The people

Numeri.

murmur

*pflal.lvii.1a

And it for調uned, that when the arcke wét
forth, Moles layde: * Ryke vp Loode, and
let thyne enemyes be scattered: and let them
that hate the, flye before the. And when the
arcke refted, he layde: Retourne Loode
unto the many thoulandes of Israel.

C The.xi.Chapter.

The people murmureth. They dehze flehe. They
lothe manna. The wauering kapth of Moles. The
Loode durydeth the burden of Moles to seuentye
of the auncentes, and thep prophelye. It tapneth quay-
les. The fleth raueners are pumpyd.

Ad it for tuned, þ when * whan * the
people dyd wechedly, it was a
displeasure in the eares of the
LoRD. And whé the Loird herdt
it & his couitenaunce was pro-
woked to wrath, & þ fyze of the Loode burnt
amöge them, & columed them þ were utte-
most of þ holte. And þ people cried vnto H
les. And whā Moles made intercellio vnto
þ Loird, the fyze quêched. And the name of þ
place was called Thaberah, because þ
fyze of the Loode burnt amonge them.

o+ a

*Erood,cbj.a.

9

And the rastall people that was amonge
them, fell a lustynge, and turned them felues
and wept(e, (euen as did also the children of
Israel,) and layde: who shall gene vs fleth
to eate: we remembre the fyth which we dyd
eate in Egypte foz naughte, and the Cucü-
bers, and melons, lekes, onpouns and gar-
leke. But now oure loule is dzed awaye,
foz we can le nothynge els, faue Hanna.

2

W

*Erood,cbj.g.

The Manna was as * coriander seed,
and (to le to) lyke Bedellion. And þ people
went aboute and gathered it, and grounde
it in milles, or bett it in mosters, and baked
it in pannes, and made kakes of it. And the
taist of it was lyke vnto þ taist of an ople
kake. And when the dewe fell downe vpon
the holte in þ nygbte, the Manna fell vp to it.

C

2

And when Moles herde the people wepe
thorow out their householdes, euery man in
the doze of his tent, & the face of the Loird
was prouoked vnto wrath exceedingly: &
it greued Moles also. And Moles layd vn-
to the Loird wherfoze hafth thou dealt crucl-
ly with thy seruaunte: And wherfore haue
I not founde fauoure in thy lyght, lepnge
that thou puttest þ weyght of all this peo-
ple upon me: haue I concealed all this peo-
ple: or haue I begotté them, that thou chul-
dest laye vnto me: carpe them in thy boso-
me (as a nurse beareth the luckynge childe)
unto þ lâde, which thou swarest vnto their
fathers: where thulde I haue fleth, to gene
unto all this people, which wepe before me
fayenge: gene vs fleth, that we maye eate: I
am not able to beare all this people alone,
lepnge it is to heup fo me. Yk thou deale
thus with me, kyll me, I pzae the, þf I ha-
ue koude fauoure in thy lyght, that I le not
my wriednesse.

And the Loode layde vnto Moles * ge-
ther vnto me. Ixx. men of þ elders of Israel,
which thou knowest, that they are þ elders
of the people and officers ouer them, & thou
shalt brynge them vnto the Tabernacle of
witnesse, that they maye stande there with
the. And I will come doune, and talke w
the there, & take of the spirite which is
upon the, and put vp them, and they shall
beare the burthe of the people with the, left
thou be contrapted to beare it alone.

*Ezek. vii. 10.
D

D

2

And laye thou vnto the * people: be ha-
lowed agenst tomorow, and ye shall eate
fleth, fo youre, whyning is in the eares of
the Loode, leyng ye layde: who shall geue
vs fleth to eate: we were happie in Egy-
pte. wherfoze the Loode wyllege you fleth,
and ye shall eate: Ye shall not eate one dave
noz two, noz fyue dayes, neither ten, noz. xx.
dayes: but euen a moneth longe, vntyll it
come out at the naftrels of you, and make
you to paizbrake: because that ye haue cail
the Loode altyde which is amonge you, and
haue wepte before hym faynge: why came
we thus out of Egypte?

*Ezek. xvi. 11.

e

And Moles layde: * like hundred thou-
lande fotemé are there of the people, amöge
which Jam. And thou hafth layde: I will ge-
ue them fleth, that they maye eate a moneth
lóge. Shall the wepe & the ore be layne foz
the, to fynde them ether shall all þ kyl of þ
fee be gethered together foz to lere the;
And the Loird layd vnto Moles: Shall * þ
Loedes hande be waxed thorze: Thou shall
le now whether my word thal come to pal-
se vnto the, or not.

*Exo. xii. 6.

*Ezek. x. 11.
and, ltr. a.

And Moles went out, & tolde the people
the layenge of the Loode, and gethered the
Ixx. elders of the people, and let them rounde
aboute the tabernacle. And the Loode came
doune in a cloude, & spake vnto him, & toke
of the Iprete þ was vp him, & gaué it vnto
the. Ixx. elders. And it for tuned þ whā þ spi-
rite refted vp them, they prophecied, & dyd
not ceasse. But there remayned ii. of the me
in the holte: the name of þ one was Eldad, &
the name of þ other Bedad. And the spirite
refted vp them, & they were of them þ we-
re written, & went not out vnto the taber-
nacle, but prophecied in the holte.

F

And there râ a pounge mâ, & tolde Moles
& layed: Eldad & Bedad do prophecye in þ
holte. And Jolua þonne of Nun þ seruaunte
of Moles * one of his yong me, answere d
layed: mafter Moles * forbyd them. And
Moles layed vnto hi: enuyek thou fo my
lake * wolde God þ all the Loedes people
could prophecye, & þ þ Lord wolde put his
spirite vp them. And Moles gat him into
the holte, he, & the elders of Israel.

*Luke ix. 9.
G

*Joel. i. 10.
&
*Amos, xiii. 1.

And there went forth a wynde from the
Loode, and * brought quayles from the see,
and let

*Ezek. xvii. 11.

Hin Jam is leprous Hainui,

Jo.tum,

and let them fall aboute þ hóste, eué a dayes
journey rounde aboute on euery lyde of the
hóste, and ♦ ♦ ♦ They dyd lype in the ayre ♦ ♦ ♦ as it were
two cubytes hye ouer the erth. And the peo-
ple kode vp, and all that daye and all that
nyghre, and on the mozowe they gethered
quayles. And he that gethered a little, gethe-
red ten homers full. And they spred them
abode rounde aboute the hóste.

*pl.lxxvii.d.*

*And while the kles was yet be twene
their teeth, and ycr it was chewed vp, be-
holde, the cootenance of the Loode was mo-
ued agaynst the people, ♦ the Loode ♦ cleve
the people wyth an exceeding great plage.
And the name of the place was called: (The
graves of luft ) because theye wurped the peo-
ple that lusted, there.

*pl.lxxvii.d.*

And the people toke they ♦ i journey frö
the graues of luft vnto hazeroth, and hode
at hazer oth.

*Nu.xxiij.*

### C The. xii. Chapter.

C Aaron and Mir Jam grudge agaynst Moles.
Mir Jam is trepchen with lepelyc, and healed at
the prier of Moles.

*Deu.xxiij.b*

A

And ♦ ♦ ♦ Wír Jam and Aarón spa-
ke agenst Moles, because of the
womá of Inde which he had ta-
ken: fo: he had taken to wife one
of Inde. And they kayde: Hæth
the Loode in dede spoken only thorow Mo-
les: Hæth he not spoken alfo bp ys: And
the Loode herde it. But Moles was a very

*Eccle.xlv.b.*

melle man, aboue all the men of the erthe.
And the Loode spake attonce vnto Moles
Aarón ♦ to Mir Jam: come out ye. viii.
unto ♦ the tabernacle of witnesse, and they
came out all thre.

*Ero.xxiir.g.*

*Dnal.xcr.b*

*Ero.xxiir.g.*

B

And the Lord came doune in the ♦ piller
of the cloude, and stode in þ ♦ doze of the ta-
bernacle, and called Aarón and Mir Jam.
And they went out doth of them. And he
kayde: hære my wozdes. If there be a pro-
phet of the Loordes amonge you, I wyll be
knowne of hym in a vision, and wil lpeake
unto hi in slepe. Wy seruantaue Moles is not
so, which is faythfull in all myne houſe. An-
to him will I speake ♦ mouth to mouth in a
vision, but in ryddels and symilitudes doth
not he the Loode. Wherfor e then were ye
not afraid to lpeake agaynst my seruantaue
Moles: And the Loode was moued vnto
wyrath agaynst them, and he wét his waye,
and the cloude departed from of the Taber-
nacle. And beholde, Wy! Jam was beco-
me ♦ leprous, as it were nowe. And Aarón
loked vp ♦ Mir Jam, ♦ behold, the was le-
prous, and Aarón kayde vnto Moles: I be-
leche the my Loode, put not the lyme upon
vs, which we haue foolishly comypted and
lynned. Oh, let her not be as one þ commeth
out of his mothers wombe, and whose half
klethe is eaten awaye.

*cro.xxiij.b*

*ij.par.xvii.b*

And Moles cryed vnto þ Lord, laying:

Heale her, ☞ God, I beseech þ. And the Lo-
de kayde vnto Moles: If her father had
spitte in her face, thulde the not be aha-
med. vii. dayes: let her be chutte out of þ ho-
hte. vii. dayes, and after þ let her be receaued
in agayne. And Mir Jam was chut out of
the hóste. vii. dayes, and the people remoued
not, tyl he was broughte in agayne. ♦ And
after warde the people remoued frö Haze-
roth, ♦ pitched in the wildernesse of Pharà.

*Nu.xxiij.c*

### C The. xiii. Chapter.

C Tenen men are sent to searche the land of Canaan.

And the Loode spake vnto Mo-
les, laying: ♦ Sende men out
to lerche the lande of Canaan,

A

*Deute.i.d.*

whyche I gene vnto the chyl-
dren of Israel: of euery trybe of
their fathers shall ye sende a mâ, ♦ let them
all be koche as are ruelars amonge the. And
Moles at the commaundemèt of the Loode
fent korth out of the wildernesse of Pharan
koche men as were all heads of the children
of Israel. Their names are theke:

Dk the trybe of Ruben, Sammua the
sonne of zacur. Dk the trybe of Symeon,
Saphat the sonne of Boz: Dk the trybe of
Juda, Caleb the sonne of Jephune: Of the
trybe of Jlachat, Igeal the fone of Joseph:
Dk þ trybe of Ephzaim, ✠ Holea þ sonne
of Nun: Dk the trybe of Ben Jamin. Pal-
thi the sonne of Raphu: Dk the trybe of za-
bulon, Gadiel the sonne of Sodi: Dk the
trybe of Joseph: Namely, of þ trybe of Ma-
nasse, Gaddi the sonne of Suli: Dk the try-
be of Dan, Amiel the sonne of Gemali: Dk
the trybe of Aler, Sethur the sonne of Wi-
chael: Dkthe trybe of Nephthali, Nahebi þ
sonne of Iaphli: Dk þ trybe of Gad, Guel
the sonne of Machi. These are the names of
the men, whiche Moles sent to lppe out the
lande. And Moles called the name of Holea
the sonne of Nun, Jolua.

D

B

And Moles sent them korth to lppe out
the lande of Canaan, and kayde vnto them:
gett you up this waye southward, that ye
maye go vp into þ hye contrep, ♦ le þ lande
what maner thynge it is, ♦ þ people þ dwel-
leth therin: whether they be kröge oz wea-
ke, ether kewe oz many, ♦ what the lade is þ
they dwell in, whether it be good oz bad, ♦
what maner of crypties they be þ they dwell
in: whether they dwel it etes oz walled tow-
nes, ♦ what maner of lande it is: whether it
be katt oz leane, and whether there be trees
therin oz not. Be of a good courage, ♦ kröge
of the frute of the lande. And it was aboute
theyme that grapes are fyrst trype.

And so they went vp, and searched out þ
lande from the wildernesse of zin vnto Re-
hob, as men come to Hemath, ♦ they ascen-
ded vnto þ south, ♦ came vnto Hezek, whe-
re Ahimá was ♦ Sclai and Thalmani, the

C

hii sonnes

uke. ex.g.

el.ii.g.

tnu.xiii.a

cod. v.b.1

The people murmur. Numeri.

Jo.lix.

it, according to thy request. But as truly as I lyue, all the earth shall be filled with the gloze of the Loode. But all those men which have sene my gloze and my myrales which I dyd in Egypte and in the wildernesse, and have tempted me now this time, shall not herken unto my voce, that not as land which the Israel unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that were called me se it. But my servant * Caleb: who there was another maner of spiritue, & because he hath followed me unto him, I will brynge into the lande which he hath walked in, and his feed shall inhere it, and also the Amalekites and Cananites which dwell in the playne contre. To morowe turne you, & gett you into the wildernesse: even by the wape of the redd lee.

E

And the Loode spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying: how longe doth this euel multitude murmur agest me? I haue herde the murmurpnyges of the children of Israel with which they murmur agest me. Tell them therfore: As truly as I lyue (sayeth the Loode) I will do unto you, euè as ye have spoken in myne eares. Youre carkelles shall lye in this wpldernele: And all you þere were tolde thowz out your nombres, from xx. pere and aboue, (which haue murmured agenst me) shall not come into the lade, ouer which * þlykt vp myne hâde, to make you þwel therin, saue Caleb the sonne of Jephune, and Jolua the londe of Nun.

F

But your children which ye layde shuld be a praye, them I will bringe in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused, & your carkelles shall lye in this wpldernele. And your chylden shall wandre in this wpldernele. Rl. peres, and suffre for you, þhoreldome, until your carkelles be walled in the wpldernele, after the nombre of the dapes in which ye serched out the lande euèn. Rl. dapes, * every dape for a pere shall ye beare your vrighte coulnes euè Rl. pere, * & ye shall knowe my displeasure I the Loode haue layde þ I will do it unto all this euel congregacion, that are gethered together agenst me: For in this wildernesse they shall be consumed, & here they shall dye.

G

*Lecx.iii.b.

H

I

*1.Lorin.x.b

J

And the men which Moles sent to ferche the lade, & which (when they came agayne) made all the people to murmur & before them, and brought vp a sclaunder upon the lande, euè those men that dyd bring vp that sclaunder vp to it, as though it had bene enell dyed in a greate * plage before þ Loode. But Jolua the londe of Nun & Caleb the londe of Jephune whych were of the men that went to ferche the lande, lyued styll. And Moles tolde these layenges unto all the children of Israel, and the people toke great forrowe.

And they rose up early in the mornynge

and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saynge: * lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place of which the Loode sayde unto vs, for we haue synned. And Moles sayde: wherefore will ye go on this manner beyond the word of the Loode: it will not come well to palle: go not up there: ( for the Loode is not amonge you) that ye be not flayne before you: ene yes. For the Amalekites and the Cananites are there before you, & ye will fall upon us: * because ye are tourned awaye from the Loode, and the Loode will not be with you.

*Deute.f.k.

K

L

But they * presumed obestinatly to go up into the hyl toppe: Neuerthelater, the arcke of the testament of the Loode and Moles departed not out of the hoffe. Then the Amalekites & the Cananites which dwelt in that hill, came Doune, & smote them and hewed them: even unto Hozma.

C The.xv.Chapter.

The dypnokofferinges of them that enter into the lande. The pungyment of ym that synned of arrogancye or payde.

And the Loode spake unto Moles, saynge: I speake unto the children of Israel and laye unto them * when ye be come into the lande of your habitation, cions which I geue unto you, and will offre an offerynge unto the Loode, Namely, a burntofferynge or a specpall sacrifyce, ether of a vowe or of a willing mynde, and in your princypall keales, to make a swete fauoure unto the Loode, of the oxen or of the flocke.

M

*Leu.xxiif.b

N

Then * let hym that offereth his offerynge unto the Loode, brynge also a meat-offerynge of a tenth deale of kloure, mingled with the fourth parte of an Hin of oyle and the fourth parte of an Hin of wyne for a dypnokofferynge and offer with the burntofferynge or any other offerynge: when it is a lambe: Or if it be a ram, thou chalt offer for a meatofferynge, two tenth deales of kloure, mingled with the thyn deale of an Hin of oyle, and for a dypnokofferinge, thou chalt offer the thyn deale of an Hin of wyne, for a swete fauoure unto the Loode.

*Leul.ii.a.
and.vi.b.

And when thou offerest a bullock for a burntofferige or for a speciall vowe or peaceofferinge unto the Loode, let him bryng to a bullock, a meatofferynge of iii. tenth deales of kloure mingled with halke an Hin of oyle. And thou chalt brynge for a drinck offerige: euè halke an Hin of wyne, for an offeringe of a swete fauoure unto the Loode. After this maner shall it be done for an ore, or for a rame, or for a lambe or a Kidd. Loke what nôbe thou makest in these, such a nôbre shall make in them also. And accordinge to this nôbe of koche offerynges, thou chalt encrease thy meatofferynges and the dypnokofferynges.

P

h iii All

The water of kryffe Numeri.

Name, ch. b.

Nu. xxi. c.
cd. xxiij. d.
Iggc. ij. c.

C

and be uncleane untill euen. And a ma that is cleane, shall take vp the ashes of the kowe, and put them without þ holt in a cleane place, And it shall be kepte for the multitud of the chyldren of Israel * for a sprenkling water and for an attonement of lynne. Therfore he that gathered the ashes of the kowe, shall wash his clothes, and remayne uncleane vntill euen. And thys chalbe unto the chyldre of Israel and vnto the krauger þ dwelleth amongst them, a statute for euer.

* He that toucheth the deed body of any man, chalbe uncleane seuen dayes. And he shall purifye hym selfe wyth this water the thyrde daye and the seuenth daye, and he chalbe cleane. But if he purifye not him selfe the thyrde daye and þ seuenth daye, he chal not be cleane. Whosoever toucheth the coarle of any man that is deed, and sprenkleth not him selfe, defyleth the dwellynge of the Lord: and that soule chalbe roted out of Israel, becaule the spайнkynge water was not sprenkled uppō him. He chalbe therfore uncleane, and his unclenesse chall remayne vpon him.

D

This is the lawe of the man that dyeth in a tet: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, chalbe uncleane seuen dayes. And all the vessels that be open which haue no lyd nor conerynge vpō them, chalbe uncleane. And whoſoever toucheth one that is flayne with aSWERDE in the keldes, or a deed perſone, or a bone of a deed man, or a graue: chall be uncleane seuen dayes.

Pal. l. b.

Therfore, for an uncleane perſone they shall take of the burnt ashes of the Synoktrynge, & runnynge water shall be put thereto in a vessel. And let a cleane perſone * take Iſope and dippe it in þ water, and sprenkle it vpō the tent, and upon all the vessels, and on the ſoules þ were there in, and upon hym that touched a bone, or a flayne perſone, or a deed body, or a graue. And the cleane perſone chal sprenkle vpon the uncleane the thyrde daye and the seuenth daye. And þ seuenth daye he chall purifye him selfe, & waſche his clothes, & bathe him selfe in water, and chalbe cleane at euen.

But the man that is uncleane, and sprenkleth not him selfe, the fame soule chalbe deſtroyed from amonge the congregacion: becaule he hath deſiled the holy place of þ Lorde, and the spайнklynge water hath not bene spinkled vpon him, therfore chal he remayne uncleane. And this chalbe a perpetual lawe vnto them. And he that spinkleth the spайнkynge water, chall wash his clothes.

And he þ toucheth the spайнkynge water, chalbe uncleane untill euen. And what whoſuer the uncleane perſone toucheth, chalbe uncleane. And the soule þ toucheth it, chalbe uncleane untill the euen.

C The. xx. Chapter.

Cone Jam dyeth. The people murmur. They haue water euen orte of the rocke. And denpyth the Israelites paſsage, thatowd his ceane. The death of Aaron in whole, rowme, and heare is lacedeth.

And þ children of Israel came with þ whole multitude into the deferte * of Sin in þ first moneth, Æ the people abode at Cades. And there dyed Miriam, and was buried there. But there was no water for the multitude, And they gathered them ſelues together agenſt Moſes and Aaron. And the people chode with Moſes, and Ipaſe, Iaſege: wold God that we had perſuſhed, when oure hesthen dyed beſoze the Lorde. Why haue we brought the congregacion of the Lord vnto this wildernesse, þ both we and oure catell Iould dye in it: * Wherfore haue we made vs to go out of Egipte, to hynge vs into this ungracions place, which is no place of leed nor of ſygges, nor vnyes, nor of pomgrances, neither is there any water to hynge!

A

*Nu. xxiij. d.*

*Exo. xvii. a.*

B

And Moſes and Aaron went from þ congregacion vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witenesse, and fell upon theyr faces. * And they cried vnto the Lorde and Ipaſe: Lord God, heare the crye of this people, and open them thy treaſure, euen a fountayne of Ipuſing water: that they may be ſatified, and that there be mutinaryng mape ceaſe. And the glorſe of þ Lorde appered vnto them. And the Lorde Ipaſe vnto Moſes Iaſege: take the rod, and gether thou and thy brother Aaron the congregacion together, and Ipaſe vnto the rocke before their eyes, and it shall gene forth his water. And thou chal thynge them water out of the rocke, to gene the company hynke, and their beaſts also.

*Exo. xvii. c.*

* And Moſes toke the rodd from before the Lorde, as he commanded him. And Moſes and Aaron gethered the congregacion together before the rocke, and Moſes Iaſed vnto them: heare ye rebellys, must we kett you water out of this rocke: And Moſes likte vp his hande, and with his * rodd he smote the rocke two tymes, and the water came out abundantly, ſ the multitude dräck and their beaſts also.

*Ibid. xvii. b.*

C

And the Lorde Ipaſe vnto Moſes & Aaron: because ye beleued me not, to sanctifye me in the eyes of the chyldre of Israel, therfore ye chall not hynge this congregacion into the lande which I haue geuen them. This is the water of kryſſe, because þ chyldren of Israel stroue with the Lorde, and he was sanctified in them. H

D

And Moſes * sent meſengers from Cades vnto the hynge of Edom. Thus Iaſeth thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all þ traueſell that hath happened vs, Dure fathers went doune into Egipte, Æ we haue dwelt in Egipte a longe tyme, and the Egiptians vexed vs & oure fathers. And wha we cryed vnto

*Judges x. r.*

The bzaſen ſerpèt.

Numeri,

No.lxii.

*Mum. xxi. e.

D

*

unto þ Lord, he herde oure voyce, and lent an angell, and hath kett vs out of Egipte. And beholde, we are in Cades, eué in the vtermoſt cite of thy borde. We wyll go now thowow thy countre: but * we will no go thowow the feldes or vyneardes, nether wyll we dnyne of the water of the fountaynes, we will go by the kinges hye waye, and neither turne vnto the ryghte hande nor to the leke, until we be paſt thy countre. And Edo anſwered hym: Thou chalt not go by me, left I come out agenſt the with the ſwerte. The chyldren of Israel layde vnto him: we will go by the beate waye: and I and my catell drinke of thy water, I will paye for it * I will but onely (without any harme) go thowow on my fete. He anſwered: Thou chalt not gothowow. And Edom came out agenſt hym with moche people, and with a myghtie power. And thus Edom benyed to geue Israel paſſage thowow his countre: wherfore Israel turned awaye from him.

And the chyldren of Israel departed from Cades, and came vnto mount Hoz with all the congregacion. And the Lord spake vnto Moſes and Aaron in mount Hoz, harde by the coaste of the lóde of Edom layenge: Aaron chall be gathered vnto his people, for he chall not come into the lâde which I haue geuen vnto the chyldren of Israel: because ye diſlobeied my mouth at the water of kryfte. Take Aaró and Eleazar his ſonne, and brynge them vp in to mount Hoz, & thou chalt krype Aaron out of his veltimètes, and put them upon Eleazar his ſonne, and Aaron chalbe gathered vnto his people, and chall dye there.

And Moſes dyd as the Loſde commaunſed: and they went vp in to mount Hoz in the lyghte of all the multitude. And Moſes toke off Aarons clothes, and put them vp on Eleazar his ſonne * and Aaron dyed there in the tope of the mount. And Moſes and Eleazar came doune out of þ mount. When all the multitude ſawe þ Aaron was deed, they mourned for Aaró thirtye dayes, thowow out all the houſholdes of Israel.

### C The. xxi. Chapter.

C Israel vanqueſeth kryng Arad. The krype leſentes kryuge them. The krynges, Sehon and Og are ouercome in bateſ.

*Deute. r. b. 8.
ECCCii-g.

A
*Nu. xpxxi. d.

And when kinge * Arad the Cananite which dwelt towarde þ South, harde tell that Israel came by the waye þ the ſpies had founde out, he koughte agayn ſt Israel, & toke some of them preſoners. And Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Loſde , and layde: If thou wilt delyuer this people in to my hâde, I will utterly deſtroye their cypries. And the Loſde herde the voyce of Israel, and delyuered them þ Cananites. And

they deſtroyed them and they 2 cryptes, and called the name of the * place * Hozma.

* And they deparced from mount Hoz by the waye of the redd ſee: to copalle the land of Edom. And the ſoule of the people laynpted by the waye. And the people spake agèſt God and agèſt Moſes * wherfore hæſt thou beought vs out of Egipte, for to dpe in the wildernesse: for here is nether bread nor water, and oure ſoule lotheth this lyghte bread.

*deſtruction.
‡ judgment. 1. d.
‡Deuſ. 1. a.
25

*Name. r. 1. a.

* Wherefore the Lord lent krype serpentes amonge the people, whych konge them: and moch people of Israel dyed. Therefore the people came to Moſes and layde: we have lynned, for we have spoken agenſt the Loſde agèſt the, * make intercellion to the Loſde, þ he take awaye the serpètes fro vs. And Moſes made intercellio for the people. And þ Loſde layd vnto Moſes: * make the a kryie serpent, and let it vp for a lygne, þ as many as are bykte, maye loke upon it, and lyue. * And Moſes made a serpent of bzaſſe, and let it vp for a ligne. And whê the serpètes had bytten any man, he behelde the serpent of bzaſſe, it was healed.

*I. Lo. r. a.
 Sapen. rvij. a.

C
*Ero. v. iiij. d
Iii. Reg. viii. b.
Ac. viij. d.

‡ 8

Job. iii. b.
 III. ke. xviij. a.

*Nu. xcccii. e.

* And the chyldren of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Dboth. And they beparted from Dboth, and pitched at the heapes of Abarim: euen in the wyldernesse whych is by the playne of Moab on the east lyde. And they remoued thence, and pitched vp the ryuer of zarad. And they departed thence, and pitched on the other lyde of Arnon, which is in the wyldernesse, and cometh out of the costes of the Amorites: for Arnon is the borde of Moab, betwene Moab and Æ Amorites. Wherefore it is spoken in the boke of the warre of the Loſde, what thige he dyd in the reed ſee, & in the rypuers of Arnon. And the heade of the rypuers, that goeth downe to the dwellyng of Ar, & stretcheth vnto the borde of Moab: from thence it turneth vnto Beer. The fame is Beer, or well whereof the Lord spake vnto Moſes: gether the people together, and I will geue them water. Then Israel fange this longe: A rypie vp well, linge vnto him: The prances digged this well, the captaynes of þ people digged it, with the teacher, & with their kraues.

D

And from the wyldernesse they went to E
Watana,

Balaam and

Numeri.

Balaam

C

*Nu.,رمی.ی.ی.*

put in my mouth he: And Balac layde unto him: Come I praye the with me unto another place, whence thou mayst ke them, & y that ke but the utmoste parte of them, and that not ke them all: curle them out of y placte for my sake. And he brought hym in to a felde (where men myght ke karre of) euere to y toppe of an hyll, ad bylt euere alters, and offered an ore and a ram on euerp alter. And he layd unto Balac: Iande here by thy laurifyce, whyle I go ponder. And the Loode mett Balaam, & put a wozde in his mouth and layd: go agayne unto Balac, and thus laye. And when he came to hym: beholde, he stode by hys sacrifyce, & y Loodes of Moab wyth him. And Balac layd unto him: what hath the Loode layde?

D

♦

*i. Ios. I. b. 4
Etc.*

And he toke vp hys parable & answered: rpye vp Balac and heare, and herken unto me thou sonne of ziphon.* God is not a man that he sulde lye, neither the sonne of a man that he sulde repent: sulde he laye, and not doo or sulde he lspeake, & not make it good: beholde, I haue taken upon me to blelle, for he bath bleffed, and it is not in my power to alter it...He behelde no vanyte in Jacob, nor kawe trauaill in Israel: The Loode his God is wyth hym, and... the prelence of the kynge is amongst them. * God brought them out of Egypt, he hath strengthe as an vypryze. There is no forcery in Jacob, nor sothlayng in Israel. * It is now tolde unto Jacob & Israel, what God hath wroughe. Beholde, the people chal ryse vp as a lyonel: le, and heue vp hym selfe as a lyon: He shall not lpe downe, vntyll he eate of the pzye, & dyrnke the bloude of them that are flayne. *

♦

*Nu. xiii. b.*

♦

And Balac layde unto Balaam: neither curle them nor blelle them. But Balaas answered and layde unto Balac: tolde not I y sayinge: all that the Loode lpeaketh, that I must doo: And Balac layde unto Balaam: come I praye the, and I will brynge the yet unto another place: pf peraduenture it shall pleale God, & thou mayst thence curle them for my sake. And Balac broughte Balaam unto the toppe of Deoz, & boweth towarde the wyldernelle of Jelymmon. And Balaas layde unto Balac: make me here euere alters, and preypare me here euere oxen, & seuen rammes. And Balac dyd as Balaam had layd, and offered an ore ad a ram on euerp alter.

C The. xiii. Chapter.

Balaam prophesiereth of the kynngdome of Israel and of the comping of Christ. Balac is angric with Balaam. The destruction of the Amalekites, and of the Kenptres.

A

And when Balaam sawe that it pleased the Lord that he sulde blelle Israel, he went not as he dyd twyple before to kest soth-sayig, but kest his face towarde wyldernelle. And Balaas lift vp hys eyes,

and loked upon Israel as he laye accordyng to hys trybes, and the Ipirite of God came upon hym. * And he toke vp hys parable & layde: Balaam the sonne of Beoz hath layd and the man whole eye is open hathe layde: he hath layd, whych heareth the wozdes of God and leuth the vilions of the almightie, and falleth doune wyth open eyes.

*Nu. xiii. a.*

♦

B

*I. Reg. v. 4
‡ Nu. xiii. a.*

How goodly are thy tentes o Jacob, and thine habitactions o Israel: Euen as the valeyes are they layed abzode, and as gardens by the ryuers lyde: as the tentes whych the Loode hath pitched, and as cypers trees be lyde & waters. * The water doppeth out of his bouket, & hys feed shall be many waters* and hys kynge chalbe hycr the Agag, And hys kynngdom chalbe exalted. † God broughte him out of Egypt: as the strengthe of an vypryze is he unto hym. He shall eate the nacions hys enempes, and gnawe their bones, and perce the thorow his arowes. * He couched hym selfe, and laye doune as a lpon, and as a lyonelle, who shall sterre hys vp: bleffed is he that bleffeth the, curfed is he that curseth the.

*Gen. el. 4. b
Dd.*

C

*Nu. x. 4. b.*

And Balac was woth wyth Balaam, and smote his handes together, and Balac layd unto Balaam: I sent for the to curle myne enempes, and beholde, thou haft bleffed the thys the tymes. Therfore now gett quicckly unto thy place. I thought that I wolde promote the unto honoure, but lo, & Loode hath kept the backe from wozhewe. Balaam answered unto Balac: tolde I not thy mellenger s which thou sentest unto me, saying: * If Balac wolde genue me his houſe full of syluer and gold, I can not palle the wozde of the Loode, to do ether good or bad of myne awne mynde: But what the Loode layeth, that am I compelled to lspeake. And now beholde, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will aduertifie the, what this people shall do to thy folke i the later dapes. And he toke vp his parable and layde: Balaam the sonne of Beoz hath layd, the man whose eye his open, hath layd. He hath layd that heareth the wozdes of God, and hath knowledge of the moft hye, and beholdeth the vplion of the almygbie, and that falleth with open eyes: I shall ke him, but not now I shall behold him, but not npe. * There chal come a starre of Jacob, and ryse a scepeter of Israel, and chall* imyte the cosres of Moab & undermpe all the child* e of Seth. * And Edom chalbe posſelled, ad Seir chall fall to the posſession of their enempes, and Israel chall do manfully. Duf of Jacob chall come he that chall haue domyniſ, & chall destrope the remnaunt of the cytie.

*Math. 4. a.*

*I. Reg. vii. a.*

*I. Reg. vii. b.*

And whan he loked on Amaleck, he toke vp his parable, & layde: Amaleckis & fyalſt of the nacions * but hys latter ende chall peryth

D

*Ez. v. 4. b
I. Reg. v. a.*

Phinehes

Nunun.

Jo. Ixiii.

perishׁutterly. And he loked on the Kenites and toke vp his parable, and layde: stronge is thy dwellinge place, and thou puttest thy neſt in a rocke, Neuertheleſſe þenke that he roſed out, vntyll Aſſur take the p[re]ſoner: And he toke vp his parable and layd: Alas, who shall lyue when God doeth this? The chippes alſo shall come out of the coſte of I-aly, and ſubdue Aſſur, ſubdue Eber, and he hymſelke shall perſhׁat the laſt. And Ba-łaam roſe vp, and went and returned to his place: and Walac alſo went his waye.

C The. xxv. Chapter.

C The people committeth foroſacion with the daughters of Moab. Phinehes k[ill]erth Zamri and Lozbi. God comrauendeth to k[ill] the Ma-dianites.

A

*Ero.xxiij.c

B

*Ero.xxxii.c

C

*J.Louin.r.b

C

*Eccie.eli.v.f. I.Marcha.ij.f.

*Mala.ij.a

D

And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people began to committ whoredome with daugh-ters of Moab, which called the people unto the sacrifice of their goddes.* And þe people did eate, and wor chipped their goddes, Æ Israel coupled hi ſelke vnto ☞Baal Peož. And the indignacion of the Loode was pro-oked agapnit Israel, Æ the Loode layd vn- to Moſes: take all the heedes of the people, Æ hange them vp before the Loode ☞ agenit the ſonne, that the wath of the Loodes cou-tenaunce mape be tourned away fro Israel And Moſes layde vnto the judges of Israel *:* euery one ſlape hisinme that were iopned vnto Baal Peož.

And beholde, one of the chyldeſ of Israel came and broughte vnto his bethreſ, a Ma-dianitich wife euë in, the ſyghte of Moſes, Æ in the ſygh of all the multitude of the chyl- dren of Israel, that wepte before the doze of the tabernacle of witnelle.* And when Phi- nehes the ſonne of Eleazar the ſonne of Aar-on the preaſt ſaw it, he roſe vp out of the myddes of the companye, and toke a weap- in his hande, and went after the man of I- rael ☞ in to the tent, and throuſt them tho- row: both the man of Israel Æ also the wo-man, euen tho row the belly of her. And the plage ceaſed fro the chylde ſ of Israel.* And there dyed in the plage. xriii. thouſande.

And the Loode spake vnto Moſes laying: *Phinehes the ſonne of Eleazar the ſonne of Aar-on the preaſt, hath tourned myne an-ger awaye from the chyldren of Israel, whу- le he was gelous for my ſake amongst them, that I had not cſum ed the chyldren of I- rael in my gelouſe. Wherefore ſaye: beholde *I gene vnto him my couenaunt of peace, and he shall haue it, Æ his ſeed after him, euen the couenaüte of the preaſſes office for euer because he was gelous for his Godes ſake, and made an attonement for the chyldren of Israel. The name of þ Israelite which was

ſlape with the Madiantych wyke, was Zamri the ſone of Salu, a Loode of an hou-ſe and kynred of Simeon. And the name of þ Madiantich wyke that was ſlape, was Cozbi the daugh ter of ſur, a heed ouer the people of an houſe and kynred of Madiant.

And þ Loode spake vnto Moſes, laying: * vere the Madiantites, Æ myſte them, for they trouble you with their wyples, whych haue beggled you by diſceate in the cauie of Peož, and in the cauie of their ſp[er]ter Cozbi the daugh ter of a Loode of the Madiantites, which was ſlape in the dape of the plage for Peož take.

*Du. xxxi.a.

C The. xxvi. Chapter.

C The chyldren of Irael are nombed.

Ad it fortuned, þ after the plage, þ A Loode spake vnto Moſes vnto E-eazar þ ſonne of Aar-on the preſſe laying: * take the nober of all the

multitude of the chylde ſ of Israel from. rr. yere aboue tho:ow out their fathers hou-ſes, all that are able to groo to warre in I- rael. And Moſes & Eleazar the preaſt spake vnto them in the ſeldes of Moab, by Lo-dan-ee ouer agapnit Jericho, from. rr. yere and aboue, as the Loode commaunded Moſes & the chyldren of Israel, whan they were come out of Egypt.

* Ruben the eldeſt ſonne of Israel. The chyldren of Ruben: Hanoch, of whom co-meth the kynred of the Hanochites: Æ Palu of whom commeth the kynred of the Pal-uites. Of Heſron, commeth the kynred of þ Heſronites: of Carmi, coſmeth the kynred of þ Carmites. Thele are þ kynredes of þ Ru- benites, and they were in nombre. Rliu. thou-ſonde ſeuen hundred & thirtye. And the ſon-nes of Palu: Eliab. And the ſones of Eliab Neμuel, Dathan and Abaram.

*Gene. elbi. i. Data. b.a.

V

This is that Dathā and Abiram, which were famous in the cōgregacion, Æ * Kroue agenit Moſes and Aar-on in the companye of Cozah, when they Kroue agenit the Lo- de.* And þ erth opened her mouth, Æ twa- lowed them vp. Cozah also was in þ death of that multitude, what tyme the fyze con-ſum ed two hundred and fyſtie me, and they became a lygne: Notwithſt ōdyngc, the chy- dren of Cozah dyed not.

*Num. xvi. a.

*Num. xvi. b.

And the chyldren of Simeon after their kynredes were: Neμuel, of who commeth the kynred of þ Neμuelites: Jamin, of who commeth the kynred of the Jaminytces: Ja-chin, of whom commeth the kynred of the Ja-chinites: of Zareh, cometh the kynred of the Zarehites. And of Saul, cometh the kyn- red of the Saulites. Thele are the kynredes of Simeon: euë. xxii. thouſande & ii. húdred.

C

The chylde ſ of Gad after their kynredes were: zephō, of whom commeth the kynred of the

A lawe of heretage

Numeri,

Jo. I. v.

Chalbe deuyped by lott, and accoedynge to
the names of þrybes of their fathers, they
shall enherett: accoedynge to the lott chall
the posseffio therof be deuided, betwene ma-
ny and fewe.

*Anme. I:ia.

G

* These are the nombres of the Leuites after their kynredes: Gerson, of whom came the kynred of the Geronites: Cahath of whom came the kynred of the Cahathi-tes: Merari, of whom came the kynred of the Verarites. These are the kynredes of the Leuptes: the kynred of the Libnites, the kynred of the Hebzonites, the kynred of the Wabelites, the kynred of the Mulites, the kynred of the karahites. Kahath begate Amram, and Amram's wyfe was called * Jo-chebed a daughter of Leui, which was bozne unto Leui in Egypte. And the bare vn-to Amram, Aaron, Moles, and Eir Jam their lyfter. And unto Aaron were bozne, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.*

*Ero. vii. d.*

*Anme. I:ia.*

*Anme. I:ia.*

* And Nadab and Abihu dyed, whan they offered Iraunge fyze before the Loode. And after their nòbzes they were : * x. xiii. thousand, all males from a moneth olde & above. For they were not nombred amonge þ chil-dren of Israel, because there was no enhe-ritaunce geuen them amonge the chyldren of Israel. These are the nombres, whâ Mo-les and Eleazar the Pèaalte nombred the children of Iraell in the playne of Moab, fast by Iozdane ouer agaynst Jericho. And amonge these there was not a man of them, whom Moles and Aaron nombred, whan they tolde the children of Israel in the wil-dernesse of Sinai. For the Loode sayde of them: they shall dye in the wyldernesse, and there was not lefte a man of them: saue Ca-leb the fone of Jephune, and Jolua the fon-ne of Nun.*

C The. xxvii. Chapter.

C The lawe of the heritage of the daughters of zelaphead. The land of promelle is thewcd unto Moles: in whole fteade is appoynted Jolue.

A

*P. rr. vii. d.
and. rr. vii. a.
Jolue. xxi. a.*

Ad the daughters of * zela-phead the fonde of Heber þ fon-ne of Gilead, the fonde of Ma-chir the fonde of Manasse, of the kynred of Manasse the fon-ne of Joseph (whole names were Wabela, Noha, Hagla, Melcha and Thirza) came and tode before Moles and Eleazar the Pèaalte, and before the lòdes and all the multitude by the doze of the Tabernacle of witnelle, layinge: oure father dyed in the wyldernesse, and * was not in the compa-nye of them that gethered them felues together agenst the Loode in the congregacion of Corah: But & dyed in his awne fyn-ne, and had no fonnes. Wherfore then is the name of oure fathers taken awaye from a-mòge his kynred, because he hath no fonde.

*P. rr. vii. c.*

*Geue vnto vs therkoze a posſession amòge the brethzen of oure father. And Moles broughte their caule before the Loode. And the Loode tpake vnto Moles, layinge: The daughters of zelaphead tpeke rpghte: thou chalt geue them a posſession to enheret a-monge their fathers brethzen, chalt tourne the enheritaunce of their father vnto them. And thou chalt tpeake vnto the chyldren of Israel, laying: If a man dye and haue no fonde, ye shall tourne his enheritaunce vnto his daughter. If he haue no daughter, ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his vze-thzen. If he haue also no brethzen, ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his fathers vze-thzen. And of his father haue no brethzen, ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto him that is nerte to him of his kynred, and he shall posſelleit. And this chalbe vnto the chyldren of Israel, & a lawe of iudgmèt, as the Lord hath commaunded Moles.*

And the Loode kayde vnto Moles * get the vp into this mout Abarim, and beholde the lande, which I haue genen vnto þ chyl-dren of Israel. And when thou haſt ſene it, & thou chalt be gethered vnto thy people also, as Aaron thy brother was gethered. For ye were diſobedient vnto my mouthe in the deferte of Sin in the stryfe of the con-gregacion. Neither did ye ſanctifye me in the waters before their eyes. * That is þ wa-ter of stryfe in Cades in the wyldernesse of sin. And Moles tpake vnto þ Loode laying: let the Loode God of the syyrites of all kley, lett a man ouer the congregacion, whych maye & go out and in before them, and leade them out and in: that the congega-cion of the Loode be not as chepe which haue not a cheparde. And the Loode kayde vn-to Moles: take Jolua the fonde of Nun, in whom is & the Ipirite, and put thyne han-des upon him, and lett him before Eleazar the Pèaalte, and before all the congregacion, and geue him a charge in their ſyghte. And put of thy praple vp on him, that all the com-panye of the children of Israel maye be obe-dient. And he shall kàde before Eleazar the Pèaalte, which chall ake councell for him * & after the iudgement of Trim before the Loode: And according vnto his wozde chall they go out and in, both he and all the chyl-dren of Israel wyth hym, and all the con-gregacion.*

And Moles dyd as the Loode commaun-ded him, and he toke Jolua, and lett him be-fore Eleazar the Pèaalte, & before all the con-gregacion, * & put his handes upon hym, & gaue him a charge, as the Loode commaun-ded thorow the hande of Moles.*

C The. xxviii. Chapter.

C What must be offered on euerp keast dape.

i

And

Leremonies.

Numeri.

Fol. Ixvi.

*Leul.xviiif.

Chalbe of floure mingled with oyle. iii. teth-
deales to a bullocke, e. ii. to a ram, e a tenth
deale vnto a lambe, thozow out the. vii. lá-
bes. An he goate for lynne, belide the lynne-
offerynge of attonement e the daply burnt-
offerynge, and the meate and drynchoffryn-
ges that longe to the fame. * And in the. xv.
daye of the. vii. moneth ye shall haue an
holy conuocation, and do then no seruple
worcke, and ye shall kepe a feast vnto the
Lozde. vii. dayes longe. And ye shall offer a
burntoffrynge for a sacrifice of a swete fa-
noure vnto the. Lord: xiii. bullockes. ii. ram-
mes e. xiii. lábes of a pere old, which chalbe
without blemith. And their meatofferynge
chalbe of floure myngled w oyle. iii. tenth-
deales vnto euery one of the. xiii. bullockes
ii. tenthdeales to ether of the rames, and one
tenthdeale vnto eche of the. xiii. lábes. And
one he goate for lynne, belide þ dayly burnt-
offerynge w his meate and drynchofferynge.

C

And the feconde dave (ye shall offre). xii.
younge bullockes. ii. rammes. xiii. verelynge
lábes without spot: e let their meatoffrynge
and drynchoffrynges vnto the bullockes,
rammes & lambes be accordng to the nom-
bie of them and after the maner. And an he
goote for lynne, belyde the daply burntok-
trynge and his meate & drynchoffrynges.
And þ þyrde dave (ye shall offre). ri. bulloc-
kes. ii. rammes and. xiii. perelynge lambes
without spot: e let their meate & drynchoffe-
rynges vnto the bullockes, rammes & lábes
be after the nóbze of them & accordynge to þ
maner. And ther shall be offred an he goate
foz lynne, belyde the daply burntokffrynge &
his meate and drynchoffrynge.

D

In the fourth dave (ye shall offre) x. bul-
lockes, two rammes and. xiii. lambes yere-
lynges & pure: let their meate & drynchoffe-
rynges vnto the bullockes, rammes & lam-
bes, be accordng to the nóbze of them and
after the maner. And an he goate for lynne,
belyde the daply burntokffrynge, and hys
meate and drynchofferynge. In the fyfth
dave (ye shall offre) ix. bullockes, two ram-
mes and. d. xiii. lambes of one pere old a pece
without spot. And let their meate & drynch-
offeringes vnto the bullockes, rammes and
lambes, be accordynge to the nóbze of them
& after þ maner. And an he goate for lynne,
belide the daply burntokffrynge & his meate
and drynchofferynge. And in the lirte dave
(ye shall offre). vii. bullockes. ii. rammes &
xiii. perelynge lábes without spot. And let
their meate and drynchofferynges vnto the
bullockes, rammes and lábes, be accordng
to the maner. And an he goate for lynne, be-
fyde þ dayly burntokffrynge, and his meate
and drynchofferynges. In the seuenth dave
(ye shall offre). vii. bullockes, two rammes
and. xiii. lambes that are perelynges & pue.

Aud let their meate and drynchofferynges
unto the bullockes, rammes and lambes,
be accordynge to their nóbze, and after the
maner. And an he goate for lynne, belyde
the dayly burntofferinge, & his meate and
drynchofferynge.

In the eyght dave ye shall haue a ☞ col-
lection of the keaffe vnto you, and ye shall
do no seruple worck therin. But ye shall of-
fer a burntofferynge, a sacrifyce for a twete
lauoure vnto the Lozde: one bullocke, one
ram and. vii. perelynge lambes wythout
spott. Let their meate and drynchofferinges
unto the bullocke, ram and lábes, be accor-
dynge to their nóbze and accordynge to the
maner. And an he goate for lynne, belide the
daply burntofferynge and hys meate and
drynchofferynge.

These thynges ye shall do vnto the Loz-
de in youre kealfes : belyde youre vowes
and fre wyllofferynges, in youre burntok-
ferynges, meatofferinges, drynchofferynges
and peaceofferynges. And Woles tolde the
chydzen of Israel, all that the Lozde com-
maunded hym.

C The. xxx. Chapter.

TCh of vowes when thep chalbe kept, & when not.

Ad Woles IpaKE vnto the hea-
des of the trybes of the chyldren
of Israel, kaping this is þyrng
which the Lozde hath commaun-
ded. * If a man vowe a vowe
vnto the Lozde, or were an othe to bynde
his loule, he shall not goo backe with hys
worde: but shall fulkyll all that is proceaded
out of his mouth.

*Deu.xviiif.

If a woman allo vowe a vowe vnto the
Lord, and bynde her selfe bepinge in her fa-
thers houfe in the tyme of his pouth, and her
father heare her vowe & bode which the bath
made vpó her loule, & holde his peace thereto:
then all her vowes & bondes which the bath
made vpon her loule shall ikande in effecte.
But and þ her father kozbyd her the fame
dave þ he heareth it, none of her vowes noz
bondes which the bath made vpon her loule
chalbe of value, and the Lord shall forzgene
her, because her father kozbade her.

B

If the had an hufband when the vowed
or pronounced oughte out of her lyppes
wherwyth the bonde her loule, and her bul-
bande heare de it and helde hys peace there at
the fame dave he heard de it: Then her vow-
es and her bondes wherwyth the bounde
her loule, shall ikande in effecte. And þ her
hufbande kozbade her the fame dave that he
heard it, and made her vowe which the had
vpó her of none effecte, and released the ope-
ryng of her lyppes wherwith the bonde her
loule, the Lozde shall forzgene her.

But euery vowe of a wedowe and of her

i ii that

Madian destroyed

Numeri.

Jo. lxxvii.

E

two partes, betwene them þ toke the warre
upon them, and went out to battell: and all
the congregacion. And take a porcion vnto
the Lozde of the men of warre, which went
oute to battell: ☞ one soule of fyue hun-
dred, both of the wemen and of the oxen and
of the alles and of the thepe: and ye shall ta-
ke it of their halke, and geue it vnto Eleazar
the preaſte, as an heue offer ynge of þ Lord.
And of the halke of the chyldren of Israel,
thou Chalt take one porcion of fyftye, of the
wemen, of þ oxen, of the alles and of the thepe,
and of all maner of beaſes, and geue them
vnto the Leuites which wayte vpō the ha-
bitacion of the Lozde.

And Moſes and Eleazar the preaſte dpd
as the Lozde commaunded Moſes. And the
botye and the praye which the men of war-
re had caught, was. vi. hundred thoulande,
and. lxxv. thoulande thepe: and.lxxii. thou-
lande oren. lxi. thoulande alles: and. xxxii.
thoulande ſoules of wemen, that had lyen
by no man.

And the halke whych was the parte of
them that went out to warre, was. iiu. hun-
dred thoulande and. xxxvii. thoulande and
fyue hüdzed thepe: And the Lozdes parte of
the pepe was. vi. hüdzed and. lxxx. And the
oren were. xxxvi. thoulande, of whych the
Lozdes parte was. lxxxii. And the alles were
xxx. thoulande and fyue hundred, of whych
the Lozdes parte was. lri. And the ſoules of
wemen were. vi. thoulande, of whych the
Lozdes parte was. xxxii. ſoules. And Mo-
ſes gane that ſumme whych was the Loz-
des heue offer yng, vnto Eleazar the preaſte:
as the Lozde commaunded ☞ alles. And the
other halke of the chyldren of Israel whych
Moſes separated from the men of warre
( that is to wete, the halke that pertayned
vnto þ congregacion) was. iii. hundred
thoulande and. xxxvii. thoulande and fyue
hundred thepe: and. xxxvi. thoulande oren:
and. xxx. thouland alles and fyue hundred:
and. xvi. thoulande ſoules of wemen. And
Moſes toke of this halke þ pertayned vnto
the chyldren of Israel: one porcion of fyftie,
both of the wemen and of the catell, and ga-
ue them vnto þ Leuptes which wayted vpō
the habitation of the Lozde, as the Lord co-
maunded Moſes. And the officers of thou-
landes of the hoſſe, the captaynes ouer the
thoulandes, and the captaynes ouer the hü-
dredes came forth, and ſayde vnto Moſes:
Thy ſeruauntes haue taken the ſumme of
the mē of warre, which are under oure auc-
torte, and there lacketh not one man of vs.
We haue theſeroſe brought a paeient vnto
Lozde what euery man founde of Jewels of
golde, cheyns, bracelettes, rynges, earpinges
and ſpangels, to make an attonement for-
oure ſoules bekoſe the Lozde.

G

And Moſes and Eleazar toke the golde
of them: Jewels of all maner facions. And
all the gold of the heue offer yng that they he-
ued vp to the Lord, (of the captaynes ouer
thoulandes and hüdzedes) was. vi. thou-
lande. vii. hundred ſ. l. cycles, for the men of
warre had lpolved, euery man for him ſelſe.
And Moſes and Eleazar the preaſt toke þ
golde of the captaynes ouer the thoulandes
and of the captaynes ouer the hüdzeds; and
brought it into the Tabernacle of witneſſe:
for a memoriall of the chyldren of Israel, be-
koſe the Lozde.

### C The. xxxii. Chapter.

C To Ruben and Gad and to halke the trpe of
Manalees, is promeſed the poſſellypon beonde
Jordan castward.

The childre of Ruben ſ the chil-
dren of Gad, had an excedin-
ge greate multitude of catell.
And whé they ſawe the lande
of Jazer ſ the lande of Gilead
that it was an apte place for-
catell, the chyldren of Ruben ſ chyldren of
Gad came ſ pake vnto Moſes ſ Eleazar
the Preaſte vnto þ Lozdes of þ congrega-
cion, ſayinge: The lande of Astaroth ſ Dibō
Jazer, and Nemrah Helbon ſ Elealeh Sa-
ham ſ Nebo ſ Beon, which contre the Lord
ſmote before the cougregacion of Israel: is
a lande mete for catell, ſ we thy ſeruauntes
haue catell: wherfore ſayd they) ſk we haue
founde grace in thy ſyghte, left this land be
geuen vnto thy ſeruauntes to poſſelle, and
bypinge vs not ouer Jordan.

And Moſes ſayd vnto the childre of Gad
ſ of Rube: shall youre hethre go to warre,
and ye Chall ſytt here: Wherfore diſcorage
ye the herte of the chyldren of Israel, þ they
thulde not go ouer into þ land which þ Loz-
d hath geue them: * Thus did youre fathers,
whé I ſent them fro Cades Barne to le the
lande. For when they went vp euen vnto þ
ryuer of Elcol, and ſawe the lande, they di-
coraged the herte of the children of Israel, þ
they thulde not go into the lande whych the
Lozde hath geuen them.

And the Lord was wroth the same tyme
and Iware, ſayinge: * None of the mē that
came out of Egipte from twentye pere olde
and aboue, Chall le the lande which I ware
vnto Abraham, Iaac and Jacob, because
they haue not wholy followed me: ſaue Ca-
leb the ſonne of Jephune the kenelite, ſ Jo-
fua the ſonne of Nú, for they haue followed
the Lozde. And the Lozde was angrie with
Israel, and made them wande in the wyl-
derneſſe. xl. pere, vntyll all the generacion
that had done euell in the ſyghte of the Loz-
de, were consumed.

And beholde, ye are rypen vp in youre fa-
thers steade, as an encreale of ſynfull men,

i iii to

A

*Nu. ciii. D.*

C

*Nu. ciii. E.*

The iourneves

Numeri.

of Israel

to augmente the fearle wyath of the Loode
to Israel warde. Koz þe ye tourne a waye
from after hym, he will yet agayn leaue the
people in the wildernesse, ÿe þall deſtroye
all this folke. And they went nere hym and
layde: we wyll buylde the hepeſoldes here for
oure thepe and for oure catell, and * (walled)
cyties for oure children: But we oure felues
will go ready armed before the chyldren of
Israel, vntyll we haue brought them vnto
their place. And oure childre * (and whatlooke
we mape haue) shall dwell in the fenced cyties,
because of the inhabitants of the lande. We
wyll not retourne vnto oure houſes, vntyll
the children of Israel haue enheretet: every
man his enheritaunce. Neither will we enbe-
ret wyth them on yonder lyde Jordan for-
warde, because oure enheritaunce is fallen
to vs on this lyde Jordan eſtwarde.

D

O

And Moſes layde vnto them: If ye will
do this thyngc, and go harnessed before the
Loode to warre, ſ will go all of you in har-
nelle ouer Jordan before the Loode, vntyll
he haue caſt out his enemyes before him, and
vntyll the lāde be subdued before the Lord,
then ye shall retourne and be wyphout ſyn-
ne before the Loode and before Israel, and
this lande halbe your e posſession before the
Loode. But and þe ye will not do so, behol-
de, ye haue kynned agenſt the Loode: and be
ſure, your e ſynne wyll ſynde you out. Now
therfore buylde cyties for youre childre, and
fouldes for youre hepe, and do that ye ha-
ne spoken. The childre of Gad and the chil-
dren of Ruben spake vnto Moſes, layinge:
thy ſeruauantes wyll do as my loode com-
maundeth. Dure children, oure wypues, oure
hepe, and all oure catell shall remayne here
in the cyties of Gilead. But * thy ſeruau-
tes wyll go all harnessed for the warre, and
unto batell before the Loode, as my loz-
de layth.

E

*Jesu.iiiff..c

F

And for their fakes Moſes commaſded
Eleazar the preaſte, and Jolua the ſonne of
Nun, and the auncient fathers of the trybes
of the children of Israel, and Moſes layde
vnto them: If the children of Gad, and the chil-
dren of Ruben will go with you ouer Joz-
dan, all prepared to kyght before the Loode:
then when the lande is subdued before you,
ye shall gene them the lād of Gilead to poſ-
lleſe: but and þe they will not go ouer wyth
you in harnelle, they shall haue their posſel-
tions amonge you in the lande of Canaan.
And the children of Gad and the children of
Ruben anſwered, layinge: As the Loode
hath layd vnto thy ſeruauantes, so wyll we
do. * We will go harnessed before the Loode
into the lande of Canaan, that the posſel-
ſion of oure enheritaunce mape be on thys
lyde Jordan.

*Jesu.xiii..a

And Moſes gane vnto þ childre of Gad

and to the children of Ruben, & into halle þ
trybe of Manasse the ſonne of Joleph, the
kyngdome of Sehon kynge of the Amori =
tes, & þ kyrngdome of Og kynge of Basan,
the land with the cyties therof in the coaſles
& cyties of the countre rounde aboute. And
the childre of Gad buylte Dibō, & Ataroth,
and Aroer, & Atroth, Sophan, Jaeler, & Je-
gabea, Bethinimra, & Betharan, fenced cy-
ties, & they buylte foldes for þepe. And þ
childre of Rube buylte Belbon, Eleale, Ari-
athaim, Hebo, Baal Heon, & turned
their names, and Sibama allo: & gaue other
names vnto the cyties which they buylded.

G

D

And the chyldren of Machir þ ſonne of
Manasse went to Gilead, & toke it, and put
out the Amozites þ dwelt therin. And Mo-
sen gaue Gilead vnto Machir the ſonne of
Manasse, & he dwelt therin. And * Jairi þ
ſonne of Manasse went and toke the small
townes therof, & called them Bautho Jair.
And Nobah went and toke kenath, and the
townes longynge therto, & called it Nobah
after his owne name.

*Deute.iiij.b.

C The. xxiii. Chapter.

C The iourneys of Israel are nombred. They
are comaunched to kill the Canaanites.

A

Here are the iourneys of the chil-
dren of Israel, which wēt out of
the land of Egipte with their ar-
mies under the hāde of Moſes &
Aaron. And Moſes wroſte the?
goping out by their iourneyes, accorſdig to
the cōmaundement of the Loode: euen these
are the iourneys of their goenge out: They
* departed from Rahemſes the. d.v. dave of
the fyzt moneth, on þ mozowe aſter, * Pal-
ſouer, & þ childre of Israel wēt out with an
hye hāde in the ſighte of all þ Egiptiās. Koſ
the Egiptians durped all their fyzt borne
which þ Lozd had ſmyttē amōge them. And
upon their goddes allo the Lozd dyd execu-
tion. And the children of Israel remoued kro
Rahemſes, and pitched in Socoth.

*Ero,xi.f.

*Ero,xiij.b.

And they departed from * Socoth, & pitch-
ched their tentes in Ethan, whych is in the
edge of the wyldernesse. And they remoued
from Ethan, and turned agayne vnto * Pi-
Hiroth which is before Baal zephon, & pitch-
ched before Wigdol. And they departed from
the playne of Hiroth, and * went thozow þ
myddes of the ſee into the wyldernesse, and
went. iii. dayes iourney in the wyldernesse
of Ethan, and pitched in Marah. And they
remoued from Marah, & came vnto * Elim
where were. xii. ſoſtaynes of water, & lxx.
paulmetrees, & they pitched there.

B

*Erod.xiii.d.

*Erod,xiiff.a.

*Erod.xiii.a.

*Erod,exj.a.

And they remoued from Elim, and laye
falt by the red ſee. And they remoued from þ
red ſee, and laye in the * wildernesse of Sin.
And they toke their iournep out of the wyl-
dernesse of Sin, and let vp their tentes in
Daphna.

*Erod,xi.v.a.

The Journeys

Numeri.

Fol. xviii.

Daphka. And they departed from Daphka,
and laye in Alus. And they remoued from
Alus, and laye at * Raphedim, where was
no water for the people to drye. And they
departed from Raphedim, and pytched in
the * wyldernesse of Synai.

*Ero.xvi. a.

C

*Ero.xix. a.

* Nu.xi, g.

*Pume.xi, g.

D

And they remoued from the deferte of
Sinai, and pitched at the * graues of lufk.
And they departed from the sepulchres of lufk
and laye at * Hazeroth. And they departed
from Hazeroth, & pytched in Rithma. And
departed from Rithma, and pytched at Ri-
mon Parez. And they departed from Rimon
Parez, & pitched in Libna. And they remo-
ued from Libna, and pitched at Rilla. And
they iourned from Rilla, and pytched in
Rehelatha. And they wet from Rehelatha,
and pytched in mou't Sapher. And they re-
moued from mounte Sapher, and laye in
Harada. And they remoued from Harada,
and pytched in Wakeheloth.

And they remoued from Wakeheloth, &
laye at Tathath: and they departed from Tath-
bath, and pitched at Tharath. And they re-
moued from Tharath, & pitched in Mithca.
And they went from Mithca, and pytched
in Halmona. And they departed from Pal-
mona, and laye at Moleroth. And they de-
parted from Hooferoth, and pitched in Ba-
ne Jakan. And they remoued from Bane
Jakan, and laye at Hozgadgad. And they
went from Hozgadgad, and pitched in Jath-
batha. And they remoued from Jathbatha,
and laye at Abzona. And they departed from Ab-
zona, and laye at Ezeon gaber. And they
remoued from Ezeon gaber, and pytched in
the * wyldernesse of Sin, whych is Cades.
And they remoued from Cades, and pytched
in mou't Hoz, which is in the edge of the läd
of Edom. * And Aaron the Pzealte went
up into mount Hoz at the commaundement
of the Loode, and dped there, euen in the for-
tieth yere, after the chyldren of Israel were
come out of the lande of Egypte, and in the
fyrst dape of the kyfte moneth. And Aaron
was an hundred and, xiii. yere olde whé he
dped in mount Hoz. And kynge Erad Caa-
naanite whych dwelt in the south of þ lande
of Canaan, hearde of the comming of the
chylden of Israel.

*Pume.xx. a.

*Pume.xx. b.

Deut. xxxi, 9.

*Pume.xxii. b.

*Pume.xxiii. a.

Jf

And they departed from * mount Hoz,
and pytched in zalmona. And they departed
from zalmona, and pitched in Phunon: and
they departed from Phunon, and pitched in
Dboth. And they departed from Dboth, and
pitched in Jehabarim, and toward the boz-
der of Moab. And they departed from * Je-
habarim, and pytched in Dibon Gad. And
they remoued from Dibon Gad, and laye in
Almo Diblathaim. And they remoued from
Almon Diblathaim, and pytched in þ mou-
taynes of Abarim before Habo. And they

departed from the mountaynes of Abarim,
and pytched in the feldes of Moab, falt by
Izda ouer agaynst Jericho. And they pit-
ched by Jordan, from Beth Haiesmoth * *Nu,rrb.a.
unto the playne of Sittim in the feldes of
Moab.

G

*Deut. viii. a.

And the Loode spake unto Moles in the
feldes of Moab by Izda ouer agaynst Je-
icho, layinge: I'peake unto þ children of Is-
rael and laye unto them * whé ye are come
ouer Izdan to entre into the lande of Ca-
naan, ye shall dryue out all the inhabitants of
the läde before you, & destrope all * their pic-
tures and breake afunder all their Images
of metall, & plucke downe all their alters:
And poſſelle the lande & dwell therin, for I
haue geuen you the lande to enioye it. And
ye shall deuyde the enheritaunce of the land
by lot amonge youre Kynredes, * and geue
to the mo of the moare enherytance, and to the
fewer the lesse enheritaunce. And youre en-
heritaunce chalbe in the trybes of youre ka-
thers, euery mans enheritaunce in the place
where his lott falleth.

o

*Nu. xxxi, g.

* But and þe ye wyll not dryue out the
inhabiters of the land before you, then those
which ye let remayne of þe, chalbe & pic-
tes in youre eyes, and dartes in youre ly-
des, and chall vere you in the land wherin
ye dwell. Moezouer it wyll come to palle,
that I chall do unto you, as I thought to do
unto them.

*Jud. i, e, f, g.

D

C The. xxxiii. Chapter.

C The Loafes and borders of the land of promise.
Lerten men are allygued to deuode the lande.

Ad the Loode spake unto Mo-
les, layinge: commande the chil-
dren of Israel & laye unto them:
when ye come into þ land of Ca-
naan, this is the lande that chall

fall unto youre enherptaunce, the lande of
Canaa with her coaſtes. And * youre south
quarter chalbe from the wildernesse of Sin
alſome by the coaſte of Edom, to that youre
south quarter reach from the lyde of þ ſalte
ſee eastward, and fett a compaſſe from
the south up to Acrabim, and reache to
zinna. And go out from the south to Cades
Barne, and go out also to Hazar Adar, &
go a longe to Azmon: and fet a compaſſe a-
gayne from Azmon unto the ryuer of Egipt,
and chall go out at the ſee.

*Joh. xvi. a.

And let youre weſt quarter be the grea-
te ſee: let the ſame ſee be youre weſt coaſte.

25

And this chalbe youre north quarter: ye
chall compaſſe youre borde from the great
ſee unto mount Hoz. And from mount Hoz,
ye chall deſcrive youre borde, tyll it come
unto Hemath, and the ende of þ coaſt chal-
be at zedada, and the coaſte chall reach out
to ziphron, and go out at Hazar Ena. This

i. iii. Halbe

Sanctuaries

Aumeri.

Jo.lxix.

*Deut.xix.c

theree: when he meteth hym, he maye slaye hym. But pk the thrust at hym * of hate, or hourle at him with laying of wayte, that he dye, or impte hym with hys hande of enuye that he dye, he that smote him shall dye, foz he is a murtherer. The injustice of bloude that slaye þ murthurer, as soone as he findeth hi.

But and þe pullhed hym by chaunce not of hate, or caft at hym with any maner of thynge and not of layinge of wayte: or caft any maner of stone at hym (that a man maye dye with) and sawe him not: And he caft it upon hym & he dye, and was not hys enempe, nether lought him any harme. The congregacion shall udge betwene the slayer, and the executer of bloude in loch cales. And the congregacion shall delyuer the slayer out of þ hæde of the aneger of bloud, & the congregacion shall rest oze him agapne unto þ crypte of his refuge, whether he was fledd. And he shall byde there * unto the deethe of the hye prealte, which was anopnted with holp oyle.

D

But & þe slayer come without the bozders of his pzeuilleged crypte whether he was fled, þe aneger of bloud fynde him with out the bozders of his fre towne, and slaye the murtherer, he chal be giltlesse, because he chulde haue bidden in his fre towne Untyll the death of the hye prealte, & after the death of the hye prealte to retourne agapne unto the läde of his possellion. These commaundementes chalbe a lawe unto you, foz youre generacions in all youre dwellings.

*Deut.xvii.a
and.xix.d

Wholoeuer kylleth a soule, the same māslayer must be slayne him selke * thozow witnelles. Aether chal one witnelle answere to put a man to death. Woreouer þe chall take none amendes for the lyfe of the murtherer which is wozthy to dye: But he chall be put to death. Allo ye chall take no money of him that is fled to a fre crypte, that he chulde come agapne, & dwell in the lande, before the death of þ hye prealte. And ch that ye poute not the lande which ye chal dwell in, foz bloude & defyleth the lande. And the lande can none other wyle be clenfed of the bloude that is ched therin, but by the bloude of hym þ ched bloude. Defyle not therfoze the lande which ye chall inhabyte, foz I am in þ mydes thereof: euen I the Loode dwell amonge the chyldzen of Israel.

C The. xxxvi. Capter.

C An ower for the marpage of the daughters of zelaphead. One of the trybes may not marpe wth another.

a

And the auencyent fathers of the chyldre of Gilead the Sonne of Hachir the Sonne of Manasse of the kynred of the chyldre of Joseph, came forth & lpaKE be-

foze Holes and the princes, and aunciſt fathers of the chyldren of Israel, and layde: * The Loode commaunded my Lord, to geue the läde to enheret by lotte to the chyldre of Israel. And my Loode commaunded in gods behalfe, to geue þ enheritaunce of * zelaphead oure brother vnto hys daughters. Whom þe any of þ Sonnes of the other trybes of Israel take to wyues, then chall their enheritaunce be taken from the enheritaunce of oure fathers, & chall be put vnto the enheritaunce of the trybe whych thep are receaued into: and chalbe take from the lott of oure enheritaunce. And when the pere of ubelbe of the chyldre of Israel commeth, the chall their enheritaunce be put vnto the enheritaunce of the trybe wherin to thep are receaued: and to chall their enheritaunce be taken awaye from the enheritaunce of the trype of oure fathers.

