¶Anno mūdi .iiii.M.ii.C.li vi. Et ante xp̄i natiuitatē .ix.C.xlii.
IOsaphat kynge of Iewe / was a good man and a ••ycke and a deuoute in the waye of oure lorde: and regned .x••v. yere: and dyde none yll: but to the cursed kynge of Isra∣ell gaue helpe: and other lytel thyng. And ther¦fore oure lorde was with hym (vt pʐ. ii•• para) ¶Helyas the greate prophete was thys tyme an hooly man: that was lyfted vp in to para∣dyse with grete solace •• a charre. ¶Macheas and Abdias prophecyed wyth hym. ¶Ocho∣syas sone of Achab regned in Israell .ii. yere. And sende to Belsabub god of Acharam to be helyd. For. the whyche he deyed: after the say∣enge of Hely (Vt pʐ .iiii. Regum)