The Prophecy

lande of Egypte. Thus saith the Loſde of
Hoſtes the God of Israel. Ye and youre wu-
es haue ſpoken with youre awne mouth, ſ
thynge that ye haue fulſylled in deſde.

*Jer. xliij. c.*

* Vee, thus haue ye layde: We will not kay-
le, but perſourme the vowes that we haue
vowed, we will do ſacrifyce and powre out
drpncke offringes to the Quene of heauen.
Purpoſly wyll ye ſett vp your awne mea-
nynges, and perſourme youre vowes. And
therkoſe, heare the woſde of the Loſdall Ju-
da, ye that dwell in the lande of Egypte.

C

*Gen. xlii. c.*

Beholde, * I haue sworne by my great
name, layeth the Loſde, that mp name shall
not be rehearſed thozowe eny mans mouth
of Juda, in all the lande of Egypte: to laye:
The Loſde God Ipueth, for I wyll watch,
to plage them, and not for their wealth.

*Jer. xlii. c.*

* And all the men of Juda that be in the lande of Egypte, shall perſch with the swearde and with honger, untill they be utterly destroyed.

Neuert heles, thole that fled awape for
the Swearde, shall come agapne into the lan-
de of Juda, but there shall be very fewe of
them. And all the remnaunt of Juda, that
are gone into Egypte, there to dwell, shall
knowe whole woſdes that be founde true:
the p[er]ſis or myne. Take this for a token that
I wyll vp[et] you in thys place, layeth the
Loſde, and that ye mape knowe, how that
I (without doute) wyll perſourme my pur-
pose vp[o] you to punp[sh] you. Beholde, laitheth
the Loſde, I wyll deliuer Pharaio Hoph[ea]
Kynge of Egypte into the handes of his ene-
mpes, that ſele after his lyſe: * euſ as I ga-
ue zedekias the kynge of Juda into the han-
des of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babylon
his enemie which ſought after his lyſe.

*II. Regn. I. 110.*

rro. a.
Jer. xlii. b.

Jer. xlii. c.

The. xlv. Chapter.

Chorach (s)reſp壹ed of Jerem[)e].

A

Heſe are the woſdes that J[er]emy the
prophete spake vnto Baruch the ſon-
ne of A[er]iah, * after he had w[er]
ten theſe Sermons in a boke at the mouth
of J[er]emy, In the fourth yeare of J[eh]oakim
the ſonne of J[ol]ias kynge of J[uda] layng.

*H. xxxi. b.*

Thus layeth the Loſde God of Israel
unto the, D Baruch: In so moch as thou
thoughtest thus (whe thou walt w[er]t[yr]t[yr])
Wo is me, the Loſde hath geuen me payne
for my trauaple. I haue weeryed my ſelſe
with lyghynge, and haue founde no rest.
Therkoſe tell him, D J[er]emy, that the Loz-
de laitheth thus: Beholde, The thynge that I
B haue buſled, wyll I breake downe agayne
and rote out the thyn[ing], that I haue planted,
yee, this whole lade. And ſekſt thou yet pro-
mocyon: Loke not for it, and delyze it not.
For I wyll b[ry]nge a myſerable plage vpon

B

*Jer. xxxi. b.*

all flethe, laitheth the Loſde. * But thy lyſe
will I gene the for a pray in all places, whe-
re so euſer thou goeſt.

The. xlv. Chapter.

The prophecieheth the deſtruucion of Egypte. Delp-
uerauunc is p[ro]mpleſed to Israel.

ere folowe the woſdes of the
Loſde to the prophete J[er]emy,
which he spake agap[na]ſt all the
Genty[les]. These woſdes fol o-
wyng pr[ea]ched he to * ß E[gypp]
cyans concern[ny]gethe h[o]ſt of Pharaio M-
cho kynge of E[gypte] * ß h[ey]e was in Ch[ar]
camis b[ey]de the water of E[up]hates: what
tyme as Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Wa
b[yl]on ſlewe him, In the fourth yeare of J[e]
hoakim the ſonne of J[ol]ias kynge of J[uda].

* Esap. xii.
and. xx. a.*

Ezek. xii. c. 10.

Ezek. xii. 11.

Ezek. xii. 12.

Ezek. xii. 13.

* Make redy buckler and chylde and goo
forth to fygh[ht] h[ar]nelle youre hoſſes, and ſet
youre ſelues vp[o] you: let your ſaſſe kafk
on, h[ar]pynge forth ſpeares, ſcoure youre ſwe-
ardes, and put on your bezk plates.

