1 Samuel 25 Cross References - Great

¹ And Samuel dyed, and all the Israelites geathered togeather and lamented hym, and buryed hym in his owne house at Rama. And Dauid arose, and gat hym to the wildernesse of Pharan. ² And there was a man in Maon whose possession was in Carmel, and the man was excedyng myghtie, and had thre thousand shepe & a thousand gootes. And he was sheryng his shepe in Carmell. ³ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wyfe was Abigail, and she was a woman of a singuler wisdome and bewtifull. But the man was churlyshe, and of shrewde condicions, and was of the kynred of Caleb. ⁴ And Dauid heard in the wildernesse, that Nabal dyd shere hys shepe. ⁵ And Dauid sent out ten young men, and sayde vnto them: get you vp to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and grete hym in my name. ⁶ And thus shal ye saye: peace be to the, peace be to thyne house, & peace be vnto all that thou hast. ⁷ Beholde, I haue heard saye, that thou hast sherers. Now, thy sheperdes were with vs and we dyd them no spyte, nether was there ought myssing vnto them, all the whyle they were in Carmel: ⁸ aske thy laddes, & they will shew the. Wherfore let these young men fynde fauore in thine eyes (for we come in a good ceason) and geue I praye the whatsoeuer commeth to thyne hande, vnto thy seruauntes, and to thy sonne Dauid. ⁹ And whan Dauids youngmen came, they tolde Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid, & then helde theyr peace. ¹⁰ And Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes, & sayde: what is Dauid? & what is the sonne of Isai? there is plentye of seruauntes now a dayes, that breake awaye euery man from his master. ¹¹ Shal I then take my breed, my water & my flesshe, that I haue kylled for my sherers, & geue it vnto men whom I wote not whence they be? ¹² And so Dauids seruauntes turned their waye, and went agayne, and came and told him all those sayinges. ¹³ And Dauid sayd vnto hys men: gyrde euery man hys swerde aboute him. And they gyrded euery man his swerde aboute him, & Dauid was gyrded with his swerde. And there folowed Dauid vpon a foure hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuffe. ¹⁴ But one of the laddes tolde Abigail Nabals wyfe, saying: Beholde, Dauid sent messengers vnto oure master out of the wildernesse to salute him & he rayled on them. ¹⁵ And yet the men are very good vnto vs, & dyd vs no displeasure, nether missed we any thing, as long as we were conuersant with them, when we were in the feldes. ¹⁶ They were a wall of defence vnto vs both by nyght & daye, all the whyle we were with them keping shepe. ¹⁷ Now therfore, take hede, and se what thou hast to do, for there is an occasion of euell geuen agaynst oure master and all his housholde, seyng: he is as a sonne of beliall vngracious to speake to. ¹⁸ Then Abigail made hast, & toke two hundred loues, & two bottelles of wine, and fyue shepe readye dressed, and fyue measures of parched corne, and an hundred frayles of reasyngs, and two hundred topnettes of fygges, and laded them on asses, ¹⁹ & sayde vnto her young men: go ye before me. Beholde, I come after you. But she tolde her husband Naball nothing therof. ²⁰ And as she rode on her asse she came preuely downe the syde of the hyll, & beholde, Dauid and hys men came downe agaynst her, & she met them. ²¹ And Dauid sayde: in vayne haue I kept all that this felow hath in the wildernesse: so that nought was myssed of all that pertayned vnto hym. And he hath quite me euell for good. ²² So and so do God vnto the enemyes of dauid, yf I leaue of all that pertayne to him, by the dawnyng of the daye, any thing that pisseth agaynst the walle. ²³ And when Abigail saw Dauid, she hasted & lyghted of her asse, and fell before Dauid on her face, and bowed her self to the ground ²⁴ and fell at his fete, and sayde: Let this vnhappie deade be counted myne, my Lorde, & let thine handmayde speake in thine audience, and heare the wordes of thy handemayde. ²⁵ Let not my Lorde regard this vnthriftye man Naball: for as his name is, so is he Nabal is his name, & follie is wt him. But I thine handmayd saw not the young men of my Lorde whom thou sendedst. ²⁶ Now therfore my Lorde, as sure as the lord lyueth, & as thy soule lyueth, the Lorde hath withholden the from comming to shede bloud, & withdraw thou thine hand from bloude sheade Now, I praye God, that thine enemyes & they that entende to do my Lorde euel, may be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this is the blessyng which thyne hand mayde hath brought vnto my Lord: & lett it be geuen vnto the young men, that folow my Lorde. ²⁸ Forgeue the trespace of thine handmayde, for the Lord will make my Lorde a sure house, because my Lord fyghteth the batayles of the Lorde, and there coulde none euel be founde in the in all thy dayes. ²⁹ And yf any man ryse to persecute the, & to seke thy soule, the soule of my Lorde shall be bound as in the bondell of the lyuing wt the Lord thy God. And the soules of thy enemyes shal God cast out, euen as out of the mydle of a slyng. ³⁰ And when the Lord shall haue done to my Lord all the good that he hath promised the, & shall haue made the ruler ouer Israel: ³¹ then shall it be no decaye vnto the, ner discourage of herte vnto my Lorde, that thou hast not shedde bloud causelesse, ner aduenged thy selfe. But when the Lord shall haue dealt well with my Lorde, then thynck on thyne handmayde. ³² And Dauid sayd to Abigail: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, which sent the this daye to mete me. ³³ Blessed is thy sayeng, & blessed art thou, which hast kept me thys daye from coming to shede bloud, and from aduengyng my self with myne awne hand. ³⁴ For in very deade, as sure as the Lord God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurtyng the, excepte thou haddest hasted and met me, thinkest thou, there had bene left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the daye, a pisser agaynst the wall? ³⁵ And so Dauid receaued of her hand, that which she had brought him & sayd to her: go vp in peace to thyne house. Beholde, I haue herde thy voyce, and haue accepted thy persone. ³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold, he held a feast in his house, lyke the feest of a kyng, & Nabals herte was mery within him, for he was very droncke. Wherfore she tolde him nothing, nether lytle nor moare, vntill the morow daye. ³⁷ But in the mornyng, when the wine was gone out of Naball, hys wife tolde him these wordes, and his herte dyed within him, and he became as a stone ³⁸ & vpon a ten dayes after, the Lorde smote Nabal, that he dyed. ³⁹ And when Dauid heard that Nabal was deed, he sayde: Blessed be the Lorde that hath iudged the cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his seruaunt from euell, and hath recompensed the wickednesse of Nabal vpon his awne heed. And Dauid sent to comen wt Abigail: to thyn tent to take her to his wife. ⁴⁰ And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her saying: Dauid sent vs vnto the, to take the to his wife. ⁴¹ And she arose, & bowed her self on her face to the erth, and sayde: Beholde let thy handmayde be a seruaunt, to washe the fete of the seruauntes of my Lord. ⁴² And Abigail hasted, and arose, and gat her vp vpon an Asse, wt fyue damoselles of hers that went at her fete, and she went after the messengers of Dauid, and became hys wife. ⁴³ Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iezrahel, & they were both his wiues. ⁴⁴ But Saul gaue Michol hys daughter Dauids wyfe to phalti the sonne of Lais which was of Gallim.

⁶ and the Horyms in mounte Seir vnto the playne of Pharan, whiche bordreth vpon the wildernesse.

²¹ And he dwelt in the wyldernesse of Pharan. And hys mother gatt hym a wyfe out of the lande of Egypte.

¹¹ And when the inhabiters of the lande (euen the Cananytes) sawe the mournynge in the corne floore of Atad, they sayde: thys is a greate mournynge vnto the Egyptians. Wherfore the name of the place is called, The mournynge of the Egyptians, and it is beyonde Iordane:

¹² And the chyldren of Israel toke their iorney out of the desert of Sinai, & the cloude rested in the wyldernesse of Pharan.

¹⁶ And afterward the people remoued from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wyldernes of Pharan.

³ And Moses at the commaundement of the Lorde sent forth out of the wyldernes of Pharan suche men as were all heades of the chyldren of Israel: Their names are these.

²⁶ And they went and came to Moses and Aaron, and vnto all the multitude of the chyldren of Israel, in the wildernes of Pharan: which is Cades, and brought them worde, and also vnto all the congregacion, and shewed them the frute of the lande.

²⁹ And Moses and Eleazar came doune oute of the mount. Whan all the multytude sawe that Aaron was deed, they mourned for Aaron thyrtye dayes, thorowe oute all the housholdes of Israel.

⁸ And the chyldren of Israell wepte for Moses in the playne of Moab thyrtye dayes. And the dayes of wepynge & mournynge for Moses were ended.

¹⁷ & came agayne to Rama: for there was his house, & ther he iudged Israel also, & there he buylt an aulter vnto the Lorde.

³ Samuel was then deed, & all Israel had lamented hym, & buryed him in Rama his awne cytie. And Saul hat put the wemen that had spretes of prophesye, & the Sothsayers out of the land.

³⁴ So Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada went vp, and smote hym, and slue hym, and buryed hym in hys awne house in the wyldernesse.

²⁰ And Manasse slepte with hys fathers, and they buryed hym in hys awne house: and Amon his sonne raigned in his rowme.

⁵ Woo is me, that I am constrayned to dwell with Mesech, and to haue myne habitacyon amonge the tentes of Cedar.

¹⁸ The kynges of the nacions lye euery one in his awne house with worshype,

² But deuout men dressed Steuen, and made great lamentacyon ouer hym.

² And Abram was very ryche, in catell in syluer & golde.

