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And Dauid lamented with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne:

(Also hee bade them teach the children of Iudah the vse of the bow: behold, it is written in the booke of Iasher.)

The beauty of Israel is slaine vpon thy high places: how are the mightie fallen!

Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streetes of Askelon: lest the daughters of the Philistines reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph.

Yee mountaines of Gilboa, let there bee no dewe, neither let there be raine vpon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mightie is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though hee had not beene annointed with oile.

From the blood of the slaine, from the fat of the mightie, the bow of Ionathan turned not backe, and the sword of Saul returned not emptie.

Saul and Ionathan were louely and pleasant in their liues, and in their death they were not diuided: they were swifter then Eagles, they were stronger then Lions.

Yee daughters of Israel, weepe ouer Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of golde vpon your apparell.

How are the mightie fallen in the midst of the battell! O Ionathan, thou wast slaine in thine high places.

I am distressed for thee, my brother Ionathan, very pleasant hast thou beene vnto mee: thy loue to mee was wonderfull, passing the loue of women.

How are the mightie fallen, and the weapons of warre perished!