*Deut.xix.c

*Deut.xix.b

25

And Holes commaunded the chyldren of Israel accor ding to the worde of the Loode laying: the chyldren of the trybe of Joseph haue layde well. This therfoze doeth þ Loode commaunde the daughters of zelaphead layinge: * iet them be wyues to whom thep them selke thynck beſt, onely to the kynred & tribe of their father chal thep marpe, so chal not the enheritaunce of the chyldre of Israel remoue from trybe to trybe, whan the chyldren of Israel abyde euery man in the enheritaunce of the trybe of his fathers. And euery daughter that posſelleth any enheritaunce in any trybe of the chyldren of Israel, chalbe wike vnto one which is of the kynred of the trybe of her father, that the chyldren of Israel mape eniope euery man the enheritaunce of his father: Neither ought the enheritaunce to go from one trybe to another: but euery one of the trybes of the chyldren of Israel, must abyde in his awne enheritaunce.

* Tob.xi.b,
xiii.c

C

And as the Loode commaunded Holes eué lo dyd the daughters of zelaphead: And Wahela, Thirza, Haqla, Wilcha and Moa were maryed vnto their fathers brothers ſones, which were of the kynred of the chyldren of Manasses the Sonne of Joseph: and to their enheritaunce remapned in the trype of the kynred of their father.
These are the commaundemètes & lawes which the Lord commaunded by the hande of Holes, vnto the chyldren of Israel in the feldes of Moab by Jordane ouer agapne Jericho.

C The ende of the. iiiii. boke of Holes, called in the Hebzne vale-dabber: and in the Latin.

Aumeri.

i v

The kyft

Journeys repeated

Deuteronomii,

Jo, lxx.

befoze you're eyes. In the wylderneſſe also
thou haſt ſene how that the Loſde thy God
baze the, euen as a man doth beare his ſon-
ne, in all the waye which ye haue gone by,
untill ye came vnto this place. And yet in
this thing ye dyd not beleue the Loſde you-
re God. He went in the waye before you, to
ſerche you out a place to pitche youre tentes
in, * in fyre by nyght, þ ye myghte ſe what
wape to go, and in a cloude by dape.

*Ero.xiii.d

*Nu.xiii.d.
ff.1r-1v.

Jf

And the Loſde heard the vope of youre
wordes, and was wroth, & ſware, layinge
* there shall not one of theſe men & of this
ſrowarde generacion ſe þ good lande which
I ſware to geue vnto þo kathers, ſaue Ca-
leb the ſonne of Jephune, he shall ſe it * and
to him will I geue the land that he hath trod-
den upon, and to his childre, because he hath
ſolowed þ Loſd * (wonderfull was that indignacion
agaynſt the people, laying that) * the Loſde was an-
gr ye vò me likewiſe for youre ſakes, laying:
thou alſo chalt not go in thither. But Joluſa
the ſonne of Nun which kandeth before the,
he shall go in thither. Bolden him therkoſe,
for he chall cause Israel to inheret the lande.

*Jolu.xiii.c.

D

*Nume.xx.c
ff.2r-2v.

*Nu.xiii.f.

*Nu.xiii.g.

G

* Mozeouer youre children, which ye ſayde
chulde be a praye, and youre ſonnes which
in þ dape had no knowlege betwene good
and euell, they chall goo in thither, and vnto
them will I geue it, and they chall enioye it.
But as for you, turne youre faces, and take
youre journep into the wildernesſe: euen by
the waye of the read ſee, Then ye anſwered
and ſayde vnto me: * We haue lynned agelſt
the Loſd: we will go vp and fyghte, accor-
ding to all that the Loſd oure God còmaun-
ded vs. And when ye had girde on euery ma
his wepðs of warre, beholde, ye were ready
to goo vp in to the hill. And the Loſde ſayde
vnto me: ſaye vnto them, that they go not
vp, and that they fighte not, for I am not a-
moge you: left ye fall before youre enemypes
I told you therkoſe, & ye wold not heare, but
dilobeyed the mouth of the Loſd, and went
pfeſumptuonſly vp in to the hill.

And the Amontes which dwelt in þ hyll,
came out agent you, & chafed you (as bees
vſe to do) and ſmote you in Seir, euen vnto
Horma. And ye came agayne, & wepte before
the Loſde: but the Loſde wolde not heare
youre voyce, nor gene you audience. * And
to ye abode in Cades a longe ceason, ac-
cording vnto the tyme that ye remained in
other places.

*Nume.xx.a

### C The.ii. Chapter.

That which was done from the tyme thep de-
parrèd kro Cades barne, vnto the battrell agaynſt
the nynges Sehon and Dg.

A

*Nu.xx.a.

hen we * tourned oure face, & to-
ke oure journep in to þ wilderneſ-
ſe, euen by the wape of the read ſee
as the Loſde I spake vnto me. And

we compaſſed mount Seir a longe tyme.
And the Lord I spake vnto me, laying: De ha-
ue compaſſed this mountayn lóge ynough,
tourne you northward. And warne thou þ
people laying: De chal go thorow the coaſt of
youre hzethen the children of Esau which
dwell in Seir, & they chalbe affrayed of you:
Take ye good hede vnto þo ſelues therkoſe.
De chall not prouoke the, for I will not gene
you of their lande, no not ſe moch as a ſote
hedeh * because I haue gcuen mount Seir
vnto Esau to posſelle De chall bpe meate of
them for money to eate, and ye chall procure
water of them for money to drinke. For the
Loſd thy God hath bleſſed þ in all the woz-
kes of thy hand. He knew thy entryng in
to this greate wildernesſe this. rl. peres, and
the Lord thy god hath bene with the, so that
thou haſt lacked nothing.

*Ge.rrvii.g
Malac.j.a.

B

And when we were departed from oure
hethren the children of Esau which dwelt
in Seir, the playne wape from Elath kro
Ezion Gaber, we turned & went by þ wape
of the wildernesſe of Woad. And the Loſde
layd vnto me: * Thou chalt not fight againſt
the Moabites, nether prouoke them to bat-
tell, for I will not gene the of their lande to
posſelle: because I haue genen Ar vnto the
childre of Loſh to posſelle. The terrible peo-
ple þ * Emims dwelt therin in times paſt, a
people greate, many & tall, as the Enakims:
which alſo were taken for giauntes as the
Enakims: who the Moabites call Emims.
The Horims dwelt in Seir before tyme,
whose posſession the children of Esau occu-
pied, and destroyed the before them, & dwelt
in their kread: as Israel dyd vnto the lâde of
his posſellio, which þ Loſde gaue the. Now
ryſle vp (layd I) & get you ouer the ryuer za-
red: & we wet ouer the ryuct zared. The Ipa-
ce in which we came from Cades barne vn-
till we were come ouer þ ryuer zared, was
xxx.viii. peres: vntill all the generacion of þ
men of warre were walted out kro amonge
the holt, as the Loſde I ware vnto the. * For
in dede the hande of the Loſde was agent
them, to deſtroye them kro amonge the holt,
tyll they were consumed.

*Jud.i,iiij.d

*Gen.xiii.g

*Nu.xiii.g
ff.1r-1v.

And so it came to palle, that all the mê of
warre were consumed and deed from amô-
ge the people. And the Lord I spake vnto me,
laying: Thou chalt go thorow At the coaſte
of Woad this dape: and whan thou comëſt
npe vnto the children of Ammon, thou chalt
not laſe ſege vnto them, ner mone warre a-
gaynſt the. For I will not gene the of þ lâde
of the children of Ammon a posſession, but
I haue genen it vnto the children of Loſh to
posſelle. That alſo is také for a lâd of giau-
tes, and giauntes dwelt therin in olde time,
whom the Amontes call ʒazúmims. * A
people that was great, many, & talle, as the
Enakims.

*Nume xx.

The lawe repeted

Deuteronomii,

Jo.lxxi.

*Nu.xxxii.d.

* And I commaunded you the same tyme
saying: the Lord youre God hath geue you
this lande to enioye it: ye shall go harnelled
before youre hesthen the children of Israel,
all that are mete for the warre. Youre wines
onely, youre children, and youre catell (for I
wote that ye haue moch catell) shall abyde
in your cties which I haue geuen you, until
the Loode haue genen rest unto your hesthen
as well as unto you, and until they
also haue conquered the läde, which the Lord
youre God hath genen them be yonde Jordã:
and then shall ye returne agayne, euery man
unto his posseffion which I haue geue you.

* And I warned Jofua the same tyme
saying: thyne eyes haue sene all þ the Loode
youre God hath done unto thele two kynhes,
euen to shall he do unto all kynkdomes
whither þ goest: Ye shall not keare them, for
the Loode youre God, he shall fighte for you.

And I besoughte the Loode the same ty-
me sayinge: D Loode God, thou haſt begon-
ne to the we thy ſernaute thy greatneſſe and
thy myghtie hande, for els where is there a
God in heauen or in erth, þ can do after thy
workes and after thy power: let me go ouer
and ſe the good läde that is beyonde Jordã,
that goodly ☞ mountayne, and Libanon.

*Deute.xi.f
and.iii.c.

* But the Loode was angrie with me for
youre fakes, and wolde not heare me. And þ
Loode ſaped unto me: be content, ſpeake no
moare unto me of this matter. * Get the vp
into the toppe of the hill, and like vp thyne
eyes wellwarde, northwarde, southwarde,
and eatewardo, and beholde it with thyne
eyes, for thou shall not go ouer this Jordã.
But charge Jofua: and courage him, ſ bold
him. * For he shall go before this people, ad
he shall deuyde unto them the lande which
thou shall ke. And so we abode in the vale
ouer agaynſt the houſe of Peož.

*Nu.rrvij.c
Deu.xxxiii.a

*nu.rrviii.d.

The iiiij. Chapter.

Aun erhotaſon to geue diligent hede unto the
lame. Images may not be made to worryppp The
the cyries of rufuge.

A

Ad now herke D Israel unto þ
ordinaunces and lawes which
I teache you, for to do the, that
to ye mape lyue, and go in and
coquere þ läde, which the Lord
God of youre fathers geueth you. * Ye shall
put nothinge unto the wozde which I com-
maunde you, nether do ought therfrom, that
ye mape kepe the commaundementes of the
Loode youre God which I commaude you.
Youre eyes haue sene what the Loode dyd
unto Baal Peož * for all the men that fö-
lowed Baal Peož, þ Loode youre God hath
destroyed from amoge you. But ye that cle-
ue unto the Loode youre God, are alyue eue-
ry one of you this dave. Beholde I haue
taught you ordinances and lawes, loche as

*Deute.xii.f
Jofu.xxxii.b
Bouuer.xxx.c

*Nuim.rrv.a
F.rrxj.c.

the Loode my God commaunded me, that ye
chulde do euen so in the lande, whether ye go
to posſelle it.

Kepe them therfore and do them, for that
is youre wurdome & understanpige in the
ſlichte of the nacions: that they mape heare
all theſe ordinaunces, and laye: Surel it is
a wyle and underſtandpige people: it is a
greate nacyon. For that other nacion is
ſo greate, þ Goddes come to npe vnto: as the
Loode oure God is npe vnto vs, in all thin-
ges * as okt as we call vnto him: Ye, & what
nacion is ſo greate, that hath ordinaunces &
lawes ſo righteons, as all this lawe which
I lett before you this dave:

Take hede to thy ſelke therfore, and kepe
thy ſoule diligently, that thou forget not the
thinges which thyne eyes haue ſene, & that
they departe not out of thyne harte, all the
dayes of thy lyce: but * teach them thy ſon-
nes & thy ſonnes ſonnes: Specially the dave
þ thou ſtodeſt before the Loode thy God in
Hozeb, whé the Lord ſaped vnto me: gether
me the people together, and I will make the
heare my wozdes, þ they mape lerne to ſea-
ve me all the dayes that they shall lyue vp
the erth * and that they mape teache their
children: ye came + and ſtode alſo under the
hill, and the hill burnt with fire: euë vnto the
myddes of heauen, & there was darckneſſe,
clowdes & myſt. And the Loode ſpake vnto
you out of the myddes of þ ſyfe, & ye herde
the voyce of þ wozdes * but lawe no pma-
ge, ſaue herde a voyce only.

And he declared vnto you his couenaút,
which he commaunded you to do, euen. x. ver-
fes, which he wote upon two tables of ſto-
ne. And the Loode commaunded me that ſa-
me ceaſon, þ I chulde teache you ordinaun-
ces and lawes, which ye ought to do in the
lande whether ye go to posſelle it.

Take therfore good hede vnto youre
ſelues as pertapnpige vnto youre ſoules,
for ye lawe no maner of ymage in the dave
that the Loode ſpake vnto you in Hozeb out
of the myddes of the fire: left ye marre þ ſel-
ues, and make you a graue ymage and pic-
ture of enp maner of figure: the likenelle of
man or woman, the likenelle of any maner
of beaſt þ is on the erth, or the likenelle of any
maner feathered ſoule that flyeth i the ayze,
or þ likenelle of any maner wozme that cre-
peth on the erth, or the likenelle of any maner
ſky þ is in the waters beneth the erth. * Ye
and leſſe thou lyſte vp thyne eyes vnto heue
and when thou ſeſſt the ſonne, the moone &
the starres with all þ hoofft of heauen, chul-
delt be deſceaned, and chuldeſt worſhippe &
ſerue the thinges, which þ Loode thy * God
hath made to ſcrue all nacions under þ who-
le heauen.

But the Lord hath taken you, & brought
you out

*Pal.cxxv.b

*Deut.vi.b

*Eph.vi.a
& x. xxxi.c.

*Ezek a
J. Johan.iii.b

C

*Deut.xvii.f
Sapt.uxii.a
Job.xxxi.c

*Gene.1.b

The lawe repeted

Deuteronomii,

Jo.lxxii.

The Loode talked with you: face to face in the mount, out of the myddes of the fire. And I tode betwene the Loode and you the fame tyme, & chewed you the wozde of the Loode. For ye were atraped at the lyght of the fyze, and went not vp in to the mount, & he layed. I am the Loode thy God, which brought the out of the lande of Egipte from the houle of boddage. Thou halt haue none other goddes in my presence.

*Ero.xx.a.

*Leut.xvj.b.

*Thou halt make the no graue pmage of any maner of likenesse þ is i heaué above, and that is in erth benethe, and that is in the waters benethe the erth. Thou halt nether howe thy selfe unto them, no2 terue the, koz I the Loode thy God, am a geloule God, visitinge the wypkednesse of the fathers vpon the children, euen in the thy2de & fourth generacion, amonge the that hate me: & thewe mercye upon thoufandes, amoge them that loue me, and kepe my commaundmentes.

*Ero.tix.c.

o

*Thou halt not take the name of þ Loode thy God in vayne: koz * the Loode will not hold him giltesse, þ taketh his name i vaine.

Kepe the Sabboth dave, that thou sanctifie it, as the Loode thy God hath commaunded the * Syre dayes thou halt laboure and do all that thou haſt to do, but the * leuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Loode thy God: thou halt not do any worke, thou and thy lonne, thy daughter, thy feruaunte and thy mayde, thyne ore and thyne alle, and all thy catell, and the straunger that is within thy gates, that thy feruaunte and thy mayde maye teſt as well as thou. Remembre, that thou walt a feruaunte in the lande of Egipte, and how that the Loode thy God brought the out thence thozow * a myghtye hande & a stretched out arme. For which cause the Loode thy God commaunded the, to kepe the Sabboth dave.

Vs
*Leu.xlii.a
‡Egod.xii.b

*D.cxxv.b

†Ero.kr.b
Math.rv.a
Ephe.vi.a.
Matc.vij.b

†Matx.v.c.
Luc.xvii.d
Koma.viii.c.

†Koma.vij.b.

+ Honoure thy father and thy mother, as the Loode thy God hath commaunded the: that thy dayes mape be prolonged, and that it maye go well with the in the läde, which the Loode thy God geueth the.

‡ Thou halt not slaye.

‡ Thou halt not bzeake wedlocke.

‡ Thou halt not steale.

‡ Thou halt not beare false wittnesse agenit thy neyghboure.

+ Thou halt not lufe after thy neyghboureſ wife: thou halt not couet thy neyghbourſ houſe, his kelde, his feruaunte, or his mayde, his ore, his alle, or ought that thy neyghboure hath. These wodes the Loode I spake vnto all youre multitude in the mouſt out of the myddes of þ fyze, cloude & darckessel, with a greate voyce, & added nomore thereto, & wroſe them in two tables of ſtone, and deliuered them vnto me.

c

And it forſtuned, that whan ye herde the

voyce out of the myddes of the darckessel, & saſe þ the hill dyd burne with fyze, ye came vnto me with the captaynes of youre tribes and youre elders: and ye layde: beholde, the Loode oure God hath chewed vs his glorie and his greatessel, and * we haue herde his voyce out of the myddes of þ fire: we haue ſene this dave, þ God doth talke with a mā, and he yet lyueth. Now therfore who thulde we dye, that this greate fyze thulde conſume us? If we heare the voyce of the Loode oure God any moare, we thal dye. For what fleſh hath it bene, that euer heard the voyce of þ lyuynge God speak ynge out of the myddes of the fyze (as we haue done) and yet dyd lyne: Go thou ad heare all that the Loode oure God layeth, and tell thou vnto vs all that þ Loode oure God layeth vnto the * and we will heare it and do it.

D

And the Loode hearde the voyce of youre wodes when ye spake vnto me, & the Loode layde vnto me: I haue herde the voyce of þ wodes of this people, which they haue spoken vnto the, they haue well layed all þ they haue spokē. * D þ ther were such an hert in the þ they wolde keare me, & kepe all my commaundementes all wape, that it mighte go wel with them, and with their children koz euer. Go and laye vnto them: gett you in to youre tentes agayne, but stande thou here by me, and I will tell the all the commaundmētes, orſinaunces and lawes, which thou halt teache them, that they maye do them in the lande which I geue them to posſelle.

*Ero.tix.a.

*Jere.xt.xlii.b
and.xxi.v.

Take hede therfore, that ye do in dede as the Loode youre God hath comaunded you, & * turne not asyde: ether to the righte hāde or2 to the leſte: but walke in all the wapes which the Loode youre God hath comaunded you, that ye mape lyue, and that it maye go well with you, and that ye mape prolonge youre dayes, in the lande whiche ye chall posſelle.

*Deut.xvii.b

C The vi. Chapter.

The lawe of God mape not be ſorgotten.

Heſe are the commaundmentes, orſinaunces and lawes, which the Loode youre God commaunded me to teache pou, þ ye might do them in the lande whether ye go to posſelle it: namely, that thou mightest * keare the Loode thy God, and kepe all his orſinaunces & his comaundmentes whiche I commaunde the: thou and thy lonne, & thy londeres londe all dayes of thy lyfe, that thy dayes mape be prolonged. Heare therfore. D Israel, ad take hede, that thou do therafter, that it mape go well with þ, that ye mape encreale mightely, euen as the Loode God of thy fatherts hath promittid the a läde, that floweth with mylck and hony.

p

*Deute.e.c.

‡ Heare

Preceptes

Deuteronomii,
and lawes

and lawes

you this daye, that ye shall surely perſtily. As
the nations which the Loſde deſtroyeth be-
ſore you, euen ſo ye shall perſhe, becauſe ye
wolde not be obediənt vnto the voyce of the
Loſde youre God.

C The.ix Chapter.

They are koſbidden to trust in theſe awne
heaſteth.

a

*Nu.xiii.c

Care O Israel, þ pasſet ouer
Jordan this day, to go in, ſ co-
quere nacions greater & migh-
tier then thy ſelle: cypſes greate
& walled vp to heauen, a * peo-

ple create and tall, euen the children of the Enakims, which thou knowest of, and of whom thou haſt herde ſaye: who will land before the children of Enack: Understande therfore this daye, that the Loſde thy God is euen he which goeth ouer before the as a * *deuouring & a columing fire, he hal deſtroye them and he shall bring them downe before thy face. He shall caſt them out, & bring them to nought quickly, as the Loſde hathe ſayed unto the.

c
o
b

*Leuiti. xii. c

Speake not thou in thine hert (after that
the Loſde thy God hath caſt them out befo-
re the) layinge: for my righteoutines þ Loſde
hathe brought me in, to poſſelle this lande.
Kay, but for the wickedneſſe of theſe na-
cions the Loſde hathe caſt the out before the.
It is not for thy righteoutines ſake or for thy
right hert, that thou goeth to poſſelle their
land. * But for the wickedneſſe of theſe na-
cions, the Loſde thy God doth caſt them out
before the, euè to perſorme the wordc, which
the Loſde thy God ſware vnto thy fathcrs,
Aḥzaham, Iahac and Jacob.

b

*Ero. vii. b
F. xxxi. c

Understand therfore that it is not for thy
righteoutines ſake, that the Loſde thy God
doth geue this good lande to poſſelle it
leying thou art a truſſecked people. Remè-
be and forget not, how thou prouokedelt
the Loſde thy God in the wildernesse, ſence
the daye that thou dyddel departe out of þ
land of Egipte until ye came vnto this pla-
ce, ye haue rebelled agenſt the Loſde. * Alſo
in Hozeb ye angrcd the Loſde, to that the
Loſde was wroth with you, euen to haue
destroyed you, whan I was gone vp into
the mount, to receaue the tables of ſtone,
the tables of appoyntment, which the Loſd
made with you. And I abode in the hyll. ri.
dayes ſ. ri. ſ. nightes, whan I neither did eate
bread nor danke water. * And the Loſde
delypuered me two tables of ſtone, written
with the ſynger of God, ſ in them was ac-
cordinge to all the wordes which the Loſde
ſayed vnto you in the moſt out of the myd-
des of the fire in the daye, of the gathering
together.

*Ero. xxxi. d

And whc the. ri. dayes ſ. ri. nightes were
ended, the Loſde gaue me the two tables of

ſtone, the tables of the couenaunt, and the
Loſde layde vnto me. * Tap, to get the doune
quichelp from hence, for thy people whych
þ haſt broughte out of Egipte, haue marred
all. They are turned attonce out of þ waye,
whiche I commaunded them, and haue ma-
de them a molten ymage. Furthermore, the
Loſde spake vnto me layinge: I haue tene
this people, and beholde, it is a truſſecked
people, let me alone, þ I maye destroyle the,
and put out the name of them from under
heauè, and I will make of the a mightie na-
tion, and greater than they be.

*Ero. xxxii. d

c

*Ero. xxxii. d

*Ero. xxxii. d
and. xxxiiii. d

And I turned me, and came doune from
the hyll (euen from the hyll that burnt with
fire) and the two tables of the appointment
were in my handes. And I loked, and behol-
de, ye had lynned agen þ Loſde youre God,
& had made you a molten calfe, and had tur-
ned attoce out of the wape whiche the Loſd
had comaunded you. * And I toke the two
tables and caſt them out of my two hâdes,
and brake them before you eyes. * And I
fell downe flat before the Loſde: euen as at
the firſt tyme, ſ. ri. dayes ſ. ri. nightes I did
neither eate bread noz dzicke water, becauſe
of all youre lynnes, which ye lynned, in do-
ynge wickedly in the light of the Loſde in þ
ye prouoked him vnto wraath. For I was a-
frayed that for the wzath & fearnnesle where
with the Loſde was moued agaynſt you, he
wolde haue deſtroyed you. But the Loſde
herde me at that tyme alio.

The Lord was very angrye with Aarò
also, euen to haue deſtroyed him: I made
intercession for Aarò also þ laſme tyme. And
I toke youre lynne * the calfe whych ye had
made and burnt him with fire, and stamped
him & grounde him a good, euen vnto ſmal
duſt. And I caſt the duſt therof into þ hzo-
ke, that deſceded out of the mounte. Allo at
the burning, * at the ſetacion, and at the ſe-
pulchres of luſt ye angrcd the Lord, likewi-
le whc the Lord lent you from Cades Bar-
ne, layinge, go vp, & coquere the land which
I haue geuen you * ye diſobeyed the mouth
of the Loſde youre God, and neither beleued
him, nor herkened vnto his voyce. Pe haue
bene diſobedient vnto the Loſde, ſence the
daye that I knewe you.

*Ero. xxxii. e

d

*Pume. ri. a

*Aci. vii. c

And I fell downe flat before the Lord. ri.
dayes, and. ri. nightes whiche I laye there,
for the Loſde ſayde, that he wolde deſtroye
you. I made intercession therfore vnto the
Loſde, and layed: *D Loſde God, deſtroye
not thy people ad thine enheritaunce, which
thou haſt deſlyuered thowow thy greatneſſe,
and which thou haſt brought out of Egipte
thowow a mightie hand. Remembre thy ſer-
uauntes Abzaham, Iahac and Jacob, and
loke not vnto þ toſoburnesse of this people,
ner to their wickedneſſe & ſinne: left the lâde
whence

*Ero. xxxii. g

Fol. Ixxiiiij

## Preceptes

## Deuteronomii,

### Jo.lxiiiij.

whence thou broughtest the laye: The Lozde is not able to bringe them into the lande, which he promised them: and because he had them, therfore hath he carried them out, to laye them in the wildernesse. Beholde, they are thy people, and thine enheritaunce, whiche thou broughtest out in thy mightye power and in thy stretched out arme.

### C The.x.Chapter.

C The r采ing of the tables. An exhortation to gene heede to the Lawe.

A

*Ero.xxiiij.a

A the same ceason the Lozd layde unto me * hewe the two tables of stone lyke unto the kyrk, and come vp unto me in to the mout, and make the an Arcke of wood, and I will wyte in the tables, the words þ were in the firſt tables which thou hakeſt, * þ Chalt pult them in the arcke. And I made an arcke of leſhim wood, Æd hewed two tables of stone * like unto the firſt, and went vp into the mountayne, hauing the two tables in mine hande.

*Ero.xxxiij.e

*Ero.xxxiiij.d

And he wrote in the tables * according to the firſt writing (the ten verles whiche the Lozde lspanke unto you in the mout) out of the myddes of the fire, in the daye of the gathering together) and the Lozde gaue the unto me. And I departed, and came doune from the hill, and * put the tables in the arcke which I had made: and there they be, as the Lozde commaunded me.

*Deu. xxiij.f

B

*Pn. xxxiiij.d

*Pnme.kr.d

*Pn. iiiij. alt.
E. xviiiij.

*Deu.xviiiij.a

C

*Deut.kr.d

* And the children of Israel toke their journey from Beroth of the children of Jakan to Hosera, where * Aaron dyed, and was buried, and Eleazer his sonne became in his stead. Frithcée they departed unto Gadgad: from Gadgad to Jathbath alad which hath riuers of water. * The same ceason the Lozde leparated the trybe of Leut to beare the arcke of the appoyntment of the Lozde, to rande before the Lozde, to minſtre unto him to bleſſe in his name unto this daye. * Wherfore þ Leutces haue no parte noz enheritaunce with their brithcée: But the Lozde is their enheritaunce, as the Lozde thy God hath p[]rompſed them.

* And I taried in the mount, euuen as at the firſt tyme. xl. dayes and. xl. nyghtes, and the Lozd herkened unto me at that tyme allo, to the Lozde wolde not deſtroye the. And the Lozd layde unto me: vp, and go forſth in the iourneps before þ people, that they maye go in, and conquere the lande which I wate unto their fatherts, to gene unto them.

*Deute.vi.a

*Deut.vi.b

Math. rrr.d

Jouie. xxiij.d

And now Jrae, what doth the Lozd thy God requier of the * but to keare the Lozde thy God, and to walke in all his wayes, to * loue him, and to ſerue the Lozde thy God with all thine herte, with all thy ſoule: A-mely, that thou kepe the commaundmentes

of the Lozde, and his oſtinaunces which I commaunde the this daye, for thy welth. Beholde, heauen and the heauen of heauens is the Lozdes thy God, and the erth wyth all that therin is: Not withſtonding, the Lozde had a luſt vnto thy fatherts to loue them, and choſe their ſeed after them, euen you, above all nacions, as thou ſeell this daye.

* Circumcise therfore the koſſtkynne of D

youre harte, and be no moſe kiffnecked: * for the Lozde youre God, is God of Goddes, to Lozde of Lozdes, a greate God, a myghtye and a terrible + which regardeth no mans perſon noz taketh gifte: He doeth right vnto the katherlesſe and wedowe, and loueth the Itraunger, to geue him kode and rayment. * Loue ye therfore the kraunger alio: for ye were kraangers youre ſelues in the lade of Egypte. + Thou Chalt keare the Lozde thy God, to him (onely) Chalt thou ſerue, to him Chalt thou cleue, and I ſwere by his name he is thy p[]rayſe and thy God, that hath done for the theſe greate and terrible thynges, whych thyne eyes haue ſene. Thy fatherts w[]et doune in to Egypte * with. lxx. ſoules, and now the Lozde thy God hath made þ to be multiplied the, as the * starres of heauen.

*Deut. xxx.b

*Gala. iiij.d

Roma. iiij.b

Actes. x. e

Lol. iii.d

Episc. vii.b

I. Deut. i.e

*Ero. xxxiij.c

*Deute. vii.b

Matb. iii.d

Luke. iiiij.b

*Gene. xlv.b

*Gene. xv.b

### C The.xi.Chapter.

C An exhortation to regarde the Lawe.

A

Herfore þ Chalt loue the Lozde thy God to kepe his obſeruaunces, his oſtinaunces, his lawes, and his commaundmentes alwaye. Call to youre mide this daye that which youre childre haue neither knowe noz ſene: euen the nourtoure of þ Lozde youre God, his greatneſſe, his mightye hande and his stretched out arme: his miracles and his actes which he dyd in the myddes of Egipte, euë vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte and vnto all his land: to what he dyd vnto the hoſt of Egipt, vnto their hozles and charettes * ho w he brought the water of the red ſee upon them as they chaled you behynde, to how the Lozde hath brought them to nought vnto this daye: ad what he dyd vnto you in þ wildernesse, untill ye came vnto this place: and what he dyd vnto * Dathan and Abiram the ſonnes of Eliab the ſonne of Ruben, how the erth opened his mouth, to swalowed them, with their houſholdes and their tentes, to all their substance that was in their posſession, in the myddes of Israel.

*Erod. xxxiiij.f

*Name.rvj.c

Doutles, youre eyes haue ſene all the create actes of the Lozde whych he dyd. Therfore chal ye kepe all the commaundmentes, which I commaunde the this daye, that ye maye be k[]ronge to go in and conquere the lande whether ye go to posſeſſe it, to that ye may p[]roſſege youre dayes in the lade which

kij

the

B

Preceptes

Deuteronomii.

Jo. I. xv.

which the Lozd youre God hath geuen you
to enheret, and whan he hath geuen you telft
frö all youre enemyes rounde aboute, so that
ye dwel in saketie, then vnto þ place which
the Lozde youre God hath chosen, to put his
name there, ye shall bringe all that Icom-
maunde you: Namely, youre burntacrifi-
ces, youre offeringes, youre tithes, the he-
ueofferinge of youre hande, ſ all youre tpe-
ciall vowes, which ye vowe vnto the Lozd.
And ye shall reioyce before the Lozde youre
God, ye ſ youre fonnes, ſ youre daughters,
your iervaütes and youre maydes, and the
Leuite þ is withi youre gates * for afnoch
as he hath no part nor enheritaunce with you.

Take hede that thou offer not thy burn-
tofferynges in euery place þ thou seest: but in
the place which the Lozde shall haue chosen
in one of thy trybes, there thou chalt of-
fer thy burntofferynges, ad there thou chalt
do all that I commaunde the. Notwith-
standynge thou mayst kill and eate fleche in
all thy cyties, whatfoeuer thy loule lusteth
after, accoedpang to the blessinge of the Lord
thy God, which he hath geuen the * both the
uncleane & the cleane may eat therof, euen
as the roo, or the hert: only ye chal not eate
the blond, but powre it vpó the erth as wa-
ter. Thou mayst not eate within thy gates
the riche of thy corne, of thy wine and of thy
odye, and the firſt gendred of thine oxen, and
of thy thepe, nether any of thy vowes which
thou voweſt, noz thy frewilofferinges or
heueofferinge of thine hande: but thou muſt
eate them before the Lozde thy God, in the
place which the Lozde thy God hath chosen:
thou, and thy ſonne, and thy daughter, thy
tervaunte and thy mayde, & the Leuite that
is within thy gates: and thou chalt reioyſe
(%and be reſeithed) before the Lord thy God, in
all that thou putſt within thine hande to. * Be-
ware, that thou forſake not the Leuite, as
longe as thou liuelt vpon the erth.

If ( when the Lozde thy God hath enlaz-
ged thy borde as he hath promised þ) thou
laye: I will eate fleſh, because thy loule lon-
geth to eate fleth: þ mayeſt eate fleſh what
loener thy loule lusteth. If the place which
the Lozde thy God hath cholé to put his na-
me there, be to farre from the, the thou chalt
kill of thy oxen & of thy thepe which þ Lord
hath genen the, as I haue commaunded the,
&d thou chalt eate in thine awne cytie, what
loener thy loule lusteth. * And as the roo &
the herte is eaten, euen so thou chalt eate
them: both the cleane and the uncleane shall
eate of them. But be strong * that thou
eate not the blondc. For the blondc, that is
the life, & thou mayſt not eate the life with
the fleth: thou chalt not eate it, but powre it
vpó the erth as water. Se thou eate it not,
that it mape go well with the, and with thy

chilzden after the: But thou chalt do that,
which is right in the lyghte of the Lozde.

But thy holye thinges which thou
chalt, and thy vowes * thou chalt take, and
come vnto the place which the Lozde hath
chosen, and thou chalt offer thy burntofſtrin-
ges, both fleſh and blondc vpon the alter
of the Lozde thy God, and the blondc of thi-
ne offeriges: albe powred out vpon the al-
ter of the Lord thy God, and þ chalt eate the
fleth. Take hede, and heare all these wozdes
whych I commaunde the, that it mape go
well with the, and with thy chylden after
the for euern, þ thou doest þ which is good
and ryght in the lyghte of the Lozde thy
God.

When the Lozd thy God hath destroyed
the nacions before the, whether thou goest
to conquere them, & þ succedeſt in their in-
heritaunce, and dwelleſt in their lande: Be-
ware, that thou be not taken in a ſnare ak-
ter them, akter that they be destroyed before
the, and that thou alke not after their God-
des, layinge: how dyd these nacions ſerue
their Goddes: I will do so lykewife. * Ray,
thou chalt not do so vnto the Lord thy God:
for all abhominacions, & þ which the Lozde
hateſt, the same haue they done vnto their
Goddes. For they burne both their ſonnes
and their daugherſs with fyke before their
Goddes. Therfore whatſoer I commaude
you, þ take hede ye do (% only, vnto the, Lozde)
& * put thou nought thereto, noz take ought
therefrom.

### The. xiii. Chater.

The kallſe prophete muſt deput to death. God
proueth oure faith by kallſe mynacles.

If there a rple amonge you a
* p[ro]phete or a d[reamer] of d[re]
ames, and geue the a signe, or
a wonder, and that ligne or
wonder which he hath layde
come to p[ale], and then laye: let
vs go after Kraunge Goddes which thou
chalt not knowen, and let vs ſerue them:
herken not thou vnto the wozdes of that
prophete or d[reamer] of d[reames]. * For the
Lozde thy God p[roueth] you, to wete, whe-
ther he loue the Lozde youre God with all
youre herte and with all youre ſoule. Ye chal
walke after the Lozde youre God, and keare
him, kepe his commaundmentes, and herkè
vnto hys voyce, ſerue him, and cleane vnto
him. * And þ prophete or d[reamer] of d[re]
ames chall dye, because he hath spokè to tur-
ne you awaye from the Lozde youre God,
(which brought you out of the lande of E-
gite, and deliuered you out of the house of
bondage) to throuſt the out of þ waye, which
the Lord thy God c[om]aunded the to walke
in: and therfore thou chalt put þ euell awaye
from the.

k iii. If the

D

*Deu. xiii. v. b.*

*Deu. xvii. c.*

*Jofue, s. d.*
*Deut. xiii. a.*
*Jofua, xiii. b.*
*Jouvet, xxx. c.*

A

*Mat. v. c.*

*Deut. vii.*

*Jef. xv. b.*
*and, xii. c.*
*Zachariah.*

B

*Deute. x. b.*
*F. xvii. a.*

*Deut. xv. b.*

*Ezek. vii. d.*

*Deut. xv. b.*

*Is. x. Re. xiii.*

["Preceptes", "Deuteronomii.", "Fol. Ixxvj.", "Jo.lxvj.", "desyrezeth, Æate there before Æ Lord thy God\nD\nbe merc y: be the thou Æ thine houholde, and\nþ Leuite that is within thy gates, Æhalt\nthou not be заſake, Æ for he hath neither parte\nnoz enheritaunce with the.", "*Deut.c. b.\nF.xvii.a.*", "‡At the end of the pere, thou Chalt bring\nforth all the tythes of thyne encreale the la-\nme pere, and lave it up within thyne awne\ngates. And the Leuite which hath no parte\nnoz enheritaunce with the, Chal come, and the\nfrauger, þ fatherle þ the wedowe, which\nare within thy gates, Chal eate Æ be filled:\nthat the Loode thy God maye bleſſe þ, in all\nthe workes of thine hand which thou doest.", "‡Deut.xvii.b.", "C The.xvi.Chapter.", "The forſeuenes of dette in the ſeuenth pere.", "A", "*Leu.xvi.a.\n‡Ero.xxi.d.*", "A the ſeuenth pere thou Chalt ma-\nke a fredome. * And this is þ ma-\nner of the fredome + w: of oſeuene\nledeth ought with his hande vn-\nto his neyghboure, maye not alſe\nagayne (þ which he hath lent) of his neygh-\nboure oz of his brother: because it is called\nthe Loode's fred pere: yet of a frauger: *and of\nan aleaunt) þ maſt call it home agayne. But\n* he that is thy brother, him shall thyne hâd\nremytt, Neuer theles there shall be no beg-\nger amonge you. For the Loode shall bleſſe\nthe in the lande, which the Lord thy God geu-\neth the, an enheritaunce to posſelle it: to\nthat thou herken unto the voyce of the Loz-\nde thy God, to obſerue and do all these com-\nmaumdemées, which I commaunde the this\ndave. For the Loode thy God hath bleſſed the\nas he hath promiſed the, Æ * thou Chalt lende\nunto many nations, but þ thy ſelke Chalt not\nbozowe: And thou Chalt raygne ouer many\nnacions, Æ they shall not raygne ouer the.", "c\n", "*Eccle.sii.a.*", "*Deut.xvii.b.*", "B", "*c. Joh.sii.a.*", "Pf one of thy *þrethren amonge you be\npooze within any of thy gates in thy lande\nwhich þ Loode thy God geueth þ, þ Chalt not\nharde thine hert, noz but to thine hande frô\nthy pooze brother: But open thine hâde vn-\nto him, a lede hi ſufficert for his nede, which\nhe hath. Beware, that there be not a wicked\npopnte in thine hert, that thou woldest laye:\nThe ſeuenth pere, the pere of fredome is at\nhâde, Æ therkoze it greueth the to loke on thy\npooze brother, Æ geueſt him naught Æ he then\ncrye unto the Loode agenſt the, Æ it be lyne\nunto þ: But gene him, Æ let it not gre: e thi-\nne hert to gene unto him. Because that for\nthis thinge, the Loode thy God shall bleſſe þ\nin all thy workes, Æ in all that thou putſte\nthine hande to. * The lande chal neuer\nbe without pooze: And therkoze I còmaun-\nde the ſayinge: Thou Chalt open thine han-\nde unto thy brother that is neady and pooze\nin thy lande.", "*Mat.xvii.a.*", "*Leu.xvii.b.*", "C", "* If thy brother an Hebrue ſell him ſelſe to the, or an Hebruele, Æ ſerue the lyre pere,", "in the ſeuenth pere thou Chalt let him go free\nfrom the. And when thou lendeſt him out free\nfrom the, thou Chalt not let him go away\nemptie: but Chalt geue him of thy thepe, of\nthy cozne, and of thy wyne, and geue him of\nthat, wherwith the Loode thy God hath bleſ-\nſed the. And remembre, that thou walt a ſer-\nuante in the lande of Egipte, and the Loode\nthy God delpyuered the thence: and therkoze\nI commaunde the this thinge to dave.", "And þe laye vnto the * I will not go\nawaye from the, because he loucht the Æ thi-\nne house, and is well at ease with the: Then\nChalt thou take a naule, and nayle his care to\nthe dooze therwith, Æ let him be thy ſerua-\nte: for euern: And vnto thy mayde ſerua-\nte thou Chalt do lyke wife. And let it not gre-\nue thine epe, whâ thou letteth him go our fre\ndo the, for he hath bene woth a double hi-\nred ſeruaunte to the in his ſeruice fire peres.\nAnd the Loode thy God shall bleſſe the in all\nthat thou doest.", "* All the first gendred that come of thine\nopen, and of thy thepe that are males, thou\nChalt halowe vnto the Lord thy God. Thou\nChalt do no worke with the first gendred of\nthine oren, ner there the first gendred of thy\nthepe: Thou Chalt eate it before the Lord thy\nGod pere by pere, in the place which þ Lord\nhath chosen, both thou and thine houholde.\nIf there be any defoympte therin, as yf it\nbe lame, or blynde, or haue any other euell\nfavourednesſe, thou Chalt not offer it vnto the\nLoode thy God: But Chalt eate it within\nthyne awne * gates, the uncleane and\nthe cleane indifferently, as the roo and the\nhert. Only eate not the blonde therof, but\npoure it upon the grounde as water.", "*Ero.xxi.a.*", "*Deut.xii.*", "C The.xvi.Chapter.", "C D S a\nA S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

Of murthur

Deuteronomii.

ſ lawe of armes

Eto.rrv.b.

B

C

Num.XXXV.

D

Tob.XXXIIa.

Pn.XXXV.b.

Deut. xvi. a
b. ch. xvii. c
oh. viii. c
Lomn. xiii.a
Tinmo. v.c
bedie. v.c
Sufan. j.g.

thy lande, which the Loſde thy God geueth
the to enherett, into.iii. partes, that * who-
loſuer compteth murther, may ſee thither.
koz thys caule muſt the slayer flye thither,
that he mape lyue. who ſo killeth his neigh-
boure ignoſantly, and hated him not in ty-
me paſſed. And whé a man goeth vnto the
wodd wyth his neyghbourie to hew wodd,
* (tremchting no hawme) and as hys háde fetcheth
a ſkroke wyth the are to cut downe the tre,
the head flyppeth from the helue, and ſmp-
teth hys neyghbourie þ he dyeth: þ fame shall
flye vnto one of the fame cyties & lyue. Left
þ executer of blonde folowe after the slayer
while his hert is whole, & ouertake him, be-
caule the waye is lõge, and slape him, & yet
there is no caule wortby of death in hym, in
as moche as he hated him not in tyme pal-
ſed. Wherkoze I commaide þ, ſaying: thou
chalt appoynte out.iii. cyties koſ the.

And yt þ Lord thy God enlarge thy coa-
ſtes (as he hath (worne vnto thy fathers) &
gene the all the lade which he layde he wold
gene vnto thy fathers, þ chalt kepe all theſe
commaundmentes to do them, which Ico-
maunde the this dape, þ thou loue the Loſde
thy God, and walke in his wapes euer, and
adde.iii. cyties mo koſ þ vnto thole. iii. that
innocèt blonde be not iſed in thy lade, which
the Loſde thy God geueth the to enheret, &
to þ blonde come vpon the. *But and yt
any mă hate his neyghbourie, & lape awayte
for hym, and ryſe agaynſt hym, and ſmpte
him that he dye, and then flyeth vnto any of
theſe cyties: þelders of his cytie chall ſende,
and fetche him thence, and delyuer him into
the handes of the iſtice of blonde, that he
mape dye. Thyne eye chall not ſpare hym,
but þ chalt put a waye innocent blonde from
Israel, þ it mape go well with the. *Thou
chalt not remoue thy neyghboures marke,
which they of olde tyme haue ſett in thyne
enheritaunce, that thou chalt enheret in the
lande, whych the Loſde thy God geueth the
to enioyeit.

* One wytnesse chall not ryſe agenſt a man koſ any maner trelpace, or koſ any ma-
ner ſynne, or koſ any maner kaute, that he
offendeth in. * But at the mouthe of two
witnesſes or of. iii. witnesſes chal the matter
be ſtably ſhed.

‡ If an vnrighteous witnesſe ryſe vp a-
genſt a man to accrue him of trelpace: then
both þ mă which kryue together, chall it chăde
before the Loſd, before the Prieſtles and the
judges, which chal be in thole daves, and the
judges chall make diligent inquilicion. And
yt the witnesſe be founde kalle, and that he
hath geuen kalle witnesſe agenſt his hzother
then chall ye do vnto him, as he had thought
to do vnto his hzother, and thou chalt put
euell away from the. And other chall heare,

ſ feare, ſ chal henceforth compt no more any
loch wyckednesſe amonge you. And thyne
eye chall haue no copafyon, but * ſoule
koſ ſoule, eye koſ eye, toth koſ toth, hande ko-
hand, ſote koſ kote.

The xx. Chapter.

Who ought to go to battell, & he Lawe of Armes.
The Lanaanites must they kill.

A
hen thou goeſt out to bat-
tel agenſt thyne enemypes, ſ
reſt hozſles ad charrettes, ſ
people mo then þ, be not *
aſkaped of them, koſ þ Loſd
thy God is with the, whiche
hroughe the out of the land of Egipte. And
whé ye are come nye vnto battell, þ Prieſte
chall come forth to ſpeke vnto þ peop[e], and
chall ſaye vnto them: Heare D Israel, ye
are come vnto battell agenſte þo enemypes *
let not youre hartes ſaynte, neither ſeare, noz
be amafed noz adread of them. Koſ þ * Loſd
youre God goeth w you, to fighte koſ you
agenſte youre enemypes, ſ to laue you.

And let the officers ſpeake vnto the peo-
ple, ſayinge: If any man haue bylt a new
houſe, and haue not dedicate it, let him go
returne to his houſe, left he dye in the bat-
tell, and another mă dedicate it. And yt any
man haue planted a vyneyarde, ſ haue not
made it come* (and laufull for euery man to eate of)
let him go returne agayne vnto his houſe,
left he dye in the battell, and another make it
come. * And If any man be betruthed vn-
to a wyke, and haue not take her, let him go
and returne agayne vnto his houſe, left he
dye in the battell, ſ another man take her.

And let the officers ſpeake further vnto
the people, and ſaye: * If any man keare and
be ſaynte herted, let him go and returne vn-
to his houſe, left he make his hzothers hert
ſaynte as well as hys. And when the oky-
cers haue made an ende of ſpeakynge vnto
the people, thep chall make captaynes of
warre ouer them.

When þ comeſt npe vnto a cytie to fight
ageſt it * offre them peace. And yt they ant-
were the agayne peasably, and open vnto
the, then let all the people that is ſounde ther-
in, be tributaries vnto the, and ſerue the.
And yt they wyll make no peace with the,
but make warre agenſte the, thou chalt be-
geſt it. And when the Loſde thy God hath
delyuered it into thyne handes, thou chalt
ſmpte all the males therof with the edge of
the ſword. But the wemen and the childe,
* and the catell, and all that is in the cytie,
and all the ſpoyle therof, chalt thou take vn-
to thy ſelſe, and eate þ ſpoyle of thyne ene-
myes, which the Loſd thy God hath geuen
the. Thus chalt thou do vnto all the cyties
which are * a greate waye of from the, &
not of the cyties of these nations.

*Erod. trc
Leuit. xiii. c
Daniel. xiii. g,
Math. v.k

A

*Deut. i.d

*Pn. xiii. b.

*Deu. xiv. vii. a.

B

c

*deu. xiii. a.

*Jud. vii. a.

C

*Deute. ii. e.

*Joh. viii. a.

But

Lawes

Deuteronomii,

Jo. lxxvii.

D

*Deut. vii. 5, c. and
viii. c. and x. c.*

But of the cypies of these nacíos, which
the Loſde thy God shall geue the to enheret,
thou Chalt ſaue alypue nothinge ſy hzetheth.*
But Chalt deſtroye them without redemp-
tion, namely the Hethites, the Amorítes, the
Cananítes, the Pherezítes, the Heuites, and
the Jebuítíes, as the Loſde thy God hath
commanded the, that they teach you not to
do after all their abhominacíos, which they
haue done vnto their goddes, ſo ye yulde
ſyne agenſt the Loſde youre God.

When thou Chalt beſeged a cytie longe ty-
me, and made warre agenſt it to take it, de-
ſtroye not the trees therof, that thou wol-
dest thůſt an are vnto them: But eate of
them, and cut them not downe. No, ſy trees
of the keldes are no men, to come agenſt the
and to beſege the. Onely those trees whych
thou knoweſt that they are not krutefull.*
(But wylde, and ſypt for other vbes) those Chalt thou
deſtroye and cutt downe, ſ make bulwor-
kes agaynſt the cytie that maketh warre w
the, vntill thou lube due it.

### C The. xxi. Chapter.

Inquifficion for matthur. Dunpithement for chil-
dren that dpyobepre father and mother.

A

If one be founde slayne in the
lande, which the Loſd thy God
geneth the to posſelle it, ſ lyeth
in the celde: ſ it is not knowne
who hath slayne him: The thy =

ne elders and thy judges shall come forth, ſ
mete vnto the cypties that are rounde aboute
the slayne. And let the elders of that cytie
which is next vnto the slayne ma, take out
of the dzone, an heyſter that is not laboured
with, no, hath drawen in the pocke, and let
the elders of that cite bringe ſy heiſter vnto a
hard valeye, which is neither eared no, ſo-
wen, and strike of the heiſters neck there in
the valey.

And ſhye aſſeates the ſonnes of Leuí (who
the Loſde thy God hath chosen to minitre,
and to bleſſe in the name of the Loſde) shall
come furth, and at their mouthe shall all
ſtrike and plage be tryed. And all the elders
of ſy cytie that come furth to the slayne man,
shall wathc their handes ouer the hepſter ſy
is behraded in the valley, and shall anſwere
and laye: oure handes haue not thed thys
bloud, neither haue oure cyes ſene it. Be me-
cifull Loſde vnto thy people Israel, which
thou Chalt deſpuered * and laye no innocent
blonde vnto thy people of Israels charge: ſ
the blond chalbe ſo geuè them. And so Chalt
thou put innocèt bloud from the, whé thou
Chalt haue done that whych is ryght in the
ſyght of the Loſde.

Whé thou goeſt to warre agaynſt thyne
enemies, and the Loſde thy God hath deſp-
uered them into thyne hádes, and thou Chalt
taken them captyue, and keſſt amonge the

captyues a bewtifull womá, and haſt a de-
ſyre vnto her, that thou woldeſt haue her to
thy wyſe, Thous Chalt bringe her home to
thine houſe, and let her haue her head ſ let
her nayles growe, and put her raymet that
the was takenin, from her, and let her re-
mapne in thine houſe, and bewepe her fa-
ther and her mother a moneth long, and ak-
ter that Chalt thou go in vnto her, and ma-
rie her, ſ the Chall be thy wyſe. And ſy thou
haue no fauoure vnto her, then let her go
whether the luffeth and ſell her not ſo mo-
ney, no, make cheueſaunce of her, because ſy
Chalt humbled her.* If a man haue two
wyues, one loued and another hated, and
they haue bozne him children, both the loued
and also the hated: If the firſt bozne be the
ſonne of the hated: then when the tymc co-
meth that he dealeth his goodes amoge his
children, he maye not make the ſonne of the
beloued ſyſtbozne, before the ſonne of ſy ha-
ted whiche is in deade the firſt bozne: But he
Chall knowe the ſonne of the hated ſo, the
firſt bozne, and geue him doweble poſcion of
of all that he hath. No, he is the firſt of hys
strength, and to him belongeth the right of
the ſyſt bozne.

*Gene. xix.
and, xxx.*

* If any man haue a ſonne that is ſto-
burne and diſobedient, that he will not her-
ken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce
of his mother, and they haue chaſtene him,
and he wolde not herken vnto them: Then
Chall his father and his mother take him, ſ
bringe him out vnto the elders of that cytie,
and vnto the gate of that fame place, ſ laye
vnto the elders of the cytie: This oure ſon-
ne is ſkoburne and diſobedient, and will not
herken vnto oure voyce, he is a p poter, and
a dionckarde. And all the men of that cytie
Chall ſone him with ſones vnto death. And
thou Chalt put euell awaye from the, and all
Israel Chall heare, and keare.* If a man ha-
ue committed a treſpace woythy of death, ſ
is put to death ſo it, ſ thou hangeſt hym on
tree: his body shall not remayne all nyghde
upon the tree, but thou Chalt burye hym the
ſame dave. No, ſy the curle of God is on him
that is hanged. Delyple not thou thy lande,
which ſy Loſd thy God geueth ſy to enheret.

*Ezek. vii. 5.*

D

*Johu, vii, k,
and, v. c.*

*Galat. iii. c.*

### C The. xxiі. Chapter.

C what thou ou膏ted to do when thou Chantest thy
neighboures beaſt goung atrape. A man Chall not
were wemen's clothing on, a woman mannes clothing.
To weare a cote of woolle, ſ of flare is alio forbiden.
The punpithement of hym that accuſeth a man vu-
ryprouerrouly: of an abuowotter alio and of him that ra-
uphetha mayde.

Thou Chalt not le thy hz others ore A
or theſe go atrape, or withdazwe
thy ſelſe from them: But Chalt
bringe the agayne vnto thy hzo-
ther. And if thy brother be not

nye vnto the, or ſy knowe hym not, then
bringe

*Deut. xlv. 6,
Lucle, xlv. 6.*

B

*Jonas, f. 5.*

Lawes

Deuteronomii,

Jo.lxxix.

but the Loſde thy God turned the curle to a
bleſſing vnto þ, becauſe the Loſde thy God
louſed the. Thou chalt not ſele the prſolpe-
rite or welth of them all thy dapes for euſer.

*Gen. xxx.v.

*Thou chalt not abhozre an Edomite, for
he is thy brother: nether chalt thou abhozre
an Egipterian, because thou walt a kraunger
in his lande. The children that are begotten
of them chall come into the congregation of
the Loſde in the iii. generacion.

When thou goeſt out with the hoſt agenſt
thyne enemieſ, kepe þ from all wickedneſle.
If there be amog you any mā þ is uncleane,
by the reaſon of vnclenneſſe that chaunceth
him by nyght, let him go out of the hoſt, and
not come in agayne, into þ hoſt, but at euſe
let him walle him ſelke with water, & then
when the ſonne is doune, let him come into
the hoſt agayne. Thou chalt haue a place al-
ſo without the hoſt, whether thou chalt re-
ſorte to, & (for thy natural neceſſity) & thou chalt
haue a charpe poynte upon thy weapon: and
when thou wylt eale thy ſelke, dygge ther-
with, and turne and couer that which is de-
parted from þ. For the Loſd thy God wal-
ket(h in the myddes of thyne hoſt, to rydd þ,
and to let thyne enemyes before the. Ther-
ſore (all þ place of thyne hoſt be pure, that
he ke no uncleane thynge in the, and so turne
him ſelke from the.

Thou chalt not delyuer vnto his ma-
ſter the ſeruaunt whych is eſcaped from his
maſter vnto the. He chall dwell with þ, euſen
amonge you in what place he hym ſelke ly-
ket(h beſk, in one of thy cyp ties where it is
good for hym, and thou chalt not vere hym.
There ialbe no whoze of the daughteſs of
Israel, noz whoze keper of the ſonnes of Jl-
rael. Thou chalt nether hynge the hyper of
an whoze noz the prſce of a dogge into the
house of the Loſd thy God, in any maner of
hove, for euſen both of them are abhomina-
cion vnto the Loſde thy God.

‡Ecod.xxxi.d.
Leuit.xv.b

D

*Thou chalt not hurt thy brother by vſu-
ery of money, ner by vſury of cosne, ner by
‡ vſury of any thig that he maye be hurt
withall. Unto a ‡ kraunger thou mayſt
lende vpō vſurpe, but not vnto thy brother,
that the Loſde thy God map bleſſe the in all
that thou ſetſell thyne hand to, in the lande
whether thou goeſt to conquere it.

*Apo.ttt.b.
Eccle.v.a
Baruch.vi.e

* When thou haſt vowed a vowe vn-
to the Loſde thy God, thou chalt not flacke
to paye it. For the Loſde thy God will ſu-
rely requyre it of the, and it chalbe lynne in
the. If thou chalt leue vowynge, it chalbe
no lynne in the: but that which is once gone
out of thy lyppes, thou muſt kepe and do,
accondynge as thou haſt vowed vnto the
Loſde thy God of a frewyll, and as thou
chalt ſpoken with thy mouth.

When thou comelt into thy neyghbours

dyne parde, thou mayſt eate grapes thy bel-
lifull at thyne awne pleasure: but thou chalt
put none in thy vſellel. Euen so whan thou
comelt into thy neyghbours cosne, *thou *Math.xxxi.a
mayſt plucke the eares with thyne hande,
but þ chalt not moue a flicle vnto thy neygh-
bours cosne.

### C The.xxiii. Chapter.

C Deuocement is permitted. He that is newly in-
creased chalt not be compelled to go to warre.

When a man hath taken a wy-
ſe and married her, yf the
ſynde no kauſ in his eyes,
because he hath spied some
uncleanne ſelle in her. * Then
let him wyſte her a dylle of
deuoſcement, & put it in her hāde, and lende
her out of his house. And when the is depar-
ted out of his house, let him go, & be anotber
mans wyſe. And if þ leconde hufbōde hate
her, let him wyſte her alio a letter of deuo-
cement, and put it in her hāde and lende her
out of hys house : or yf the leconde man dye
which toke her to wyſe, her firſt man which
ſent her awaye, maye not take her agayne
to be hys wyſe, after that he is deſyled. For
that is abhominaſt in the lyght of þ Loſd.
And thou chalt not cause the land to ſynne,
whych the Loſde thy God chall gene the to
enheret.

‡Iere, iii.a
Malac.n.b
Mat-xiv.a

* When a man taketh a newe wyſe, he
chall not go a warreſare, nether chalbe char-
ged with any buſynesse: but chalbe fre at ho-
me one yere, & reioyce with his wyſe which
he hath taken. * No man chall take þ neither
or the upper mylſone to pledge, for then he
chall hurt a mās lyſe. * If any mā be kouſde
kcalypnge any of his brieſten the children of
Israel, and abufeth him, or ſelleth him, the
theſe chall dye. And þ chalt put euſel awaye
from the. Take heade to thy ſelke as concer-
nynge the plage of lepſolye, that thou ob-
ferue diligently. And ye chall do accoddynge
to all that the Preſtates the Luptes chall
teache you: Euen as I commaunded them,
so ye chall obferue to do. Remembre what þ
Loſd thy God dyd vnto * Mir Jam by the
waye, after þ ye were come out of Egypte.

When thou doeſt lende thy brother any
thig, thou chalt not go into his house to fet-
che a pledge from thence: but chalt ſtande v-
out, and the mā that borowed it of the, chall
bringe the pledge out vnto þ. Forthermore,
yk it be a poze body, thou chalt not ſlepe w
hys pledge, but delyuer hym the pledge a-
gayne wha the ſonne goth doune þ he maye
ſlepe in his awne rapiment, and bleſſe the.

And it chalberpghteoulnes vnto the, be-
koſe the Loſd thy God *Thou chalt not de-
fraude an hyzed ſeruaunte that is nedye &
poove, whether he be of thy brieſten, or of þ
Kraungers that are in thy lāde with in thy
gates.

*Leuit.xxxi.c
Tob. iii.c.
Eccle.vii.c

Curttes

Deuteronomii.

Jo.lxxx.

*Ero.d.f.b

*Ero.iii.b

*Ero.iii.f

*Deu.xiii.d
C

*Levi.xvii.b

*Ero.d.rir.a

*Baruch.ij.c

*Ero.d.rir.b

Deuteroc.b.d

*Ero.d.rir.a

Deuter.vii.a

and,xxxii.a

*Jer.iii.b

Deuace.vii.a

and so lotourned there with a fewe solke, Æ
grewe there unto a nacion greate, mightie,
and ful of people. * And the egtpcans ve-
red vs, and troubled vs, and laded vs with
mott cruel bondage. And whâ we cryed vn-
to the Loode God of oure fathers, * þ Lozd
heard oure voyce, and loked on oure aduer-
lyte,laboure and oppession. And the Loode
* brought vs out of Egypt in a myghtie
hande, Æ a stretched out arme, and in great
terreblenesse, and lignes, and wonders. H
And he hath brought vs into this place, and
hath geuen vs this lande, that floweth with
mylke Æ honye. * And nowe ☞ loo, I haue
brought the fyzt frutes of the lande whych
thou (D Loode) hæft geuen me. And þ hælt
set it before the Loode thy God, âd wozhyp
before the Loode thy God, and reioyse in all
the good thynges, which the Lord thy God
hath geuen unto the and vnto thyne house,
thou and the Leuite, and the kraunger that
is amonge you.

Whê thou hæst made an ende of tythinge
all the tythes of thyne encreale the thyzde
vere, which is þ vere of tyþynge: thou hælt
gene it vnto the Leuite, the kraungers, the
fathellesse âd the wedowes, that they mape
eate within thy gates, and fyll them lelues.
And þ hælt laye before the Loode thy God.
* I haue brought the halowed thynges out
of myne house, and haue geuen them vnto þ
Leuptes, the kraungers, the fathellesse and
the wedowes accordynge to all thy com-
maundementes which thou hæst còmaunded
me: I haue not ouerkypped thy comma-
dementes, noz forzotten them. I haue not
eaten therof in my mournynge noz suffred
ought to periche thezow unclemessel, ner ge-
uen ought therof for the deed, but haue her-
kened vnto the voyce of the Loode my God,
and haue done * after all that thou hæst co-
maunded me ☞ I ☞ Loke doune therfoze
from thy holy habitacyon euen from beauß,
and bleſſe thy people Israel, and the lande
which thou hæst geuen vs ( as thou wareſt
unto oure fathers) a lâd that floweth with
mylke and honye.

This dave the Lozd thy God hath com-
maunded the to do theſe oſdinaunces and
lawes, kepe thou them, âd do them withall
thyne hertè, and all thy ſoule. *Thou hæſt
lett up the Loode thys dave to be thy God,
and to walke in his wayes, and to kepe hys
oſdinaunces, his commaundementes Æ hys
lawes, and to herken vnto his voyce. *And
the Loode hath lett the vp thys dave, to be a
feueral people vnto hym ( as he hath p[ro]
myſed the) and that thou kepe his comma-
dementes, and to make the hye aboue all na-
cions ( which he hath made ) in præſe in na-
me and honoure: * and that thou mayſt be
an holy people vnto the Loode thy God,

as he hath layde. K

C The.xxvii.Chapter.

C The byld an alter The bleſſynges in the hyl
Garizim. The Lurſes in the hyl Eball.

N d Moſes with the elders of
Israel commaunded the people,
sayinge: kepe all the comma-
dementes whych I commaude
you this dave. * And when ye

be come ouer Jordan vnto the lande whych
the Loode thy God geueth the, thou hælt set
the vp greate ſtones, and plafter them with
plaster, and wryte upon them all the woz-
des of this lawe, when thou arte come ouer
because thou art come into the lande whych
the Loode thy God geueth the: a lande that
floweth with mylke and honye, as the Lozd
God of thy fathers hath prouefed þ. Ther-
foze when ye be come ouer Jordan, ye hæll
set vp theſe ſtones, which I comaunde you
this dave in moſt Ebal, and þ hælt plaster
them wyth plaster. * And there hælt thou
bylde vnto the Loode thy God, + an altare of
ſtones, Æ life vp no zon upon them: Thou
hælt make the altare of the Loode thy God
of whole ſtones, and offer burntofferynges
theron vnto the Loode thy God. And thou
hælt offer peaceofferynges, Æ hæl eate the-
re, Æ reioyse be foze the Lozd thy God. And
thou hælt wryte upon the ſtones all þ woz-
des of thys lawe, manyſtely and well.

And Moſes and the Preaſtes the Leup-
tes ſpake vnto all Israel sayinge: take hede
& heare (D Israel) this dave thou art be-
me the people of the Loode thy God. Thou
hælt herken therſoze vnto the voyce of the
Loode thy God, and do his commaundemé-
tes, and his oſdinaunces whych I còmaund
the this dave. And Moſes charged the peo-
ple the fame dave, saying: These hæll ſtade
upon *mount Garizim to bleſſe the people,
when ye are come ouer Jordan: Symeon,
Leui, Juda, Jlachar, Joseph, and Ben Ja-
min. And thele hæll ſtade vp[ò] mount Eball
to curſe: Ruben, Gad, Aler, zabulon, Dan
and Nephthali. And the Leuptes hæll anl-
were & laye vnto all the mê of Israel wyth
a loude voyce.

* Cursed be the man that maketh any
carved or molten image (an abhominacion
unto the Loode, the wozke of the handes of
the craftelman ) and putteth it in a ſecret
place: and all the people shall anſwere and
laye Amen.

* Cursed be he þ curſeth his father, Æ hys
mother, and all the people shall laye Amen.

* Cursed be he that remoneth his neygh-
bours marke, Æ all þ people shall laye Amè.

* Cursed be he þ maketh þ blynde go out
of his waye, Æ all þ people shall laye Amen.

* Cursed be he that hyndeth the ryght of
the kraunger, katherleſſe and wedowe, and
all the

2

*Jolue.iii.a.

*Jolue.viii.k

‡Erood.xr.d.

B

*Erood.kr.a

C

*Eroo.rri.b

*Deut.rr.a

*Leui.rr.c

*deut.xiiiif.

## Curses

## Deuteronomii,

Deut. v. 5.

wytten in the boke of this lawe, wyll the
Lorde brynge upon the, vntyll he bryng the
to noughte. And ye thalbe lefte fewe in no-
bere, where before ye were as the * starres
of heauen in multitude: because thou wol-
dest not herken vnto the voyce of the Loz-
de thy God.

G

Jere. xxxi. 5.

* And it shall come to pas, y as the Lord
reloysed ouer you, to do you good, to mul-
tiply you: euen to he wyll reiopse ouer you,
to destraye you, to brynge you to nought.
And ye thalbe walked from of the lād, whe-
ther thou goest to enioye it. And the Lorde
shall scater the amonge all nacyons, from
the one ende of the worlde vnto the other,
and there thou halt ferue straunge goddes,
whych thou noz thy fathers haue knowne:
euen wodd and stone.

And amonge these nacyons y shall fynd
no eafe, neither shall y sole of thy foote ha-
ue rest. But the Lorde shall gene the there
an vnquyet herte, and dalyng eyes, and lo-
rowe of mynde. And thy lyfe shall hange
before the, and thou halt keare both daye,
and nyghte, and halt haue no trust in thy
lyfe. In the mornning thou halt faye, wolde
God it were nyght. And at night thou halt
faye: wolde God it were mornynge: foz
keare of thyne herte whych thou halt keare,
and foz the lyghte of thyne eyes, which thou
halt le.

And the Lord shall brynge y into Egipt
agayne with hyppes, by the wape which I
badethe, that thou chuldeſt * ſe it no moare.
And there ye thalbe solde vnto youre ene-
mies, foz bondmen and bondwemen: and no
man shall be you.

Ezek. xiii. 6.

### The xxix. Chapter.

The people are exhorted to obferue the com-
mundementes, which ye the pere breake, they are
thecarned to be plaged.

A

Ezek. xiii. 1.

Hele are the wordes of the * ap-
poypntment, which the Lorde co-
maunded Moles, to make wyth
the children of Israel in the lande
of Woab, belyde the appoynte-
ment whych he made wyth them in Hozeb,
and Moles called all Israel, and fayde vn-
to them: Ye haue ſene all that the Lorde dyd
before youre eyes in the lande of Egipt, vn-
to Pharoa and vnto all his ſeruauntes, and
vnto all his lande, the greate temptacyons
whych thyne eyes haue ſene, thole greate
myacles and wonders: and yet the Loz-
de hath not geuen you an herte to percea-
ue, and eyes to ſe, and cares to heare vn-
to thyds daye.

Deut. viii. 1.

And I haue led you, r. l. pere in the wpl-
derneſle: and youre * clothes are not wared
olde upon you, and thy howe is not wared
olde upon thy kote. Ye haue eaten no bread,
nor dzoncke wyne or ſtronge dzpucke, that

ye myghte knowe, howe that I am y Lorde
youre God.

N

Nume. xxxi. 5.

* And ye came vnto this place, & Sehon
the kyng of Hebron, and Dg kyng of Ba-
ſan came out agenſt vs vnto battell, and
we ſmote them, and toke their lande, & gaue
it for an inheritaunce vnto the Rubentres
and Gadites, and to the halſe tribe of Ha-
naſle. *kepe therfore the wordes of this ap-
poypntment and do them, that ye maye vn-
derſtande all that ye ought to do. Ye ſande
this daye euery one of you before the Lorde
youre God: youre captaynes, youre tribes,
youre elders, youre off. cers, & all the men of
Israel: youre children also, youre wyues ad
thy ſtraunger that is in thyne hoſte * from
y heuer of thy wodd, vnto y drawer of thy
water: y thou chuldeſt go into the appoypnt-
ment of the Lorde thy God, & into his othe * which the
Lord thy God maketh w the thyſ
daye. Koſ to make y a people vnto him ſelſe,
and that he maye be vnto the a God, as he
hath fayde vnto y, & as he hath wozne vnto
thy fathers Abzaham, Iſahac and Jacob.

