[verse 15] And eft Saul sente messagers, that thei seen Dauid, seiynge, Brynge [bryngith B.] ȝe hym to me in the bed, that he be slayn. [verse 16] And whanne the messagers weren comen, it is foundun a simulacre vpon the bed, and skynnys of she geet at the heed of it. [verse 17] And Saul seide to Mychol, Whi hast thou thus bigilid me, and hast laft myn enemye, that he flee? And Mychol an|swerde to Saul, For he spak to me, sei|ynge, Let me goon, ellis Y shal slee thee. [verse 18] Forsothe Dauid fleynge is sauyd; and he cam to Samuel in Ramatha, and he toolde to hym alle thingis that Saul dide to hym; and he and Samuel wenten a wey, and dwelten in Naioth. [verse 19] Forsothe it is toold to Saul of seieres, Loo! Dauyd in Naioth in Ramatha. [verse 20] Thanne Saul sente catchepollis forto take Dauid; the whiche whanne thei hadden seen the companye of prophetis propheciynge, and Samuel stondynge vpon hem, the Spirit of the Lord is doon in hem, and also thei bigunnen to prophecien. [verse 21] The whiche whanne was toold to Saul, he sente and other messagers; also thei propheciden. And eft Saul sente the thridde messa|geris [massageris A.] , the whiche and thei propheciden. [verse 22] And Saul, wrooth with wrathfulnes, he ȝede also into Ramatha; and he cam vnto the greet cistern that is in Sochoth, and askide, and seide, In what place ben Sa|muel and Dauid? And it is seyd to hym, Loo! in Naioth thei ben in Ramatha. [verse 23] And he ȝede into Naioth in Ramatha; and [and it A.] is doon also vpon hym the Spirit of the Lord; and goynge yn he wente, and propheciede, for to he cam in Naioth in Ramatha. [verse 24] And also he spuylide hym self his clothis, and propheciede with other before Samuel, and he propheciede
