If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
If thi fadir biholdith, and axith me, thou schalt answere to hym, Dauid preiede me, þat he schulde go swiftli into Bethleem, his citee, for solempne sacrifices ben þere to alle þe men of his lynage.