¹³ & the man waxed myghtye, and went forth and grewe tyll he was exceadinge great,

¹³ And one tolde Thamar sayinge: beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp to Thymnath, to shere hys shepe.

⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, Siph, & Iutah:

²⁴ And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul, But Dauid and his men were in the wildernesse of Maon, in the playne that is, on the ryght hand of Iesimon.

⁵ And Dauids two wiues were taken presoners also: Ahinoam the Iezrahelite, and abigail the wyfe of Nabal the Carmelite.

²³ And it happened after two yere, that Absalom had shepe shearers in the playne of Hazor besyde the trybe of Ephraim, & bad all the kynges sonnes, ²⁴ and cam to the kyng, & sayd: beholde, thy seruaunt hath shepe sherers, let the kynge wt his seruauntes come to thy seruaunte.

³² Berselai was a very aged man, euen foure skore yere olde, & prouyded the kynge of sustenaunce, whyle he laye at Mahanaim: for he was a man of verye great substaunce.

³ His substaunce also was seuen .M. shepe, & thre .M. camels, .v.C. youck of oxen, & fyue .C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east countre.

¹² And the Lorde made Iob rycher then he was before: for he had fourtene .M. shepe .vj.M. camels, a .M. youck of oxen, and a .M. asses.

¹⁴ From the men of thy hande, O Lorde from the men, I saye, and from the euyll worlde, which haue their porcion in thys lyfe, whose belyes thou fyllest wt thy hyd treasure.

³ And why I was greued at the wicked, I do se also the vngodly in soch prosperite. ⁴ For they are in no parell of death, but are lusty and strong. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folke, nether are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause the they be so holden with pride, and ouerwhelmed with cruelte. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, and they do euen what they lyst.

¹⁹ Ther was a certayne ryche man, which was clothed in purple and fyne whyte, and fared deliciously euery dyae: ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus, which laye at his gate full of sores, ²¹ desyrynge to be refresshed with the cromes, which fell from the ryche mannes borde. The dogges came also, and lycked his sores, ²² And it fortuned, that the begger died, and was caryed by the angelles into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed. ²³ And beynge in hell in tormentes, he lyfte vp hys eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in hys bosome, ²⁴ and he cryed and sayde: father Abraham: haue mercy on me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water, and cole my tonge: for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, & contrary wyse, Lazarus receaued payne. But now is he conforted, and thou art punisshed.

¹³ And vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyd Iosua geue a parte among the children of Iuda, accordynge to the mouthe of the Lorde, euen kiriatharbe of the father of Enock, whiche cytye is Hebron.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes, & sayde: what is Dauid? & what is the sonne of Isai? there is plentye of seruauntes now a dayes, that breake awaye euery man from his master. ¹¹ Shal I then take my breed, my water & my flesshe, that I haue kylled for my sherers, & geue it vnto men whom I wote not whence they be?

¹⁷ Now therfore, take hede, and se what thou hast to do, for there is an occasion of euell geuen agaynst oure master and all his housholde, seyng: he is as a sonne of beliall vngracious to speake to.

¹⁴ we came a rouyng vpon the south of Chretus, and against Iuda, and towarde the south of Caleb. And we burnt Zikleg wyth fyre.

³ For the vngodly hath made boast of hys awne hertes desyre, & speaketh good of the couetous, whom God abhorreth.

¹ Wyse women vpholde theyr house, but a folysh wyfe plucketh it downe.

¹⁰ Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is moch more worth then perles.

²⁶ She openeth her mouth with wysdome, and in her tonge is the lawe of grace.

³⁰ As for fauoure, it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thynge: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she is worthy to be praysed. ³¹ Geue her of the frute of her handes and let her awne worckes prayse her in the gates.

⁵ Then shall the folyshe nygarde be nomore called gentle, ner the churle liberall. ⁶ But the nygarde will be nigardly minded, and his hert wyll worke euell and playe the ypocrite, and ymagyn abhominations agaynst God, to make the hongry leane, and to witholde drincke from the thirsty. ⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the churlysh, these be his shamefull councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatfull wordes: yee, euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore.

²³ And it happened after two yere, that Absalom had shepe shearers in the playne of Hazor besyde the trybe of Ephraim, & bad all the kynges sonnes,

²³ And he sayde: peace be vnto you, feare not: youre God and the God of youre father hath geuen you that treasure in youre sackes, I had youre money. And he brought Simeon out to them,

²² And Dauid toke downe the gear from him, and put them vnder the handes of the keper of the vessels, & ranne into the hoste, and came, and saluted his brethren.

²⁸ And Ahimaaz called, & sayde vnto the kynge: good tydinges, and he fell downe flatt to the erth vpon his face before the kynge, and sayde: blessed be the Lorde thy God, which hath shutt vp the men that lyft vp their handes agaynst my Lorde the kynge.

¹⁸ And the spiryte came vpon Amasai which was the chefe amonge thyrtye, and he sayde, thyne are we Dauid, and on thy syde thou sonne of Iesai: Peace, peace be vnto the, and peace be to thyne helpers, for thy God is thine helpe. Then Dauid receaued them, and made them heedes of companyes of the men of warre.

⁷ Peace be within thy walles, and plenteousnes wythin thy palaces.

¹² And when ye come into an house, salute the same. ¹³ And yf the house be worthy, let youre peace come vpon it. But yf it be not worthy, let youre peace retourne to you agayne.

⁵ Into whatsoeuer house ye enter, fyrst saye: Peace be to thys house.

²⁷ Peace I leaue with you, my peace I geue vnto you. Not as the world geueth, geue I vnto you. Let not youre hertes be greued, nether feare.

⁸ For now are we alyue, yf ye stande stedfast in the Lorde.

¹⁶ The very Lorde of peace geue you peace allwayes, by all meanes. The Lord be with you all.

⁶ But she that lyueth in pleasure, is deed, euen yet alyue.

² And there geathered vnto him all men that were in combraunce, and in dett, and troubled in their mindes, & he became a captayne ouer them And there were with hym vpon a foure hundred men.

¹⁵ And yet the men are very good vnto vs, & dyd vs no displeasure, nether missed we any thing, as long as we were conuersant with them, when we were in the feldes. ¹⁶ They were a wall of defence vnto vs both by nyght & daye, all the whyle we were with them keping shepe.

²¹ And Dauid sayde: in vayne haue I kept all that this felow hath in the wildernesse: so that nought was myssed of all that pertayned vnto hym. And he hath quite me euell for good.

⁶ The wolfe shall dwell with the lambe, and the Leoparde shal lye downe by the goate. Bullockes, Lyons & catell shall kepe company together, so that a lytle chylde shall rule them. ⁷ The kowe & the Bere shall fede together, & their yonge ones shall lye together. The Lyon shall eate strawe lyke the oxe, or the kowe. ⁸ The childe whyle he sucketh, shal haue a desire to the serpentes nest, and when he is weaned, he shall put hys hande into the Cockatryce denne. ⁹ No man shall do euel to another, no man shal destroye another, in all the hyll of my holynes. For the earth shalbe full of the knowledge of the Lord, euen as the see floweth ouer with water.

¹⁴ The soudyoures lykewyse demaunded of him, sayinge: and what shall we do? And he sayde vnto them: hurt no man: nether trouble eny man wrongfully: and be content with youre wages.

¹⁵ that ye maye be soche as no man came complayne on: and vnfayned sonnes of God without rebuke, in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nacyon: amonge whom se that ye shyne as lyghtes in the worlde,

⁸ Furthermore, brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thynges are honeste, whatsoeuer thinges are iust, whatsoeuer thynges are pure, whatsoeuer thynges are conuenient, whatsoeuer thinges are of honeste reporte: Yf ther be eny vertue, yf ther be eny prayse,

⁶ And the Lorde called once agayne: Samuel, & Samuel arose & went to Ely, & sayd, I am here, for thou dyddest call me. And he answered: I called the not, my sonne. Go agayne, and take thy rest:

¹¹ And moreouer, my father, behold, & se yet the lapp of thy garment in my hand: in as moch as I kylled the not, when I cutt of the lapp of thy garment. Understande therfore & se, that there is nether euell nor wickednesse in me, and that I haue not synned agaynst the. And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it.

¹⁰ And he sayd vnto them: go youre waye, and eate the fat, & drincke the swete, & sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared them selues: for thys daye is holy vnto oure Lorde, be not ye sory therfore: for the ioye of the Lorde is youre strength. ¹¹ And the Leuites stylled all the people, and sayd: holde youre peace, for the daye is holy, vexe not ye youre selues. ¹² And all the people wente theyr waye to eate and drincke, and to sende parte vnto other, and to make greate myrth, because they had vnderstand the wordes that were declared vnto them.

¹⁹ And therfore the Iewes that dwelt in the villages and vnwalled townes, helde the fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar, with gladnes and feastynge, and kepte holy daye, and euery one sent gyftes vnto another.

²² as the dayes wherin the Iewes came to rest from their enemyes, and as a moneth wherin their payne was turned to ioye, & their sorowe into a holy daye, & that in those dayes they shuld make feastes and gladnes, & one to sende gyftes vnto another, & to distribute vnto the poore.

² Geue parte .vii. dayes, and also vpon the eyght, for thou knowest not what misery shall come vpon earth.

⁴¹ Neuerthelesse, geue almose of that ye haue, and behold, all thinges are cleane vnto you.