*Jer. xxxi. b.*

But alas, how happeneth it, that J[eh]e you
ſo atraped: why ch[ar]p[ne]ke ye backe! They[]
wo[th]ches are flayne. Vee, they runne ſo kafk
awape, that none of them loketh behynde
him. F[ear]kunſelle is ſ fallen vpon everychone
of them layeth the Loſde. The lighTEST of ſo-
te shall not k[ar]le a wape, and the wo[th]ches that
not eſcape.

Towardre the North by the water of Eu-
phates, thep dyd stoble and fall. But what
is he this, that swelleth vp, as it were a klou-
de, roaryng and drag[ny]ng lyke the streames
of water: It is Egypte that ryſeth vp lyke
the kloude, and catteth out the waters with
ſo greate noyle.

B

And he layed I will go vp, ad will couer
the earth: I will deſt]o ye the cytie, with the
P are therin. Get you vp ye hoſſes, roll forth
ye Cigarettes, come forth w[or]thies: ye W[or]
tians, ye Libeans with youre bucklers, ye Li-
deans with youre bowes: This daye of the
Loſde God of hoſſes, a daye of vengea[ui]
ce, that he maye a venge hum of his enemie.
The Swearde shall denoure, it chalbe satyl-
ſyed ad bathed in the[ur] bloude. For the Loz-
de God of hoſſes shall haue a ſlayne offe-
ringe towarde the North, by ſ water of Eu-
phates. Go vp (D Gilead) and b[ry]ng trpa-
cle vnto the daugh[ter] of Egypte.

C

But in vayne chalt thou go to surgery,
for thy wounde shall not be stopped. The
H[ey]then haue hearede of thy chame, and the
lande is full of thy confuſion: for one strong
man dyd stumble vpon another, ad thep are
fallen both together.

* These are the woſdes that ß Lo[rd] spake to the prophete J[er]emy, c[œ]cern[ny]ng ß c[œ]mp[ing] of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylö, which was ſent to deſt]o ye lade of Egypt: Breach out th[oz]owe the lande of Egypte, & cause it to be p[ro]clamed at Migool, Noph and

D

*Jer. xxxi. b.*

The prophecy

none shall escape: The valleys chalbe destroyed, and the keldes shall be layed wasse: lyke as the Loode hath spoken.

Make a token unto Moab, that the get her awaye spedely: for her crypties chalbe made to desolate, that no man shall dwell therein. Curfed be he that doth the woche of the Loode negligently, and cursed be he that keypeth backe his *swarde from theddynge of blonde.*

* Je, xlvii, v.

Moab hath euer bene ryche and carelesse from her pouthe vp, the hath lytten and taketh her eale with her treasure. She was neuer yet put out of one vessel into another (pis) the neuer wente awaye into captiuite, therefore her take remayneth, and her sauoure is not yet chaunged.

But lo, the tyme commeth, saith y Loode, that I thal tende her truflers to trusse her vp, to prepare and season her vessels: pee, her tanckerdes ratell and chake to and fro. And Moab chalbe a chamed of Chamos, lyke as Israel was a chamed of *Bethel*, wherin the put her truft.

C

* II, Ke, xlii, a.

Wherefore do ye thyncke thyn: we are mighsome, and stronge men of warre: Moab is destroyed, and hyr crypties hrent vp: her chosen yong men be slayne, sayeth the kyng, whole name is the Loode of Hostes. The destruction of Moab commeth on a pace, and her fall is at hande.

All her nepghbours shall mourne for her, and all the y that know her name, shall saye. O how happeneth it, that the stronge stak as the goodly rodd is thus broken? And thou daughter Dibon, come downe fro thy glozy, and lyt in ponerte. For he that destroyeth Moab, shall come up to the also, and brieke downe thy stronge holdes.

D

And thou that dwellest in Aroer, get the to the krete, and loke aboute the: aske them that are fled and escaped, and saye: what thinoge is happened: D, Moab is confounded and ouercome.*

Mourne and crpe, tell it out at Arnon, that Moab is destroyed. For misery chal come upon the playne lande. Namely, upon Holon, & Jahazah: upon Hephaath & Dibó, upon Abo and the house of Deblathaim, upon Cariathiarim and vpó the house Gaimul, vpó the house Maon and Carioth, vpó Bozrah & all crypties in the lande of Moab, whether theye lye farre or neare.