Deut. xxxi. 1.

Jofua. x. 10.

Gen. xvii. 4.

C

I make not this donde & this othe with
you only: but both wyth him that landeth
here with vs this daye before the Lorde oure
God, and allo wyth hym that is not here
with vs this daye. Koſ ye knowe, how we
haue dwelt in the lande of Egipte, and how
we came thozow the myddes of the nacions
which ye paſſed by. And ye haue ſene the y
abhominacypons and their ydolles: ( wod
and ſhone, ſpluer and golde) which were a-
monge them.

Left there be amonge you man or wo-
man, kpyred or trybe, whoſe hert turneth
awaye this daye from the Lorde oure God,
to go and ſerve the goddes of these nacions;
and left there be amode you ſome roote that
beareth gall and wormwod, so that when
he beareth the wordes of this ooth, he bleſſe
him ſelſe in hys hert, layinge. * I shall haue
peace. I wyll walke in y meanyng of myne
owne hert, * ( To put the DZ dzonken to
the thirſt ye.) And so the Lorde wyll not con-
tent to be mercyfull vnto hym, but then the
wyath of the Lorde and hys gelouſe shall
smoke agenſt that man, & all the curses that
are wytſte in this boke shall light vp him,
and the Lorde shall do out his name kro vn-
der heauen, and the Lorde shall separate him
vnto euell out of all * tribes of Israel, acco-
dyng vnto all * curses of * appoypntment,
that are wytten in the boke of this lawe.

Iere. v. 6.

D

10

So that the generacyon to come of youre
chylde, that shall rſpe up after you, and the
ſtraunger that shall come from a ferre land
shall ſaye, when they ſe the plages of that
lande, and the diſeales wherwith the Lorde
hath mytten it, how all the lande is buent
bp with hrymstone & salt, & that it is neither
ſowen

D

Moses longe

Deuteronomii.

Jo.lxxiii.

*Gene.l.d
Eccle.sij.d

* Perfecte is the work of Æ most mightie God: for all his ways are judgement. He is a God of truth, without wickednesse: righteous, and just is he.

*Frowardly have they done against him
thorow their deformities: not his own chil-
dre, but a wicked frowarde generacio. Do
ye so rewarde Æ Lord, O foolish nacio & vn-
wyse! * Is not he thy father & thine owner?
* Hath he not made the, ad or deyned the: Re-
membre the daies of the worlde that is past:
collideth Æ peres frô tyme to tyme. * Aske thy
father, if he will the we the thy elders, & they
will tell the. When the most highest deyed
the nacions, and whan he separated the lon-
nes of Adam, he put the bozders of the na-
cions, kast by the multitude of the children
of Israel.

For the Lôrdes parte is his folke, and Ja-
cob is the poion of his enheritaunce.

He kounde him in a deserte lande, in a
voyde grounde, in a rozynge wildernesse.
He led him aboute, he gaue him understan-
dinge, and kepte him as the apple of his eye.

As an egle that stereth vp her nest Æ flo-
tereth ouer her younge, & stretcheth out hir
winges, to doth he take the vp, & beareth the
on his shoulders. The Lôrde alone was his
guyde, & there was no strauge God Æ with him.

He carried him vp to an hyc lande, that he
might eate the encreale of the feldes, * And
he kedd him with honye out of the rocke, &
with oyle out of the most harde stone. With
butter of kyne, & mylcke of the thepe, with
fat of the lambes and of fat rammes and
he goates, with the fat of most plenteous
whete: & that thou mightest drounke the
most pure blonde of the grape.

But he that chulde haue bene upright,
whan he wared katt, spurned with his hele.

Thou art well kedd, Æart growne thick:
thou art even laden with katnelle.

And he kofloke God his maker, & regar-
ded not the God of his valuacion. Thep pzo-
uoked him to angre with straunge goddes
euen w abhominacions prouoked they him.
*They offered unto deuels, Æd not to God,
eue to goddes who they knewe not: to newe
goddes that came newly vp, whom their
fathers feared not. Of the rocke that begat
the, thou arte vnmyndefull, & fast forgottè
God that made Æ. The Lôrde therfore la we
it, & was angrie, because of the prouokynge
of his sonnes and of his daughters.

And he layde: I will hyde my face from
them, & will se what their ende shall be. For
they are a very froward generacion, childe
in whom is no fayth. They haue angred me
with that which is no God, and prouoked
me with their vanyties. * And I alio wyll
prouoke them with that which are no
people, I wyll anger the with a folly na-

*Malac.l.b
*Gene.l.d

*Job.viii.b

*Moma.r.d.

con. * For precisely hyndled in my math, and D
burneth unto the dotome of heil. And bathy * Iere eu.e.
columed the erth with her encreafe, and left
a fire the botoms of the mountaynes. I will
heape mischeues upon them, & will destraye
them with myne arowes.

They chalbe burnt with hunger, and cò-
fumed Æ heate, and with bitter destruction.
* I will also lende the teeth of beastes upon
them, witl) the furiousnes of serpètes in the
duult. Without kofth, chal Æ swerde robbe the
of their childre: and within in the chamber,
keare: both younge men and younge weme,
and the fuchelynges with the men of gray
heads. I haue layde: I will skater the abzo-
de, and make the remembraunce of them to
ceasse from amonge men. Were it not that I
feared the wyath of Æ enempe, left their ad-
ner saries chulde utterly withdrawe the fel-
ues, and left the chulde laye: oure hye häde
hath done all this, and not the Lôrde.

For it is a nacio without kozecraft, nether
ist there any verderstanding in them: Of that
they were wyle, and underkode this, Æ they
wolde conlyder their later ende.

Howe chulde one chace a thouande, and
two put ten thouande to flyghte: excepte
their maker had iold them, & excepte Æ Lord
had quutt them vp.

For their god is not as oure God *oure
empyes allo them felues are iudges.

For their wyne is of the vinyarde of So-
dome, and of the feldes of Gomorra: Their
grapes are grapes of gall, and their clusters
be bytter.

Their wyne is the poyson of d. agos, and
the cruell gall of alpes. Is not this layde in
kfoze with me, & sealed vp amonge my trea-
sures? * Of legeaunce is myne, and I will re-
warde: their fete chall lyde in due tyme. For
the daye of their destruction is at häde, and
the thinges that chall come upon them, ma-
ke haffe.

* For the Lôrde shall iudge his people, Æ
hane compation on hisferuantes: whan he
feyth that their power is gone, Æ that they
be in a maner chut vp, or brought to naught
and koflaken.

And he chal laye * wher are their goddes?
their god, in whom they trufted?

The fat of whose sacrifices they did eate
and dräcke the wyne of their drouncke offrin-
ges: let them ryle vp and helpe you, and be
poure proteccion * (in necessite.)

Se now, how that I * am God, and
there is none but I * Ikyll, and wyll make
alyue: I wounde, and I wyll heale: * neither
is there any Æ can deluyer out of my hande.

For I wyll lyfte vp myne hand to heauë,
and wyll laye: I lyue euer.

If I whett the edge of my swerde, & my-
ne hande take holde to do injustice, I wyll re-
l iit compence

*Iere.v.b
Iere.v.b

*I. Reg.v.b

*Koma.r.d
Heb.vii.o.f

*Ii. mat.vij.a

*Iere.ij.d

*Duet.iii.l
*I. Kez.ji.

*Job.r.b

The Second

parte of the Zible contaynyng thele bookeſ.

The booke of Jolna.

The booke of the Judges.

The booke of Ruth.

The firſt booke of Samuel.

The.ii.booke of Samuel.

The.iii.booke of the kyngeſ.

The.iii.booke of the kyngeſ.

The.j.booke of þe chyonycles.

The.u.booke of þe chyonycles.

The firſt booke of Eldras.

The.u.booke of Eldras.

The booke of Hefter.

The booke of Hioſ.

Jordane

Jofua,

Jo.iii.

shall stand still upon an heape. And it fortuned, that when the people were departed from their tentes to goo ouer Jordâ, the prieates bearyng *the arcke of the appoyntmet, went before the people. And as one as they that bare the arcke came vnto Jordan, & the fete of the prieates that bare the arcke were dipped in the brym of the water* (For Jordan vleth to fill all hys banckes all the time of harneft ) the waters also that came downe from aboue, dyd rypse vp vp an heape
*And appeared as great as a mountayne,) and departed farre from Adam, y was bepyde zarthan. And the waters that were beneath toward the see of the wildernes, fell awaye & departed into the salt see, and the people * went ryght ouer agaynst Jericho. And y prieates that bare the arcke of y appointment of the Loode, stode drye within Jordane, ready prepared, and all the Israelites went ouer thozow the drye, vntill all the people were gone cleane ouer thozow Jordan.

### C The.iii. Chapter.

Jofua fetheth vp twelve stones in Jordan.

*Adeut.rrvij.a
A

And it fortuned, that whan the people were all gone *ouer Jordan, the Loode I pake vnto Jofua, layinge: Take you twelue men out of the people, out of every trybe a man. And còmaunde you the, layinge: take you hence out of the myddes of Jordan (euen out of the place where the prieates stode in a redynes) twelue * (of the most harseth) stones, which ye shall take awaye with you, and leaue them in the place, where you shall lodge this night. And Jofua called the twelue men, which he had prepared of y childre of Israel, out of every trybe a man, and Jofua layde vnto them gett you before the arcke of the Lord youre God, euen thozow y myddes of Jordâ * and take vp every man of you a one upon his shoulder, according vnto the nombr of the trybes of the children of Israel, y this maye be a ligne amog you. That whé youre children afke thier fathers in tyme to come, layinge: what meane these stones with you: Pe maye anfwere the how that the waters of Jordan deuyded at the prefence of the arcke of the appoynte ment of the Loode. For when it went ouer Jordan, the waters of Jordan deuided: And these stones are become a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer.

B

*Deut.rrvij.a

And the children of Israel dyd euen so as Jofua commaunded, and toke vp * twelue stones out of the myddes of Jordan, as the Loode layde vnto Jofua, according to the nombr of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carped them awaye with them vnto y place where they lodged, & layed them downe there. And Jofua set vp twelue stones afo in the myddes of Jordan, in y place

*Iiffi.re.xviii.f

ce where the fete of the prieates which bare the arcke of the testament, stode.

And there haue they continued * unto this daye. For the prieates which bare the arcke, stode in the myddes of Jordan, vntill all was finished that the Loode commaunded Jofua to laye vnto the people, according to all that Moses charged Jofua. And the people haited, and went ouer. It fortuned also, that whá all the people were cleane ouer, the arke of the Lord went ouer alio, & prieates before the people.* And the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, & halfe the tribe of Manasses went before the children of Israel armed, as Moses charged them. Eué fourty thousande prepared for warre, went before the Loode vnto battell, thozow the playne of Jericho. * That dave the Loode magnified Jofua in the light of all Israel, & they feared him, as they feared Moses all dayes of his lyfe.

D

*Nu. xxxi.ij.

*Jofua.ii.ij.

D

And the Lord I pake vnto Jofua, layinge: còmaunde the prieates that bare the arcke of witnesse, to come vp out of Jordan. Jofua therfore còmaunded the prieates, layinge: Come ye vp out of Jo. dan. And when the prieates y bare the arcke of the appoyntmet of the Loode were come vp out of the myddes of Jordan, and as one as the soles of the prieates fete were set on the drye lâd, the waters of Jordan retourned agayne vnto their place, and went ouer all their banckes, as they dyd before. And the people came vp out of Jordan the tenth daye of the first moneth, and pitched in Gilgal, euen in the east border of the cyte Jericho.

D

*Ero.rij.d

*Ero. xiii.ij.

And the twelue stones which they toke out of Jordâ, did Jofua piche i Gilgal. And he I pake vnto the children of Israel, layinge: * If youre children afke their fathers in tyme to come, & laye: what meane thele stones: ye that we youre childre, and laye. Israel came ouer this Jordan on drye land. For the Lord youre God dried up the water of Jordan before you, vntill ye were gone ouer, as the Loode youre God dyd the red fee * which he dried up before vs, tyll we were gone ouer: that all the people of the worlde maye knowe the hande of the Lord, how myghtie it is, and that ye might keare the Lord youre God for euer.

### C The. v. Chapter.

The Cananites are akearde.

Ad it fortuned, y whé all the kiges of the Amorites which are beyond Jordan weft warde, & all y kinges of the Cananites which were by y fee, hearde, how the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan before the children of Israel, vntill they wer gone ouer * ther hertes faynted for keare. And ther was no prete in them any moare, for the prefence of y children of Israel.

A

*Jofua.ii.ij.

B

A iii That

Acan is stoned

Jofua,

Fo.iii.

And at the seventh tyme, whan þ preastes
blewe with the trompettes, Jofua layd vn-
to the people: showt, for the Lorde hath ge-
uen you þ cytie. And the cytie thalbe <då-
ned, bothe it and all that are therin, vnto the
Lorde: onlye Rahab the harlot shall lyue, <e-
all that are with her in the houle, because the
* hidd the messengers that we sent. And in
anywiche be þ ware of the excommunicate
things, left ye make youre felues excommu-
nicate, <t take of the excommunicate things,
and make the houle of Israel excommunicate,
and trouble it. But all the sluer, golde, vel-
lelles of brasse, <e yron thalbe conſcrate vn-
to the Lorde, <e all come into his treasurie.

*Jolie.ii.a

And the people howted, and blewe with
trompettes, And when the people heard the
ſoude of the trompe, they howted so agreſt
howt: <e the * wall fell downe, so þ the peo-
ple wet up into þ cytie, every man krepghy
before him, <e toke the citie. And they vtherly
destroyed all that was in the citie, bothe mă
and woman, younge and olde, ore, thepe ad
Aſſe, with the edge of the ſwerde.

*Heb.ri.f

Then Jofua layde vnto the two mê that
had lpyed out the contrepe: *goo into þ ha-
lottes houle, and bringe out thence the wo-
man, and all that the bath, * as ye tware to
her. And the younge men that were lpyes,
went in, and brought out Rahab, and her
father and mother and her brithen, and all
þ the bad. And they brought out all her kyn-
red, <e put them without the houle of Israel.

*Heb.ri.f

D

*Jolie.ii.c.

And they burnt the cytie with fire, and
all that was therin. Only the sluer and the
golde, the vessels of brasse and yron, they
put vnto the treasure of the houle of þ Lor-
ſt And Jofua faued Rahab the harlott, and
her fathers houſholde, and all that the had,
and the dwelt in Israel, euen vnto this daye
because the hidd the messengers, which Jofua
ſent to lpye out Jericho.

*Heb.ri.f

And Jofua ſware at that tyme, layinge:
curfed be the man before the Lorde, that rí-
ſeth up, <e ad hyldeth this citie Jericho: he shall
laye the foundation * in his eldeſt lon-
ne, and in his youngett ſonne chal he ſeet up
the gates of it. And lo þ Lord was with Jo-
fua, and his fame was nopsed thorowe out
all landes.

*Iii. re. xvi.f

C The vii Chapter.

Chai is lpyed out. Acan is stoned.

A
*Deute.vii.o
e.xiii.d
‡Jolie.rii.d
j.Sata.ij.a
ij.Mach.rii.f

It yet the children of Israel
treſpaſed in the * excommuni-
cate thynges : And + Acan the
ſonne of Carmi, the ſonne of
zabdi, the ſonne of zarech of
the tribe of Juda, toke of the
excommunicat thynges. And the wath of
the Lorde waned whote agaynſt the childreſ
of Israel.

And Jofua ſent mê from Jericho to Hai,

which is belyde Bethauen, on the east lyde
of Bethel, <e spake vnto them, layinge: gett
you vp, <e dowe the countrey. And the men
wet vp, <e lpyed out Hai. And returned vn-
to Jofua, and layde vnto him, lett not all the
people go vp, but let as it were a two or thre
thouſande men goo vp, and Imyte Hai, and
make not all the people to laboure thether,
for they are but fewe.

And so there went up thether of þ people,
aboute a thre thouſande men, <e they kledd
before the men of Hai. And the men of Hai
ſmote of them upon a thyrtye and ſire men:
for they chafed them frô before the gate eué
vnto Sebarim, <e ſmote them in the goyping
doune. Wherefore the hertes of þ people * for
keate melted awaye like water. And Jofua
rent his clothes, and fell to the erth upon
his face before the arcke of the Lorde vntill
the euen tyde, he and the elders of Israel, <e ad
put erth upon their heddes.

B
*Blai.rii.f

And Jofua layde * Alas, D Lorde God,
wherefore haſt þ brought thys people ouer
Jordan, to deliuer vs into the hande of the
Amoritzes, and to deſtroye vs: wold to God
we had * alone content, <e dwelt on the other
ſyde Jordan. Oh Lorde what shall I laye,
where Israel turneth their backes before their
enemyes: Surel þe Cananites, and all the
enhabiter's of the lande shall beare of it, and
shall confpire agaynſt vs, and deſtroye the
name of vs out of the worlde. And what
wilt thou do vnto thy mygħdie name?

*Deute.ii.d

40

And the Lorde layde vnto Jofua, gett the
up, wherefore lyeſt thou thus upon thy face?
Israel hath lpyned, and thep haue träſgreſ-
ſed myne appointment, which I commaun-
ded them: for they haue taken of the excommu-
nicate things, and haue stolen, and dif-
ſembled, <e put them vnto their awone stuffer.
And therefore is it that the children of Israel
cannot ſtande before their enemyes, but that
turne their backes before their enemyes be-
caufe they be excommunicate. Neither will I
be with you any moare, excepte ye deſtroye
the excommunicate from amonge you.

*Tippherfore, <e ſanctifie the people,
and laye: ſanctifie youre felues agaynſt to
morowe: for so layd the Lord God of Israel
There is a damned thinge amonge you (D
Israel) <e therfore pe cannot stande agaynſt
poure enemyes, vntill ye haue put the dam-
ned thinge from amonge you. To morowe
mozning therfore ye shall be brought accor-
ding to your trybes. And the trybe which þ
Lord takereth, chal come according to the kyn-
reds thereof. And the kynred which the Lord
chall fynde gyptie, chall come by houſholdes.
And the houſholde which þ Lord chall finde
fautye, chall comeman by man. And he that
is founde in the excommunicacion, chalbe
burnt with fire, he and all þ he bath, because

C
*Exod. xlii.f

A iiii he hath

The deuylion

Jolua,

Of the land,

after their kynredes, crypties ad villages per-
taynng therto.

And Holes gaue vnto the trybe of Gad,
D euen vnto the chyldren of Gad he gaue by
their kynredes. And their costes were Ja-
zer, and all the crypties of Gilead, ad halfe the
lande of the chyldre of Ammon, vnto Aroer
that lyeth before Rabah. And from Hebron
unto Ramoth mazphah, and Betonim: ad
from Wahanaim vnto the borders of Da-
vir. And in the vale ye they had Betharam,
Bethnimra, Socoth, and zaphon, the rest of
the kynngdome of Sehon kynng of Helbon,
vnto Jordan and the costes that lye theron,
enen vnto the edge of the sea of Eneroth,
on the other lyde Jordã eastward. This is
the enheritaunce of the chyldre of Gad after
their kynredes, their crypties and villages.

And Holes gaue vnto the halfe trybe of
Manasses. And this was the possession of J
halfe trybe of Manasses by thekynredes.
Their coste was from Wahanaim, euen all
Balan, and all the kynngdom of Og kynge
of Balan, and all the townes of Jair which
lpe in Balan, euen the skoze crypties, ad halfe
Gilead, Alkaroth, and Edzai, crypties of the
kingdome of Og in Balan, * which per-
tayne vnto the children of Wachir the lon-
ne of Manasses, euen the half portion of the
children of Wachir by their kynredes.

These are the things which Holes did
distribute in the keldes of Moab, on þ other
lyde Jordã ouer agaynst Jericho eastward.
* But vnto the trybe of Leuit Holes gaue
none enheritaunce, for the Loode God of J-
tracell he is their enheritaunce, * as he layde
vnto them.

C The. xiii. Chapter.

T Caled requeith the herptage that was piome-
led hym, and Hebron was geuen him.

A

*nu. xxxiii.b

*nu. xvi. k
and, xxxii-g.

*Gg. xxxii.f.

*Nu. xxxv.a

B

*Nu. xxxii.d

And these are the contreyes which
the children enhereted in the lande
of Canaan, * vnto which Clea-
zar the prealle, and Jolua yon-
le of Nun and the aunciet heades
of the trybes of the children of Israel, gaue
the their enheritaunce * by lotte, as the Lord
commanded by the hand of Holes, to geue
unto the nyne trybes, ad vnto the halfe trybe
of Manasses. For Holes had geuen enheri-
taunce vnto two trybes and an halke on the
other lyde Jordan. But vnto the Leuites he
gaue none enheritaunce amonge the. * For
the chyldre of Joleph were two trybes, Ma-
nasses ad Ephzaim. And therfore they gaue
no parte vnto the Leuites in the lande, iue
crypties to dwelle in with the suburbes of the
same, for their beaktes and cattell. * As the
Lord commanded Holes: euen so the chil-
dren of Israel did wher they demded the lâd.

And the children of Juda came vnto Jo-
fua in Gilgall. * And Caleb the sonne of

Jephune the kenefte layde vnto hym:thou
wottest what the Loode layde vnto Holes
the ma of God, about my matter and thyne
in Cades Barne. * Fourtye yere olde was
I when Holes the seruaut of the Lord sent
me from Cades Barne tolie out the land.
And I brought hym word agayne euen as
it was in myne herte. Neuerthelesse my be-
then that went vp wyth me, dyf couraged
the herte of the people. And I folowed the
Loode God.

And Holes sware þ same dave, laying:
* the lande wheron thy fete haue troaden,
thalbe thyne enheritance and thy chyldrens
foz euer, becaufe thou haſt folwed the Lord
God. And beholde, the Loode hath kepte me
alpye (as he layd) * this fourtye and fyue
yeares, euen ſence the Loode spake this word
unto Holes, whyle the chyldren of Israel
wanderyd in the wyldernesse. And now lo,
I am this dave koure Ikoze ſ fyue yere olde:
ſ yet am as ſtronge at this tyme, as I was
when Holes sent me: locke how ſtronge I
was the, ſo ſtrong am I now whether I go
to warre, or come agayne.

Now therfore geue me this mountayne
wherof the Loode ipake in that dave, foz þ
herdeſt in that dave, how the Enakims are
there, and the crypties greate ad walled. Per-
aduenture the Lord wilbe with me, 3 shall
be able to dryue the out, as the Lord layde.
And Jolua bleſſed him, ſ gaue vnto Caleb
þonne of Jephune, ☞ Hebron to enheret.
And Hebzd therfore became the enheritaunce
of Caleb the ſonne of Jephune the keneſite,
vnto this dave: becauſe he folowed þ Loode
God of Israel. And the name of * Hebron
was called in olde tyme, kariath arbe. Kož
the fame was a greate ma amoge the Ena-
kims. And the ☞ land cealed from warre.

C The. rv. Chapter.

The Lotte of the chyldren of Judas the names
of the crypties and villages of the fame.

His was the Lotte of the trybe
of the chyldre of Juda by their
kynredes: Namely, towarde þ
border of Edom in the wilder-
nesle of zin, southwarde, euen
from the vtemoofft parte of the
southe coste. * And their southcoste was fro
the brynck of the salt fee, from a rock þ lea-
neth louthward. And it wêt out to þ southe
fyde toward þ going vp to Acrabim, ſ wêt
a long to zinna, ſ ascended vp on the southe
fyde vnto Cadre Barne, and went a lôg to
Hebron, and went vp to Adar, and fette a
compafe to karca. From thece went it a lôg
to Azmon, and reached vnto the ryuer of
Egypt: and the ende of that coste was on the
wêt fyde. And this is their southe coste.

The coste of the salt fee, euen un-
to the edge of Jordan. And their border in þ
northe

Their easte coste is the salt fee, euen un-
to the edge of Jordan. And their border in þ
northe

*Dume. xlija

C

*Nu. xlii. d.
Deute. x. k.

*Eccle. xlv.b

D

D

*Jolua. xv.c

D

*nu. xxxiii.a

V

Of the lande

Jofua,

Jo.viii.

*us.Aeg.J.b

northe quarter was from the rock of the sea and from the edge of Jordan. And the same border went up to Bethragla, and went a long by the north lyde of Betharabah, and up from thence to the stone of Bohen yonne of Ruben. And agayne, the same border went up to Dabir from the valeye of Acor, and so northwarde, turning towarde Gilgall, that lieth before the gopyng up to Adam, which is of the southe lyde of the ryuer. And the same border went up to y waters of the fountayne of the Sonne, and ended at the * well of Rogell. And then went up to the valeye of the Sonne of Hennó, even unto the southe lyde of Jebuli: the same is Jerufalem. And then went up to the topps of the hille that lyeth before the valeye of Hennon weowerde, and by the edge of the valeye of the Giantes northwarde: And then it compafeth from the topps of the hill unto the fountayne of the water of Ephraim, and gothe out at the cities of mount Ephron: and draweth to Baala, which is kiriathiarim, *(That is, a cypte of woddes.) and then it compafeth from Balah wellwarde

C

And unto Caleb the Sonne of Jephune dyd Jofua geue a parte amonge the children of Juda, accoeding to the mouth of the Lotde, even * kiriatharbe of the father of Enack whyche cypte is Hebó. And Caleb dyoue thence the three Sonnes of Enack, Señai, and Ahman, and Thalmai, which were, the Sonnes of Enack. And he went up thence, to the enhabitoures of Dabir. And the name of Dabir in the olde tyme was kariath lepher, *(That is, a cypte of lettres.) And Caleb layde: * he that smyteh kariath lepher, äd taketh it: to hym wyll I geue Aclah my daughter to wyfe. And Orthiel, the Sonne of Kenes, the brother of Caleb toke it. And he gaue hym Aclah hys daughter to wyfe. And as he went in unto hym, he moued hym, to aske of her father a felde. And the alyghted of her aske. And Caleb layde unto her, what aytheth the? who anwered: gyue me a bleflying: for thou haft genen me a louth* (and dye), lande: geue me also lpxinges of water. And he gaue her lpxynges of water, bothe above and benethe. Thys is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children

*Jofa.xlii.d

*Judic.f.c.
I.Aeg.xvii.c

D

of Juda by their kynredes.

And the uttmost cyties of the trybe of the children of Juda, towarde the coates of Edom southwarde, were: Kabzel, Eder, & Jagur: kinah, Dimonah, and Adada: kebes, Hazor and Jethnan: ziph, Telem, and Baloth, Hazor hadathah, karioth, Heiron, (which is Hazor) Eman, Sami, and Moladah: Hazargadah, Halmon and Bethpheleth: Hazar fual, Berlabe, and Basiothiah: Baalah, Jim, and Azen: Eltholad, Cefill, and Hozma: ztkelag, Medemenah and Senah: Labaoth, Selhim, Ain and Rimon: all these cyties are twentye and nyne with their villages. And in the lowe côtereye they had Ethyaol, Zareah, and Azenah: zoneah, Enganim, Thaphuah & Enam: Jerimoth, Adulam, Socoh, äd Azkah: Saarem, Adathaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim: Fourtene cyties with their villages.

J

zenan, Hadazah, and Hagdalgad: Delean, Wtza, and Jektheel: Lachis, Bazcath and Eglon: Cabon, Labamam, and Cethlis Gaderoth, Bethdagon, Waamah and Wakedah: Syrtene cyties with their villages.

Lebnah, Ether, and Asan: Jephthah, Aknah, and Rezib: keilah, kahezip and Wareslah: nyne cyties wyth their villages. Akron with her townes and villages. Koz Akro & from the well, all that lyeth aboute. Aldod wyth their villages. Aldod with her townes & villages. Azah with her townes and villages, even unto the tyuer of Egipte: and the great see was their coaſt.

5

And in the moutaynes, they had Samir Jathir, and Socoh, Danah: and kariath senath, which is Dabir: Anab, Elthemoh, and Anim, Gozen, Holon, and Giloh, aleuen cyties with their villages. Arab, Dumah, and Elean: Janim, Beththaphuah and Apcah: Hamatah, and kariath arbe: which is Hebó and zio: nyne cyties wyth their villages. Maon, Carmel, Siph, and Jutah: Jetaell, Jukadan, and Sanoeh: Cain, Gabaah, and Thamnah: ten cyties with their villages. Halbull Bethzur & Gedor: Baarath, Bethanoth, and Elthecon: Sixe cyties with their villages. kariath Baal whych is kariath Jartim* (the cypte of woddes) and Harabba: two cyties with their villages.

In the wildernecle they had Bethara-bah, Meddin and Sacacah: Nebton, the cytie of salt, and Engaddi: Syre cytes wyth their villages. Neuer theles, the Jebusites that were the enhabiters of Jerufalem, coude not the children of Juda caſt out. But the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Juda unto this daye.

The.xvi.Chapter.

The Lotte or parte of Ephraim.

The deuysion

Jolua.

Of the land,

the enheritaunce of the children of Simeon.
foz the parte of the children of Juda was
to moche for them: and therfore the children
of Simeon had their enheritaunce in the en-
heritaunce of them.

B

And the thyrde lotte areole for the childre
of zabulon thowow out their kynredes And
the coaktes of their enheritaunce came to
Sarid, and wêt vp weſtward, and to Wa-
rialah, and reached ta Dabaleth, and came
thence to the ryuer that lyeth before Jokne-
tuen: ſ turned fro Sarid easte ward towarde
the ſonne rplyng unto þ border of Chiloth
Thaboz: and then goeth out to Dabereth, ſ
goeth up to Japhia: and from thence goeth
a lóge easte ward, to Gethah, Jepher, Jeha,
and Jazim, ſ goeth to Remon, Wethoaz, &
Neoh. And compaceth it on the nozthe ipde
to Nathan, ſ endeth in the valeye of Jeph-
thahel. And Jatath, Nahalol, Semron, Je-
dalah, and Bethlehem: twelue cyties with
their villages. This is the enheritaunce of the
chylden of zabulon thowow out their kyn-
redes, ad thele are the cyties with the þ vil-
lages.

And þ fourth lott came out for the childre
of Jlacar by their kynredes. And their coaſt
was Israelah, Caſuloth, and Sunem, Ha-
pharaim, Ston, and Anaharath: Harabith,
kilon, and Abez: Rameth, Enganim, En-
hadah, and Bethphazez. And his coaſte rea-
cheth to Thaboz, & Sabazimah and Beth-
fames, and endeth at Jordan, Syrtene cy-
ties with there villages. This is the enheri-
taunce of the trybe of the children of Jlacar
by their kynredes. And theſe are the cyties
with their villages.

C

And the fykte lotte cam out for the trybe
of the children of Aſer by their kynredes.
And their coaſte was: Helkath, Hali, Betê
and Achlap: Alamelech, Amaad ad Mifeal:
and came to Carmel weſtward, & to Sihoz
Labanath, and turneth towarde the ſonne
rplyng to Bethdagon, and commeth to za-
bulô and to the valeye of Jephthah, toward
the northbyde of Berhemeck and Negel, and
goeth out on the leſte lyde of Cabul: and to
Hebzon, Rohob, Hamon, & kanah, euë vnto
great Sidon. And then the coaſt turneth to
Ramah and to the ſtrong cytie of Azoz, and
turneth to Hozah, & endeth at the ſee: by the
posſellio of Achzibah: Amah alio & Aphek,
and Rohob: Twentye and two cyties with
their villages. This is the enheritaunce of þ
children of Aſer by their kynredes: Thele al-
ſo are the cyties with their villages.

And the Syrte lotte cam out for the chil-
dren of Nephthali by their kynredes. And
their coaſte was from Heleph & from Elom
to zaananim, Adami, Nekeb and Jabnuel
euen to Lakum, and doth go out at Jordan.
And then the coaſt turneth weſtward to

A lanoth Thaboz, and then goeth out from
thence to Hukokah, and reacheth to zabulon
on the louthe lyde, & goeth to Aſer on þ weſt
ſyde, and to Juda upon Jordan toward the
ſonne rplyng. And their ſtrong cyties are
zidin, Ber, Hamath, Racath and Cenereth
Adamah, Hermah ad Hazor: kedes, Edrai,
and Enhazor: Jeron, Magdelel: Bozé, Be-
thanah & Bethlames: nypetene cyties with
their villages. This is the enheritaunce of þ
trybe of the children of Nephthali by their
kynredes: theſe also are þ cyties & their vil-
lages.

And the ſeventh lotte came out for þ try-
be of the childre of Dan by their kynredes.
And the coaſte of their enheritaunce was: za-
raah, Elthael. * Jelames, Saclabin, Aialô
Jethlah: Eglon and Thénathah & Akaron:
Elthekech, Gibethon and Baalath: Jehud,
Banebarak and Gathermô, Weiericon and
Aarcon, with þ border that lyeth before Ja-
pho. And þ coaktes of the childre of Dan weſt
out from them. And the childre of Dan weſt
up to fygbt agapnſt ſelen, and toke it, and
fmote it with the edge of the ſwerde, and co-
quered it, and dwelt therin, & called it * Dan
after the name of Dan their father.

This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of
þ children of Dan in their kynredes: theſe al-
ſo are the cyties with their villages. When
they had made an ende of denypying the lade
by her coaktes, the children of Israel gaue
an enheritaunce vnto Jolua þ ſonne of Nun
amonge them, according to the word of the
Lozde theyg aue him þ cytie which he alked,
euen * Thánath ſerah in mounte Ephraim.
And he byte the cypte & dwelt therin. * The-
ſe are the enheritaunces whych Eleazar the
pzaeak and Jolua the ſonne of Nun, and the
aumciene kathers of the trybes of the chil-
dren of Israel deuided by lotte in Siloh be-
fore the Lozde, in the doze of the tabernacle
of witneſſe, and so they made an ende of de-
uiding the contrepe.

C The.xx.Chapter.

The crypts of refuge of Sanctuaries.

He Lozde alio ſpake vnto Jo-
lua laying: ſpeaketo the chil-
dren of Israel, and ſake: * Ap-
pointe out from amonge you
cities of refuge, wher of Jpa-
ke vnto you by þ hand of R o-
ſes, þ þ ſlear þ killeth any person vnwares
and vnwittinglye, maye flee thether. And
those cyties chalbe pource refuge from the a-
neger of bloud. And he þ doth flee vnto one
of those cyties, whal kande at the entryng
of the gate of the cytie, and whal chewe hys
caue in the eares of the elders of the cytie.
And they chal take him in to the cytie vnto
them, and geue hym a place, that he maye

D

*Other wife called, the wife of the londe.

*Jud.xviii.g

*Jolu.xviii.g
*Jolu.xviii.i*

A

*Nu.rrvb.a.
Deure.xii.b*

Deborá

Judges

Gedeon

lande of Israel.

My hart loueth the go verners of Israel,
and them that are wplying amongst the peo-
ple. O pr ayle ye the Lo rd.

Speake ye þryde on kayre alles, þ þitt
uppermoſt i uudgmét, þ walk e by þ wayes.

At the cryeng of the archers amonge the
drawers of water, there shall they speake of
the ☼ righte cou nses of the Lo rd, his righ-
teoune ſelle in the u nſenced places of Israel:
then shall the people of the Lo rd go downe
to the gates.

Up Deborá up, get the vp, and lyng a
ſonge: * Arple Barac, äde ſeade the cap-
tuptye caprue, theu ſonne of Abinoam.

Judi. III, 11.

Then shall they that remayne, haue do-
mynú of the pr oudeſt of the people (of Ja-
bin:) The Lo rd shall for my ſake haue do-
mynion ouer the mygħtie. ☼ Out of *
Ephraim was there a rote of them agaynſt
Amaleck, and after the, Beniamin amonge
the people. Out of Nachar came rulers, and
out of zabulon they that gonerne the penne
of the wpter.

Judi. II, 11.

And of Jachar, there were p[]r]ynces with
Deborá, Jachar also and Barac were ſent
on their kete into the valley, whan in the de-
parting a waye of Ruben there were greate
men, and wyle of hert.

Why abodeſt thou among the thepe fol-
des, to heare the bleatinges of the klockes, &
to separate thy ſelke awaye with greate me
and wyle of hert?

Gilead alio abode be yonde Jordane: ad
why doth Dan remayne in chippes.

Aler contynued on the lee choye, and ta-
tied in his decayed places.

But the people of zabulon haue ieoperde
their lyues euen vnto the dethe, lyke as dyd
Nephtali in the hye places of the kelde.

The kynge came & fought, then kought
the kynge of Canaan in Thanah, by the
waters of Megiddo, & wanne no money.

They kought frö heauen, euen the Starres
in their courles kought agaynſt Sifera.

The ryuer of Cylon remoued them, that
awcient ryuer, the ryuer Cylon: Wp loule
Chall treade (hym) downe mightely.

Then were the hoſe hoffes smytte a ſun-
der, by meanes of the p[]ra]u[n]kinges that their
mightie men made.

Curſe ye the cite of Meros (layd the an-
gell of the Lo rd) curſe the inhabi[t]ours ther-
of, because they came not ☼ to helpe the
Lo rd, to helpe the Lo rd with the mightie.

Jael the wife of Haber the kenyte halve
bleſſed aboue other wemen, bleſſed shall the
be aboue other wemen in the tent.

* He alſted water, & the gaue him mykè:
the brought kurth butter in a lozdly diſſhe.

* She put hir hande to the nayle, and hir
right hande to the ſuipthes hammer: with þ

hammer ſmote the Sifera, and ſmote hys
heade, wouſded him, & peardled his têples.

He bowed him downe at hir kete, he ſell
downe & laye still: At hir kete he bowed him
downe, and ſell. And when he had ſonck
downe, he laye still defolate.

The mother of Sifera loked out at a
wyndowe, & cryed tho zow the lattelle: Why
is his charret so long a c[]ompyng? Why tarye
the wheles of his cartes?

All the wyle ladies anſwered her, yee ad
her a wne wordes anſwered hir ſelke.

Surely they haue founde, they deuyp de þ
ſpoyles: Euer mā hath a dálell or two: Si-
ſera hath a p[]raye of diuerſe coloured gar-
metes, eué a p[]raye of raymét dyd v[]ö d[]özye
coloured, & p[]are made of nedle worke: ray-
ment of diuerſe colours äd of nedle worke,
which is mete for him þ is cheſe in diſtribu-
tyng e of þ[]p[]oyles. So perſale all thine ene-
mes, O Lo rd: but they þ loue him, let the be
as the ſonne whá he r[]yeth in his might.

And the lande had reſt fourtyle peres.

C The. vi. Chapter.

C J[]lraell is oppreſſed of the M[]adiu[n]ites: G[]edeon is
tent of God to be their d[]el]uere[]t.

And the childre of Israel x comit-
ted wyckednes in the fight of the
Lord. And þ Lord d[]el]uere[]t the
into the handes of M[]adian leué
peres. And the hâde of M[]adian
p[]e]u]a]p[]led agaynſt Israel, & because of the
M[]adiu[n]ites the chil[]den of Israel made the
dennes in the mo]taynes & caues & ſtronge
holdes. And whê Israel had lowé, the B[]
[]adiu[n]ites, þ Amalechites & they of þ caſt co-
treyle came vp together agaynſt the, & pit-
ched their têtes agaynſt the, & deſtroyed the
encreafe of the erthe, euen tyll þ come vnto
Azah, & leſte no ſuſtinaunce for Israel, nether
thepe, ore or alle: for they w[]e]t vp, they and
their cattell, & came w[]ith their têtes as a multi
tud of greethopers: so þ both they & alio their
camels were w[]out n[]ombe. And they stred
into þ lâde to deſtroye it. And so was Israel
ercedigly impouereſhed in þ fight of þ M[]
[]adiu[n]ites, & cryed vnto the Lo rd. And when
the childre of Israel cryed vnto þ Lo rd be-
cau[e] of the M[]adiu[n]ites, þ Lo rd sent vnto
them a p[]rophet, which layd vnto the: Thus
layth þ Lord God of Israel: I kette you fr[]o
Egypt, and brought you out of the houſe of
bondage, & I r[]p]dd you out of the hande of
the E[]gyp[]tians, & out of the hand of all þ op-
preſſed you, & caſt the] out before you, & ga-
ue you their lâd. And I layd vnto you: I am
the Lo rd youre God, * keare not the god-
des of the A[]m[]or[]p[]tes in whose lande you
dwell. But you haue not obeied my p[]oyce.
And the Angell of the Lo rd came, & late vn-
der an Oke which was i E[]ph[]a]h, þ p[]erta[]v-
ned vnto Joas þ father of the E[]ſerites. And

his

A

J[]oſſa. III, 11.

V

Jd. III, 11.

Jd. III, 11.

*[]li]ſt, r. 4, 11. 4. 11.
J[]erem[]i. x. a.

Gedeon

Judges.

Jo, xv,

C

his sonne Gedeon pressed out whete out of þ
eares in a priele, to hyde it from the Madi-
antes. And the angell of þ Lord apeared un-
to him, and layde the Lord is with the, thou
mightie man of warre. And Gedeon answ-
ed him: Dhy my Loode, yf the Loode be with
us, why is all this come upon us: ye þ whe-
re be all hys myzacles whych oure fathers
tolde us of, and layde: Did not þ Lord bung
vs out of Egypte: But now the Loode hath
foſaken vs, & delyuered vs into the hands
of the Madiamites. And þ Loode loked upon
him, & layd: So hence in this thy might, and
thou Chalt delyuer Israel out of the hādes of
the Madiamites: Haue not I ſent the: And
he anſwered him: Dhy Lozd, wher with Chall
I haue Israel: Beholde, my kynred is pooze
in Manalles, and I am lytle in my fathers
house. The Loode layde vnto him: I will be
with the: and thou Chalt ſmpte the Madiam-
ites, as they were but one ma. And he anſ-
wered him: Dhy: yf I haue ſoude grace in thy
ſyght, then thew me a lygne, that it is thou
that talkeſt with me. Departe not hece, vn-
till I come agayn vnto the, and till I bring
myne offering, & haue keſt it before the.

D

And he layde: I wyll tarpe vntyll thou
come agayne. And Gedeon went in, & made
redye a kydde, and ſwete kakes of an Epha
of flowze, & put it with þ flethe in a basket,
& put þ brooth in a potte, & brought it out vnto
hym vnder the Oke, & preſented it. And the
angell of God layd vnto him: take the flethe
& þ ſwete kakes, & laye the vpo this rocke,
& powre out the broth. And he dyd so. Then
the angell of the Loode put forſth the ende of
the kaffe that he helde in his hāde, & touched
the flethe and the ſwete kakes. And * there
arose vp kye out of the rocke, & columed the
flethe & the ſwete kakes. But the angell of þ
Loode vanifhed out of his ſyght. And when
Gedeon perceaued that it was an Angell of
the Lord, he layd: Alas, D Lozd God, *ha-
ue I therkoze ſene an angell of the Lord face
to kace, þ I culde dye: And the Loode layde
vnto him: peace be vnto the, keare not, thou
chalt not dye. Then Gedeon made an aultare
there vnto the Lord, and called it: The Loz-
de of peace. And vnto thys dape it is yet in
Ephath, that pertayneth vnto the father of
the Eſerites. And it forſtuned that the ſame
nyght the Loode layde vnto him: take a ydg
bullock out of thy fathers dzoue, & another
of. vii. yeres olde, ad destroye the aultare of
Baal þ thy father hath, ad cutte downe the
groue þ is by it, & make an aultare vnto the
Lozd thy God vpo the toppe of this rocke in
a coñuenent place. And take the ſeconde bul-
lock, & offer burntſacrifyce vpo the wodd of
þ groue, which þ chalt cut downe. Then Ge-
do toke ten me of his ſeruaütes, & dyd as þ
Loode bad him. But because he durſt not do

*ffix. re. xviii. k

*Ero, xiiij. d
Judi. xiii. d.

E

it by dape for keare of his fathers houholde
& of the men of the cytie, he dyd it by nyght.

And when the me of the cytie were vp er-
lye in the mornynge: Beholde, the aultare of
Baal was broken, ad the groue cut downe
þ was by it, & the ſecode bullock offered vp
the aulter that was made. And they layde
one to another: who hath done this thyng: &
whan they enquered & alked, they layd: Ge-
do the sonne of Joas hath done this thing.
Then the men of the cytie layde vnto Joas:
bynge out thy sonne, that he mape dye, be-
caule he hath destroyed the aulter of Baal, &
cut downe the groue þ was by it. And Joas
layde vnto all þ stode by hi: will ye intreate
for Baal: or will ye be his defenders: & he
that hath medled agaynſt hym, let hym dye
or the mornynge. If he be a God, let him be
auenged of hym, that caſt downe hys au-
ter. And from that dape was Gedeon called:
& Jerobaal, because his father had layde:
Let Baal be auenged of hym, that he hath
broken downe his aulter.

All the Madiamites therkoze, & the Ama-
lekites & thep of the eak, were geathered to
goather, & wet, & pitched in the valeye of Je-
rael: but þ lyzete of þ Lord came vpo Gedeo.
*And he blewe a tröpette, & called: A biezer
to folow him, & ſent meſlengers thoow out
all Manalles, & called the, which alio did ko-
lowe hi. And he ſent meſlengers vnto Aser,
Zabulon and Nephthalim, and they came to
metc hym.

And Gedeon layd vnto God: yf thou wilt
ſaue Israel in my hāde, as thou haſt layde:
Beholde, I wyll put a flece of wolle in the
theaſthyng place. And yf þ dewe come on þ
ſ clece onlye, & it be drie upon all the erth be-
ſ yde, then Chall I be ſure, þ þ wilt ſaue Is-
rael by my hāde, as þ laydeſt. And it came so
to paſle. For he roſe vp erlye on þ mozowe,
and thraſt the flece togeather, and wonge
the dewe therout, & ſpilled a bowle of water.
And Gedeon layde agayne vnto God: be not
angrye wyth me, þ * I speake once moar.
For I wyll proue once agayne by the flece.
Let it be drie onlye upon the flece, and dew
upon all the grounde. And God dyd so that
ſame nyght: For it was drie upon the flece
onlye, & there was dew on all the grounde.

C The. vii. Chapter.

T Gedeon with. iii. hundred men ouercometh the Madiamites. Dieb and zeb are layne.

Hen* Jerobaall (other wyp cal-
led Gedeon ) and all the people
that were wyth hym, roſe up
early, ad pitched belyde the well
of Harad, so that the yotte of the
Madiamites were on the noſthlyde of
the rock that boweth towarde the valley. And
the Loode layde vnto Gedeon: the people that
are with the, are to many for me to gene the

Madianites

D

D

C

*Pune. r. a
Judi. viii. a

*Ge. xvii. d

*Jud. viij. g
A

Samson

Judges.

Samson

*i. Reg. i, 1b

*Hume, v, 1a

c

cleane thyng: for le, thou chalt conceane and
beare a sonne. And there may no * rafso com-
me on his heed: for the ladd chalbe an * ab-
skapner unto God, euen from his * (mancye &
from his) byrth. And he chall beginne to deliuer
Israel out of the hands of the Philistines.

Then the wife came, & tolde her husbande
laying: a man of God came vnto me, & the
fation of him was lyke the falio of an An-
gell of God, exceeding fearfull. But Ialked
him not whence he was, neither tolde he me
his name, but sayd vnto me: * beholde, thou
shalt be with childe &d beare a sonne, & now
dryncke no wyne no strong dryncke, neither
cate any vncleane thyng: for the ladd chalbe
an abtkapner to God, euen from hys * (in-
caunce and from his) byrth, to * þ daye of his death.

V

*Gene. xvi, 1c

Luke, 1, c

c

Then Hanoah made intercession to the
Lor'd, and sayd: I pape the my Lor'd, lett
the man of God which thou sendest, come
once moare vnto vs, &d teache vs what we
shall do vnto the ladd, whê he is boze. And
God hearde the voyce of Hanoah, and the
Angell of God came agayne vnto the wyfe
as the fatt in the field: But Hanoah her hu-
band was not with her. And the wife made
halt, and ranne, & chewed her husbande, and
layde vnto him: Beholde, the man apeared
unto me, that came vnto me to daye.

And Hanoah arose, and went after hys
wyfe, and came to the man, and layde vnto
him: art thou the man that spaketh vnto my
wyfe ? And he layde: I am, Hanoah layde:
now whê thy laying is come to palle: what
chalbe the maner of the chylde, & what shall
he do: And the Angell of the Lor'd sayd vn-
to Hanoah: thy wyfe must abtkapnye from
all that I layde vnto her: the maye cate of
nothing þ cometh of þ wyne tree, ner drincke
wine or strong drincke, nor eate any vnclea-
ne thinge: But must obserue all that I had
her. Hanoah layde vnto the Angell of the
Lor'd: we will kepe the stull, vntill * we ha-
ue made redye a kydd, and haue set it before
the. And the Angell of the Lor'd layde vn-
to Hanoah: though thou make me abyde.

Tob, xii, 1d

Gen. xviii, 1a

ob. xlii, 1b

* I will not eate of thy ☞ bzed. And þ þ
wptt ofre a burnt oftring, thou must offer it
unto the Lor'd. For Hanoah wist not, that
it was an Angell of þ Lor'd. And Hanoah
sayd agayne vnto þ Angell of þ Lor'd: what
is thy name, that when thy laying is come
to palle, we maye do the some worlchippe.
And the Angell of the Lor'd sayd vnto him:

Se, xiii, 1g

Secrete.

And lo Hanoah toke a kydde w a meate
D offering, and offered it vpon a roche vnto
the Lor'd. And the angell dyd woderously
Hanoah and his wyfe lokying vpon. And
when the flame came vp toward heauen frô
the aultare, the Angell of the Lor'd accedd

up in the flame of þ aultare. And Hanoah
& his wife loked vpò it, & fell flat on their fa-
ces vnto the grounde: But the angell of the
Lor'd dyd nomoare apeare vnto Hanoah
&d his wyfe. And then Hanoah knew that
it was an angell of the Lor'd, and sayd vn-
to his wife * we shall suerlye dye, because
* we have sene God. But his wife sayd vn-
to him: Pf the Lor'd wold kyl vs, he wolde
not have receaue a burnt oftring & a meate
oftring of oure hâdes, neither wolde he haue
thewed vs all these thinges, nor wolde now
haue tolde vs anye koche. And the wife bare
a sonne, & called his name Samson. And the
ladd grewe, and the Lor'd biestled him. And
* þ sprete of þ Lor'd begânc to moue him in
þ hooft of Dan, betwene zaraah & Elthaol.

Xero, xxxiii

Judith, v, 1c

f

f

C The xiii. Chapter.

C The marpage of Samon. He kyllet h a Lyon.
He propoundeth a rpydle. He kyllet h rry. men. His
wyfe kylketh him, and taketh another.

Amlon went downe to Cham-
nath, & sawe a womâ in Cham-
nath of the daughters of the Phi-
litines, and he came vp, and tol-
de hys father and hys mother,
and layde: I haue sene a woman in Cham-
nath of the daughters of the Philistines.
And now geue her me to wife. Then his fa-
ther and mother layde vnto hym * Is there
neuer a woman amongst the daughters of
thy brithen, and among all my people, but
that thou must go, & take a wyke of the vn-
circumcised Philistines? And Samon sayd
unto his father: gene me thys woman, for
the pleaketh me well. But his father &d mo-
ther wist not that it was the Lor'ds doing,
and that he sought an occasion aganpith the
Philistines, for at that tyme the Philistines
raygned ouer Israel.

*Deut. vii, 1a

Then wêt Samon, & his father and his
mother downe to Thamnah, &d came to the
wyneardes of Thamnath: And beholde, a
young * (wood) Lyon roared upon him. And
the spytete of the Lor'd came upon him. And
he tare him, as he wolde haue rent a kydde,
& yet had nothing in his hande, neither tolde
hys father and mother what he had done.
Aud he went downe, & talked with the wo-
man, which semed well fauozed in the sight
of Samon.

W

And within a chozte space after, as he wêt
thither agayne to take her to wyke, he tur-
ned out of the waye, to le the carkasse of the
Lyon. And beholde, there was a twarme of
bees & honye in the carkasse of the Lyô. And
he toke of the honye in his handes, and went
eat yng, and came to his father and mother,
and gaue them alfo. And they dyd eate. But
he tolde not them, that he had take the honye
out of the carkasse of the Lyon.

And so his father came vnto the woman, C
and

Samson

Judges.

Jo, xir.

and Samson made there a feast, for so vied
the young men to do. And when they
the cryptens of that place) saue hi, they brought
xxx.companiòs to be with him. And Sam-
ton layde vnto them: I will now put forth
a ryddle vnto pou. And if you can declare it
me within seuen daves of the feast, e fynde it
out, I will gene you thirtie therts, e thirtie
chaunge of garmentes: But if you cannot
declare it me, then shall ye gene me thirtie
therts e thirtie chaunge of garmetes. And
they answered hi: put forth thy ryddle, that
we maye heare it. And he layde vnto them:
Out of the eater came meate: and out of the
strong cam: wetnelle. And they coulde not
in thez daves expoude the ryddle. And when
the seuenth dave was come, they layde vnto
Samsons wyfe: flater thine hußbäde *(and
performed him) that he maye declare vs the ryddle,
left we burne the ad thy fathers houſe with
fyer. Haue ye called vs hither, to make vs
beggers: And Samsons wife wepte before
him *(complained) and layde: Surely thou ha-
test me and loueſt me not: for thou haſt put
forth a ryddle vnto the childre of my folke, e
haſt not tolde it me. And he layde vnto her:
Beholde, I haue not tolde it my father e my
mother, and that I tell it the:

And Samsons wife wepte before him se-
uen daves, while þe keste lasted. And þe seuth
daye he told her, because the laye so toze vp
him. And the tolde it the childre of her folke.
And the men of the cryptie layde vnto him the
seuthenth dave, before the Sonne went downe.
What is sweeter then honye, e what is strö-
ger then a Lyon. Then layde he vnto them:
If ye had not plowed with my caule, ye
had not founde out my riddle. And þe spente
of the Loode came upon hym. And he went
downe to Askalon, ad slewe thirtie men of
them, and spoyled them, and gaue chaunge
of garmentes vnto them whych expounded
the ryddle. And he was wroth, and wet vp
to his fathers houſe. But Samsons wyfe
was geuen to one of his companions, that
he had taken vnto him.

C The. xv. Chapter.

C Samson ryeth hyned bandes to for tayles, with the
Jaw bone of an Aire he killeth a thouand meu. Due
of a great wathen the Jawe God geuen him water.

A

But it chaunced within a while af-
ter, euen in the tyme of whetc her-
neut. þ Samon vilited hys wyfe
with a kidde, layenge: I will go
in tomp wyfe into the chamber: but her fa-
ther wolde not suffre hym to go in. And hit
father layd: I thought that thou haddest ha-
ted her, and therfore gav I her vnto one of
thy cónpanions. Is not her yonger sister fa-
ter then the? Take her in kteade of the other
Samson layd vnto them: Now am I more
blamelesse then the Philistines, and therfore

will I do them displeasure.

And Samfon went out, and caught the
hundred foxes, and toke fyer brandes, and
fastened tayle to tayle, and put a fyer brand
in þ myddes betwene two tayles. And wha
he had set the brandes on fyer, he sent the out
that they might goe rounde abode, which went immediately)
into the ståding corne of the Philistines, and
burnt up both the reped corne and alio the
kandynge, with the vymardes and olynes.
Then the Philistines layde: who hath done
thys: And it was tolde them that Samfon
the londe in lawe of the Thamnite, because
he had taken his wyfe, and geuen her to hys
companiò. And the Philistines came up and
burnt her and her father with fyer.

And Samfon layde vnto them: Though
ye haue done this, yet will I be aduenged of
you, and then I will cease. And he smote
them legge and thygh with a mightye pla-
ge. And then he went and dwelt in the caue
of the rocke Etam.

Then the Philistines came vp, ad pitched
in Juda, ad lape in *(a place, that was after ward
called) Lehi *(that is a Jaw bone, wher their host was
skatered abode.) And þ men of Juda layde, whp
are ye come vp vnto vs: They answered: to
bynde Såfon are we come vp, and to do to
him as he hath done to vs. Then the thou-
land men of Juda went downe to the caue
of the rocke Etam, and layde to Samfon:
workeſt thou not that þ Philistines are ru-
lers ouer vs: Wherfore then haſt thou done
thus vnto vs: He answered them * as they
dyed vnto me, so haue I done vnto them.

And they layde vnto him agayne: we are
come downe to bynde the, ad to delyuer the
into the hande of the Philistines. And Så-
ton layde vnto them: I were vnto me *(and
promes me) that ye shall not fall vp me youre
felues. They answered hym, layenge: No,
but we wyll bynde the, and delyuer the vn-
to their handes: But we wyll not kyll the.
And they bounde hym with two newe cor-
des, and brought him from the rocke. And
when he came to Lehi, the Philistines show-
ted agaynſt him. And the spente of the Lord
came upon hym, and the cordes that were
upon hys armes became as klare that was
burnt with fier, for the bandes lowled from
of hys handes. And he founde a rotten Jaw
done of an Aſſe, and put forth hys hande, e
caught it, e flue a thoulande men therwith.

And Samson layde: wych the Jawe of
an Aſſe, haue I made heapes of them: with
the Jawe of an Aſſe haue I layne a thou-
lande men. And when he had left speaking
he caſt awaye the Jawe bone out of his hâd
called the place: *Ramath Lehi.* That
is by interpretacion the lyknyng vp of the Jawe bone.) And
he was toze a thyſt, and called on the Lord
ſayde: Thou haſt geue this great victorie,

C iii in the

N

*Leu. xiii,
Jud. i, 10*

D

D

Samson

Judges.

Jo.xx.

fayde vnto þ ladd that leed him by the hâd: leet me that I maye touche the pillers, that the houle stande upon, and that I maye leaue to them. And the houle was full of men and wemen. And there were all the Lords of the Philistines. And there were upon the touke a thre thousand and men and wemen, that behelde whyle Samfon played.

And Samfon called vnto the Loode, and layde: D Loode God, thynke vpon me, and Itrengthen me, at this tyme onlye, D God, that I maye be aduenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. And Samfon caught the two myddell pillers on which þ houle itode, and on whych it was borne vp, the one in his ryght hande, and the other in hys lefte, and layde: my soule shall dye with the Philistines, Æd bowed them with all his might. And the houle fell vpon the Lords & vpon all the people that were therin. And so the deed which he slewe at hys death, were moo then they which he slewe in hys lyfe. And then his hzethen and all the houle of his kathier came downe, and toke hym vp, and hzought hym, and burped hym betwene zaraeh Æd Ethaol, in the burying place of Aanoah his father. And he iudged Israell twen tye pere.

### The.xvii.Chapter.

The Micah whole mother made him an Iodoll of lyuer.

A

Here was a man in mount E-
phraim, named Micah, and he
fayde vnto his mother: the leuen
hundzed lyluerlynges that were
taken from the, aboute whych
thou curfedst, and spakeft it in myne cares:
Beholde, the lyluer is with me, I toke it a-
waye. And his mother fayde: blessed be thou
my lonne, in the Loode. And whan he had
reftozed the leuen hundzed lyluerlynges to
his mother agayne, his mother fayde: I vo-
wed the lyluer vnto the Lord of myne han-
de foz the my lonne: that thou chuldeft make
a grauen ymage and an ymage of metall.

B

Now therfore I will gene it þ agayne. And
whan he reftozed the monepe agayne vnto
his mother, his mother toke two hundzed
lyluerlynges, Æ gaue them to a goldsmyth,
which made ther of a grauen ymage and a
ymage of metall, and it was in the houle of
Micah. And the man Micah had a temple
of goddes, and made an Ephod and Thera-
phin, * That is to faye, a garment for the prett, and
Izolles, Æ filled the hand of one of his fonnes
which became his preaft. * In thole dayes
there was no kyping in Israel, but every man
dyd that, which was good in his awne eyes.

C

D

*Jud.xvii.a
G-EFJ.D.

And there was a younge mâ out of Beth-
lehem Juda, of the kynred of Juda: which
younge man was a Leuyte, and sojourned
there, And the man departed out of the cytie

of Bethlehem Juda, to go dwell, where he
coulde fynde a conuenent place. And he ca-
me to mount Ephraim, to the houle of Mi-
cah as he iourneped. And Micah fayde vnto
him: whence comelt thou? The Leuite an-
wered him: I am of Bethlehem Juda, and
go to dwell where I maye fynde a place
D
* where I maye fype it to be for my profit. And W
icah fayde agayne vnto him: dwell with me,
and be vnto me a father and a preaft. And I
will geue the ten lyluerlynges by pere, two
garmentes, and thy meate and drincke.

D

K

And the Leuite was content to dwell
with the man, and was vnto him as one of
his awne fonnes. And Micah confebrated
the hande of the Leuite, and the young man
became his preaft, and was in the houle of
Micah. Then fayde Micah: now I am sure
that the Loode willbe good vnto me, seinge
I haue a Leuite tomp preaft.

### The.xviii.Chapter.

The children of Dan take the goddes and the
preaft of Micah awaye. Thep betrope Lais, and
after þhede it agayne.

A those dayes * there was no
king i Israel. And i those dayes
the trybe of Dan lought the an
enheritaunce to dwell in * for
vnto þ tyme ♦ there fell none

A
*Jud.xvii.

Iud.xvii. a

Iud.xvii.b

Iud.xvii.c

enheritaunce vnto them amonge the trybe
of Israell. And the children of Dan lent of
their kynred fyue actine men in feates of
warre out of their coastes, euen out of za-
raah and Ethaol, to vewe the lande and le-
arche it out, and fayde vnto them: go and
searche out the lande. Which whan they ca-
me to mount Ephraim, euen to the houle of
Micah, they lodged there. And when they
were in the houle of Micah, they knew the
voice of the young man the Leuite: Æ whan
they turned in thither, they fayde vnto him:
who brought the hither: what makeft thou
in this place: and what haft thou here: And
he answered the: thus and thus dealed Wi-
cah with me, and hath hired me, Æ I am be-
come his preaft. And they fayde vnto hym
agayne: ♦ Alke coucell now of God, that
we maye knowe, whether the waye which
we go, chalbe p Rolperous, or no. And the
preaft fayde vnto them: go in peace, fo the
Lord gydeth youre waye which ye go.

B

D

Then the fyue men departed ad came to
Lais, Æ sawe the people þ were therin, how
they dwelt carellele, after the maner of the
Sidös, still, Æ without caftying of parelles:
æ that no mâ made any trouble in the lâd or
vlurped any dominion, but were farre from
the Sidons, Æ had no busines w other men.
And they came vnto their hzethæ, to zaraah
and Ethaol. And their hzethen fayd vnto
them: what haue pe done?

And they answered: Arple, that we maye C
C iiii go vp

Booz,

Ruth.

Fol. xxiij.

Naomi with Ruth the Moabitele her daug-
hter in lawe returned out of the countreye
of Moab, Æd came to Bethlehem, in the be-
gynnyng of barley barnefte.

### The leconde Chapter.

Ruth gathereth come in the feldes of Booz.

And Naomi hufbåd had a kil-
man of strengthe, and myghe,
(which was of the kynredd of
Elimelec ) named Booz. And
Ruth the Moabitelle layd vn-
to Naomi: let me go to the felde, and geather
eares of corne * (foche as the reapers leaue) after
anyma in whose lyght, I fynde grace. And
the layde unto her: go my daughtrer. And the
went, and came to the felde, and geathered
after the reapers, and her chaunce was, that
the fame felde pertayned unto Booz, which
was of þ kynred of Elimelec. And beholde,
Booz came from Bethlehem, and layd vn-
to the reapers: the Loode be wyth you. And
they answered hym: the Loode bleſſe the.
Then layde Booz vnto hys young man þ
knode by þ reapers. Whose damofell is this?
And the young man that knode by the rea-
pers, answered, and layde: it is the Moabi-
tich damofell, that came with Naomi out of
the countrey of Moab, and the layde vnto
vs: Dh let me leate Æd geather after the rea-
pers, the eares that remayne: and so the ca-
me, and hafth contynued euen from the moz-
nyng vnto now, ſaue that the tarped a little
in the houſe.

Then layde Booz vnto Ruth: heareſt þ
my daughter: go to no nother felde to gea-
ther, nether go from hec: but abyde here by
my maydens. Let thyne eyes be on the felde
that they reape, and go thou after the may-
dens. Haue I not charged the young men, þ
they chal do the no hurt: Wozconer when þ
art a thylt, go vnto the vessels, Æd dyrncke
of that which the laddes haue drawc. Then
the fell on her face & * howd her ſelſe to the
grounde, and layde vnto him: how is it that
I haue kounde grace in thine eyes, Æd that þ
chuldeſt knowe me, ſeing I am an alpaunt?

C

And Booz answered Æd layde vnto her:
all is tode & chewed me, that thou haſt done
unto thy mother in lawe, lence the death of
thine hufbande, how thou haſt leſte thy fa-
ther and thy mother, and þ lade where thou
waſt borne, & art come vnto a nacion which
thou kneweſt not in tyme palled. The Lord
quyte thy wozcke, and a full rewarde be ge-
uen the of the Loode God of Israel, under
whole wynges þ art come to abyde. Then
the layde: let me fynde fauoure in thy lyghte
my Loode, thou that haſt conſorted me, and
ſpoken hartely vnto thy mayde, whych yet
am not lyke vnto one of thy maydes. Booz
layde vnto her agayne: in tyme of reſection
come thou hither, and eate of the bleed, and

dipp þy ſoppe in the vinegrie. And the lat
downe by þ reapers, & he reached her * par-
ched corn: of the which he did eate, Æd was
ſuffiſed, and leſte parte. And when the was
ryſen vp to gather, Booz commaunded his
young men, ſateng: let her gather ene amoge
the heapes, and koſbydde her not. And leaue
her ſome of the chenes ko: the nons, and let
it lye, þ the maye gather it vp, & without name)
and rebuke her not. And so the geathered in
the felde, vntyll euen, and threſhed that the
had geathered, and it was in meaſure upon
an Epha * (that is: thic buſhels) of barley. And
the toke it vp, and went into the crypt: and
whan her mother in lawe had ſene what the
had gathered, the plucked out alſo, Æd gane
to her þ the had referred, whc the had eaten
ynough. And her mother in lawe layd vnto
her: where haſt thou gathered to dave: and
where wrououghtell thou: bleſſed be he, that
knewe þ. And the chewed her mother i lawe
how the had wrouought with him, and layde:
the mannes name wyth whom I wrouought
to dave is Booz. And Naomi layd vnto her
daughter in law: bleſſed be he of the Loode,
ko he ceaſeth not to do * good to the lyping
and to the deed. And Naomi layde agayne
unto her: the man is npe vnto vs, & of oure
next kynne. And Ruth the Moabitelayde:
he layd vnto me alſo: Thou chalt be w my
young men, vntyll they haue ended all my
harueſt. And Naomi answered vnto Ruth
her daughter in law: it is beſt my daughter
that thou go out w hys maydens, that they
fall not vpon the in any other felde. And so
the kept her by the maydens of Booz, to ga-
ther, vnto the ende of barley harueſt and of
whethe herueſt alſo: and dwelt with her mo-
ther in law.

### The. iii. Chapter.

Ruth cleapeth at Booz ſete, and is knowen
his hinswoman.

Hen Naomi her mother in law
layd vnto her: my daughter, thal
I not leke reaſt ko: the, that thou
mayt þroſper. And is not Booz
oure kynlmæ, w whose maydes
thou waſt. Weholde, he wenoweth barleye
to nyghe in the threſhryng floure: waſhe the
ſelſe therkoſe, and anoynt the, and put thy
rayment upon the, and gett the downe to
the barne. But let not a man knowe of the,
vntyll he haue leaſt eatyng and drinckyng.
And when he goeth to slepe, marcke þ place
where he lapeth hym downe, and then go
lyfte vp the clothes, that are on his ſete, and
laye the downe there, and so chall he tell the
what thou chalt do. And the anſwered her:
all that thou byddiſt me, I wyll do. And so
the wet downe vnto the barne, & dyd accor-
dyng to all þ her mother in lawe bade her.
And when Booz had eaten & dioncken, and
made

*Iofua.b.8.

