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SOLOMON'S CORONATION, DEEDS, AND
JUDGMENT
ON THE TWO MOTHERS' CLAIM TO ONE CHILD.
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
; 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.
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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.