O

O The home of Moab is mytten downe and her arme broken, sayeth the Loode. Wa ke her dzonken, for the magified her selfe aboue the Loode, that me maye clappe theyr hades at her vompte, and that the also maye be laughed to corne: D Israel, Chal thou not laugh him to corne, when he is taken a-monge theuees. * Pee, because of thy wodes that thou hast spoken against hym, thou

* Nu, xrv, a.

chalt be dryuen awaye. Ye Moabites shall leaue the crypties, and dwell in rockes of stone and become lyke doues, that make their neates in holes.

* As for Moabs ppyde, we have herde of it, the is very he minded. I knowe her koutennele, her doltinge, her arrogancy of the ppyde of her stomack, saith the Loode. For her furtiousnes mape nether vpholde her v streth ner dede. Therfore shall the mournynge be made for Moab, and euery man shall crye for Moab's sake: a lamentacion chalbe made to the men that stande upon the wall. So will I mourne for the also, D Jazer, and for the, D thou vpne parde of Sabanah.

E

* Esay, xlvii, v.
Jere xlii, c.

Thy wyne hraunches shall come ouer the lee, as the hraunches of Jazer but unto y fée: the destroyer shall brieke into thy haruest, and grape gatheringe: Wyrth and cheare chalbe taken awaye from the tymbe kelde, as from the whole lande of Moab.

There shall be no wette wine in the press, the treader shall have no stomache to crye pee, there chalbe none to crete unto him: which afoxe tyme were herde fro Helebo to Eleale and Jabaz, which lifted vp their vopce from soar unto Hozonaim, that bullocke of the yeare olde. The waters also of Memrem chalbe dized vp.

D

Moreover, I will make Moab cease (saith y Loode) fro the offerings and cenynge y the hath made unto her goddes in hye places. Wherefore my hert mourneth for Moab, lyke a crowdie playenge an heup songe: and for the mens sake of the hrycke wall my hert mourneth also, euen as a ppe that ppyeth a dolefull songe: for they chalbe very tewe, and destroyed.

* All heades chalbe shauen, and al beerdes clypped of: all handes bounde, and lopnes gryded aboute with lack cloth. Upon all the house toppes and stretcs of Moab, there chalbe mournynge: For I will brieke Moab lyke an vnpyrótable vessel, saith y Loode. O how is the destroyed? O, how mourneth the D, how doth Moab hange downe her head, and is it chamed? Thus shall Moab be a laughing stocke, and had in derision of all them, that be rounde aboute her.

* For thus saith the Loode. Beholde, the enemye shall come flyenge as an Aegle: and spede his wynges upon Moab. They shall clyme ouer the walles, & wynne the stronge holdes. The they maytymés hertesi Moab chalbe lyke the herte of a woman travelyng with chylde.

* Deu. er. vii.
Jerem. xlii, c.

And Moab chalbe made so desolate: that the chalnomoze be a people, because the hath lett vp her selfe against the Loode. * For ye, * ppt. & Inare shall come upon the (D Moab) sayeth the Loode. Who so escapeth the keare, shall fall in the ppt: and who so getterth out of

* Esa. xxi.

The Prophecy

The propheteth the destruction of Babylon, and the
delphiaruntae of Israel, which was in captivity.

come upon her. Sozowe and payne shall ouer
take her as a woman travelvinge of chylde.
But how could so wothing full and glonzious
a cytie be for taken? Weare therfore her yong
men shall fall in the stretes, and all her men
of warre shall be taken awaye in thatyme,
saith the Lord of Hostes. I will kynnde a
kyne in the walles of Damascus, which shall
consume the palace of Benhadad.

Ezekiel.

* As for Cedar and the kyrngdom of Ha-
roz, whom Nabuchodonozor the kynge of
Babylon smote downe, the Lord hath spoy-
ken thus upon them: Arple, and get you up
unto Cedar, and destroye the people towar-
de the easte. Their tentes and their flockes
shall they take awaye, ye their hangynges &
they? veffell. Their Camels also shall they
carry awaye wyth them. They shall come
aboute them on euery lyde wyth a fearfull
crpe..

J

If I get you soone awaye, crepe into ca-
ues, that ye may dwell there: O pee, inhabi-
tours of Hazor saith the Lord: for Nabu-
chodonofor the kynge of Babylon hath hol-
den a concell concernynge you, and concluded
his deuice agapynst you. Arple, and gett you
by agapynst ponder riche and carelesse people
(saitheth the Lord) which have neither gates
nor doze barres, but dwell alone. Their Ca-
mels shall be stollen, and the dzoues of they?
catell dzuen awaye.

