A   Saul spake to Ionathas hys sonne, and to all hys serua&ubar;tes, that they shulde kyll Dauid. ^noteBut Ionathas Sauls sonne had a greate fauoure to Dauid, and Ionathas tolde Dauid sayinge: Saul my father goeth aboute to slaye the. Nowe therfore take hede to thy selfe vntyll the mornynge, and abyde in some secret place, and hyde thy selfe. And I wyll go oute, and stande by my father in the felde where thou art, and wyll comen wyth my father of the, and whatsoeuer I se, I wyll tell the.

And Ionathas spake good of Dauid vnto Saul hys father, and sayde vnto hym: let not the kynge synne agaynst hys seruaunt Dauid, for he hath not synned agaynst the, and hys workes haue bene to the ward very good. For he dyd ^note &rhand; put hys lyfe in hys hande, and slue the Philistine, and the Lorde brought to passe a greate health for all Israel. Thou sawest it, and thou reioysedest, wherfore then wilt thou synne against innoc&ebar;t bloude, and slaye Dauid without a cause? B   And Saul harkened vnto the voyce of

Dauid Ionathas, and sware: as truly as the Lorde lyueth, he shall not dye. And Ionathas called Dauid, and shewed hym all those wordes, ∧ brought Dauid to Saul. And he was in his presens as in tymes past.

And the warre began agayne, and Dauid went out and fought wyth the Philistines, and slue them with a great slaughter, ∧ they fledde fr&obar; him. And the euell sprete sent of the Lorde was vp&obar; Saul, as he sat in hys house hauinge a Iauelinge in his h&abar;de, and Dauid played with his hande. And Saul entended to nayle Dauid to the walle with the Iauelynge. But he ryd hym selfe out of Sauls presens, as he smote the speare (wyth a vayne stroke) into þe; walle. And Dauid fledde ∧ was saued the same nyght. Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to sleye him in þe; mornynge. And Michol Dauids wyfe tolde it him, sayinge: If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe þu; wilt be slayne. C   And so ^note Michol lett Dauid downe thorowe a wyndowe, and he w&ebar;t, ∧ fled, and was saued. And then she toke an Image and layed it in the bed, and put a pyllowe stuffed with goates hearre vnder the heed of it, and couered it with a clothe. And wh&ebar; Saul sent messengers to fetche Dauid, she sayde, he is sycke. And Saul sent the messengers agayne to se Dauid, sayinge: bringe him to me, bed ∧ all, þt; I maye slaye him. And when þe; messengers were come in: Beholde, there laye an ymage in the bed, with a pyllowe of goates heare vnder the heed of it. And Saul sayde vnto Michol: why hast thou mocked me so, and sent awaye myne enemy that he is escaped? Michol answered Saul. For he sayde vnto me, let me go, or elles I wyll kyll the. And so Dauid fledde, and escaped, ∧ came to Samuel to Rama, tolde hym all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went, and dwelt in &rhand; Naioth.

D   And one tolde Saul, sayinge: Beholde, Dauid is at Naioth in Rama. And Saul sent messengers to fett Dauid. And when they sawe a companye &rhand; of prophetes prophesyenge, ∧ Samuel st&abar;dynge fast by th&ebar;, the sprete of God fell vp&obar; the messengers of Saul, and they prophesyed to. And when it was tolde Saul, he sent other messengers, ∧ they prophesyed lykewyse. And Saul sent messengers yet agayne the thyrde tyme, and they prophesyed also. Then w&ebar;t he hym selfe to Rama, ∧ came to a great well that is in Sechu, ∧ he asked and sayde: where are Samuel and Dauid? And one sayde: Beholde, they be at Naioth in Rama, ∧ he went thyther, eu&ebar; to Naioth in Rama, and the sprete of God came vpon him also, ∧ he went prophesyinge, vntyll he came to Naioth in Rama. And he &rhand; stripte of his clothes, ∧ prophesyed before Samuel in lyke maner, and &rhand; fell naked all that daye ∧ all that nyght. ^noteAnd therof it is, that they saye: is Saul also amonge the prophetes?

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