quarters
of whete,
And an hundre?
And an hundre?
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ou?
hem ?
ou?
tten longe;
Oure lorde lete her will ago; er he wolde flesch a-fonge. 160
And ? o ? ai weren wery ynou? ; as who sei? for sore,
Vche of hem to rest drou? ; & speken of hym nomore, 164
? at swete barne oure kynde took; bo? e of flesche & felle,
In whiche he dyed on rood; ? e fendes streng? e to felle. 168
? orou? whiche preciouse de? ; god vs grant ? at grace
? at we mowe after oure de? ; in heuen haue a place. Amen. 172
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. ]
? ? o 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; ? at folk to paye. 4*
He ne bad nowgth ? ider Salamon; ne his moder ? e quene;
? erfore sche was with hym wro? ; for wymmen be? oft kene.
"Sir," sche seide to Dauid; "oft ? ou swore me,
? at my son Salamon; schulde be kyng after ? e. 8*
Now ha? Adonye i? ou? th to be kyng bi ? i lyue;
& after ? i day to sle my son; for ? ai ne ben by on wyue. "
Page 97
? E kyng lete somony all his men: a fest he made sone, [folio 69:2]
And lete coroone Salamon; & sette hym in his throne.
By his lyue he made hym kyng; & bigan to prechi fast
fforto sustene vp goddes law? e; ? er-while his lif ylast;
? at he bulde for? goddes hous in Ierusalems burgh? ,
? at ? e law? es better weren; ysustened ? orou? & ? orou? . 16*
Dauid was kyng fourty wyntren; in werre & in strife;
And in ? e fourtide ? er; in pes he ended his lyf.
Afftere his fader, Salamon; slou? his bro? er Adonye
In ? e first ? er, & all ? at with hym weren; to hym he made boweye, 20*
& he wex fai? ful man & wis; ? at folk better to wisse,
? e kynges dou? ttere of Egipte; he wedded in gret blisse.
? e grete ? inges forto don; he destred*. [[? desired]] goddes grace,
fforto arere goddes temple; in on faire place, 24*
And aboute Ierusalem; treble wal arere.
? at to his bihof? e & vche riche kyng; ? e court arered were,
His sacrifise he dude to god; & gan to hym crie:
"Lorde! " he seide, "to ? ong icham; to haue suich maistrie.
Teche me, ? if ? i wille be; wel my folk to wisse, 29*
And to knowe god & yuel; ? at I ? erof ne mysse. "
Oure lord hym graunted ? inges ? re; to haue maistri ouer his fo,
To habbe worldes richesse ynou? ; & wisdom ynou? ? erto.
IT bifel ? at two wymmen; in on In, a ni? th were; 33*
Ei? er had a ? ong childe; bo? e of on ? ere.
In hire slep ? at o womman; her owen childe ouerlay,
And si? ? e leide it by her felawe; & hir child nom away. 36*
? o ? e womman awook; & vnder? at ? is gile,
? erne ? ai striueden & chid ? for ? e quik child a long while.
? at on seide, ? e quyk childe was hire; ? at o? er seide it nas.
Bo? e ? ei comen bifore ? e kyng; & tolden al her cas. 40*
? ? o ? e kyng ne mi? th vnder? ete; whe? er had ? e ri? th,
"Take hider," he seide, "my swerd; & euen, I wil it di? th;
Cleuen ich wil, ? if ich can; ? e quyk childe a two.
& taken ei? er of ? ou ? e haluendel; whan ? e nyllen o? er do. "
Page 98
"? e, sir," seide ? e fals quene; "crist it ? elde ? e; 45*
So ? ou mi? th best legge strif; ? an mowe we euen be. "
"Nay, sir," seide ? e ri? th moder; "mercy, ? at do ? ou nou? th!
Take hire ra? er euerich del; ? at it ne be to de? ybrou? th. "
"? e, good womman," ? e kyng seide; "take ? at child to ? e;
ffor ? ou hast ? e ri? th weye; & ? e o? ere ? e falste. "
MIchel wonder hadden al ? at folk ? ? at herden of ? is strif,
? at ? e kyng ? ou? th swich wisdom; in his ? ong lyf. 52*
Men douteden ? erafter-ward hym ? e more; for ? ilk cas.
Good pais ? ere was in hil londe; ? er while he kyng was.
Vche weke he spended in his hous; xxx.
quarters of whete,
And an hundre? fatte we? ers; & xxx. Oxen grete, 56*
Wi? outen venison & o? er ? ing; ? at he had by deinte:
In ? e werlde was non so riche court; ne of so gret plente.
He arered treble wal; swi? e fair & strong
Aboute ? e burgh? of Ierusalem; swi? e fair & long. 60*
? e fier? e ? er of his regne; he gan his temple arere,
& in ? e elleuen? e ? er was it; er it redy were.
? o bigan he arere his court; swi? e noble & hende;
Xiij. ? er ? er-aboute he was; er it were brou? th to ende. *. [[For what follows, see p. 82, above. The Book of Wisdom may be compard with the A B C, and How the Good Wife and Good Man taught their Daughter and Son, in my Babees Book, Q. Elizabethes Achademy, &c. , and with Mr Lumby's Ratis Raving, &c, &c.
