_How Sampson slew the King and his enimies._
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ALSO from Acon beforesaid, men go three[1] journeys to the citie of
Philisten, that now is called Gaza, that is to say the rich citie & it
is right fayre and full of folke and it is a little uppon the sea,
and from that citie broughte the strong Sampson the gates of the Citie
uppon a highe hill, where he was taken in the Citie, and there he
slewe the King in his palace, and many thousande more with him, for
he made an house to fall on them. And from thence shal men go to the
citie of Cesaryen,[2] and so to the castell of Pylleryns[3] and then
to Askalon, and so forth to Japhat[4] and so unto the holy citie of
Hierusalem.
[Footnote 1: _Pynson_ and others say four.]
[Footnote 2: Cæsarea.]
[Footnote 3: Pilgrims.]
[Footnote 4: Jaffa.]