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CAP. VIII.

[verse 1] Forsothe it is doon after thes thingis, Dauid smoot Philisteis, and mekide hem; and Dauid took a bridil of tribut of the hoond of Philisteis. [verse 2] And he smoot Moab, and he metide [mat BCEFH.] hem with a litil coord euenynge to the erthe; forsothe he metid two litil coordis, oon to slee, and another to quykne. And Moab is maad to Dauid seruynge vndir tribute. [verse 3] And Dauid smoot Adadezer, the sone of Roob, the kyng of Soba, whanne he wente forth that he take [Om. CEFH.] lordship vpon the flood of Effraten. [verse 4] And take to Dauyd on his partye a thousand and seuene hundrid horsmen, and twenti thousand of feet men, kut of bi the knee alle the ȝockis of charis; forsothe he lafte of hem an hundrid charis. [verse 5] Forsothe Ciria of Damasc cam to bere socour to Adad|ezer, the kyng of Soba; and Dauid smoot of Ciria two and twenti thousand of men. [verse 6] And Dauid putte a strength in Cirya of Damask, and Cirya is maad to Dauid seruynge vndir tribute. And the Lord kepte Dauid in alle thingis, to what euere thingis he wente forth. [verse 7] And Dauid took goldun aarmys and beeȝis, that hadden the seruauntis of Adadezer, and brouȝte hem into Jerusalem. [verse 8] And Dauid the kyng took fro Bethe, and fro Beroth, citees

of Adadezer, ful myche brasse; of the which Salomon made alle the brasen vessels in the temple, and the brasen see, and pilers, and auter. [verse 9] Forsothe Thou, the kyng of Emath, herde that Dauid hadde smyten al the strength of Adad|ezer. [verse 10] And Thou sente Joram, his sone, to kyng Dauid, that he salute hym, thankynge to gidre, and he doo gracis, forthi that he hath ouercomen Adadezer, and smyten hym; forsothe Thou was enemye to Adadezer; and in his hoond weren silueren vessels, and golden vessels, and brasen vessels. [verse 11] The whiche and thoo halwide kyng Dauid to the Lord, with the siluer and gold, `the whiche [that C pr. m.] he hadde halwid of alle the gentils, the [verse 12] whiche he hadde dreuen out of Cyrie, and Moab, and the sones of Amon, and of Philisteis, and Amalech, and of the spoylis of Adadezer, the [Om. C.] sone of Roob, kyng [the kyng E pr. v.] of Soba. [verse 13] Forsothe Dauid made to hym a name, whanne he turnyde aȝen, Cirye taken, in the valey of wodis slayn eiȝteen thousandis, and in Jebelem, at [and A.] thre and twenti thousand. [verse 14] And he putte in Ydume kepers, and sette a strength, and al Ydume is maad seruynge to Dauid; and the Lord kept Dauid in alle thingis, to what euer thingis he wente forth. [verse 15] And Dauid regnyd vpon al Yrael, and Dauid dide dome, and riȝtwysnes to al the [his CE.] puple. [verse 16] Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, was vpon the oost; aftirward Josaphat, the sone of Achilud, was chaun|seleer; [verse 17] and Sadoch, the sone of Achitob, and Achimalech, the sone of Abiathar, [verse 18] weren prestis; and Saraias a scribe. For|sothe Banaias, the sone of Joiade, was vpon archeris and alblasters, `that ben clepid Cerethi and Pherethi [E in marg.] ; forsothe the sones of Dauid weren prestes.