Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
And sche seide, Þe kyng haue mynde on his Lord God, and þe nexte men of blood to take veniaunce be not multiplied, and þei schulen not sle my sone. And þe kyng seide, Þe Lord lyueth, for noon of þe heeris of thi sone schal falle on þe erþe.