D

*Tob.ii.f.1.*

*Ge.xxiij.a.*

A

B

Booz

Ruth,

Obed

made himerpe, I was gone into Ipe downe
belydethewepe of corne, the came softlye,
and lyfte vp the clothes of hys fete, layde
her downe. And at mydnyght the mā was
akrayde and groped. And beholde:a womā
lape at his fete. And he layd:what art thou?
the anſwered: I am Ruth thyne hādmayde,
ſprede thy wypng ouer thyne handmayde, foſ
thou art the next of þ kynne. He layde:bleſ-
ſed be thou in the Lord my daughter, foſ þ
hast chedew more goodneſſe in þ later ende,
then at the beginning, in as moche as thou
folowedeſt not younge men, whether they
were pooze or ryche. And now my daughter
keare not, I will do to þ all þ thou requyſt,
for all the crypte of my people doth knowe,
that thou art a woman of vertue. And it is
true that I am of thy next kynne: howbeit,
there is one nyer then J. Tary this nyght.
And when mornnyng is come, yf he will ma-
rethe, it is good, to let him do. But yf he
will not haue the, as sure as the Lord lyueth
I will haue the: lye still untill the mornnyng.
And lo: the lape at his fete untill mornnyng.
And the arole vp before one could knowe a-
nother. And he layd: let no man knowe, that
there came any woman into the barne. And
he layde agayne: bryng thy mantell þ thou
hast vpð the, and holde it vp. And whan the
helde it vp, he mette in lyxe meaſures of
Barleye, ad layed it on her. And the gatt her
into the crypte: as when he came in, to her mo-
ther in lawe, the layd: how is it with the my
daughree? And the tolde her all þ the mā had
done to her. And layd alſo: theſe lixe meaſu-
res of barleye gane he me, and layde: þ chal-
not come empty into the mother in lawe.
Then layd he: my daughter, lyt still, untill
thou knowe how the matter wylld chaunce.
For the mā will not be in reaſt, untill he ha-
ue kynſhed the thynge this fame dave.

C The. iii. Chapter.

C Booz: tokerth Ruth to wyke, of whom he be,
getreth Obed.

A

Then went Booz vnto the gate ad
satt him downe there: and beholde,
the kynſmā of which Booz spake,
cam by. Unto who, he layde: come
and lytte downe here, and called him by his
name. And he turned in, as late downe. And
he toke ten men of þelders of þ crypte, layd:
lyt ye downe here. And the þ lat downe. And
he layde vnto the kyniman: Naomi that is
come agayne out of the cōtreye of R oab *
will ſell a parcell of lande, which was oure
brother Elimelecs. And I thought to do the
to wete, and bid the bye it before the enba-
bytourres and elders of my people. Yf thou
be dyſpoſed to redeme it, do: but and yf thou
wilt not pourchale it, then tell me, þ maye
knowe. For there is none to calenge it, laue

*Leuit. xiv. d.
Jere. xii. v. d.

thou, and I nerte the. And the other anſwe-
red: I will pourchale it.

Then layde Booz, what dape thou byſt
the ſelde of the hand of Naomi, þ muſt take
also Ruth the Moabite the * wyke of the
deed, to ſcre vp the name of þ deed vpō his
enheritaſce. The kynſman anſwered: I ca-
not purchase it, for maring of my owne en-
heritaunce: take thou my right to the, for I
cannot purchase it. Now this was þ maner
of olde tyme in Israel concernyng purches
and chaunyng, foſ to kablythe all thyng: þ
a man muſt plucke of his howe, and geue it
hys neyghbour, and this was a ſure wyt-
neſſe in Israel.

Therfore þ kynſmā layd to Booz: By ye
it thou: and do due of his howe. And Booz
layd vnto the elders vnto all the people: ye
are wittelles this dayc, þ I haue bought all
that was Elimelecs, as all that was Chilios
and Mahlons, of the hand of Naomi. And
moreouer, Ruth the Moabite the wyke of
Mahlon, haue I purchased to be my wyke,
to ſtere vp þ name of the deed vpon his en-
heritaſce, as þ his name be not put out from
amonge his brithen, and from the gate of
his place: ye are wittelles this dave.

And all the people that were in the gate,
and the elders layde: we are wittelles: the
Lorde make the woman that is come into
thyne house, lyke * Rabel and Lea, whych
twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel: do
þ allo valeauntly in Ephraata, as he famouſe
in Bethlehem. Thy house be lyke the house
of Pharez * who Thamar bare vnto Juda,
euen of the ſede which the Lorde shall gyue
the of thys young woman.

And lo Booz toke Ruth, and the was his D
wyke. And when he went in vnto her, the
Lorde gaue, that the conceaued, and bare a
ſonne. And the wemen layde vnto Naomi:
bleſſed be the Lorde, the whych hath not left
the without a kynſman, to hane a name in
Israel, as that shall bryng thy lyke agayne,
and chery the thine olde age. For thy daugh-
ter in law which loueth þ, hath boorne vnto
him: and the is better to the then ſeuen ſon-
nes. And Naomi toke the chylde, and layed
it in her lappe, and became nourſe vnto it.
And her nepbours gaue it a name, layeng:
there is a childe boorne to Naomi, and called
it, Obed: The fame is the father of Jlai, the
father of David. These are the generacions
of * Pharez: Pharez begat Bezron: Bezrō
begat Ram, Ram begat Aminadab, Ami-
nadab begat Nahlon, Nahlon begat Sal-
mon, Salmon begat Booz, Booz begat
Obed, Obed begat Jlai, Jlai begat David.

C The ende of the boke
of Ruth.

C The

*Deu. xiii. d.

C

*Gene. xiii.
and, xrr.

*Gerez. vii. a.

*I Paral. I.
Mat. x. a.

Elkana.

Samuel.

Fol. xiii.

The first boke of Samuel.

Samuel called the first boke of the Kynges.

The first Chapter.

C. Elkana hath, &c. Wines, Hanna = Phenenna.

A

A. Para, vii. c.

Here was a man of
one of the two
Ramaths (of 2 kin-
red of zophim, of
mout Ephraim) na-
med * Elkana, the
sonne of Jerohā, the
sonne of Elibu, the
sonne of Thohn, the
sonne of zuph, an E-
phathite: which had two wines, y one cal-
led Hanna, & the other Phenæna. And Phe-
nenna had children, but Hanna had none. *
And the layd man went vp out of his cytie
eucry feastfull dave, to praye & to offer un-
to the Lorde of hostes in Silo, where were
the two fonnes of Eli (Houhti & Phinehes)
the lòdes Pielles. And it fell on a solempne
dave, that Elkana offered, & gaue to Phe-
nenna his wife & to all her fonnes & daugh-
ters poziouns. But &c. unto Hanna he gaue
a porcion wyth a heupe chere, for he loued
Hanna, and the Lòzd had made her barren.
And her enemye (Phenenna) vered her a
good, to moue her, because the Lònde had
made her barren. And so did the pere by yere
as ofte as the wèt up to the houle of y Lòzd.
And lo chafed her, which wepte, and did not
eate. Then layde Elkana her hufbàd to her:
Hanna, why wevelt thou, and why catect y
not: and why is thyne herte troubled: am
not I better to the, the ten fonnes: So han-
na rose vp after that they had catè & droucke
in Silo. And Eli the Prieate sate upon a
kole by one of the lyde hostes of the temple
of the Lònde. And the was troubled in her
mynde, and prayed vnto the Lònde, & wepte
foze, and vowed a vowe, and layd: D Lòrd
of hostes, yf thou wylt loke on the trouble
of thine handmayde, and remembre me, and
not forget thine handmayde, but gene vnto
thine handmayde a manchylde: I wyll geue

which had two wines, y one called
Hanna, & the other Phenæna. And Phenæna
had children, but Hanna had none. *
And the layd man went up out of his cytie
eucry feastfull dave, to praye & to offer un-
to the Lorde of hostes in Silo, where were
the two fonnes of Eli (Houhti & Phinehes)
the lòdes Pielles. And it fell on a solempne
dave, that Elkana offered, & gaue to Phe-
nenna his wife & to all her fonnes & daugh-
ters poziouns. But &c. unto Hanna he gaue
a porcion wyth a heupe chere, for he loued
Hanna, and the Lòzd had made her barren.
And her enemye (Phenenna) vered her a
good, to moue her, because the Lònde had
made her barren. And so did the pere by yere
as ofte as the wèt up to the houle of y Lòzd.
And lo chafed her, which wepte, and did not
eate. Then layde Elkana her hufbàd to her:
Hanna, why wevelt thou, and why catect y
not: and why is thyne herte troubled: am
not I better to the, the ten fonnes: So han-
na rose vp after that they had catè & droucke
in Silo. And Eli the Prieate sate upon a
kole by one of the lyde hostes of the temple
of the Lònde. And the was troubled in her
mynde, and prayed vnto the Lònde, & wepte
foze, and vowed a vowe, and layd: D Lòrd
of hostes, yf thou wylt loke on the trouble
of thine handmayde, and remembre me, and
not forget thine handmayde, but gene vnto
thine handmayde a manchylde: I wyll geue

him vnto the Lònde all the dapes of his lyfe
* âd there shall no raser come vp of his heed.
And as the continued praying before y Lònde
it fortuned, that Eli marked her mouth. For
Hanna spake in her herte, and her lyppes did
but moue onely, but her doyce was not
heard. And therfore Eli thought the had
bene dzoncken, and Eli layd vnto her: How
long wylt thou be dzoncken: put a waye fro
the, the wyne that thou haſt. Hanna anſwe-
red and layde: not so my Lònde, I am a wo-
man of a forowfull herte: I haue dzoncke
neither wyne noz strong drounck, but haue *
& poured out my soule before the Lònde.
Count not thyne handmayde to be lyke a
daughter of Belial, for out of the aboun-
dance of my heupnes âd greake, haue I po-
ken hitherto.

JUDG. xlii. a.
Hume, vi. b.

Phil. eli. a.
D

Eli anſwered her agayne, and layde: go
in peace: the God of Israel graunt the thy
peticyon, that thou haſt alſked of hym. She
layde: let thyne hand mayde fynde grace in
thy light. And so y woman went her waye,
and dyd eat, âd loked no moze loſadde. And
they roſe vp earlyle, âd worſipped before y
Lònde, and then returned and came to their
houſe to Ramath. And whâ Elkana knew
hanna his wife, the Lònde remembred her:
for in prieſſe ofyme it came to palle, that
the conceaued, and bare a ſonne, & called his
name Samuel (layeng: ) because Ihaue al-
ked him of the Lònde. And Elkana and all
his houſe went up to offer vnto the Lònde,
the offerynge due for the keaſ, & alſo his
vowe: Neuertheles Hâna went not up, but
layde vnto her hufbàde: I will tarye vntill
the ladde be wened, and then I wyll bring
him, that he maye apeare before the Lònde,
and there abide for euern. Elkana her hufbàd
anſwered her: do what ſemith the beſt: tarye
at home, vntill y haſt wened him, & I beſech
y Lòrd, to make good his layeg. And so the
womâ abode, and gaue her ſonne ſucke, un-
till the wened hym. And when the had we-
ned hym, the toke hym with her, wyth the
bullockes, and an Epha of kloure, âd a bot-
tel of wyne, âd brought him vnto the houle
of the Lònde in Silo, and the child was yet
but tender of age. And they slue a bullocke,
and brought in the ladd to Eli, and the layd:
Dhymp Lònde: as truly as thy soule lyueth
my Lònde, I am the woman that kòde be-
foze the here, prayeng vnto the Lònde. For
this ladde I prayed, and the Lònde hath ge-
ue me my deſire, which I alſked of him: and
therfore I haue genen hym vnto the Lònde,
as long as he is mete for the Lòrd. And they
worſipped the Lònde there.

The ii. Chapter.

C. The song of Hanna. The offence of the
. fonnes of Eli.

And

c. xlvii. b.

ene. xxi.
et.

xxxvii. c.

1. Pentateuch.
2. Deuteronomy.

Samuel

i Knyges.

Jo. xxxvii.

And Saul layde: there shall no mā die thys
daye, for to dave þ Lord hathe saued Israel.

Then layd Samuel vnto the people: come, that we maye go to Gilgal, and reneue the kynge dome there. And all þ people wēt to Gilgal, and made Saul kynge there, before the Loode in Gilgal. And there they offered peaceofferynges before the Loode. And there Saul and all the mē of Israel rejoyced excedingly.

### C The. xiii. Chapter.
### Samuel declaredly hymselfe to be an innocent Judge.

Amuel layde vnto all Israel: beholde, I haue herkened vnto yō voyce in all þ ye layde vnto me, & haue made you a kynge. Now therfore yō kynge walketh before you. And I am olde & grave headed: & behold, my Sonnes are wō you, & I haue walled before you from my childehode vnto this dave. Behold, here I am: beare recozde of me before the Loode & before his anoynted: * Whose ore haue I take: or whose Alle haue I take: who haue I done wīg to: * Whom haue I hurt: or of whose hand haue I receaued any bybe, to blynd myne eyes therewith: & I will reſtoke it you agayne. They layd: thou halt done vs no wīge, nor hurt vs, neither hast thou taken ought of any manes hande. He layde vnto them agayne: the Lord is witnesſe agaynſt you, & his anoynted is wytnelle this dave, þ ye haue founde naught in my hādes. And they anſwered: he is witnesſe. And Samuel layd vnto þ people: it is: * the Lord, þ made Holes & Iarō, and þ brought youe fathers out of þ lād of Egipte. Now therfore stāde ſtill, þ I maye reaſon wō you before the Lord, according to all the rightouſnesſes of þ Lord, which he the wed both you and your fathers.

*Eccle. xlvii. a,
Acti. xx. g.

♦

♦

*Eccle. xlviii. a,
Ero. xii. b,
‡Ero. xiii. b.

*Judith. lxxx. a.

*Judith. lxxx. a.

*Judith. lxxx. b.

T

*Judith. lxxx. d.

*Judith. x. a.

*II. Reg. viij. b.

*II. Reg. viii. a.

* After þ Jacob was come into Egipte, & your eathers cryed vnto the Loode & the Loode sent Holes & Iarō, which brought yō fathers out of Egipt, & made the dwell in this place. * And wha they kogat þ Lord their God, he delyuered the into the hand of Silara captayne of the hooft of Haza! * & into the hande of the Philistines, and & into the hande of the kynge of Moab, and they fought agaynſt the. And they cryed vnto þ Loode, and layde: we haue lynned, because we haue kogen the Lord, and haue SERUED Baalim and Akharoth. Now therfore deelyuer vs out of the handes of oure enemyes and we wyll serue the. And the Loode sent Jerobaal * Badan & Jephthah, & * Samuel, & delyuered you out of the handes of pour e enemyes on euery lyde, and ye dwelled kafe. And for all that, when you saw that Ahas the kynge of the children of Ammon cam agaynſt you, ye layde vnto me: * not so but a kynge shall raigne ouer vs, when yet þ

Loode youre God was youre kynge. Now therfore, beholde the kynge whom ye haue chosen, & whom ye haue desired: so, þ Loode hath set a kynge ouer you. If ye will feare þ Loode and serue him, and heare his voyce, & not disobeye the word of the Loode: both ye and the kynge that raygneth ouer you, shall follow the Loode youre God. If ye will not herken vnto the voyce of the Lord, but disobeye the Loodes mouth: then shall the hande of the Loode be upon you, and on youre fathors. Now allo stande, and le thys great thing, which the Loode will do before you eyes: is it not now whetheuerue: I wyll call vnto the Loode, and he shall sende thundet and rayne: that ye maye perceaue and le, how that youre wickednes is great, which ye haue done in the lyght of the Loode, in alking you a kynge. And so, Samuel called vnto the Loode, and the Loode sent thuder and rayne the same dave. And all the people keared the Loode and Samuel excedingly. And all the people layd vnto Samuel: praye for thy seruantes vnto þ Loode thy God, that we dye not: for we hauelyned in alkyng vs a kynge, belyde all the kynnes that euer we did.

D

*Ero. xxi. ii.
Deute. i. e.
Jouua. vii. d.

♦

And Samuel layd vnto the people: feare not. Ye haue in dede done all thys wypedennes, yet departe not from folowinge of the Loode. But serue hym euen wyth all youre hertes. Nether turne ye after vayne thinges whych are not able to pofyt you, for they are but vanitie. For the * Loode wyll not kogke his people, because of his great nammes kafe: because * it hath kleased þ Lord, to make you his people. Woeouer God forbyde, that I thulde lynne agaynſt þ Lord, and ceasse prapeng for you, but to the weffe you the good and ryghte waye. Therfore feare you the Loode, and serue hym in the trueſt, and wyth all youre hertes: and conſydrie, how great thynges he hath done for you. But and if ye do wypedlye, then shall ye peryče, both ye and youre kynge.

### C The. xiii. Chapter.
### The Philistines are ſmitten of Saul and Jo-athinas. Saul beyng diſobedent to Goddes co- maunplement, is thewed of Samuel, that he shall not raygne.

Aul had bene king one pere (wha theſe thynges came to palle) and he raygned two peres ouer Israel. And Saul chole hym thee thousande men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Eichmas & in mount Bethel, and a thousande with Jonathan in Gibea Ben Jamin. And the rest of the people he sent, euery man to his awne houſe agayne. And Jonathan smote þ holde of the Philistines, that was in the hill, and it came to the Philistines eares. And Saul blew

I

D iii. blew

Saul

J. Samuel,

Jonathas

blew the trompet thorow out all the lande,
sayng: let the Ezrues heare. And all I-
rael heard saye, how y Saul had destroyed
an holde of the Philistines, wherforesup-
rael it kancke before y Philistines. And y peo-
ple gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

V

K.Eldc.x.1.

The Philistines also geathered them sel-
ues to geather to lyght with Israel, thirtye
thousand charettes and lyre thousand horze
men, with other people lyke the * land by y
fes of lyde in multitude, and came up, ad pit-
ched in Michmas east warde from Betha-
uen. And when them of Israel saw it, they
were in a krayte, and keare came upon peo-
ple, and they hidd them selues in caues, and
in priepy holes, and in rockes, ad in hye pla-
ces, ε in pittes. And some of y Ezrues wët
ouer Jordan to go vnto the land of Gad ad
Gilead. And Saul was yet in Gilgal, ε all
the people that folowed him were altonped.
And he taryed feue dapes, euen vnto y tyme
y Samuel * had appoynted. But Samuel
came not to Gilgal, ad the people were ther-
fores ukatered fro him. And Saul layd: bizing
a burnt sacrifice to me, peace offeriges. And
he offered burnt sacrifyce. And as lone as he
had made an ende of offering y burntfacri-
fice, beholde, Samuel cam. And Saul went
agaynt him, to bleſſe hi. And Samuel
layde: what haſt thou done? Saul layd: be-
cause I law that the people ukatered fro me,
and y y cameſt not win the dapes apoynted,
and y the Philistines geathered the selues to
gearher to Michmas: therfore layd I y Phili-
litines shall come downe now upon me to
Gilgal, ε I haue not made lupplicació vnto
the Lord. And wha I had ouercome my
ſelfe, at the laſt I ſofferred a burnt offering.
And Samuel layde to Saul * y art become
a ſole, thon haſt not kept the cōmaúdmēt of
the Lord thy God, which he cōmaunded the.
I for at this tyme wold y Lord haue skablyſ-
hed thy ringdome vp6 Israel koz euer. But
now, thy kigdome shall not cotinew.* The

K.J.Keg.x.b.

C

*Gen. x. 110.
J. Para. xvii.c*

K.J.Keg.vii.c

D

The Lord hath loughte him a man after his
awne hart, ε the Loſde hath cōmaúded him
to be captayne ouer his people: becauſe thou
haſt not kept y whych the Lord cōmaunded
the. And Samuel aroſe, gat him vp from
Gilgal to Gibea Ben Jamin. * (the remaunt
of the ſolke went vp after Saul, to mete the people, which
sought agaynt them, as they were compuſing fro Gilgal to
Gabaa in the hill of Ben Jamin.) And Saul nōbzed
the people that were founde with him, ε they
were about a ſire hundred men. And Saul
and Iōnathas his ſonne and the people that
were founde with them, had their abydying
in the hill of 25 Jamin. But the Philistines
pitched in Michmas. And there came out of
the hoſt of the Philistines the companies,
to deſtroye: one companye turned vnto the
waye that leadeth to Ophia vnto the lande

of Sual. And a nother companye turned to the
waye to Bethoron. And the thryd company
turned to the waye of y colt y is ſene aboue
the valeye of zeboim: towarde the wylder-
nelle. There was no ſmyth founde thorow
out all the lāde of Israel. Ior y Philistines
layde: Left happty the Ezrues meke them
twerdes or Iperes. But all y Israelites wët
downe to the Philistines, to mende euerye
man his ſare, his mattock, his are, his ne-
cessary toles: And then the edges of the cha-
res, matkokes, dong foſckes, and ares were
blunt, and alſo the forkes were to be let in.
And in to tyme of battell there was nether
twerde noz Iperes founde in the hādes of any
of the people that were wyth Saul and Jo-
nathas. But with Saul and Iōnathas hys
ſonne was there ſomewhat founde. And the
watch of y Philistines came out, to go ouer
unto Michmas.

### The. x.iii. Chapter.

Iōnathas and his harnesle bearer putteeth the Phili-
litines, to lyght. He fathereth the houye.

A

And it fortuned the same tyme,
y Iōnathas the ſonne of Saul
layd vnto his youg mâ y bare
his harnes: come, and let vs go
ouer to y Philistines watche y
are ſounder on the other lyde, ε he tolde not
his father. And Saul taryed in the vttmoſt
parte of Gibea vnde Rimmō, which is in
Migron, ε the people that were w him were
upon a ſire hundred men. And Abia y ſonne
of Ahitob Iehabobs hother, the ſonne of
Phinehes, the ſonne of Eli, was the Loſdes
pzeaſte in Silo, ε ware an Ephod. And the
people wift not that Iōnathas was gone.

And in the myddes of the paſſage ( by
which Iōnathas ſought to go ouer vnto the
Philistines watch ) were there two charpe
rockes, euen one on the one lyde, ε the other
on the other lyde: the one called Bozez, ε the
other Sène. The koſfront of the one, leaſed
nothwarde towarde Michmas, ε the other
was southwarde, towarde Gibea: And Io-
nathas layd to the youg man that bare his
harnesle: come and let vs go ouer vnto the
watch of these uncircumſed, paraduenture
the Lord will worke vs: for it is no hard-
nelle y y Lord * to ſaue ether in manye or in
ſewe. And his harnelberar layde vnto hi: do
all y is in thine hert: Go where it pleaseth y:
Behold, Iam y y, as thine hert lufſeth. The
layde Iōnathas: beholde, we go ouer vnto
these mè, ε thal they oure selues vnto the: yf
they laye on this wíſe to vs: tarye, untill we
come to you, the we will ſtade kiſ in ò place,
ε not go vp vnto the. But yf they laye: co-
me vp vnto vs, the we will go vp, for * the
Loſde hath delinered them into oure hādes
And this chalbe a lygne vnto vs. And they,
bothe theyewed the selues vnto the watch of y
Philistines.

B

K.J. par. e.1116.

K.J. mach. all. d.

Saul

i. Kynges.

I. Fo. xxix.

Philistines. And the Philistines layd: le, the
Ebzues come out of þ holes where they had
hidd them selfes in. And the men of þ watch
answered Jonathas and his harnelbearer, &
layd: come up to vs, and we wil them you a
thing. And Jonathas layd unto his harnel-
berer : come up after me, for the Loode hath
delivered them into the hande of Israel. And
Jonathas clame vp upon hädes & fete, & his
harnelberer after him. And *( lo whan thep had
fene Jonathas face ) they fell before Jonathas: ad
his harnelberer flue the after him. And that
first slaughter which Jonathas and his har-
nelberer made, was upon a twëtie men, wi-
thin the compalle as it were about an halfe
C aler of land. And ther was a keare in þ holt,
in the kelde, & among all people: in so moche
that they þ were gone out of the watch to
robbe, were atraide also: and the erth trym-
bled, for the keare þ was sent of God. And þ
watch me of Saul in Gibea Béiamin, law.
And beholde, the people (of the Philistines)
were skatered & were smytten as they wët.
Then layde Saul unto the people þ was w
him. Search and le, who is gone awaye fro
vs. And when they had nôbred, beholde, Jo-
nathas âd his harnelbearer were not there.
And Saul layd vnto Athis: bing hither the
arcke of God. Ifor the arcke of God was at
that tyme with the children of Israel. And it
fortuned þ while Saul talked vnto þ preaft,
the noyle that was in þ holt of þ Philistines
lpreed farther abode, & increased * bp lyple and
lyple, and gaue a more cleare founde.) And Saul layd
unto the preaft: w drawe thine handes. And
Saul toyned h himself vnto all the people that
were w him, & they came to the battel. And
behold * every mânes swerde was agaynst
his few, and there was a very great eur-
more. Dozeouer, the Ebzues that were w
the Philistines before that tyme, and were
come wyth them in all partes of the holfe,
turned, to be with the Israelites that were
with Saul & Jonathas. And all the men of
Israel also, whych had hydd them selfes in
mout Ephzaim, as lone as they hearde how
that þ Philistines were fledd, they followed
after them in the battell. And so God holpe
Israel that daye. And the battell continued
unto Bethauen.

And while the men of Israel were kepe
downe with honger that daye, Saul char-
ged the people with an ooth layinge: Cur-
led be the man that eateth any fooode vn-
till nyght, tyll I be aduenged of myne ene-
myes. And so, none of the people talked any
fultinaunce. And all the inhabiter of þ land
came to a wood where honye lape upon the
grounde. And the people came into the
wood: And beholde, the honye dropped, and
no man moued his hâd to his mouth, for the
people feared the ooth. But Jonathas heard

not whê his father charged the people wyth
the ooth, wherfor he put forthe the ende of
the rodd þ was in his hande, and dipt it in
an honye cöbe, & put his hand to his mouth,
and his eyes receaued sight. Then anl-
wered one of the people âd layde: thy father
adured the people, laying: Curfed be the mâ
that eateth any fultinaunce this daye, & the
people were kayntye. Then layd Jonathas:
my father hath troubled the lâd: le how my-
ne eyes hath receaued sight, because I talked
a lytle of thys honye: how much more then
to daye: pk þ people had eatê of the lpoyle of
their enemyes which they founde. And had
there not bene then a moche greater flaugh-
ter among the Philistines. And they layed
on the Philistines that daye, fro Wichmas
to Ateno. And þ people were ercedig kaintie.

E

I. *Leuit. vii.
ff. xix. 6.*

And the people gat the þ to þ s poyle, & toke
thepe, or, & calues, & flue the on þ grounde, &
þ people dyd eate the * w þ bloud. Then m
tolde Saul laying: Behold, the people lpyne
agaynst the Lord, in that they eate wyth
the bloude. And he layde: ye have trefpaced.
Rowle a great one vnto me this daye, âd
Saul layd agapne: Go abzoade among the
people & bydd them bring me euery man his
ore & euery man his thepe, and flap the here,
and lynne not agaynst the Loode in eatpyng
with the bloud. And the people brought eue-
ry man his ore in his hand, by nyght, & flue
them there. And Saul made an altare vnto
the Lord. And þ was the fyrst altare that he
made vnto the Loode. And Saul layde: lett
vs go downe after the Philistines by night
and s poyle them, untill it be daye in the moz-
ming, & lett vs not leaue one man of the. And
they layd: do what lœuer thou thinkest best.
Then layde the preaft: lett vs come hither
unto God. And Saul asked of God: shall
I go downe after the Philistines: Wilt thou
delyuer them into the hädes of Israel? But
he answered hym not at þ tyme. And Saul
layde: let the people come hyther out of all
quarters, and know & le by whô thys lynne
is chauced this daye: for as truly as þ Loode
lpyeth which faueth Israel, though it be in
Jonathas my sonne, he shall dye the death.
But there was no man amôg all the people
that answered him.

F

Then he layde vnto all Israel: be ye on
one syde, and I Jonathas my sonne wilbe
on the other lyde. And the people layde vnto
Saul: what thou thinkest best, þ do. Ther-
fore Saul layde vnto the Loode God of Is-
rael: geue a perfect lott * ( Lord God, geue thou the
judgement. How happeneth it, that thou geuest thy seruant
no answere to daye? I f this synne be in me or in Jonathas
my sonne, gew it, or þk this iniquitie be in thy people.) And
Saul & Jonathas were caught, but the peo-
ple shaped free. And Saul layde: caft lottes
betwene me & Jonathas my sonne. And Jo-

D v nathas

*Iudic. vii. 4.
ii. Paral. xx. 6.*

D

c. xliiij.

challada

David

J. Samuel,

Goliath,

a klacket of wyne, and a kyd, and sent them
by David hisonne vnto Saul. And David
came to Saul, & stode before him, & he loued
him very well, & he was made hys harnel-
bearer. And Saul sent to Jfai, laying: lett
David remayne with me, for he hath founde
fauour in my light. And so it fortuned, that
when the euell spiste sent of God came vpō
Saul, David toke an harpe, & played wyth
his hand, & so Saul was eftreched, & did a-
mèd, and the euell spiste departed from him,

C The. x. vii. Chapter.

David ouercometh great Goliath.

he Philistines geathered theie
hoste to battel, & came together
to Socoh which is in Juda, and
pitched betwene Socochs Az-
kah, in the coast of Dammim.
And Saul & the men of Israel came toge-
ther, and pitched in the Oke valley, and put
them felues in araye, to fyght agaynst the
Philistines. And the Philistines stode on an
hyll on the one lyde, and Israel stode on an
hyll on the other lyde, &d there was a valeye
betwene them. And there came a mā betwe-
ne them both, out of the tentes of the Phili-
ftines, named Goliath *of Gath, lyre cubi-
tes and an handredth longe, and had an
helmet of brasse vpō his heed, and a coate of
mayle about hi. And þ weyght of his coate
of mayle was fyue thouſad lykles of brasse.
And he had bootes of brasse vpō his legges,
& a hilde of brasse vpō his shoulders. And þ
ſtaſte of his ſpere was like a weuers beame.
And his ſpeare heed weyed. vi. húdred likles
of þzō. And one bearig a childe wēt before hi.

*Johu, r, d.*

And he stode and cryed agaynst the hoste
of Israel, & layd vnto the: Why are ye come
out in araye to battell: am not I a Philifti-
ne, and you ſeruautes to Saul: chole you a
man fro among you, & lett him come downe
to me. And þf he be able to fyght with me, &
to beate me, then will we be your ſeruaun-
tes. But þf I can ouercome hym and beate
him, then chal ye be oure ſeruauntes, & ſerve
vs. And the Philistine layd: I defpe the hof-
of Israel this daye, gene me a man, that we
maye fight together. Whê Saul and all J-
 Israel heard those words of þ Philistine, they
were discouraged, & greatly atraped. Da-

uid was þonne of an Euphrathite *(of who
mention is made after) of Bethleheֶ מֶלֶךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים, named
Jfai, whych had eight ſonnes. And was an
olde man in the dayes of Saul, and came to
age among men. And the thie eldest ſonnes
of Jfai wēt, and followed Saul to the bat-
tell. And the names of his thie ſonnes that
went to battell, were: Eliab the eldest, & the
nert, Abinadab, and the thzyd Sāma, and
David was þ least. And the thie eldest went
after Saul. David also went and departed
frō Saul, to fede his fathers thepe at Beth-
lehem. And the Philistine came forth in the
mornyng and euennyng, and ☞ continued ☟ fourtye dayes.

And Jfai layde vnto David hys Sonne:
take for thy bethren an Epha of thys par-
ched come, & theſe ten loaues, and bryng it
unto the hoste to thy bethreſe. And carpe the-
le ten frethe chelſes vnto the captayne, & loke
how thy bethren fare, &d fett out their
pledge. And Saul and thep, and all the men
of Israel were in þoke valey, fighting with
the Philistines. And David roſe vpereſle in
the mornyng, and leſte the thepe with a ke-
pet, & toke and went as Jfai had commaun-
ded him, & came with in the compaſſe of
the hofte. And the hoste went out in araye, and
howtred in the battell: for Israel & the Phi-
litines had put them ſelues in araye, the one
agaynst the other. And David toke downe þ
gear from him, and put them under the han-
des of the keper of the velleſls, & ranne into
the hoste, and came, &d saluted hys bethren.
And as he talked with them, Beholde, there
kode a mā in the middes ( Goliath the Phi-
litine by name) of Gath, out of the araye
of the Philistines, & spake of þmaner abone
reheſed, þ David hearde it. And all the men
of Israel, when they law the man, ranne a-
waye from hym, &d were forze atraped. And
euery man of Israel layd: Saw ye this mā
come forth: euen to reuyle Israel is he come.
* And to him that beateth him, will þkyng
gene great riches, & will gene hi his daugh-
ter thereto: yee & make hys fathers houſe tre
in Israel.

And David spake to the men that stode
by, and layde: What chalbe done to the man
that beateth this Philistine, & taketh awaye
the chame frō Israel: And what is thys un-
circumciled Philistine, that he chulde reuyle
the hoste of the lyuing God: And the people
answered him (after his maner, ) laying: to
chall it be done to the mā, that beateth hym.
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he
spake vnto the men, and Eliab was angrie
with David, &d layd: Why cameſt þ downe
hither: and with whom haſt thou leſte thole
few thepe in þ wildernesse: I know thp þy-
de, and the malce of thyne herte, þ thou art
come downe to le þ battell. And David layd:

And

D

*Johu, etc.*

Saul

J, Samuel,

David,

loued him as his awne loule. And Jonathas
put of his awne coate that was upon him. ÿ
gane it David, ÿ ther to his cloke, his kwerd,
his howe and his gyrdle. And David went
out whether soeuer Saul sent him, and be-
haued him selke wiselye. And Saul lett him
ouer his men of warre, and he was accepted
in the lyght of all the people, ÿn the lyght
of Sauls seruauntes.

B

And it happened as they wët, when Da-
uid was returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, þ wemë came out of all cysties of
Israel lyngþng ÿ dauntyng, agaynst kyrk
Saul, and with tpmbelles, withioye, and
wó instrumentes of musick. And the wemen
anwered one another in their playe, ÿ layd

*1. Reg. xxi. 3.
and. xxi. 4.

* Saul hath slayne his thoufande, and Da-
uid hys ten thouland. And Saul was exce-
dyng wroth, and the laying displeased him,
ð he layde: they haue al cryed unto David
ten thouland, and to me but a thoufande, ÿd
what can he more haue, laue the kyngdome:
wherfoe Saul loked on lyde of David fro
that dape forward. And it happened on the
morow, that the euell spere lent of God ca-

me vpô Saul, and, ÿ he prophesied in the
myddes of the house. And David played w
his hande like as at other tymes, and there
was a ianelyng in Sauls hande. And Saul
toke the ianelyng, ÿ layde: I will nayle Da-
uid to the wall with it. And David auoyded
out of his presence two tymes. And Saul
was akearde of David, because þ Lord was
with him, ÿ was departed fro Saul. Ther-
foze Saul put him from him, and made him
a captayne ouer a thoufand, and, ÿ he wët
out ÿ in before þ people. And David behaued
him selk wifely in all his wayes, ÿ the LoRD
D was with him. Wherfoze when Saul law þ
he was so ercedyng wþle, he was afraid of
him. But all Israel and Juda loued David,
because he wët out and in before them. And
Saul layde to David. Beholde, my eldell
daughter Herob, her I will geue þ to wife:
Only playe the man with me, and lyght the
Lozdes batelles. Koð Saul thought: myne
hande shall not be upon him, but the hand of
þ Philistines. And David anwered Saul:

C

E what am I, and what is my lyke or the kyn-
red of my father in Israel, that I thulde be
lonne in law to the kyrk? Howbeit when þ
tyme was come þ. Herob Sauls daughter
thulde haue bene geuen to David, the was
geuen vnto Adriel a Yeholothite, to wþe.
Howbeit, Michol Sauls daughter loued
David. And they chewed Saul: ÿ the thyrk
displeased him not. And Saul layde: I wyll
gue him her þ the maye be a snare to him, ÿ
that the hande of the Philistines maye be
agaynst him. Wherfoe Saul layde to Da-
uid: thou chalt this dape be my lonne in law
in the other daughter. And Saul còmaun-

ded his seruauntes, to come with David se-
cretlye ÿd laye: Beholde the kyrk hath a ka-
uoure to the, and all his seruauntes loue the,
he now therfore the kynges sonne in lawe.

And Sauls seruauntes spake thofe wor-
des in the eares of David. And David layd:
lemeth it to pou a lyght thyng to be a kyn-
ges sonne in lawe: I am a pooze man and of
Imalle reputació. And þ seruauntes brought
Saul word agayne, laying: of this maner
spake David, And Saul layd: this wife chal
ye laye to David: the kyrk careth for no no-
ther dowrye, but for an hundred foerelkynnes
of the Philistines, to be aduenged of þ kyn-
ges enempes. But Saul thought to make
David fall into the hâdes of the Philistines.
And when his seruauntes tolde David these
words, it pleamed David well to be the kyn-
ges sonne in lawe. And, ÿ or þ dapes were
expyzed, David arose whys men, and wët,
& slue of the Philistines, two hundred men,
and David brought their foerelkynnes, and
fatistled the kyrk therof, to be hys sonne in
lawe. * Wherfoze Saul gaue hym Michol
his daughter to wþe. And Saul lawe and
vnderstode, how þ the Lord was with Da-
uid, ad that Michol his daughter loued him,
and he was the moare akrayed of David, ÿ
Saul be came all wape David's enempe. The
Lozds of þ Philistines vled & to go furth.
And it fortuned that whan they wët kurth,
David behaued him selke wþelyer then all
the seruauntes of Saul: so þ hys name was
moch set bye.

J

G

G

*11. Reg. xlii.

D

C The. rix. Chapter.

Chaul commaundeth to sée David, Michol his
wþe laucheth him.

Aul spake to Jonathas his so-
ne, and to all his seruauntes, þ
they thulde kyll David. *But
Jonathas Sauls sonne hada
a great fauoure to David, ÿ Jo-
nathas told David, laying: Saul my father
goeth about to slaye the. Now therfore take
hede to thy selke untill the moznþng, ÿ abyde
in some secret place, and hyde thy selke. And
I wyll go out, and stande by my father in
the felde, where thou art, ÿ wyll com with
my father of the, and what soeuer I se, I
wyll tell the.

*1. 1s. x. xvii. 1.

And Jonathas spake good of David
unto Saul his father, and layde vnto him:
lett not the kyrk lynne agaynst his seruaut
David, for he hath not lynned agaynst the,
and his workes haue bene to the ward very
good. Koð he dpyd * put hys lyke in hys
hande, and slue the Philistine, and the Lozd
brought to palle a great health for all I-
rael. Thou lawest it, and thou reioysedeff,
wherfoze then wilt thou finne agapnit inno-
cent bloud, and slaye David without a cau-
ſe. And Saul harkened vnto the voyce of

D
*Jude. xlii.
&
1 John. xii. 4.

B

Jonathas,

Saul & David

j.Kynges.

Jo,xxxv.

daye, a piffer agaynst the wall: And so David receaved of her hand, that which the had brought him, and layd to her: go vp in peace to thine houle. Beholde, I haue obeyed thy voyce, & haue accepted thy persone.

And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold, he held a feast in his house, lyke the feest of a Kyng, and Nabals herte was mery within him, fo: that Naball was deed, he layde: Blested be the Loode that hath judged the cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his fernaunt from euell, and hath recompensed the wikednesse of Naball upon his awne heed. And David sent to come with Abigail, to thynget to take her to his wife. And when the fernauntes of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, laying: David sent vs unto the, to take the to his wife. And the arole, and bowed her self on her face to the erth, & layde: Beholde, let thy handmayde be a fernaunt, to walshe the fete of the fernauntes of my lord. And Abigail haffed, and arole, and gat her vp upon an Alle, with fyue damoselles of hers that went at her fete, and the went after the mellengers of David, and became his wife. David also toke Ahinoam of Jezrahel, and they were both his wines. But Saul gaue * Michol hys daughter Dauids wyke to phalti þone of Lais which was of Gallim, C The, xxxvij. Chapter.

C. The, xxxvij. Chapter.
* Saul leapeth in his tent: and David taketh away his speare and a cruse of water, that stode at is heed.

A
He ziphites came unto Saul to Gibea, laying: Doth not David hyde hym self in the hill of Hachila which is before Jelimon: Saul arole, and went downe to the wpldernesle of ziph, hauing thre thousande chosen men of Israel with him, fo: to keke David in the wildernesse of ziph. And Saul pitched in the hull of Hachila whych lyeth before Jelimon, by the way side. But David dwelt i the wildernesse. And he law that Saul cam after hym into the wildernesse. David therfore lent out lpyes, and underkode, that Saul was come in very dede.

And David arole and came to the place,
where Saul had pitched, and David beheld
the place, where Saul laye, and Abner the
sonne of Ner which was his chefe captayne.
Saul laye within, ad the people & the hooke
rounde about him. Then answered David
and spake to Ahimelech the Hethite, and to

Abilai the sonne of Zaruia and brother to
Joab, laying: who will go downe with me
to Saul to the hoste: And Abilai layde: I
will go downe with the.

And so David and Abilai came downe
to the people by nyght. And beholde, Saul
laye sleping within the hooft, and his speare
stacke in the ground at his heed. But Abner
and the people laye round about hym. Then
layde Abilai to David: God hath delinered
thyne enempe into thyne hande thys daye.
Now therfore, lett me lmyte hym once with
my speare to the erth, and I wyll not smite
hym the secondeyme. And David layde to
Abilai: destroye hym not. For who can laye
his hande on the Loedes anoynted, and be
gyltlesle: And David layde furtherme:
as sure as the Loode lyueth, the Loode shall
lmyte hym or hys daye shall come to dpe,
or he chali defcende into battell, and there
perithe. The Lozd kepe me from laying mp
ne hande upon the Loedes anoynted. But
take thou now þ speare that is at his heed,
and the crewle of water, and let vs go. And
so David toke the speare and the crewle of
water from Sauls heed, and they gatt the
awaye, and no man saw it or a waked.
For they were all a flepe, becaule the Loode
had sent a slomber upon them. Then David
went ouer to the other lyde, and stode on
the toppe of an hyll a farre of (a great spa-
ce beping betwene them ) and David cryed
to the people, and to Abner the sonne of
Ner, laying: Hearest thou not Abner? Ab-
ner answerd, and layde: What art thou
that ≡ cryept to the kyng; and David layd
to Abner: art not thou a man: and who is
lyke the in Israel: Wherfore then hault thou
not kept thy lord the kyng: * for that came
one of the folkein, to destroy the kyng thy
lord. It is not good that thou hault done. As
truly as the Lord lyueth, * pe are worthy
to dpe, because ye haue not kepte your ma-
ster, þ Loedes anoynted. And now ke where
the kynges speare is and the crewle of wa-
ter, that was at his heed.

And Saul knew Dauids voyce, & layde
* is this thy voyce my sonne David: & Da-
uid layd: it is my voyce, my Lord, O kyng.
And he layde: wherfore doth my Lord thus
perſecute his fernaunt: for what haue I do-
ne: or what euell is in myne had: Now ther-
fore let my Lord the kyng heare þ words of
his fernaunt. If the Loode haue kered the vp
agaynſt me, let him smell þ ſauoure of a ſa-
ſtrifice. But as they be the children of men,
curſed are they before þ Lord. For they haue
call me out this daye fro abydping in þ enhel-
bitaunce of the Lord, laying: hence, & go ſerue
other gods. Now therfore let not my bloud
fall to the erth before the face of the Loode.
For the king of Israel is come out to hunt

E tij aſlee,

B

*;j.Keg.xlii.

C

D

*j.Keg.xxii.

*j.Keg.xxiij.

D

David

j.Kynges.

Jo. xxxvj.

out of the erth. He layde vnto her agayne:
what falliò is he of? She òswerèd: there cometh vpan olde man w a mantell vpò him.
And Saul perceaued þ it was Samuel
& he kouped w his face to the ground, ad bowed him selfe. And Samuel layde to Saul:
why hæst thou unquieted me, to make me be
h brought vp: Saul answerèd: I am toze encombred.
For the Philistines make warre
agaynst me, & God is departed from me ad
&swereth me no moare, nether by prophets,
nether by dzeames. And therfore I haue called the, þ thou mayst tell me, what I shall do.
Then layd Samuel: wherfore does þ alke of me, while the Lord is gone from the, &
is become thine enempe: Truly þ Lord hath
done for him selfe, euen as he lpake & by
my hâd. * For the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, ad geuen it thy nevroure David.
Because thou obeyedst not þ
voyce of the Loode, noz executed it his fearce
wath upon the Amalekites, therfore hath þ
Lozd done this vnto the this daye. And moreouer, the Lord will delyuer Israel w the,
into þ hâdes of þ Philistines. * To mozow
halt thou and thy Sonnes be with me, & the
Lozd shall geneue the hoste of Israel into the
handes of the Philistines. Then Saul fell
freight waye flatte on the erth as long as
he was, and was toze a dread because of the
words of Samuel.

And there was no strength in him, for he
had eatê no hzed all the daye & the nyght befoze.
And the womâ cam vnto Saul, & saw
þ he was toze troubled, and layd vnto him:
Se, thine bâdmapd hath obeyed thy voyce,
& * haue put my soule in my hâd, & hauë harkened vnto thy words, which þ layde vnto me.
Now therfore hath þ alto vn
to þ voyce of thyne bâdmapd, & let me lett a
morsell of dread before the, þ mayest eate
& gett the streth, & then go on thy iourneye.
He refused, & layde: I will not eate. But his
feruauntes & the womâ togeather cœpelled
hi, & he harkened vnto their voyce. And so
he arose frô þ erth, & sat him on a bedd. The
woman had a fat calfe in the houfe, and the
hasteth & kylled it, & toke flowr ad kned it,
& dyd bake wete cakes therof, and brought
them before Saul ad before his feruauntes.
And when they had eatê, they stode vp, and
went awaye the fame nyght.

### The. xxx. Chapter.

The David goeth with hyng Achis to fight agaynst Saul.

He Philistines were geathered
togeather w all their armyes vn-
to Aphec: And þ Israelites pit-
ched in Aïn, which is i Jefrabel.
And þ Lozd of the Philistines
wët forth w the hûdzeds & thousandes. But
David & his më came behind w Achis. Then
layde the Lozd of the Philistines, what are

founder Ehres: Achis layd vnto þ Lozd es of þ Philistines: Is not thys David the feruaunt of Saul the kyng of Israel, whych hath bene with me thefe & dayes or yeres?
I haue founde no fault in him, sence he fleed vnto me vnto thys daye. And the Lozd es of the Philistines were wroth with him and layde vnto him: Make this fellow returne, that he maye go agayne to his place which thou hæst appoynted hym: and let hym not go downe with vs to battel, left in the battell he be an aduerlarpie to vs. For wherwyth could he better obtayne the fauoure of his master, then wyth the heedes of these men: Is not this David, to whom they fang in daunles: * Saul flue hys thousand, and David his ten thousande: Then Achis called David, and layde vnto hym: As sure as the Lozd lyueth, thou hæst bene honest, and good in my lyght, whan thou wenteit out and in wyth me in the hooft: neither haue I founde euell with the, sence thou camest to me vnto this daye: Neuer thelesse the Lozd es of the Philistines fauoure the not: Wherfore now returne, & go in peace, þ thou displease not the Lozd es of the Philistines. And David layde vnto Achis: And what haue I done: what hæst thou founde in thy feruaunt, as long as I haue bene with the vnto thys daye, that I maye not go lyght agaynst the enempes of my Lozd the kyng.

Achis answerèd & layd to David: I know
that thou art good, & art in my lyght, as an
Angell of God. Not withstanding the Lozd es of the Philistines haue layde: Let hym
not goo vp w vs to battell. Wherfore now
ryse vp erlye in the mornnyng w thy masters
feruauntes that are come to the: and when
ye be vp early (as sone as ye haue lyght) de-
parte. And so David ad his men rose vp er-
lye to departe in the mornnyng, ad to returne
into the land of the Philistines. And þ Phi-
listines went vp to Jezrael.

### The. xxx. Chapter.

The David reëntungpug from hyng Achis hyndeth
zicleg burnt.

It whan David & his men were a
come to zikleg the third daye, the
Amalekites had rulshed in vpon
the south, and upon zikleg, & had
smythen zikleg, & burnt it w fyre,
& had taken þ wemê (þ were therin) pafio-
ners, both small & great: but flew not a mâ,
faue carved them w the, & wët their wayes.
So David and his men came to the cytie: &
beholde, it was burnt with fyre, & their wu-
ues, their Sonnes and their daughters were
caried awaye. Then David and the people
that was with him, likte vp their voyces ad
wept, vntill they could wepeno moare. And
David's two wines were takê prisoners al-

C iiiii lo:

* J.reg.xb.1

* J.re. xxxi. a

*Jud. xlii. a
J. Reg. xlii. a
Psalm. xlii.

* J. reg. xviiij.
and, xxi. d.

C

D

D

A

David

ij. Kynges.

Jo. xxxvii.

*1.Patax.a.c.

* On the mostow whê the Philistines were come to spoyle them that were slayne, they founde Saul and hiss thes sonnes lyง in mount Gilboa. And they cut of hiss heed, & stripped him out of hiss harnelle: & lent into the lad of the Philistines on euery lyde, that they chulde publisshe it in the temple of their D Idolles, and amongst the people. And they layed vp his harnelle i þ houle of Altharoth, but they hanged vp hiss body on the wall of Bethlan. * When the enhabitors of Jabes in Gilead heard therof, what þ Philistines had done to Saul, they arole (as manye as were strong men) and went all nyght and toke the body of Saul, & the bodies of hiss sonnes from the wall of Beth- fan, and came to Jabes, ad * burnt the there and toke their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabes, & kafsted seuen dayes.

*1.J. Reg. ij.b

*Kiere. xxxiii.a

C The ende of the fyirt boke of Samuel, otherwys cal- led the fyirt of the kynges.

C The seconde Boke

of Samuel otherwys called the se- conde boke of the kynges.

C The fyirt Chapter.

C The lamentacio of Dauid koz. Saul & Jonathas.

A

*1.J. Reg. xxx.c

After þ deeth of Saul whê Dauid was returned from the * flaughter of þ Amalekites, ad had bene two dayes in izkleg: Beholde, there cam a man the thyrde daye out of the hoffe fro Saul, with his clo-

thes rent and erth vp on his heed. And when he came to Dauid, he fell to the erth ad dyd obeylelaunce. Dauid layde vnto hym: whence comest thou: He layde vnto him: Out of the hofft of Israel am I escaped. And Dauid layde vnto him: And what is chaunced: tell me. He layd: the people is fled from the battel: many of the people are ouerthrowen,

and deed: and Saul and Jonathas his son- ne are deed alio.

And David layde vnto the young man þ that tolde him these things: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathas his sonne be deed: The pounge man that tolde him, an- wered: I came by chaunce to moſt Gilboa: And beholde, Saul leaneſt vpon his speare. Koz the charettes and companies of borſe- men folowſed hard after hym. And when he loked backe he sawe me, and called me. And I anſwered: here am I. And he layde vnto me: what art thou: I anſwered hym: I am an Amalekite. He layde vnto me agayne: Stonde vpō me, and ſlee me: Koz angupſhe is come vpon me, though my lyke be pef all in me. And so I kſode vpon hym, and ſlue him: koz I was ſure that he coulde not lyue, after that he had fallen. And I toke the crowne that was vpō his heed, and þ Bza- leſet that was on his arme, & haue brought them hither vnto my Loſde.

*1.J. Reg. ij.c. and. rifi.f.

Then Dauid toke holde on his clothes, * and rét them, and so dyd all the men þ were with hym. And they mourned, and wepte, & kafsted vntill euen, koz Saul and Jonathas his sonne, & koz the people of the Loſde, & koz the houſe of Israel, becauſe they were ouer- throwen with the ſwerde.

And Dauid layde vnto the young man þ brought him these tydinges: Whence art þ ? And he anſwered. I am þ lóne of an alpaút an Amalekite. And Dauid layd vnto hym: How is it that thou waſt not afrauded, to lape thyne hand on the Loſdes anoynted, to deſtroye him: And Dauid called one of hiss youŋ men and layde: Go to, and runne vpō hym. And he ſmote hym: that he dyed: then layde Dauid vnto hym: thy bloude be vpon thine awne heed. * Koz thine awne mouth bath teſtſpied agaynſt the layeng: I haue slayne the Loſdes anoynted.

*Mat. etc. Luke xix.d.

And Dauid mourned with this lamen- tation ouer Saul and ouer Jonathas hiss sonne, and bad teache the chilſzen of Israel the & vſle of the boowe. And Beholde, it is wztten in the boke of the ryphtwes. * And he layde: Lonhydeer, D Iſrael, theſe that be deed and woun- ded vpon thy bpe hilles.) & D noble Iſrael, the wounded are slayne vpō thy hilles: D how are þ mighte ouerthowſ. * Tell it not in Gath: no2 publſhe it in þ streates of Alka- lon: left the daughters of the Philistines re- iopſe, and left the daughters of the vnircuſ- cypſed triuſumph. Pe mountaynes of Gilboa, vpō you be nether dew no2 rapgne, & not vpon these feldes of offerynges. Koz theſe þ childe of the mighte is caſt downe: þ childe of Saul, as though he had not bene anoyn- ted with oyle. The boowe of Jonathas & the ſwerde of Saul turned neuer backe agayne empiſie, from the blouſd of the slayne, & from

*Smichc.f.c.

E v the

Amnon

ij. Kynges.

Jo, xliij.

Thamar my brother Absaloms lyfter. Jo=
nadab layd vnto him: laye þ downe on thy
bedde, ðd make thy selfe licke. And wh þy
father is come to se the, laye vnto hym: Dh
let my lyfter Thamar come, and geue me
meate, ðd dresse it in my lyght, that I maye
se it and eate it of her hande.

V

And so Amnon laye downe, ÿ made hym
selfe lycke. And when the kynge was come to
se him, Amnon layd vnto him: Oh let Tha-
mar my lyfter come, ÿ make me a couple of
frytters in my lyght, þ I maye eate of her
hand. Then David sent home to Thamar,
layeg: go now to thy brother Amnōs house,
and dresse him meate. So Thamar wëte to
her brother Amnōs house, ðd he was layed
downe. And the toke floure, ÿ made paſſe,
and diſſed frytters in his lyght, ÿ did bake
them, and toke a platter, ÿ powſed them out
befoze him, but he wolde not eate. And Am-
non layd: Haue out all men from me. And
they went all out from hym. And Amnon
layde vnto Thamar: bryng the meate into
the chambre, that I maye eate of thyne hād.
And Thamar toke the frytters, whych the
had made, ÿ brought them into the chambre
to Amnon her hother. And whā the had let
thē before him, to eate, he toke her, and layd
unto her: come lye w in e my lyfter. And the
anſwered him: nap my hother, do not force
me, for there hath no such thing bene done in
Israel: Do not thou this abhominacion. For
whither wall I be able to go w my Thame?
And thou chalt be as one of the foles in Jf-
rael. D speake vnto the kynge, and he chall
not denye me vnto the.

C

Howbeit he wolde not herken vnto her
voypce but toke her, ÿ forzeed her, ÿ laye w
her. And the Amnon hated her exceedingly:
so that the hate wher with he hated her, was
greater then þ loue, w which he before loued
her. And Amnon layd vnto her: vp, ÿ get the
hece. She anſwered hi: Thou hast no cause.
This euell þ þ puttest me awaye is greater
then þ other that þ dyddest untome. Neuer-
theſſe he wolde not heare her, but called his
boye that ferued him, ÿ layd: put awaye this
woman fro me, ÿ bolt þ dore after her. And
the had a kirtell of diuerſe colours wþ her:
for w soche were þ kyngeſaughters ( that
were virgines) appareled. The his ſeruaunt
brought her oute, ðd locked þ dore after her.
And Thamar toke ÿ put althes on her heed,
ðd ret her gaye kyrteſt þ was on her, ÿ layed
her hand on her heed, ÿ so wet: ÿ as the wet,
cрыed. And Abſalom her brother layd vnto
her: hath Amnon thy brother bene with the:
Now yet he ſtill my lyſter: he is thy brother.
Let not this thyng greue thine hert. And so
Thamar remapned desolate in her brother
Absaloms house. But whan kynge David
heard of all theſe thiges, he was very wroth.

D

*S. xxiij.
Leuvi. xvij.a

*(And he wolde not bere the ſpacte of Amnon hys ſonne:
for he loued hym, because he was hys ſpaito-borne.) And
Absalom layde vnto hys brother Amnon
nether good ner badd. Howbeit Absalom
hated Amnon because he had forſced his ly-
ſter Thamar.

And it happened after two yere, þ Absa-
Iom had the pere ſeers in the playne of ha-
zor: belyde the tribe of Ephraim, ÿ bad all þ
kynges ſonnes, and cam to the kynge, ÿ layd:
behold, thy ſeruaunt hath the pere ſeers, let
the kynge w his ſeruauntes come to thy ſer-
uaunte. The king anſwered Absalom: nay
my ſonne. We will not go all, ner be char-
geable vnto þ. And Absalom laye loze vpon
hym: howbeit he wolde not go, but bleſſed
hym. Then layd Absalom: Pithou wilt not
come, then let my brother Amnon go w vs.
And the kynge anſwered him: what nedeth
it, that he go with the: But Absalom made
foche inſtace that he let Amnon, ÿ all þ kyn-
ges children go with hym.

Now had Absalom cōmaſded his youg
men, layeng: marke when Amnons hert is
mery with wyne, ÿ when I byd you ſmpte
Amnon, then kyll hym: and keare not, haue
not I bydden you: be bolde therfore, ÿ playe
the men. And the young men of Absalō dyd
unto Amnon euen as Absalom had cōmau-
ded. And all the kyngeſ ſonnes aroſe, ÿ eue-
ry man gat hym vp, upon his Mule, ÿ fled.
And it forſtuned, that while they were yet
in the waye, tidinges cam to David layeng:
Abſalō hath slayne all þ kyngeſ ſonnes, ad
there is none left alyue. Then David aroſe,
& *tare his garmentes, and laye along on þ
erth: ÿ all his ſeruautes ſtode by with theyz
clothes rent. And Jonadab the ſonne of Si-
meah Dauids brother, anſwered, and layd:
let not my Loſde ſuppole þ they haue slayne
all the young men the kyngeſ ſonnes, ſaue
Amnon only is deed. For that hath bene de-
termined in Absaloms mynde, ſence he for-
ced his liker Thamar. Now therfore, let not
my Loſde þ kynge take þ thing so greuouſ-
lyc, to thyncke that all þ kyngeſ ſonnes are
deed, ſaue Amnon only is deed.

But Absalom fled. And the young man
that kept the watche, lykte vp hys eyes, and
loked: And beholde, ther cam moche people
by a waye that was behynde hys backe, a
longe by an hylles lyde. And Jonadab layd
vnto the kynge: beholde, the kyngeſ ſonnes
come: As thy ſeruaunt layd, so it is. And as
kone as he had lekte ſpeakyng: beholde, the
kynges ſonnes came, ðd lykte vp theyz vop-
ces, and wepte. The kynge alſo and all hys
ſeruauntes wept excedyngly. But Abſa-
lom eſcaped, and went to Thalmait þ ſonne
of Amihur kynge of Gelur. And David
mourned for hys ſonne euery dave. And so
Absalom eſcaped and went to Gelur, ÿ was

K iiij. there

E

*Gen. xxiij.
and, xxiij. vii, c.

F

K. I. Keg. I. b.
and. uij. k.

G

Ahithophel

ij.Kynges.

Jo.xliij.

frende: Why wentest thou not wyth hym?
Hufai answered unto Absaló: naye not so,
but whom the Lozde and this people and all
the men of Israel chose, his will I be, with
hym will I dwell. Woeouer, unto whome
thall I do seruice, but euè to hys sonne: And
as I was feruaunt before wyth thy father,
euen so shall I be with the. Then spake Ab-
salom to Ahithophel: gene councell, what
is best for vs to do. And Ahithophel layde
unto Absalom: get the in unto thy fathers
*concubines, which he hath lefte to kepe the
house. And all Israel shall beare, that thou
art cast out of the father: then shall the
hands of all that are wyth the, be strong.
And so they pitched Absalom a tent upon
the toppe of the house. And he went in
unto his fathers concubines in the lyght of
all Israel.

And the councell of Ahithophel which he
counced in those dayes, was as a man had
alked councell of God: euè so was all the co-
uncell of Ahithophel, both wyth David and
with Absalom.

### The.xvii.Chapter.

Ahithophel, layng hys councell divalowed of Hufai
and forlaken, hangeth hym selfe.

A

Hithophel * layde unto Absaló: let me chose out now twelue thousand men. And I will vp, folow after David by nyght. And I wyll come upon hym, whyle he is were and weake handed, and wyll feare hym: And all the people that are with hym, shall klee. And so wyll I smyte þynge onlye, and will bryng agayne all the people unto the, euè so even as safely as þe wolde bring anye other thing. And when I haue flayne the man whom thou sekest, all þe people shall haue rest. And þy laying pleated Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. Then layd Absalom: call also Hufai þra-chite, and let vs heare his councell. Whé Hufai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto hym, laying: Ahithophel hath genen soche councell: Shall we do after his laying, or no: tell thou.

Hufai answered unto Absaló: the councell that Ahithophel hath genè, is not good at this tyme: For (layd Hufai) þr knowest thy father, with his men, how that they be strong. And þy they be chaked in their myndes, they are euè as a * Weare robbed of her whelpes in the felde. Thy father is a man also practised in warre, with maketh no tarieng with people. Beholde he lurketh now in some cane, or in some other place. And though some of his men be ouerthowen at the fyrt brunt, yet they that heare it will laye: The people that foloweth Absalom, be put to the worlde. And the best men thou hast whose hertes are as the hertes of Lyds, shall hrynke the

*f.f. reg.xv.b.
and.f.f. a.

*Dion.xvii.b

rat. For all Israel knoweth, that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be wyth him are all men of warre.

Therfore my councell is, that all Israel be geathered unto the, from Dâ to Beerleba, (which are as þande of the see in nôze) and that thou go to batayle in thyne awne person. For so shall we come vp to him in one place or other, where we shall fynde him, and we will fall upon him, euè as thicke as the dew falleth on the grounde. And of all þe that are wyth hym, we shall not leaue hym one. Woeouer, if he be gotte into a towne, then shall all the men of Israel bryng ropes to that cytie, and we will dazw it into the ryuer, vnyll there be not one stone found there. And Absalom and all the men of Israel layde: the councell of Hufai the Ara-chite is better, then the councell of Abitho-phell. For it was euèn the Lozdes deter-minacyon to destruye the good councell of Abithophel: that the Lozde nyght bryng euèll upon Absalom. Then layde Hufai unto Sadock and Abiathar the Brealtes: of this and that maner dyd Ahithophel and the elders of Israel councell Absalom. And thus and thus haue I counced. Now therefore send quicklye, and chew David laying: tarye not all nyght in the feldes of the wyl-dernefle, but get the ouer, left the kynge be deuoured and all the people that are wyth hym. Now Jonathas and Abimaaz abode by þwell Rogell: (for they nyght not be sene to come into the cytie.) And a wenche went and tolde them. And they went, and chewed kynge David.

Neuerthelesse a lad saw them, and tolde it to Absalom. But they went both of the awaye quycklye, and câ to a mannes houfe in Bahurim, which had a well in his yarde, into the whych they went downe. And a woman toke and spred a couerlet ouer the welles mouth, and krawed fyrmëtye come theron. And the thynge was not spred. And when Absalós feruautes came to the wyke to þy houfe, they layd. Where is Abimaaz with Jonathas: The woman answered the: they be gone ouer the lyfell brocke of water. And when they had sought them and coulde not fynde them, they returned to Jerualem. And as one as they were departed, þother came out of the well, and went and tolde kynge David, and layde unto hym: vp, and get you quyckly ouer the water for soche councell hath Ahithophel genen, agaynst you. Then David arole, with all þe people that were with him, and they were come ouer Jordan be that it was dave: lo þy there lacked not one of þe, þwas not come ouer Jordâ. And when Ahithophel layd, þhis councell was not followed, he sadelled his Asse, and arole, and gate hym home to hys awne houfe, and to hys

K iiiij.

awne

*Esa.xtr.c.

D

*f.f. reg.xb.

E

F

David

ii. Samuel.

Ablalom

awne cytie, e put his houholde in order, ad
håged him self, and died, and was burped in
the sepulchre of his father.

Then David came to Hahenaim. And
Ablalom pasled ouer Jordan, he and all the
men of Israel with him. And Abfalò made
Amafa captayne of þ hóle in stede of Joab,
which Amafa was a mannes londe named
Jethza an Israelite, that went into Abi-
gail the daughter of Ahas lyfter to zeruia
Joabs mother. So Israel and Abfalò pyt-
ched in the lande of Gilead. And whé David
was come to Hahenaim, Sobi the londe
of Ahas out of Rabba the cytype of the
children of Ammon, and Machir the londe
of Ammiel out of Lodeber, and Berzelai
the Gileadite out of Roglim, hought bed-
des, basens, erthe vesselles, wheat and bar-
ly, floure, ad parched corne, beenes, rice, oot-
mell, hony, butter, thepe and chele of kyne,
foz David and all the people that were with
hym, to cate. For they layd: The people is
hongrype, weerpe, and thyrstype in the wyl-
dernelle.

G

*iij. reg. xi. a.

*ii. Reg. xii. b.

iii. Reg. ii. b.

C The. xviii. Chapter.

Ablalom is ouercome in battell. He hangeth by the
deere in an Oke. He is kylled e put in a dychte. Da-
und is so toowfull for the death of Ablalom that he
wepeth.

A

Ad David nombred the people
that were wþth hþm, and lett
captaynes of thoulandes and
of hundres de ouer them. And
David sent furth one parte of
the people under the hád of Joab, e another
parte under the hand of Abifai the londe of
zeruia Joabs brother, and the thirde parte
under þ hand of Jthai the Sethite. And the
kyng layd unto the people: I wyll go with
you alfo. And the people anwered: Thou
thalt not go forð: for þ we fle, orte aduer-
saries wyll not care for vs: nether shall they
regarde vs, though halke of vs were flap-
ne. But thou art wortð tê thouland of vs:
Wherfore it is better, that thou succoure vs
out of the cytie. And the kynge layde vnto
them: what semeth you belt, that will I do.

W

And the kynge stode by the gate lyde, and
all the people came out by hundredes and by
thousandes. And þ kynk cömrounded Joab
& Abifai, & * Jthai layeng: intreate þ yøug
man Ablalom gently for my sake. And all
the people heard, that the kynge gaue all þ
captaynes charge concernyng Ablalò. And
so the people wêt out into the felde agaynst
Israel, and the battel was in the wooode of
Ephzaim: Where the people of Israel were
put to the worzle before the seruauntes of
David, ad there was a great slaughtere that
dave, euen of twentye thousand men. For þ
felde was kought there in dyuerse places, all
abroade vpò the erthe. And & þ wodd de-
noured moo people that dave, than dpyd the

kii. Reg. xv. d.

K

werde. And Ablalom came before the ser-
uauntes of David rydyng upon a Mule,
whych carped hym under þ thicke bowes of
a great Oke. And & his heed was caught
of the Oke, and he was little up betwene be-
uen & erthe: & þ Mule that was under hyn,
wêt his waye. And one þ law it, tolde Joab,
layeng: beholde, I saw Ablalò hange in an
Dcke: and Joab layde vnto the man þ tolde
him. Yk thou dydest se hyn, why dydst not
thou there lmyte him to the ground, & I wold
haue geuen the ten ficles of iluer, & a girdle?

D

C

The man layde vnto Joab: though thou
woldest laye a thousand lycles of syluer in
my hande, yet wolde I not stretche out my-
ne hande agaynst the kynges londe. For we
heare with orte cares whé the kynk char-
ged the, and Abifai and Jthai, layeng: We-
ware, þ none touch the yøug man Ablalom.
Wozeouer, þ I had done it, I thulde haue
done agaynst mine owne life: for there is no
matter hyd from the kynge: pee & thou thy
selke woldest haue bene agaynst me. Then
layde Joab: I may not stand thus taryeng
wyth the.

And he toke the speares in hys hand, ad
thrust them thorow Ablalom, while he was
yet a lyue on the bodye of the tree. And ten
seruaütes that bare Joabs wepôs, turned,
and smote Ablalom and flue him. And whé
Joab blew the trompet, the people retur-
ned from kolowpyng Israel: for Joab spared
the people. And they toke Ablalom, and caft
hym into a great pit in the wood, ad laped
a myghtie great heape of stones upon hyn.
And all Israel fled to their tentes. And thys
Ablalom yet in hys lyke tyme * toke & rea-
red vp a piller, whyche is in kynges dale.
For he layd: I haue no londe. And therfore
to kepe my name in remembiance do I it.
And he called the pyller after hys awne na-
me. And it is called vnto thys dave: Ablal-
loms pyller.

k. Reg. v. c.

E

Then layde Ahimaaz the londe of Sa-
dock: let me runne now, ad beare the kynge
tydinges, how þ the Lozd hæst udged hyn
quyte of the hande of hys enemyes. And
Joab layd vnto hi: thou art no mă to beare
tydinges to dave: thou chalt beare tidyinges
another tyme: but to dave thou chalt beare
none, because the kynges londe is deed. Thé
layde Joab to Chuſi: go and tell the kynge,
what thou haſt ſene: And Chuſi bowed him
ſelf vnto Joab, and ranne. Then layd Ahi-
maaz the lone of Sadock agayne to Joab:
come what come wyll, let me also rûne after
Chuſi. And Joab layd: Wherfore wilt thou
runne my londe: seing that for the tidyinges
thou chalt haue no rewarde: well (layde he)
come what will, let me runne. He layd vnto
him: runne. Thé Ahimaaz rûne dy þ playne
waye, and came before Chuſi.