¹² Then sayde he also to hym, that had desired him to dyner: When thou makest a diner or a supper, call not thy frendes, nor thy brethren, nether thy kynsmen ner thy ryche neyghbours: lest they also bydde the agayne, and a recompence be made the. ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poore, the feble, the lame, and the blynde, ¹⁴ & thou shalt be happy, for they can not recompence the But thou shalt be recompensed at the resurreccyon of the iuste men.

⁴ And in the seuenth moneth in the seuententh daye of the moneth, the Arke rested vpon the mountaines of Armenia.

¹⁵ And whan the chyldren of the prophetes which were at Iericho sawe hym from a farre, they sayde: the spryte of Elia doth rest on Elisa, and they came to mete him, and fell to the grounde before him,

⁷ Therfore he sayde to Iuda: let vs buyld these cityes, and make about them walles, towres, gates and barres, for the lande is yet in rest before vs, because we haue sought the Lorde oure God: we haue sought hym, and he hath geuen vs rest on euery side: & so they buylt and it prospered with them.

² And Pharao sayde: who is the Lorde, that I shulde heare hys voyce, & let Israell goo?

²⁸ And Gaal the sonne of Abed sayde: what is Abimelech? and what is Sichem? that we shulde serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ieroboal? and Zebul is his officer? Serue soche as come of Hemor the father of Sichem, for what reason is it that we shulde serue him?

³⁰ Then was Saul angrye with Ionathas, & sayde vnto him: Thou wycked rebell, do not I knowe, that thou hast chosen the sonne of Isai vnto thyne awne rebuke, & vnto the rebuke & shame of thy mother?

⁷ And Saul sayde vnto his seruauntes that stode about him. Heare I praye you you sonnes of Iemini: will the sonne of Isai geue euery one of you feldes and vineardes, & make you all captaynes ouer thousandes & ouer hundredes? ⁸ that ye haue also conspired agaynst me, and there is none that telleth it me in myne eare. And where as my sonne hath made a bonde wt the sonne of Isai, ther is none of you that mourneth for me, or sheweth it in myne eare: beholde, my sonne hath stered vp my seruaunt to lye awayte agaynst me thys same daye.

¹ Whan there cam thither a certayne man of Belial (named Seba, the sonne of Bichri, a man of gemini) he blew a trompet & sayde: we haue no parte in Dauid, neither haue we enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai, let the men of Israel departe vnto there tentes.

¹⁶ And so, when all Israel sawe, that the kynge regarded them not, the people answered the kynge with these wordes, sayenge, what porcion haue we in Dauid: we haue no enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai. To youre tentes, O Israel, nowe se to thyne awne house Dauid. And so Israel departed vnto theyr tentes.

⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, and they do euen what they lyst. ⁸ They corrupte other, & speake of wicked blasphemye: theyr talkynge is agaynst the most hiest.

³ Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lorde, haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. ⁴ Oure soule is fylled wyth the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, and wyth the despitefulnesse of the proude.

¹⁰ Saye not thou: What is the cause, that the dayes of the olde tyme were better, then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

⁵ Then shall the folyshe nygarde be nomore called gentle, ner the churle liberall.

⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the churlysh, these be his shamefull councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatfull wordes: yee, euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore.

¹⁷ Lest thou shuldest saye in thyne herte my power & the might of myne awne hande hath prepared me thys abundaunce:

⁶ And the Lordes of Socoth sayde: are the handes of Zebath & Zalmona nowe in thyne handes, that we shulde geue breed vnto thyne armye?

¹³ Accordyng as the olde prouerbe sayeth: wyckednesse proceadeth from the wycked: But myne hande be not vpon the.

³ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wyfe was Abigail, and she was a woman of a singuler wisdome and bewtifull. But the man was churlyshe, and of shrewde condicions, and was of the kynred of Caleb.

¹⁴ But one of the laddes tolde Abigail Nabals wyfe, saying: Beholde, Dauid sent messengers vnto oure master out of the wildernesse to salute him & he rayled on them. ¹⁵ And yet the men are very good vnto vs, & dyd vs no displeasure, nether missed we any thing, as long as we were conuersant with them, when we were in the feldes.

¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherlesse hath had no parte with me?

¹ Lay thy brede vpon weate faces, & so shalt thou fynde after many dayes. ² Geue parte .vii. dayes, and also vpon the eyght, for thou knowest not what misery shall come vpon earth.

²⁹ We are sure, that God spake vnto Moses. As for this felowe, we knowe not from whence he is. ³⁰ The man answered, and sayde vnto them: this is a maruelous thing, that ye wote not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened myne eyes.

⁹ as vnknowen, and yet knowen: as dyinge, and beholde, we lyue: as chastened, and not kylled: ¹⁰ Whyle we haue therfore tyme, lett vs do good vnto all men, and specially vnto them which are of the housholde of fayth.

⁹ Be ye herberous one to another, wythout grudgynge.

¹³ So Gad came to Dauid, and shewed him, & sayde vnto him. Wilt thou haue seuen yeres hunger to come in thy lande, or wilt thou flee .iij. monethes before thyne enemies, they folowinge the, or that there be thre dayes pestilence in thy lande? Nowe therfore aduyse the, & se, what answere I shall geue to him that sent me.

²¹ Unto this Hezekias messaungers helde theyr tonges, and answered not one worde: for the king had charged them, that they shulde geue hym none answere. ²² So came Eliakim Helkias sonne the president, Sobna the scribe, and Ioah Asaphs sonne the secretary, vnto Hezekias with rent clothes, and tolde hym the wordes of Rabsaketh.

¹⁷ Obeye them that haue the ouer syght of you, & submyt your selues vnto them, for they watch for your soules, euen as they that must geue acomptes: that they maye do it with ioye, & not with grefe. For that is an vnproffitable thyng for you.

¹⁴ And the men toke of their vitayles, and counceled not with the mouthe of the Lord.

¹³ Then dauid & his men which were vpon a syxe hundred, arose & departed out of keila & went whether they could. And it was told Saul, that Dauid was fled from keila, & he let the iourney a lone.

⁵ And immediatly Dauids hert smote hym because he had cutt of a lapp of Sauls garment. ⁶ And he sayde vnto his men: the Lorde kepe me from doing that thing vnto my master the Lords anoynted, to laye mine hande vpon hym, seyng he is the anoynted of the Lorde.

⁹ So Dauid and the syxe hundred men that were with hym, went & cam to the riuer Besor, where a part of them abode. ¹⁰ But Dauid and foure hundred men folowed: For two hundred abode behinde, beynge to werye to go ouer the ryuer Besor.

²¹ And Dauid came to the two hundred men, that were to werye for to folowe Dauid, whom they had made also to abyde at the ryuer Besor. And they cam to mete Dauid, & the people that were wyth him. And when Dauid cam to the people, he saluted them. ²² Then answered all the wycked & the vnthriftes (of the men that went with Dauid) & sayde: because they went not with vs, therfore will we geue them none of the praye, that we haue recouered, But let euery man take hys wyfe and hys chyldren: Those lett them cary awaye, and be walkynge. ²³ Then sayde Dauid: ye shall not do so (my brethren) wt that which the Lord hath geuen vs, & hath preserued vs, & delyuered the companye that came agaynst vs, into oure handes. ²⁴ For who shuld herken vnto you in thys matter? But as hys parte is that goeth downe & fyghteth, so shall his parte be, that taryeth by the stuffe, that it maye be parted alyke.

²⁹ He that is pacient, hath muche vnderstandyng: but he that is soone displeased, prouoketh folyshnesse.

³² A pacient man is better then one stronge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a cytye.

² Where no discrecyon is, there the soule is inclined to the thyng that is not good, and is swyft on fote, and offendeth.

¹¹ A wyse man can put of displeasure: and it is hys honoure to lett some fautes passe.

⁸ Be not hastie to go to the lawe, lest happlye thou do some offence after the strife be ended wherby thy neyghbour put the to shame.

¹⁹ Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is wrytten: vengeaunce is myne, I wyll rewarde, sayth the Lorde. ²⁰ Therfore, yf thyne enemy honger, fede him: yf he thyrst, geue hym dryncke. For in so doyng thou shalt heape coles of fyre on hys heade. ²¹ Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll, with goodnes:

¹⁹ Wherfore (deare brethren) let euery man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath. ²⁰ For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

¹⁰ And as sone as he had made an ende of offerynge the burntsacrifyce, beholde, Samuel cam. And Saul went agaynst him, to blesse him.

²⁹ And they that went by, rayled on hym: wagging their heedes, and saying: A wretche thou that destroyest the temple, and byldest it in thre dayes:

⁷ Beholde, I haue heard saye, that thou hast sherers. Now, thy sheperdes were with vs and we dyd them no spyte, nether was there ought myssing vnto them, all the whyle they were in Carmel:

²² And the children of Israel went into the myddest of the see vpon the drye grounde. And the waters were a walle vnto them, on their ryght hande, and on their lefte hande.

¹⁰ hast thou not preserued him, & his house, and all that he hath on euery syde? Thou hast blessed the worckes of hys handes, and hys possessyon is encreased in the lande.

²⁰ & so shall I make the a stronge brasen wall agaynst this people. They shall fight agaynst the, but they shall not preuayle. For I my selfe will be wt the, to helpe the, and deliuer the, sayeth the Lorde.

⁵ Yee, I my selfe (sayth the Lorde) wyll be vnto her a wall of fyer rounde aboute, and wylbe honoured in her.

¹³ that certen men beynge the chyldren of Belial, are gone out from amonge you, and haue moued the enhabiters of their cytie, sayinge: let vs go and serue straunge Goddes, which ye haue not knowen.

