And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:
and he sente to Þecua, and took fro þennus a wise womman, and he seide to hir, Feyne þee to morene, and be thou clothid with clooth of duyl, and be thou anoyntid with oile, þat thou be as a womman by morenynge now in ful myche tyme a deed man.