And

David

ij. Kynges.

Jo. xlv.

And David sat before the two gates. And the watchman went up to the gate, and called, 'Open the gate.' And he called, 'Open the gate.' And he called, 'Open the gate.' And the watchman went into the gate, and called, 'Open the gate.' And the watchman called, 'Open the gate.' And the watchman went out to the yonder and layd: behold, there cometh another man running alone. And the kyng layd: he is also a tydyinges brynger. And the watchman layd: me thynketh the running of the kozmok is lyke the running of Abimaaz the sonne of Sadock. The kyng layd: he is a good man, and commeth with good tydinges. And Abimaaz called, and layd unto the kyng: good tydinges, and he fell downe flat to the earth upon his face before the kyng, and layd: bleffed be the Lord thy God, which hath made thee, but up the men that lift up their handses agaynst my Loode the kyng.

And the kyng layd: is the young man Absalom layd: Abimaaz answered: When Joab sent Chusi the kynge seruaunt, and me thy seruaunt, I lawe much a doo. But I wotte not what it was. And the kyng layd unto him: turne, and kande here. And he turned, and stode still.

And beholde, Chusi came also, and layd: Good tydinges my Lord the kyng, for the Loode hath quoyte the thys daye out of the hand of all them that rose agaynst the And the Kyng layd unto Chusi: is the young man Absaló layd: Chusi answered: The enempes of my Lord the kyng, and all þryle agaynst the, to do the hurt, be as þoug man is. And the kyng was moued, and went up to abhaise ouer the gate, and wept. And as he went, thus he layd: O mmy sonne Absalom, my sonne, my sonne, my sonne Absalom, wold God I had dyed for the: O Absalom, my sonne, my sonne.

C. The. xix. Chapter.

David is called to his kynghome, and brought
agayne to Jerusalem.

A

And it was tolde Joab: behold,
the kyng weperth ad mourneth
for Absalom. And the victorie
of that daye was turned into
mournyng vnto all the people.

For the people heard laye þi daye, how the
kyng sozowed for his sonne. And the people
skale awaye þi daye from going into the cy-
tie, as people confounded skele awaye, when
they flee in battel. But the kyng hyd his fa-
ce, and cryed with a loude voyce: O mmy lon-
ne Absaló, O Absaló my sonne, my sonne.

And Joab came into the house to þi kyng,
and layd: thou hast named this daye the fa-
ces of all thy seruaütes, which this daye ha-
ne faued thy lyke, and the lyues of thy sonnes

and of thy daughters, and the lyues of thy wi-
ues, and of thy concubines, in þi thou louest
thine enemkes, and hateth thy frendes. For þi
hast declared this daye, that thou regardest
nether thy Lords nor seruauntes. And this
daye I do perceaue, that þi Absaló had ly-
ued, and all we had dyed this daye, that had
pleased the well. Now therefore vp, and come
out, and speake kynely vnto thy seruaun-
tes: For I were by the Loode, except thou
come out, there will not tarpe one man with
the thys nyght. And þi wilbe woule vnto þi,
then all the euell þi fell on the from thy youth
unto this houre. Then the kyng ar Ole, and sat
downe in the Gate. And they tolde vnto all
the people, layng: Beholde, the kyng doth
flyt in the Gate. And all the people cam be-
fore the kyng. But Israel fled, euery man to
his tent.

C

And it fortuned þi all the people were at
frepke thowow out all the trybes of Israel,
laying: the kyng faued vs out of the hand of
oure enemkes, he delyuered vs out of þi hâde
of the Philistines, and now he is fleed out of
the land for Absaló. But Absaló whom we
anoynted ouer vs, is deed in battell. Ther-
fore, whp are ye so still, that ye bring not the
kyng agayne: And kyng David sent to Sa-
dock ad Abiathar the prelates, laying: Ipea-
ke vnto the elders of Juda and laye: why are
ye behynde, to bring the kyng agayne to his
houre, seing that soch tydyinges is come fro
all Israel vnto the kyng euen to hys houre?

For the kyng had layd: Thus shall ye laye vnto the peo-
ple of Judda: ye are my children, my bones in my
fleche: wherfore then are ye þi lait that bryng
þi kyng home agayne: And laye ye to Ama-
fa: art thou not of my bone and of my fleche?
God do so and so to me, þi thou be not cap-
tayne of the hest to me for euer in the voume
of Joab. And he bowed the herttes of all þi
men of Juda, euen as þi hert of one man: to þi
they sent this wozde to the kyng: Returne þi
with all thy seruauntes. Do the kyng retur-
ned, and came to Jordan. And Juda came to
Gilgal, for to go downe to mete the kyng &
tocoueye hym ouer Jordan. And Simei *þi
sonne of Gera, the sonne of Jemint, whych
was of Bahurim, hafked, and came with the
men of Juda to mete kyng David, and there
were a thouland men of Beniamin w him,
& *ziba the seruaunt of the houle of Saul
and his. *v. v. sonnes and twentye seruauntes
with him. And they wêt quayckly ouer Ioz-
dan before the kyng. And there went ouer a
boate that carved ouer þi kynge houholde
and they dyd him pleasure.

And Simei the sonne of Gera fell before
the kyng (as he was come ouer Jordan) and
layd vnto him: let not my Lord impute wic-
kednesse vnto me, ner remember the things
(that thy seruaunt dyd wickedly when my

*l.fj.xreg.kvj.1

*l.fj.xreg.kvj.2

D

J. v. Loode

elai

Amala

ij.Kynges.

Jo.xlvii.

euery man of Israel went from David, and
followed Seba the sonne of Bichzi. But the
men of Juda claue kast unto their Kyng, kro
Jordan to Jerusalem.

אַד, אֱל, אֱר, אֲד, אֲשָׁר

And David came to his house to Jeru-
alem, *and toke the ten women his concubi-
nes, that he had left behynde him to kepe the
house, and put them in warde, äd fedd them:
but laye no moare wyth them. And so they
were enclosed unto the dave of their deeth,
lyuping in wedowhode.

Then sayde the Kyng to Amala: call me þ
men of Juda to geather agaynst the thirde
dave, and be thou here also. And so Amala
wët to geather the men of Juda to geather:
but taried lóger, then the tyme which he had
appointed him. And David sayd to Abiſai:
now chall Seba the Sonne of Bichzi do vs
more harme, then dyd Abſalom. Take thou
therfore thy Lôdes ſeruautes, & folow
after him: left he gett him walled cyties, and
elscape vs. And there went out after hym
Joabs men, and the Crethites and the Phe-
lethites, and all the mightiest men. And they
departed out of Jerusalem to folow after
Seba the Sonne of Bichzi. And when they
were at the great Stone in Gibeon, Amala
went before them. And Joabs garmet that
he had about him) was girde unto him, and
he had girded theron, a knypfe, whych was
loyned kast to his loynes, in socha theteth, þ
(as he wët) it fell some times out. And Joab
sayde to Amala: art thou in health my bzo-
ther. And Joab toke Amala by the chynne
with the ryght hande, to kypſe hym. But
Amala toke no bede to the knypſe that was
in Joabs häd, for therwith he smote hi in
the hort rpbhes, and shed out his bowelles
to the ground, and thrust at him nomozë, äd
he dyd.

C

Ch
So Joab äd Abiſai his brother folowed
after Seba the Sonne of Bichzi. And one of
Joabs men stode by him, and sayde: He
þ bearcth any fanoure to Joab, or good will
to David, let him go after Joab. And Ama-
sa lape walowed in blond, in the myddes of
the waye. And there was a mä, which whë
he law þ all þ people stode full, he rowled
Amala out of the waye into the kelde, & cast
a cloth upon hi, becaule he lawe þ every one
that came, stode still by him. And as ſone as
he was tombeled out of the waye, all þ peo-
ple went after Joab, to folow after Seba
the Sonne of Bichzi.

prou.arkg.ij.

f. Reg. ij. k.

e

And he went thoroow all the trybes of Jl-
rael vnto Abel, and to Bethmaacha and all
the places of Barim. And they geathered to-
gether, and went after him. And they cam, &
beleged him in Abels in Bethmaacha. And
they cast up a bancke agaynst the cytie that
stode in the valleye. All the people that was
with Joab, thrust at the wall to ouerthow

it. Then crped a wyſe woman out of the cy-
tie, heare heare, byd Joab come hither, that
I mape speake with hym. When Joab was
come vnto her, the womá sayde: art þ Joab
he answered: I am he. She layd vnto him:
heare the words of thy hädmayder. And he
answered: I do heare. And the layd agayne:
* They spake in þ olde tyme, layd g: më
must aleke of Abel and so haue they conti-
nued hylherto: I am one of them þ are yea-
ceable äd kathfull in Israel. And theu goſt
about to destroye a cytie äd a mother in Jl-
rael. Why wilt thou deuoure the enheritaun-
ce of the Lorde?

J

And Joab anſwered, and layd: God for-
bid, God forbid it me, that I chuld ether
deuoure or destroye. The matter is not so:
But a man of mount Ephraim (Seba the
sonne of Bichzi by name) hath lykete vp
his hand agaynſt þ kyng, euë agaynſt Da-
vid. Delpuer vs him only, and I will depart
from the cytie. And the woman layde vnto
Joab: Beholde, his heed chalbe thjowen to
the, ouer the wall. And then þ woman went
unto all the people with her wyſdome.
And they smote of the heed of Seba þ ſon-
ne of Bichzi, & cast it out to Joab. * And he
blew a trompet, and thep skatereſd from the
cytie, euery man to his tét. And Joab retur-
ned to Jernſalem, vnto the kyng.

D

D

f. Reg. ij. g.

Joab was ouer all the hoſte of Jl-
rael. And Banaia þ ſonne of Jehoialada was
ouer the Crethites & Phelethites. And Adu-
ram was ouer the tribute. And Jehoſaphat
the ſonne of Abilud was Recorder. Seua
was ſcribe. And Sadock & Abiathar were
the pzeaſtes. And Ira the Jairite was
Dauids pzeaſt.

D

D

C The. xrj. Chapter.

C This deare peres. The vengeaunce of the lyn-
nes of Saul lyghteth on hys ſeuen ſonnes, which
are hanged. Youre great batelles, which Dauid
had agaynſt the Philistines.

hen there fell an hongre in the A
dayes of David, thre peres to-
gether. And David enquyzed
of the Loſd. And þ Loſde anl-
wered: it is for Saul, and the

house of bloude, because he flue þ * Gibao-
mites. And the Kyng called the Gibaonites, &
sayd vnto the ( Now the Gibaonites were,
not of þ * children of Israel, but a remaüant
of the Ammozites, and the children of Israel
ſware vnto them: And Saul thought to lcy
them, for a zele that he had to the children of
Israel and of Juda.) Wherfore David layd
vnto them, what shall I do for you, & wher-
with shall I make the attonemèt, þ ye maye
bleſſe the enheritaunce of the Loſde.

f. Reg. xxiij. a.

f. Ioua. ix. k.

The Gibaonites anſwered him: we will
haue no ſyluer ner gold, of Saul ner of hys
house: neither is it oure mind, that thou chul-
dest

D

Salomon

iii. Kynges.

No. xlix.

Therep oure Loode kyng e David hath made Salomon kyng. And the kyng hath sent vs him, Sadock the preaft, ad Nathan the prophet, and Banatahu the sonne of Jehoiada, and the Crethites and the Phelethites, and they hae set him upon þ kynges Hule. And Sadock the preaft and Nathan the prophet haue anoynted him kyng i Gihon. And they came vp agayne, and reiopfed, that the cytie dyd loude agayne. And that is the noyle, that ye hae hearde. And Salomon lytteth on the seate of the kyngdome. And morereouer, the kynges seruautes came to bleſſe oure Loode kyng David, layinge: thy God make the name of Salomon moare honorable then thy name, and make hys ſeate greater then thy ſeate. And the kynge bowed him ſelke upon the bedd. And thus layd the kyng: bleſſed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath made one to litt on my ſeate this daye, myne eyes ſeing it.

And all the gelltes that were with Adonia were affrayed, and rose vp, and went euery man hys waye. And Adonia fearing the presence of Salomon, arose, and went * (in to the tabernacle of the Loode) and caught hold on the hoznes of the aultare. And one tolde Salomon, layenge: beholde, Adonia doth feare kyng Salomon: for he hath * caught holde on the hoznes of the aultare, layinge: let kyng Salomō ſwere unto me this daye that he will not ſley his seruaunt wyth the kwerde. And Salomon layde: yf he wylde a chylde of vertue, there shall not an heer of hyn fall to the erth. But and yf wickednesſe he founde in hyn, he shall dye. And ſokyrkyng Salomon ſent, and they brought hyn from the aultare. And he came, & dyd obeſaunce vnto kyng Salomon. And Salomon layd vnto him: get the to thyne houſe.

### The ſeconde Chapter.

David dyeth. Adonia requireth to hae a blſtag to hys concubnye, ad therfore Salomon comaun deth to ny hym. Abiathar is put from his Dieſhode. Semet and Joab are ſlayne.

He daies of David drew npe, that he chulde dye, and he char ged Salomō his lōne, layinge: I go the waye of all the world, * be thou krong therfore, and the we thy ſelke a man. Kepe thou the watch of the Loode thy God, that thou walke in hys wayes, and kepe hys * ſatutes, and hys preceptes, hys iud gementes and hys teſtymonies, euen as it is written in the lawe of Holes: that thou mayſt ploſper in all that thou doſt, and in euery thynge that thou medleſt wythall. That the Loode alſo may pake good hys worde whych he pake vnto me, layinge: yf thy chyldren take hede to their waye, that they walke deſore me in truthe, wyth

all their hertes with all their loules, * then Chalt thou not be with out a mā on the ſeate of Israel.

* Mozeouer, thou wottest how Joab the ſonne of Zarua ſerned me, and what he dyd to that two captaynés of the Hoztes of Israel: vnto Abner the ſonne of Her, and vnto Amasa the ſonne of Jether: whom he flue and wed bloude in tyme of peace (euen as it had bene in warre) & put the bloude of warre vpon hys gyrdle that was about hys loynes, and in hys ſhoes that were on hys ſete. Deale wyth hym therfore accor dyng to thy wyſdome, and brynge not hys hozre heed downe to þ graue i peace. * But the wy kyndnesſe vnto the ſonnes of Berle lat the Gileadite, that they maye eate at thy table: For they came to me, when I fled from Abklom thy brother.

* And beholde, thou Chalt wyth the, Se mei the ſonne of Gera, the ſonne of Gemini of Bahurim, which curſed me with an hor rible curſe, in the daye whā I went to Hanahim. But he came to mete me at Joz dan, and I wware to hym by the Loode, lay ing. I will not ſley the with the swerd. But thou Chalt not counte hym as vngiltye: For thou art a man of wyſdome, and knoweſt what þ oughtest to do vnto hyn, his hozre heed Chalt thou brynge to the graue wyth bloude.

And so * David flepte with his kathers, and was buried in the cypie of David. And the daies whych David raygned upon Israel, were fourt ye peres: ſeu e peres raygned he in Hebron, & thyrtie and thze peres rayg ned he in Jeruſalem. * Then ſatt Salomon vpon the ſeate of David his kather, and hys kyngdome was ſtablyſhed mygbttely.

And Adonia the ſonne of Hagith, ca me to Bethlabe the mother of Salomon. And the layde: * Commest thou peacea bly: And he layde: peaceably. He layde mor eouer: I hae ſom what to laye vnto the. She layde: laye on. And he layde: thou kro well that the kyngdome was myne, ad that all Israel ſet their faces on me, that I thulde raygne, howbeit the kyngdome is turned away and geuen to my brother, for it is ap opynted him of the Loode: and now I alke a peticion of the, denye me not. And the layde vnto him: Saye on. And he layde: I pake I paye the, vnto Salomon the kyng (for he wpl not laye the naye) that he geue me Al bſag the Sunamite to wyke. And Bethlabe layde: well, I wyll pake for the vnto the kynge.

Bethlabe therfore went vntoking Salomon, to pake vnto him for Adonia. And the kyng roſe vpon mete her, & bowed hym ſelke vnto her, and ſatt hym downe on hys ſeate. And there was a ſeate ſett for hyn g

Salomon

ijj. Kynges.

Jo, lij.

were there two hundred pōgranates in two rowes rounde about. And he sett up the pillers in the porch of the temple. And when he had set up the right piller, he called the name ther of * Jachin: and when he had set up the lefte piller, he called the name ther of * Boaz. And in the toppe of the pillers was a wozke of roses, and so was the workmanship of the pillers fynelched.

D

*Stedfalt-
nelle.
*Strenght.

And he made a molten lauatorie, tencubites wyde from brym to brym, rownde in compafe, and fyue cubites hye. And a string of thirtype cubites dyd compafe it about, and under the brym of it there were knoppes rounde about, ten in one cubete: and they compafled the lauatorie round aboute. And the knoppes were caſt wit, in two rowes, wher it was caſt. And it ſtode on twelue oren: of which iij. loked toward þ north. iij. toward þ west, thre toward þ South, thre toward the Eart, ad the lauatorie ſtode vp them, & all their hinderpartes were inward. It was an hād breaθeth thicke, & the brym wrought lyke the brym of a cup w flowres of lyues. And it ſtayed two thouland & Bates.

And he made ten ſokettes of brasse, foure cubytes long and foure cubites brode a pece, and thre cubites hye. And þ wozke of þ ſokettes was on this maner: They had lydes, ad the lydes were betwene the ledges. And on the lydes that were be twene the ledges, were lyons, oren and Cherubs. And little wile vp þ ledges þ were a bone: & beneth the lyons and oren, were certayne addictpōs made of thynne wozke. And under euery ſoket were foure braven wheles, and bozes of brasse. And in þ foure corners therof, were under letters (under the lauatorie) caſt, eche ouer agapynſt his fellow.

E

And the kafke of the lauatorie was in the myddle of it, * (where it is ſene on the out lyde) one cubit hye, and a cubite and an halfe rounde, and in the heygth of it were grauen wozkes, whose lides were made foure squarē, & not rounde. And under the lydes were foure wheles, and the areltrees iopned caſt to the bottome. And þ heigth of euery whele was a cubite and an halke. And the wozck-maſchipe of the wheles was lyke the wozcke of a charet whele. And the areltrees, the nauelles, pokes and chafkes were all moulten. And there were foure under letters i þ foure corners of one ſockett: & þ under letters were of the verpe bottome lelke.

And in the heygth of the botome was there a rounde copalle of halke a cubite hye: and in that heigth of the botome, there pzeadeaded both ledges & lydes out of the same: Ko in the bordes of the ledges & on the lides he had grauen pictures of Cherubins, lyons & palmetrees, one by another rounde about. Thus made he þ ten ſokettes after this ma

cr: And they had all one kaffion of caſt yng: one meaſure, ad one ſyſe. Then made he ten lauers of brasse, one lauer ſtaying fourtype Bathes: & one lauer was foure cubites, and vpō euery one of the ten ſokettes he put one lauer. And he put fyue of those ſokettes on þ right ſyde of the house, and other fyue on the left: And he sett þ lauatorie on the right ſyde of the house Eartwarde and towarde the South.

f

And Hiram made pottes, chouelles & basens, & so finifhed all the wozcke þ he made kynge Salomon for the house of the Lord: þ is to ſaye, two pillers & two rounde heed pices þ were to be lett on the toppes of þ two pillers, ad foure hundred pomegranates for þ two nett wozkes, (euen two rowes of pōgranates in one nett wozke) to couer þ two heed pices þ were to be lett on þ toppes of þ pillers: And the ten ſokettes, & ten lauers on þ ſokettes. The lauatorie, & twelue or ſvnder it: & pottes, chouelles ad basens. And all these vesseles which Hiram made to kynge Salomon for the house of the Lord, were of hyghe brasse. In the playne of Jordan dyd the kynge caſt them: euen in the thick claye betwene Socoh & Zarthan. And Salomon left all the vesseles unwaped, because they were lo excreading manie, neyther kouſd they out the weight of the brasse.

G

And so Salomō made all þ vesseles þ pertapned unto þ house of the Lord: the golden aultare, & þ golden table, wheron the chow bred was: And fyue cadellſtixes, for þ right ſyde, ad fyue for the left, befoze the querr, of pure goulde: w flowres, lápes, & knoffers of goulde: & boulles, flatt peces, baſos, ſpones & masours of pure golde: & hyndges made he of gould both for the dozes of the queer (the place most holpe) and for the dozes of the těple alſo.

And so was ended all the wozke þ kynge Salomon made for the house of the Loſde. And * Salomō brought in þ things which David his father had dedicated: euen the ſpuler, gould & vesseles, & laſed the vp among the treaſures of the house of the Loſde.

*J. para. III.

The viij. Chapter.

The Arcke is borne in to the temple. A cloude kpleth the temple. The temple is bleſſed.

Hen * Salomō greather together the elders of Israel, all the heddes of the trybes, (a them that were captaynes among the fathers of the childre of Israel) unto hyn in

Jerusalem, that they myghe brynge up the Arcke of the appointmeſt of the Loſd * out of the cypie of David, which is Sion. And all the men of Israel allembled unto kynge Salomon to the feaſt that kalleth in the moneth & Ethanim, which is the ſeventh moneth. And all the elders of Israel were come

A

*J. para. B.

*J. Reg. vii.

G Iij

The quene

ijj, Kynges.

Fo.liii.

Ikore hundred weight of golde, and brought it to kyng Salomon.

C The.x.Chapter.

C The Quene of Saba comneth to heare the wylde
DOM of Salomō, whole royalte is here defrebed.

a
* Mat.rij.d.
jj.Para.ix.a.

Ad the * quene of Saba hea-
ring the fame of Salomon (cō-
cernyng the name of the Lord)
came to proue him w hard que-
stios. And the came to Jerusale
with a very greate trayne: with Camelles
that bare swete odoures, and goulde ercea-
dyng moch, ad precioule stones. And the ca-
me to Salomon, and comuned with hym of
all that was in her hert. And Salomon de-
clared vnto her all her queſtios, so that there
was not one thyng hydd frō þ kyngne, which
he expounded not vnto her.

And the quene of Saba cōlpzdred all Sa-
lomōs wildome, and the houle that he had
buplded, and the meate of his table, þ þ
ſytypnge of his ſeruauntes, the order of his
mynifters, and their apparell, his drypnck, þ
his burnſaſtifyces þ he offered in the houle
of the Lord, and he was aftōnied. And the
ſayd vnto the kyng, It was a true woode þ
J harde in myne awne lande of thy ſayen-
ges, ad of thy wildome. Howbeit I beleeued
it not, till I came, and ſaw it w myne eyes.
And beholde, þ one halfe was not tolde me:
for thy wildome and p[]roſperite excreadeth þ
kame which I harde of the. Happy are thy
men: and happe ye are these thy ſeruauntes,
which ſtande euer before the, and heare thy
wildome. Blessed be þ Lord thy God, which
looned the, to ſett the on the ſeate of Israel,
because the Lo[]de loued Israel for euer, and
made þ kyng, to do equite & rightwisſelle.

And the gaue the kynge ſire ſkone hun-
dred weight of golde, and of swete odoures
erceeding moche, ad precioule stones. There
came nomore ſoche abounDAuuce of swete
odoures, as þ quene of Saba gaue to kyng
Salomon. The nauie also of the * chippes
of Hiram (that carried goulde from Ophir)
brought lykewife great plentye of & Al-
muge tre and precioule stones. And þ kyngne
made of þ Almuge trees, pillers for þ houle
of the Lo[]de and for the kynge's palace, and
made harpes and palteryes for ſyngers.
There came no moare such Almuge trees,
no[]r were anye moare ſene vnto this dave.
And kyng Salomō gaue vnto þ Quene of
Saba accordinge to all her delyre whatfoe-
uer the asked: belydes that he gaue her of a
fre wyll with his awne hand. And so the re-
turned vnto her awne countrie: both the, &
her ſeruauntes.

The weyght of gold that came to Sa-
lomon in one pere, was lyre hundred thre
ſcore and lyre talentes of goulde, belydes
that he had of chapmen and of merchaun-

tes and of Potycaryes, and of all the kyn-
ges of Arabye, and of the Lords of the
countreye. And kyng Salomon made two
hundred boukeler's of beaten golde, fire hu-
dred ſycles of golde went to a boukeler.
And he made thre hundred thildes of beaten
golde, thre poʊd of golde went to one thilde,
and the kyng put them in the * house of the
wood of Libanon.

And the king made a great ſeate of yue-
rpe, and couered it with the beſt golde. And
the ſeate had ſixe ſkeppes. And the toſpe of
the ſeate was toode behinde, and there were
pomelles on ether ſyde on þ place of þ ſeate,
and two Lyons ſtode belyde the pomelles.
And there ſtode. rij. Lyons on the ſkeppes,
vy. on a ſyde. Ther was none lyke (wozhe)
ſene in any kyngdome. * And all kyng Salomōs drinckyng vellelles were of gold, ad lykewife all the vellelles of the houle of the wood of Libanon were of pure golde. And as for ſyluer, it was nothypng woth in the dayes of Salomon. For the kynge nauie of chippes went on the ſee vnto That þ slys with the nauie of Hirams chippes: euen onle in thre yere wet the nauie to Tharhis, and brought golde and ſyluer. Elephātes tethc, apes and peckes. * And ko kyngge Salomō excreaded all the kynge's of þ erthe both in richelles wildome. And all þ world reſorted to Salomō, to heare his wildome, which God had put in his hert. And brought hym euery man his p[]roſent, vellelles of ſyluer and vellels of golde, rayment, barneſſe, and swete odoures, and hozſles and Hules, p[]ere bp yere. And Salomon geathered together charettes and hozſemen: and he had a thousand and iii. hundred charettes, and xii. thousand hozſemen, whom he beſlowed in the charett cytes, and wyth the kyng at Jerusalem.

* And the kynge made ſyluer in Jerusala-
lem as plenteous as kones, and Cedar as
plenteouse as þ wylde figg trees that grow
abouſauntly in þ keldes. The bringing
of hozſes also out of Egypte: and the colle-
ctioſ of the wares: did the kynge marchaü-
tes take agayne, ſolde the ſtuff for a p[]rice.
A charet came vp out of Egipte for vi. hun-
dred ſicles of filuer: þ is, one hozſle for an
hundred and fiktye. And euen so for all the
kynge's of the Herthites and for the kynge's
of Sira, dyd they bryng them out, tho[]row
their hands.

C The.xi.Chapter.

C Salomon hath ſeuen hundred quences and the hund-
dred Concuppnes, which bryng him to Jodolrye. His
aduerſaryes redell againſt him. He delyrth.

C
*iii. Reg. ix. a.

Rut kyng * Salomon loued many
outlandiche wemé; and the daugh-
ter of Dharao; and wemen of the
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomi-
tes,

A
*iii. reg. iii. a.

Rehoboam

ij, Kynges.

Jo.lv.

xiii. reg. xii. c.
Plal. cxxxvii. b

dementes and my ſtatutes. * But I will take the kyng dome out of his ſonnes hand, and will geue vnto the, euë ten trybdes of it: and vnto his ſonne will I geue one trybde, y David my ſeruaunt mape haue a lyght all- wape before me in Jeruſale, the citye which I haue choſe me, to put my name there. And I will take the, ad thou chalt raygne accor- ding to all that thy ſoule deſyeth, chalt be kyring ouer Israel. And pk thou herken vnto all that I commaunde the, and wylt walke in my wayes & do that is ryght in my light, that thou kepe my ſtatutes and my comuani- dementes (as David my ſeruaunt did) then will I be with the, and bylde the a ſure houſe y shall contynew, as I wylt for my ſeruaunt David, and will geue Israel vnto the. And therwith will I dexe the ſeede of David, but not for euër.

Salomon sought therfore to kyll Jero-
boam, and Jeroboam arose, and fled into
Egypte vnto Sifak kyrng of Egypte, and
ccontinued there in Egypte untill the death of
Salomon. The reſt of the words that cor-
cerne Salomon, and all that he dyd, and his
wyſdome: are they not wypitten in the boke
of the words of Salomon: The tyme that
Salomon raygned in Jeruſale vpon all Iſ-
rael, was fourtye pere. And Salomo ſlepte
and he lapd hym with his fathers, and was
burved in the citye of David his father, and
Rehoboam his ſonne raygned in his ſteade.

C The. xij. Chapter.

C The kyngdome is deuypdev: Rehoboãs raygneth
ouer, iiij. trybdes, ad Jeroboam ouer, r. Aburam is to-
ned. Jeroboam maketh golden cules.

A
*H. Pata. x. a.

And * Rehoboam went to Sichem: for all Israel were come to Sichem, to make him kyrng. And Jeroboã the ſonne of Abat (which was yet in Egypte)

xii. reg. xii. g.

beard of it for he fleed to Egypte fro þe pze-
lence of kyrng Salomon, and dwelt in Egy-
pte. So they lent and called him: and Jero-
boam and all the congregacion of Israel ca-
me, and spake vnto Rehoboam, ſapeng: thy
father made oures: poucke greuouſe, now
therfore, make thou the greuouſe ſeruice of
thy father and his ſore poucke which he put
upon vs, lyghtter, and we will ſerve þ. And
he ſayde vnto them: depart yet for the ſpace
of theſe dayes, and then come agapne to me.
And the people departed.

And kynge Rehoboam toke councell with the olde ment that itode before Salomon his father, while he yet lyued, and ſayde: what councell geue ye, that I mape haue matter to anſwere this people: And they ſayde vnto hym: Jethou be a ſeruaunt vnto this people this dave, and folowe their myndes and anſwer them, and Ipeke kynde words to them: thep will be thep ſeruauntes for euër.

B

But he forſoke the councell that the olde me
had geuen him, and called vnto his councell
young me, that were growen vp with him,
and wayted on hym.

Aud he layde vnto them: what councell
gene ye, that we mape anſwere this people:
for they haue communed with me, ſapeng:
make the poucke whych the father dyd put
upon vs, lyghtter. And the youge men that
were growe vp with him, ſpake vnto him,
ſapeng: Thus chalt thou ſpeake vnto thys
people (that haue ſayde vnto the: thy father
made oure poucke heupe, but make thou it
vs lyghtter) Euë thus chalt thou ſaye vnto
them: ♦My little kynge chalbe waygyhtier,
the my father was in the lopnes. And now
where as my father did lade you, put a gre
nouse poucke upon you, I will make it he-
uyer: my father also corrected you w scour-
ges, but I will chaſtſe you with ſcor-
pions. And lo: Jeroboam and all the people
came to Rehoboam the thyde dave, as the
kynge had apoſted, ſapeng: come to me a-
gayne the third dave. And the kinge anſwe-
red the people churlychly, and leſſe the olde
meſs councell (that they gaue him) and ſpake
to them after the councell of the younge me,
ſapeng. My father made youre poucke gre-
uouſe, and I will make it greuouſer: My
father also chaſtſed you with whippes, but
I will chaſtſe you with ſcorpions. And the
kynge herkened not vnto the people: for it
was the odzinaunce of God, that he myght
*perſorme his ſapég, which the Lord ſpake
by Ahiah the Silonite vnto Jeroboam the
ſonne of Aebat.

And lo, when all Israel saw, that y kyrng
regarded them not, the people anſwere d the
kyng with theſe words, ſapég: *what poz-
tion haue we in David: we haue no enheri-
taunce in the ſonne of Iſai. *To youre ten-
tes, D Israel, now ſe to thine awne houſe
David. And so Israel departed vnto they-
tentes. Howbeit, ouer the children of Israel
which dwelt in the citie of Juda, did Reho-
boam raygne ſtill. Then kyrng Rehoboam
ſent Adura the receaucr of the tribute. And
all they of Israel ſoned hym to death. But
kyng Rehoboã made ſpede to gett hym vp
to his charet, and to ſlype to Jeruſalem. And
they of Israel rebelled agaynſt the houſe of
David, vnto this dave. And when all Iſ-
rael heard that Jeroboã was come agapne,
they ſent ad called hym vnto the multitude,
and made hym kynge ouer all Israel: and
there was no trybe that folowed the houſe
of David, but Juda only. * And whé Re-
hoboam was come to Jeruſalem, he geathe-
red all the houſe of Juda, wyth the trybe of
Ben Jamin an hundred ſ foure kroze thou-
ſande of choſen me (which were good war-
rypoures) to kyrng agaynſt the houſe of Iſ-
rael,

xij. Reg. xj. a.

xii. reg. xx. a.

xii. Pata. x. a.

E

xii. Pata. x. a.

## Jeroboam

## III, Kynges,

## Ala

*lII.eg.rvb.1.*

Who soever (of Jeroboam's house) dye in the towe, hym shall the dogges eate; ûd he that dieth in the felde, shall the fowles of the ayze eate: for ûd Lozd hath layde it. Up ther-koze and gett the to thyne house: Beholde, wha the kote entereth into the cytie, ûd childe shall dye. And all they of Israel shall mourne for hym, ûd burye hym: for ûd onely of Jeroboam, shall come to the tepulchre, because in hym there is founde goodnesse towarde the Lozte God of Israel in ûd house of Jeroboá.

D

O oreouer, the Lozte shall stere hym vp a kyng ouer Israel, which shall destrope the house of Jeroboam in that daye. But what is it now? For the Lozte shall smyte Israel, as wha a rede is thatke in the water and he shall wede Israel out of thys good lande (which he gaue to their fathers,) and shall skatter them beyounde the ryuer, because they haue made them groues, ûn-ored the Lord. And he shall gene Israel vp, because of the sypnes of Jeroboam, which dyd sypne, and made Israel to sypne.

And Jeroboams wyfe arose, and departed, and came to Thirzah, and whan the came to the threholde of the doze, the chylde was deed. And all Israel buryed hym, and lamented hym, according to the woorde of the Lozte which he spake by the hand of his feruaunt Abia the Drophete. And the reft of the wordes that concerne Jeroboá, how he warred, and how he raygned. Behold, they are wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel. And the dayes which Jeroboam raygned, were, xxii. yere. And wha he was laped allepe wyth his fathers, Na-dab his fonde raygned in his steade.

E

N

Rehoboam the fonde of Salomon raygned in Juda, ûd Rehoboam was, rli. yere olde when he beganne to raygne, and he raygned. xvii. yere in Jerusaleſt (the cytie whych the Lozte dyd chose out of all the trybes of Israel, to put his name there.) His mothers name was Naama an Ammonite. And Ju-da wrought wickednesſle in the ſyght of the Lozte, and angred him in moo thinges then their fathers dyd, in their sypnes, which they lynned. For they alio made the hyl aud-ters, Images, ûd groues on euerp hye hyl, and under euery thick tree. And there was a klues of male chyldren in the lande, and they did according to all the abhominacions of the nacions whych the Lozte cast out before the children of Israel. And it fortuned, that in the Kyſt yere of kyng Rehoboam: Sitack kynge of Egypte came vp agaynſt Jerusale-lem, ûd toke awaye the treaures of ûd house of the Lozte, ûd the treaures of the kyngeſ house, and ſpoled all that was to be bad. And he toke awaye the chyldes of golde, which Salomó had made. In whole steade kyng Rehoboam made hialen childes, and

G

*lII.Keg.x.5.*

committed them unto the hâdes of û kepinge of the captaynes of û garde, which wapted at the doze of the Kynges house. And whan the kyng went into the house of the Lozte, they of the garde bare them, ûd brought the agayne into the garde chambre.

The reſt of the wordes that concerne Re-hoboam, and all û he did, are they not wryt-ten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kyn-ges of Juda: And there was warre betwene Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their lyues. And Rehoboam klept with his fathers, ûd was buried befyde his fathers in the cytie of Dauid. His mothers name was Na-a-ma an Ammonite. And Abiam his fonde raygned in his steade.

### C The. x. v. Chapter.

Chwiched Abiam rapguth ouer Juda, ûd rightwes Al: lucteth in hys rollme. The battell betwene Alas: ûs Jala, Jehofaphat lucteth Alas. Jabad luc-eth Daeth Jeroboam. Baſa hyllesb Abad.

At the. x. viii. yere of kyng *J-roboba the fonde of Habat, ray-gned Abiam ouer Juda. Thre-yere raygned he in Jerusaleſt, û-hys mothers name was Haa-cha the daughter of Abitalom. And he wal-ked in all the sypnes of his father, which he had done before hym, and hys hert was not perfect with the Lozd his God * as the hert of Dauid his father. Neuertheleſse for Da-uids ſake did the Lozte his God gene hym a lyght in Jerusaleſt, û he lett vp * his fonde after hym, and to kablilthe Jerusaleſt: Be-caufe Dauid did that which was right in û-kyght of the Lozd, and turned from nothing that he commaſded hym all the dayes of his lyfe, * ſaue onely in the matter of I'tias the Hethite. And there was warre betwene Re-hoboam and Jeroboab as longe as he lyued. The reſt of the wordes that concerne Abia, and all that he dyd, are they not wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kyngeſ of Juda: And ther was warre betwene Abia and Jeroboam. And Abiam klept with his fathers, and theye buryed hym in the cytie of Dauid. And Alas hys fonde raygned in hys steade.

*lII.reg.iii.c.1.*

*lII.reg.xii.1.*

*lII.par.xiii.1.*

*lII.reg.xiii.5.*

* In the. rx. yere of Jeroboam kynge of Israel, raigned Alas ouer Juda. rli. yere raygned he in Jerusaleſt, ûd his mothers name was Waacha, the daughter of Abitalom. And Alas did that ſemed right in the eyes of the Lozte, as dyd Dauid his father. * And he toke awaye the whoze kepers out of the lande, and put awaye all the abhominable Idoles û hys fathers had made. And he put downe * Waacha û his mother from be-rypge rule, because he had made ymages in grones. And Alas deſtroyed her ymages, ûd burnt them by the boke Cedron. But the hillaulters were not put downe. Neuer-theleſſe Alas herte was perfecte û the Lord all

Afa

iii. Kynges.

Jo. lvii.

all his dapes. He brought in þ holy vessels of his father, ( þ þ he had dedicat) vnto þ house of the Lord: golde Æ lyluer, Æ jewelles. And there was warre betwene Afa and Baafa kyng of Israel all their dapes.

*ii. par. cbi. a

* And Baafa kyng of Israel, went vp
agaynft Juda, Æ buylt Rama, so þ he wolde
let none go out oz in, to Afa kynge of Juda.
Then Afa toke all the lyluer Æ goulde, that
D was lefte in the treasures of the houle of the
Lord, Æd the treasures of the kynges houle,
and delyuered them vnto the händes of hys
feruauntes, Æ Afa sent them to * Behadad
the sonne of Tabrimon the sonne of Hexion
kyng of Síria, ( that dwelt at Damasco, )
layeng: there is a bonde betwene me Æd the,
betwene my father and thy father. And be-
holde, I haue sent vnto the a preſent of lyl-
uer Æ golde þ thou come Æ hreake the bonde þ
thou hait þ Baafa kyng of Israel, that he
mape departe from me. So Benhadad her-
kened vnto kynk Afa, and ſent the captayn-
nes of the hóles (which he had) agaynſt the
cities of Israel, Æ smote Hion, Æ Dá, Æ Abel,
Beth Maacah, Æ all the region of Ceneroth
withall the lande of Nephtali. And when
Baafa heard ther of, he leſte buyldig of Ra-
ma Æ dwelt in Thirza. Then hing Afa made
a proclamacyo thotowout all Juda, þ none
thuld be executed. And to they toke the kones
of Ramah Æ the tymber ( wher with Baafa
had buylde d, ) Æ kynk Afa buylt with them
the hill of Ben Jamin and Mizpa.

*H.ii. reg. xx. a

E

The remnaunt of all the words that co-
cerne Afa, and all hys myght and all that
he did, and the cryptes which he buylde d, are
they not wyptten in the boke of the chzont-
cles of the kynges of Juda: Neuer theleſſe in
his olde age he was diſeale d in his fete. And
Aſa ſlepte with his fath ers, Æd was buried
besyde his fath ers in the citye of Daud hys
father. And *Jehoſaphat his ſone raygned
in his kteade. And Nada b the ſonne of Je-
roboam beganne to raygne upon Israel the
ſeconde pere of Aſa kynge of Juda, Æ rayg-
gned vp o Israel tw o yere. And he dyd euell
in the lyght of the Lo zde, walking in the
wave of hys father and in hys lynne wher-
with he made Israel lynne. And Baafa the
ſonne of Abia ( whych was of the houſe of
Jlachar) cſpired agaynſt him, and Baafa
ſmote him at Gibbethon which is a crypte of
the Philibines: ſo Aada b all Israel layed
ſeage to Gibbethon. Euen in the thirde yere
of Aſa kynge of Juda, did Baafa slaye him,
and raygned in his kteade. * And it forſtuned
that whan he was kynk, he ſnot all þ houſe
of Jeroboam, Æd leſte h ym naught that diſ-
θed, vntill he had put h ym cleane out, ac-
cording vnto the layeng of the Lord, which
he ſpake by his ſeruaüſt Abia the Selonite:
because of the lypnes of Jeroboá wherwith

*ii. par. cbi. a
Mat. j. b.

G

*H.ii. xe. cbi. a

he lypned and made Israel ſynne, whan he
with his pronoucaion angred the Lord God
of Israel.

The rest of þ words þ concerne Nada b,
æd all þ he did, are they not wypttē in þ boke
of the chzonicles of þ kynges of Israel? And
there was warre betwene Aſa and Baafa
kyng of Israel all their dapes.

Soin the third pere of Aſa kynge of Ju-
da, began Baafa þ ſone of Abia to raygne
ouer all Israel in Thirza. xxiii. yere. And he
did þ which is euell in the lyght of the Lo zde,
walk yng in the wave of Jeroboam, Æ in his
lynne, which made Israel to lynne.

C The. xvi. Chapter.

Clehu prophetheth agaynſt Baafa, whô Afa lue-
cedeth, zimri kylleth his maſter Aſa, Æd deſtoreth
the houſe of Baafa. Ahab ſuccedeth Amri, and ta-
keth to wpeke wypked Jesabel.

hen þ words of the Lo zd came
a to Jehu the ſonne of Hanani a-
gaynſt Baafa, layeng: ſo as
moche as I exalted the out of
the duſt, Æd made the captayne
ouer my people Israel, Æ thou

hast walked in the waye of Jeroboam, and
hast made my people Israel to lynne, to an-\ gere me with their lypnes: Beholde, I wyl
roote out the poſterite of Baafa, Æ the poſte-
rite of his houſe, Æ will make his houſe lyke
the houſe of Jeroboam the ſonne of Nebat.
* That man of Baafa which dyeth in þ ci-
tie, him shall the dogges eate: and that man
of him which dieth in the keldes, shall þ kou-
les of the apre eate.

*H.ii. reg. cbi. a
and, xxii. f.

The rest of þ words þ cœerne Baafa, Æ þ
what he did, Æ his power, are they not witt-
ten in þ boke of þ chzonicles of the kinges of
Israel? And so Baafa ſlepte Æ his fath ers,
æ was buried in Thirza. And Ela his ſonne
traigned in his ſteade. And by the hâde of the
pzophete Jehu the ſonne of Hanani, came þ
words of the Lo zde agaynſt Baafa, and a-
gaynſt his houſe, Æ agaynſt all the wypked-
neſſe that he dyd in the lyght of the Lord (in
angering him Æ the worke of his awne hâ-
des) that he chulde helpke the houſe of Jero-
boam, and * because he kylled h ym.
*(that is to ſay Jehu the ſonne of Hanani the prophete.)

The. xxvi. yere of Aſa kynk of Juda be-
ganne Ela þ ſonne of Baafa to raygne ouer
Israel in Thirza, two yere. And his ſeruaüſt
zimri (which was captapne of halke his cha-
rettes ) cſpired agaynſt h ym, as he was
in Thirza dypnckynge: and was droncken
in the houſe of Arza ktuard of hys houſe in
Thirza. And zimri came, and ſmote h ym,
and kylled h ym in the. xxvii. yere of Aſa
kynge of Juda, and raygned in hys kteade.
And it forſtuned that whan he was kynge
* æd ſatt on his ſeate, he ſlue all the houſe of
Baafa, not leaupng therof, one to a pſile a-
gaynſt a wall: Yee, he ſlue his kynſtolkes Æ

D

*Ero. xi. b.
I. Reg. ii. b.

ſtendeg,

Elia

iii. Kynges.

Jo. lviii.

do as thou haſt ſayde: but make me ther of
a lyttle cake ſyſt of all, & hyng it unto me:
ad after warde make ſoſ the and thy ſonne.
For thus ſayth the Loſde God of Israel: the
meale in the barell shall not be waſſed ne-
ther shall the oyle in the cruse be mynſhed,
untill the Loſde haue ſent rayne upon the
erthe. And the went, and did as Elia ſayde.
And the and he ad her house did eate a good
ſpace, & the meale waſſed not out of the ba-
tell, neither was the ople ſpent out of ſcrue
according to the word of the Loſde, which
he ſpake by the hande of Elia.

And after thele thynges, it happened,
that the ſonne of the wyſte of the house ſell
ſicke. And hys ſicknesle was so ſoſ, ſy there
was no breath left in him. And the ſayd un-
to Elia: what haue I to do with the, D yman
of God: art thou come unto me, to call my
ſynne agayne to remembraunce, to ſlaye my
ſonne: he ſayd unto her: geue me thy ſonne.
And he toke him out of her lappe, ad carped
him vp into a loſte where he abode, ſayde hi
vp of his awne bedd, ſe called unto the Lord,
and ſayd: D Loſd my God, haſt ſpunſhed
allo this wedowe (with whom I dwell as
a kräger) & haſt ſayne her ſonne:.* And he
ſtretched hym ſelke upon the childe thze ſp-
mes, ſe called unto the Loſde, and ſayde: D
Loſd my God, let this childeſ ſoule come in-
to him agayne. And the Loſd heard ſ voyce
of Elia, and the ſoule of the childe came into
him agayne, & he reuyped. And Elia toke ſy
bope, and brought hym downe out of ſ châ-
bze into the house, and delyuered hym unto
his mother, & Elia ſayde: beholde, thy ſonne
lyueth. And the woman ſayde unto Elia:
now I know, that thou art a man of God,
ad ſ the word of the Loſd is in thy mouth,
is true.

C The. viij. Chapter.

ELia is ſent to Ahab. Dbadia (otherwise called
Adbia) hydde an hundred mothers. Elia kylleth all
Baal's prophetes; after warde obtayneth rayne.

a

Deute.vj.b James.b.c

After p[ro]ceſſe of many daſes
the word of the Loſde came
to Elia in ſ thi德 yere, ſayeg:
go then thy ſelke unto Ahab,
& *I will lende rayne vp of the
arth. And Elia went to then
him ſelke unto Ahab, & ther was a great fa-

myſement in Schomron. And Ahab called
Dbadia, whych was the gouerner of hys
house: & Dbadia keared God greatly: I ſor
when Jezaſell deſtroyed the p[ro]pheters of ſ
Loſde, he toke an hundred p[ro]pheters and hyd
the, ſyſtie men in one caue & ſyſtie in another,
& p[ro]vided hyd & water for the. And Ahab
ſayde unto Dbadia: Go into the lade, unto
all ſountaynes of water, & unto all b[iz]ones,
& p[ro]happlie we maye ſynde graſſe, to ſaue the
hoſſes ad the mules, & that we deſtroye not
some of the beaſtes. And so they deuyped the
lade betwene the, to walke thoſow it. A hab
went one waye by h[ym] ſelke, and Dbadia
went another waye by h[im] ſelke.

And it chaunced that as Dbadia was in
the waye, Elia mett hi. And Dbadia knew
him, & ſell on his face, & ſayde: art not ſy
loſde Elia: And he anſWERed him: I am he.
Go and tell thy loſde: beholde, Elia is here.
He ſayde: what haue I p[yn]ned, that ſy wol-
dest delyuer me into the h[ad] of Ahab, to l[ey]
me: As trulye as the Loſde thy God lyueth,
there is no naciō or k[yr]ng dome, whether my
loſde hath not ſent, to ſeke the. And when
they ſayd: he is not there, he tooke an othe of
the k[yr]ng dome & nacpon, whan he found the
not. And now thow ſaſſt: goo and tell thy
loſde, that Elia is here. And as ſone as I am
gone from the, the ſp[ete] of the Loſde shall
carie ſy in to ſome place that I do not knowe:
and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he
cannot ſynde the, he shall l[ey] me. But I
thy ſeruaunt keare the Loſd from my youth
up. Was it not tole me my loſde, what I dyd,
when Jezaſell ſlu[e] the p[ro]pheters of ſy Loſd
how I hydde an hundred men of the loſdes
p[ro]pheters, ſyſtie men in one caue and ſiſtye
in another, and p[ro]p[u]d[ed] them of bleed and
water. And now thou ſaſſt, goo ſy now ad
they thy loſde. Beholde, Elia is here, that he
maye l[ey] me?

And Elia ſayde: as truly as the Loſd of
Hoſſes lyueth, before whom I stande, I
w[yl]l then my ſelke unto h[ym] this daye. So
Dbadia went to mete Ahab, and to l[de] him.
And Ahab went to mete Elia. And it fortu-
ned that when Ahab ſawe Elia, he ſayd un-
to him: art thou that trouſeth I r[ael]: he
anſWERed: it is not I that haue trouſed I-
rae], but thou, and thy fath[ers] h[ouſe], in that
ye haue forſaken the commaundementes of
the Loſde, & thou haſt ſolowed Baal. Now
therfor[ze] ſende and geather to me all I r[ael
unto mount Carmel, and the p[ro]pheters of
Baal * ſoure hundred and ſiſtye, & the p[ro]
pheters of the groues ſoure hundred, which
eate of Jezaſels table. So Ahab ſent unto
all the children of I r[ael], & geathered ſy p[ro]
pheters together unto mount Carmel.

And Elia came unto all the people, and
ſayde: how long halte ye betwene two opp-


H ii mons?

B

C

Deut. xiii. reg. xiii. 4

D

Eli and

ijj,kynges,

Baals prophetes

B

Xero.
Mat. vii.

*Mo.

*Ecc.

*Jud. vi. a.
Eccle. xiii. a
J. Maca. x. c. 6.
G

A

nions. If the Loode be God, kolowe hym: but yf Baal be he, then go after hym. And yf people anfwered hym not one woode. Then layde Elia vnto the people agayne: I onelp a prophete of the Loode: But Baals pro-phetes are foure hundred and fyktie. Let thef þerfore geneue vs two oxen, ſ let them chose the one, ſ cut hym in peces, and laye hym on wodd, and put no fyze vnder. And I will dresſe the one ore, ſ laye hym on wood, and will put no fyze vnder. And call ye on þ name of youre God, ſ I will call on the name of the Loode. And then the God that anſwe-reth by fyze, let him be God.

E

f. 1. Reg. etc.

* And all the people anſwered ſayde: it is well spoken. And Elia layd vnto the pro-phetes of Baal: chose you an ore, and dresſe hym fyſt (for ye are many) and call on the name of þo goddes, but put no fyze undre. And they toke the one ore that he dyd gene them, ſ they dresſed it * as called on the name of Baal from mornyng to noone: layeg: D Baal heare vs. But there was no voyce noz one to anſwere. And they lepte vp þ aulter þ they had made. And at none it forſtuned, þ Elia mocked them, and layd: crie lowde, for

f. * Mat. vi. a.

he is a God: perauëture he is talkynge or occupyed (in following vp þ his enemies) or is in hys iourneye, or happely he flepeth, Æd muſt be awaked. And they cryed lowde, and cut the ſelues, as their maner was, with knypes Æd launcers, tyll the bloude followed on them. And it chaunced, þ when myddape was palled * they prophesied vntyll þ

If tyme of þ euening ſacrifice. But there was nether voyce ner one to Æſ were, ner any that regarded them.

f. 1. Reg. xiiiij. e.

And Elia layde vnto all the folke: come to me. And all þ people came to hym. And he repaid the aulter of the Loode, þ was hzoke. * And Elia toke xu. ſtones accorſdig to the nôbze of the. xii. trybes of the ſonnes of Jacob (unto who the woode of the Loode came, layeg. * Israel chalbe thy name. And who the ſones he made an aultare in the name of þ Loode. And he made a pitte roude about the aulter, * after the copasse of two pec-kes of lede. And he put the wood in order, Æ hewed the ore in peces, and layed him on the wodd, and layd: ſyll foure barels with wa-ter, and powre it on the burntſacrifyes on the wodd. And he layde: do so agayne. And they dyd so the ſecond tyme. And he layde a-gayne: do it the ſhyde tyme. And they did it the third tyme. And the water ranne roude about the aulter, Æd he ſpelled the pitte with water alfo.

f. Iosu. iii. b.

f. 2. Ios. etc.

And it forſtuned whé þ tyme came (whe-rin þ burntſacrifice of þ euening vsed to be offred) Elia the prophete came ſayd: Loode God of Abrahã, Isabac ſ of Israel, it chalbe knowe this dape, þ þart the God i Israel, ſ

þ I am thy ſeruaſt, ſ þ I have done all these things at thy còmaundemét. Heare me (D Lord) heare me, þ this people maye knowe, that þ art þ Loode God, ſ þ haſt turned their herte agayne now at þ laſt. * And the fire of the Lord fell, ſ cosumed þ burntſacrifye ſ þ wood, þ ſones ſ þ duſt, ſ licked vp þ water þ was in þ pitte. And whé all þ people saw it, they fell on their faces, ſ layd: þ Lord, he is God, þ Lord, he is God. And Elia layd vnto the: Take þ prophetes of Baal, ſ let not one of them elcape. And they toke the, and Elia brought the vnto þ hzooke Rison, ſ flue the there. And Elia layd vnto Ahab: gett þ vp, eate and drinck, for the is a ſoude of moche rapne. And so Ahab went vp to eate and to drinck, ſ Elia wét vp to þ toppe of Carmel. And he layed * hi lelfe flatt vp þ erth, ſ put his face betwene his knees, ſ layd to his ſeruaſt: go vp (I laye þ) ſ looke towarde the waye of the ſee. And he wét vp ſ loked, ſ layde: there is nothyng. And he layde: go a-gayne. vii. tymeſ. And it forſtuned, þ at þ ſeueth tyme he layd: behold, there ariletha little clowde of the ſee, like a mánes hande. He layde: go, ſ laye vnto Ahab, Make faſt thy charet, ſ gett the downe, þ the rapne stoppe the not. And it came to palle, þ in the meane while, þ heuë was blacke w clowdes ſ wide, ſ there was a great rapne. And Ahab gatt vp ſ came to Jezeel. And the had of þ Lord was on Elia, ſ he girded vp his lynnes, Æd râne before Ahab, ſyll he came to Jezeel.

C The. xir. Chapter.

TElia flying from Jesabel is nourished of the An-
gell of God, and is comnaſded to annoyte Ahab,
Jehu + Elizeus, whom the Hebrues call, Elia.

Ad Ahab tolde Jesabel, all þ a

A

Elia had done, and how he had
layne all the prophetes with þ
lwerde. Then Jesabel ſent a
meslenger vnto Elia, layenge:

* so ſo let the goddes do to me, þ I make not thy ſoule lyke one of theirs, by tomo-row this tyme. When he saw that, þ he a-role and wét for his lyke, and came to Beer-ſeba in Juda, ſ left his ſeruaunt there. But he hym ſelf went a dapes iournep into the wypderneſſe, and came and ſatt downe vn-der a Ginaper tree, and deſured for his ſoule, that he myght die, and layde, * it is now ynough (D Loode) take my ſoule, for I am not better then my fathers.

f. 3. Reg. etc.

f. 4. Iona. etc.

And as he laye and ſlepte vnder the Gi-
naper tree: beholde, an Angell touched him,
and layd vnto him: vp, and eate. And wha-
he loked aboute hym: beholde, there was a
loſſe of bzoled bzeade and a velleſt of wa-
ter at hys heed. And he dyd eate Æd drincke,
and layde hym downe agapne to ſlepe. And
the Angell of the Loode came agapne the ſe-
conde tyme, and touched him, and layd: vp,
and eate, for thou haſt yet a great iourneye.

And

B

f. 5.
Fili.

f. 6.

f. 7.

Benhadad

iii. Kynges.

I:o.lir.

xero.rrciii.b
Mat.iii.a

And he arose, and dyd eate and dryncke, and
walked in the streth of that meate * four-
tye dyapes & fourte nyghtes, euë vnto ho-
reb the mou't of God: K whan he came the-
ther into a cane, he lodged there in, all might.

And beholde, the word of the Lord came
to him & layde vnto hym: what doelt þ here
Elia: And he answered: I haue bene gelous
for the Loode God of Holles sake. Ko, the
children of Israel haue for sakè the couenâts,
& broken downe thyne aulters and slayne
thy prophètes with the swerde, and Jonlye
am lefte, and they seke my lyke to take it a-
waye. And he layd come out & stande vpon
the mount befoze the Lord. And beholde * þ

*Koma.r.a.*
*Ecl.vbii.a.*

the mount befoze the Lord. And beholde * þ
Loode went by ûd a mightie stronge wynde
that rent the mou'taynes & brake the rocks
befoze the Loode. But the Loode was not in
the wypnde. And after the wide came an erth
quake. But the Loode was not in the erthe
quake. And after the erthe quake, came fire:
but the Loode was not in the fyze. And after
the fyze, came a small kill voyce. And when
Elia heareth it, he couered his face with hys
mantle, & went out & stode in the entring in
of the cane. And beholde, there came a voyce
unto hi, & layde: what doelt thou here Elia?
And he answered: I haue bene geloule for þ
Loode God of Holles sake: because the chyl-
dren of Israel haue for taken thy couenaunt,
cast downe thyne aulters, & slayne thy pro-
phetes with the swerde, ûd Jonly am lefte,
& they seke my lyke to take it awaye. And þ
Loode layde vnto him: go & turne thy waye
to the wildernesse vnto Damasco, that thou
maye't annoynte * Hazael, kyng ouer Si-
ria. And + Jehu the sonne of Nimsi, chalt þ
annoynte kyng ouer Israel. And Elia the
sonne of Saphat of Abel Weholoh chalt þ
annoynte to be Prrophete in thy rowme.
And it shall come to palle that whooso eca-

*lxxx.rr.viii.b
lxxx.rr.eg.st.b.*

D

d peth the swerde of Hazael, hym chall Jehu
slaye: & þf any mä scape the swerde of Jehu,
hym shall Elise put to death. And thereto *I
haue lefte me seuen thousande in Israel, of
which neuer man bowed hys knees vnto
Baal, noz killed him with his mouthe.

*Koma.r.a.*

So he departed thêce, & founde Elia the
sone of Saphat plowwyng, & hauyng twelue
poche of oren before him, & he w the twelue.
And Elia wêt by him, & cast his mâtel vp
him. And he lefte the orè, & ranne after Elia
& layd: * let me I paze the, kylle my kather
& my mother, & then I will kolow þ. he layd
unto him: go backe agayne, for what is it, þ
I haue done to þ? And whâ he wêt backe a-
gayne fro him, he toke a couple of orè, & flue
them, and dzeffed the kieffe with the instru-
mentes of the oren, & gane vnto the people,
and they did eate. And then he arose, & went
after Elia, & mynifred vnto him.

*Luke.jr.g.*

C The.xx. Chapter.

The hylt and seconde tyme of Samaria was be-
leged of Benhadad kyng of Syria.

Ad Benhadad the kng of Si-
ria geathered all his hófte to-
gether, hauing. xxxii. kynges
with hym, and hózes & charet-
tes: & went vp ûd beseged Sa-
maria, & warred agaynst it. And he let me-
lengers to Ahab kyng of Israel into þ citie,
and layde vnto him: thus layth Benhadad:
Thy syluer and thy golde is myne, and the
fayleth of thy wyues, and of thy chylden be
myne. And the kng of Israel answered ûd
layde: my Loode kynge accordynge to thy
fayeng, I am thyne and all that I haue.

And whan the meillengers came agapne,
they layde: thus layth Behadad: I haue sent
unto the, layeg: Thou chalt delyuer me thy
syluer and thy golde, and thy wyues, ûd thy
children. I wyll therfore sende my seruaun-
tes vnto þ to morow this tyme: & thep shall
serche thyne houſe, and the houles of thy ser-
uauntes. And what ſouer is pleasaunt in
thyne eyes, they shall take it in their hâdes,
and hynge it awaye. Then the kyng of Ił-
rael ſent for all the elders of the lande, and
layde: take hede I paze you ſe, how thys
ſellow goeth about my pcheue. Ko, he ſent
unto me, for my wyues, for my children, for
my syluer & for my golde: I denyed hi not.
And all the elders & all the people layd: her-
ken not vnto him, nor consent.

Wherefore he layde vnto the meillengers
of Benhadad: tell my Loode the kynge, all
that thou dyddest send for to thy ſeruaunt
at the fyſt tyme, that I wyll do: but thys
thyng I maye not do. And the meillengers
departed, and brought anſwer agayne. And
Benhadad ſent vntohym agayne, ad layd:
and thus do the Gods vnto me, þf the duſt
of Samaria be ynough for all the people þ
folow me, to take euery man an handfull.
And the kynge of Israel answered, & layde:
tell him: let not him that putteth on his har-
nessle boſſe hym ſelke, as he that putteth it of.
And it for調uned, that whê Behadad hearede
that tydynges, as he was w þ kynge din-
kng with in the pauiłvons, he layde vnto
his ſeruauntes: put on þ harneſſe. And they
let them ſelues in araye agaynſt the citye.

And beholde there came a p[ro]phet vn-
to Ahab kynge of Israel, layeg: thus layth
the Lord. Halt thou tene all this great mul-
titude: beholde, I wyll delyuer it into thine
hande this dave, and thou chalt knowe, that
I am the Loode. And Ahab layd: By who?
he layde: thus layth the Lord: euen by the
ſeruauntes of the gouernoures of the the-
tes. He layd agayne: who shall orde the ba-
tayl: And he answered: thou. Then he nom-
bed the ſeruautes, the gouerners of the wi-
tes: and they were two hundred and. xxxii.

Hijj And

Ahab

IIJ.Kynges.

Jo.lxj.

And a certen man drewe a bow ignoza-
lye ad (by chaunce) smote the kynge of Israel
betwene the ribbes, and his harnelle. Wher-
foze he lapd unto þ dpuer of hys charrettes:
turne thy hand, and carpe me out of the hoff,
for Jam (dite) hurt. And the battell encrea-
sed that daye, & the kyng kode still his cha-
ret agaynst the Sirians, & dped at ene. And
the bloude ranne out of the wounde into the
myddes of þ charrett. And there went a pro-
clamacion thorow out the hofte aboute the
gopnge downe of the lonne, layinge: euery
mâ to his cryptie, & to his awne coustrepe. And
so the kynge of Israel dyed, and they came to
Samaria, and buried hym there. And one-
walhed the charet in the pole of Samarria
*and the dogges licked vp his bloude (and
harlottes walhed bp þ pole hyde) accoeding
unto the woode of the Lord which he spake.*

J

*.liij.reg.rr.1.f

The rest of þ words þ concerne Ahab Æ
all þ he did, & þ Juozie houle which he made,
& all the crypties that he buptded, are they not
written in the boke of the chronicles of the
kynges of Israel: And so Ahab slepte with
hys fathers, and Ahazia hys lonne raygned
in his steade.

* Jeholaphat the lonne of Asa beganne to raygne upon Juda in the fourth yere of Ahab kyng of Israel, and Jeholaphat was xxxv. yere olde when he beganne to raygne, & raygned. xx. v. yere in Jerufalem. His mothers name was Azuba the daughter of Silihi. And he walked in all the waves of Asa his father and bowed not therfrom: but dyd that which was ryght in the eyes of þ. Lord. Neuer theles, the hyllaulters were not taken out of the wape: for þ people offered & burnt incense yet, in the hyllaultares. And Jeholaphat made peace with the kyng of Israel.

G

*.liij.reg.rr.2.v.f.

* The rest of the words that concerne Jeholaphat, and the myght that he vsed, Æd how he warred, are they not written in the boke of the chronicles of the kynges of Ju-dæa: And the remnaunt of the slues of þ masles, which remapned in the dayes of his father, he put cleane out of þ läde. There was then no kyng made i Edò. And Jeholaphat made ten chippes in the se, to come thoraow Charlis to Ophir for golde, but they went not: for the chippes brake at ozion Ga-ber. Then layde Ahazia the lonne of Ahab vnto Jeholaphat: let my seruauites go with thy seruauentes in the chippes. But Jehola-phat wolde not. And Jeholaphat dyd slepe with hys fathers, and was buried with his father in the cryptie of David hys father: And Jebozan his lonne raygned in his steade.

Ahazia þ londe of Ahab begane to raig-
ne ouer Israel in Samaria, the seuententh
peare of Jeholaphat kyng of Juda, & reyg-
ned two peares ouer Israel. But he did euen
in the lyght of the Loode, and walked in the

wape of his father, & it the wape of his mo-
ther, Æd in the wape of Jeroboam the lonne
of Nebat, which made Israel to lynne. For
he ferued Baal, & woschipped him, and pro-
uoked the Lord God of Israel vnto wath,
according vnto all that his father had done.

The ende of the þrید boke of the kynges,
after the reconnige of the Latenickes
which the hebrues call the fyirt
boke of the kynges.

The fourth boke of
the kynges, akter the Latenickes: which
boke, & the þrید together, is but
one with þ Hebrues.

D

The fyirt Chapter.

The captaynes ouer fyype with their loubiates
are burnt with fype from heauen, by the praper of
Helia. Ahazia is repuoued of Helia, and dypt, & Je-
bozam his brother luccedeth him.

Ad Moab - did wic-
kedly agaynst Israel a
akter þ deeth of Ahab
And Ahazia fell tho-
row a latese widow
of hys upper châbze
þ he had i Samaria:
and while he was in
his lycknesse, he sent
mellengers, Æd layde
unto them: go and enquire of Beelzebub the
God of Ekrom, whether I shall reconer of
this my diseafe. But the Angell of the Lord
spake to Elia the Theſbite: Arpte, Æd go vp
agaynst the mellengers of the kynge of Sa-
maria & laye vnto them: Is there not a God
in Israel, that ye go to alke concell at Beth-
zebub the God of Ekrom: Wherfore, thus
layth the Loode: thou chalt not come downe
from the bed on which thou art gone vp, but
chalt die the death. And Elia departed.

And whan the mellengers turned backe
agayne vnto him, he layde vnto them: why
are ye now come agayne ? They anſwered
him: there came a mâ vp agaynst vs, & layd
unto vs: go & turne agayne vnto the kynge
that sent you, & laye vnto him: Thus layth
the Lord: Is there not a God in Israel, þ þ
ſendet to enquire of Beelzebub the God
of Ekro ? Therfore thou chalt not come do-
wne frô the bed on which thou art gone vp,
but chalt dye the death. And he layde vnto
them: what maner a mâ was that which ca-
me vp in your eade, & tolde you theſe wo-
des: And they anſwered hi: it was an hear-
ry man * and gyde with a gyde of lether
about his lopnes. And he layd: it is Elia the
Theſbite.

Then the king sent vnto him a captayne

h v

*Mat.lli.a

Jehu

iiiij. Kynges.

Jo.lrv.

The kyfte yere of Jehozam the sonne of Ahab kyng of Israel (Jehoſaphat being al-ſo kyng of Juda) Jehozam the ſonne of Je-hoſaphat, kypg of Juda, begâne to raygne.

*ij.pa.xxi.a

*xxii. yere olde was he, when he begâne to raygne, ſe he raygned. viii. yere in Jeruſalê. And he walked in the waye of the kings of Israel, as thep þ were of the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wyfe, Æd he dyd euell in þ light of the Loſde. And the Loſde wolde not deſtroye Juda, ſ þ because of David his ſeruaunt * as he prieſemed him to geue him all wape a light among his chil-dren.

*aif.reg.bif.c

C

* In thole dayes Edom dyd wickedly whan he was under the hand of Iuda: Joſ they made the Æ a kypg of their awne. So Je-hoſa went to zair, he Æd all his charettes ÿ him. And he role by night Æd smote the Edo-mites, which copaled him in, w þ captaynes of his charettes, ſ þ people fledd into their tentes. But Edom rebelled, ſo that he wold not be under the hande of Iuda vnto thys daye. And then Lobnah begâne to be diſſo-bedient, euen that ſame tyme.

*ij.reg.bii.c
ij.Jeg.xxi.g
iipara.xri.a

The reſt of þ words þ concerne Joſa Æ all þ dyd, are they not written in the boke of þ Chronicles of the kypnges of Iuda: And Joram reſted ÿ his fathers, Æd was buryed beſyde his fathers i the cytie of David. And * þ Ahabiahu hys ſonne raygned in hys ſteade. In the. ri. yere of Joram the ſonne of Ahab, kypg of Israel, dyd Ahabiahu þ ſon- ne of Jehoſa kypg of Iuda beginne to raig- ne. Two Æ twentic yere olde was Ahabiahu when he begâne to raygne, ſe he raygned one yere in Jeruſalem, ſ his mothers name was Athaliahu þ daugher of Omri kypg of I- rael. But he walked in þ waye of the houſe of Ahab: ſ dyd euell in the light of þ Loſde, euen as dyd the houſe of Ahab: Ko he was the ſonne in law of þ houſe of Ahab.

