this day in my sight, so be my soul magnified in
the sight of God and deliver me from all anguish. Saul said then to
David: Blessed be thou, my son David. And David went then his way, and
Saul returned home again.

And David said in his heart: Sometime it might hap to me to fall and
come into the hands of Saul, it is better I flee from him and save me in
the land of the Philistines. And he went thence with six hundred men and
came to Achish king of Gath and dwelled there. And when Saul understood
that he was with Achish he ceased to seek him. And Achish delivered to
David a town to dwell in named Ziklag.

After this the Philistines gathered and assembled much people against
Israel. And Saul assembled all Israel and came upon Gilboa; and when
Saul saw all the host of the Philistines, his heart dreaded and fainted
sore, he cried for to have counsel of our Lord. And our Lord answered
him not, ne by swevens ne by priests, ne by prophets. Then said Saul to
his servants: Fetch to me a woman having a phiton, otherwise called a
phitoness or a witch. And they said that there was such a woman in
Endor. Saul then changed his habit and clothing, and did on other
clothing, and went, and two men with him, and came to the woman by
night, and made her by her craft to raise Samuel. And Samuel said to
Saul: Why hast thou put me from my rest, for to arise? And Saul said: I
am coarted [constrained] thereto, for the Philistines fight against me,
and God is gone from me, and will not hear me, neither by prophets, ne
by swevens [dreams]. And Samuel said: What askest thou of me when God is
gone from thee and gone unto David? God shall do to thee as he hath said
to thee by me, and shall cut thy realm from thine hand, and shall give
it thy neighbor David. For thou hast not obeyed his voice, ne hast not
done his commandment in Amalek; therefore thou shalt lose the battle and
Israel shall be overthrown. To-morrow thou and thy children shall be
with me, and our Lord shall suffer the children of Israel to fall in the
hands of the Philistines. Anon then Saul fell down to the earth. The
words of Samuel made him afeard and there was no strength in him, for he
had eaten no bread of all that day, he was greatly troubled. Then the
phitoness desired him to eat, and she slew a paschal lamb that she had,
and dighted and set it tofore him, and bread. And when he had eaten he
walked with his servants all that night. And on the morn the Philistines
assailed Sa