and girded his sword about him. And
when he was armed, David said: I may not ne cannot fight thus, for I am
not accustomed ne used, and unarmed him, and took his staff that he had
in his hand, and chose to him five good round stones from the brook and
put them in his bag, and took a sling in his hand, and went forth
against the giant. And when Goliath saw him come, he despised him and
said: Weenest thou that I am a hound that comest with thy staff to me?
And he cursed David by his gods, and said to David: Come hither and I
shall give thy flesh to the fowls of heaven and to the beasts of the
earth. David said unto Goliath: Thou comest to me with thy sword and
glaive, and I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of the host of
Israel which thou hast this day despised; and that Lord shall give thee
in my hand, and I shall slay thee and smite off thy head. And I shall
give this day the bodies of the men of war of the Philistines to the
fowls of heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. Then Goliath rose and
hied toward David, and David on that other side hied, and took a stone
and laid it in his sling, and threw it at the giant, and smote him in
the forehead in such wise that the stone was fixed there, in that he
fell down on his visage. Thus prevailed David against the Philistine
with his sling and stone, and smote him and slew him. And he had no
sword but he went and took Goliath's own sword and therewith smote off
his head. And then the Philistines seeing this giant thus slain, fled,
and the Israelites after followed, and slew many of them, and returned
again and came into the tents, pavilions and lodgings of the
Philistines, and took all the pillage.

David took the head of Goliath and brought it into Jerusalem, and his
arms he brought into his tabernacle. And Abner brought David, having the
head of Goliath in his hand, tofore Saul. And Saul demanded of him of
what kindred that he was, and he said that he was son of Jesse of
Bethlehem, and forthwith that same time Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved
David as his own soul. Saul then would not give him license to return to
his father, and Jonathan and he were confederate and swore each of them
to be true to other, for Jonathan gave his coat that he was clad withal,
and all his other garments, unto his sword and spear, unto David. And
David did all that ever Saul bade him do wisely and prudently. And when
he returned from the battle, and Goliath was slain, the women came out