²² And as they were makynge their herttes merye, beholde, the men of the cytie which were wicked, set the house rounde aboute, and thrust at the dore, and spake to the man of the house, the olde man, sayinge: brynge forth the man that came into thyne house, that we maye knowe hym.

¹² But the sonnes of Eli were chyldren of Belial, and knewe not the lord.

⁷ And yf he saye: it is well done, then thy seruaunt shall haue peace. But and yf he be angrye, then be sure that wyckednesse is vtterlye concluded of hym.

⁹ And Ionathas answered, God kepe that from the. For yf I knowe, that wyckednesse were concluded of my father, to come vpon the, thynkest thou that I shulde not tell it the?

³² And Ionathas answered vnto Saul his father, and sayde to him. Wherfore shulde he dye? what hath he done? ³³ And Saul lyfte vp a speare to hyt him, wherby Ionathas wyst well, that it was vtterlye determined of his father; to sleye Dauid.

²⁵ Let not my Lorde regard this vnthriftye man Naball: for as his name is, so is he Nabal is his name, & follie is wt him. But I thine handmayd saw not the young men of my Lorde whom thou sendedst.

⁶ But the vngodly man of Belial shall be as a thorne cleane pluckt vp, which can not be taken wt handes: ⁷ But the man that shall touche them, must haue yron, or a longe helue. Or els must they be burnt with fyre in the same place.

¹⁰ and set two vnthriftes before him, to beare witnesse agaynst him, sayenge: thou dydest blaspheme God and the kyng. And then carye hym out, and stone hym to deeth.

¹³ & there came in two men (the children of Belial) and sate before him. And the two vnthriftie persones wytnessed agaynst Naboth, in the presence of the people, sayeng: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the kyng, And they caried hym out of the cytie, and stoned hym wyth stones that he dyed.

¹³ And his seruauntes came, & commoned with hym, and sayde: Father, yf the prophete had bydd the do some great thinge, oughtest thou not to haue done it? How moch rather then, whan he sayth to the: wasshe, and be cleane? ¹⁴ Then went he downe, & wasshed him selfe seuen tymes in Iordan, accordynge to the sayinge of the man of God, & his flesshe chaunged, like vnto the flesshe of a lytle chylde, & he was cleansed.

⁷ And ther gathered to hym lewde men the chyldren of Belial, & preuayled agaynst Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon: when Rehoboam was yong & tender hearted, & coulde not stande before them.

¹⁶ And it chaunced, that as the prophete talked with hym the kynge sayde vnto hym: haue men made the of the kynges councell? cease, why wylt thou be beaton? And the prophete ceased and sayde: I am sure that God is mynded to destroye the, because thou hast done this, and agreest not vnto my councell.

⁷ And the kynge arose from the bancket and from the wyne in hys displeasure, & went into the palace garden. And Haman stode vp, & besought quene Esther for his lyfe: for he sawe, that there was a mischefe prepared for him of the king all ready.

¹³ And he taryed there that same nyghte, & toke of that whych came to hande, a present, for Esau hys brother ¹⁴ .ii. hundred she goates & .xx. he goates .ii. hundred shepe and .xx. rammes: ¹⁵ thyrtye mylch camels wyth theyr coltes .xl. kyne, & .x. bulles .xx. she asses & ten foles: ¹⁶ and delyuered them into the hande of hys seruaunes euery droue by them selues, and sayde vnto hys seruauntes: go forth before me, and put a space betwyxte, droue, & droue. ¹⁷ And he commaunded the formost sayinge. If Esau my brother mete the and aske the sayinge: whose art thou, and whyther goest thou: & whose are these that goo before the? ¹⁸ thou shalt saye, they be thy seruaunte Iacobs, and it is a present sent vnto my Lord Esau, and beholde, he hym selfe commeth after vs: ¹⁹ And so commaunded he the seconde, and the thyrde, and all that folowed the droues sayinge of thys maner se that ye speake vnto Esau when ye mete hym ²⁰ and saye moreouer: thy seruaunte Iacob also commeth after vs, for he sayde: I wyll pease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I wyll see hym my selfe, yf peraduenture he wyll receaue me to grace:

¹¹ And theyr father Israel sayde vnto them: If it must nedis be so nowe: than do thus. Take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles, and brynge the man a present, a curtesye bawlme, and a curtesye of hony, spyces and myrre, notts & almondes. ¹² And take double money in youre hande. And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes, take it agayne wyth you, lest peraduenture it was some ouersyghte. ¹³ Take also youre brother wyth you and, aryse and goo agayne to the man. ¹⁴ And God almyghtye geue you mercye in the syghte of the man, that he maye delyuer you youre other brother, & this BenIamin, and I shalbe robbed of my chylde, as I haue bene.

⁴⁶ And Moses sayde vnto Aaron: take a censer, and put fier therin out of the aulter, and powre on cens, and go quyckly vnto the congregacion, that thou mayest obteyne forgeuenes for them. For there is wrath gone oute from the Lorde, and there is a plage begonne. ⁴⁷ And Aaron toke as Moses commaunded him, and ran into the middes of the congregacion: and beholde, the plage was begonne among the people, and he put on cens, and made an atonement for the people. ⁴⁸ And when he stod betwene the deed and them that were alyue, the plage ceased.

³⁴ For in very deade, as sure as the Lord God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurtyng the, excepte thou haddest hasted and met me, thinkest thou, there had bene left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the daye, a pisser agaynst the wall?

¹ And when Dauid was a lytle past the toppe of the hyll: beholde Ziba the seruaunt of Miphiboseth came to mete hym with a couple of Asses sadeled, and vpon them two hundred loues and one hundred bonches of Resynges, and an hundred frayles of dryed fygges, and a bottell of wyne.

²⁸ brought beddes, basens, erthen vesselles, wheat & barly, floure, and parched corne, beanes, rice, ootmell, hony, ²⁹ butter, shepe and chese of kyene, for Dauid and all the people that were with him, to eate. For they sayd: The people is hongrye, weerye, and thyrstye in the wyldernesse.

⁴⁰ Moreouer they that were nye them, vntyll Isacar, Zabulon and Nephtali, brought breade on Asses, Camels, Mules, & oxen, and meate: floure, fygges, reasyngs, wyne and oyle, oxen, and shepe aboundantlie. For there was ioye in Israel.

⁴ let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thyne eye lyddes slomber. ⁵ Saue thy selfe as a doo from the hande of the huntre, & as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.

¹⁶ Lyberalite bryngeth a man to honoure and worshyppe, and setteth him amonge great men.

¹⁴ A preuy rewarde pacyfyeth displeasure, and a gyfte in the bosome, stylleth furiousnesse.

²⁵ Agree with thyne aduersary quycklye whyles thou art in the waye with him, lest at any tyme the aduersary deliuer the to the iudge, and the iudge delyuer the to the mynister, and then thou be cast into preson.

¹⁶ and delyuered them into the hande of hys seruaunes euery droue by them selues, and sayde vnto hys seruauntes: go forth before me, and put a space betwyxte, droue, & droue.

²⁰ and saye moreouer: thy seruaunte Iacob also commeth after vs, for he sayde: I wyll pease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I wyll see hym my selfe, yf peraduenture he wyll receaue me to grace:

¹¹ The hert of her husband maye safely trust in her, so that he shall fall in no pouertye. ¹² She will do hym good and not euell, all the dayes of her lyfe.

²⁷ She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: & eateth not her bred with ydylnes.

²⁴ Then she sadelled an Asse, & sayde to hir seruaunt: leade a waye the asse, and make her not to go slowly (because I ryde vpon her) but whan I byd the.

⁴ And when they were out of the cytie and not yet farre awaye, Ioseph sayde vnto the ruelar of hys house: vp and folowe after the men, and whan thou dost ouertake them, thou shalt saye vnto them: wherfore haue ye rewarded euell for good?

¹³ And Dauid sayd vnto hys men: gyrde euery man hys swerde aboute him. And they gyrded euery man his swerde aboute him, & Dauid was gyrded with his swerde. And there folowed Dauid vpon a foure hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuffe.

⁸ They were the chyldren of fooles and vylaines, which are vexed out of the worlde.

¹² They rewarded me euell for good, to the greate dyscomforte of my soule.

⁸ Leaue of from wrath, & let go displeasure, frett not thy self, els shalt thou be moued to do euell.

²⁰ They also that rewarde euell for good are agaynst me, because I folowe the thynge that good is.

³ For the loue that I had vnto them, lo, they take now my contrary part, but I geue my self vnto prayer. ⁴ Thus haue they rewarded me euell for good, and hatred for my good wyll. ⁵ Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer hym, and let Satan stande at his ryght hande.

¹³ Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shall not departe from his house.

²⁰ shall they recompence euell for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule. Remembre, howe that I stode before the, to speake good for them, & to turne awaye thy wrath from them.

²¹ Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll, with goodnes:

²⁶ Be angrye, and synne not: let not the sunne go doune vpon youre wrath,

³¹ Let all bitternes & fearsnes & wrath & rorynge & cursyd speakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciousnes.

¹⁵ Se that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto eny man: but euer folowe that whych is good, both amonge your selues, and to all men.

²⁰ For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your fautes, ye take it pacyently? But & yf when ye do well, ye suffer wronge & take it paciently, then is ther thanke wt God. ²¹ For here vnto verely were ye called: for Christ also suffered for vs leauynge vs an ensample, that ye shulde folowe his steppes, ²² whych dyd no synne, nether was there gyle found in hys mouth: ²³ whych when he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth ryghteously

⁹ not rendrynge euyll for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise, blesse: knowinge that ye are ther vnto called, euen that ye shulde be heyres of the blessynge.

