[The story of David is finished.]
Now is gode turned to our stile
as I haue talde ȝou a quile.
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and tel we now our mykil tale.
for to make our stori hale.
¶ þis dauid þat I red of here
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was king and regned xl. ȝere.
his regning was wiþ riȝt resoun
agaynis him his fas had na foisoun
childer had he wiþ wyuis sere
of þe quilk I ma na myn[i]ng here.
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for he þat mykil has to telle.
þe mare shortly moste he spelle
þis ilk hit was þe king dauy.
þat mykil spac of prophecy.
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of criste briþ (sic) ful lange be-forne
þat of a maydyn sulde be borne
þat maidyn of his awen sede.
was getyn als in boke we rede
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and þat our lorde be-fore him hiȝt.
of him sulde spring þat al sulde riȝt.
