ou?th to be kyng bi ?i lyue;
& after ?i day to sle my son; for ?ai ne ben by on wyue."
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?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,
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