Nozouer, these be chauen wyll I cla-
tee towarde all the wyndes, and brynge the
to destruction: yee, and that thowowe they?
a wn e familiers, layeth the Lord. Hazor
also shall be a dwellynge for Dragons, and
an euerlastinge wypdernesse: so that no body
shall dwel there, and no man shall have there
his habitaton.

G

Ezek. xxi. 4.
Davi. viii. 4.

These are the words, that is to say:
to the prophet Jeremias concernynge.
Elá, in the begynning of the reynge of zedekiah
kynge of Juda. Thus layeth the Lord of
hookes: Beholde, I will break the bowe
of Elam, and take away the strength of
upon Elam. I will bringe the foure windes
from the foure quarters of heauen, and wyll
seate them agapynst the same foure wyndes.
And there shall be no people, but some of Ela
shall be unto them.

For I will cause Elam to be afrayed of
they? enemies, and of them that seke they?
lyues: and wyll bringe upon them the indi-
gnacion of my wath, layeth the Lord. And
I wyll perſolute them with the swearde, ſo
longe tyl I have brought them to naught. I
wyll sett my ſtole in Elam, I wyll destroye
both the kynge and the prynces from then-
ce, saith the Lord. But in prouſe of myne
I wyll bringe Elam out of captivitye agap-
ne, layeth the Lord.

The I. Chapter.

The words that the Lord spake were:
to the prophet Jeremy, concerning
Babylon, and the lande of the Cal-

dees: * preach amongst the Gentiles, left
youre voyce be hearde, make a toké crye out
kepe no violence, but laye: Babylon is won-
ne. * Bel is confounded, and Herodach
is ouercome.

Ezek. xlii. 4.
Jere. xiv. 4.
Ezek. x. 4.

* Pee their goddes be brought to Thame
and their images stand in fear. For out of
the north there doth come a people agapynst
her, which make her lande to wale, that
no body dwell therein, neither man nor beaſt,
for thekye and departe from thence. * In
those dayes and at that time layeth the Lo-
de, the Chyldren of Israel shall come, they
and the chyldren of Judæ, weepynge and ina
kynge hafte, and shall seke the Lord theye?
God. They shall alke the waye to Sis, thy-
ther that they turne they? faces, and come ad
bange upon the, in a couenaunt that neuer
shall be broken.

Isa. xlv. 4.

By people hath bene a loftier flocke,
my shepherdes haue diſeaued them, and
haue made them go astraye upon the hylles.
They haue gone from the mountayne to the
lyle hyll, and forgiotten the fold. All they
that came upon them, haue deuoured them:
and they? enemies layde. We haue made no
faute agapynst them: for the haue diſpleased
the Lord, yee, even the Lord which is the
bewtye of the? rypighte oulnes, and that de-
fended the? fathers. Yet shall ye fle from Ba-
byl, and departe out of the lande of the Cal-
dees, and be ye as the rammes that go
before the flocke. * For lo, I wyll wake up
an hoast of people from the northen lande,
and bringe them upon Babylon: theſe shall
laye sege to it, and winne it. Their arowes
that not myſle, lyke as a cónyng archer chu-
teth not wżonge. And the Caldees that be
ſpopped, and all they that ſpome the chalbe
ſatified, saith the Lord * because ye were so
chearkull and gladd, to treade downe myne
heritage, and kulfilled your pleatures, as the
calues in the graſſe, and triumphed ouer the
lyke the bulles, when ye had gotten the vi-
ctoryp. Youre mothers that be soe conſoʊed,
and they that bare you, shall come to Thame.
She shall be the leest ſett by amonge the na-
ciós, voyde, wafled and dzied vp. No ma? chal
be able to dwell there, for the keare of the
Lo- de, but the chal be whole delſolate. * All they
that go by Babylon, chall stande still, and be
abashed, and chall wondre at all her plages.

Jer. xlvii. 4.
Ezek. x. 4.

B

Jer. xlv. 4.

Ezek. xlvii. 4.

Go forth in your ara pe agapynst Babylö
rounde aboute, all ye that can bade bowes:
chute at her, spare no arowes, for the hath
ſpunne d agapynst the Lozde. Crepe out: upon
her, upon her agapynst her rounde aboute: the
wall

Jer. xlvii. 4.
Ezek. x. 4.

Gall

["Of Jeremy.", "Jo.lxxxiiij.", "*Erod.rrb.b\nLeu.recui.d\nJohel.iii.b", "r.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.

