A   Then Debora ∧ Barak þe; sonne of Abinoam sange the same daye, say&ebar;g: Prayse ye þe; Lord, &club; for the au&ebar;gyng of Israel, and for the people that became so wylling. Heare O ye kynges, herken o ye prynces: I, eu&ebar; I, will syng vnto the Lord, I wyl prayse the Lorde God of Israel.

Lord, ^note whan thou wentest out of Seir, whan þu; departedst out of the felde of Ed&obar;, the erth trembled, ∧ the heau&ebar;s rayned: the cloudes also dropped water. ^noteThe mountaynes melted before the lord, euen as dyd Sinai, before the lorde God of Israel.

In the dayes of ^note Samgar the sonne of Anath, in þe; dayes of ^note Iael &rhand; þe; hye wayes were vnoccupied: And þe; ronners of the pathes walked thorow by wayes.

The inhabiters of þe; townes were gone, they were gone in Israel, vntyll I Debora came vp, which came vp a mother &ibar; Israel. &rhand; They chose new goddes, and then had they (the enemye) in the gates, though there were shilde and speare. B   There was not a child or spere sene amonge fourtye thousande

Debora of Israel.

My hart loueth the gouerners of Israel, and them that are willing amonge the people. O prayse ye the Lorde.

Speake ye þt; ryde on fayre asses, ∧ þt; sitt vppermost &ibar; iudgem&ebar;t, ∧ walke by þe; wayes

At the cryeng of the archers amonge the drawers of water, there shall they speake of þe; righteousnes of the Lorde &lhand;, his righteousnesse in the vnfenced places of Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go downe to the gates.

Up Debora vp, get the vp, and syng a songe: ^note Aryse Barac, and leade the captiuyte captyue &lhand;, thou sonne of Abinoam.

Then shall they that remayne, haue domyni&obar; of the proudest of the people (of Iabin:) The Lorde shall for my sake haue domynion ouer the myghtie. &rhand; Out of ^note Ephraim was there a rote of them agaynst Amaleck, and after the, Beniamin am&obar;ge thy people. Out of Machir came rulers, ∧ out of zabulon they that gouerne the penne of the wryter.

And of Isachar, there were prynces with Debora, Isachar also and Barac were sent on their fete into the valley, wh&abar; in the departing awaye of Rub&ebar; there were greate men, and wyse of hert?

C   Why abodest thou among the shepe foldes, to heare the bleatinges of the flockes, ∧ to separate thy selfe awaye &wt; greate men and wyse of hert?

Gilead also abode beyonde Iordane: and why doth Dan remayne in shippes?

Aser contynued on the see shore, and taried in hys decayed places.

But the people of Zabulon haue ieoperde their lyues euen vnto the dethe, lyke as did Nephthalim in the hye places of the felde.

The kynges came ∧ fought, then fought the kynges of Canaan in Th&abar;nah, by the waters of Negiddo, and wanne no money.

They fought fr&obar; heauen, euen the starres in their courses fought agaynst Sisera.

The ryuer of Cyson remoued them, that auncient ryuer, the ryuer Cyson: My soule shall treade (hym) downe mightely.

D   Then were the horse hoffes smytt&ebar; asunder by þe; meames of the pra&ubar;singes þt; their mightye men made.

Curse ye the cite of Meros (sayd the angell of þe; Lord) cursse the inhabitours therof, because they came not to helpe þe; Lorde, &rhand; to helpe the Lorde with the myghtie.

Iael the wife of Haber the kenyte shalbe blessed aboue other wemen, blessed shall she be aboue other wemen in the tent.

^noteHe asked water, ∧ she gaue him mylck, she brought furth butter in a lordly disshe.

^noteShe put hir hande to the nayle, and hir right hande to the smythes hammer: &wt; the Gedeon hammer smote she Sisera, and smote hys heade, wo&ubar;ded him, ∧ pearsed his temples.

He bowed hym downe at hir fete, he fell downe ∧ laye still: At hir fete he bowed him downe, ∧ fell. And wh&ebar; he had soncke downe, he laye still desolate.

The mother of Sisera loked out at a wyndowe, ∧ cried thorow þe; lattesse? Why is his charret so long a c&obar;myng? Why tarye the wheles of his cartes?

All the wyse ladyes answered her, ye and her awne wordes answered hir selfe.

Surely they haue founde, they deuyde the spoyles: euery m&abar; hath a d&abar;sell or two: Sisera hath a praye of diuerse couloured garm&ebar;tes, eu&ebar; a praye of raym&ebar;t dyed &wt; s&obar;drye coloures, ∧ þt; are made of nedle worke: rayment of diuerses coloures ∧ of nedle worke which is mete for him þt; is chefe in distribut&ibar;ge of þe; spoyles. So perishe all thine enemyes: O Lord: but they þt; loue h&ibar;, let th&ebar; be as the sonne whan he ryseth in his might.

And the lande had rest fourtye yeres.

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