Ac þai þat suich grace ne hadden; þat tofore vs come,
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After oure lorde þai gradden; in þe prophecie ylome;
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After hym þai gradden; wiþ gret wille & longe;
No mendement þai ne seie; bot gret pyne & stronge;
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So longe þat þai wery weren; & leten be al stille,
And he[r] gredyng forberen; & turneden to goddes wille;
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ffor þai ne seiȝen non oþer won; þouȝ hem þouȝtten longe;
Oure lorde lete her will ago; er he wolde flesch a-fonge.
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And þo þai weren wery ynouȝ; as who seiþ for sore,
Vche of hem to rest drouȝ; & speken of hym nomore,
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Þat swete barne oure kynde took; boþe of flesche & felle,
In whiche he dyed on rood; þe fendes strengþe to felle.
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Þorouȝ whiche preciouse deþ; god vs grant þat grace
Þat we mowe after oure deþ; in heuen haue a place. Amen.
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SOLOMON'S CORONATION, DEEDS, AND JUDGMENT ON THE TWO MOTHERS' CLAIM TO ONE CHILD. HIS COURT AND TEMPLE.
[In order to complete the Life of Solomon, of which his Book of Wisdom, &c., form part, I add the MS. bit that comes before the Book. The passage about his birth is too far back to be taken.]
[Laud MS. 622, leaf 69, col. 1.]
¶ Þo Dauid in elde was; his eldest son was alyue.
Adonye ycleped he was; with Salamon he gan striue.
Aboute he was kyng to be; by his fader daye.
Gret feste he made on a day; þat folk to paye.
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He ne bad nowgth þider Salamon; ne his moder þe quene;
Þerfore sche was with hym wroþ; for wymmen beþ oft kene.
"Sir," sche seide to Dauid; "oft þou swore me,
Þat my son Salamon; schulde be kyng after þe.
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Now haþ Adonye iþouȝth to be kyng bi þi lyue;
& after þi day to sle my son; for þai ne ben by on wyue."
