The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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1850.
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CAP. XXVIII.

[verse 1] In tho dais forsothe it is doon, Phi|listeis gadreden her companyes, that thei weren redi before aȝens Yrael at batail. And Achis seide to Dauid, Witynge now wite thou, for with me thou shalt goon out in the tentis, thou and thi men. [verse 2] And Dauid seide to Achis, Now thou shalt knowe what thi seruaunt is to doo. And Achis seith to Dauid, And I shal putte thee keper of myn heed alle dais. [verse 3] For|sothe Samuel is deed, and al Yrael bi|weilide [weylyde BH. weilede E. weylyden F.] hym, and biryede hym in Ra|matha, his [in his E pr. m.] cytee. And Saul took a wey the dyuynours and clepers of deuels fro the loond, and slewȝ hem that hadden chaarmers [chaarmes A.] of deuels in the wombe. [verse 4] And Philisteis ben gadrid, and camen, and setten tentis in Siccymam; forsothe and Saul gadrede al Yrael, and cam into

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Gelboe. [verse 5] And Saul sawȝ the tentis of Philisteis, and dradde, and his herte quauyde [quakide H.] ful myche. [verse 6] And he counseilde the Lord; and he answerde hym not, ne bi prestis, ne bi sweuens [swenes C.] , ne bi pro|phetis. [verse 7] And Saul seide to his seruauntis, Sechith to me a womman hauynge a charmynge goost; and I shal goo to hir, and aske bi hir. And his seruauntis seiden to hym, There is a womman hauynge a dyuynynge spirite in Endore. [verse 8] Thanne he chaungide his abite, and is clothid with othere clothis; and he ȝede, and two men with hym; and thei camen to the womman bi nyȝt. And he seith, Dyuyne to me in a chaarmynge spyrite, and rere to me whom Y shal seye to thee. [verse 9] And the womman seith to hym, Loo! thou hast knowen how greet [myche E pr. m.] thingis Saul dide, and what maner wyse he hath putte out dyuynours, and clepers of deuels fro the loond; whi thanne weytist thou to my lijf, that I be slayn? [verse 10] And Saul swore to hyre in the Lord, seiynge, The Lord lyuith; for there shal not come to thee eny thing of yuel for this thing. [verse 11] And the womman seide to him, Whom shal I rere to thee? The which seith, Rere to me Samuel. [verse 12] For|sothe whanne the womman hadde seen Samuel, she cryede with a greet voys, and seide to Saul, Whi hast thou putte this to me? forsothe thou ert Saul. [verse 13] And the kyng seide to hyr, Wole thou not drede; what hast thou seen? And the womman seith to Saul, I sawȝ goddis stiynge vp fro the erthe. [verse 14] And he seith to hir, What maner is the fourm of hym? The which seith, An oold man stiede vp, and he is clothid with a mantil. And Saul vndurstood that it was Samuel; and he bowide hym self vpon his face in the erthe, and honourde. [verse 15] Forsothe Sa|muel seide to Saul, Whi hast thou vn|restid

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me, that I be rerid? And Saul seith, I am artid to myche; forsothe Philisteis fiȝten aȝens me, and God is goon a wey fro me, and wol not here me, ne bi the hoond of prophetis, ne bi sweuens; therfor I haue clepid thee, that thou shewe to me what I shal doo. [verse 16] And Samuel seith, What askist thou me, sith God hath goon a wey fro thee, and goon to thin enemye? [verse 17] Forsothe the Lord shal doo to thee as he spak in myn hoond, and he shal kut thi kyngdam fro thin hoond, and ȝyue it to thi neiȝbor Dauid; [verse 18] for thou hast not obeishid to the vois of the Lord, ne thou didist the wraththe of his woodnes in Amalech. Therfor that that thou suffrist the Lord hath doo to [verse 19] thee to day; and the Lord also shal ȝeue Irael with thee in the hoond of Philisteis. Forsothe to morwe thou and thi sones shal be with me; but and the Lord shal take the tentis of Yrael in the hoond of Philisteis. [verse 20] And Saul anoon felle straȝt into the erthe; he dradde forsothe the wordis of Samuel, and miȝt was not in hym, for he hadde not eten breed al that dai and al niȝt. [verse 21] And so that wom|man wente yn to Saul, and saith; forsothe he was disturblid greetli; and she seide to hym, Loo! thin hoond womman hath obeishid to thi vois, and I haue put my lijf in myn hoond, and I haue herd thi wordis, that thou speek to me. [verse 22] Now thanne here thou the vois of thin hoond womman, and I shal putte before thee a morsel [mussel E.] of breed, and etynge thou wexe hool, and mowe goon the weye. [verse 23] The which forsoke, and seith, I shal not ete. Forsothe his seruauntis and the womman constreyneden; and at the last, the vois of hem herd, he roos fro the erthe, and sat vpon the bedde. [verse 24] Forsothe that wom|man hadde a foddred calf in the hows, and she hiȝede, and slewȝ it; and takynge

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floure she mengide it, and boke [booc E. boc C.] therf [verse 25] looues; and putte before Saul and his seruauntis, the which whanne thei had|den eten, risen, and wenten thurȝ out al that [the AC pr. m.] nyȝt.

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