¹⁷ For it is better (yf the wyll of God be so) that ye suffre for well doynge, then for euyll doinge.

¹⁷ Where thou dyest, there wyll I dye, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, yf ought but death onelye departe the and me asondre.

¹⁷ He sayde: what is that the Lorde hath sayde vnto the? I praye the, se thou hyde it not from me. God do so, & so to the, yf thou hyde any thyng from me, of all that he sayde vnto the.

⁴⁴ Saul answered: God do so and so to me, thou shalt dye the death Ionathas.

¹³ the Lord do so and so vnto Ionathas. But yf my father haue any pleasure to do the euell, I wyll shewe the also, and sende the awaye that thou mayst go in peace. And the Lorde be wyth the, as he hath bene with my father.

¹⁶ And so Ionathas made a bonde with the house of Dauid, desyringe that the Lord shulde seke it out by the handes of Dauids enemyes (yf it were broken.)

¹⁰ I wyll brynge euell vpon the house of Ieroboam, and wyll rote out from Ieroboam euen hym that pysseth agaynste the wall and hym that is in preson and forsaken in Israel, and wyll take awaye the remnaunt of the house of Ieroboam, as a man taketh awaye donge, tyll he hath caryed out all.

¹¹ And it fortuned that whan he was kynge and satt on hys seate, he slue all the house of Baasa, not leauynge therof, one to pisse agaynst a wall: Yee, he slue hys kynsfolkes and frendes, also.

²¹ Beholde, I will bring euell vpon the, and will make cleane riddance of thy posterite & wil destroye from Ahab, euen him that maketh water agaynst the wall, & him that is shut vp & left behynde in Israel:

⁸ for the whole house of Ahab shalbe destroyed, and I wyll destroye from Ahab, euen hym that maketh water agaynst the wall, and him that is presoned and forsaken in Israel:

¹⁸ And as she went in vnto hym, she moued hym, to aske of her father a felde. And she alyghted of her asse. And Caleb sayde vnto her, what ayleth the?

¹⁴ and as they went, she counceled hym to aske of her father a felde. And then she lyghted of her asse: and Caleb sayde vnto her: What ayleth the?

⁴¹ And as sone as the lad was gone, Dauid arose out of a place that was towarde the south, and fell on hys face to the grounde, and worshypped thre tymes. And they kissed ether other, & wept together so longe, tyll Dauid exceaded in weping.

⁸ Dauid also arose and went out of of the caue, and cryed after Saul, saying: My Lorde kyng. And when Saul loked behynde hym. Dauid stowped to the erth, and bowed him self,

¹⁸ Then Iuda went vnto hym and sayde: oh my Lorde, let thy seruaunte speake a worde in my Lordes eares, and be not wrooth wyth thy seruaunte: for thou art euen as Pharao.

³³ Nowe therfore let me thy seruaunt byde here for the lad, and be my Lordes bondman: and let the lad goo vp wt his brethren. ³⁴ For howe can I goo vp to my father, yf the lad be not with me? onlesse I wolde see the wretchednes that shall come on my father.

²⁸ Forgeue the trespace of thine handmayde, for the Lord will make my Lorde a sure house, because my Lord fyghteth the batayles of the Lorde, and there coulde none euel be founde in the in all thy dayes.

⁹ And the woman of Thekoa sayde vnto the kynge: My Lorde O kynge, thys trespace be on me and on my fathers house, and the kynge and hys seate be giltlesse.

¹² The woman sayde: let thyne handmayde speake one worde moare vnto my Lorde the kynge. And he sayde: saye on.

³⁷ Therfore she went in, and fell at his fete, & bowed her selfe to the grounde, and toke vp her sonne, and went out.

³ And Esther spake yet more before the kyng: & fell downe at his fete wepyng, & besought him, that he wold put awaye the wickednes of Haman the Agagite, and hys deuyce that he had ymagined agaynst the Iewes.

²⁹ And his felowe fell downe, & besought hym saying: haue pacyence wt me, & I wyll paye the all.

¹⁸ If he haue done the anye hurt, or oweth the ought, that laye to my charge. ¹⁹ (I Paul haue written it with myne awne hande) I wyll recompence it. So that I do not saye to the, howe that thou owest vnto me euen thyne awne selfe also.

²⁶ Now therfore my Lorde, as sure as the lord lyueth, & as thy soule lyueth, the Lorde hath withholden the from comming to shede bloud, & withdraw thou thine hand from bloude sheade Now, I praye God, that thine enemyes & they that entende to do my Lorde euel, may be as Nabal.

³³ Nowe therfore, let not my Lorde the kynge take the thynge so greuouslye, to thincke that all the kinges sonnes are deed, saue Amnon only is deed.

²⁵ Therfore hath he poured vpon hym hys wrathfull displeasure, and stronge battayll, which fyreth hym on euery syde, yet wyll he not vnderstande. He burneth hym vp, yet syncketh it not into hys herte.

² yf ye wyll not heare it, ner regard it, to geue the glory vnto my name, sayeth the Lorde of hostes, I will sende a curse vpon you, & will curse youre blessynges: yee curse them wyll I yf ye do not take hede.

⁶ And God sayde vnto him by a dreame: I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thy herte. I kepte the also that thou shuldest not sinne agaynst me, & therfore suffred I the not to touch her.

²⁶ and she sayd: Oh my Lord: as truly as thy soule lyueth my Lord, I am the woman that stode before the here, prayeng vnto the Lorde.

³ And Dauid went thence to Mizpa in the lande of Moab, and sayde vnto the kyng of Moab: Let my father & my mother (I praye the) come forth vnto you, tyll I knowe what God will do for me.

³³ Blessed is thy sayeng, & blessed art thou, which hast kept me thys daye from coming to shede bloud, and from aduengyng my self with myne awne hand. ³⁴ For in very deade, as sure as the Lord God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurtyng the, excepte thou haddest hasted and met me, thinkest thou, there had bene left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the daye, a pisser agaynst the wall?

³² And the Kynge sayde vnto Chusi. Is the younge man Absalom safe? Chusi answered: The enemyes of my Lord the kynge, and all that ryse agaynst the, to do the hurt, be as that younge man is.

² And Elia sayde vnto Elisa tary here I praye the, for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. Elisa sayde vnto him: as surely as the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue the. And they came downe to Bethel,

⁶ And it came to passe, that when the vesselles were full, she sayde vnto her sonne: brynge me yet a vessell. And he sayde vnto her: I haue no mo. And the oyle ceased.

⁴⁷ The Lorde lyueth: & blessed be my strong helper, and praysed be the God of my saluacyon. ⁴⁸ Euen the God which seeth that I be auenged, and subdueth the people vnto me.

³ For thy gat not the lande in possessyon thorowe theyr awne swearde, nether was it theyr awne arme that helped them.

²² And all the presoners of Iuda, that are in Babilon shall take vpon thys terme of cursynge, and saye: Nowe God do vnto the, as he dyd vnto Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babilon rosted in the fyer,

¹⁹ Then Daniel (whose name was Balthazar) helde hys peace by the space of an houre and hys thoughtes troubled hym. So the kynge spake & sayde: O Balthazar, lett nether the dreame ner the interpretacyon therof feare the. Balthazar answered, saing: O my Lorde, this dreame happen to thyne enemies, and the interpretacyon to thyne aduersaries.

¹⁹ Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is wrytten: vengeaunce is myne, I wyll rewarde, sayth the Lorde. ²⁰ Therfore, yf thyne enemy honger, fede him: yf he thyrst, geue hym dryncke. For in so doyng thou shalt heape coles of fyre on hys heade.

³⁰ For we knowe hym that hath sayd: It belongeth vnto me to take vengeaunce. I wyll recompence sayth the Lord. And agayne: the Lord shal iudge his people.

¹¹ Oh take my blessynge that is brought the, for God hath had mercy on me. And I haue ynough. And so he compelled hym, and he toke it.

¹⁰ And Barak called Zabulon & Nephthalim to kedes, & led after hym ten thousande men: and Debora went vp with him.

⁴² And Abigail hasted, and arose, and gat her vp vpon an Asse, wt fyue damoselles of hers that went at her fete, and she went after the messengers of Dauid, and became hys wife.

²⁶ When Dauid therfore cam to Zikleg he sent of the praye vnto the elders of Iuda and to hys frendes saying: se, there is a blessyng for you, of the spoyle of the enemyes of the Lorde.

² And the kyng sayd vnto Ziba: what meanest thou wyth these? And Ziba sayde. They be Asses for the kynges houshold to ryde on, and bread and frute for the younge men to eate, and wyne: that such as be faynt in the wyldernesse, maye drynk.

¹⁵ And he turned agayne to the man of God, he and all his companie, and stode before him, and sayde: Beholde, I knowe nowe that there is no God in all the worlde, but in Israel. Nowe therfore take a blessinge of thy seruaunt.

⁵ Wherfore, I thought it necessarye to exhorte the brethren, to come before hande vnto you, and to prepare youre good blessynge promysed afore, that it myght be ready, so that it be a blessynge, and not a defraudynge.

²⁸ And Samuel sayde vnto hym: the Lorde hath rent the kyngdome of Israel from the this daye, & hath geuen it to a neyghboure of thyne, that is better then thou.