*iji.par.xxi.a

J

C
And he wêt ÿ Joram the ſonne of Ahab to warre agaynſt Hazael kypg of Sira, in Ramoth Gilead, and the Sirians wounded Joram. And * kypge Joram went bakc a-gayne, to be healed in Jezrahel of the woun-des which the Siriâs had geuê him at Ra-moth, when he fought agaynſt Hazael kypg of Sira. And Ahabiahu the ſonne of Jeho-tam kypg of Iuda went downe to ke Jor-a the ſonne of Ahab in Jezrahel, because he was lycke there.

*liiJ.reg.jr.c

C

### C The.ix. Chapter.

Jehu is made kypg c. Israel, and hylleth Jehozam the kypg theſof, and Ahabiahu otherwile called Ahabia-hu the kypge of Iuda alſo, Æ cauſeth Jezabel to be caſt downe oute of a window, Æ the dogges eath er

A

*liiJ.re.

And Elisa the prophet called one of the children of the pro-phetes, and ſayde vnto hym: * girde vp thy löynes, Æ take this boke of oyle in thine hâd,

and get the to Ramoth in Gilead. And whê þ cometh thither, loke wher is Jehu the ſonne of Jehoſaphat the ſonne of Nimſi, Æd go to him, and make him arple vp from amòg his beſethen, and carpe him to a ſecret chambre. Then take the boke of ople, and powre it on his heed, ſe ſaye: thus ſayth the Loſde: I haue anoynted the to be kypge ouer Israel. And then open the doze, Æd flee without anye ta-ryeng. And to the ſeruaunt of þ prophet gat him to Ramoth Gilead: and when he came in, beholde, the captaynes of the houſe were ſyttyng togeather. And he ſayde: I haue an errande to the D captayne. And Jehu ſayd: Unto which of all vs: he ſayd: to the D cap-ptayne. And he aroſe, and went in to the houſe.

And he powred the ople on his heed, and ſayde vnto him: thus ſayeth the Loſde God of Israel * I haue anoynted the to be kypg ouer the people of the Loſde, euen ouer I- rael. Thou chalt ſmpte þ houſe of Ahab thy matter, that I maye aduège the blond of my ſeruauntes the prophetes, and the bloude of all the ſeruauntes of the Loſde, of the hand of Jezabel (ko þ whole houſe of Ahab chalbe deſtroyed) and * I will deſtroye kro Ahab, euê him that maketh water agaynſt þ wall, and him that is pefoned Æd forſaken in I- rael: and I will make the houſe of Ahab ly-ke the houſe of Jeroboam the ſonne of N-e-bat, Æ like the houſe of Baafa the ſonne of Aha. And as ko Jezabel * the dogges shall eate her in the ſelde of Jezrahel, and there chalbe none to burpe her. And he opened the doze and fled.

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*liiJ.reg.jix.c

*liiJ.reg.xri.f

*liiJ.reg.jix.f

Jehu came out to the ſeruauntes of hys Loſde, and one ſayde vnto hym, is all well: Wherforz came thys mad kelowe to the * And he ſayd vnto them: ye know what ma-ner of man it is, and what hys commu-mcacyon is: They ſayde vnto hym agay-ne: it is not so, tell vs. He ſayde: thus and thus ſpake he to me, ſayng: Thus ſayth the Loſde: I haue anoynted the to be kypg ouer Israel. Then they * befyde the hozolo-gie hafked, and toke euery man his garmet, and put it vnder hym, and blew with trô-pettes, ſayenge: Jehu is kypge. And ko Jehu the ſonne of Jehoſaphat the ſonne of Nimſi confpited agaynſt Joram. Jo-ram kepte Ramoth Gilead, he and all I- rael because of Hazael kypg of Sira, and * kypge Joram returned to be healed in Jezrahel, of the woundes which the Siriâs had geuen hym, when he fought wyth Ha-zael kypg of Sira.

C

*liiJ.re.viij.g

And Jehu ſayd: If it be poure mpndes, then let no man departe Æd elapse out of the cytie, to goo Æ tell in Jezrahel. So Jehu gat up in to a charret, Æ went to Jezrael where Joram laye, Ahabiahu king of Iuda was

D

J

Jehu

iiiij. Kynges.

No. Ixvj.

C

And when it was dape, he went out, and stode, ſayd to all þ folke: ye be ryghteons, Behold, I cospited agapit my maſter, and flue him: But who flue all thele? Lerne here, þ there shall fall vnto the erthe nothing of þ word of the Lord, which he ſpake concerning þ house of Ahab: For the Lord bath brought to palle the things þ he ſpake by þ hand of his ſeruaunt * Elia. And lo Jehu flue all þ ſtemapned of the house of Ahab, in Jerazel, and all þ were greate w him, ſ his kynſolkes, ſ his pzeaſtes, lo þ he let nothing of hym remayne. And he aroſe, ſ departed, ad came to Samaria. And whā Jehu was in the waye to the house where the theperdes dyd were their thepe, he met w the bethzen of Ahabia-bukyng of Juda, ſayd: what are ye? They anſwered: the bethzen of Ahabia-bu are we, e god downe to falute the childezen of þ kyng of the quene. And he ſayde: take the alpue. Whō whan they had taken them alpue, they flue them at the well which was besyde the house where the thepe are chozen, euen. xlii. men, neither left the anpe of them.

D

*Jere.xvii.g

e.bij.f

C

And when he was departéd these, he met w Johonadab the ſone of * Rechab coming agapit him: And * he bleſſed him, ſayd to hym: is thpne hert ryght, as myne hert is true w thine: And Johonadab anſwered: yee that it is. * or þ it, be faith the then gyue me thine hand. And whā he had geue him his hād, he toke him up to hi into the charet, ſayd: come w me, ſe the zeale þ Ihaue for the Lord, and to they made him ride in his charet. And whō he came to Samaria, he flue all that remapned vnto Ahab i Samaria, tyl he had wppte him out, according to the ſaping of þ the Loſde which he ſpake to Elia.

E

*Jr. reg. xvii.g

And Jehu geathered all the people togeather, ſayd vnto the: * Ahab ſerved Baal a little: But Jehu shall ſerue hym more. Now therfore call vnto me all the Prophletes of Baal, all ſoch as ſerue him, ſ all his pzeaſtes ſ let none be lacking. For Ihaue a great laſcrifice to do to Baal: ad therfore, whoſoener is miffed, he shall not lyne. But Jehu dyd it for a loteltie, to þ intent þ he might deſtroye the ſeruautes of Baal. And Jehu ſayd: Proſtayme an holy cōuocaci foron Baal, ſ Jehu ſent vnto all Israel. And all the ſeruauntes of: Baal came, þ there was not a man leſte behinde that came not. And they came in to the house of Baal, ſ the house of Baal was full from one ende to another.

And he ſayd vnto him þ was the keyer of þ deſtrye, bring forſt garmes fo: all þ ſeruauntes of Baal. And he brought them out garments. And when Jehu went w Johonadab the ſonne of Rechab into the house of Baal, he ſayd vnto the ſeruauntes of Baal: ſeareth ſ loke, þ there be here with you none of the ſeruautes of the Lord, but the ſeruaunt

tes of Baal only. And when they went in to offer ſacrifice ſ burnt offeringes, Iehu appointed four ſkoze men without, ad ſayde: If any of the men who I haue brought under youre handes, eſcape, he that leteth him go, shall dye for him.

And it ſoſtuned, þ as ſone as he had made an ende of offering the burnt ſacrifice, Jehu ſayd to the me of warre, ſ to the captaynes: go in, ſ lep the, let none come out. And they imote them w the edge of the swerde. And þ men of warre ſ the captaynes caſt them out as wet vnto the cytie of the teple of Baal, ſ fet the ymages out of the temple of Baal, ſ burnt the. And they brake þ ymage of Baal, ſ brake the houſe of Baal, and made a drakſt houſe of it vnto this dape. And so Jehu deſtroyed Baal out of Israel. But fro the ſynes of Jeroboam the ſonne of Ahab (which made Israel to ſynne: Jehu departéd not, neathe ſro ſolowyping of them) * (neither ſaſtoke he) * the goldſe calues þ were in Bethel ą in Dā.

And the Loſde ſayde vnto Jehu: because þ haſt done right well, in bringing to palle, the thing þ is right in myne eyes, ſ haſt done vnto the houſe of Ahab accordig to all thinges þ are in myne hert, therfore shall * þ thychldzen vnto the fourth generacion, lyt on the feaſt of Israel. But Jehu cared not for this, to walke in the law of the Loſde God of Israel with all his hert: for he departéd not from the ſynnes of Jeroboā, which made Israel to ſynne.

* In those dayes the Lord begāne to cut Israel thozte * a Hazael ſmote the in all the coaſtes of Israel, from Jordan Ealtward: euen all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, the Rubentites ſ them þ were of Manaſſes, from Aroer vnto the ryuer of Arnon: euē Gilead ad Baſan. The rest of the wordes that conterne Jehu, ſ all þ he did, ſ all his powre, are they not written in þ boke of the Chronicles of the kypges of Israel: And Jehu ſlepte w his fathers, ſ they buried him in Samaria, ad Iehoahaz his ſonne raygned in his kread. And the tyme that Jehu rapgned upon Israel in Samaria, is. xx viii. peres.

*Jr. reg. xvii.g

G

*Jr. re. viii.g

### C The. xi. Chapter.

A Cathalia putreth to deeth all the hynares ſoundes except Iehoaz the ſonne of Dhozi ad: which is hidden and after her deeth is made kynge.

And Atbalia the mother of Ahabia-bu, when the law þ her ſon was deed, the aroſe, and deſtroyed all the kinges ſede. But Iehofaba the daugherſt of king Iozam, ſyſter of Ahabia-bu, toke Joas the ſonne of Ahabia-bu, ſ tale him from amog the kypges ſonnes that were ſlayne, and his nource with him, out of a ſleping chambre, and hydd hym from Athalia, that he was not ſlayne. And he was with her, hyd in the

Iu house

Azaria

ijj. Kynges.

Jo. Ixviiij.

Joas made kynge ouer Israel in Samaria, and rapgned, xli. yere, and wrought þ which was euell in þ spight of þ Lord: Neither tur ned he awaye fro all the spynnes of Jeroboā þ Sonne of Nebat which made Israel to spn ne. He restored the coaste of Israel from the enterying of Hemath unto the Sea of the wil derneſſe, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by þ had of his ſeruaut * Jona the Sonne of Amithei the prophete, whych was of Geth hepher. For the Loode ſawe how þ the afflicction of Israel was exceeding hyttee, i ſo moch that the preſoned ſ the forſtaken were at an ende. And there was none to helpe Israel. And þ Loode ſayd not, that * he wolde put out the name of Israel from under heauen, but hel ped them by the hand of Jeroboam the ſon ne of Joas.

*Jonas, i, a

*Iii. re. xiii. d
Dsee. i, c

The rest of the wordes þ concerne Jero-
boam, and all that he dyd, and his ſtrength,
which he executed in þ warres, & how he re-
forsaid Damalco ad Hemath to Juda in J-
rael, are not they written in the boke of the
Chronicles of þ kynges of Israel: And Je-
roboam ſlepte with his fathers, euen with
the kynges of Israel, and zacharia his ſon-
ne rapgned in his ſteade.

The. xv. Chapter.

Azaria the kynge of Juda becommeth a leper. De
Jotham. Sallum, Menahê, Pekahia, Ulliah, Jo-
tham and Ahaz.

A

A. pat. xxx.a

A the. xxvii. yere of Jeroboam
kyng of Israel, beganne Azaria
sonne of Amazia kyng of Juda
to raigne. Sirtene yere old was
he when he was made kynge, and
he rapgned. lii. yere in Jerusalem, ad his mo-
thers name was Jecholeiahu of Jerusalem.
And he dyd that which was right i the fight
of the Lord, according to all thinges as did
his father Amaziah: faue þ the hyllaulters
were not put awaye: for the people offered
and burned incense ſyll on the hyllaulters.
And the Loode ſmote the kynge, and he was
a leper vnto the daye of his derh, * ad dwelt
in a ſenerall house at libertye, & Jotham the
kynges ſonne gourned the palace, and iud-
ged the people of the lande. The rest of the
wordes þ concerne Azaria & all þ he dyd, are
they not written in the boke of þ Chronicles
of the kinges of Juda: And to Azaria ſlepte
with his fathers, and they buryed him with
his fathers in the cryptie of David, and Jotha
his ſonne rapgned in his ſteade.

B

*Leuit. xiii. a
b, c, d

In the. xxxviii. yere of Azaria kynge of
Juda, dyd zacharia the ſonne of Jeroboam
tapgne upon Israel in Samaria, ſyre mo-
neethes, and wrought that which was euell
in the ſyght of the Loode, as did his fathers,
and turned not awaye fro the spynnes of Je-
roboam the ſöne of Nebat, which made J-
rael to spynne. And Sallum the ſonne of Ja-

bes conspired against him, and smote him in
the ſyght of the people, and kylled him, and
rapgned in his ſteade.

The rest of the wordes that concerne za-
charia, behold, they are written in the boke of
the Chronicles of the kinges of Israel. This
is allo the word of the Lord which he spake
unto Jelu, laying: * thy ſonnes shall be ſon
the leate of Israel in the fourth generacion
after the. And it came to palle.

C

A. reg. x. a

Sallum the ſonne of Jabes beganne to
raygne the. xxxix. yeare of Azaria kynge of
Juda, & herapgned a moneth in Samaria.
For Menahem the ſonne of Gadi went vp
from Thirza ad came to Samaria, and smote
Sallum þ Sonne of Jabes in Samaria, and
flue him, & rapgned in his ſteade. The rest of
the wordes þ concerne Sallum, & the treason
which he conspired, behold, they are written
in the boke of the Chronicles of the kynges of
Israel. The fame tyme Menahem deſtroped
Thiphlah, & all þ were therein, ad the coaſtes
therof, from Therzabi. And (because they ope
ned not to hym) he smote it, and crypte vp all
theit wemen with childe.

D

The. xxxix. yere of Azaria kynge of Juda began Menahê the ſonne of Gadi to raigne upon Israel ten yeare in Samaria. And he dyd euell in the ſyght of the Lord, ad tur ned not awaye (all his daves) from the spynne of Jeroboā the ſonne of Nebat, which made Israel to spynne. And Phul þ kynge of Aſuria came upon þ land. And Menahê gaue Phul a thouſand talents of Hyſuer, that his hand might be w him ad kablethe the kyngdome in his hande. And Menahem made a p[ro]cla maſion for the monep in Israel, þ all men of kubkaunce, thulde geue the kynge of Aſuria fyſtie ſycles of ſiluer a yece. And to the kynge of Aſuria turned backe agayne, and taryped not there in the lande.

The rest of þ wordes þ concerne Menahê, & all þ he dyd, are they not written in þ boke of þ chronicles of the kynges of Israel: And Menahê ſlepte w his fathers, & Pekahia his ſöne did (i his ſtead) ſuccede hi in þ kigdom.

E

In the kyſtyth yere of Azaria kynge of
Juda, beganne Pekahia the ſonne of Re-
nahem to rapgne ouer Israel in Samaria
two yere, and dyd that whych was euell in
the ſyght of the Lord, ſekte not of from the
spynnes of Jeroboā þ ſonne of Nebat, which
made Israel spynne. But Pekah the ſonne of
Remaliabu (which was a captayne of his)
conspired against him, & smote him in Sa-
maria, euè in the palaye of þ kynges houſe
with Argob & Aria: ad with him were kiftie
men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and
rapgned in his rowme. The rest of the wor-
des that concerne Pekahia & all þ he dyd, be-
holde, they are written in þ boke of the Chro-
nicles of the kynges of Israel.

F

In the
Jujj

Hezekia

iii, Kynges,

Hezekia

not the lawe of the God of the lande, ther-
fore he hath sent lyons upon them: and be-
holde thep slape the, because they know not
the maner of the God of the lande.

Then the kyng of Allyria commaüded,
sayenge: carpe thether one of the Preaftes,
whom ye hrought thence, and let him go, òd
dwell there, and teache them the fallò how
to lere þ God of the contre ye. And then one
of the Preaftes which they had caried the
came, and dwelt in Bethel, òd taught them
how they chulde feare the Loode. Howbeit
euer nacion made the Gods of their awne
òd put them in the houes of the Hilaulters
[J] which the Samaritâs had made, every na-
cyon in their cyties wherin they dwelt. The
men of Babylò made Socoth Benoth:
and the men of Cuth made Nergal: and the
men of Hamath made Aluma. The Auites
made Nibbaz, and Charthak. And the Se-
pharuites burnt thep chyldren in ky for
Adnamelech Æ Inamelech, the Gods of Se-
pharuaim. And so thep feared the Loode, òd
made them Preaftes of þ Hilaulters, which
sacrificed for them in the houes of the
Hilaulters. And so thep feared the Loode, and
served their awne Gods after the maner of
the people, whom they caried thence.

And unto this daye they do after the olde
maner: òd nether feare God, nether do after
[J] their awne ordinaunces and cultomes,
and after the lawe & cömaundement which
the Loode cömaunded the chylde of Jacob,
* whom he called Israel: And þ Lozd made
an appoyntment wyth them, and charged
them, sayeng: * feare none other Goddes,
noz bow pour selues to them, noz lere the,
noz sacrifyce to them: but feare the Loode
which hrought you out of the land of Egipt
with great powre and a stretched out arme:
hym feare, and to hym bowe, and to hym
do sacrifice. The statutes, ordinaüces, lawe
and commaundement whych he wrote for
you, le that ye be diliget to do for enemoe,
òd feare not any other goddes. And the ap-
poynment that I haue made wyth you, le
pe forget not, and feare none other goddes:
but the Loode youre God ye shall feare, and
he shall delyuer you out of the handes of all
youre enempes. Howbeit, thep dyp not her-
ken, but dyp after thep olde cultome. And
so theſe nacyons feared the Loode, òd ſerved
their pimages alſo: lyke as dyp they chyl-
dren and thep chyldens chyldren. Euen
as dyp they fathers, so do they vnto this
daye.

C The.xviii.Chapter.

CHezekia kynge of Juda putther downe the
braſen ſerpent, and deſtrepeth the Jolles. Sal-
manafar bringeth Israel to the Alprians. The
blaphemp of Sennacherib o[ Sanherib.

A the thyrde pere of Hovea ſonne
of Ela kynge of Israel it came to
pale, that Hezekia the ſonne of
Abaß kynge of Juda dydraigne.

* Twétye ſ fyue yere olde was

A

*ii. pa. xxix. a

*Deut. vii. a,
iii. reg. xii. b

* Num. xxiv. c

B

he, when he begane to raygne, and raygned
xxix. pere in Jeruſalem. Hys mothers name
alſo was A bi the daughte[er of] zacharia, and
he dyd that which is right in the fight of the
Lord, according to all, as dyd David his fa-
ther. * He put awaye the hylaulters, & b[ake
the] pimages, and cut downe the groues, and
all to b[ake] the * braſen ſerpent that H[]oſes
had made. K[]oz vnto thole dayes the chylde
of Israel dyd burne sacrifice to it, and he cal-
led it * M[]ehustan. He trusted in the Loode
God of Israel, so that after hym was none
lyke him among all the kynpes of Juda, ne-
ther were there anye ſoch beſoze hym. K[]oz
he clauë to the Lozd, and departed not from
hym, but kept his cömaundementes, which
the Loode cömaunded H[]oſes. And þ Loode
was wyth hym: so that he p[]roſpered in all
thinges which he toke in hand. And he rebel-
led agaynſt the kyng of Allyria, and ſerved
hym not. He imote the Philiftines euen vn-
to Aza and the coastes therof, & both ca-
ſels (where they kepte watches) and stroſe
cytpes.

*iiiij. re. xviij. a

C

* And in þ fourth peare of kyng Hezekia,
(which was the ſeventh peare of Hovea ſone
of Ela kyng of Israel) it forſtuned, þ Sal-
manezar kynge of Al[]ſpria came vp agaynſt
Samaria, & beſegedit. And after the p[]eres
they toke it euë in the ſixte p[]ere of Hezekia:
that is to ſape, the n[]y nth p[]ere of Hovea king
of Israel. And Samaria was wonne. And
the kynge of Al[]ſpria, dyd carpe awaye J[]a-
rael vnto Al[]ſpria, and put them in H[]alah
and in H[]abo: by the ryuer of Gozan, and in
the cyties of the Medes: because they wolde
not herken vnto the voyce of the Loode their
God. But transgressed his appoyntment, &
all þ H[]oſes the ſeruaunt of the Loode com-
maüded, & wold neither heare the noz do the.

* Therfore in the . viii. p[]ere of kynge Hezekia dyd Sennacherib kynge of Al[]ſpria come up agaynſt all the stronge cytpes of Juda, and toke them. And Hezekia kynge of Juda ſent to the kynge of Al[]ſpria to La- chis, layeg: I haue offended: de parte fro me, and

*ii. pa. xxi.
Ela. xxxi. a
Ezek. xlviii.

Hezekia

iiiij. Kynges

Jo. lxxi.

wor shipping Nifroch his God, Adzamelech
and Sarefat his owne Sonnes smote him vs
the Swerde. And they escaped into the lande
of Armenia, & Aharhaddon his Sonne rayg-
ned in his keade.

### C The. xx. Chapter.

Hezekia is lycke, & recaueth the lygne of his health.
He receaeth rewardes of Benobach, & is recauethed
of Jlay becaufe he chewed hym the treasurc. He dpeeth
and Manafled his Sonne raygneth in his keade.

A
*ii. pa. xrrii.f.
Esa. xrrbii.f.

o+

Boute that tymc was Heze-
kiay spcke vnto the death. And
the prophete Jlay the Sonne of
Amoz came to him, and layde
unto hi: Thus layth þ Lordc:
+ put thyne houshollde in an
ordre, for thou chalt die, and not lyue. And
Hezekia turned his face to þ wall, & prayed
unto the Loode, layeng: I theke the now,
D Lord, remembre how I haue walked be-
foze the in trueth and with a perfecte herte, &
haue done that which is good in thy lyght,
and Hezekia wepte loze.

And it for tuned that + afoze Jlay was
gone out into þ myddle of þ courte, þ worde
of þ Lord came to hi, layeng: turne agayne,
and tell Hezekia the captayne of my people:
Thus layth the Lord God of David thy fa-
ther: I haue herd thy prayer, & sene thy tea-
tres. And beholde, I will haale the, so that on
the third dave þ chalt go up into the houfe
of þ Lord. And I will adde unto thy dayes
pet fyktene peare, and will delyuer the & this
cytie out of the hand of the kynge of Assy-
ria, & wyll defende this citie for myne awne
fale, & for David my feruauntes fale. And
Jlay layde. Take a lompe of fygges. And
they toke & layed it on þ loze, & he recouered.

kecle. rvbii.f

o+

*ccii. rvbii.f.

C

*Esa. xrrii.f.

And Hezekia layd vnto Jlay: what chalbe
the ligne, that the Loode wyll heale me, and
that I chall go up into þ houfe of the Loode
the third dave: Jlay answered: thys ligne
chalt thou haue of the Loode, that the Loode
will do that he hath spoken + chall þ chadow
go forwarde the degrees, or go backe agayne
ten degrees: Hezekia answered: it is a lyght
thinge for the chadow to go downe ten de-
grees. *(neither is that my defie.) but if the
chadow go backewarde ten degrees, it is no
lyght thynge. And Jlay the prophete called
unto the Loode, & he bought þ chadow ten
degrees backwarde by whych it had gone
downe, in the dyall of Ahas.

* The fame ceason Berodach Baladan
the Sonne of Baladan kynge of Babiló lent
letters & a pre sent vnto Hezekia, for he had
heard, how that hezekia was licke. And he-
zekia was glad of them, and chewed the all
his treasurc house: syluer, golde, odoures,
preciouſe opntmente, all the houſe of his ar-
morye, & all that was found in his treasurc:
there was nothinge in his houſe, & in all his
realme, that hezekia chewed them not.

And Jlay the prophete came vnto kynge D
Hezekia, & layd vnto him: What layed these
men, and from whéce came they to the: And
Hezekia layd: they be come from a farre coun-
tree, eué from Babilon. And he layd agayne:
what haue they sene in thy houſe: Hezekia
answered: all þ things that are in my houſe
haue they sene: there is nothynge amight my
treasurc, that I haue not chewed the. And
Jlay layde vnto Hezekia: heare the worde
of the Loode: Beholde, the dayes come, that
all that is in thyne houſe, & whatsoeuer thy
fathers haue layd up in loze vnto this dave
* chalbe carried to Babilon, and nothynge
chalbe leſte layth the Loode. And of thy lon-
nes (that chall proceede out of the, & whych
thou chalt begette) chall they take awaye, &
they chalbe chambrelaynes in the palace of
the kynge of Babiló. And Hezekia layd vn-
to Jlay: wellcome be the worde of the Lord
which thou haſt spoken: And he layde: chall
ther not be peace & truthe in my dayes?

ciii. re. crrii.f
and. reu.b,
Jere. ee.b.

The remnaunt of the wordes that con-
cerne Hezekia, & all his power, and how he
made a pole and a conduyte, and brought
water into the cytie, are they not written in
the boke of the Chronicles of the kringes of
Juda? * And Hezekia slept with his fathurs,
& Manafled hiss Sonne raygned in his
keade.

* ii. pa. xrrii.f
‡ Mat. h.a.

### C The. xxi. Chapter.

Chycked Manafled restoeth agayne the Jolles &
after dyeth, in whole keade Amon hys Sonne luce-
deth, whych is called of hys abone feruauntez: Af-
ter hym tapgath chayfull Jolfa, whom we use to
call Jolfas, or Joljahu.

A

Anasse * was twelue pere olde,
when he beganne to raygne and
raygned fyktie and fyue pere in
Jerusale: his mothers name also
was Hephziba. And he dyd euell
in the fight of the Loode, eué after the abho-
minacions of the Hethen whom the * Lozd
cast out afoze the children of Israel. For he
went and buylt vp the bilaulcers, * whych
Hezekia hys father had destroyed: And he
teared vp aulters for Baal, & made groues
(as dyd A hab kynge of Israel,) & ad wor shipping
all the Hoste of heauen, & served them.
And he built aulters in the houſe of þ Lord,
of whych the Loode layde: * in Jerusale
will I put my name. And he buylt alters for
all the Hoft of heauen, euen in two courtes
of the houſe of the Loode. * And he offered
his Sonne in fyze, and gaue hede vnto witch-
crafte and forcery, and mayntened workers
with fyretes, & tellers of fortunes: & brought
moche wypkednesſe in the lyght of the Lozd
to angre him.

*ii. pa. xrrii.f

*Deu. rvbii.d

*ciii. cc. rvbii.f

And he put an ymage of a groue (that he
had made) euen in the temple, of whych the
Loode had layde to David & to Salomon
his Sonne, * in thys houſe and in Jerusale
(which

*cii. reg. vii.f
iii. reg. ix.b.

*Leu. cc. v.b.
Deue rvbii.d
iii. Reg. xvii.f


*ciii. reg. ix.a

(which

Manasse

iii, Kynges,

Jolia

( whych I haue chosen out of all trybES of
Israel ) wyll I put my name for euER. Ne-
ther will I make the fete of Israel moue any
moare out of the lande, which I gaue their
fathers: to that they wyll obferne and do all
that I haue commaunded them, and acco-
dyng to all the law that my Serauaut Woles
commaunded them. But they herkened not:
and Manasse ledd them out of the waye, to
do moore wickedly then dyd þe hethen peo-
ple, whom the LoRD dekroyed before the
children of Israel.

And the LoRD spake by hys Serauantaes
the p[ro]phetes, layeg: because Manasse king
of Juda hath done loche abhominacions, þ
hath wrought moze wyckedly then all þ
the Amorites (which were befoze him) did:
& bath made Juda lynne also with his Ido-
les: thefize thus layth the LoRD God of
Israel. * Beholde, I will bringe loche euell
C up[ō] Jerusalem and Juda, that who so hea-
reth of it both his eares (all tyngle. And I
will stretch ouer Jerusaleſ & the squaryng
lynne of Samaria, and the plommeth of the
house of Ahab. And I will wyppe out Jeru-
salem, as a mā wipeth a diſhe, and whene
hath he wpped it, turneth it uplyde downe.
And I will leaue the remnaunt of myne en-
heritaunce, and delyuer them into the hande
of their enemies, and they (albe robbed &
ſpoyled of all their aduerſaries: euē becaufe
they haue done euell in my ſyght, & haue an-
geed me, ſence the tyme their fathers came
out of Egipte vnto this daye.

And Manasse thedd innocent bloud ex-
ceadyng moch, tyll he replenſhed Jerusale-
lem from corner to corner, belyde his lynne
wher wyth he made Juda to lynne, &d to do
euell in the ſygh of the Lo[rd].

D

The rest of the words þ concerne Ma-
nasse, and all that he did, and his lynne that
he lynned, are they not wrytten in the boke
of the chronicles of þ kynges of Juda: And
Manasse ſlepte wyth his fathers, and was
buryed in his awne house, euē in þ garde of
U[za]: & Amō his ſone raygned in his ſteade.

* Amon was. xxxii. yeare olde whé he be-
ganne for aygne, and he raygned two yeare
in Jerusale[m]. His mothers name alſo was
Wesulemeth the daugh[ter] of Haruſ of Jot-
ba. And he did euell in the ſight of the Lo[rd],
(as his fath[er] Manasse did, ) and walked in
all the waye þ his fath[er] walked in: ſerved
the ydoles þ his fath[er] ſerved, & worſtippéd
the. And he forſoke the Lo[rd] God of hys fa-
thers, & walked not in the waye of the Lo[rd].

And the ſeruauntes of Amon conspired
agaynſt hym, and flue the kyng in his awne
house. And the people of the lande flue all
them þ had conspired agaynſt kyng Amon,
and the people made Jolſia his ſonne kynge,
in his ſteade. The rest of the words þ con-

cerne Amon, what thinges he dyd, are they
not wrytten in the boke of the chronicles of
the kynges of Juda: And they buried hym
in his ſepulchre, in the garden of U[za]: & Jo-
sia his ſonne raygned in his ſteade.

C The. xxii. Chapter.

After Jolif h heard of the boke of the lawe that
was ſonſe in the temple, he kendeth to Oldah the
prophetille for councell.

D[ia] was *, viii. p[ere] olde whé
he beganne to raygne, and he
raygned. xxxi. p[ere] in Jeruſa-
lem. H[ys] mothers name alſo
was I[ed]ida þ daughter of I-
daia of Bozca[th]. He did that which is right

A
*ffpa. xxxiii.a

in the ſygh of the Lo[rd], & walked in all the
wapes of David his fath[er], & bowed nether
to the right hande or to the leſte.

* And it came to palle, that in the. xviii.
peare of the raygne of Kyng Jolſia, þ kyng
ſent Saphan the ſonne of Azalia the ſonne
of I[ed]ula[ſ the]e, to the house of þ Lo[rd],
ſayenge: * go vp to Helkia the bye P[re]aſt,
that he maye ſonne the ſyluer whych is
brought into the house of the Lo[rd], whych
the kepers of the poſche haue geathered of þ
people, and let them delyuer it into the hāde
of the that do the woz[ek], and that haue the
ouerſygh of the house of the Lo[rd]: and let
them geue it to the that woz[ek] in the house
of the Lo[rd], (to repa[re] the decayed places
of the temple,) euen vnto carpenters & ma-
ſons, and for[ō] to bye tymbe and free ſtone to
repayre the tép[le]. Howbeit, let no rekenyng
be made with them of the monpe that is de-
lyuered into their hande, for[ō] their uſe is to
deale faithfully.

A
*ffpa. xxxiii.b

* llii. re. xlii.b

B

* And Helkia þ bye p[re]ſte layd vnto Sa-
phan the ſcribe: & I haue ſonſe the boke
of the lawe in the house of the Lo[rd], and
Helkia gaue the boke to Saphan, and hered
in it. And Saphan the ſcribe came to the
kyng, and brought him wo[de] agayne, and
layde: thy ſeruauntes haue bellowed þ mo-
nep (that was ſonſe in the temple) & haue
delyuered it vnto them that do the woz[ek], &
that haue the ouerſygh of the house of the
Lo[rd]. And Saphan the ſcribe thew[ed] the
kyinge, ſayenge: Helkia the p[re]aſt hath dely-
uered me a boke. And Saphan red in it be-
fore the kynge.

A
*ffpa. xxxiii.c

D

And it for[oun]ted, þ whā þ kyng had heard
þ words of the boke of the lawe, he rent his
clothes. And the kyng commaunded Helkia
the p[re]aſt, and Abikam the ſonne of Sa-
phan, and A[ch]bo[the] ſonne of Michaia, &d
Saphan, the ſcribe, and A[sa]hia a ſeruaunt
of the kynges, ſayenge: * gove and enq[u]y[e]
of the Lo[rd] for[ō] me and for[ō] the people, and
for[ō] all Juda, c[œ]curnyng the words of this
boke that is ſonſe. For[ō] great is the wra[th]
of the Lo[rd] that is kendled agaynſt vs., be-
caufe

C

A

*Jere.xiii.a.

*ffpa. xxxiii.d

A
*Jere. xxxi.a

A

A

Jolia

iiiij, Kynges

Fo.lxxij.

cause oure fathers haue not herkened vnto
þ words of this boke, to do according vn-
to all that which is written therin for vs.

So Helkia the hye preaſt and Abikam,
Achboz, and Saphan, and Alahia wët vn-
to Hulda the p[ro]phetiſſe the wyſe of Sulla-
the ſonne of Thikua the ſonne of Harham
keper of the wardzope: whych p[ro]phetiſſe
dwelt in Jeruſalem in the ☞ house of the
doCTRine, and they communed with her. And
the anſwered the: thus ſayth the Lord God
of Israel. Tell the man that ſent you to me:
thus ſayth the Lord: beholde, I will b[ry]nge
euell upon this place, and on the inhabiſters
therof: (euſ all þ words of the boke which
the kynge of Juda bath red) because they
haue for[ſaken me,] haue burnt incense vn-
to other Gods, to angre me with all þ wor-
bes of the[ſ] hands: By what alſo chal[be]
kypdled agaynſt thys place, and chall not
be quenched.

But to the kynge of Juda ( whych ſent
p[ou]t to alſe councell of the Lord,) ſo chall ye
ſaye: thus ſayth the Lo[rd]e God of Israel,
as touchyngc the words whych ye haue
heard: Because thyne hert dyd melt, Æd be-
cauſe thou haſt humbled thy ſelke before me
the Lo[rd], whc thou heardest what I spake
agaynſt this place, and agaynſt the inhabi-
ters of the ſame (how that they huld be de-
ſtroyed and acuſed:) and haſt rent thy clo-
thes and wep[te] before me: of that alſo haue
I heare, ſayth the Lo[rd]. Beholde therfore,
I will receane the vnto thy fathers, ſ chou
thalt be put into thy graue in peace, ſ thyne
eyes chall not ſe all the euell, which I will
b[inge] upon this place. And they brought þ
kyng worde agayne.

C The.xxiii.Chapter.

C Jolſa readeth Deuteronomie before the people. He
puteth downe the Joollies, after he had kylled the p[re]
ates therof. He keveth paſouer. He was plied in Ma-
gedo, & his ſonne Iehoaz raygneth in his ſteade. After
he was taken, his ſonne Iehoakim was made kynk.

a
*ij.p[.a]cc[.r]iii.a

Ad then * the kynge ſent, and
there gathered vnto him all þ
elders of Juda and of Jer-
uſalem. And the kynge went vp
into the house of the Lo[rd], w
all the men of Juda and all þ
enhabituures of Jeruſalem, with the p[re]
ates, and p[ro]pheteſes and all the people both
ſmall and greate. And he red in the eares of
them * all the words of the boke of the co-
uenaunt, which was found in the house of þ
Lo[rd]. And the kynge k[ode] by a pyller * and
made a couenaunt before the Lo[rd], þ they
huld walke after the Lo[rd], and kepe hys
commuandementes, his witneſſes, and hys
ſtatutes with all their herte, all their loule,
and make good the words of the ſayde ap-
pointment that were w[ry]tten in the ko-
ſayde boke. And all the people consented

*ij.####d.viii.a

*Jol.xxiij.*

to the appo[nt]ment.

And the kynge commaunded Helkia the
hye p[re]aſſe, and the inferioure p[re]aſſes and
the kepers of the ornamentes, to b[ry]ng out
of the temple of the Lo[rd], all the vellelles
that were made for Baal, for the groves, and
for all the Hoſſe of heaué. And he burnt the
without Jeruſalem in the ſeldes of Cedzon,
and caried the alſhes of them into Bethel.
And he put downe ☞ the m[yn]ſters of
Baal, whom the kynge of Juda had kou-
ded, to burne incense in the * hilaulters and
cityes of Juda, that were round about Je-
ruſalem, and alſo the that burnt incense vn-
to Baal, to the ſonne, to the mone, to þ pla-
netes, and to all the Hoſſe of heauen. And he
b[rought] out the grove from the temple of þ
Lo[rd]e w[þ]thout Jeruſalem vnto the h[ro]ke
Cedzon, and burnt it there at the h[ro]ke Ce-
dzon, and ſtampe it to p[oul]de, and ☞ caſt
the duſſe therof upon the graues of the chil-
dren of the people. And he b[ra]ke downe the
celles of the male ſtues that were by the
house of the Lo[rd], where the wemen woue
hanginges for the grove.

B

C

D

C
D

*Jere.viii.d*

Add he brought all the p[re]ſtes out of the
cities of Juda, and deſiled the hilaulters,
where the p[re]ſtes had burnt inc[è]le: eu[n]frò
Geba to Beer[se]ba, Æd deſtroyed the aulters
of the Gates, that were in the enterynge of
the gate of Jofua the gouernoure of þ cytie,
which were (as a man goeth in) on the leſte
hande of the gate of the citie. Neuertheſſe
the p[re]ſtes of the hilaultares came not vp
to the auiter of the Lo[rd]e in Jeruſalem, ſaue
on[ly]e they dpd eate of the ſwete b[ra]ade a-
monge their b[re]thzen.

And he deſkyld ☞ * Topheth, which is
in the valeye of the children of Hinnom, be-
cauſe no man thulde offer hys ſonne or hys
daughter in ſp[ie] to H[olech]: he put downe
* the horſes that the k[ings] of Israel had
geuen to the ſonne at the enterynge in of the
house of the Lo[rd], by the chambre of Na-
th[an]mech the ch[ab]erlayne which was ru-
ler of the suburbs, Ad burnt the charettes
of the ſonne w[þ]th ſp[ie]. And the aulters that
were on the to[p]pe of the parloure of A[ha]
(which the k[yn]ges of Juda had made) and
the * aulters which Manasse had made in þ
two courtes of the house of the Lo[rd], did þ
kyng b[ra]ke downe, Æd ranne thence, and caſt
the duſſ of them into the b[ro]ke Cedzon.

*[iij.]reg.rr.a*

And the hilaulters that were before Je-
ruſalem on the right h[ad] of the m[ou]te Dli-
uite * (which Salomon the kynge of Israel
had builded for A[lar]oth the J[d]oll of the 3i-
dons, and for Chamos the J[d]oll of the Mo-
abites, and for Wilchom the J[d]oll of þ chil[d]en
of Ammon) thate the kynge ☞ deſkyld: and
b[ra]ke the p[ym]ages, and cut downe the groves,
and kylled their places with the bones of men.

*[iij.]reg.rj.d.*

D

M[or]eouer

Jolia

*lxxx.re.xiii.a*

D

*lxxx.eg.xlii.a*

Moreover * the aulter that was at Be-
thel, the hylaulter made by Jeroboam the
lonne of Rabat (which made Israel synne)
bothe the aulter and also the hyll, he brake
downe and burnt the hill alter and stampte
it to powder, and burnt the groue. And as
Jolia turned hym selfe, he spied the graues
that were in the moat, and lent and kett the
bones out of the graues, and burnt the vpò
the aulter, to polute it, according to þ wordes
of the Lòrde that the man of God rozclay-
med * which tolde the same wordes.

Then he sayd: what graue stone is you-
der that I se ? And the men of the crypte tolde
hym, it is the sepulchre of the man of God,
whych came from Juda, and tolde the selfe
fame thynges that thou hast done to þ aul-
ter of Bethel. And he sayde let hym be: se
that no man moue his bones. And lo his bo-
nes were saued with the bones of a prophete
that came out of Samaria.

And in all the houses of the bilaulters in
the cyties of Samaria whych the kynge of
Israel had made, to angre * (the Lòrde) wyth
all: thole Jolia put out of the waye, and did
to them according to all þ actes that he had
done in Bethel. And he sacrifced all þ prea-
lites of þ bilaulters that were there ene upon
the aulters, and burnt mennes bones upon
them, and returned to Jerusalem.

And the kynge commaunded all the peo-
ple, sayng: * kepe the craft of paßouer un-
to the Lòrde youre God Æs it is written in
the boke of thys couenaunt. * There was
no Paßouer holden lyke that, from þ dayes
of the iudges that tudged Israel, and in all
the dayes of the kynge of Israel and of the
kynges of Juda. In the. xviii. yere of kyng
Jolia was this Paßouer holden to þ Lòrde
in Jerusalem.

And therto, workers with spretes, Æ soth-
layers, ymages, ydoles, and all the abhomi-
nacions that were lpyed in the lande of Ju-
da and in Jerusale, those dyp Jolia put out
of the waye, to perfourme the wordes of the
lawe, which were wrytten in the boke, that
Helkia the prealle founde in the house of the
Lòrde: lyke unto him was there no kyng be-
foze hym, that turned to the Lòrde wyth all
his herte, with all his soule Æ all hys might,
according to all the lawe of Holes, nether
akter hym aroſe there any loche as he.

Notwithstandyng the Lòrde turned not
frò þ fearcenesſe of his great wath (whe-
with he was angrie agaynſt Juda) because
of all the prouocacions that Manasse had
prouoked hym withall. And the Lòrde sayd:
* I wyll put Juda alio, out of my ſight, as
I haue done awaye Israel, and wyll caſt of
thys cryptic Jerusalem whych I haue cholen,
and the house of whych I sayde: my name
chalbe there.

*lxxx.pa.ettv.a*

iii. Ebb. I. a.

† Deut. xiv. a.

*lxxx. Edd. a.*

*lxxxii.re.xxiii.a*

iiiij. Kynges,

Jolia

M

The rest of the wordes that concerne Jo-
fia and all that he did, are they not wrytten
in the boke of the Chronicles of the kynge
of Juda ?

* In his dayes Pharao ☞ Necho king of Egipt went upagaynſt the kynge of Aſſyria to the rpuer of Euphrates. And kynge Jolia went agaynſt hym, and was slayne of hym at Magiddo, when he had sene him. And his fernauntes carried hym deed from Magiddo, and brought him to Jerusaleſt and buried hym in hys awne sepulchre. And the people of the lande toke ☞ Jehoahaz the ſonne of Jolia, and anopnted hym, ſ made hym kyng in his fathers steade.

D

*lxxx.par.xxv.b*

D

Jehoahaz was, xiii. yere olde when he
beganne to raygne, and raygned thæ mone-
thes in Jerusaleſm. Hys mothers name also
was Hamiel þ daughter of Jeremia of Lib-
na. And he dyp euell in the lyght of þ Lòrd,
according to all thynges as his fathers had
done. And Pharao Necho put hym in bon-
des at Ribla in the lâde of Hamath, that he
thulde not raygne in Jerusaleſm, and put the
lande to a trybute of an hundzed talentes of
ſyluer and a talent of golde. And Pharao
Necho made Eliakim the ſonne of Jolia
kyng, in the rowne of Jolia hys father, and
turned his name to Jehoakim, and toke Je-
hoahaz awaye, whych when he came to
Egypte, dyed there.

And Jehoakim gaue þ ſyluer & the golde
to Pharao: and tared the lande, to gene the
monepe according to the request of Pharao:
requyring of euery man (according to their
abylite) ſyluer and goulde: euen of the peo-
ple of the lâde, to gene vnto Pharao Necho.
Jehoakim was. xx. v. yere olde when he be-
ganne to raygne, and he ragued a. xi. yere
in Jerusaleſm. Hys mothers name also was
zebuda the daughter of Pedala of Ruma.
And he did that which was euell in þ lyght
of the Lòrd, according to all thynges as his
fathers had done.

C The.xxiii.Chapter.

Jehoakim dieth, Jerusaleſm is beleged of the Bab-
lonians. Jehoakim peldeth hym ſelke to the lyng of Ba-
tilon. And in hys cowme cam Mathanſah, Æwhich was
called zedekiah.

N hys dayes came Habucho-
donozor kynge of Babilon vp,
and Jehoakim became hys fer-
uaunt the yere, and then tur-
ned, and rebelled agaynſt hym.

A

And þ Lòrd sent upon him ☞ mè of warre
from amonge the Caldeys, from among the
Siriãs, out of the Moabites, and from the
chydzen of Ammon: and sent them agaynſt
Juda, to destroye it, according to the ſayeg
of the Lòrde, which he spak by his fernaun-
tes the prôphetes. Only, at the hyddynge of
the Lòrde happened it to Juda, to put the
out of his lyght, for the lypnes of Manasse,
according

*M.
Jere.

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*H*

*Hil.
Ela.*

*Dout.
Jere.*

*Hil.
Jere.*

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Nebuchadnezar

iii. Kynges.

Jo. lxxiii.

according to all that he did: and for the innocent blonde that he led, and killed Jerusalem with innocent blonde: and the Lozde wolde not be recongled.

The rest of the words *poccerne Jehoakim and all that he did, are they not wrytten in the boke of *pichonycles of the kynges of Juda: And so Jehoakim flepte with his fathers, ad *Jehoachin hys sonne raygned in his steade. And the kynge of Egypt came no more out of his läde. for the kynge of Babilo had take (from *pieruer of Egypte vnto *pieruer of Euphaties) all *pieraynted to *pierger of Egypte. Jehoachin was. xviii. yere olde wher he begane to raygne, ad raygned in Jerusalem the monethes. Hys mothers name also was Nebuchadneze r daughter of Elnathä of Jerusalem. And he did *p which was euell in the lyght of the Lozde, accordinge to all, as his father had done.

* In *pyme came *pseruautes of Nebuchadnezar kynge of Babilo, vpagaynft Jerusalem, ad the cytie was beleged. And Nebuchadnezar *pkyng of Babilon came agaynft the citie, ad his *pseruautes did belege it. * And Jehoachin the kynge of Juda came out to *pkynge of Babilon, he ad his mother, his seruautes, his Lozdes, ad hys chamber lapnes. And the kynge of Babilon toke hym, in the cyght yere of hys raygne.

* And he carped out thice all *p treasuries of the houle of the Loz, and the treasure of the kynges houle, and brake all the vesseles of golde (which Salomon kynge of Israel had made, in the temple of the Lozde ) as the Lozde had layde. And he carped awaye all Jerusalem, and all the Lozdes, and all the strong men of warre, euen ten thoulande in to captiuite: and all craftes men ad keypers, none remaynpyng saue the pooze comen people of the lande. * And he carped awaye Jehoachin to Babilon, ad the kynges mother, ad the kynges wiuues, his chabzelaynes, ad the that were myghtie in *p läde: thole carped he awaye into captiuite fro Jerusalem to Babilon. And all *pactiue men of warre, euë euë thoulande, ad craftelmen, ad poisters a thousande, all *p were ströge ad apte for warre, did the kynge of Babilon bringe to Babilo captyue. * And *pkyng of Babilo made Mahania (hys fathers brother ) kynge in hys steade, ad chaunged his name to zedekia.

zedekia was * *xxi. yere olde when he beganne to raygne, ad he raygned euellen yere in Jerusalem. Hys mothers name also was Hamital the daughter of Jeremia of Libna. And he did euell in the sight of the Loz, accordinge to all as Jehoachin had done. For *p wath of *p Lozde was moued agaynft Jerusalem ad Juda, untill he callt them out of hys lyght. And zedekia rebelled agaynft the kynge of Babilon.

C The. xxv. Chapter.

Jerusalem is beleged of Nebuchadnezar otherwife called Nebuchadnezer, ad it ad the teple are both burnt. The fones of zedekia are layne before his eyes. Ad after are his awne eyes put out. Juda is brought to Babilo. Ad after is Jerusalem exalted.

Ad it fortuned, *p in *pynth, yere of hys raygne, the tenth baye of the tenth moneth: Nebuchadnezar kynge of Babilo came, he and all hys hofte agaynft Jerusalem: ad pitched awaynft it, and made engynes agaynft it on euery lyde. And *p cytie was beleged vnto *pere of kynge zedekia. * And the nynthe baye ♃ of the moneth, there was so great hongre in the cytie, *p there was no ♃ bzead for the people of the lande.

And the cytye was broken vp: and all the men of Armes fled by nyght, by awaye thowzow a gate, which is betwene two walles by the kynges garden: the Chaldeyes lyge aboute the cytye.

And the kynge went the waye towarde *p playne. And the louldyers (of the Caldeyes followed after the kynge, and toke him in the playne of Jericho, ad all hys armye were scattered awaye fro hi, ad left him) So they toke the kynge, ad brought him to Nebuchadnezer *pkyng of Babilo to Ribla, where they reasoned with him. And they flue the fones of zedekia before his eyes, ad he put out the eyes of zedekia, and lettered him, ad carped him to Babilon.

And the seuenth baye of the fyfth moneth C which is the nyententh yere of kynge Nebuchadnezer kynge of Babilon, came Nebuchadran a seruaunte of the kynge of Babilos (and cheke captayne of the me of warre) vnto Jerusalem: ad burnt the houle of the Loz, ad the kynges houle, ad all the houles of Jerusalem, ad all greate houles burnt he with fire. And all the louldyers of *p Caldeyes *p were with *p chefe captayne of the men of warre: broke downe the walles of Jerusalem rounde aboute. But the rest of *p people *p were lefte in the cytie, ad them *p were fled to the kynge of Babilo, w the renaunt of the comen people, did Nebuchadre ad the chefe captayne of *p men of warre carie awaye, but *p captayne of the louldyers, lefte of the pooze of *p läde, to delle the vynes, and to tyll the grounde.

* And the pyllers of brasse that were in the houle of the Lozde, and the sockettes, ad the braven Lauato ry that was in the houle of *p Lozde dyd *p Caldeyes breake, and castried all the brasse of them to Babilon. And *p pottes, chouelles, drellynge kynues, spines, and all the vesseles of brasse that they minitred in, toke they awaye. And the fier pânes, ad balens, ad soch thinges as were of golde ad of lyluer, the toke the chefe captaine awaye: euen two pyllers, one Lauato rye, ad It the

P

Jere. xxxi. a and lii. a.

Ezek. iii. b and iii. a.

R

D

D

Ezek. xii. b and xii. c

Jere. lii. e and lii. f.

*Mat. i. b and x. xxxii. c.

Jere. xxxii. a.

C

Jere. xxxii. a.

Ezek. xxi. c and xii. b.

D

Ezek. xxxii. b and xxxii. c.

Ezek. xii. pa. xxxii. b and xxxii. c.

Jere. xxxii. a.

Juda

i. Chronicles.

Iao. Ixxiii.

*Gene. xiv.b.

*Gene. xxi.b.

C

f

*Gene. xv.b.

*Ge. xxi.b.v.b.

*Ge. xxi.b.v.d.

*Ge. xxi.b.v.c.

D

All these were the sonnes of Joktan.

* Sem, Arphaclad, Selah: Ever, Pe-
leg, Rehu: Serug, Nahoz, Therah: Ab'ram,
other wpte called Ab'raham. The sonnes of
Ab'raham, Is'lahac ãd Is'mael. And these are
theyr generacyps: * the Eldeft sonne of Jl-
mael was Nabaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel ãd
Wiblam: Wilma, ã Dumah, Wska, Ha-
dad ãf Thema: Jetur, Naphis and Redma.
These are the sonnes of Is'mael. The chyl-
dren of Rетura Ab'rahãs concubine: the bare
zimran, Joklan, Medan, Midian, Jisbok
and Suah. The chyldren of Joksan: Seva,
and Dedan, * The chyldren of Daban, Amurim, and
Latullim, and Paomim.) The children of Midian:
Epha, and Epher, Henoch, Abida ã Eldaa.

* All these are children of Rетura.

And so Ab'rahã begat Is'lahac. The son-
nes of Is'lahac: Efau ã Israel. The sónes of
Efau: * Eliphaz, Rehuel, Jehus, Jaelam,
and Kozah. The chyldren of Eliphaz: The-
mã, Omer, zephi, ã Gahthã, Kenas, Thim-
na, ã Amalek. The children of Reduel: Na-
hath, zerah, Sãma, ã Wiza. * The sonnes
of Seir: Lotan, Sobal, ziveon, and Ana,
Dison, Ezer ãd Difan. The children of Lo-
tan: Hozã ãd Homam, ãd Thimna was Lo-
tans fyfter. The children of Sobal: Alian,
Manahath, Ebal, Sephi, and Dnam. The
sonnes of ziveon: Aia ã Ana. And the fon-
nes of Ana: Difon. The sonnes of Dilon:
Hamran, Efvan, Jethan, ãd Cheran. The
sonnes of Ezer: Wilhã, zaenã, ã Jakã. The
sonnes of Difan: Tz, and Aran.

* These are þ kvinges that raygned in the
lande of Edom, before any kpenge raygned
ouer the chyldren of Israel: Bela the fon-
ne of Beoz, and the name of hys citie was
Dinhaba. And Bela dyed, and Jobab the
sonne of zerah of Bozra raygned in hys
fkeade. And whan Jobab also waas deed,
Husam of the lãd of the Themanytes rap-
gned in hys fkeade. And whan Hufam was
deed, hadad, the sonne of Bedad whych
fmote Midian in the kelde of Woab, rap-
gned in hys fkeade, and the name of hys cy-
tye was Auith. So hadad dyed, ãd Sam-
la of Masreka raygned in hys fkeade. And
Samla dyed, ãd Saul of Rehoboth by the
ryuer lyde, raygned in his fkeade. And whã
Saul was deed, Baal hanan the sonne of
Achboz raygned in hys fkeade. And Baal
hanan dyed, ãd Hadad raygned in hys fkea-
de, and the name of hys cytye was Pahi,
and hys wpues name was Mehetabeel the
daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-
sahab.

Hadad dyed also, ãd there were dukes in
Edom. Duke Thimna, Duke Aliah, and
Duke Jetheth, Duke Apholibama, Duke
Ela, Duke Pinon, Duke Kenaz, Duke
Themam, Duke Wibzar, Duke Magdiel

and Duke Jram. These are the Dukes of
Edom.

C The. ii. Chapter.

C The Genealogie of Juda, vnto Jſai the
father of Daud.

Heſe he the ſonnes of Israel:
Ruben, Simeon, Leu, Judæ,
Is'lahac ãd z'abulon: Dan, Jo-
eph, Ben Jamin, Nephtali,
Gad and Aſſer * the ſonnes of
Juda: Er, Dnam, and Sela,

A

*Ge. xxxviii. a

These the ſre were vborne vnto hym of Bath
Sua the Cananytesse. And Er the eldest
ſonne of Juda was euell in the ſyght of the
Lor'd, and he ſlue hym. And * Thamar
hys daughter inlaue bare hym Pharez,
and ſara: and so all the ſonnes of Juda were
ſyue.

*Mat. i. a.

* The ſonnes of Pharez: Hezron ãf Ha-
mul. The ſonnes of ſarah, zimri, Ethan,
Heman, Chalchol and Dara: whych were
ſyue in all.

*Ruth. iii. d.

And the ſonnes of Charmi * Achar that
troubled Israel, transgrefling in the thing,
that was damned. The ſonnes of Ethan:
Azaria. The ſonnes alſo of Hezron þ were
boorne vnto hym: Jerhameel, Ram ãd Che-
lubat. * And Ram begat Aminadab: and
Aminadab begat Mahlon a lórd of the chil-
dren of Juda. And Nahson begat Salma:
and Salma begat Boaz: Boaz begat O-
bed: and Obed begat Jſai. * And Jſai be-
gat hys eldeſt ſonne Eliab, and Aminadab
the ſeconde, and Simaa the thyrde, Natha-
nael the fourth, ãd Radai the fikte, Dzem þ
fytke ãd Dauid the ſeuenth! whose ſkyers
were zeruia ã Abigail. The ſonnes of zaruia:
Abifai, Joab ãd Izahel, thze. And Abigail
bare Amaza, * the father of which Amaza
was Jether an Imnaelite.

*Joaia, vii. a.

I

*mat. i. a.

*I. Reg. xvi. b.

*II. Ke. xvii. c.

And Caleb the ſonne of Hezron begat
Aluba (of hys wpe Aluba) and Jerithoth,
whose ſonnes are these: Jefer, Sobad ã Ar-
don. And whã Aluba was deed, Caleb toke
Ephzata, which bare him Hur. * And Hur
begat Ari, and Ari begat Bezaleel. Akfer-
warde came Hezr to the daughter of Ma-
chir the father of Gilead, and toke her whan
he was thre ſkore yeare olde. And the bare
him Segub, And Segub begat Jair, which
had. xxii. cyptes in the lâde of Gilead. And
he ouercame Gellur and Aram, the tow-
nes of Jair from them, and Renath ãd the
townes therof: euen the ſkore townes.
All these were the ſonnes of Bachir the fa-
ther of Gilead. And Akfer that Hezron was
deed at Caleb in Ephzata, Abia Helrons
wyde, bare hi * Achar þ father of Thekoa.

*Eto. xxi. a.

*I. par. iii. a.

And the ſonnes of Jerhameel the eldeſt
ſonne of Hezron were: Rã, the eldeſt, Bu-
na, Dren, Dzem and Abia. And Jerha-
meel had yet another wpe named Atara

k i which

Juda

i, Chronicles,

David

which was the mother of Onam. And the
sonnes of Ram, the eldest sonne of Jerhameel
were: Maaz, Jamin and Ekar.

The sonnes of Onam were, Sammai &
Jada. The sonnes of Sammai: Nadab and
Abifur. And the wyke of Abifur was called
Abihail, and the bare hym Ahban and Ho-
lid. The sonnes of Nadab: Seled and Ap-
paim. And Seled dyed wythout chyldren.
The sonne of Appaim: Jelei, and the son-
nes of Jelei: Selan. And the sonnes of Se-
san: Ahlai. And the sonnes of Jada the zo-
ther of Samai: Jether and Jonatha. And
Jether dyed wythout chyldren. The sonnes
of Jonatham: Beleth and zaza. These were
the sonnes of Jerhameel. Selan had no to-
nes, but daughters. And Selan had a fer-
uaunt that was an Egipciä, named Jarha
to whome he gaue hys daughter to wyke,
and the bare hym Athat. And Athai begat
Nathan. And Nathan begat zabad. And
zabad begatAPHlal: & Aphlal begat Dbed,
Dbed begat Jehu. And Jehu begat Aza-
tia, Azaria begat Halez, And Halez begat
Elafa, Elafa begat Silamai, And Sila-
mai begat Sallum, Sallu begat Iecamia,
Iecamia begat Elifamah.

J

f. reg. ex. vii, 1, 0

The sonnes of Caleb the brother of Jer-
hameel: Mela hys eldest sonne, which was
the father of * ziph: and the sonnes of Ma-
rela the father of Hebroz. The sonnes of He-
ron: Cozah, & Tapuah, Rekem & Sama.
Sama begat Raham the father of Jerkoa.
And Rekem begat Sammai. The sonne of
Samai was Maon. And Maon was * fa-
ther of Bethzur.

G

I. Jelu. xv. b. 0

Judith.

And Epha a concubine of Calebs bare
Hara, and Mola and Gazez: Haran begat
Gazez. The sonnes of Jahdai were Regé,
Jothan, Gefan, Pellet, Epha and Saaph.
And Maacha was Calebs concubyne, of
whom he begat Seber and Thirhana. And
the bare alio Saaph the father of Madma-
na, and Seua the father of Machbena and
the father of Gibea. * And Achla was Ca-
lebs daughter.

These were the sonnes of Caleb the son-
ne of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephzata: So-
bal the father of Kiriath Jearim: Salma p
father of Bethlehem; and Hareph the father
of Beth Gader: And Sobal the father of
Kiriath Jearim had fones, & he gave p halke
of the contrpe of the manfions.

The kyrziedes of Kiriath Jearim are
these: the Jithrites, the Happuthites, the
Hassumathites, and the Hamitraites. And
of them came the zarathites & the Elshau-
lites. The sonnes of Salma: the Bethlehe-
mites, and Netophathites the glozye of the
house of Joab, and halke the contrpe of the
manfions at the zaraites. The kyrziedes
of the wypters dwelt at Jabes, the Tirathi-

tes, þ Simeathites, þ Suchathites * which
are the Kenites, that came of Hemath þ fa-
ther of the house of Rechab.

C The.iii. Chapter.

C The Genealogie of David in Hebron and in
Jerusalem.

A

These were the sonnes of David
which were bozne vnto hym in
Hebzon * the eldest, Amnon of
Ahinoam the Israelitele. The
feconde Daniel of Abigail the
Carmelitele. The thirde Abslalom the lõne
of Maacha daughter of Thalmai hynge of
Gelur. The fourthe Adonia þ sonne of Hag-
gith. The fift Sephatia of Abital. The sixte
Jethreæ by Egla his wyke. These. vi. were
bozne vnto him in Hebzon and there he ray-
gned leuë yeare & lyre monethes. And in Je-
rufalem he raygned. xxxiii. pere.

f. reg. ex. vii, 1, 0

* And these were bozne vnto him in Je-
rufalem: Simeta, Sobab, Nathan & Salo-
mon.iii. of Bath fua the daughter of Am-
miel. Ibhar alio and Elitama, Elipalet,
Noga, Nepheg, &d Japhia: Elitama, Elia-
da, and Eliphelet: nyne in numbre. These
are all the sonnes of David, belyd the son-
nes of the concubynes, and Thamar was
they? lyfter.

B

f. reg. ex. vii, 1, 0

Salomons sonne was Rehoboā, whole
sonne was Abia: and A la was hys sonne,
and Jehoſaphat hys ſonne: whole ſonne
was Jozan: and hys ſonne was Abazia,
and Joas was hys ſonne. Amasia his ſon-
ne, Azariah hys ſonne, and Jotham hys
ſonne. Ahaz was hys ſonne, Hezekia hys
ſonne, and Manasse hys ſonne. And Amon
was hys ſonne, And Jolſa was hys ſonne.
And the sonnes of Jofiah were, the eldest
ſonne Johanan, the ſeconde Jehoakim, the
thirde zedekia, ad the fourthe Sallum. The
sonnes of Jehoakim were, Jeconiah his ſo-
ne, & zedekiah his ſonne.

C

The sonnes of Jeconia: Affir & Sche-
althiel hys ſonne. Halchiram alio and Phe-
daia, Senazer, Iecamia, Hosama and Re-
dabia. The sonnes of Pedaia were: zuro-
babel and Simehi. The sonnes of Juroba-
bel, Melulam, Hanania, and Selumyth
they? lyfter, &d Hafubah, Dhel, Berechia,
Hafadia, and Julabheſed, kyue in noum-
bre. The sonnes of Hanania: Pelatia and
Jefaia, whole ſonne was Rephaab, and his
ſonne Arnan, and hys ſonne was Dbadia,
and his ſonne Sechania. The ſonne of Se-
chania was Sematah. And the ſonnes of
Semaria were Hatus, Igeal, Bariah, Naa-
tiah and Saphat and Sela, lyre. And the
sonnes of Naaria were Elioenaf, Heze-
zia and Azricam, thre. And the ſonnes of
Elioenat were Hodaiat, Eliaſib, Pheleia,
Akub, Johanam, Dealat & Anam, leuen.

D

C The

49c

Levi

i. Chronicles.

No.lxxvi.

By ape Juda and Jerusalem by the hand of Ahebuchodnezar.

*Ero.vi.º

* The fonnes of Leui: Gerfom, Cahath and Merari. And these be the names of the fonnes of Gerfom: Libni and Simhi. And the fonnes of Cahath were: Amram, Izahar, Hebron and Uziel. The fonnes of Werauti: Wahli ad Muli, and these are the kynreddes of Leui, concernynge their fathers.

The fone of Gerfom was Lobni, whole
fonne was Jahath, and hys fonne zemma,
and hys fonne Joah, and hys fonne Ido,
and hys fonne zerah, âd his fonne Jeathzai.
The fonnes of Cahath: Aminadab and hys
fonne Kozah, and hys fonne Azzr, and hys
fonne Elcana, and his fonne Ebiakaph, and
his fonne Ailir, ¤ Thahath was hys fonne,
and Uziel his fonne, and Uzia his fonne, âd
Saul was his fonne.

The fonnes of Elcana: Amafaï, âd Ahimoth ¤ Elcana. The fonnes of Elcana, zophai, whole fonne was Nahath, âd his fonne Eliab, and Jeroham hys fonne, and Elcana hys fonne, and Samuel the fonne of hym. And the fonnes of Samuel: the eldest Tsalni, and Abia.

C

The fonnes of Merari: Wahli, and his
fonne Libni, and hys fonne Simhi, and hys
fonne Iza, and hys fonne Simha, and hys
fonne Hagia, and his fonne Alaia.

And these be they, whom David let for to singe in the house of the Lord, after that the Arche had reſte. And they miniftréd before the dwellynge place, and the Tabernacle of wptelles wyth lynginge, vntyll Salomon had bupty the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. And then they wayted on their offyces, accorſynde to the order of them. These are they that wayted with their childe, of the ſonnes of Cahath: Heman a Synger, which was the ſonne of Joel, the ſonne of Semuel, the ſonne of * Elcana, the ſonne of Jeroham, the ſonne of Eliel: the ſonne of Thoah, the ſonne of Zuph, the ſonne of Elcana, the ſonne of Wahath, the ſonne of Amaſai, the ſonne of Elcana, the ſonne of Joel, the ſonne of Alaia, the ſonne of zeaphania, the ſonne of Thahath, the ſonne of Azzr, the ſonne of Ebiakaph, the ſonne of Kozah, the ſonne of Izahar, the ſonne of Cahath, the ſonne of Leui, the ſonne of Israel.

*J. J. Keg. a.-a.

And his hzother Asaph ſtode on his ſyghe
hande, and Asaph was the ſonne of Barachia,
the ſonne of Simha, the ſonne of Mlchael,
the ſone of Baasaia, the ſone of Melchia,
the ſonne of Arham, the ſone of zarah,
the ſonne of Adaiia, the ſonne of Eban,
the ſonne of ſima, the ſonne of Simhi, the ſon-
ne of Jahath, the ſonne of Gerſom, the ſon-
ne of Leui.

And thep? bzethzen the ſonnes of We-

rari ſtode on the leſte hande: euen Eban the D
fonne of Iyli, the ſonne of Abdi, the ſonne
of Maluch, the ſonne of Hsabia, the ſon-
ne of Amzia, the ſonne of Helkia, the ſon-
ne of Amzi, the ſonne of Bani, the ſonne
of Samer, the ſonne of Wahli, the ſonne
of Muli, the ſonne of Merari, the ſonne
of Leui.

Their bzethz also the Leuites were ap-
popnted vnto all maner of ſeruice of the ta-
bernacle of the house of God. But Aaron ſ
hys ſonnes burnt incense vpon the auſter of
buentofferynge ¤ on the auſter of incſe (âd
were apopnted) for all that was to do in the
place moſte holy, and to make an attonemèt
for the of Israel, accorſynde to all þ Moles
the ſeruaunt of God had commaunded.

These are the ſonnes of Aaró: Eleazar,
whose ſonne was Phinehes, ¤ his ſone Abi-
lua: ¤ his ſonne Boki, whole ſone was Izi,
and hys ſonne zerahia: and the ſonne of him
Meraioth, and hys ſonne Amania, and the
ſonne of hym, Ahitob: and zadoc his ſonne,
and Ahimaaz his ſonne.

And these are the dwellynge places of
them (thorow out they townes ¤ coaſtes)
euen of the ſonnes of Aaronthorow out the
kynredde of the Caathites, for so the lot fell
for them. And they gaue vnto the * Hebron
in the lade of Iuda ¤ the Suburbes therof
rounde aboute it. But the felde of the cytpe,
¤ the villages pertaynpng thereto they gaue
to Caleb the ſone of Jephune. And to þ ſon-
nes of Aaron they gaue the cities of refuge:
euen Hebron and Libna, wyth their Su-
urbcs: Jathir âd Ethemoa wyth their Su-
burbes: and Hilen wyth her Suburbes, âd
Debir wyth her Suburbes: Alan and her
Suburbes, Bethſemes âd her Suburbes.
And out of the trybe of ſen Jamin, Geda
and her Suburbes, Alemeth and her Su-
burbes, Anathoth and her Suburbes, all
theyr cytpes thorow out theyr kynreddes
were. viii.

And vnto the ſonnes of Cahath the rem-
nant of the kynne of the trybe, were cyties
geuen out of the halſe trybe of Manalle by
lote: euen ten cytyes. And the ſonnes of Ger-
ſom thorow out they kynreddes, had out
of the trybe of Iacar, out of the trybe of
Aller, and out of the trybe of Nephthali: âd
out of þ trybe of Manalle in Balan, thyz-
tene cytyes. And vnto the ſonnes of Wera-
ri were geuen by lot thorow out their kyn-
reddes out of the trybe of Ruben, âd out of
the trybe of Gad, âd out of the trybe of za-
bulon, twelue cyties.

