A sone of o ȝeer was Saul whanne he began to regne; forsothe two ȝeer he regnede vpon Irael — Wycliffe Bible vol. 2 p. 34. Eds. Forshall and Madden: books of Samuel are joined in Kings, four volumes.
Saul was a “son of one year” (an innocent), when he began to reign; likewise he reigned two years over Israel (but he reigned more years in malice).
Quoted in Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason, ■Conway vol. 4, p. 121.
Interpretation to Modern English © Teresa Pelka, M.A.
THE THREE BIBLES
Gutenberg, Wycliffe, and Wujek: Latin, English and Polish;
Roman Latin content by papal commission from ■Damasus I;
Wujek translation formed by papal permission from ■Gregory XIII;
■Feel welcome to the Latin and Polish too.
All the Paine in Age
Bible quotes by Thomas Paine in his Age of Reason, compared with Wycliffe, in one place.