Of J[er]emy.

Jo.lxxxv.

agapenst Babilon: to make the land of Babilon so waste, that no man shall dwell enp more therein. The worthies of Babylö shall leane the batayl, and kepe the selues in strög holdes, their strength hath fayled them, thep shall be lyke wemen. Theyr dwellynge places chalbe zent vp, theyr barres chalbe hzoken. One purfeuaut shall mete another, pee, one poſte shall come vp another, to bating the kyrk of Babylon tydinges: that his cypic is taken in on euery ſyde, the koozdes occupped, the kennes bzent vp, the ſoudpers ſoze atraped.

D

For thus ſayeth the Loode of hoobes the God of Israel: the daughter of Babylö hath bene in her tyme lyke as a threſhryng flooze, but thortly shall her harueſt come. Nabuchodonosor the kyrke of Babylon hath denoured & deſtroped me, he hath made me an emptry vessel. He swalowed me vp lyke a dragon, and ſylled hys belp with my delicates: he hath caſt me out, he hath taken my substaunce away, and the thyrng that was left me hath he carried vnto Babylon, ſayeth the daughter that dwelleth in Syö: pee, and my bloude also vnto the Caldees, ſayeth Jeruſalem. Therfore ze be ſayeth the Lord: Beholde, I will defende thy caule, and auenge the: I wil drincke vp her ſee, and dze vp her water ſprynges.

E

*Esa. xli.e

*Jer. xii.b

* Babylon shall become an heape of stones a dwelling place for dragons, a fearfulnes and wondrynge, because no man dwelleth there. They shall roare together lyke lyons, and as the younge lybs when they be angrye, so shall they bende them selues. In their heate I shall sett d[r]ynde befoze them, and they shall be zoncke for d[]oye. * Then shall they ſlepe an euerlaſkyng ſlepe, and neuer wake, ſayeth the Lord. I shall carpe the downe to be ſlayne lyke thepe, lyke wethers and goates. O, how was I ſelach wonne: O, how was the glozry of the whole läde taken: how happeneth it, that Babilon is so wondred at among the Heathen. The ſee is rysen ouer Babilon, and hath couered her with hys great wanes. Her cypics are layed waffe, the land lyeth vnbuilded and vopde: it is a lande where no man dwelleth, and where no man trauaylleth thozow. O zoeouer, * I wyll vyſet Bel at Babylö: and the thing that he hath swalowed vp, that same shall I plucke out of his mouth. The Gëtils alſo shall runne nomoze vnto h[]ym, pee, and the walles of Babilon shall fall.

*Jer. xvi.a
Dan. xiii. d

*Esa. lii.b
H. xix. v.b

My people, * come out of Babylon, þeuer man maye ſaue h[]ys lyke, fro the fearful wath of the Loode: We not kape the ſerted, and * care not at euery rumoure that chalbe herde in þ[]e lande: for euery p[]eare b[]ringeth new tydinges, y[]ee, straunge wyckednes and loz[]d[]ypppe. And lo, the tyme com-

meth, that I wyll vyſet þ[]e images of Babilon, and the whole land chalbe conſouded pee, and her ſlayne chal lye in the middeſt of her. Heauen and earth with all that is theri, chal reioyce ouer Babilon, when the deſtropers chall come vpon her from þ[]e North, ſayeth the Loode.

* Lyke as Babylö hath beaten downe a ſlayne many out of Israell, so shall there fall many, and be ſlayne in all her kingdome. Ye that haue elcaped þ[]e weard, haſte you, ståde not ſtyl, remembre the Loode a farre of: and thincke upon Jeruſalem, for we were a hamed to heare the blasphempes: our faces were couered with chame, because the straunge aleauntes came into the Sanctuary of the Lord. Uherfoze, behold (ſayeth the Lord) the tyme commeth, that I will vyſet þ[]e images of Babilon, and thozow the whole land they shall mourne and fall. * Though Babilon clymed vp into heauen, and kepte her power an h[]e: yet chal I lede her deſtropers, ſayeth the Loode.