And the chyldren of Israel gane the Le-
uptes cytyes wyth they Suburbes, and
that by Lott, out of the trybe of the chyl-
dre of Iuda, âd out of the trybe of the chil-
dren of Symeon, and out of the trybe of

K iii the

* Iesu. ciii. b.
and. xxi. b.

E

K

David

i, Chronicles.

Jo. I, x, vii, viii.

I, reg. xxxi. 1-6.

W

Saul, the archers founde him, and he was woudest of choters. Then layd Saul to his
wepon bearer *dżaw thp Iwerde, äd thnult
me thozow therwith, þe thefe uncircumcised
come not & do me thame. But his wepo bea-
ver woold not, for he keared excediglye. So
Saul caught a Iwerde, äd fell upon it. And
when his harnel bearer saw that Saul was
deed, he fell on a Iwerde also and dyed.

And thus Saul & his thre sonnes, ad all they of his houle dyed together. And when all the men of Israel that were in þale, saw how they fled, and that Saul & his sonnes were deed, they forsoke their cyties and ranne awaye, and the Philistines came, ad dwelt in them.

* And it fortuned þon þ mozow (wh þ Philistines came to stripe the deed bodies) they found Saul & his sonnes ouerthoowen in mount Gilboe. And when they had kript him, they toke his heed, & his harnelle, & lent them into the land of the Philistines rounde about to thew them unto their Idols, and to the people. And they put hys harnelle in the houle of their god, ad set vp his heade in the temple of Dagon.

And when all thep of Jabes in Gilead
heard all þ þ Philistines had done to Saul:
they arole (all the krongest of them) and fet
awaye the bodeye of Saul, ad the bodes of
his sonnes, & brought them to Jabes, ad bu-
ryed the bones of them under an ocke in Ja-
bes, and fakted seuen dayes.

So Saul dyed for his trefpace þe tref-
paced agaynst the Loode, in that he kept not
the wozde of the Loode, & in that he sought &
afked councell of a woman that wrought w
a spiete, & afked not of the Loode. And ther-
foze he flue him, and turned the kyrngdome
unto David the sonne of Ilaí.

The xi. Chapter.

After the death of Saul is David announced in
Hezekiah. The Iebulites revell agaynst David,
for which he taketh the Towne of Sion. His men
are nomned.

A

I, reg. v, 6.

hen all Israel geathered them
selues to David unto Hebron
* layng: Behold, we be thp bo-
nes ad thp fleſſe. And mozeouer
in tyme paſt, euen when Saul
was kyrng, þ leddeſt Israel out and in. And
the Loode thp God layd unto the: thou chalt
fedemy people Israel, ad thou chalt be cap-
tayne ouer my people Israel. Therfoze came
all the elders of Israel to the kynge, to he-
bron, & David made a couenant wyth them
in Hebron, before the Loode. And they an-
noynted David kynge ouer Israel, * accor-
ding to the word of the Lord by the häd
of Samuel.

I, reg. xv, 1.

And David and all Israel wët to Jeru-
salem, which is Iebus: where as were þe Ie-
bultes, the enhabiters of the land. And the

enhabiters of Iebus layde to David: thou
comest not here. Neuerthelesſe, David wäne B
the caſel of Sion, whych is called the cytie
of David. And David: * layde, whoſoever
ſmytheſt the Ieubyltes kyrſt, thalbe the prin-
cipall captayne & a Loode. So, Joab the ſon-
ne of Zaruia went kyrſt vp, and was made þ
chefe captayne. And David dwelt in the ca-
ſel, & therfore they called it the cytie of Da-
uid. And he buylt the cytie on every ſyde, euë
from Millo round about, and Joab repared
the reſt of the cytie. And David p[ro]ſpered, &
warded great, and the Loode of Holtes was
with hym.

* These are the principall men of powre
whom David had, & that clauo to him in his
kyngdome w all Israel, to make him kyrng,
accordynge to the wozde of the Loode vnto
Israel. And this is the núbze of the mightye
men whom David had: Iaſobeam the ſonne
of Hachmoni the chefe among thirtye: he lift
 vp his ſpere agaynſt thre húdred, & wouſed
 them at one tyme.

After him was Eleazar his unces ſone
an Abothite, which was one of thre mygh-
tyeff. He was with David at Paldamoin.
& there the Philistines were geathered toge-
ther to battell. And there was there a par-
sell of grounde full of barleye, & the people
kled before þ Philistines. And they kstept
forſt into the myddes of the ſelde, and ſaued
it, & ſue the Philistines. And the Loode gaue
a great victorye.

And the thre of the thyſtie chefe captaynes went to a rocke to David, into the caue Adullam. And the Holte of the Philistines abode in the valey of Rephaim. And when David was in þ hold, the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem þ fame tyme. And David longed, ad layde: * Oh that one wolde geue me drinke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem. And the thre brakke thozow the Holſt of the Philistines, & diewe water out of the well, that was by þ gate at Bethlehem: toke it, and brought it to David. Neuerthelesſe, David woold not drinke of it, but rather offered it to the Loode, and layd: my God forzbyd it me, that I thulde do thys thynge. Shall I d[r]pcke the blonde of thele men, þ haue put their lyues in Jeopatdye: (for with the Jeopardy of their lyues they brought it) therfore he wold not drinke it. And thys dyd these thre myghtyeff.

And Abisai the brother of Joab: he alſo
was captayne amonge thre: for he lyſte vp
hys ſpere agaynſt thre hundred, & wouſed
them, and had a name amonge the thre: Yee
amog thre, he was more honozaſle then the
two, for he was their captayne. Howbeit,
he attayned not unto the thre (ſieſt) thre.

Banaia the ſonne of Iehoada (the ſon-
ne of a very ſtronge man) dyd greater actes
then.

C

I, reg. x, vii, 2.

D

E

I, reg. x, vii, 2.

David

i. Chronicles.

Ho.lxxx.

chol the daughter of Saul, lokynge out at a
wyndowe, law kyng David daunsyng and
playing, and the deplted him in her herte.

C The.xvi.Chapter.

CDauid ordnyned Alaph and his brithen, to
minifer before the Loode. He him selfe prayleth
the Loode God of Israel.

A

O they hought in the Arcke of
God, âd let it in the myddes of þ
tente that Dauid pitched for it.
And they offered burnt sacrify-
ces and peaceofferynges before
God. And when Dauid had made an ende of
offeryng þ burntofferynges & peaceoffer-
ges, he blessed the people in the name of the
Loode. And he dealt to all Israel (both man
& woman) a cracknell of hzedde, and a good
pece of flethe, and a flacket of wyne.

And he appointed certe of the Leuites to
minifre before the Loode, âd to repete, âd to
thanke and prayle the Loode God of Israel.
And Asaph was the chefe, & next to him za-
charia, Jeiel, Semiramoth, Jehiel, Gathas-
thia, Eliab, Benaia, & ObedEdom, & Jeiel
with palfalteries & harpes. But Alaph made
a sound withymbales. Banaiahu & Jaha-
ziel pzeales blew w tropettes continually
before the Arcke of the couenaunt of God.

And that same tmpe David did appointe
B chekelye to thanke the Loode, by Alaph & his
brithen. & D gene thâkes unto the Loode,
call upon his name, make his Actes knowe
amonge the people.
Syng vnto him & playe vnto him: talke
of all his wonderfull dedes. Reioyce in hys
holy name: let the hertes of them that keke þ
Loird, be glad. Seke the Loode & his streight:
Seke his prælence allwaye.

Remembre his maruelles which he dyd,
and his wonders, & the judgements of hys
month: The feed of Israel are hys feruau-
tes: the children of Jacob are his chosen. He
is the Loode oure God: in all landes are hys
judgementes. Thynke on his appointement
for euer, (and on the word which he com-
mended to a thousand generacions.) Which
he made with Abzahâ, & of his othe to Ila-
hac: which he set before Jacob for a decree, &
to Israel for an eueraltaynge couenaunt,
laying: to þ wll I gyue the land of Canaâ,
to be the pozio of youre enheritaunce. Whê

you were fewe and smalle in nombre, âd so-
geourners therin. And they walked fro na-
cion to nation, & from one kyngdom to an-
ther people. He suffered no man to do them
wrong: but rebuked, euen kynges for their
lakes. Touch not myne anoynted, âd do my
prôphetes no harme. & Synge vnto þ Loird
all the erthe: and chew from dave to dape his
Saluacion.

Tell of his glorie among the heithen: his
wonderfull dedes among all nacions.

For greate is the Loode, and worthy to
be prayled erceadyngly: he is to be feared
above all Gods.

For all the Gods of the people are of no
value: But the Loode made heauen.

Prayle and honoure are in hys prælence:
strength and gladnes are in his place.

Ascribe vnto the Loode ye kynredes of
people, Ascribe to the Loode, glorie and do-
mynion. Ascribe vnto the Loode, the glorie
due vnto his name: hryng sacrifices, and co-
me before him, âd worchippe the Lord with
holy honoure.

Let all the erth feare him, all though
the compafe of the erth be so stablytted þ it
cannot be moued: let the heaués reioyce, and
let the erth be glad, & left men tell among the
nacions, that the Loode is kynge.

Let the see thunder âd the fulnesse therof
lett the keldes reioyle, and all that is therin.

Then shall the trees of the wood reioyce
at the prælence of the Lord, because he com-
meth to iudge þ erth. D gene thâkes vnto þ
Loird, for he is good, for his mercye endureth
euer: & taye ye: taye vs (o God) of oure fal-
nacion, geather vs to gether, and delyuer vs
frô amog the hethen, þ we maye gene than-
kes to thy holy name, & triúppe in the pray-
le of the. Bleffed be the Loird God of Israel
for euer & euer, âd let all people taye Amen,
and prayle the Loode.

And so, he lefte there before the arcke of þ
Loirdes couenaunt, Alaph & his brithen, to
mynifre before þ Arcke còntinually, in soch
thynges as were to be done dape by dape,
& (and that by their courtes.) And ObedEdom âd
his brithen, thre skoze and eyght, âd Obed-
Edom the londe of Jedithun, âd Hola were
appointed to be pozkers. And zadock þ pzeaft
and hys brithen the pzeales, were before þ
tabernacle of þ Loird, in the hye place þ was
at Sibeô, to offer burntofferynges vnto the
Loird, upon the burntoffering aultar perpe-
tually, in the mозnyng and euennyng, accor-
dyng to all þ which is written in the lawe of
the Loode, which he còmaunded Israel. And
with them were Hemâ & Jeduthun, & other
that were chosen (whose names were erprect
fed) to gene thanks to the Loird. Þ his mer-
cy lasteth euer. And with them dyd Heman
âd Jedithun, lyng with the trompettes and
ymbales,

C

*Psal.rev.a.*

*Hh. reg. vii. b.*

*Psal. ciii. a,
Ihesa xij. b*

reg. b.J.

David

i. Chronicles.

Jo. lxxxii.

subdued Siria Damasco: And the Siriens became Dauids feruauntes, & brought hym trybute. And the Lorde prelerued David in all that he went to.

And David toke the chyldes of gold that were on the feruauntes of Hadadzerer, and brought them to Jerusalem. And from Tabath ad from Chun (cyties of Hadadzerer) brought David exceedynge moch brasse.

Where with Salomō made the braslen lauaye, & the pillars, & the vesseelles of brasse.

And when Tou Kynge of Hemath, heard how David had beaten all the stregh of Hadadzerer kyng of zoba, he sent Hadurā his Sonne to Kyng David, to make peace with him and to bleſſe him, because he had kought agaynst Hadadzerer, and beatē him (for Tou had warre with Hadadzerer) (Jozā brought) all maner of Jewelles of golde, ſyluer and brasse with hym. And Kynge David dedicated them unto the Lorde, with the ſyluer and gold that he brought from all nacions, from Edō from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, ad from Amalec. And Abifai the ſonne of zerua flue of Edomites in the ſalte valey. (x. viii. thousande, and put Soudiars in Edom, and all the Edomites became Dauids feruauntes. Thus the Lorde kepte David in all þe toke in hande. And David raygned ouer all Israel, ad executed iudgement and righteousnes amonge all his people. And Joab the ſonne of zerua was ouer the hoſſe, and Jehoſaphat the ſonne of Abilud recozder, and zadock the ſonne of Abitub and Abimelech the ſonne of Abiaθar that were preaſtels, & Sauela was Irybe, and Banatahu the ſonne of Jehoíada was ouer the Crethites, and the Phelethites, and the eldest ſonnes of David were next unto the Kynge.

xii. reg. vii. b
Jere, lii. c.

C

D

### The xix. Chapter.

Chanon Kynge of the ſonnes of Ammon, &c. create iurpce to the feruauntes of David.

xii. Reg. x. a.

A

After this, it chaunced þaþas the kyng of the childre of Ammon dyed, & his ſone raygned in his ſleade. And David layde: I wpll chew kyndnesſelike unto Hanon the ſonne of Aba-

has, because his father dealt kyndlye with me: And David sent meſengers to conſoſtrice him ouer the death of his father. And the feruauntes of David came into the land of þe childre of Ammon to Hanon, to conſoſtrice him. But the lordeſs of the chyldren of Ammon layde to Hanon: thynkeſt thou þe David doth honoure thy father in thy ſyght, that he hath ſent conſoſtrices unto the: Are not þe ſeruauntes come to ſearche, to loke, and to Iſpeyee out the lande?

Wherefore Hanon toke Dauids feruauntes (and poldc them) and chaunced them, and cut

of their cootes harde by their bottokes, and ſent them awaye. And there went certainly and tolde David, how the men were ſerued. And the Kynge ſent to mete them (for the men were exceedynglye a chamed) and the Kyng layd: tarpe at Jericho, until youre beerdes be growen, and then returne.

And when the chyldren of Ammon ſaw that they kante in the ſyght of David, Hanon and the children of Ammon ſent a thousande talents of ſyluer to hyre them charettes and hoſſemé, out of Heopotamia, and out of Siria Waacha and out of zoba. And they hyzed. xxxii. thousande charettes, and the kyng of Waacha and hys people, which came, and pptched before Mooba. And the chyldren of Ammon geathered them ſelues togeather from their cyties, and came to battel. And wha David heard of it, he ſent Joab and all the hoſſe of strong men. And the children of Ammon came out, and put them ſelues in araye to battel before the gate of the cytie. And the Kynges that were come, kepte them by them ſelues backe in the ſelde.

Where Joab also ſaw þe fronte of þe battel was agaynſt hym before and behynde, he chole out of all the chosen men of Israel, and put them in araye agaynſt the Sirians. And the rest of the people he deelyuered unto the hand of Abifai his brother, and they put them ſelues in araye agaynſt the children of Ammon. And he layde. If the Sirians be to ktrong for me, þaſt chaccoure me: ſa þe children of Ammon preuayle agaynſt þe, I will helpe þe. Plucke up thyne hert, and lett vs playe the men, for oure peoples ſake ad for þe cities of oure God, and the Lorde shall do that which is good in his awne ſyght. So Joab ad þe people were with him, drie ne before þe Sirians unto þe battall, and they kled before him. And when the children of Ammon ſaw þe Siriens were kled, they ranne awaye lyke wife before Abifai his brother, and gat them into the cytie. And Joab came to Jerusalem.

And when þe Sirens law þe they were put to þe worſe before Israel, they ſent meſengers and lett out þe Sirens þe were beyond þe ryuer, and Sophach þe capitayne of þe Hoſſ of Hadadzerer went before the. And it was tolde David, he geathered all Israel, and went together ouer Jordā, and came, and set upon them. And wha David had put him ſelke in araye agaynſt the Sirens they fought with him. But þe Sirens kled before Israel. And David deſtroyed of the Sirens ſeué thousand charettes, and, x. l. thousand kote mé, and kylled Sophach þe captayne of the hoſſe. And where the feruauntes of Hadadzerer, law, that they were put to the worſe before the of Israel, they made peace with David, and became hys feruauntes. Neither wolde the Sirens helpe the children of Ammon any more.

L CThe

David

i, Chronicles,

David

C The. xx. Chapter.

The three most victorious battles of David.

*ij.Kr.g.ij.a

A

*ij.Kr.g.ij.b

Ad it came to pass, after the
yeare was expyzed (aboute þ
typye þ kyngego out a warre
fare.) Joab carved out þ armye
of the hoste, æd *destroyed the

contreye of the children of Ammon, & came,
& befeged Rabha, and destroyed it: But Da-
uid tarpet at Jerusalem whyle Joab smote
Rabba and destroyed it: * And David toke
the croune of their kynge: from his heed, &
founde that it had the wapht of a talent of

*ij.Kr.xxi.g

B

C

*ij.Kr.xxi.j.0

gold, and there were precious stones in it,
and it was ordained for David's heed. And
he brought also exceeding much spoyle
out of the citye. And he brought out the peo-
ple that were in it, and transformed them with
lawes and harowes of yron, ad with other
warpe instruments, and dealt David wyth
all the cryptes of the children of Ammon. And

David and all þ people came agayne to Je-
rusalem. * After this, it foztuned, that there
arose warre at Gazer with the Philistines.
At whichyme Sobocai the Hulathite flue
Sippai, that was of the chyldren of * Re-
phaim, and they were lubdewed. And there
was battell agayne with the Philistines, ad
Elhanan the lonne of Jair, flue Lahemi the
brother of Goliath þ Gethite, whose I speare
was like a weauers beame. And there chaun-
ded yet agayne warre at Geth, where as

*Gen.xiii.a

D

was a man of a great stature, with. xxiii.
kyngers and toes. vi on every hand, and. vi.
on every foot, and was the lonne of Raphah
But whan he defyed Israel, Jehonathan þ
sonne of Simea Dauids hrother flue hym.
These were bozne vnto Raphah at Geth,
and were ouerthowen in the hande of Da-
uid, and in the hande of his seruauntes.

C The. xxi. Chapter.

The cause of the people to be named; and
there be lxxv thousand men of the people.

E

Ad Satan stode up agaynst Is-
rael, and prouoked David to nò-
bre Israel. And David sayde to
Joab ad to the rulers of the peo-
ple. Go ye and nombre Israel fro

Beer Seba to Dan, and bryng it to me that I maye know the nòbre of them. And Joab answered: the Lord make hys people an hundred times so manpe mo as they be. But my Lorde Dkyng, are they not all my Lordes seruauntes: why then doth my Lorde require this thyng: why wyll my Lord be a cause of trelpace to Israel?

Neuerthelesse, the kynges word pzeuay-
led agaynst Joab. And Joab departed and
walked thorow out all them of Israel, and
came to Jerusalem agayne and gaue the
nòbre of the couste of the people vnto Da-
uid. And all they of Israel were a thousand

thousande and an hundred thousand men
that drue swerde: and Juda was. ccc. lxx.
thousand men that drue swerd. But the Le-
uites and Benjamin counted he not amonge
them. For the kynges word was abhomp-
nable to Joab. And the Lorde was displea-
led with this thyng, and smote Israel. And
David sayde vnto God: I haue synned ex-
ceadingly in dopnge thys thinge. And now
(I beseeche the) do a waye the wekednesse of
thy seruaut, for I haue done very folchlye.

And the Lorde spake vnto Gad Dauids
spear, sayinge: goo and tell David, sayinge:
Thus sayth the Lorde: I gene the, the chop-
se of the thynge: chose the one of them, that
I maye do vnto the. And Gad came to Da-
uid, and sayde vnto hym: Thus sayth the
Lorde. Chose the, ether the veres kampthe-
ment, or the monethes to be destroyed beko-
re thyne aduerlaryes, and that the swerde
of thyne encempes maye ouertake the: or else
the swerde of the Lorde and pestilence in the
lande the dayes, and the Angell of the Lord
destroying thorow out all the coakkes of Is-
rael. And now adupse thy kelte, what wor-
de I shall brynge agayne to hym that sent
me. And David sayde vnto Gad: I am in
an exceeding greatnesse: Let me fall now in to
the hand of the Lord, for pallynge great are
his mercyes, but let me not fall into the hâd
of men.

So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel,
and there were ouerthowen of Israel. lxx.
thousand men. And God sent the Angell in
to Jerusalem to destroy it. And as he was
about to destroy, the Lord behelde, and had
compallion on the wretchednesse, and sayde
to the Angell that destroyed: it is ynough,
let now thyne hande ceasle. And the Angell
of the Lorde stode by the threethyng flowre
of Dnán the Jebulite. And David lykte vp
hys eyes, and saw the Angell of the Lorde
kande betwene the erth and heauen, hauing
a drawen swerd in his hâd, stretched out to-
warde Jerusalem. Then David and the elders
of Israel whych were clothed in sakte, fell
upo their faces. And David sayd vnto God:
Is it not I that commaude the people to be
nombred? It is I that haue synned and done
euell in dede, & what haue these: these done,
let thyne hand (D Lorde my God) be on me
ad on my fathers houfe, but not on thy peo-
ple that they chulde be punisht.

And the Angell of the Lorde comma-
unded Gad to saye to David, that David
chulde go up, and fett up an alter vnto
the Lorde, in the threethyng flowre of D-
nan the Jebusyte. And David went vp ac-
cordynge to the sayinge of Gad, whych he
spake in the name of the Lorde. And Dnán
turned aboute, & saw the Angell, & his koure
sonnes were with him, & hyd the selues: But

Dnán

David

i. Chronicles.

Jo. lxxxii.

Dnan was threelhing wheat. And as David came to Dnan, Dnã loked ã saw David, and went out of the threelhing floure, & bowed hym selfe to David with hys face to the grounde.

And David layde to Dnan: geue me the place of the threelhing flowre, that I maye buyld an aulter therin vnto the Lord. Thou halt geue it me for as moch money as it is worthe, that the plage maye cease from the people. And Dnan layd vnto David: take it to the, & let my Lord þ kyrng do that which Dfemeth good in his eyes: loo, I geue the oren alco for burntacrifices, & þ threelhing fleades for wodde, & wheate for meatofferyng: I geue it all. And kyrng David layde to Dnan: not so, but I wyl þe it for as moch moneye as it is worth. Fo, I wyl not take that whych is thyne for the Loode, ner offet burntofferynges without coast.

And so David gaue to Dnan for þ place, lycles of gold, vi. húdzed by waight. And David buylt there an aulter vnto the Lord, and offered burntofferynges & peaceofferynges, and called upon the Lord, and he heard hym from heauen in fyze upon the aulter of burntoffering. And whan the Lord had spoken to þ Angell, he put up his swerd agayne into þ the he of it. At that tyme wh þ David saw, that the Loode had hearde hym in the threelhynge flowre of Dnan the Jebeufite: he vled to offer there. For the tabernacle of the Lord which Holes made in the wildernesse, and the aulter of burntofferyng were at that ceason in the hyl at Gibeð. And David coulde not go before it to alke councell at God, for he was aferde of the Iwerde of the Angell of the Loode.

### C The. xxii. Chapter.

Tðuð willðe þys ðonne Salomon to buylde the temple of the Loode: which þryng he hyn selfe was forbidden to do.

And David layde: thys is the house of þ Loode God, & thys is the aultare for þ burntofferynge of Israel.

And David commaúded to geather together the Kraungers þ were in the land of Israel, and he lett masons to hew free stone, for the buyping of the house of God. And David prepared plentie of yron for naples ëd dores of the gates, and to iopne with all ë aboundáce of bralle without wayght, and Cedar trees without nóbre. For the zídós & thep of Tyre brought moch Cedar wood to David. And David layde: Salomon my ðonne is young and tender, and the house that is to be buylt for the Loode, must exceed in greatnesse, þ it maye be spoken of and præyed in all lâdes. I will thekoze make ordinaunce for it. And so David prepared many thinges before his deeth.

And he called Salomò his ðone, and char-

ged him to buyld an house for the Lord God of Israel: And David layde to Salomon: * my ðonne, I thought (as it was in mye hert) to buylde an house vnto the name of þ Loode my God. But the worde of the Lord came to me, laying: þ hait hied moch bloude, and hait made greate battelles: Thou hait thekoze not buyld an house vnto my name, for thou hait chedd moch bloud vp the erth in my fyght. Beholde, a ðonne is borne the, & he chalbe a man of refte, for I will geue him reft from all hys enempes round about: For his name is Salomon: and I will sende reft and peace upon Israel in hys dapes. He shall buylde an house for my name, and he chalbe my ðonne, and I wylbe his father, ëd wyl prepare the leate of his kyrngdome vp ïsrael for euer. Now thekoze my ðonne, the Loode be with the, & p[ro]spere thou, & buylde the house to the name of the Lord thy God, as he hath layde of the. And the Loode chal gene the wypdome & vnderstandyng, & chal gene the commaundmentes for Israel, that ye maye kepe the law of the Lord thy God. For then thou hait p[ro]spere: eué wha thou takeft hede & kulfyllefth the statutes & laws which the Loode charget Holes with, for Israel. Plucke up the mye hert thekoze, ëd be kronge, dread not, nor be dilcouraged. Beholde, in myne aduerite haue I also prepared for þ house of the Lord, an húdzed thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talètes of lyluer, & as for bralle & yron it cannot be nóbzd, for it is very moch. And I haue prepared týmbe and stone, and thou mayest prouid more thereto. Horeouer, thou hait wórkemen with the ynowe, ëd malons and carpenters to worke in stone & týmbe, and many men þ be active for euery worke. And of gold, lyluer, bralle and yron, there is no nóbre. Up thekoze, and be dopng, & the Loode chalbe with the.

And David còmaúded all þ loodes of Israel, to helpe Salomò hys ðonne, laying: Is not þ Lord yð God w you: & hath he not geue you reft on euery fyde: for he hath geuen þ enhabitoures of þ lâd into myne hand, & the land is subdued before the Lord & before his people. Now thekoze set youre hertes & yð foules, to keke the Lord youre God: Up, and buylde ye the temple of the Loode God, to hryng the Arcke of the couenaunt of þ Lord and the holyesselles of God into the house for buylt for the name of the Loode.

### C The. xxiii. Chapter.

Tðuð beþy olde, orðerneth Salomò kyrn. Becauseuth the Leutes to be nóbzd, & althynb them to their offices.

D þwh David was old & full of A dayes, * he made Salomò hys ðone kyrng ouer Israel. And then he geathered togeather all þ loodes of Israel with the p[re]cakes

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The npnetenth to Pathabia, and the twentie to Jeheskel. The twentie & one to Jachin and the:xxxi. to Gamul. The. xxxii. to Dellaiah, and the. xxxiii. to Maasiah.

These are the ordinaunces of the in their offices, wha they came into the house of the Loode, accord yng to their maner under Jaron their father, as the Loode God of Israel had commaunded him.

The reft of the Sonnes of Leui, are these: of the Sones of Amram, Subael. Of þ Sonnes of Subael, Jehediah. Of the Sonnes of Rehabia, the fyzt Jelsia. Of þ Jezaharites, Selomoth. Of þ Sonnes alio of Selomoth, Jahath. The Sonnes of Jeriah: Amariahu the seconde, Jahaziel the thirde, & Jekamea the fourth. Of the Sonnes of Ueliel, Micha. Of the Sonnes of Micha, Samur. The borther of Micha was Jalia. Of the Sonnes alio of Jilia zechariah. The Sonnes of Merari, were: Mahli & Uufi. The Sones of Jaaziah, Beno. The Sonnes of Merari by Jahaziah, Beno, Sohem, zacur & Ijri. Of Maheli came Eleazar & he had no Sones. Of kis: the Sonnes of Kis: Jerahemeel. The Sonnes of Muli: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These are þ children of the Leuites after the houkholde of their kathers. And these cast lottes nert to their bethzen the Sonnes of Aaron, in the presence of David the king, and sadoc & Ahimelec & the auncient kathers, preafters, & Leuites: euen the principall kathers before their ponger bethzen. * (the lott made equall distre buacion amonge them all.)

### The. xxv. Chapter.

The kungers are appointed, with their places, and lottes.

Ad so David & the captaynes of the hollte appointed out to do seruice, the Sonnes of Alaph Heman & Jeduthun, whan they dyd prophanie with harpes, pſalteries ad ſymbales. And there was a multitude of the men þ were appointed to the seruyce & mynitracion. Of the Sonnes of Alaph: zacur, Josph, Nathania and Aserela þ wapted on Alaph, which p[ro]phesied by the kyng.

Of Jeduthun: the Sonnes of Jeduthun: Gedeliah, zeri, Iesiah, Hafabiah, and Mabithiah, fyre, under the hādes of their father Jeduthun, which prophesied wytha harpe, for to gene thākes & p[ra]ples unto the Lord. Of Hemā þ Sones of Hemā: Bukiah, Mathantahu, Uziel, zebuel, Jerimoth, Hatania, Hanani, Eliatha, Gedalthi, Romathi, Ezer, Josbekafa, malothi, Hothir, & Ma hazioth. All these were the Sonnes of Hemā which was þ kynges Sear in the words of God ♃ to lykpe up þ horne. And God gaue to Heman. xxxii. Sonnes & thre daughters. All these also were at the hande of their father lynging in the houle of the Loode vō ſymbales, p[sa]lteries & harpes, whan Alaph, Jeduthun and Heman executed the seruyce in the houle of God, at the kynges hande. And the multitude of them wyth their bethzen that were instructe in the ſonges of the Lord: euē all þ were conyng, were two hundred foure skore & eygth. And they * cast lottes amōg the ſelues (how they chulde wayte) as well for the small as for the greate, for the scoler as well as for the skole master.

And þ first lot i Alaph fell to Josph. The seconde to Gedeliah (with his bethze and Sonnes) whych men were twelue. The thirde fell to zacur with his Sonnes ad bethzen, beping twelue Personnes. The fourth to Izri with his Sonnes and bethzen, twelue Personnes.

The fykte to Nathaniahu with his Sones and bethzen, twelue Personnes. The lykte to Bukiah with his Sonnes and bethzen, twelue Personnes. The Seuenth to Jesarela with his Sonnes & bethzen, twelue Personnes. The eygth to Jesatahu with his Sonnes & bethzen, twelue Personnes. The nynth to Athaniahu with his Sonnes and bethze, twelue Personnes. The teth to Simet with his Sonnes and bethzen, twelue Personnes. The eleuenth to Azrael wyth his Sonnes and bethzen, twelue Personnes. The tweluenth to Hafabia wyth his Sonnes and bethzen, twelue Personnes. The thyrtenth to Subael wyth his Sonnes & bethzen twelue Personnes. The fourtenth to Nathaniahu with his Sonnes & bethze twelue Personnes. The fykteth to Jeremoth with his Sonnes & bethze, twelue Personnes. The lykteth to Hataniah with his Sonnes & bethze, twelue Personnes. The ſeuenteth to Jobekafa with his Sonnes ad bethzen, twelue Personnes. The eygthenth to Hanani with his Sonnes & bethzen, twelue Personnes. The nynetenth to Halothi with his Sonnes & bethzen, twelue Personnes. The twentyeth to Eliathath with his Sonnes and bethzen, twelue Personnes. The. xxxi. to Hothir with his Sonnes & bethzen twelue Personnes. The. xxxi. to Gildalthi with his Sonnes and bethzen, twelue Personnes. The. xxxii. Mahazioth with his Sonnes and bethze, twelue Personnes. The. xxxii. to Romanthi Azer with his Sonnes & bethzen, twelue Personnes.

### The. xxvi. Chapter.

The p[o]sters of the temple are appointed, euery man to the gate which he chulde hepe.

Heſe are the deuilyons of þ p[o]sters. Among the Cozebites: Meſelemiahu the ſonne of Koze of þ chyldren of Alaph.

And the Sones of Meſelemiahu were these: zachariahu þ eldeſt, J[ed]ihel þ seconde, zebadiah, the thirde, and J[ar]thaniel the fourth, Elam þ fykte, J[eh]ohaná the l[ir]t, & E[lio]enai the ſeuenth. Te Sonnes of Obed

L iii Edom

D Proo. 25.

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i. Chronicles.

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rahite: in his course were. xxiii. thousand. The lyrte capitayne for the lyrte moneth was Ira the sonne of Jckes a Checkuite: in his course were. xxiii. thousande.

The leuenth capitayne for the leueth moneth, was Helez the Pelonite, of the chylde of Ephraim: in his course were. xxiii. thousand. The lyght captayne for the lyght moneth, was Sibeghai an Hulathite of Y kynne of Zathi: in his course were. xxiii. thousand. The npnth capitayne for the npnth moneth, was Abiezer an Anathothie of Y sonnes of Iemini: and in his course were. xxiii. thousand. The tenth capitayne for the tenth moneth, was Mahari the Netophathite of the sarahites: and in his course were. xxiii. thousand. The leuenth for the eleuenth moneth, was Banata the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were. xxiii. thousand. The twelueth captayne for the twelueth moneth, was Heldai the Netophathite v Othoniel: and in his course were. xxiii. thousand. And the rulers ouer the trybes of Israel were these: Among the Rubeines, was Eliezer the sonne of Zichri. Among the Simeonites also was Saphatiahu the sonne of Waacha. Among the Levites: Habavia the sonne of Lemuel. Among the Haromites: zadok. Among the the of Juda: Elihu of the breathen of David. Amonge them of Israel. Omri Yonne of Michael. Among the of zabulon: Iesmaiahu Yonne of Obadiah. Among them of Nephtali: Jerimoth the sonne of Azriel. Amonge, the chylden of Ephraim: Hola the sonne of Azariahu. In the halfe trybe alio of Hanasse: Joel Yonne of Phedediahu. Of the halfe trybe Hanasse in Gilead: Jido the sonne of Zachariahu. Among them of Benjamin: Jaaliel the sonne of Abner. Among them of Dan: Azarel Yonne of Jerobam. These are the lozdes of Y trybes of Israel.

But David toke not the nombre of the under. xx. yere: becaule Y Lozd layd he wold encreale Israel lyke unto the Karres of the Isye. And Joab the sonne of Zaruta begane to nôbre: but he finithed it not, becaule Y there fell wath for it agapê Israel: neither was the nombre put in to the chzonycles of kyrng David.

Duer the kynge's treasures was Iesueth the sonne of Adiel. And ouer the treasures of the feldes, in the cyties & villages & castelles, was Iehonathâ, Y sonne of Ciziah. And ouer the worckmê in the feldes that tylled the ground, was Ezri Y sonne of Chehub. And the ouerlyght of Y vineyards had Semei Y Ramathite. Duer the increace alio of Y vineyards, âd ouer Y winefellers was Sabdi Y halaphunite. And ouer Yoliuetrees & mulberptrees Y were in the valeyes, was Baal Hanan Y Gederite. And ouer the trea-

ture of ople, was Joas: Duer Y oren Y fed in Saron, was Setari Y Saronite. And ouer the oren that were in the valeyes was Saphat the sonne of Adlat. Duer the camelles, Dbil the Ismaelype. And ouer the Alles was Johadiahu the Heronotbite. Duer the thepe, was Jazis Y hagerite. All these were the rulers of the lubtance of kynge David. And Iehonathâ Dauids uncle, a mâ of coucell, of underlondying was a krybe, Iehiel the sonne of Hachmoni was with Y kynge sonnes. And Ahitophel was of the kynge coucell. And Hufai Y Arachite was the kynge companion. And next to Ahitophel was Jehoiada the sonne of Banatahu, âd Abiathar. And the capitayne of the kynge warre, was Joab.

### C The. xxviii. Chapte.

TBecause Daud was koybden to buylde the temple, he exhorteth Salomon and the people to performe it.

Ad David geathered dogather all the lozdes of Israel: Y lozdes of the trybes, the lozdes of the companyes that minitred to the kyrng by course, the captaynes ouer the thoufandes âd ouer the hundredes, âd the Lozdes Y had Y ouerlyght ouer all the subftaunce and posſection of David, his sonnes, with the chambrelaynes: all the mightie and valeaunt and all actiue men, vnto Ieufalem. And kyrng David krode vp vpô his fete, and layde.

Heare me my brethren: my people. I had in myne hert to buylde an houſe of roup for the Arcke of Y couenaunt of the Lord, âd for Y kote ktole of oure God, âd had made redye, for the buylding. But God layd vnto me: Y hait not buylde an houſe for my name, becaule Y hait bene a man of warre, âd hait thed blond. Moreouer, the Lord God of Israel: choſe me before all Y houſe of my father, to be kig ouer Israel for euer, for in Juda wold he choſe a captayne: of Y houyhold of Juda is the houſe of my father, â among the ſones of my father he had a luff tome, to make me king ouer all Israel. And of all my ſonnes for the Lozde hath geuen me manye ſonnes: he hath choſen Salomon my ſonne, to lytt vpô the ſeat of Y kyrngdom of Y Lozd in Israel. And he layd vnto me: Salomon thy ſonne, he chail buyld me an houſe & courtes. I haue choſen him to be my ſonne, âd I wilbe his father. I will stabiſhe is kingdom for euer. If he will be krig to do my còmaundements, of my lawes, as it goeth this dave.

Now therfore, in the lyght of all Israel the congregacion of Y Lozd, in the audience of oure God: kepe and kepe for all the còmaundements of the Lord yo God. Y ye maye eniope a good land, and leaue inheritaunce for yô children after you for euer. And Salomon

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*v. reg. v. a.

l. para. xxi. b.

v. reg. xv. a.

l. para. xvii. c. v. para. vii. b.

xlvii.
xxi.

Salomon

ij, Chronicles.

Jo.lxxxv.

And now oure God, we thanke the, and
D layle thy gloriouse name. But who am J
and what is my people , that we hulde en-
force oure felues to geue these thiges so wil-
lingly? But all thinges come of the : and of
that whych we receaued of thyne hande we
haue genen the. * Noz we be but kraügers
befoze the, the dogeourners, as were all oure
fathers. Dure dayes on the erth also are but
as a * shadowe, and there is none abydyng.
D Lord oure God, all this stutke þ we haue
prepared to buylde the an houſe for thy hol
name, cometh of thyne hande, & is all thyne.
( I wofe alſo my God ) that thou tepeſt the
hertes, and haſt pleasure in vnkapnednelle.
And in the vnkapnednelle of myne herte. J
haue willynglye offred all these thiges. And
now haue Jlene thy people which are ſonde
here, to offer unto the willyngly and wyth
gladnelle. D Loode God of Abahã, Jlahac
ad of Israel oure fathers, kepe this for euer,
as the begympnge of the thoughtes of the
herte of thy people, and pzepare theyr hertes
unto the. And geue vnto Salomō my ſone,
a perſecte herte, to kepe thy comaundemen-
tes, thy teſtymonies and thy ſtatutes, and
to do all, & to buylde the houſe for the which
I haue made prouilion.

And David layde to all the congregació:
Now bleſſe the Loode youre God. And
all the congregacion bleſſed the Loode God of
their fathers, ad bowed downe their heades
and wozhyypped the Loode and the kynge.
And they offered offerynges unto the Lord.
And on the morow after þ layde daye, they
offered durntofferynges Unto the Loode: euè
a thousand poog oxen, a thousand rammes
& a thousande thepe, with their dzyncke offe-
rynges. Many ſacrifices offred they for all
Israel, & did eate & dzyncke before the Lord
the ſame daye vs greate gladnelle. And they
made Salomon the ſonne of David kynge
the ſeconde tyme, ad annoynted hym prync
befoze the Loode, and a dock to be the hye
pfeale. * And Salomon ſate on the ſeate of
the Lord, and was hkyng in ſteade of David
his father, & p[ro]pereſed, ad all they of Israel
obeyed him. And all the Loodes and men of
power, and all the ſonnes of kynge David
ſubmitted them ſelues, & were under kynge
Salomon. * And the Loode magnified Sa-
lomon in dignitye, in the ſight of all them of
Israel, and gaue hym so gloriouse a kyn-
dome as no kynge had before him in Israel.

Jf

*ill. Reg. III. b.

*ill. reg. III. c.

G

And so David the ſonne of Jaf raygned
ouer all Israel. And þ space that he raygned
ouer Israel, was fourtye yere: ſeuen yeare
raigned he in Hebron, & xxxiii. yere raygned
he in Jeruſalem. And he dyed in a good age:
full of dayes, riches and honoure. And Sa-
lomon his ſonne raigned in his ſteade. The
actes of David the kynge fyſſt and laſſe,

beholde, they are written in the boke of Sa-
muel the ſear, and in the boke of Naθã the
prrophete, and in the boke of Gad the ſear, w
all his kynghdom and power & tymes, þ wët
ouer hym and ouer all Israel, ad ouer all the
kyngdomes of the erth.

C The ende of the fyſſt boke of the
Chronicles, otherwive cal-
led the fyſſt boke of
Paralipomenon.

C The ſeode boke of
the Chronicles which in the Hebrae
is one with the firſt.

C The fyſſt Chapter.

C The offerſng of Salomon in the hylaulter at
Gibeon, where he receaeth an anſwer of God,
what w[hy]dome hulde be geuen him, w[hy]t
the nombre of his charettes and hozſſemen.

Ad Salomon þ ſo = A
ne of David waxed
ſtröget in hys kyn-
dome, and the Lord
his God was wyth
him, and magnified
him in the dignitye.
And Salomō ſpake
unto all Israel, to þ
captaines ouer thou

*lff. reg. III. a.

ſandes, to the captaynes ouer húd[ez]edes, to þ
iudges and to euery officer in all Israel, and
to the ancient fathers. And so Salomon &
all the congregacion with him & went to the
hye place that was at Gibeō: for there was
þ tabernacle of þ witnelle of God, & which
Woles the ſernaunte of the Loode made in
the wilderneſſe. But the Arcke of God had
David brought from Kiriath Jeafim, into
the place whych David had prepared ther-
fore. For he had pytched a tente for it at Je-
ruſalem. W[or]e ouer, the b[ra]ſen auſter & that
Bezaleel the ſonne of J[er]i, the ſonne of Hur
had made, was there, before the tabernacle
of the Lord. And Salomon and the congre-
gacion went to vyſet it. And Salomon gat
up there before the Loode to the b[ra]ſen au-
ter that was before the tabernacle of w[yt]
neſſe, & offred a thousande burnt ſacreſices

*ill. reg. III. a.

*J. par. III. b.

*Ero. XXXV. and

XXXVII. and

*II. Reg. VI. a.

*Ero. XXXVIII. b.

B

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Salomon

ij,Chronicles.

Fo.lxxxvi.

from whence thou mayst carye them to Je-
rufalē. And Salomon nombed all þrau-
gers that were in the lande of Israel, after
the nombre of them whom hys father Da-
uid had nombed. And they were founde an
hūdred and liu. thousande and syre hūdred.
And he set lxx. thousande of them to beare
burthens, ad. lxxx. thousand to hew kones
in the mountayne, and the thousande ad fire
hūdred officers, to set the people a worcke.

C The.iii.Chapter.

C The temple of the Loide and the porche are hyl-
ded, with other thynges thereto belonging.

Ad Salomō begāne to hylde
the house of the Lozde at Je-
rufalē i moſt Woria* where
(§ Lord) appeared unto Da-
uid his father: euen in þ place
þ David prepared in þ theſ-
thyg floure of Dina þ Jeſulite. And *he
began to builde in the ſeconde daſe of the ſe-
conde moneth‡ the fourth peare of his ray-
gne. And theſe are þ paternes wherby Sa-
lonom was inſtructe to buylde the house of
God. The length was thre ſkoze cubytes
after the olde meaſure, ad the hredeth. xx. cu-
bites. The porche, þ was in bredth as large
as the temple, had. xx. cubytes: ad the heigth
was an hundred ſ. xx. cubites. And he ouer-
layed it on the ynner lyde with pure golde.

B

And the greater house he ſlved û fyſte
tree, which he ouerlayde with the best gold,
and graued thereto paulmetrees & chypnes.
And he ouerlayed the house wyth preciouſe
ſtone beweſfully. And the golde was golde
of Parnaim: The houſe (I laye) þ beames,
poktes, walles and dozes therof, ouerlayed
he with gold, and made graue worke upon
the walles.

And he made þ house moſt holpe, whole
length was. xx. cubites lyke to the hredeth
of the houſe, and the hredeth therof was
alſo. xx. cubites. And he ouerlayde it wyth
good golde, euen wyth. vi. hundred talents.
And the waight of the naples of gold was
ſykſte ſycles. And he ouerlayde þ upper cha-
bres with gold.

C

* And in þ house moſt holp, he made two
Cherubins of ymage worke, lyke chyldren,
and onerlayde them with gold. And þ wpn-
ges of the Cherubs were. xx. cubytes lóge.
The one wpnge was fyue cubites, reaching
to the wall of the houſe, ad the other wpnge
was lyke wple fyue cubites, reaching to the
wpnge of the other Cherub. And euen to the
one wpnge of the other Cherub was fyue
cubites, reaching to the wall of the houſe,
ad the other wpnge was fyue cubites alſo,
and reached to the wpnge of the other Che-
rub. So that the wynge of the layde Che-
rubs were stretched out. xx. cubytes. And
they ſkode on their fete, ad loked inwardes.

*/b.ark.xi.d.

*Act.vii.f.

‡iii. Reg. vi.a

*Exo. xxx.b.

And he made a koze háyng of yellow lyke D
purple, cremolyne, and tyne white, and cau-
ſed the pictures of Cherubs to be hódered
theron. And he made before the houſe, two
pyllers of. xxx. cubytes hye. And the heed
that was aboue on the toppe of one of them
was fyue cubytes. And he made chaynes of
wrethen work for the quere, and put them
on the heedes of the pyllers, ſ made an hun-
dred pomegranates, ad put them on þ chyp-
nes. And he rered vp the pyllers before the
temple. one on the ryght hand, and the other
on the lefte, ad called the ryght Jachin,
and the lefte Boaz.

D

D

C The.iii.Chapter.

C The aulter of bzaſſe, the Lavautoſe, the beſſelles
to walle with, the candelypkes, etc.

Ad he made an aulter of bzaſſe
xx. cubites longe and. xx. cuby-
tes hóade and ten cubytes hye.

A

* And he caſt a braſen Lava-
torye of ten cubites from brym

to brym, rounde in compaſſe, and fyue cu-
bytes hye: and a lyne of thyrtye cubytes
dyd compaſſe it rounde aboute. And under
it was the facpon of oren whych dyd com-
paſſe it rounde aboute: with ten cubytes dyd
they compaſſe the Lavaatorp rounde aboute,
and there were, two rowes of oren whych
were caſt of lyke molte worke. And it ſkode
alſo upon twelue oren: thre loked toward þ
North, thre toward the West, thre toward
the South ad thre toward the Eest, and the
Lavaatorp was ſet upon them, and all theſe
backes were toward the Lavaatorp. And the
thyckeſt of it was and handbrieſe, and the
brym lyke the brym of a cuppe, wyth flou-
res of lyples. And it receaſed and helde thre
thouande bates.

B

* And he made ten lauers: and put fyue
on the ryght hand, and fyue on the leſte, to
wath ad clenſe in them, ſoch thinges as they
offred for a burntoſherynge. But the great
Lavaatorp was for the preaſtes to walle in.
And he made ten candelypkes of golde (ac-
cording to the paterne þ was geue of them)
and put them in the temple: fyue on the right
hande and fyue on þ leſte. And he made alſo
ten tables, and put them in the temple: fyue
on the ryght lyde, and fyue on the leſte. And
he made an hundred bakens of golde. And
he made the courte of the preaſtes, þ great
courte and dozes toit: and ouerlayde the do-
res of them with bzaſſe. And he set the great
Lavaatorpe on þ rygt lyde of the Eest ende,
ouer agaynſt the South. And Hiram made
poktes, chonelles and bakens, and ſynelſhed
the worke that he was appoyped to make
for þyng Salomō in the houſe of God: The
two pyllers, the coueringes of two heedes
on the toppes of the pyllers: ſ the two wze-
thes to couer the two scalpes of heedes that
were

†iii. reg. vii. d

C

Salomon

Ji, Chronicles,

Salomon

were on the toppes of the pyllers: and foure húdzed pomegranates on the two wíethes, two rowes of pomegranates on one wze: the, to couer the two toppes or heedes that were on the pyllers. And he made two bottomes, and lauers made he vpon the bottomes: the great Lauatory, and twelue oren under it. Dottes also and thouelles, flesh hokes, and all theſe vesseſles dyd hyra (bys father) make to kyng Salomon for: þoule of the Loode, of bryght bzaſſe. In þ playne of Jordan dyd the kynge caſt them, euen in the claye ground that is, betwene Socoth ſzaredatha. And Salomon made all theſe vesseſles in greate aboúdaunce, for þ weight of bzaſſe coulde not be rehened.

And Salomon made all the vesseſles þ were for the houle of God: the golden aulter allo ſ the tables to lett the chéwhreed vpon Hózeouer, the cátelſtickes with their lampes (to burne after þ maner before þ quere) and that of precious golde: and the floures and the lampes, and the ſnoffers made he of golde, ad that perfecte golde: as the díelſyng ekyues, balens, ſpones and cenſers of pure golde. And for (be made) the doze of the temple and the pinner dozes within the place moſſholye, and the pinner dozes of the ſéple, were guited. And so was all þ worcke þ Salomon made for the houle of the Loode fynellhed.

### C The. v. Chapter.

The Arcke is brought into the temple, which is filled with the glory of the Loode.

A

kithreg.bii.g

And so all the worcke that Salomon made in the houle of the Loode was fynellhed: as Salomon brought in all the thinques that David hys father had dedicated, with the filuer and golde and all the Jewellez, and put them amonge þ treasures of the houle of God.

Then Salomon geathered the elders of Israel to geather ad all the heedes of the trybes, and auncient fathers of the children of Israel, vnto Jeruſale: to brynge þ Arcke of the couenaunt of the Loode out of the cytie of David which is zion. Wherfore all the men of Israel reſorted vnto the kynge in the feaſte, euen in the ſeventh month. And all þ elders of Israel came, and the Leuites toke vp the Arcke. And the pteaftes and the Leuites brought awaye the Arcke and the tabernacle of wytnſele, (and all the holy vesseſles that were in the tabernacle,) and they bare them. And kyng Salomon and all the congregacion of Israel that were assembled vnto him before the Arcke, offered thepe ad ore, to manye, that they coulde not be tolde nor nombed for multitude.

kithreg.biii.a

And the pteaftes brought the Arcke of þ appoyntment of the Loode vnto hys place, euen into the quere of the temple within the

place moſſholpe, and let it vnder the wynges of the Cherubs, that the Cherubs stretched out their wypges ouer the place of the Arcke, as the Cherubs couered both þ Arcke ad her barres abone on hpe. And the barres of the Arcke, were ſolonge, that the heades of the barres were lene wythout the Arcke within þ quere, but not wythout. And there þ Arcke remained vnto his daye. But there was nothing in the Arcke, as ſaue the two tables whych Woles put therin at Hózeb, when the Loode made a couenaunt with the children of Israel, after they were come out of Egypt. And it ſoſtinned, that wh þ pteaftes were come out of the holy place ( for all the pteaftes that were pzeſent, were ſanctified and dyd not then wapte by course) that both the Leuites ad the ſyngers (vnder Aſaph, Heman and Jeduthun) were appoynted to londrye offices with their chyldre and biethre and were arayed in kyne whyte, baupnyge Simbales, Pſalteries, and Harpes, and ſtode at the Eeſt end of the aulter: ad by them an húdzed and. xx. pteaftes blowping with trompettes. And the troſpette blowers and the ſyngers ſo agreed, that it ſemed but one voyce in pzaſyng and thankyng the Loode. And when they lykte vp their voyce with the trompettes, ſybales ad other inſtrumétes of muſyck, and when they pzaſled þ Loode, as (and layde) how that he is good, and that hys mercye laſſeth euer, the houle of God was ſyſled with a cloude: so that the pteaftes coulde not endure to mnyſiter by þ reason of the cloude. For the maieſty of the Loode had ſyſled the houle of God.

C

kithreg.diii.b

D

### C The. vi. Chapter.

The words of Salomon to the people, and the prayer that he made vnto God.

Then Salomon layde: as the Lord

kithreg.biii.b

bath ſpoken, how þ he wyll dwell in the cloude. And I haue buylt an habitacyon for the, ad a place for þ thy dwellynge for euer. And the kynge turned his face, and blessed the hole congregacion of Israel, and all the congregacion of Israel ſtode. And he layde: blessed be the Loode God of Israel which bath wypth hys hands, fullkyſled it, that he ſpake wypth hys mouth to my father David, layeg: as henc þ daye þ I brought my people out of the lâde of Egypt, I chose no cytie among all þ trybes of Israel to buylde an houle in, that my name might be there, nether chose I any mâ to be a ruler ouer my people Israel: ſauing that I haue chosen Jerusalem, (that my name might be there) and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

kithreg.bii.a
kithreg.biii.b

kithpa.bii.b
and.kii.b

kithreg.bii.a
kithreg.biii.b
l.Dara.cxxi.b.

2

heart

Salomon

ij.Chronicles.

Jo. lxxxvii.

C

herte to buplde an hou se for my name, thou dydeft well that thou so thoughtest in thyne hert. Notwithstandyng, þalt not buylde the houe, but thy sonne which is p[ro]ceaded out of thy lopnes, he shall buylde an houle for my name. The Lord therfore, hath made good hys layenge that he hath ipoken, and I am rpen vp in the rowne of David my father, and am sett on the seate of Israel, as the Lord p[rom]p[ley]ed, and haue buylt an houle for the name of the Lord God of Israel. And in it haue I put the Arcke, wherin is the co]uenaunt of the Lord that he made wyth the childre of Israel. And the kyng stode before the aulter of the Lo]de in the p[res]ence of all the congregacion of Israel, Æd stretched out his hands. Ko] now Salomon had made a h[ra]sen pulppt of fyue cubytes longe & fyue cubytes h[oad], ad th[ee] of heigh[th], and had let it in the middes of the great courte, ÿ upon it, he stode Æd kneled downe, vp[on] his knees before all the congregacion of Israel Æd k[re]ched out his handses toward heauen, & layd:

* *D Lo]de God of Israel, there is no God lyke the in heauen and in erth, which kepeft couenaunt Æd thewewt mercye vnto thy feruautes that walke before the with all their hertes. Th[ou] which h[ast] kept w[ith] thy feruaut David my father the things that thou p[ro]m[pe]ded h[im]: thou laydelt it v[on] thy mouth, and h[ast] fullfylled it with thyne handses, as it is to le this d[ave].

*[l].reg.viii.

*[l].reg.ii.a
and, tr.b.

th-Dara.viii.d.

*[l].reg.viii.f

Esa. lxxx. a,
Ld.vii.f

D

And now Lord God of Israel, kepe with
thy feruaut David my father, the thynges
that thou p[ro]m[pe]ded h[im], layng: * thou
chalt in my light not be without a mă, that
chall lytte vpon the seate of Israel: fo þ[ry] thy
children take hede to their wayes, to walcke
in my lawe, as thou h[ast] walcked before me.
And now Lord God of Israel, lett thy layeg
be true whych þ[ra]p[ake]t vnto thy feruaut
David. And w[yl] God in very dede, dwell
with men on erthe: Æ beholde * heauen and
heauen aboue all heauens do not contapne
the: how moch lesse the houſe which I haue
buyldeſt: Let it be thy pleature therfore to
turne to the prayer of thy feruaunte and to
his ſupplicacyon (D Lord my God) to her-
ken vnto þ[or]dopce and prayer which thy fer-
uaunt p[ra]yeth before the: and let thyne eyes
be open toward this houſe d[ave] and nyght,
ouer this place, wherin thou h[ast] layde, that
thou woldelt put thy name: to herken vnto
the prayer whych thy feruaunte p[ra]yeth in
this place: herken vnto the p[ayers] of thy
feruaut Æ of thy people Israel, which they
p[ra]ye in this place: heare thou (I laye) out
of thy dwellyng place, euen out of heauen:
heare and be mercifull. * If a man lynne a-
gaynſt h[ys] neypoure, and take an ooth a-
gaynſt him, and make him to l[ive]e, Æ they
both come before th[ine] aulter in this h[ou]ſe:

*[l].reg.viii.o

then heare thou from heauen, and w[or]cke, ÿ
udge thy feruautes, that thou rewarde the
ungodly, ÿ recompence him his waye vpon
his heed, and Ætulte y[ke] the r[ight]eous, and
gue him acco]dinge to his r[ight] w[es]neſſe.

D

And þ[ey] thy people Israel be put to the
worke before the enem[ey], because they haue
p[yn]ned aga[n]ſt the: Yet þ[ey] they turne ÿ gene
thankes vnto thy name, and make intercet-
ſyon, and p[ra]ye before the in this h[ou]ſe: then
heare thou from heauen, and be mercyp[ull] vnto
the lynne of thy people Israel, Æd b[zy]ng
them agayne vnto the l[ade], which thou ga-
ueſt to them and to their fathers.

E

* When heau[e] is chutt vp, and there be
no rayne, because they haue p[yn]ned aga[n]ſt
the: yet þ[ey] they p[ra]ye in this place, and con-
kelle thy name, and repent from their p[yn]ne
ſo] the which thou chaſteneſt þ[ey]: then heare
thou in heauen, ÿ be mercyp[ull] vnto þ[ry] p[yn]ne
of thy feruautes and of thy people Israel,
and gyde thou them in to the good waye, to
walke in, and ſende rayne vpon thy l[ande],
whych thou h[ast] geuen vnto thy people, ſo] for
an enheritaunce.

*Deuter.e.b.
ij. Reg. xvii.a

K

And if there be darthin in the lande, or ye-
xp]lence, cozup[cyon], or, blaſt[ing] of cozne,
grat]hoppers, or, caterpyllers, or that they
en]nemp[es] beſege them in the cytjes of they]
lande, * ( Æ deſt]c]pe the countries) or what ſo]euer
plage or ſyckenſelle it be: Then what ſup-
p]cations and p[ayers] ſo]euer chalbe made
of anp[ar]mă, ÿ of all thy people Israel, which
chall know euery man his awne st]o]e ad h[ys]
awne greſſe, and chall stretc]e out their h[ä]
des towarde th[ys] h[ou]ſe,) thou chalt heare
from heauen, eu]e from thy dwellyn]ge place,
and chalt be mercyp[ull], and gene euery man
ac]co]d]yng vnto all h[ys] wayes, eu]e as thou
dolt knowe euery mannes h[erte]: for thou
onely knowe]t the h[ertes] of the ch[pid]zen of
men: that they may keare the ÿ walke in thy
wayes as longe as they p[ue] in the lande,
which thou gaueſt vnto oure fathers.

F

* M[or]eoner, the Kraunger which is not
of thy people Israel, þ[ey] come from a ſare
lande for thy greate names ſake, and thy
m]ightye h[ande], Æd the stretched oure arme,
þ[ey] they come (I laye) & p[ra]ye in thy h[ou]ſe:
thou chalt heare from heauen, eu]e from thy
d]wellyn]ge place, and chalt do acco]d]yng to
all that the Kraunger calleth to þ[or]z. That
all people of þ[er]th maye knowe thy name,
and keare the, as doeth thy people Israel, Æd
that they maye knowe, how that in thy]s
h[ou]ſe whych I haue buylt, thy name is cal-
led vpon.

*[l]. re. vill.e
Joh. xii.e.
Ac. viii.e.

þ[ey] thy people go out to warre aga[n]ſt
their ennem[ies], by the waye that thou chalt
ſende them, and they p[ra]ye to the, in þ[ry] waye
* towarde this cytje which thou h[ast] chol[e],
euen toward the h[ou]ſe which I haue buylt
for

*Deuter.vi.c.

Salomon

Ji, Lhronicles,

Salomon

for thy name: then heare thou from heauen
their supplication and prayer, and helpe the
G in their ryght.

I John. i, d

If they synne agaynst the (as * there is
no man but he doth synne ) and thou be an-
grie with them, and delyuer them ouer be-
foze their enemyes, and they take them and
leadeth awaye vnto a lande ferre or neare,
yet if they repent in their hert in the lande
where they be in captiuite, and turne, and
praye vnto the in the lade of their captiuite,
layeg: we haue synned, we haue done euell
& wekedlye) and turne agapne to the, wyth
all their herte and all their loule, in the lande
of their captiuite, where they kepe them in
bondage, and so praye towarde theyr lande
which thou gauest vnto their fathers, euen
toward the cryptie which thou haſt chosen, ad
toward þ house which I haue buylt for thy
name : Then heare thou from heauen euen
from thy dwellinge place, their supplication
and their prayer, and iudge their cause, and
be mercycfull vnto the people, whych haue
synned agaynst the.

I John. i, v, g

Now my God, let thyne eyes be open, and
thyne cares attent vnto the prayer that is
made in this place. Now up *D Lord God
into thy restynge place: thou and the Arcke
of thy strength: D Lorde God, let thy prie-
kes be clothed with health, and let thy lay-
ctes reioyce in goodnesse. D Lord God, turne
not awaye the face of thyne anoynted: Re-
mebez the mercies, which thou haſt prony-
fed to David thy seruaunte.

C The. vii. Chapter.

C The fye consumeth the sacriſce. The Lorde
appeareth to Salomon the ſecond ſme.

A

I John. i, v, f
‡ Leuit. ii, d

I John. viii, v, g

Ad * whé Salomon had made
an ende of p[ra]y[eg], ♦ there came
downe fy[re]e from heaué, ſ colu-
med þ *burnte offeryng ſ þ ſa-
crifices. And þ house was f[pl]
led w the glorie of þ Lord, ſ þ p[ra]eſte coulde

the go into the house of the Lorde, because þ
glorze of þ Lord had f[pl]led þ Lorde's house.
And whan all the childre of Israel saw how
the fy[re], and the glori[e]e of the Lorde came
downe upon the house, they fell downe flat
upon their faces to the erth upon the paue-
ment, and wor[sh]ipped and confelled vnto þ
Lord, that he is gracious, and that his mer-
cye laſſeth euer.

W

And the kynge and all the people offered
sacrifices before the Lorde. And kynge Sa-
lomón offered a sacrifice of. x. xii. thouſad or,
and an hundred or twentye thoulande thepe.

And so the kynge and all the people dedicated þ house of God. And þ preſſes wapted on their offices, and the Leuites had the instruments of muſkye of þ Lorde (which kynge David had made to confesse vnto the Lord, that his mercye laſſeth euer) playnge

a psalme of David with their hande. And þ
p[ra]eſſes blew with trompetes before them:
and all they of Israel stode. Woe uponer, Sa-
lomon halowed the myddle of the court, þ
was before the Lorde: for there he offered
burnt offeringes and the fat of the peace-
offerynges, because the b[ra]len auiter which
Salomón had made, was not able to recaue
the burnt offeringes ad the meat offeringes
and the fatte.

So at the same tyme Salomon kepte a
* feast of ſeuen dayes, and all they of Israel
with him, an exceed[ing] great congregacion,
euen from the entring in of Hamath, vnto þ
ryuer of Egypt. And in the eight daye they
made a geatheringe. Ix or they kept the dedi-
cation of the auiter ſeuen dayes, and the
feast ſeuen dayes. And the. x. xii. daye of the
feuenth moneth, he let the people departe in-
to their tentes glad and merye in hert, for þ
goodnesse that the Lord had the wed to Da-
uid, and to Salomon, and to Israel his peo-
ple. * And so Salomon fynſhed the house
of the Lorde, and the kynge's house: and all
that came in his hert to make in the house of
the Lorde, and in his awne house, wet prony-
peroull ye forwarde.

C

I John. i, v, g

I John. ii, reg. ad a.

I John. ii, para. vi, a.

D

I John. ii, Par. vii, a.

And the Lorde apered to Salomon by
night, and layd to him: I haue heard thy pe-
tition, and, *haue chosen this place for my
ſelſe, to be an house of sacrifice. If I chut up
heauen, that there be no rayne: or if I com-
maunde the locustes to deuoure the lade, or
if I lende p[er]ſtulence among my people: and
if they that are of my people (amog whom
my name is called up[]) do humble them ſel-
ues, and make intercession, ad ſeke my p[er]
sence, and turne from their wycked wayes,
then will I heare from heauen, and be mer-
cyfull to their ſynne, & will heale their lande.
And from heçe for[th] myne eyes chalbe op[er],
and myne eares attent vnto the prayer that
is made in this place. And therfor now * I
haue chosen and ſanctiſed this house, þ my
name maye be there for[eu]er: and myne eyes
and myne heart chalbe there perpetuall ye.

And if thou w[pl]t walke before me (as
David thy father walked) to do all þ I haue
commaunded the, and chalt obſerue my ſta-
tutes and my lawes: then w[pl]t I stablythe
the feast of thy kynge dome, accor[dy]ng as I
made the couenaunt with David thy father
ſayeg: *thou chalt not be without a man, to
be ruler in Israel. But if þ ye turne awaye,
and for[ka]ſe my ſtates, and my commaun-
dementes (which I haue let before you) and
ſhall go ſerue other Gods, and wor[sh]yppe
them: then w[pl]t I plucke them vp by the ro-
tes out of my lande whych I haue geuè the,
and this house (which I haue ſanctified for
my name) w[pl]t I caſt out of my ſlight, and
will make it to be a p[ro]uerbe ad I eaſt amog
chalbe

I John. ii, reg. ad a.
and. rr. b

I John. ii, Par. vii, c.

I John. i, v, g
Jere.

I John. i, v, g

I John. i, v, g

Salomon

ii. Chronicles.

Fo.lxxxviii.

*Deu. xxi. 10.
ii. Reg. ix. 10.
Jere. xxi. 10.

all nacions. And euery one that pafeth by,
chaleb aſtonnyed at this houſe (which belo-
ged to the moſt hye God) and chall ſaye:
* wyp hath the Loſde deaſte on this kaffion
wyth this lande and wyp this houſe? And
they chall anſwere: because they forſtoke the
Lord God of their fatherts, (which brought
them out of the lande of Egipte) and caught
holde on other Gods, Æd wouſtripp'd them,
ſ eruſed them: euë therkoze hath he brought
all this enuell upon them.

C The. viii. Chapter.

C The cyties, that Salomon buyldeſ, after that
the houſe of God was kynbted.

A
* (ij.) reg. ix. b.

Nd *it forſtuned, that after. xx.
vere, whê Salomon had buylt
the houſe of the Loſde and hys
awne houſe: he buylte the cities
that Hiram gaue hym, and put

of the children of Israel in them. And Salomon wët to hamath zoba, and kregſted it. And he buylt Thadmoz in þ' wilderneſſe, and repapred all the koze cyties which were in Hamath. And he buylt Bethhoron þ' upper and Bethhoron the nether, kstròg cìes, hauing walles, gates & barres. And Baalath and all the koare cyties that Salomon had, and all the charet cities, & the cities of þ' Horſemen, and euery plegaunt place, that Salomon had luſt to buylde in Jeruſalem and Libanon, and thozow out all the lande of his dominion.

B

And all the people that were leſte of the
Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuites &
Jebulites, which were not of the chyldeſe of
Israel: but were the children of them, which
were leſte after them in the lande, and were
not consumed of the children of Israel, them
did Salomò make to paye tribute unto this
daye. But of the children of Israel did Sal-
omon make no bondemè for his worke: but
they were mè of warre & rulers & great Lo-
des with him, & captaynes ouer his chareſes
and Horſemen. And Kyng Salomons ofſy-
cers that ouerſawe & ruled the people, were
two hundred and ſyktye.

C

And Salomon brought the daughter of
Pharao out of the cytype of David, into the
houſe that he had buyldeſd for her. Noſ he
kape: mp wike shall not dwell in the houſe of
David Kyng of Israel, for it is hóly, because
that the Arcke of the Loſde is come vnto it.

Then Salomò offered burntoſſerynges
unto the Loſde, on the auſter of the Loſde
which he had buylt before the porche, doyng
euery thing in his due tyme and ofſkyng, ac-
toſdypnge to the commaundemèt of Moſes,
in the ſabbothes, newmoones, Æd ſolempne
keastes, * the tymes in the yere: that is to
ſaye, in þ' keast of ſwete keed, in the keast of
wekes, and in the keast of tabernacles.

And Salomon ſett the forſtes of preaſtes

to their offices, (as David his father had or-
dered them,) and the Leuites in their wat-
ches, for to prayſe & miniftre before þ' prea-
ſtes daye by daye, and the poſters by course
at euery gate. * Noſo had David the man
of God commaſded. And they omitted not
the commaundement of the kynge vnto the
preaſtes and the Leuites, concernynge enp
maner of thing, & concernyng the treaſures.
Noſ Salomon made p[]rouiſion for the char-
ges, from the first daye that the foundation
of the houſe of the Loſde was layde, tyll it
was kynſhed, that the houſe of the Loſde
was perſecte. Then went Kyng Salomon
to Ezion Gaber, and to Eloth at the * (reed)
ſees ſyde in the lande of Edom. And Hiram
ſent him by þ' hande of his ſeruauntes, chip-
pes and ſeruauntes that had knowledg[e] of
the ſee: and they came wypth the ſeruaüſtes of
Salomon to Dphir, Æd caried thence koure
hundred & ſſyktye talentes of gold, & brought
it to Kyng Salomon.

*H. Par. ix. 10.
D

A

C The. ix. Chapter.

