And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
And he seide to þe grettere men in  birþe of Madian, So this puple schal do a wei alle men þat dwellen in oure coostis, as an oxe is wont to do awei an eerbe til to þe rootis. Forsoþe he, þat is, Balaac, was kyng in þat tyme in Moab.