J

*Jer. xli.e

*Jer. xlii.r. d

A piteous cry chalbe hearde from Babilon, and a great myſery from the land of the Caldees: when the Loode deſtropeth them, and when he d[r]yuet h[]o out the h[]e ſkomack ad p[]ronde boastyng, wherwith they haue bene as kurio[9] as the waues of great water floodes, and made great crakes with their w[]ordes. For the deſtropers shall come vpon her (euen vpon Babilon) which chal take their worthies, and b[]eake their bowes: for God is dyſpoled to auenge h[]ym ſelpe vpon them, and ſufficently to recompence them. Yee, ( ſayeth the Loode.) I wyll make theyr princes, their wyſe men, theyr chefe rulers, and all their worthies, d[]r]ocken: to that they shall ſlepe an euerlaſtinge ſlepe, ſ neuer waſe. Thus ſayeth the ch[]yng, whose name is the Loode of Holles.

G

Mozcouer, thus ſayeth the Loode of Hooſes: The thychke wall of Babylö chalbe hzoken, and her h[]e gates chalbe b[]zent vp. And the thynge that the Gentyles and the people haue wrougnt with great trauaple and labour, chall come to naught and be consumed in the kyrke.

This is the charge þ[]eremp gaue vnto Saratah the ſonne of A[]eriah, the ſonne of Maasiah, when he went towarde Babilon with zedekiah the kyrk of Juda, in the iii[]g. yeare of h[]ys rapgne. Now th[]ys Saratah was a peaceable p[]rince. J[]eremp w[]rote in a booke all the myſery that chulde come vpon Babilon, y[]ee, and all the chefe sermons that he w[]rptten agapenst Babilon, and gaue Saratah th[]ys charge. When thou commest vnto Babylö, ſe that thou reade all theſe w[]ordes, and ſape. D[]o Lord, thou art determined to r[]ote out th[]ys place, so that nether people ner catell chall dwell there enp more, but to

LL v lye

The Prophecy

Iye walle for euer: and when thou hast redded
out the booke, hynde a stone to it, and cast it
in the mpddest of Euphates, and laye: Eue
thus shall Babilon flyncke, & be thrust downe
with the burthen of trouble, that I will
brnynge upon her: so that the chal neuer come
up agapne. Thus farre are the preachynges
of Jeremp.

C The liij. Chapter.

The repeteth the takynge of zedekiah. Jerusalems is
taken of the Chaldees. zedekiah sones are killed be-
fore his face, and his eyes put oute. The cyte is
burned. The temple is spolied and robbed. They that
were left in Jerusalem are carped to Babylon. Rnyg
Jehoashn is brought forth of preison, & fed lyke a kynge.

Edekiah was * one and. xxx. peare olde, when he was made kynge, and he raygned eleuen peare in Jerusalem. Hys mothers name was Hamutall, Jerempes daughter of lybna. He lyued wyckedly before the Lord euen as Je-hoakin did. For the Lord was angry at Jerusalem and Juda, so longe till he had cast them out of hys presence. And zedekiah fell from the kynge of Babyló. * But in the ninth peare of hys rapgne, In the tenth moneth, the tenth dape of the moneth it happened, that Nabuchodonozor the kynge of Babylon wold all hys Holte came before Jerusalem, and beleged it, and made them bulwozkes rounde aboute it. And thys belegynge of the cytie endured unto the eleueth peare of kynge zedekiah:

* And in the fourth moneth, the ix. dape
of the moneth, there was so great honger in
the cytie : that there were nomize vptaples
for the people of the lande. So all the sou-
dyers brake awaye, and fled out of the cy-
tye by nyght thorow the waye of the pozte
betwene the two walles by the kynge gar-
den. Now the Chaldees had compassed the
cytie rounde aboute, yet went thele men their
waye towarde the wyldernes.

And so the Chaldees followed upon the,
and toke zedekiah the kynge in the felde of
Jericho, when his hooft was runne from hyn.
So they caried the kynge awaye prysoner to
Reblath, vnto the kynge of Babylone in the

land of Hemath, * where he gaue indgemet
upon hyn.

The kynge of Babylone also caused zedekiah's sones to be slayne before his face, yee, and put all the prynces of Juda to death at Reblath. Mozeouer, he put out the eyes of zedekiah, caused hyn to be bounde with cheynes, to be caried vnto Babylone: and let hyn lpe in prison, till he dyed.

Now the tenth dape of the fyfth moneth
in the ninth peare of Nabuchodonozor kynge
of Babilon, Nabuzaradan the chefe captay-
ne and the kynge of Babylons feruautes ca-
me vnto Jerusalem, and hzent vp the house

of the Lord. He hzent vp also the kynge pa-
lace, all the houses ad all the gorgeous bupl-
dynges in Jerusalem. And the whole hooft
of the Chaldees that were with the chefe ca-
ptayne, brake downe all the walles of Jeru-
salem rounde aboute.