Oure lorde lete her will ago; er he wolde flesch a-fonge. 160
And ? o ? ai weren wery ynou? ; as who sei? for sore,
Vche of hem to rest drou? ; & speken of hym nomore, 164
? at swete barne oure kynde took; bo? e of flesche & felle,
In whiche he dyed on rood; ? e fendes streng? e to felle. 168
? orou? whiche preciouse de? ; god vs grant ? at grace
? at we mowe after oure de? ; in heuen haue a place. Amen. 172
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. ]
? ? o 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; ? at folk to paye. 4*
He ne bad nowgth ? ider Salamon; ne his moder ? e quene;
? erfore sche was with hym wro? ; for wymmen be? oft kene.
"Sir," sche seide to Dauid; "oft ? ou swore me,
? at my son Salamon; schulde be kyng after ? e. 8*
Now ha? Adonye i? ou? th to be kyng bi ? i lyue;
& after ? i day to sle my son; for ? ai ne ben by on wyue. "
Page 97
? E kyng lete somony all his men: a fest he made sone, [folio 69:2]
And lete coroone Salamon; & sette hym in his throne.
By his lyue he made hym kyng; & bigan to prechi fast
fforto sustene vp goddes law? e; ? er-while his lif ylast;
? at he bulde for? goddes hous in Ierusalems burgh? ,
? at ? e law? es better weren; ysustened ? orou? & ? orou? . 16*
Dauid was kyng fourty wyntren; in werre & in strife;
And in ? e fourtide ? er; in pes he ended his lyf.
Afftere his fader, Salamon; slou? his bro? er Adonye
In ? e first ? er, & all ? at with hym weren; to hym he made boweye, 20*
& he wex fai? ful man & wis; ? at folk better to wisse,
? e kynges dou? ttere of Egipte; he wedded in gret blisse.
? e grete ? inges forto don; he destred*. [[? desired]] goddes grace,
fforto arere goddes temple; in on faire place, 24*
And aboute Ierusalem; treble wal arere.
? at to his bihof? e & vche riche kyng; ? e court arered were,
His sacrifise he dude to god; & gan to hym crie:
"Lorde! " he seide, "to ? ong icham; to haue suich maistrie.
Teche me, ? if ? i wille be; wel my folk to wisse, 29*
And to knowe god & yuel; ? at I ? erof ne mysse. "
Oure lord hym graunted ? inges ? re; to haue maistri ouer his fo,
To habbe worldes richesse ynou? ; & wisdom ynou? ? erto.
IT bifel ? at two wymmen; in on In, a ni? th were; 33*
Ei? er had a ? ong childe; bo? e of on ? ere.
In hire slep ? at o womman; her owen childe ouerlay,
And si? ? e leide it by her felawe; & hir child nom away. 36*
? o ? e womman awook; & vnder? at ? is gile,
? erne ? ai striueden & chid ? for ? e quik child a long while.
? at on seide, ? e quyk childe was hire; ? at o? er seide it nas.
Bo? e ? ei comen bifore ? e kyng; & tolden al her cas. 40*
? ? o ? e kyng ne mi? th vnder? ete; whe? er had ? e ri? th,
"Take hider," he seide, "my swerd; & euen, I wil it di? th;
Cleuen ich wil, ? if ich can; ? e quyk childe a two.
& taken ei? er of ? ou ? e haluendel; whan ? e nyllen o? er do. "
Page 98
"? e, sir," seide ? e fals quene; "crist it ? elde ? e; 45*
So ? ou mi? th best legge strif; ? an mowe we euen be. "
"Nay, sir," seide ? e ri? th moder; "mercy, ? at do ? ou nou? th!
Take hire ra? er euerich del; ? at it ne be to de? ybrou? th. "
"? e, good womman," ? e kyng seide; "take ? at child to ? e;
ffor ? ou hast ? e ri? th weye; & ? e o? ere ? e falste. "
MIchel wonder hadden al ? at folk ? ? at herden of ? is strif,
? at ? e kyng ? ou? th swich wisdom; in his ? ong lyf. 52*
Men douteden ? erafter-ward hym ? e more; for ? ilk cas.
Good pais ? ere was in hil londe; ? er while he kyng was.
Vche weke he spended in his hous; xxx.
quarters of whete,
And an hundre? fatte we? ers; & xxx. Oxen grete, 56*
Wi? outen venison & o? er ? ing; ? at he had by deinte:
In ? e werlde was non so riche court; ne of so gret plente.
He arered treble wal; swi? e fair & strong
Aboute ? e burgh? of Ierusalem; swi? e fair & long. 60*
? e fier? e ? er of his regne; he gan his temple arere,
& in ? e elleuen? e ? er was it; er it redy were.
? o bigan he arere his court; swi? e noble & hende;
Xiij. ? er ? er-aboute he was; er it were brou? th to ende. *. [[For what follows, see p. 82, above. The Book of Wisdom may be compard with the A B C, and How the Good Wife and Good Man taught their Daughter and Son, in my Babees Book, Q. Elizabethes Achademy, &c. , and with Mr Lumby's Ratis Raving, &c, &c.
