eins hym fast was.
?e kyng sent messagers to hem; & gret doel to hym he nom;
Wi? stones ?ai slow?en his messagers; ?at to hem from hym com. 136
Affter ?ai maden Ieroboam kyng; wel he gan hem paie;
And euere ?e kyngdom departed is ?ut to ?is daye.
?e kyngdom of ?e tweie kyndes; Iudee ycleped is;
?
erinne oure lord was ybore; in
Bethleem
iwis.
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?e kyngdom of ?e ten kyndes; ycleped is israel;
?ere mi?th Roboam ?e kyng; acursy fole conseil.
Ofte eye & pride, harme doe?; ?ere men mi?th yse;
So riche a man in londe nis; ?at mowe al-one be; 144
So riche a kyng in ?e werlde nys; ?at poure begger he nere,
ffor al ?e richesse ?at he ha?
