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LẎF OF SAẎNT BALLAM.
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aſſemblyng/ and after Joſaphat recounted to balaam al thyſe thynges that were happenyd /

And he rendryd & gaue thankynges to god therfore/ and Joſaphat dwelled there many yeres in grete and meruayllous penaunce ful of vertues / and whan balaam had accomplyſſhed hys dayes/ he reſtyd in pees aboute the yere of our lord foure hondred & four ſcore Joſaphat lefte his royame the xxv yere of his age/ and ledde the lyf of an hermyte fyue and thyrty yere / and thenne reſtyd in pees ful of vertues / and was buryed by the body of balaam / and whan the kyngs barachyas herde of thys thynge he came vnto that ſame place with a grete companye / and toke the bodyes and bare them wyth moche grete honoure in to hys cytee where god hath ſhewed many fayre myracles at the tombe of thyſe two precyous bodyes/

¶ Thus endeth the ſtory of balaam
and Joſaphat

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