Then Elisa sayde: heare ye the worde
of the Lorde: thus sayth þe; Lorde.
note to morowe thys tyme shall a
bousshell of fyne floure be solde for
a Sicle, and two bousshelles of Barley for
a Sycle in the gate of Samaria. Then a certayne
Lorde (on whose hand the kynge leaned)
answered the man of God, and sayde:
beholde, yf the Lorde wolde make wyndowes
in heuen, myghte this sayinge come to
passe? He sayde: Beholde, thou shalt se it &wt;
thyne eyes, but shalt not eate therof.
And there were foure leperous men at þe;
entringe in of þe; gate. And they sayde one to
another, why sytt we here, vntill we dye? Yf
we saye: we will entre into the citie, beholde:
the derth is in the cytie, and we shall dye therin.
And yf we sytt styll here, we dye also.
Nowe therfore come, and let vs fall vp&obar; the
hoste of the Sirians: If they saue oure lyues
we shall lyue: Yf they kyll vs, then are we
deed. And so they arose in the nyght, to go to
the hoste of þe; Sirians. And when they were
come to the vttmost parte of the hoste of Siria:
beholde, there was no man there.
For the Lorde had made the hoste of the
Siri&abar;s note to heare a noyse of charettes and a
noyse of horsses, ∧ the noyse of a great hoste.
In so moch þt; they sayde one to another, lo, þe;
kynge of Israel hath hyred agaynst vs þe; kynges
of the Hethites, and the kynges of the
Egypcyans, to come vp&obar; vs. Wherfore they
arose and fled in þe; nyght, and left their t&ebar;tes
their horsses, and their Asses, and the felde
which they had pytched eu&ebar; as it was, ∧ fled
for their lyues. And when these lippers came
to the edge of the host, they w&ebar;t into a tent, ∧
dyd eate, ∧ dryncke, ∧ caryed thence syluer, ∧
gold and raym&ebar;t, and went and hydd it: came
agayne and entred into another tent, and
caryed thence also, and went and hidd it.
Then sayde one to another: We do not
well thys daye, for asmoch as it is a daye to
bringe good tydinges, ∧ we holde oure peace
Yf we tarye tyll þe; daye lyght, some mischeffe
-- --
Elisa
wyll come vpon vs. Nowe therfore come,
that we maye goo, and tell the kynges housholde.
C And so they came, ∧ called vnto the
porter of the cytie, and tolde them sayinge:
we came to the pauilions of the Syrians: ∧
se, there was no man there, nether voyce of
man, but horsses and Asses tyed, and the tentes
were, euen as they were wont to be.
And so the man called vnto the porters, ∧
they tolde the kynges house within. And the
kynge arose in the nyght, and sayde vnto his
seruauntes. I wyll shewe you nowe, what
the Syrians haue done vnto vs. They knewe
that we be hungrye, ∧ therfore are they
gone out of the pauylions, to hyde them selues
in the felde, sayinge: Wh&abar; they come out
of the cytie, we shall catch them alyue, and
get into the cytie. And one of his seruauntes
answered, and sayde. Let men take (I praye
you) fyue of þe; horsses that remayne, and are
lefte in the multitude. Beholde &rhand; they are
euen as all the multitude of Israel that are
lefte in þe; cytie: beholde (I saye) they are euen
as all the multitude of þe; Israelytes that are
consumed, ∧ we wyll sende, ∧ se. They toke
therfore the horsses of two charettes, and the
kynge sent after the hoste of the Syrians,
sayinge: go, ∧ se. And they went after them,
euen vnto Iordan:
D and lo, all the waye was
full of clothes and vesselles which the Syrians
had cast from them in their haste.
And the messengers returned, and tolde
the kynge. And the people went out, ∧ spoyled
the tentes of the Syrians. And so it came
to passe, that a busshel of fyne flowre was
sold for a sycle, and two busshelles of barley
for a sycle note accordynge to the worde of the
Lorde. And the kynge apoynted þe; Lorde (on
whose hand he leaned) to be at the gate. And
þe; people trode vpon him in the gate, and he
dyed, accordynge to the worde of the man of
God which he sayde, when þe; kynge came downe
to him. And so came the thynge to passe
þt; the man of God had spoken to þe; kynge, saynge:
two busshelles of barley for a sycle, ∧ a
busshell of fyne floure for another, shalbe note
to morowe this tyme in the gate of Samaria.
Wher vnto that Lorde answered the m&abar;
of God, and sayde. Yee, and yf þe; Lorde made
wyndowes in heau&ebar; myght it come to passe?
And he sayde: Beholde, thou shalt se it with
thyne eyes, ∧ shalt not eate therof. And euen
so chaunced it vnto him: for the people troad
vpon him in the gate, and he dyed.
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].