C The communkacyon of Salomon with the quene of Saba, and the giftes that the one gaue the other. The deeth of Salomon, after who fucceadeth Rehoboaun,

Nd* whan the quene of Saba
bearde of þ' fame of Salomon,
the came to p[]roue hym in hard
questions at Jeruſalem, wypth
a very great companye, wypth
camelles that bare lpyces & plentie of golde
and preciouſe ſtones. And when the was co-
me to Salomon, the communed with hym
of all that the had in her herte. And Salo-
mon ſoſled her, all her queſtios, & there was
not one woſde hid from Salomò, which he
tolde her not.

A

*I. Reg. r. a
Mat. xii. 10.
Luc. xj. 0.

And when the quene of Saba had ſene
the wypſdome of Salomon & the houſe that
he had buylt, and the meate of his table, the
ſyftinge of his ſeruaüſtes, and the ſtandylng
of his wayters, their apparell, hys butte-
lars, their apparel, hys gopynge vp (by the
whych he went into the houſe of the Lord,)

And the kape to the kynge: the kapeſte
which I hearde in myne awne lâde, of thine
actes, Æd of thy wypſdome, is true. I beleved
not þ' woſdes of the, vntyll I came, & myne
eyes had ſene it. And beholde, the one halſe
of thy wypſdome was not tolde me: for thou
exceadeſt þ' fame that I hearde. Happte are
thy men, and happte are theſe thy ſeruaun-
tes which stand before the allwaye, & heare
thy wypſdome. Bleſſed be þ' Loſde thy God,
which had luſt to the, to ſett the kynge on his
ſeate, that thou myghteſt be king, and d[]e]yne[d]
by the Loſde thy God. Because thy God
loueth Israel, and hath deelyte to make them
contynew euër, therkoze made he the kynge
ouer them to do ryght and equpte.

B

And

*Ezek. xxi. 10.
Deuett. xvii. 10.

Salomon

ij,Chronicles,

Rehoboam

And the gaue the kyng an hundred e.rr.
C talentes of golde, and of lyces er eadeynge
great abondaunce and preciouſe stones, ne-
ther was there any more ſoch ſpce, as the
quene of Saba gaue kyng Salomon. And
the ſeruauntes of Hiram and the ſeruaütes
of Salomon whych brought goulde from
Dphir, brought alio Algume wood ad
precionſe ſtones. And the kynge made of þ
Algume wood, keyres in the house of the
Lorde and in the kynge's palace, and harpes
and palteries for lyngers. And there was
no ſoche wood ſene before in the lande of Ju-
da. And kynge Salomon gaue to the quene
of Saba euery pleanaunt thing þ the alked,
but not ſo moch as the brought unto þ king.
And so the turned and went awaye to her
anwe lande with her ſeruauntes.

The weight of golde that came to Salomon in one yere, was lyre hundred. Ixvi. talentes of golde, beſydes that which chapme and marchauntes brought: and all the kynge of Arabia and rulers of that countreye, brought gold and ſyluer to Salomon. And kynge Salomon made two hundred boke-lars of beaten golde, and. vi. hundred ſпы-cles of beaten golde were ſpent vp one bo-kelar: and thee hundred chyldes made he of beaten gold, and one chyld coſt thee hundred peces of golde, and the kyng put them in the house that was in the foſſel of Libanon.

And þ king made a great leate of Juozie,
and onerlayde it wyth pure golde. And ther
were fire steppes to þ leate with a kote ſtole
of golde fastened to the leate: and pomelles
on eche lyde of the lyttinge place, and two
lyons standynge by the pomelles. And, ru.
lypos krode on the one lyde and on the other:
upon the fire steppes, so that there was no
loche worke made in any kyngdome.

And all the drynckyng vellelles of kyng Salomon were of golde, and all the vellels of the house that was in the foſſel of Libanon, were of precious gold: for ſyluer was counted nothying wort he in þ dayes of Salomon. For þ kynge chyppes wet to Tharlis with the ſeruaütes of Hiram: euery thre yere once came the chyppes to Tharlis, and brought gold, ſyluer, Juozye, and apes and peacockes.

*ilj,reg.r.d.

* And kyng Salomon paſſed all þ kyn-
ges of the erthe in rychelle and wyſdome.
And all þ kynge of the erthe ſought þ prie-
fence of Salomon, to heare his wyſdome, þ
God had put in his herte. And they brought
euery man his prieſent: vellelles of liuier, ad
vellelles of golde, raymet, harnelle, lyces,
hozles and mules ( and what ſoEUeuer myſght
be gotten) yeare by yeare.

*ilj,reg.ilj.d.

* And Salomon had foure thouſande
ſtalles for hozſles and charettes, and twelue
thouſande hozſemen, whom he beſtowed in

the charet crypties, and come were w the kyng
at Jerusalem. And he raygned ouer all the
kynge that were from Euphrates unto þ
land of the Philistines, and to the border of
Egypt. * And the kyng made ſyluer in Je-
ruſalæ as plenteous as ſtones, & Cedar trees
as pléteouſe, as the mulberry trees þ growe
in þ valeyes. And they brought unto Salo-
mo hozſes out of Egipte, & out of all laſdes.

G

*ilj,Reg.a.b.
ilj. Bara J.d.

* The reſt of the actes of kynge Salomon, ſpilt & laſt, are they not wrytten in the ſayſes of Nathā the Prophete, & in þ paphelye of Abiah the Silonite, and in the viſyons of Jedo the ſear of viſyons, agapuſt Jeroboam the ſonne of Habat; And Salomon rapgned in Jeruſalem upon all Israel fourtye peres. And Salomon ſlepte w þys fathers, and they buried him in the crypte of Dauid his father, and Rehoboam his ſonne rapgned in his steade.

*ilj,Reg.xi.g.

C The .r. Chapter.

C The ſolitues of Rehoboam, and the deuſſou
of his reaume.

A

Ad * Rehoboam went to Siché-
for to Sichem were all Israel co-
me together, to make hym kynge.
And when Jeroboam the ſonne of
Ahab, (which * was ſled into Egypte fro
the prieſence of Salomon the kynge ) heard
it, he returned out of Egypte. And they ſent
and called hym. And to Jeroboam ſ all thep
of Israel came, & communed wyth Rehoboā,
ſayenge: Thy father layed a greuouſe yocke
upon vs: now theſoſe remypte thou ſome-
what of the greuouſe ſeruice of thy father
and of þys heuye yocke that he put vp þs,
and we wyll ſerne the. And he ſayd to them:
come agayne unto me after thee dayes. And
the people departed.

A

*ilj,reg.xii.a.

And kynge Rehoboam counceled wyth the elders that had ſonde before Salomon his father, while he yet lyued, and he ſayde: what councell geue ye me, to anſwere þys people agayne ? And they toſde him, ſayeg: If thou be kind to this people, & pleale the, and ſpeake louing wordes to the, they will be thy ſeruauntes for euere. But he left the councell which the elders gaue him, & tooke councell with þ youngemen, that were growen vp with him, and that ſode in his prieſence. And he ſayde unto them: what aduife geue ye, that we maye anſwere this people, whych haue communed wyth me, ſayenge: A bate some what of þ yocke, which thy father dyd put upon vs.

*ilj,reg.r.i.g.

W

C

And the younge men that were growen
up with him, ſpake unto him, ſapëg: Thus
thalt thou anſwere the people that ſpake to
the, ſayenge: Thy father made oure yocke
heuye: But make thou it some what lyghter
for vs. Thus chalt thou ſaye vnto the: mp
lytle kynger chalbe heuper then my fathers
loynes.

Rehoboam

ij. Chronicles.

Jo. lxxxix.

*iii,reg.xiii.c

loynes. * For where my father put a heue
yocke vp you, I will put moze to yó yock:
my father chafited you with whippes, but
I will chafyce you with scoztons.

And so Jeroboam ſall the people came to
Rehoboã the thríde daye, as the kyrng bade,
sayenge: come agayne to me the thríde dave.
And the kyrng anſwered the cruelly, ſ kyrng
Rehoboam leſte the concill of the aged me,
anſwered the after the aduise of the yoüge
men, ſayeng. By father made pò yocke gre-
ouſe, Æd I will adde therto: mp father cha-
ſtiled you with whippes, but I will chafitce
you with scoztons. And so the kyrng herke-
ned not vnto the people: but the occasion ca-
me of God, that the Lord might made good
his ſayeng, * which he ſpake (by the hâd of
Ahia the Silonite) to Jeroboam the ſonne
of Eabat.

*iii,reg.xiii.d

D

And when all they of Israel saw that the
kynge wolde not agreee vnto them, þ people
anſwered the kyrng, layeg: what parte haue
we with David, oz enheritaunce w the ſonne
of Iai: let euery mā of Israel go to his tét.

*iii,reg.xiii.d

* And now David, to thyne awne houſe.
And so all Israel gat them to their têtes, so
that Rehoboam raygned ouer no moo of þ
children of Israel, then dwelt in the cities of
Juda. Then kynge Rehoboã alſo ſent ha-
duram þ was ruler ouer the trybute, Æd the
chypdien of Israel ſtoned him w ſtones þ he
died. But kynge Rehoboam made ſpede to
get him vp to his charet, to kype to Jeruſale.
And thep of Israel rebelled agaynſt þ houſe
of David vnto this dave.

C The.xi.Chapter.

C Rehoboam is forbiſden to ſeght agaynſt Jeroboã,
He hathe, c viiij. wypes and the koye concubynes, ſ by
them, xviii. ſonnes, and, lii. koye daughters.

A
*iii,reg.xii.e

Ad whê Rehoboam was come
to Jeruſalem, * he geathered of
the houſe of Júda & Bê Jamin,
inye ſkóze thouſand choſen mê
of warre to ſyght agaynſt J-
[diagram]

 Israel, and to hying the kyrng dome agayne to
Rehoboã. And the wode of the Lord came
to Semeiah þ man of God, layege: ſpeake
unto Rehoboã the ſonne of Salomô kynge
of Júda, ſ to all them of Israel þ are in Ju-
da & Bê Jamin, ſ lay: thus layth the Lord:
Ye shall not go vp nor fight agaynſt yó bie-
then: returne euery man to his houſe, ſor
this thynge is done of me. And they obeyed
the wodes of the Lord, and returned from
Rehoboam.

B

And Rehoboam dwelt in Jeruſale, and
bupl stronge cityes in Júda: he buvlded vp
Bethlehem, & Etam and Thetò: Bethzur,
Socho and Adullam: Gath, and Marelæ &
3rph: Adurahim, Lachis and Aſeca: 302ca
Aſalon and Hebrón ( which is in Júda and
Ben Jamin ) strong cityes. And he repay-

red the stronge holdes and put capta ynes in
them, and ſtoze of vitayle, and wyne ſ oyle.
And in all cities he put chyldes & ſpeares, ad
made them exceadynge krôg, hauynge Ju-
da and Benamin on his ſyde.

And the Preaſtes and the Leuptes that
were in all Israel, reſorſted to him, out of all
they? coaſtes. For the Leuptes leſte they?
Suburbes and they? posſellyon, and came
to Júda and Jeruſalem: * for Rehoboam ad
hys ſonnes had caſt them out from mini-
ſtrynge vnto the Loſde. * And he ad deyned
him preaſtes for the hilaulters, for þ deuel-
les and for the caues whych he had made.
And after the Leuſtes thep went of all þ tri-
bes of Israel (soch as submitted their hertes
to ſeke the Lord God of Israel) and came to
Jeruſalem, to offer vnto the Loſde God of
their fathers. And so they streſhed þ king-
dome of Júda, ad made Rehoboã the ſonne
of Salomon mygbtye thez yere longe, for
thez yere they walked in the waye of David
and Salomon.

*iii,reg.xiii.b

*iii,reg.xiii.g

And Rehoboam toke hym Mahalath þ
daughter of Jerimoth the ſonne of David
to wyke, and Abihail the daughſee of Eliab
the ſonne of Jai, which bare hym chyldren:
Jeus, Samaria and zaha. And after he tooke
* Maaca the daughter of Abſalom
whych bare hym Abia, Akthat, 3izæ & Se-
lomith. And Rehoboam loued Acaah the
daughter of Abſalom aboue all his wypes
& cocubynes, for he toke, x viii. wypes & thez
ſkóze cocubynes, and begat, x viii. ſonnes, &
thez ſkóze daughters. And Rehoboã made
Abiah the ſonne of Maacha þ cheſe ruler a-
monge hys hzethen, and to haue the ouer
ſyght of the kyrng dome. And he played wi-
kely, and chatered all hys chyldren thozow
out all the countreyes of Júda and Ben-
Jamin vnto euery ktrôge citie. And he gaue
them aboúdaunce of vitayle, and obtayned
manpe wypes.

*iii,reg.xv.s

C The.xii.Chapter.

C Sefak kynge of Egypt robbeth the
temple of
the Loſde. Rehoboam dieth, and Ahia hys ſonne
ſuccedeth hym.

Ad it came to palle, þ whê Rehoboã had stablyſhed þ kyrng dome, ſ became mightie, he forſoke þ laue of the Lord, ſ all Israel with

M

hym.

A

Eldras

i, Eldras.

complayneth

D

his sonnes and his brethren, even eyghtene.
And halabia, and with hym Ilai of þ children of Herari, with his brethren and their sonnes, twëtie. And of the Nethintins, who David & the Princes gaue to myniter unto the Leuites, two hundred & twentye of Nethinim, which all were named by name.

And euen there at the water, belyde Aha-
na, I proclamed a fast, that we myghte hü-
ble oure selues befoze oure God, and leke of
him a ryghte wape for vs, and for oure chil-
dren and for all oure subſaunce. For I was
alhamed to reequye of the kynge, loudpers
and horſmen, to helpe vs agapnit the ene-
mye in the wape: but we layd unto þ kynge:
The hande of oure God is upon all the that
leke him in goodnes, &c. (his dominion) his di-
lence & wraath is agaynſt all the that forſake
him. So we faſteth, Æd be ſoughte oure God
for this, and he hearde vs.

E

And I toke out twelue of the cheke prea-
tes, Sarabia and Halabia, and ten of their
brethren with them, and weped them þ lyl-
uer and golde, & vellels that were appoyn-
ted for the house of oure God, which þ kynge
and his counsellers and his Loſdes, and all
Israel that there were at hande, had geuen
togethier. And I weyed unto their hâde ſire
hundred & lyktie talètes of lyluer, & in lyluer
vellel an hûdred talètes, & in golde an hûdred
talentes: twentye baſens of golde of a thou-
ande peces, and two coſtly ornamentes of
good bzaffe, as cleare as golde: and I layde
unto them: Ye are còſcrate unto the Lord,
like as the vellels are holy alſo, and þ golde
and ſiluer are geue of a good wyll unto the
Loſde God of youre fathers. Watch ye, and
kepe it: for ye shall wepe it downe befoze the
cheke preaſtes and Leuites, and aucentiſa-
chers of Israel at Jeruſalem i the treauries
of the house of the Loſd. Then toke þ prea-
tes and Leuptes that weped lyluer & golde
and vellell, to kynge it to Jeruſalem, unto
þ house of oure God. And we brake vp, fro
the water of Ahaua on þ tweluerth dape of
the fyrt month, to go unto Jeruſalem: Æd
the hande of oure God was upon vs, Æd de-
pyuered vs from the hande of the enemyes,
& of koch as layde wayte for vs by þ wape.
And we came to Jeruſalem, Æd abode there
the dayes. But on the fourth dape was the
lyluer and golde and vellell weped in the
house of oure God, by the hande of Here-
moth the ſonne of Aria the preaſt, and with
him was Eleazar the ſonne of Phinehes, Æd
with them was Josabad the ſone of Jesua,
and Aoadia the ſonne of Benoit the Leuites.
Accordyng to the nombe and weyght of
euery one, was the weyght all wrytten vp
at the fame tyme.

G

And the children of the captiupte, which
were come out of p[]z[]elon, offered burntoffe-

rynges vnto the God of Israel: twelue bul-
lockes for all Israel, ſyre and nynet ye ram-
mes, leuen and leuentie lambes, twelue he
goates for a ſynofferynge, all to the burnt-
offerynge of the Loſde. And they depuered
the kynge commilyp vnto the kynge of-
ficers, & to the capitaynes that were on this
kyde the water. And they prouoted the peo-
ple and the houle of God.

### C The.ix.Chapter.

Eldras complayneth on the people that had  
turned them selues from God, and marped with  
the gentiles.

He thesee thiges were done,
the rulers came to me, and
layd: The people of Israel,
and the preaſtes, and Leu-
ites are not separated from
the people of the landes (as
touchyng their abhominacions) namely
of the Cananites, Hethites, Pheresites, Jebe-
ites, Ammonites, Moabites, Eglipycans,
and Amozites. * For they haue taken the
daughters of the fame to them selues, & to
their ſonnes, and the holy lede is mirte with
the nacypons in the landes: and the hande of
the p[]z[]ones and rulers hath bene principall
in this trefpace.

* And when I hearde this layeg, I fête my clothes and my rayment, and pluckte of the heer of my heade, and of my beerd, and late mournyng. And there resor ted vnto me all koch as keared the wozdes of the Loſde God of Israel, because of the transgreſſi of the people of þ captiuite. And I late moun-
nynge vntill the euerynge ſacrſice. And aboute the euerynge ſacrifice, I roſe vp fro my heuynes, and rente my clothes and my rayment, and fell upon my knees, and spred out my handes vnto the Loſde my God, and layde:

By God, I am alhamed, and darre not
lyſte vp myne eyes vnto þ my God: for oure
wyckednelles are growne ouer oure heed, &
oure trefpace is waken greate vnto the hea-
uen. Sêce the tyme of oure fatherts haue we
bene in greate trefpace vnto this dape, &
because of oure wyckednelles haue we and
oure kynge bene depuered into the hâde of
the kynge of the nacypons, into the ſwerde,
into captiupte, into chame, and into confu-
sion of face, as it is to se this dape.

And now is there a lytle ſodayne gra-
ciousnes come from the Loſde oure God, in
causyng some of vs to escape, and that he
maye geue vs a naplein in his holy place, and
that oure God maye lyghte oure eyes, and
gene vs a lytle lyſe to take hesth in oure ho-
dage. For we are vondme, & oure God hath
not forlaken vs in oure bondage, and hath
enclyned mercyp vnto vs in the lyghte of the
kynge of Perſia, to gene vs lyſe, to fett vp
þ house

A

*Deut. vii. a.
Joua. xlvii. c.
Judg. x. a.*

* III. K. 3. 2. 1.*

N

*Deu. xvii. d
ii. par. xxxii. b.
iii. reg. xiii. d.*

Straunge wuyes

J. Eldras

Fo. ciii.

the house of oure God, and to redresse the de-
solacyon therof, and to geue vs a wall in Ju-
da and Jeruſalem.

And now, the oure God, what shall we
ſaye after this: for we haue forſale the co-
maundementes, which thou haſt commaui-
ded by thy ſeruauantes the prophetes, ſayeg:
The lande vnto which ye go to poffeſſe it,
is an unclean land, because of the ſylthines of
the people of the landes, w(hy)ch with the ſey
abhominacionſ haue made it full of unclen-
nes on euery ſyde. * Therefore shall ye not
gene youre daughteſ vnto their ſonnes, and
their daughteſ shall ye not take vnto your
ſonnes, neer ſeke their peace & welth for euer,
that ye mape be strong, & enioye the good in
the land, ſ y ye & youre chyldren maye haue
the enheritaunce of it for euermoſe.

And after that all these thinges are come
up to us (because of our euelld deſes & greate
treſpaces) thou oure God haſt ſtrust
downe oure wickedneſſes, & haſt geue vs a
delpueraunce, * (as it is come to palle this dave.)

And if we turne backe agayne, to let go
thy commaundementes, and make coſtractive
with the people of these abhominacions, wilt
not then be wroth at vs (not wout caufe)
till we be vtherly coſumed, so that nothing
remayne, and till there be no delpueraunce:
D Lozd God of Israel, thou art righteous,
for we remayne yet ſcaped, as it is to ſe this
dave. Behold alſo, in thy preſence are we in
oure treſpaces, & because of it mape we not
ſtande before the.

### The. x. Chapter.

The people repente, and turne, and put awaye their Kraunge wpies.

And when *Eldras played after
this maner, & knowleged, wepte,
& laye before the house of God, there
reſoſted vnto him out of Israel a
very great congracyon of men
and wemen, and children: & the people wepte
very ſore. And Sechania the ſone of Jehiel
one of the children of Elam, anſwered, and
layde vnto Eldras: We haue treſpaced a
gap, and oure God, and haue taken Kraunge
wpyes of the people of the land. Now there
is hope yet in Israel concerning this thyng:
For now we wyll make a couenaunt with
oure God, and put awaye all the wpyes
(and soch as are borne of them) accoſdymge
to the councell of the Lozd, and we wylbe in
the keare of the commaundementes of oure
God, that we mape do accoſding to y lawe.
Get the vp, for this matter belongeth vnto
the. We alſo wyll be with the, be of good co-
foſte therfore, and do it.

* Then rose Eldras, and toke an oth of
the chreſte preaſtſes and Leuites, and of all Jſ-
rael, that they chulde do accoſdymge to thyſ
woſde: & they ſware. And Eldras ſkode vp

from before the house of God, and went in-
to the châber of Johanan the ſone of Elia-
sib. And whê he came thither, he did eate no
bred, nor diſancke water: for he mourned be-
cauſe of the tranſgreſſion of the people that
had bene in captiuite.

And they cauſed a proclamacyon to go
thozow out Juda and Jeruſalem, vnto all
the chyldren which had bene in captiuite, y
they chuld geather the ſelues togeather vn-
to Jeruſale: And that whoſoever came not
with in the daves accoſdymg to the deuyce
of the rulers and Elders, all his ſubſtraunce
thulde be ſoſett, and he chulde be put out from
the congregacion of the captiue.

Then all the men of Juda and Ben Ja-
min geathered them ſelues togeather vnto
Jeruſalem wythin the daves, even the
twentie dave of the nenth moneth: and al
the people ſate in the krete before the house
of God, and trembled because of this mat-
ter, for the rayne. And Eldras the preaſte
kode vp, and layde vnto them. * Ye haue
tranſgreſſed, and haue taken Kraunge wy-
ues, to make the treſpace of Israel yet moſe:
confelle now therfore vnto the Lozd God
of youre kathers, and do hiss pleature, and
separate youre ſelues from the people of the
lande, from the Kraunge wpyes. And all
the congregacyon anſwered, and layd with
a loude vopce: It chalbe so, and we wyll do
as thou haſt layde. But the people are ma-
ny, and it is a rapnie wether, and the peo-
ple are to kapnt to tarie wythout in y krete,
neither is this a wozcke of one dave or two,
for we haue offeſed very ſore in this thing
Lett oure rulers and therfore in all the co-
gregacyon, and lett all them whych haue
taken Kraunge wpyes in oure cyptes come
at the tyme appoynted, and let the Elders
of euery cypte for they? Judges be with the,
till they haue turned the wyath of oure God
awaye from vs concernyng this matter.

Then were appoynted Jonathan the
ſonne of Asahel, and Jahalia the ſonne of
Thekua ouer this matter: And Moſullam
and Sabathai the Leuptes helped them.
And the chyldren of the captiuite dyd euen
fo. And Eldras the preaſt, and the auncient
heades thozow the house of the y kathers,
(all men of great fame) separated them ſel-
ues, and sat them downe on the fyſt dave
of the tenth moneth, to examen the matter.
And vntill the fyſt dave of the fyſt mo-
neth they were kymching the bulynes with
all the men y had taken Kraunge wpyes.

And amonge the chyldren of the Prea-
ſes there were men founde that had taken
Kraunge wpyes, namely amonge the chyl-
dren of Jefua the ſonne of Jofedec and of
hys brethren, Haliah, and Eliezer, Jarib
and Sedalia. And they gane they? handes
there

*Deu.vii. a. 3.

*Deu.vii.a.
Judi.vii.a.

A
*xxii.eld.viii. s.

xxii.eld.vii.e.

The buylding

ij. Elżas.

of Jerusalem

of Pasaeh, & Welulam the ſone of Belodia, they layde the beames therof, and let on the dores, lockes and barres of it. Nexte unto them, buyldeſ Malatiah of Gibeſ, and Jadon of Herano, men of Gibeon, Æd of Hizpa, where he that was captayne on this side the water had a manlion. Nexte unto him buildeſ Tiel the ſonne of Barhaiah y gold-Imph. Nexte unto him alſo buyldeſ Hanaiah the ſonne of Barakahim, and they repayred Jeruſalæ vnto the bridge wall. Nexte unto them buyldeſ Raphaiah the ſonne of Hur, the ruler of the halke parte of Jeruſalem. Nexte vnto him buyldeſ Jededia y ſonne of Harumaph ouer agaynſt his houſe: Æd nexte vnto him buyldeſ Hatus the ſonne of Hasabnia. But Welchia the ſonne of Haim, and Hafub the ſonne of the captayne of Moab buyldeſ the other pece, and the tower belyde the koſnaces. Nexte unto him buyldeſ Sallum a ſyngers ſonne, the ruler of the halke parte of Jeruſalem, he and hys daughters.

C

The valley gate buyldeſ Hanun, Æd the citelins of zanoa. Thep buyldeſ it, and let on the dores, lockes and barres therof, and a thousande cubites on the wall, vnto y Dongepozte. But the Dongepozte buildeſ Elchiah the ſonne of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth parte of Bethcharé he repayred it, Æd let on the dores, lockes and barres therof. But the wellgate repayred Sallu the ſonne of Cholholah, the ruler of y fourth parte of Wilpa. He buyldeſ it, and layde the beames, and let on the dores, lockes, and barres therof, and the wall vnto the pole of Siloah by the kynges garde, and vnto the steppes that go downe from the ciptie of David. Akter him buyldeſ Nebemiah the ſonne of Abok, the ruler of the halke parte of Bethzur, vntill the other lyde ouer agaynſt y lepulchres of David, and to the pole y was repayred, & vnto the houſe of the mightye.

D

Akter hym buyldeſ the Leuites, Rehum the ſonne of Bani: and nexte vnto him buildeſ Hasabia the ruler of the halke parte of Keilah in hys quarter. Akter hym buyldeſ their hriethz, Bauai the ſonne of Henadad, the ruler of the halke parte of Keilah: & akter hym buildeſ Ezer the ſonne of Jelua the ruler of Wilpa the other pece, harde ouer a gaynſt the going vp to the houſe of ozdinaunce that was in the corner. Agayne, akter hym brake fourth Baruch the ſonne of zachai of indignacyon, and repayred the other pece from the turnynge corner vnto the doze of the houſe of Eliaſib the hie pzeſk. Akter hym alſo buyldeſ Merimoth the ſonne of Cria the ſonne of Hacos y other pece, from the doze of the houſe of Eliaſib, euen as longe as the houſe of Eliaſib extended. Akter hym buyldeſ the pzeaſtes, the men of

E

the playne. Akter hym buyldeſ Ben Jamin J and Hafub ouer agaynſt their houſe & akter hym wrought Asaria the ſonne of Maasia the ſonne of Anania nexte vnto hys houſe. Akter hym alſo buyldeſ Benui the ſonne of Hanadad the other pece, from the houſe of Asaria vnto the turnynge of the wall, and vnto the corner.

Akter hym buyldeſ Pala y ſonne of Uaſi ouer agaynſt the corner and the hye tower, which lyeth out ouer the kynges houſe, that was belyde the courte of the pzeſon. Akter hym Phedaja y ſonne of Pharhes (as for the Nethinims they dwelt in the strong holde vnto the watergate, towarde y easte, and to the tower that lyeth out.) Akter him buyldeſ they of Thelkua the other pece ouer agaynſt the greate tower, y lieth outward, vnto the wall of the strong holde.

But for above the Hozgate fourth, buildeſ the pzeaſtes, every one ouer agaynſt his houſe. And akter them buyldeſ zadok y ſonne of Immer ouer agaynſt his houſe. Akter hym buyldeſ alſo Semeia the ſonne of Sechania the keper of the Ealgate. Akter him buildeſ Hanania y ſonne of Selemia, & Hanun the ſonne of zalaph the lyſte, the other peace. And akter him buyldeſ Welulam the ſonne of Barachia ouer agaynſt hys kroze houſe. Akter him buyldeſ Halkia the gold-Imptes ſonne, vntill the houſe of the Nethinims, and of the merchauntes ouer agaynſt the gate of Nephkad, Æd to the parler in the corner. And betwene the parlour of the corner vnto the Shepegate buyldeſ the gold-Imptes and the merchauntes.

C The iiiij. Chapter.

C The buyldeſ of Jeruſalem is hynded ſ let, but the Jewes builde it, belyng readye harnepſed, let their enempeſ hund inuade them.

G

At whé Sanabalat heard y we buyldeſ the wall, he was wroth in him ſelſe, and toke greate indignacion, Æd mocked y Jewes, and layde before his hriethen Æd the ſouldyers of Samaria: what do these impotent Jewes: wyll the hethen suſtre them: shall they offee: shall they perfourme it i one dape: shall they make ſtones whole agyne that are brought to dust, and bzent: And Tobiah y Ammonite was belide him, and layd: Though they buyld, yet yka ſore go vp, he shall brieake downe their stonye wall. Hcare (D thou oure God) for we are deſpited, turne their Chame upon their owne heade, & geue the ouer into deſpilynge in the lade of their captiuite. Coner not their wickeſnelle, & let not their ſinne be put out i the pzeſence: for they haue prouokéd y buyldeſ. And so buyldeſ we the wall, Æd it was toyned whole together, vnto y half hevgh therof. And y people were mynded to laboure.

And

A

ij. Eldras.

Jo. cvij.

miel, Sabaniah, Buni, Sarebiah, Bani, & Chanani, & cryed loude unto the Lord their God. And the Leuites, Jefua and Cadmiel Bani and Hafabnia, Serebia & Hodia, Se- bania, and Phathahia, layde: fande vp, & prayle the Lord yd God for euer: & let than- kes be geuen vnto the name of thy glorye, which excelleth all thakelgevinge & prayle. Thou art Lord alone. Thou haft made bea- uë, & the heauen of all heauës, with all their hoofft, the earth & all things y are therein, the see & all þ is therin: & thou pzereruest the all, and the hoofft of heauë wor'thippeth þ. Thou art the Lord God, that haft chosen Abzam, &d broughtest hym out of * Ur in Chaldea, &d and calledst him Abzaha, and foundest his hert faythfull befoze the * and madest a co- uenaunt with him, to geue vnto hys fede the lande of the Cananites, Hethites, Amo- tes, Pherefites, Jebuſites and Gerſites, & haſt made good thy wordes: for þ art righ- teous * and haſt conſydered the myſery of oure fatherts in Egipte, and hearde their co- playnte by the reed fee, and thewed tokens & wonders upon Dharao, & on all hys ſer- uauantes, and on all the people of hys lande: for thou kneweſt, that thep were pzeſump- tuous and cruel agaynſt them, &d so madeſt thou the a name, as it is this dape. And the reed fee dyſeſt thou deuyde in ſunder befoze them, so that they went thorow the myddes of the fee dzpe chоd: and their perſecuters thzeweſt thou into the depe (as a ſkone) in þ mightie waters, & leddedt them on the dape tyme in a cloudy pyller, &d on the mighte ſea- fon in a pyller of ſye, to the we them lyghte in the waye that they wente.

*Gene.xvj.d.

‡Gene.xvii.a

*Gene.xv.b

*Ero.iii.b

C

*Ero.ckr.a

*Ero.xvj.d

‡Ero.xvii.d

Num.xrv. b

D

*Ero.xkxi.a

*Thou cameſt downe also upon mount Sinai, & spake to them from heauen, & gaueſt them righſe iudgmentes, true lawes good commaundementes and ſatutes, and declaredt vnto them thy holy Saboth, and cōmaundedt them pzeceptes, oſdinaunces, and lawes, by the hand of Woles thy ſer- uauant: and * gaueſt them hred from heauen when they were hongrype, and * broughteſt forth water from them out of the rock whé they were thylſtyle: and p[ro]misedt the, that they chulde go in, and take posſession of the lād, ouer which thou haddelt lyſte vp thyne hande for to geue them.

But they & oure fatherts were vroude & hardnecked, so þ they followed not þ cōmau- dementes, &d wolde not obepe, neither were myndeſfull of the wou[ders] that thou diddeſt for them: but became, obſkynate and heady, in so moche, that thep turned bak[e] to theyr [b]ondage for their diſobedypence. And thou my God for gaueſt, and wail[gracious] mcr- cyfull, pacient, and of great godneſſe, and for[lo]ſkeſt the not. * And though they made a moulke calfe ( & layde: Thysis the goddes

that brought the out of the land of Egipte) and dyd greate blasphemyes, pet for[lo]ſkeſt thou them not in the wyldernes, accor[dy]ng to thy greate mercy.* And the cloude pyller depar[red] not from them on the daye tyme to leade them the waye, neither þ p[yller] of ſye in the night ſeason, to the we them lyghte in the waye that they wente.

And thou gaueſt them thy good ſprete, to enfoorme them, * and withheld not thy Manna from their mouth, & gaueſt the water whé they were thylſtyle. For[tye] p[ea-]res longe madeſt thou p[ro]uſion for them in the wyldernesſe, so þ they lacked noth[ynge], * their clothes warded not olde, and their fete ſwelled not. And thou gaueſt them kynge- domes and nacpons, & partedt them accor- dyng to their porzions, so þ they posſelled * the lande of Sehon kyn[g] of Hefeson, & the lande of Og the kynge of Balan. And their chyldren multiplied thou as the ſar- res of heauen, and broughteſt them into the lande, wherof þ haddelt spoken vnto they[] fatherts, that they chulde go into it, and haue it in posſession.

And the chyldren went in, and posſelled the lād, * and thou ſubduedt before them the inabyters of the lande, euen the Cana- nites, and gaueſt them into their hāde, with their kyngeſs and the people of the lāde, that they might do with them what they wolde. And they wanne their ſtronge cyties, and a fat lande, and toke posſession of houſes that were full of all maner of goodes, welles dig- ged out, wyne p[ard]es, oylegardens, & ma- ny frutefull trees: and they dyd cate, & were ſp[plied], and became fat, and lyued in welth thorow thy greate goodnes. Neuertheles they were diſobedient, & rebelled agaynſt þ, and caſt thy lawe behynde their backes, and * flewe thy p[ro]pheteſ (which exhort[ed] the earneſtly, that they might bring the agayne vnto the) & dyd greate blasphemies. Ther- for[ze], þ gaueſt them ouer into the hād of their enemyes, that they der[ed] them.

And in þ tyme of their trouble whā they cried vnto the, þ hardeſt them from heauen: & thorow thy greate mercy thou gaueſt the * ſauffours, which helped them out of the hande of their enemyes. But whé they came to reſt, they turned bak[agayne], to do euell before the: therfor[ze] lefteſt thou them in the hande of their enemyes, so that they had the dominion ouer the. And whā they coueried, &d cried vnto the, & thou herdeſt them from heauen, & many tymes haſt thou deelyuered them accor[dy]ng to thy greate mercy, &d te- kſkyfedt vnto them, þ thou mighteſt b[ry]ng them agayne vnto thy lawe.

Not withstand[ing], they were vroude, &d herkened not vnto thy cōmaundemētes, but p[ynned] in thy lawes * (whych þ of a mando

D iii he shall

*Ero.xvj.d

Num.xvii.c

J.Coun.x. a.

*Ero.xvj.d

‡Ero.cviij.d

Num.xvj.d.

*Deut.viii.b

and xixr.a.

*Num.rrf.k.

*John.iiij.iii.

E

*xij.rgg.rct.1

J

K

*Levi.xvii.d

Krom.r.a

E la. iii.b.

Ezech. x. b

ij, Eldras.

Jo. cviii.

And the preaſt the ſonne of Aaron chall
with the Leuities haue alſo of the tithes of ſ
Leuities, to that the Leuities chall brynge vp
the tithes of their tithes vnto the house of
oure God, to the ſtoze houles äd to the trea-
lure houſes. Ko: the children of Israel, ſ
the chyldren of Leu chall brynge vp the hene-
offerynges of the corne, wyne äd oyle vnto
the ſtoze houſes, there as are ſ velleſls of the
sanctuary, and the preaſtes that minifter, ſ
the porters äd lyngers, that we forſake not
the house of oure God.

C The. xi. Chapter.

C who dwelled in Jeruſalem after it was buyl-
ded Æ who in the cypres of Iuda.

And the rulers of ſ people dwelt
at Jeruſalem. The other peo-
ple also cail lottes, that amöge
ten, one parte chulde goto Je-
ruſalem into the holy cypre to
dwell, ſ nyne partes to be in the cypres. And
the people chaked all the me, that were wpl-
lynge to dwell at Jeruſalem.

These are the heades of the lande, that
dwelt in Jeruſalem and in the cypres of Ju-
da, euery one in his posſession, and in the ſy-
ći cypres: they of Israel, the preaſtes, Leu-
tes, the Neθinims, and the chyldren of Sa-
lomons lernaütes. And at Jeruſalem dwelt
certapne of the chyldren of Iuda and of ſe
Jamin.

Of the children of Iuda: Athaia ſonne of
Aſſia, the ſonne of Zachary, the ſonne of
Amaria, the ſonne of Saphatia, the ſonne
of Mahalalel, of ſ childe of Phares. And
Maſſia the ſonne of Baruch, the ſonne of
Chal Hoſe, the ſonne of Halaſa, the ſonne of
Adata, the ſonne of Joiarib, the ſonne of za-
chary, the ſonne of Siloni. All these were
the chyldren of Phares that dwelt at Jeru-
salem: euen koure C. the ſtoze and eight va-
leauſt men.

These are the childre of ſe Jamin: Sal-
lu the ſonne of Meluſam, ſonne of Joed,
the ſonne of Pedaia, the ſonne of Colaia, the
ſonne of Maſſia, the ſonne of Ithiel, the ſon-
ne of Iſai. And after hym Gabai, Selai
B nyne hundreth and eygth and twentye. And
Joel the ſonne of ſichz had the ouerſygh-
t of them: and Iuda the ſonne of Senua was
nert ouer the citie.

A. Dara, 2. B.

* Of the preaſtes: Iedaiah ſonne of Jo-
tarib, Jachin, Saratah the ſonne of Helkia
the ſonne of Mesulam, the ſonne of zadoc, ſ
ſonne of Heraioth, ſonne of Ahitob, was
prince in the house of God: and hys brethen
p perfourmed the woſke in the temple. viii.
C. and. xxii. And Adata the ſonne of Jero-
ham, ſonne of Plalaliel, ſonne of Amzi,
the ſonne of Zachary, the ſonne of Phathur-
the ſonne of Halkia and his brethen cheke
amonge the kathers: two hundreth and two

and forſtpe. And Amaſaſi the ſonne of A sarcl
the ſonne of Ahaſaſi, the ſonne of Mofele-
moth, the ſonne of Immer: and hys bræ-
then were valiaunt men, an hundreth and
eygth and twethpe. And theyr ouerſear was
ſabdiel a ſonne of one of the great men.

* Of the Leuſtes: Semeia the ſonne of *I. paral. p. b.
Haſub the ſonne of Aserikam, the ſonne of C
Haſabia the ſonne of Buni: and Sabathai
and Iofabad of the cheke of the Leuities, had
the ouerſight of the outwarde buſynes of ſ
house of God. And Mathamia the ſonne of
Micha, the ſone of zabdi, ſonne of Aſaph,
was the principall to begynne the thankel-
geinge and prayer. And bakbukia the ſe-
conde amonge hys brethen, and Abda the
ſonne of Sammua, the ſonne of Galal, the
ſonne of Jeduthun. All the Leuities in the
holy citie were two hüdzeth foure ſtoze and
foure. * And the porters Acub and Talmö,
their brethen that kepte the portes, were
and hundreth and two and ſeuentpe. As for
the reſpue of Israel, the preaſtes ad Leu-
tes, they were in all the cypres of Iuda, eu-
ery one in his inheritaunce.

And the Neθinims dwelt in Ophel: and
ziba and Gispa was let ouer ſ Neθinims.
The ouerſear of the Leuities at Jeruſalem,
was Uli the ſonne of Baani, the ſonne of
Haſabia, the ſonne of Mathamia, the ſon-
ne of Micha.

Of the chyldren of Aſaph there were ſyn-
gers aboute the buſynes in ſ house of God:
ko: it was the kynge commaundemèt con-
cernyng them, that the ſyngers chulde deale
faithfully euery dave as was accorſdinge.

And Pathaia the ſonne of Meleabel
of the chyldren of zerah the ſonne of Iuda
nerte the kynge in all matters concernyge
the people, and theyr vylages, and lan-
des. And ſome of the children of Iuda that
were without in the townes of theyz lande,
dwelt at Kariath Arbe, and in the vulla-
ges therof, at Didon, and in the vulla-
ges therof: and at Jecabzeel, and in the vil-
lages therof: at Jelua, Moladah, Beth-
phalet in the towne of Sual: Beerleba',
and in theyz villages, at Sikelag' and Mo-
conah, and in theyz villages: And at Entre-
mon, zarah, Jerimuth, zonoa, Ddollam äd
in theyz vylages: At Lachis, and in the fel-
des therof: At Aleka, in the villages ther-
of: and they dwelt from Werſabe vnto the
valley of Hinnom.

The chyldren alſo of Ben Jamin of Ge-
ba, dwelt at Machmas, Aia, Bethel and
in theyz villages. And at Auathoth, Nob,
Ananiah, Hazor, Ramah, Gethaim, Pa-
did, zeboim, Fabalath, Lod, and Dno,
the carpenters valley. And the Leuſtes
had posſessyon both in Iuda and in Ben-
Jamin.

D iiiii C The

Job

Jo,cruij.

which are in heuſtneſſe mape com to plope-
rite. He deſtropeth the deuices of the lot,ill,
to that their hâdes are not able to perſozne
any ſtedſaſt thyng. * He compaſeth the wi-
ſe in their awne craftyneſſe, and ouertho-
weſh the councell of the wycked. In ſomoch
þ they runne in to darckneſſe by kayze dape,
and *grope about them at the none daye, ly-
ke as in the nyght.

*J.f.Coxin.tij.f

C

*deu, xxviiij.a

He shall delyuer þ pooze fro the Sweard,
and from the threatenynges of the ungodyl
and from the violence of the mygbtye. He is
the hope of the pooze: and the mouth of the
wicked shall be stopped.

Beholde, * happe is the man, whom
God puniſheth: therfoze, refuse not thou the
chaftening of the Almygbty. J. Ko * though
he make a wounde, he geueth a playkter:
though he ſmptè, þys hande maketh whole
agayne.

*Heb.tij.b

Apoctiii.d.

Prouer.biiij.b

‡Sle.vij.a

He shall delyuer the in ſyre trouſles,
and in the ſeventh there shall no euell come
to the. In höger he shall laue the from death:
and when it is warre, from the power of the
ſwearde.

‡S

Thou chalt be kept from the euell tonge
and when trouble commeth, thou chalt not
nede to keare. In deſtruccion and derth thou
chalt be mery, and * chalt not be affrayed of
beaktes of the earth: J: Ko * þ stones of the
lande chall be konſedrate with the, and the
beaktes of the felde chall geue the peace.

*Psal.rei.a

S

And thou chalt know, that thy dwelling
place chalbe in reſt: and thou chalt go and be-
holde thy habitacyon, and chalt not ſynne.
Thou chalt ſe alſo, þ thy ſede chall encreace,
and that thy poſterite chalbe as the graſſe
upon the erth. Thou chalt come alſo to thy
graue in a kayze age, lyke as when they take
up a cozne theſe in due leaſon. Lo, thys we
oure ſelues haue proued by experience, and
euen thus it is. Herken thou to it alſo, that
thou mayeſt take hede to thy ſelſe.

C The.vi.Chapter.

C Job anſwereth, that hys payne is moſte
greuouſe, then hys ſaute, yet norwithſtan-
dyng he delieth therin.

A

Ob anſwered alſo, and ſaye:
* Æð þe displeasure whych
I haue were truly weped, and
my puniſhmeſt layed in the ba-
launces together: for now is it

heuper then the lande of the ſee. And thys is
the cauſe, that my wordes are ſo ſoowfull.

J: Ko * þ arowes of the Almygbty are roud
about me, whole indignacion hath droncke
up my ſpzeſe, and the terrible ſeaſes of God
are ſet agaynſt me. * Doth the wylde alle
roare when he bath graſſe: D: cryeth the
ore, when he hath fodder ynough: That
which is vnſauery, chalt it be eate with out
ſalte, or is ther any taffe in the whyte of an

*Amos.iii.a

egge: The thynges that some tyme I might
not aſawe wythall, are now my meate for
very ſozowe. D that I myght haue my de-
ſyre: and that God wolde graunte me the
thynge, that I longe for: D that God wold
begynne and ſmptè me: that he wolde let his
hande go, and take me cleane awaye. Then
thulde I haue some conſoſte: pee I wold de-
ſyre him in my payne, that he thulde not ſpa-
te, for I wyll not be agaynſt the wordes of
the holy one.

B

J: Ko what power haue I to endure: And
what is myne ende, that my soule myght be C
pacent: Is my strength the strength of ſto-
nes: D, is my fleſſe made of haffe: Is it
not so that ther is in me no helpe: Æd that my
ſubſtaunce is taken from me. He that is in
tribulací ſought to be cōſoſted of his neigh-
bour ſe: but the keare of the Loſde is cleane a-
waye: Tyne awne brethien palleouer bp
me as the water broke, and as the ryuer
of water do haffely go awaye. But they
that keare the hozē kroſt, the ſnowe chall fall
upon them.

D

When their tyme commeth, they chalbe
delkroyed and perſhthe: when they be ſet on
ſyre, they chalbe remoued out of their place,
for þ pathes that they go in, are croked: they
haffe after vayne thynges, and chall perych.
They turne them to the pathes of Theſman
and to the wayes of Saſa, wherein they ha-
ue put their truſt. Conſounded are they, that
put enp confidence in them: J: Ko when they
come to obteyne the thynges that they loke
koz, they are brought to conſulation.

Euen so are ye alſo come unto me: but
now þ pe ſe my miſery, ye are affrayed. Dyd
I delyze you, to bizeig unto me, or to geue me
enp of youre ſubſtaunce: To delyuer me fro
the enemyes hande, or to laue me from the
hande of tirauntes: Teach me, and I wyll
holde my tonge: and when I do erre, the we
me wherin. How ſtedſaſt are the wordes of
trueth: And which of you can rebuke Æd re-
proue them: Do ye take deliberací to check
mens layinges, and iudge a pooze word
ſpoken in vayne: Ye fall upon the father-
leſſe Æd go about to onerthow youre awne
kred. And therſoze be contét, and loke now
upon me, Æd I will not lye before youre face.
Turne (I praye you) be indifferent iudges
turne agayne, and ye chall ſe myne ungylti-
nefle: whether there be enp vnrighte counneſſe
in my tóge, or vayne wordes in my mouth.

C The.vii.Chapter.

C Job heweth that thys lyke is but a bataplle
of warkare.

Ithman * any certainne tyme A
upō earth: * Are not his dapes
all ſolyke the dapes of an hryed
feruaunte: J: Ko lyke as a bonde
feruaunt deſheth the thadowe,

*Plal.rrrtr.

P ii and as

Job

Jo,crv,

*Amos, v. b.

the *karres*, as it were under a lygnet. He
him *selke* alone spiedeth out the heaués, and
goeth upon the waues of the *lee*. He maketh
the waynes of heauen ♦ the *Orion* * the
seuen *karres*, and the *secrete* places of the
south. He doth greate thynges, soch as are
unsearcheable, yee and wonders wypthout
nombe.

W

Lo, whan he goeth oner by me, I shall
not le him: And whan he departeth, by me,
I shall not loke vpō hym: I that not percea-
ne him. If he be hally to take eny thynge a-
waye, who wyll make him restoze it agay-
ne: Or who wyll laye unto him * what do-
eft thou? * He is God, whole wathyno man
maye wypthstande: but the proudest of all
must koupe under him. How chulde I then
anwere him: or what wodes chuld I finde
out agapnſt hym: Pee though I were rygh-
tuous, yet mygbt I not gene him one woſ-
agayne, but mekely submytteme my ſelk to him
as my indge. Yf I had called upon hym, ad
he had anſwered me, * yet wold I not be-
leue, that he herde my voyce: he troubleth me
ſo wypth the tempeſt, and woundeth me out
of meaſure wypthout a cause. He wyll not
let my ſpere be in reſt, but ſyleth me wypth
bypſterneſſe.

*Exl. viii. a

‡Jer.x.a.

If men wyll speake of ſtrength, lo, he is
ſtreung: ſf men wyll speake of ryghteouſ-
tines, who darre be my recozde. If I wypll in-
ſkyfe my ſelke, ♦ my awne mouth shall
condemne me: ſf I wypll put forſth my ſelke
for a perfecte man, he shall proue me a wyp-
ked doer: Iko that I be an innocent, and
my ſoncience cleare, yet am I weerp of my
lype.

C

One thypg it is and therfore I layed. He
delte oyeth both the ryghteous and ungod-
ly. And though he laye sodely w ſcourage,
yet wypll he laugh at the punyſhement of
the innocent. As for the woſde, it is geuen
ouer into the hande of the wypked, and he
thall couer the faces of ſijudges thereof. Is it
not so: where is there enp, but he is ſoch one:

*Job, vii. a.

*Wp dayes are more swypſte then a run-
ner: they are gone ſhaue ſene no good thing.
They are palled awaye, as the chippes that
be good under layle, and as the Aegle that
ſlyeth to the paye. When I am purpofed to
ſoget my complayning, to leane of fro my
wath, and to conſoſte mp ſelke: then am I
afrayed of all my ſoſowes, for I knowe,
that thou wypſt not iudge me innocent. If I
be then a wypked doer, why laboure I in
vayne? ſf I wawle my ſelke wypth snowe
water, ad make myne handes neuer to clea-
ne, or at the well, yet chalt thou dyppete me in
the mype: and ♦ myne awne clothes shall
defyle me. Iko that I must gene anſwere
unto, and with whom I go to lawe, is not
a man as I am. Nether is there enp dayel-

man to laye his hande betwene vs. Let hym
take hys rod awaye frome, yee let hym ma-
ke me nomore afraid of him, and then chall
I anſwere hym without enp keare. Iko as
longe as it is thus, I can make no anſwere.

C The.x.Chapter.

C Job is weerp of his lyke, and leteth out his cla-
ſitue before God. He deſpeth the *tyme* to repent.
A deſcription of death.

T greueth my ſoule to lyue. I
wypll make my complaunte, and
wypll speake out of the verp he-
upneſſe of my ſoule. I willysaye
unto God: D do not condemne

me, but chewe me the cause, wherfore thou
contendest to wypth me. Thynckeſt thou it
well done, to oppreſſe me, to caſt me of (beig
the woſke of thy hädes ) and to mayntepe
the councell of the ungodly: haſt thou fle-
thy eyes: or doeth thou loke as a man loketh:
D are thy dayes as the dayes of man, and
thy yeares as mans peres: that thou ma-
kelt ſoch inquificion for my wypkedneſſe,
and ſeareſt out my ſynne : where as (no-
withſtandylng) thou knoweſt that I am no
wypked person, and that + there is no man
‡Deut.x.riif.f
able to delyuer me out of thyne häde.* Thy
hauſes haue made me, ad kallhoned me all
togethier rounde about, wypll thou then de-
ſtroye me sodenly? D remembre (I beseke
the ) how that thou madeſt me of the mould
of the earth, and chalt brynge me into duſt
agayne.

Haſt P not turned me, as it were milck:
and turned me to cruudles lyke cheſe: *Thou
haſt couered me wypth skynne and fleſt, and
iopned me together wypth bones and lynno-
mes. *Thou haſt graunted me lype, and done
me good: and the diligent hede that thou to-
keſt upon me, haſt p[re]ſerued my Iſpete.

Thou haſt hyd theſe thyngeſ in thyne
hert. I am ſure, that thou remembreſt this
thynge. ſf I dyd lynne, thou haddelt an
eye unto me, and chalt not declare me inno-
cent becauſe of myne offence. If I haue do-
ne wypkedly, wo is me therfore: If I haue
done ryghteously, yet darre I not lyſte up
my heade: so full am I of conſulation, ſ le my-
ne awne miſery.

Thou hunteſt me out (beynge in heup-
neſſe ) as it were a Lyon, and troublerſt me
out of meaſure. Thou b[ry]ngelt freth wpt-
neſſes agaynſt me, and thy wath increaseſt
thou vpō me, very many are ſ plages that I
am in. *Wherefore haſt thou brought me out
of my mothers wombe: O that I had pe-
trified, and that no epe had ſene me. If they
had carried me to my graue as ſoneas I was
bozne, then chuld I be now, as though I had
neuer bene.

*Job, III, b.

Are not my dayes keaw: Let hym then

D ttt leane

Job,

Jo. xxx.

whan they were in heupnes, I was theys
comforte.

### C The. xxx. Chapter.

C The greate diuiphunge of men and currele of God that Job fuffereth.

A

At now thep that are poüger then I, haue me in derpyon : pee euen they, whole fathers I wold haue thought Icozne to haue set with þ dogges of my catell. The power & strengthe of their handes might do me no good: fo: the tyme is but loft among them. I:or very mi- tery and honger, they fled into the wylder- nesse hozrible & wait, pluckyng vp nettels amoge the bulthes, and the Juniper rotes for their meate. And wh they were dzyuen forth, men crped after them, as it had bene after a theke. Their dwellynge was belyde foule hokes, pee in the caues and dennes of the earth. Amonge the bulthes wente they aboute cryinge, and under the thornes they gathered them selues together. They were the chylden of kooles and bylaynes, which are vered out of the worlde. * Now am I their fonge, and am become their teafing ftock: they abhozre me, Æd flye farre keo me, and stayne my face with spittle. I:or þ Lo:de hath looded the strength of my body, and brought me lowe. The brydle haue they cast out of my lyght. Upon my right hande rple the ponge men agaynft me, the haue hurte my fete, treading upon me, as upon þ wayes that they wolde destroye. Wy pa- thes haue they clene marred. It was to ealy fo: them to do me harme, that they neded no man to helpe them. They fell upon me, as it had bene the breaking in of waters, & came in by heapes to destroye me. Fearfulnesse is turned agaynft me.

B

Ten.iii.g.
Blaldr.c.

C

Wyne honoure vanylshed awaye moze
swykely then the wynde, and my prosperite
departeth hence, lyke as it were a cloude.
Therkoze is my mynde powred full of heup
nesse, and the dayes of my trouble haue ta-
ken holde upon me. Wy bones are pearled
thorow, in the night keafon, Æd my lynewes
take no reft. I:or the vehemence of sozow is
my garmet chaunged: and according to the
duressite of heupnes am I gyrded with my
coate. He hath cast me into the myze, and I
am become like alches and duft. Þe I crye
unto the, thou doest not heare me, & though
I stande before the, yet thou regardest me
not. Thou art become myne enempe, and
with thy byolent hande thou takest part a-
gaynft me. In tymes past thou didest set me
upon hye, as it were aboue the wynde, but
now haft þ genuen me a very soze fall. Sure
I am, that thou wilt delyuer me unto death
even to the lodynge that is due unto all
men lyuynge. Now use not men to do upon
unto them, that are destroyed all ready:

D

4

but where hurte is done, there use they to
helpe. Dyd not I wepe wyth him that was
in trouble: Had not my foule copallio upon
the pooze: Yet neuerthelesse, where as I lo-
ked for good, euell happened unto me: and
where as I wayted for lyght, there came
darcknesse. Hy bowels seth within me, Æd
take no reft, for the dayes of my trouble are
come upon me. Wekely & lowly came I:
pee & without any displeasure: I kode vp in
the congregacion, and comuned with them.
But now, I am a companyon of dragôs, &
a felowe of Elstriches. Wy skynne upon me
is turned to black, and my bones are hent
with heate: my harpe is turned to sozow, &
my ppe to wepynge.

### C The. xxxi. Chapter.

C Job recepteth the innocencie of his lyuynge, & nombe of his vertues.

 made a couenaunt w myne
eyes *that I wolden not loke up
a damzell. I:or how greate a poz-
ecion shall I haue of God: & what
enheritaunce from the almyghtye
on hye: As for the vngodly and he that ioy-
neþhym selfe to the company of wycked
doers, shall not deſtruccion and mifer come
upon him: * Dot not he le my wayes, and
tell all my goynges: If I haue walked in
vanpte, or þf my fete haue rüne to diſceau-
let me be weped in an euen balaunce, þ God
may le my innocép. * If so he that I haue
withdrawne my fote out of þ ryght waye,
Æd yf my hert hath folowed myne eye ſight:
If I haue starned or defiled my hades: then
shall I lowe, and another eate, yee my gene-
racion Æd posterite shall be cleane roted out.
If my hert hath lusted after my neighbou-
res wyffe, or þf I haue layde wayte at hys
doz: O then-*let my wiffe grinde unto ano-
ther mæ & let other men lye wyth her. * I:or
this is a wickednesse Æd lynne, that is woz-
thy to be punnylshed, yee a fyze that utterl
thulde conſume, & rote out all my subſtauce.

A

Lecle el.f.c
Marh.v.d

Dyd Jeuer thinke Icozne to do ryght unto
my seruauites and mapdens, when they had
eny mater agaynft me: But lynge þ God
will lytt in iudgment, what shall I do: And
for so moch as he will nedes vifett me, what
an were shall I gene hym: He that kafy-
ned me in my mothers wombe, made he not
him alio: were we not both thapen alkye in
oure mothers bodies: When the pooze defy-
red any thing at me, haue I denped it them:
Haue I caused þ wyddowe to stande way-
tinge for me in vayne: Haue I eate my poz-
ction alone, that the katherlelle hach had no
parte with me: for mercy grewe vp withme
from my pouth, and compassion keo my mo-
thers wombe. Haue I lene any man perish
thorow nakednesse and want of clothynge:
Or any pooze mæ for lack of raymet, whole
lydes

Job. erziii.c
Prouer.b.d.

*Dial. viif.a.*

*Deut. xxi.f.*

D

fysdes

Job,

Fo. cxxi.

*Gene. ii, b

W

*Job, cxxi, b

g.iii.b
d
b.
the
a
r.b
a
b

C

*Gene. xa.
xxiii. ccc.ii.
Dan. ii.
Math. ii, b

D

a right, and my lepps talke of pure wfp-
dome. The spryte of God hath made me,
and *the breth of the Almyghtye hath ge-
uen me my lyke. If thou canst, then geue me
answere: prepare thy selfe to stande befoze
me face to face. Beholde, befoze God am I
euen as thou, for I am kathioned and made
euen of the same mould. Therfore, thou ne-
dest not to be atraped of me, neither nedest þ
to keare, that my auctoocyte malbe to heuy
foz the. Now haſt thou spoken in myne ea-
res, and I haue herde the voyce of thy wor-
des: I am cleane wythout any faute, I am
innocent, and there is no wyckednes in me.
But lo, he hath picked a quarell againſt me,
and taketh me for hys enemy: * he hath put
my kote in the stockes, and loketh narrowly
unto all my pathes. Beholde, in hys haſt
thou not done ryght. I wyll make anſwere
unto the, that God is more then man. And
why doſt thou then stryue agaynſt him: for
he shall not geue the accomptes of all hys
wordes. For wh God doth once cōmaunde
a thynge, there chulde no man be curyons, to
learche whether it be ryght. * In dzeames
and vifsons of the ryght when flombizing
commeth upon men, that they fall a flepe in
their beddes) he roundeth them i the eares,
he inkourmeth them, ad the weth them play-
nely, that it is he, which withdazeth man
from enuyl, delyuereth hym from pzyde, ke-
peth hym from the graue, and his lyke from
the k wearde. He chaſteneth hym with spych-
neſſe, and bryngeth him to his bed: he layeth
foze punychement upon hys bones, to that
hys lyke maye awaye wyth no bred, and
his ſoule abdozeth to eat any daintye meat:
In lo moch that hys bodp is cleane cosumed
awaye, and his bones appeare no more: his
lyke draweth on to the graue, and hys lyke
to death. Now, yf there be a meſlenger (one
amonge a thouſande) ſent for to speake vn-
to man, and to chewe him the ryght waye:
then the Loſde is mercypfull unto hyn, and
layeth: He malbe delyuered, that he fall not
downe to the graue, for I am uſufficiently re-
concyled. Than all hys fleth be as well li-
kynge as it was afoze, and chalbe as it was
in hys youth. For yf he ſubmyttte hym ſelſe
unto God, he chalbe gracious unto him, and
and chewe him his countenaunce topfully, ſe-
rewardeth man for his righteouſnes. Soch
a reſpecte hath he unto men. Therfore, let a
man confelle (and ſape) I haue offended: I
dyd vnrighteouſly, and it hath done me no
good. Yee, he hath delyuered my loule from
deſtruccion, and my lyke shall be the lyght.
Lo, thus wozcketh God allwaye with man,
that he kepeth his loule from perishing, and
letteth him enioye the lyght of the lyunge.
Warcke well (D Job) and heare me: holde

the skyll, and I will speake. But yf thou haſt
any thynge to ſaye, then anſwere me, and
speake, for thy asſwere plesaſt me. If thou
haſt nothynge, then heare me, and holde thy
tonge, so that I teach the wildome.

C The. cxxxiii. Chapter.

C Elihu playſeth the inſtance of God, which iud-
geth the worlde; and goouerceth all.

Lihu proceadynge kozth in hys
anſwere, ſayd: Heare my wor-
des (D ye wyle men) herke vn-
to me, ye that haue vnderka-
ndyngc. For the eare p[ro]oueth ad
dilcerneth the wordes, * ad the

mouth tafeth the meates: A skor iudgemèt,
let vs ſele it out amonge oure ſelues, that
we may knowe what is good. And why?
Job hath ſayde: I am ryghteous, but God
doth me w[ronge]. I muſt neades be a lyer,
though my cauſe be ryght, and violently I
am plaged where as I made no kauſt: where
is there loch a one as Job, that dricketh
up ſcozneſſulnes lyke water: which goeth in
the company of wycked doers, and walketh
wyth vngodly men ? For he hath ſayed:
Though a man be good, yet is he naught be-
fore God. Therfore herken vnto me, ye that
haue vnderſtandyngc.

Farre be it from God, that he chulde med-
le with wickedneſſe: and farre be it from the
Almyghtye, that he chulde medle wyth vn-
ryghteous dealyngc: * For he shall reward
the wozckes of man, and cauſe euery man
to ſynde acco[rd]yngc to his wayes. For sure
it is, that God condemneth no man w[on-
ge]fully, and the iudgement of the Allmigh-
tye is not vnrighteous. Who ruleth y[] earth
in his kreade: Or, whom hath he left to go-
uerne the whole worlde: To whom hath
he genen hys herte, for to dzaue hys sp[ri]cte
and breth vnto hyn: All fleth shall come to-
gether vnto naught, and all men shall turne
agayne vnto * duſt. If thou now haue vi-
derſtanding, heare what I ſaye, and herken
to the voyce of my wordes.

MAYE he be a ruler, that loueth no right:
D maye he that is a very innocent man, do
vngodlp: Is it reaſon, þ thou chuldeſt ſaye
to the kynge: Thou art wicked, or, thou art
vngodlp, and that before the princes: * He
hath no reſpecte vnto the perſonnes of the
lordly, and regardeth not the ryche more then
the pooſe. For they be all the wozcke of hys
handes. In the twyncklinge of an eye shall
they dyc: and at mydnight, when the people
ad the t[yr]auntes rage, then shall they perſily,
and be taken awaye without handes. And
why: * his eyes loke upon þ wayes of ma,
and he ſeeth all hys go[py]nges. There is no
darcknes no[] shadowe of death, þ can hyde
the wycked doers from hyn. For no man

*Job, cxxi, b

*Matt. xvii, b
Roma. ii, b.

*Roma, iii, a

*Gene. iii, b
Pal. ccc. vi, a

c.ii. p[ar]. ccc. e
Roma. ii, d
Eph. vi, b
Lol. ii, d
Eccle. xlv, b

C

*Job, cxxi, a
P[ou]er, v, b

Q chalbe

Job.

Thalbe suffred to go into judgement vs God,
Many one, yee innumerable doth he pu-
nphe, & letteth other in their steades. Ther-
foree shall he declare their wozkes, he shall
turne the night, and thep shall be destroyed.
They that were in þeade of Sears, dealt
lyke ungodly men: and therfore he punished
them, because they turned back from hym,
and wolde not conlyder all hys wayes. In
so moch that they haue cauled the voyce of
the pooze to come vnto hym, ad now he hea-
reth the complaynte of soche as are in trou-
ble. If he graunte pardon, who wyll con-
demne: And yf he hyde awaye his counte-
naunce, who thalbe able to le it: whether it
be to the people oz to any man, thus wyll he
do. For the ungodlynesse of the people, doth
God make an ypocrite to reigne ouer them.
For so moch then as I haue begone to alke
of God, I will not hyndre þ. If I haue gone
a mpfle, enfourme thou me: yf I haue done
wonge, I will leaue of. Can he do nothinge
without þ. For thou haſt reþroued his iud-
gement. Thou also haſt thyne awne mynde
and not J. But ſpeake on what þ knowest.
Let men of vnderkonding tell me, and let a
wyſle man herken vnto me. As for Job, he
hath neither ſpoken to the purpose noz wile-
ly. D father, let Job be well tryed, because
he hath anſwered for wycked mè: yce aboue
his ſynne he doth wyckedly: triumpheth a-
monge vs, and multipliceth his wozdes a-
gaynſt God.

C The. xxxv. Chapter.

T. thether doth godlyneſſe p[o]keſt, oz ungodlynes
hure to God but to man.

A

Libu ſpake more ouer, ſayde:
Thynkelt thou it ryght, that
thou ſayet: I am rygtuous
before God: For thou ſayet:
What aduaſtage will it be vn
to the, and what p[ro]ſyt that þ
haue of my ſynne. Therfore will I geue an-
were vnto the and to thy companyons with
the: loke vnto the heauen, and beholde it: co-
lyde the cloudes, which are hyper then thou.

B

If thou haſt ſynned, what haſt thou done a-
gaynſt him: If thine offices be many, what
haſt thou done vnto him: If thou be righ-
tuous what geuelt thou him: Or what will
he receaue of thy hand: Of soche an ungod-
lp personne as thou, and of the sonne of ma-
that is righſuous as thou prætendeſt to be:
there is a greate cry and complaynte made
by them that are oppreſſed wyth violence,
pee euery man complayneth vp the crueltye
of tyrauntes. For soche a one neuer ſayeth:
Whereis God that made me: that geueth
vs occasion to p[ra]ſe him in þ night: Which
geueth vs more vdeſtādpng then he doth
the beaktes of the earth, ſ teacheth vs moze

C

then he doth the foules of heauen.

If any soch complayne, no man geueth
anſwere, and that because of the wycked =
neſſe of þroude tyrauntes. But yf a mancall
upon God, doth not he heare him: Doth not
the almightye accepte his crye: Whan thou
ſpeakeſt then, thulde not he pardon the, yf þ
open thy ſelke before hym, and put thy truſt
in hym: Then wleth he no violence in hys
wath, neither hath he pleasure in curpous &
depe inquitićiſs. Therfore doth Job open
his mouth but in bayne, ad folly hly doth he
make so many wozdes.

C The. xxxvi. Chapter.

T. Elihu theweth wherfore God pumpſeth and
correcſeth.

Libu p[ro]ceaded forſth in hys
talkyng, and ſayd: Holde the
ſtyll a lytle, and I shall the we
þ, what I haue yet to ſpeake
on Godes behalke. I will opé
unto þ yet moze of myne vn-
derſtandypnge, and þroue my maker rygh-
teous. And truly, my wozdes shall not be
bayne, ſeynge he is with the that is perfect
in knowlege: behold, the greate God caſeth
awaye no man, for he him ſelke is mighty in
power and wypdome.

As for the ungodly, he shall not p[er]ſerue
him, but shall helpe the pooze to their ryght.
He shall turne his eyes awaye from the righ-
teous, but as kynge shall they be in theyr
tronc, he shall kablitch them for euer, ſ they
thalbe erakted. But yf they be lapeſd in p[er]
ſon and chypnes, or bounde with the bondes
of trouble, then wyll he the we them theyr
woreke, ad the ſynnes wherwith they haue
vſed cruell byolence.

He wyth pumpſiypnge and nurtringe of
them, rowndeth them in the eares, warneth
them to leaue of from their wyckedneſſe, ſ
to amende. * If they now wyll take he de
ſerue him, they shall were out their dayes
in p[ro]lperite, and their peares in pleasure ad
iope. But yf they wyll not herkſ, they shall
go thorow the swearde, and perish or euer
they be aware. As for soche as be fayned
ypocrites, they shall heape up wath for the
ſelues: for they call not upon hym, though
they be his p[re]loners. Thus shall their ſoule
perſilhe in folvſonne, ſ their lyſe chalbe co-
dened amōg þ fornicatours. The pooze shall
he delyuer out of his afflictiō, and vonde the in
the eare wha they be in trouble. Euē so shall
he kepe the ( yf thou wylt be content) from
the bottomleſſe pytte that is beneth: and yf
thou wilt holde the quyete, he shall fyll thy
table with plenteouſſe.

Neuertheleſſe, thou haſt condemned the
judgement of the ungodly, pee euery soche a
judgement and ſentence that thou suſſre.

For

D

Esa. J.C.