And it chaunced in those dayes, that the Philistines geathered their hoost together to warre, to fyght with Israel. A   And Achis sayde to Dauid: Be sure, thou shalt goo out with me to the battell, thou ∧ the men þt; are with the. And Dauid sayde to Achis: then þu; shalt know, what thy seruaunt can do. And Achis sayde agayne to Dauid: Then I will make þe; keper of my heed for euer ^note Samuel was then deed, ∧ all Israel had lam&ebar;ted hym, ∧ buryed him &ibar; Rama his awne cytie. ^noteAnd Saul hat put þe; wem&ebar; that had spretes of prophesye, ∧ þe; Sothsayers out of the l&abar;d. And the Philistines geathered together, ∧ came, ∧ pitched in Sunem. And Saul gathered all Israel togeather, ∧ they pitched in Giboa: And wh&ebar; Saul saw the hoste of the Philistines, he was afrayed, ∧ his hert was sore astonyed. And whan Saul asked councell of the Lorde, the Lorde answered h&ibar; not, nether hy dreames, nor &rhand; by Urim nor yet by prophetes. Th&ebar; sayd Saul vnto his seruauntes ^note seke me a woman that hath a sprete of prophesye, þt; I maye go to her ∧ aske of her. And hys seruauntes sayde to him: Beholde, there is a woman that hath a sprete of prophesye at Endor.

And Saul chaunged him self, and put on other rayment, ∧ then went he ∧ two men with hym, and they came to the woman by nyght. B   And he sayde: prophesye vnto me by þe; sprete, ∧ br&ibar;g me him vp wh&obar; I shall name vnto the. And the wom&abar; sayde vnto hym: Beholde thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath destroyed þe; wemen that had prophesy&ibar;g spretes, ∧ the Sorcerars out of the l&abar;de. Wherfore then sekest thou an occasion agaynst my soule, that he maye kyll me? And Saul sware to her by the Lorde say&ibar;g: As suerly as þe; Lorde lyueth, there shall no harme cha&ubar;ce þe; for this thyng. Th&ebar; sayd þe; wom&abar;: wh&obar; shall I fetche vp vnto the? He answered: Br&ibar;g me vp Samuel. Wh&ebar; þe; woman saw Samuel, she cryed &wt; a lowde voyce, and spake to Saul saying: why hast thou disceaued me? for þu; art Saul. And þe; kyng sayde vnto her, be not afrayde: What seest thou? The wom&abar; sayd vnto Saul. &club; I se goddes asc&ebar;d&ibar;g vp

Dauid out of the erth. He sayde vnto her agayne: what fassi&obar; is he of? C   She answered: there cometh vp an olde man &wt; a mantell vp&obar; hym. And Saul perceaued þt; it was &rhand; Samuel ∧ he stouped &wt; his face to the grounde, ∧ bowed hym selfe. And Samuel sayd to Saul: why hast thou vnquieted me, to make me be brought vp? Saul answered: I am sore encombred. For the Philystynes make warre agaynst me, ∧ God is departed from me and answereth me no more, nether by &pro;phetes, nether by dreames. And therfore I haue called the, þt; thou mayest tell me, what I shall do. Then sayd Samuel: wherfore doest þu; aske of me, whyle þe; Lorde is gone from the, ∧ is become thyne enemye? Truly þe; Lord hath done for hym selfe, euen as he spake &rhand; by my h&abar;d. ^noteFor the Lorde hath rent the kingdome out of thyne hande, ∧ geu&ebar; it thy neyboure Dauid. Because thou obeyedst not þe; voyce of the Lord, nor executedst hys fearce wrath vp&obar; the Amaleckites, therfore hath þe; Lord done this vnto the this daye. And moreouer, the Lorde wyll delyuer Israel &wt; the, into the h&abar;des of the Philistines. ^noteTo morowe shalt thou and thy sonnes be with me, and the Lorde shall geue the hoste of Israel into the h&abar;des of þe; Philistines. Then Saul fell streyght waye flatte on the erth a longe as he was, and was sore adread because of the wordes of Samuel.

D   And there was no strength in hym, for he had eat&ebar; no bread all the daye and the nyght before. And the wom&abar; cam vnto Saul, and sawe that he was sore troubled, and sayde vnto hym: Se, thyne h&abar;dmayd hath obeyed thy voyce, ∧ ^note &rhand; haue put my soule in my hande, and haue harkened vnto thy wordes, which thou saydest vnto me. Nowe therfore harken thou also vnto þe; voyce of thyne h&abar;dmayd, and let me sett a morsell of bread before the, that thou mayest eate and gett the strength, ∧ then go on thy iourneye. He refused, and sayde: I wyll not eate. But hys serua&ubar;tes ∧ the wom&abar; togeather c&obar;pelled him, and he hearkened vnto theyr voyce. And so he arose from the erth, and sat him on a bedd. The woman had a fat calfe in the house, and she hasted ∧ kylled it, and toke flowre ∧ kneded it, and dyd bake swete cakes therof, and brought th&ebar; before Saul and before his seruauntes. And wh&ebar; they had eat&ebar;, they stode vp, and went awaye the same nyght.

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