⁴⁷ And all thys congregacyon shall knowe, that the Lord saueth not with swerd and speare. For the battell is the Lordes, and he shall geue you into oure handes.

¹⁷ And Saul sayde to Dauid. Beholde, my eldest daughter Merob, her I wyll geue the to wyfe Only playe the man with me, and fyght the Lordes batelles. For Saul thought: myne hande shall not be vpon hym, but the hand of the Philistines.

⁶ And he sayde vnto his men: the Lorde kepe me from doing that thing vnto my master the Lords anoynted, to laye mine hande vpon hym, seyng he is the anoynted of the Lorde. ⁷ And so Dauid kept of hys seruauntes with these wordes, and soffred them not to ryse agaynst Saul. But Saul rose vp out of the caue & went awaye,

¹⁷ and sayde to Dauid: thou art ryghteouser then I, for thou hast rewarded me with good, where as I haue rewarded the wyth euell.

²⁴ and fell at his fete, and sayde: Let this vnhappie deade be counted myne, my Lorde, & let thine handmayde speake in thine audience, and heare the wordes of thy handemayde.

² And in tyme past when Saul was oure kynge, thou leddest Israel in and oute. And the Lorde hath sayd to the: thou shalt fede my people Israell, and thou shalt be a captayne ouer Israel.

¹¹ sence the tyme that I sett Iudges ouer my people Israel. And I will geue the rest from all thine enemyes. And the Lord telleth the, that he wyll make the an howse.

¹⁶ And thyne house and thy kyngdome shall endure wt out ende after the, and thy seate shalbe stablyshed foreuer.

²⁷ For thou, O Lord of Hostes, God of Israell, hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt, sayeng: I wyll bylde the an house And therfore hath thy seruaunt found in his harte, to praye this prayer vnto the.

⁵ then wyll I stablysshe the seate of thy kyngdome vpon Israel for euer, as I promysed to Dauid thy father sayinge. Thou shalt not be without a man vpon the seate of Israel.

⁵ because Dauid dyd that which was ryght in the syght of the Lorde, and turned from nothinge that he commaunded hym all the dayes of hys lyfe saue onely in the matter of Urias the Hethite.

¹⁰ And sense the tyme that I commaunded iudges to be ouer my people Israel, I haue subdued all thyne enemies, and I tolde the, that the Lorde wolde buylde the an house.

²⁵ For thou (O my God) hast tolde thy seruaunte, that thou wylt buylde him an house. And therfore thy seruaunt hath founde in hys hert to praye before the.

¹⁵ And he sayde: herken all Iuda, and ye enhabiters of Ierusalem, & thou king Iehosaphat: Thus sayth the Lord vnto you: be not afrayd nor faynte herted by reason of thys greate multitude: for the battayll is not youres: but Gods.

²⁹ My mercy wyll I kepe for hym for euermore, & my couenaunt shall stande fast wyth hym.

¹ Blessed are those that be vndefyled in the waye: and walke in the lawe of the Lorde. ² Blessed are they that kepe hys testimonies, and seke hym wyth theyr whole herte. ³ For they whych do no wyckednes, walke in hys wayes.

¹⁶ Let your light so shyne before men. That they maye se your good worckes, & gloryfy your father, which is in heauen.

⁴¹ We are ryghteously punysshed, for we receaue accordynge to oure dedes: But thys man hath done nothynge amysse.

⁴⁷ When the Centuryon sawe what had happened, he gloryfyed God sayinge. Uerely, this was a righteous man.

¹⁰ Finally my brethren, be stronge thorowe the Lorde and thorowe the power of his myght. ¹¹ Put on all the armoure of God, that ye maye stande agaynst the assautes of the deuyll.

¹ After these thynges were done, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vysyon sayinge, Feare not Abram, I am thy defence, and thy rewarde shall be exceadynge great.

²⁹ Happye art thou o Israel, who is lyke vnto the? O people, that art saued in the Lorde, which is the shylde of thy helpe, and swerde of thy glorye. Thyne enemies haue lost their strength to the warde, and thou shalt treade vpon the heygth of them.

⁹ He wyll kepe the fete of hys sayntes, and the wycked shall kepe sylence in darcknesse, & in his awne myght shall no man be stronge.

⁹ For thou (O God) hast proued vs: thou also hast tryed vs like as siluer is tryed.

¹⁵ Behold (O Lorde) how that I am thy seruaunt: I am thy seruaunt,

¹⁸ For thus sayeth the Lord. Behold, I wyll now throwe as wt a stone slynge the inhabitours of this lande: at this once, and I wyll brynge trouble vpon them, that they shall proue trewe the wordes that I haue spoken by the prophetes.

¹⁷ And in the daye that I wyll make (sayth the Lorde of hostes) they shalbe myne awne possession: and I will fauoure them, lyke as a man fauoureth hys awne sonne, that doth hym seruyce.

²⁹ Are not two lytle sparowes sold for a farthyng? And one of them shall not lyght on the grounde with out youre father. ³⁰ Yee, euen al the heares of your head are nombred.

²⁷ my shepe heare my voyce: and I knowe them, & they folowe me, ²⁸ and I geue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shall neuer perissh, nether shall eny man plucke them oute of my hande. ²⁹ My father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and no man is able to take them oute of my fathers hand. ³⁰ I and my father are one.

¹⁹ Yet a lytell while and the world seeth me nomore: but ye se me. For I lyue, & ye shall lyue.

²¹ that they al maye be one, as thou father art in me, and I in the, and that they also maye be one in vs: that the worlde maye beleue, that thou hast sent me:

²³ I in them, and thou in me, that they maye be made parfecte in one, & that the worlde maye knowe, that thou hast sent me, and hast loued them as thou hast loued me.

³ For ye are deed, and youre lyfe is hyd with Chryst in God. ⁴ Whensoeuer Chryst (which is oure lyfe) shall shewe hym selfe, then shall ye also appeare with hym in glory.

⁵ whych are kept by the power of of God thorow fayth, vnto saluacion, whych is prepared allready to be shewed in the last tyme,

¹⁴ But nowe, thy kyngdome shall not continewe. The Lorde hath sought him a man after his awne hart, & the Lord hath commaunded him to be captayne ouer his people: because thou hast not kept that whych the Lorde commaunded the.

¹⁷ & sayde vnto hym: feare not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not fynd the, & thou shalt be king ouer Israel, & I must be next vnto the. And that doth Saul my father know.

²⁰ Thou spakest somtyme in vysyons vnto thy saynctes, and saydest: I haue layed helpe vpon one that is myghty, I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.

¹⁴ But yf thou thynke on me wyth the, when thou art in good case, shewe mercye (I praye the) vnto me. And make mencion of me to Pharao, and brynge me out of thys house:

¹⁵ The Lorde be iudge, and iudge betwene the and me, & se & pleate my cause, and avenge me of thyne hande.

³³ Blessed is thy sayeng, & blessed art thou, which hast kept me thys daye from coming to shede bloud, and from aduengyng my self with myne awne hand.

⁴⁰ And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her saying: Dauid sent vs vnto the, to take the to his wife.

²³ The Lorde reward euery man accordyng to his ryghtwesnesse & fayth: for the Lordde delyuered the into my hand thys daye, but I wolde not laye myne hand vpon the Lordes anoynted.

⁴⁸ It is God that aduengeth me, and bryngeth downe the people vnder me.

¹ O lord God to whome vengeaunce belongeth: thou God to whome vengeaunce belongeth, shewe thy selfe.

¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nourtoure: why did my herte despise correccion? ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?

⁴² And he sayde vnto Iesus. Lorde, remember me, when thou commest into thy kyngdome.

¹⁹ Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is wrytten: vengeaunce is myne, I wyll rewarde, sayth the Lorde.

²¹ It is good nether to eate flesshe, nether to drinke wyne nether eny thynge, wherby thy brother stombleth, ether falleth, or is made weake.

¹² For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and godly purenes, & not in fleshly wysdom, but by the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersacyon in the world, and most of all to you wardes.

²⁷ and sayde: blessed be the Lorde God of my master Abraham, whych ceasseth not to deale mercyfully and truly wyth my master, and hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house.

¹⁰ And Iethro sayde: blessed be the Lorde whiche hath delyuered you oute of the hande of the Egyptians and out of the hande of Pharao, which hath also delyuered hys people from the captyuite of the Egyptians.

²⁷ Blessed be the Lorde God of oure fathers, which so hath inspired the kynges hert, to garnysh the house of the Lorde, that is at Ierusalem:

¹² And whan I am in my health, thou vpholdest me, and shalt set me before thy face for euer. ¹³ Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, worlde wythout ende, Amen, and Amen.

¹⁸ Blessed be the Lorde God, euen the God of Israell which onely doth wonderous thinges.

⁶⁸ Praysed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redemed his people:

¹⁶ Thankes be vnto God, which put the same good mynde for you in the herte of Titus,

¹⁹ For who shall finde his enemye, & lett him depart in to a good waye? Wherfore the Lord reward the with good, for that thou hast done vnto me this daye.

³¹ then shall it be no decaye vnto the, ner discourage of herte vnto my Lorde, that thou hast not shedde bloud causelesse, ner aduenged thy selfe. But when the Lord shall haue dealt well with my Lorde, then thynck on thyne handmayde.

⁹ And Dauid sayde to Abisai: destroye him not. For who can laye his hande on the Lordes anoynted, & be gyltlesse? ¹⁰ And Dauid sayde furthermore: as sure as the Lorde lyueth, the Lorde shall smyte him or his daye shall come to dye, or he shall descende into battell, & there perishe.

