladnesse, and ful out io&yogh;ing; thei shul be lad to in to the temple of the king. 17   For thi fadris ben born to thee sones; thou shalt sette them princis vp on al erthe. 18   Myndeful thei shul ben of thi name, Lord; in alle ieneracioun, and in to ieneracioun. Therfor puplis shul knoulechen to thee in to with oute ende; and in to the world of world.
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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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