As for the pooze people and soch folke as
yet was left in þ cytie, which also were fal-
len to the kynge of Babylone, yee, and what
people as yet remapned: Nabuzaradan the
cheke captayne carped the awaye prysoner.
But the pooze people of the coultre, dpd Na-
buzaradan the chefe captayne leane in the
lande, to occuppe the vyneardes and feldes.
The Chaldees also brake the braken pylers
that were in the houle of the Loird, yee, the
feate and the braken lauer that was in the
houle of the Loird: and carped all the metall
of them vnto Babylone. They toke awaye
also þ Cauldzons, chouels, fleth hokes, spri-
klers, spones, and all the braken vessell that
was occupied in the serupce: with the bates,
colepannes, spynklers, pottes, candeltyc-
kes, spones, and cuppes: wherof some were
of golde, and some of syluer.

The chefe captayne toke also the two pi-
lers, the lauer, the twelue braken bullockes
þ stode under the leate, * which kynge Sa-
lonom made in the houle of the Loird: and
all the vessell conteyned so moch metal, that
it might not be weped. For euerp ppler was
ecghtene cubytes hpe: and the rope þ went
aboute it, was twelue cubytes, & koure kyn-
gers thycke and rounde. Now vp the rope
were braken knoppes, & euery knoppe was
kpye cubytes hpe: and vp the knoppes we-
re whopes, and pomgranates rounde about
of cleane brasse.

After thys maner were both the pylers
kathponed with the pōgranates, wherof there
were an hundred and. xcvj. which hanged
upon the whoopes rounde about. The chefe
captayne also toke Sariah the hpe prыеste, ad
Sophoniah that was chefe next hyn, and
the the kepers of the treafury. He toke out
of þ cytie a chamberlapne which was a cap-
tayne of the fouldyers, and seuen men that
were the kynge seruauntes, whych were
founde in the cytie: and Sepher a captayne
that vsed to mutter the men of warre: with
the heztoxe men of the countre that were taken
in the cytie. These Nabuzaradan the chefe
captayne toke, and caried them to the kynge
of Babylone vnto Reblath: and the kynge of
Babylone caused them to be put to death at
Reblath in the lande of Hemath. And thus
Juda was ledde awaye captive, out of hys
awne lande. This is the some of the people,
who Nabuchodonozor ledde awaye captive.

In the seuenth yeare of his raygne, he ca-
ried awaye of the Jewes, thze thousand and
thze and twenty. In the xvij. peare Abu-
chodonozor

A
* III. Reg.
crnithd
hj.pat.xprb.v.b

*Jer. xzir.a
suj.Ke.xzv.a

25
*xxiii.re:rrv.a
Jer. xlvii.b
fzir.x

* Je.xzir.f.b

D

E

*xxii. Re. viij.

F

G

The lamentations

of my loule, and haft redeemed my lyfe.

DLord, thou haft sene my blasphemers,
take thou my cause upon the. Thou hait
well conpyd how they go about to do me
harme, and that all their councels are agaiut
me. Thou hait herde theyz delpyctfull
worodes (DLorde) yee, and all their pnyagi-
nacrons agapynst me. The lyppes of my-
ne enemyes, and theyz deuyces that thep ta-
tke agapynst me, all the dape longe.

Thou lepst also their lytting downe and
theyz rpyinge vp, they make theyz songes of
nothing but of me. Reward them (D
Lorde) accordynge to the worckes of theyz
handes. Geue the theinge, that theyz
awne herte is atraped of: euen thy curfe.

Persecute them (D) Lord) with thyne in-
dignacyon, and rote them out from under thy
heauen.

The iiiij. Chapter.

A

How is the golde become so dpm-
me: How is the goodly colour of it
so toze chaunged; and the stones of
the Sanctuary thus scatred in the
corner of euery strete. The chyldzen of
Sion that were al wape in honour, and clo-
thed with the most precious golde: how are
they now become like Yerthen vellows which
be made with the potters hand? The dia-
gons geue theyz yonge ones luck with bare
hrestes: but the daughter of my people is
cruell, and dwelleth in the wlderneſſe: lyke
the Eſtriches. The tonges of the fucking
chyldzen, cleue to the roſe of their mouthes
for very thirt. The yong chyldre aske zed,
but there is no man that geueth it them.

They that were wonte to fare del雅-
ely, perſh the streates: thep that aſoze we-
te brought vp in purple, make now moch of
donge.

