And bad him that he scholde abyde,
To hiere what him schal betyde.
P. iii. 244
And forth withal Achias caste
His mantell of, and also faste
He kut it into pieces twelve,[1373]
Wherof tuo partz toward himselve[1374]
He kepte, and al the remenant,
As god hath set his covenant,
He tok unto Jeroboas,