Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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1 Forsothe Filisteis token the arke of
God, and baren awey it fro the stoon of
help in to Azotus.
2 And Filisteis tokun
the arke of God, and brou&yogh;ten it to the
temple of Dagon, and settiden it bisidis
Dagon.
3 And whanne men of Azotus hadden
rise eerli in the todir dai, lo! Dagon
lay low in the erthe bifor the arke of the
Lord. And thei token Dagon, and restoriden
hym in his place.
4 And eft thei
risiden eerli in the tothir day, and founden
Dagon liggynge on his face on the
erthe bifor the arke of the Lord. Forsothe
the heed of Dagon, and twei
pawmes of his hondis weren kit of on
the threisfold;
5 certis the stok aloone of
Dagon lefte in his place. For this cause
the preestis of Dagon, and alle that entren
in to his temple, treden not on the threisfold
of Dagon in Azotus til in to this
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dai.
6 Forsothe the hond of the Lord was
maad greuouse on men of Azotus, and
he distriede hem, and he smoot Azotus note
and the coostis therof in the priuyere
part of buttokis; and townes note and feeldis
in the myddis of that cuntrey buyliden
out, and myis camen forth; and greet
confusioun of deth was maad in the citee.
7 Sotheli men of Azotus sien siche a veniaunce,
and seiden, The arke of God of
Israel dwelle not at vs; for his hond is
hard on vs, and on Dagon oure god.
8 And
thei senten, and gaderiden alle the wise
men, `ether princes, of Filisteis `to hem,
and seiden, What schulen we do of the
arke of God of Israel? And men of Geth
answeriden, The arke of God of Israel be
led aboute; and thei ledden aboute the
arke of God of Israel.
9 Forsothe while
thei ledden it aboute, the hond of the
Lord `of ful greet sleyng was maad on
alle citees; and he smoot men of ech
citee fro a litil man til to `the more, and
the lowere entraylis `of hem wexiden
rotun, and camen forth; and men of Geth
token counsel, and maden to hem seetis
of skynnes, ethir cuyschuns.
10 Therfor thei
senten the arke of the Lord in to Accoron.
And whanne the arke of the Lord
hadde come in to Accoron, men of Accoron
crieden, and seiden, Thei han brought
to vs the arke of God of Israel, that he sle
vs and oure puple.
11 Therfor thei senten,
and gaderiden alle the wise men, `ethir
princes, of Filisteis; whiche seiden, Delyuere
&yogh;e the arke of God of Israel, and
turne it a&yogh;en in to his place, and sle not
vs with oure puple.
12 For dreed of deeth
was maad in alle citees, and the hond of
the Lord was `greuouse greetli. Also the
men, that weren not deed, weren smytun
in the priuy part of buttokis, and the
&yogh;elling of ech citee stiede in to heuene.
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Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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