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CAP. VII.

[verse 1] Forsothe it is doon, whanne the kyng hadde seeten in his hows, and the Lord hadde ȝeuen to hym rest on al side fro [verse 2] alle his enemyes, he seide to Nathan the prophete, Seest thou not, that I dwelle in a cedre hows, and the ark of God is put in the mydil of skynnes? [verse 3] And Nathan seide to the kyng, Al that is in thin herte goo and do, for the Lord is with thee. [verse 4] Forsothe it is doon in that nyȝt, and [Om. E pr. v.] loo! the word of the Lord to Na|than, [verse 5] seiynge, Go, and spek to my ser|uaunt Dauid, Thes thingis seith the Lord, Whether thou shalt bilde to me an hows to dwelle yn? [verse 6] Forsothe ne in an hows I haue dwellid fro the day that I ladde out the sones of Yrael fro the loond of Egipt vnto this dai; but I wente [verse 7] in tabernacle and in tente, thurȝ out alle

placis, to the whiche I passide with alle the sones of Irael? Whether spekynge I haue spokyn to oon of the lynagis of Irael, to whom I haue comaundid, that he fede my puple Irael, seiynge, Whi hast thou not bildid [bilde BC.] to me a cedre hows? [verse 8] And now thes thingis thow shalt seye to my seruaunt Dauid, Thes thingis seith the Lord of oostis, I took thee fro the lesews folwynge flockis, that thou [verse 9] were a duyk vpon my puple Irael, and I was with thee `in alle thingis [Om. E pr. m.] , whidir euere thou wentist, and I slewȝ alle thin enemyes fro thi face, and I made to thee a greet name after the name of greet [verse 10] men that ben in erthe; and Y shal putt a place to my puple Irael, and I shal plaunte hym, and I shal dwelle with hym, and he shal namore be disturblid, ne the sones of wickidnes shulen adde [verse 11] that thei tourmenten hym as before, fro the day that I ordeynede iugis vpon my puple Irael; and I shal ȝyue rest to thee fro alle thin enemyes. And the Lord before seith to thee, that the Lord shal [verse 12] make to thee an hows; and whanne thi dais weren ful endyd, and thou slepist with thi fadris, Y shal rere thi seed after thee, that shal go out of thi wombe, and [Om. A.] Y shal fastne the kyngdom of hym. [verse 13] And he shal beelde an hows to my name, and Y shal stable the troon of his rewme vnto [verse 14] eueremore; I shal be to hym into a fader, and he shal be to me into a sone; the which if eny thing wickidli shal doo, I shal vndirnymme hym in the ȝeerd of men, and in the veniaunces of the sonys of men. [verse 15] Forsothe my mercy I shal not take a weye fro hym, as I took a weye fro Saul, whom I meuyde a weye fro my face. [verse 16] And thin hows shal be feithful, and thi kyngdam vnto with outen eende before my face, and thi troon shal be

stedefast contynuli. [verse 17] After alle thes wordis, and after al this visioun, thus spak Nathan to Dauid. [verse 18] Forsothe Dauid the kyng wente in, and sat before the Lord, and seide, Who am I, Lord God, and what myn hows, for thou hast brouȝt me hidir to? [verse 19] But and this litil is seen in thi siȝt, Lord my God; `that hast louyd me [Om. E pr. m.] , but thou speke also of the hows of thi seruaunt into ferre hens. Forsothe this is lawe fro Adam, Lord [verse 20] God; what thanne ȝit Dauid shal mowe adde, that he speke to thee? Forsothe thow knowist thi seruaunt, Lord God; [verse 21] for thi word, and aftir thin herte, thou hast doon alle thes greet thingis, so that thou shuldist make knowen to thi ser|uaunt. [verse 22] Therfor thou art magnified, Lord God, for there is not lijk [the lijk A.] of thee, ne there is God with out thee, in alle thingis `the whiche [that C pr. m.] we han herd with oure eeris. [verse 23] Forsothe what is there folk of kynde as the puple of Irael in the loond, for [fro A.] the which God wente, that he bie it to hym into a puple, and sette to hym a name, and make to hym greet thingis, and orrible vpon the [Om. A.] erthe, fro the face of thi puple, whom thou hast bouȝt to thee fro Egipt folk and the god of it? [verse 24] And thow hast fastned to thee thi puple Irael into a puple euermore, and thou, Lord, art maad to hem into a God. [verse 25] Nowe thanne, Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken vpon thi seruaunt and vpon his hows, rere vnto euermore, and [verse 26] do as thou hast spoken; and thi name be magnyfied vnto euermore, and be it seid, Lord of oostis God vpon Irael; and the hows of thi seruaunt Dauid shal be [verse 27] stablid before the Lord; for thou, Lord of oostis, God of Irael, hast openyd the eer of thi seruaunt, seiynge, An hows I shal bilde to thee; therfor thi seruaunt

hath founden [Om. E.] his herte, that he preye thee bi this preyer. [verse 28] Now thanne, Lord God, thou ert verrey God, and thi wordis shulen be sooth; forsothe thou hast spokyn [verse 29] to thi seruaunt these good thingis; bi|gyn therfor, and blesse to the hows of thi seruaunt, that it be [Om. A.] before thee into euermore; for thou, Lord God, spakist [speeke BCEFH.] thes thingis, and bi [be E.] thi blessynge the hows of thi seruaunt shal be blessid into euermore.