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christian_n and_o yet_o be_v there_o some_o of_o the_o church_n leave_v and_o in_o that_o town_n dwell_v abraham_n the_o patriarch_n this_o town_n of_o bersheba_n be_v found_v by_o urias_n on_o who_o wife_n david_n beget_v solomon_n the_o wise_a that_o be_v king_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o of_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o israel_n and_o he_o reign_v forty_o year_n and_o from_o thence_o man_n go_v to_o the_o vale_n of_o ebron_n that_o be_v from_o thence_o near_o twelve_o mile_n and_o some_o call_v it_o the_o vale_n of_o mambre_n and_o it_o be_v call_v the_o vale_n of_o tear_n forasmuch_o as_o adam_n in_o that_o vale_n bewail_v a_o hundred_o year_n the_o death_n of_o his_o son_n abel_n who_o cain_n slay_v and_o this_o ebron_n be_v sometime_o the_o principal_a city_n of_o the_o philistines_n and_o there_o dwell_v byant_n and_o it_o be_v free_a so_o that_o all_o that_o have_v do_v evil_a in_o other_o place_n be_v there_o save_v in_o ebron_n joshua_n and_o caleb_n and_o their_o company_n come_v first_o to_o espy_v how_o they_o may_v win_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n in_o ebron_n david_n reign_v first_o seven_o year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o in_o jerusalem_n he_o reign_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o a_o half_a and_o there_o be_v the_o grave_n of_o the_o patriarch_n adam_n abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n and_o of_o their_o wife_n eve_n sara_n rebekah_n and_o leah_n and_o they_o ice_n in_o the_o side_n of_o the_o hill_n and_o beside_o this_o hill_n be_v a_o right_n fair_a church_n build_v after_o the_o fashion_n and_o manner_n of_o a_o castle_n which_o the_o saracen_n keep_v right_a well_o and_o they_o have_v the_o place_n in_o great_a worship_n for_o the_o holy_a patriarch_n sake_n that_o
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