And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more 'right' in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
And a man of Israel answeride to þe men of Juda, and seide, Y am grettere bi ten partis at þe kyng, and Dauith perteyneth more to me than to þee; whi hast thou do wrong to me, and it was not teld to me þe formere, þat Y schulde brynge ayen my kyng? Forsoþe þe men of Juda answeryden hardere to þe men of Israel.