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Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .xxxj. Chapter. ¶ Saul kylleth him selfe, and hys children are slayne in the battell.

A   The note Philistines fought agaynst Israel and the men of Israel fledd awaye from the Philistines, ∧ fell downe wounded in mount Gilboa. And the Philistynes preased sore vpon Saul ∧ his sonnes, ∧ slewe Ionathas, ∧ Abinadab ∧ Melchisua Sauls sonnes. And wh&abar; the battell went sore agaynst Saul, the archers with bowes founde hym, ∧ he was sore afrayed of the archers. B   Then sayd Saul vnto his harnesberer note draw out thy swerde, ∧ thrust me thorowe therwyth, lest these vncirc&ubar;cised come, ∧ thrust me thorowe and make a mockynge stocke of me. But hys harnesberer wolde not, for he was sore afrayed. And Saul toke a swerde, and fell vpon it. And wh&ebar; his harnesberer sawe that Saul was deed, he fell lykewyse vpon his swerde, ∧ dyed wyth hym. And so Saul dyed, ∧ his thre sonnes, and his harnesberer, and all hys men that same daye togeather.

C   And when the men of Israel that were on þe; other syde of þe; valeye, ∧ they of þe; other syde Iordan, heard, that the men of Israel were put to flight, and that Saul and hys sonnes were deed, they left the cyties, ∧ r&abar;ne awaye and the Philistines cam, and dwelt in them.

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Dauid noteOn the morowe when þe; Philistines were come to spoyle them that were slayne, they founde Saul and hys thre sonnes lyenge in mount Gilboa. And they cut of his heed, and stripped him out of his harnesse: ∧ sent into the lande of the Philistines on euery syde, þt; they shulde publysshe it in the t&ebar;ple of their Idolles, and amonge the people. D   And they layed vp hys harnesse in the house of &rhand; Astharoth, but they hanged vp hys body on the wall of Bethsan. noteWhen the enhabiters of Iabes in Gilead hearde therof, what the Philistines had done to Saul, they arose (as manye as were stronge men) and went all nyght and toke the body of Saul, and the bodyes of hys sonnes fr&obar; the wall of Bethsan, and came to Iabes, and note &rhand; burnt them there and toke their bones and buryed them vnder a tree at Iabes, and fasted seuen dayes. ¶ The ende of the fyrst boke of Samuel, otherwyse called the fyrst of the kynges
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Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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