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CAP. IV.

[verse 1] Also [And INS.] he [Salomon INS.] made a brasun auter of twenti cubitis of lengthe, and of twenti cubitis of [verse 2] breede, and of ten cubitis of heiȝthe; he made also a ȝotun see [see, that is, a weischinge vessel INS.] [see; that is, a greet wasch|ing vessel for prestis. C.] of ten cubitis fro brynke til [Om. I.] to brynke, round bi cumpas; it hadde fyue cubitis of heiȝthe; and a coorde of thritti cubitis cumpasside the cumpas therof. [verse 3] And the licnesse [licnessis X.] of oxis [oxen INS.] was vndur it, and bi ten cubitis summe grauyngis with outforth cumpassiden the brynke of the see as with tweyne ordris; sotheli [and INS.] the oxis [oxen INS.] weren ȝotun. [verse 4] And thilke see was set on [upon IS.] twelue oxis [oxen INS.] , of whiche [the whiche I.] oxis [oxen INS.] thre bihelden to the north, and othere thre to the west, sotheli [and INS.] thre othere bihelden [Om. IN.] the [to the INS.] south, and thre `that weren residue [the remenaunt INS.] bihelden [Om. I.] the [to the I.] eest, and hadden [these hadden IN.] the see set aboue [aboue hem INS.] ; but the hyn|drere [hyndere CSX.] partis of the oxis [oxen INS.] weren with ynne [ynne forth INS.] vndur the see. [verse 5] Sotheli [And INS.] the thicknesse therof [of the see INS.] hadde the mesure of a [the INS.] pawm of the [an INS.] hond, and the brynke therof was [Om. A.] as the brynke of a cuppe, ethir [ethir as IS.] of a [Om. C.] lilie crokid aȝen, and it [the see INS.] took [heeld N. tooke or heeld S.] thre thousynde metretis [that is, mesuris of wijn K marg.] of mesure. [verse 6] Also he [Salomon INS.] made ten holowe vessels, and settide [he sette INS.] fyue at the riȝtside, and fyue at the leftside [leftside of the see IS.] , that thei [the dekens INS.]

schulden waische in tho alle thingis, whiche thei schulden offre in to brent sacrifice; sotheli [And INS.] the preestis weren waischun in the see [see, or thei entreden in to the seintuarie IS.] . [verse 7] Sotheli [And INS.] he made ten goldun candilstikis bi the licknesse which [that I.] he [Dauid INS.] hadde comaundid to [Om. N.] be maad, and he set|tide tho in the temple, fyue at the riȝtside and fyue at the leftsid. [verse 8] And he made also ten boordis [tablis NS.] , and settide [sette EL. he settide NSX.] tho in the temple, fyue at the riȝtside and fyue at the leftside. [verse 9] Also he made an hundrid goldun viols. `Also he made [and I.] a large place of preestis [preestis, or for preestis S.] , and a greet hows, and doris in the greet hows, which he hilide with bras. [verse 10] Forsothe [And NS.] he settide the see in the riȝtsyde [riȝt syde of the porche INS.] aȝens the eest at the south [south coost IS.] . [verse 11] Also Iram made cawdruns, and fleischokis, and viols [viols; in Ebreu it is, bacyns. C.] , and he fillide [fulfillide IN.] al the werk of [verse 12] the kyng in the hows of God, that is, twei [he made twei NS.] pilers, and pomels [her pomels IS.] , and heedis, and [and he made S.] as summe nettis, that hiliden the heedis aboue [verse 13] the pomels; also he made fourti pum|garnadis, and twei werkis lijk nettis, so that two [tho two IN. the two S.] ordris of pumgarnadis weren ioyned to ech werk like nettis, which [the which I.] hiliden the pomels, and heedis [the heedis X sec. m.] of the pilers. [verse 14] He made also foundementis, and holow vessels, whiche [the whiche I.] he settide [sette INS.] on [upon IS.] the [tho IS.] [verse 15] foundementis; he made o [a INS.] see, and twelue [verse 16] oxis [oxen INS.] vndur the see, and caudruns, and fleischookis, and viols. Iram, the fadir [fadir; that is, for resoun of age, ether of excelence of craft. Lire here. C.] of Salomon, made to hym alle vessels [necesarie vessels S. the vessels X sec. m.] in the hows of the Lord of clennest bras. [verse 17] The kyng ȝetide [did ȝeete NS.] tho [tho vessels INS.] in the cuntrey of Jordan, in cleiy [cley I.] lond bitwixe [bitwene I.] Socoth and Saredata. [verse 18] Forsothe [Certis INS.] the multitude of ves|sels was vnnoumbrable, so that the weiȝte of bras was not knowun. [verse 19] And Salomon made alle the vessels of Goddis hows [hows, that is, to wite [seie S] IS.] , the goldun auter, `and bordis [the mete tablis INS.] , and loouys [the loouys INS.] of [verse 20] settyng forth on [upon INS.] tho; and candilstikis of purest gold, with her lanternes, that tho

schulden schyne bifor Goddis answering [verse 21] place bi the [Om. INS.] custom; and he made summe werkis lijk flouris, and lanternes, and goldun tongis; alle thingis [these thingis INS.] weren maad [verse 22] of clennest gold; also he made pannes for colis to brenne [brenne ynne INS.] encense, and censeris, and viols, and morters, of pureste gold. And [Om. AX.] he grauyde doris [the doris INS.] of the ynnere temple, that is, in the hooli of hooli thingis, and the goldun doris of the temple with out forth; and so al the werk was fillid [fulfillid INS.] that Salomon made in the hows of the Lord.