⁵ Let the ryghteous rather smyte me frendly & reproue me.

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasyon, and he wylbe the wyser: teache a ryghteous man, and he wyll increase in knowledge.

¹⁰ One reprofe onely doth more good to hym that hath vnderstandynge, then an .C. strypes vnto a foole.

¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewell of golde.

²¹ Syluer is tryed in the moulde, and golde in the fornace, and so is a man, when he is openly praysed to hys face.

²³ He that folowynge my precepts rebuketh a man? shall fynde more fauoure at the last, then he that flatreth hym.

⁶ And the men of Gibeon sent vnto Iosua & to the hoste to Gilgal, sayinge: withdrawe not thy hande from thy seruauntes, come vp to vs, to saue vs, & to helpe vs: For al the kinges of the Amorites which dwell in the mountaynes are geathered togeather against vs.

⁹ Iosua therfore came vnto them sodenlye, and went vp from Gilgall all nyght.

¹¹ And on the morowe it fortuned, that Saul put the people in .iij. partes. And they cam in vpon the host in the mornyng watche, & slue the Ammonites, vntyll the heat of the daye. And they that remayned, were skattered: so that two of them were not left together.

¹⁸ Then Abigail made hast, & toke two hundred loues, & two bottelles of wine, and fyue shepe readye dressed, and fyue measures of parched corne, and an hundred frayles of reasyngs, and two hundred topnettes of fygges, and laded them on asses,

²¹ And he sayde to hym: se I haue receaued thy request as concernynge this thynge, that I wyll not ouerthrowe thys cytie for the which thou hast spoken.

⁴² And Ionathas sayde to Dauid: go in peace. And the thynges which we haue sworne both of vs in the name of the Lorde, sayinge: the Lorde be betwene the & me, & betwene thy sede & myne, let them stonde for euer. And he arose, & departed. And Ionathas went into the towne.

⁹ And the kynge sayde vnto hym: go in peace. And so he arose, and went to Hebron.

¹⁹ Unto whom he sayde: go in peace. And when he was departed from him as it were a furlonge of grounde,

¹⁹ He hath no respecte vnto the personnes, of the lordly, and regardeth not the rych more then the poore. For they be all the worcke of hys handes.

⁵⁰ And he sayd to the woman: Thy faith hath saued the. Go in peace.

⁴⁸ And he sayd vnto her: Daughter, be of good comforte. Thy fayth hath saued the, go in peace.

¹⁹ & sayde vnto her young men: go ye before me. Beholde, I come after you. But she tolde her husband Naball nothing therof.

²⁸ Nowe had Absalom commaunded his younge men, sayenge: marke when Amnons hert is mery wyth wyne & when I byd you smyte Amnon, then kyll hym: and feare not, haue not I bydden you? be bolde therfore, & playe the men.

¹⁶ And they went out at none. but Benhadad dyd dryncke tyll he was droncken in the pauyllyons both he and the kynges: euen .xxxij. kynges, that holpe hym.

³ in the thirde yeare of his raygne, he made a feast vnto all his princes & seruauntes. And the myghtye men of Persia & Media, the capitaynes also & rulers of his countrees were before him, ⁴ & he shewed the riches and glorye of his kyngdome, & the glorious worshippe of hys greatnesse, many dayes longe, euen an hundreth and foure score dayes. ⁵ And when these dayes were expyred, the kyng made a feast vnto all the people, that were in Susan the chefe cytie, both vnto great and small, seuen dayes long in the court of the garden by the kynges palace: ⁶ where there hanged white, grene & yalow clothes, fastened with coardes of fyne sylke & purple in syluer rynges, vpon pylers of Marble stone. The benches also were of golde & syluer made vpon a pauement of grene, white, yalow and black Marble. ⁷ And they dranke in vessels of golde, & chaunged vessell after vessell. And the kynges wyne was moch, accordyng to the power of the kyng.

⁵ A good man is mercyfull, and lendeth: and wyll gyde his wordes wt discrecion.

¹ Wyne maketh a man to be scornefull: and stronge dryncke causeth a man to be vnquyete: who so delyteth therin, shall neuer be wyse.

²⁹ Who hath wo? Who hath sorow? Who hath strife? Who hath brauling? & who hath woundes without cause Or who hath reed eyes? ³⁰ Euen they that be euer at the wyne, & seke excesse. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how redd it is, & what a colour it geueth in the glasse. ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth lyke a serpent, & styngeth as an Adder. ³³ So shall thine eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, & thyne herte shall muse vpon frowarde thynges. ³⁴ Yee, thou shalt be as though thou layest in the myddest of the see, or sleptest vpon the toppe of the mast of a shippe. ³⁵ They wouded me (shalt thou saye) but it hath not hurte me: they haue all to broken me, but I felt it not. Whan I am well wakened, I will go to the drincke againe.

² also in so moch that I sayd vnto the man gyuen to laughter: thou arte madd, & to myrth: what doest thou? ³ So I thought in my hert, to gyue my flesh vnto wyne and agayne to applie my mynde vnto wysdome, and to comprehende folyshnes vntyll the tyme that (amonge all the thinges whych are vnder the Sunne) I myght se what were best for men to do, so longe as they lyue vnder heauen.

¹⁹ Meat maketh men to laugh, and wyne maketh them mery: but vnto money are all thinges obedient.

¹¹ Wo be vnto them, that ryse vp early to folowe dronckennes, and to them that continue so, vntyll nyght, & tyl they be sett on fyre with wyne.

³ The crowne of the pryde of the dronken Ephraemites shalbe troden vnder fote:

⁷ But they are out of the waye by reason of wyne: yee, farre out of the waye are they thorowe strong drynke. The preste also & the prophet are gone astraye by the meanes of strong drincke, they are dronken wt wyne, they go amisse thorowe strong drincke: they fayle in prophecying & stomble in iudgment. ⁸ For tables are so full of vomyte and fylthines, that no place is cleane.

⁵⁷ Yee, (sayeth the Lorde.) I wyll make theyr princes, theyr wyse men, theyr chefe rulers, and all their worthyes, droncken: so that they shall slepe an euerlastynge slepe, and neuer wake. Thus sayeth the kynge, whose name is the Lorde of Hostes.

¹ Kynge Balthazar made a great bancket to his thousand Lordes: with all these thousande he made great chere, ² and when he was droncken with wyne commaunded to bring hym the golden and syluer vessels which hys father Nabuchodonosor had taken oute of the temple at Ierusalem: that the kynge & his Lordes with his quene and concubynes myght drincke therout. ³ So they brought the golden vessell, that was taken oute of the temple of the Lordes house at Ierusalem. Then the kynge and his Lordes with his quene and concubines droncke out of them. ⁴ They droncke wyne, and praysed theyr Idoles of golde, syluer, copper yron, wodde and stone. ⁵ In the very same houre there appeared fyngers, as it had bene of a mans hande writynge, ryght ouer agaynst the candelstycke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace: & the kynge sawe the palme of the hande that wrote.

¹¹ Whordome, wyne & dronckenesse taketh the herte awaye.

¹⁰ For like as the thornes that stike together, and as the drie strawe, so shall the dronckardes be consumed together, euen when they be full.

¹⁵ Wo vnto him that geueth his neyghboure dryncke, puttynge in gall and makyng him droncken, that he maye se hys preuytees. ¹⁶ Therfore with shame shalt thou be filled, in steade of honoure. Dryncke thou also, tyll thou stombre with all: for the cuppe of the Lordes right hande shall compasse the aboute, and shamefull spewing in steade of thy worshype.

¹⁶ Beholde, I sende you forth, as shepe among wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes and innocent as doues.

¹² Then sayde he also to hym, that had desired him to dyner: When thou makest a diner or a supper, call not thy frendes, nor thy brethren, nether thy kynsmen ner thy ryche neyghbours: lest they also bydde the agayne, and a recompence be made the.

³⁴ Take hede to your selues, lest at anye tyme youre hertes be ouercome with surfettynge and dronkennes and cares of thys lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares.

¹³ Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lyght: not in eatynge & drynckynge, nether in chamburyng and wantannes, nether in stryfe & enuyinge:

¹⁴ Wherfore he sayth: awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp from deeth, and Chryst shall geue the lyght.

¹⁸ and be not droncke with wyne wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the sprete,

⁷ For they that slepe, slepe in the nyght: & they that be droncken, are droncken in the nyght. ⁸ But let vs whych are of the daye, be sober armed wyth the brest plate of fayth and loue, and with hope of saluacyon for an helmet.

²⁸ And the Lord shall smyte the with madnesse, and blyndnesse and dasynge of herte.

²² So and so do God vnto the enemyes of dauid, yf I leaue of all that pertayne to him, by the dawnyng of the daye, any thing that pisseth agaynst the walle.

²¹ A fearfull sounde is euer in hys eares, and when it is peace, yet feareth he destruccyon. ²² He beleueth neuer to be delyuered oute of darckenes, for the swearde is alwaye before hys eyes.

²⁹ And at mydnight, the Lorde smote all the fyrst borne in the lande of Egipte, from the fyrst borne of Pharao that satte on hys seate, vnto the fyrst borne of the captyue that was in preson: and all the fyrste gendred of catell.

⁹ And yf ye se that he go vp by the waye of his awne coaste to Bethsames: then it is he that dyd vs this great euyll. Yf no, we shall knowe then, that it is not his hande that smote vs: but it was a chaunce that happened vs.

