1 Samuel 21

¹ Therfor the preest yaf to hym halewid breed, for noon other breed was there, no but oneli looues of settyng forth, that weren takun awey fro the face of the Lord, that hoote looues schulen be set. ² Forsothe sum man of the seruauntis of Saul was there with ynne in the tabernacle of the Lord; and his name was Doech of Ydumee, the myytiest of the scheepherdis, that is, iugis, of Saul. 3 Forsothe Dauid seide to Achymelech, If thou hast here at hond spere, ether swerd, yyue to me; for Y took not with me my swerd and myn armeris; for the word of the kyng constreynede me. 4 And the preest seide, Lo! here the swerd of Goliath Filistei, whom thou killidst in the valey of Terebynte, is wlappid in a cloth aftir ephoth; if thou wolt take this, take thou; for here is noon other outakun that. And Dauid seide, Noon other is lijk this, yyue thou it to me. 5 Therfor Dauid roos, and fledde in that dai fro the face of Saul, and cam to Achis, the kyng of Geth. ⁶ And the seruauntis of Achis seiden to hym, whanne thei hadden seyn Dauid, Whether this is not Dauid, kyng of the lond? Whether thei sungen not to hym bi queeris, and seiden, Saul smoot a thousynde, and Dauid smoot ten thousynde? ⁷ Sotheli Dauid puttide these wordis in his herte, and he dredde greetli of the face of Achis, kyng of Geth. 8 And Dauid chaungide his mouth bifor Achis, and felde doun bitwixe her hondis, and he hurtlide ayens the doris of the yate, and his drauelis, that is, spotelis, flowiden doun in to the beerd. ⁹ And Achis seide to hise seruauntis, Seen ye the wood man? why brouyten ye hym to me? whether wood men failen to vs? whi han ye brouyt in hym, that he schulde be wood, while Y am present? Delyuere ye hym fro hennus, lest he entre in to myn hows. ¹² Therfor Dauid yede fro thennus, and fledde in to the denne of Odollam; and whanne hise britheren, and al the hows of his fadir hadden herd this, thei camen doun thidur to hym. ¹³ And alle men that weren set in angwisch, and oppressid with othere mennus dette, and in bittir soule, camen togidere to hym; and he was maad the prince of hem, and as foure hundrid men weren with hym. 14 And Dauid yede forth fro thennus in to Masphat, which is of Moab; and he seide to the kyng of Moab, Y preye, dwelle my fadir and my modir with you, til Y wite what thing God schal do to me. 15 And he lefte hem bifor the face of the kyng of Moab; and thei dwelliden at hym in alle daies, in whiche Dauid was in `the forselet, ether stronghold.