A   There was a m&abar; of one &lhand; of the two Ramaths (of þe; kinred of Zophim, of mount Ephra&ibar; named ^note Elkana þe; sonne of Ieroh&abar; þe; sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Thohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite: whych had two wyues, þe; one called H&abar;na, ∧ the other Phenenna. And Phen&ebar;na had children, but Hanna had none. ^noteAnd the sayd m&abar; w&ebar;t vp out of his citye euery feastfull daye, to praye ∧ to offer vnto þe; Lord of hostes in Silo, where were the two sonnes of Eli (Hophni ∧ Phinehes) þe; lordes prestes. And it fell on a solempne daye, þt; Elkana offered, &abar;d gaue to Phenenna his wife ∧ to all her sonnes and daughters porcy&obar;s. But &club; vnto Hanna he gaue a porcion &wt; a heuye chere, for he loued Hanna, and the Lord had made her barren. And her enemye (Phenenna) vexed her sore c&obar;tynually, to moue her, because þe; lord had made her barr&ebar;. And so did she yere by yere as ofte as she w&ebar;t vp to the house of þe; lord. And so chafed her, which wepte, &abar;d did not eate. B   Th&ebar; sayde Elkana her husb&abar;d to her: Hanna, why wepest thou? and why eatest þu; not? and why is thyne herte troubled? am not I better to the, th&ebar; ten sonnes? So H&abar;na rose vp after þt; they had eaten ∧ droncke in Sylo. And Eli the Preaste sate vpon a stole by one of the syde postes of the temple of the Lorde. And she was troubled in her mynde, and prayed vnto the Lord, ∧ wepte sore, and vowed a vowe, and sayd: O Lord of hostes, yf thou wylt loke on the trouble of thine handmayde, ∧ rem&ebar;bre me, and not forget thine handmayde, but geue vnto thine h&abar;dmayde a m&abar; chylde: I wyll geue him vnto þe; Lord all þe; dayes of his lyfe, ^note ∧ there shall no raser come vp&obar; his heed. And as she c&obar;tinued praying before þe; lord, it fortuned, þt; Eli marked her mouth. For Hanna spake &ibar; her herte, ∧ her lyppes did but moue onely, but her voyce was not heard: ∧ therfore Eli thought she had bene dr&obar;cken, and Eli sayd vnto her: How l&obar;g wylt þu; be dr&obar;cken? put awaye from the, the wyne þt; thou hast. Hanna answered and sayde: not so my Lord, I am a woman of a sorowfull herte: I haue droncke nether wyne nor stronge C    drynck, but haue ^note powred &lhand; out my soule before þe; Lord. Count not thyne handmayde to be lyke a daughter of Belial, for out of the aboundance of my heuynes ∧ greafe: haue I spoken hitherto.

Eli answered her agayne: ∧ sayde go in peace: þe; God of Israell graunt the thy peticyon, þt; thou hast asked of hym. She sayde: let thyne h&abar;d mayde fynde grace &ibar; thy sight And so þe; woman went her waye, ∧ dyd eat, ∧ loked no more so sadde. D   And they rose vp earlye, ∧ worshipped before þe; lord, ∧ th&ebar; returned, ∧ came to theyr house to Ramath. And wh&abar; Elkana knew H&abar;na his wyfe, þe; Lord rem&ebar;bred her: for in processe of tyme it came to passe, þt; she c&obar;ceaued, ∧ bare a sonne, ∧ called his name Samuel (sayeng:) because I haue asked him of þe; Lord. And Elkana ∧ all his house went vp to offer vnto the Lord, the offerynge due for þe; feast, ∧ also his vowe &lhand;: Neuertheles, H&abar;na w&ebar;t not vp, but sayde vnto her husb&abar;de: I wyll tarye vntill þe; ladde be wened, ∧ then I wyll bring him þt; he maye apeare before þe; Lord, ∧ there abide for euer. Elkana her husband answered her: do what semith þe; best: tarye at home, vntill þu; hast wened h&ibar;, ∧ I besech þe; Lord, to make good his say&ebar;g. And so the wom&abar; abode, ∧ gaue her sonne sucke, vntill she wened him. And wh&ebar; she had wened him she toke hym with her, with thre bullockes ∧ an Epha of floure, ∧ a bottel of wyne, and brought him vnto þe; house of þe; Lord in Silo, ∧ the child was yet but t&ebar;der of age. And they slue a bullocke, ∧ brought in þe; ladd to Eli, and she sayd: Oh my Lord: as truly as thy soule lyueth my Lord, I am the wom&abar; þt; stode before the here, prayeng vnto þe; Lorde. For this ladde I prayed, and the Lorde hath geu&ebar; me my desire, whych I asked of him: and therfore I haue geuen hym vnto the Lord, as long as he is mete for the lorde. And they worshipped the Lorde there.

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