¹⁰ And Dauid sayde furthermore: as sure as the Lorde lyueth, the Lorde shall smyte him or his daye shall come to dye, or he shall descende into battell, & there perishe.

⁷ And the Lorde was wroth wyth Uza, and God smote him in the same place for his fault, and there he dyed before the Arcke of God.

⁵ And the Lorde smote the kynge, and he was a leper vnto the daye of his deeth, and dwelt in a seuerall house at libertye, and Iotham the kynges sonne gouerned the palace, and iudged the people of the lande.

³⁵ And so it came to passe that the selfe same nyght the angell of the Lorde went out & smote in the Hoste of the Assyrians an hundred foure skore and fyue thousande. And when the remnaunt were vp erlye in the mornynge: they sawe, they were all deed coarsses.

¹⁵ And so the kynge herkened not vnto the people: but the occasion came of God, that the Lord myght make good his saying, which he spake, by the hande of Ahia the Silonite, to Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

²³ And immediatly the angell of the Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God the honour, and he was eaten of wormes and gaue vp the ghost.

² Prayse ye the Lord, for the auengyng of Israel, and for the people that became so wylling.

³² And Dauid sayd to Abigail: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, which sent the this daye to mete me.

²⁸ And when after warde it cam to Dauids eare, he sayd. I and my kyngdom are giltlesse before the Lorde for euer concernyng the bloude of Abner the sonne of Ner. ²⁹ Let the bloude remayne on the heed of Ioab & on all his fathers house that the house of Ioab be neuer wythout one or other that hath runnyng issues or leper, and that leaneth on a staff, and that doth fal on the swerde, & lacketh breed.

⁴⁷ God is a lyue, and blessed be my maker: magnifyed be God, my most stronge saluacion. ⁴⁸ It is God that aduengeth me, and bryngeth downe the people vnder me. ⁴⁹ He delyuereth me fro myne enemyes, thou also shalt lyfte me vpon hye from them that ryse agaynst me, thou shalt delyuer me from the wicked men.

⁴⁴ The kynge sayde moreouer to Semei: thou remembrest all the wyckednesse which thyne hert knoweth, and that thou dyddest to Dauid my father. The Lorde also shall brynge thy wyckednesse vpon thyne awne heed:

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galowes, that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath pacified.

¹⁶ For his trauayll shall come vpon his awne head & his wickednes shall fall vpon hys awne pate.

¹⁰ The ryghteous shall reioyse when he seyth the vengeaunce: he shal wash hys fote stepes in the bloude of the vngodly. ¹¹ So that a man shall saye: verely there is a rewarde for the ryghteous: doutles, there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

²² Who so fyndeth a wyfe fyndeth a good thynge, and receaueth an wholsome benefyte of the Lorde.

¹⁴ House and rychesse maye a man haue by the herytage of hys elders: but a dyscrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.

²³ for the Lord him selfe will defende their cause, & do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.

³⁰ As for fauoure, it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thynge: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she is worthy to be praysed.

⁸ Our syster is but yonge, & hath no brestes: What shall we do for our syster, whan she shall be spoken for?

⁵⁸ Thou (O Lorde) hast mayntened the cause of my soule, and hast redemed my lyfe. ⁵⁹ O Lorde thou hast sene my blasphemers, take thou my cause vpon the. ⁶⁰ Thou hast well consydred howe they go aboute to do me harme, & that all their councels are agaynst me.

⁶ But I will hedge her waye with thornes, and stoppe it, that she shall not fynde her fotesteppes: ⁷ and though she runne after her louers, yet shall she not get them: she shall seke them, but not fynde them. Then shall she saye: well, I wyll go turne againe to my fyrst housbande, for at that tyme was I better at ease, then nowe

⁹ I wyll beare the punishement of the Lord (for why, I haue offended him) tyll he syt in iudgement vpon my cause, & se that I haue right. He wyll bryng me forth to the lyght, & I shall se his rightuousnesse.

⁷ I desyre before God that ye do none euyll, not that we shulde seme commendable: but that ye shuld do that which is honeste: & let vs be counted as castawayes.

²³ The very God of peace sanctifye you thorowe out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete, and soule and body, maye be preserued: so that in nothyng ye maye be blamed in the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst.

¹⁸ And the Lorde shall delyuer me from all euyll doynge, and shall kepe me vnto hys heuenly kyngdom. To whom be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.

¹ And after that, I herde a greate voyce of moch people in heauen saying: Alleluia. Saluacion & glory & honour & power be ascribed to the Lorde our God, ² for true and ryghteous are his iudgementes, for he hath iudged the gret whore which dyd corrupt the erth wt her fornicacion, & hath auenged the bloud of his seruauntes of hyr hande. ³ And agayn they said: Alleluia. And smoke rose vp for euermore. ⁴ And the .xxiiii. elders, & the .iiii. bestes fell downe, & worshipped God that sate on the seate, saying: Amen, Alleluia.

³⁷ And my master made me swere sayinge: thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amonge the daughters of the Cananites in whose lande I dwell: ³⁸ But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house & to my kynred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

⁵¹ beholde, Rebecca is before the, take her and goo, that she maye be thy masters sonnes wyfe, euen as God hath sayde.

⁴ Let a lytle water be fett, and washe youre fete, and refreshe youre selues vnder the tree.

¹⁰ Then she fell on her face and bowed her selfe to the grounde, and sayd vnto him: how is it that I haue founde grace in thine eyes, and that thou shuldest knowe me, seing I am an aliaunt?

¹³ Then she sayde: let me fynde fauoure in thy syghte my Lorde, thou that hast conforted me, and spoken hartely vnto thy mayde, which yet am not like vnto one of thy maydens.

³³ The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wysdome, and lowlynes goeth before honoure.

¹² After pryde commeth destruccyon, and honour after lowlynes.

³ Iesus knowynge that the father had geuen all thinges into hys handes, and that he was come from God, and went to God: ⁴ he rose from supper, and layde asyde his vpper garmentes: and whan he had taken a towell, he gyrded him self. ⁵ After that, he powred water into a basyn, and beganne to wash the disciples fete, and to wype them with the towell, wherwith he was gyrded.

¹⁰ and well reported of men in good workes: yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged strangers, yf she haue wesshed the saynctes fete, yf she haue mynistred vnto them whych were in aduersytie, yf she haue bene contynually geuen vnto all maner of good worckes.

⁶¹ And Rebecca arose and hyr damsels, and satt them vp vpon the camels, and went theyr waye after the man. And the seruaunt toke Rebecca, and went hys waye. ⁶² And Isahac was a commynge from the waye of the well of the lyuinge and seynge me, for he dwelt in the south contreye, ⁶³ & Isahac was gone out to praye in the felde at the euen tyde. And he lyft vp hys eyes and sawe the camels commyng. ⁶⁴ And Rebecca lyft vp hyr eyes, and when she sawe Isahac, she lyghted of the camell, ⁶⁵ and sayd vnto the seruaunt: what man is thys that commeth walkynge agaynst vs in the felde? And the seruaunt sayde: it is my master. Therfore she toke hyr cloke, and put it about her. ⁶⁶ And the seruaunt tolde Isahac all thynges that he had done. ⁶⁷ And Isahac broughte her in to his mother Saraes tente, and toke Rebecca, and she became hys wyfe, and he loued her: and so Isahac receaued conforte after hys mother

¹⁰ Kynges daughters were among thy honorable wemen: vpon thy ryght hande dyd stande the quene in a vesture of gold. ¹¹ Herken (O daughter) and consydre: enclyne thyne eare: forget also thine awne people, & thy fathers house.

²⁴ For this cause shall a man leaue hys father and hys mother, & shalbe ioyned with hys wyfe, and they shall become one flesh:

⁵⁶ Iesraell, Iukadan, and Sanoch:

³ And Dauid dwelt wt Achis at Geth, both he & his men, euery man wt his housholde, & Dauid wt hys two wiues: Ahinoam the Iezrahelite, & Abigail Nabals wife of Carmell.

² And vnto Dauid were chyldren borne in Hebron: his eldest sonne also was Ammon, of Ahinoam the Iezrahelite:

¹³ And Dauid toke him mo concubyues and wyues out of Ierusalem, after he was come from Hebron, & mo sonnes, & daughters were yet borne to Dauid. ¹⁴ And these be the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto hym in Ierusalem: Sammua, Sobab, Nathan, & Salomon, ¹⁵ Iibhar also and Elisua, Nepheg, & Iaphia, ¹⁶ Elisama Eliada, and Eliaphelet.

⁵ & sayd, for thys cause shall a man leaue father & mother, & shall cleue vnto hys wyfe, & they twayne shalbe one flesshe.

⁸ He sayde vnto them: Moses (because of the hardnes of youre hertes) suffered you to put awaye youre wyfes: But from the beginnyng it was not so.

²⁰ Howbeit, Michol Sauls daughter loued Dauid. And they shewed Saul: & the thynge displeased him not.

²⁷ And or the dayes were expyred, Dauid arose with his men, and went & slue of the Philistines, two hundred men, and Dauid brought theyr foreskynnes, and satisfyed the kynge therof, to be hys sonne in lawe. Wherfore Saul gaue hym Michol hys daughter to wyfe.

¹⁴ And Dauid sent messengers to Isboseth Sauls sonne, saying, delyuer me my wife Michol, which I maryed with an hundred forskynnes of the Philistines.

³⁰ The voyce of the noyes of thy horses (O daughter Gallim) shalbe herde vnto Lays & to Anathoth, which also shalbe in trouble.