at non ?erof was his wyf.
Fourty wyntren he was kyng; & died in ?e fourtide ?ere.
Telle men mi?tten ?at he were saf; ?if leccherie nere. 108
Foure hundre? ?er & seuentene; it was ?o he died, & mo,
?at ?e folk of Israel; out of Egipte gunnen go.
Affter kyng
Salomons
de?
; Roboam his sone
Was of ?at londe kyng ymade; as it was ?e wone. 112
?at folk cried on hym a day; ?at he a-legge scholde
?e seruage ?at his fader hem made; ?e better serue hym ?ai wolde.
?erfore with alle his olde men; ?e kyng went to conseile: 115
?ai radden hym mylde forto be; ?e more it wolde hym availe.