The ſynne of the daughter of my
people is become greater then * the wicked
nes of Sodome, that sodely was destroyed,
and not taken with hands. Her abſtep-
ners (or Nazarees) were whyter then the
Snowe or mylke: their colour was fresh, read
as Cozall, their bewty lyke the Saphyr.

But now they faces very black. In so
moch, that thou culde not knowe them in
the streates. * They shynne cleueth to their
bones, It is wittered, z become lyke a dape
stock. They that be slayne with yf sweard
are happier then soch as dye of honger, and
perſh awaye, kampthing for the krutes of
the felde. * The wemen ( which of na-
ture are pptiefull ) haue sodden theyz awne
children with theyz handes, that they might
be theyz meate, in the mislerable destrucyon
of y daughter of my people. * The Lorde
bath perſourmed hys heuy wath: he bath
poured out the ſuriousnes of hys displeasure
he bath lynded a kpre in Sion, which hath

conſumed the ſoundacions therof.

Aether the kynges of the earth, ner all y
inhabitours of the worlde, wolde haue bele-
ued that the enem and aduerſary chuld ha-
ue come in at the gates of the cytie of Jeru-
salem. Whiſch neuertheſſe is come to
palle for the ſynne of her p[]rophetes, and for
the w[]pckednes of her p[]reſſes that haue ſhed
*innocentes bloude within her. So that
these b[]lynde men wente st[]omblynde in the
ſtreates, and st[]apned them ſelues w[]blonde,
which els wolde touche no bloudy cloth.

But they cryed vnto euery man: ffee the
ſt[]apn[]ynde, awaye, gett you hence, touch it
not. Pee (ſaide they) ye muſt be br[]et, ye muſt
dwell amonge the Gentiles, and byde no
longer here. The co[]tenaunce of y[] Lord
bath b[]anp[]ched them, and shall neuer loke
moze upon them. For they them ſelues ne-
ther regarded the p[]reſſes, nor pitied their el-
ders: Wherfor[]e yet oure e[]pes kayle vs,
whyple we loke for y[]ayne helpe: ſe[]ing we be
euer w[]a[]tp[]ing vp[]o a people, y[]can do us no
good. The p[]ape so harpe w[]a[]pte for vs
that we cannot go safe upon the streates: for
oure ende is come, oure d[]ayes are full[]led,
our ende is here. * Dur[]e p[]erſcuters are
ſw[]p[]k[]er then the A[]egles of the ay[]pe, they ſo-
lowed upon vs ouer the mountaynes, and
layed w[]a[]pte for vs in the w[]lderneſſe.

The very * br[]eth of our mouth : euen
the anopnted Lord hym ſelke chalbe taken in
oure ſynnes, of who we kaye: Ander his cha-
dowe we chalbe p[]reſt[]u[]ed amonge the he[
then: And thou (D daughter E[]dom) y[]
dwelleſt in the lande of Huz, be glad and re-
ioyce: for the cuppe shall come vnto the al[]so,
which whan thou ſuſpeſt of, thou chalt be
d[]zoncken. Th[]p ſynne is well punp[]ched,
(D thou daughter Sion ) he chalt not ſuſſe
the to be carried a wape en[]p[]ro[]m. But thy
w[]p[]ck[]ed[]nes (D daughter E[]dom) chal he v[]
ſet, and for thy ſynnes ſake, he chall lede the
into cap[]tuite.

The v. Chapter.

The p[]ayer of J[]eremye.

All to remembraunce (DLorde) what we haue ſuſſed, conf[]p[]dze, ad le our confu[]p[]on. Dur[] enheritaun- ce is turned to the Straungers, and our houses to the aleaunteſ. We are become carefull and fatherles, and our mothers are as the wyddowes. We are kayne to d[]r[]yncke oure awne water for money, and oure awne wood muſt we b[]e with m[]oneyp. Dur[] neckes are under p[]erſecu[]p[]o, we are weery, and ha- uenoreſt.

Akoſe tyme we p[]elded oure ſelues to the
Egyp[]tians, and now to the Aſſyrians, only
that we might haue b[]e zed ynough. * Dur[] ka-
thers ( which now are gone ) haue ſp[]nnd, &
we muſt

C

* Gene. vii. 4.

D

* J[]ere. l[]lith.
A[]bac. l. b

E

* Gene. ii. b

A

B

* J[]ere. x[]rriſt.
E[]ze. xviii. a

c

The Prophecy

Abone, ouer the heades of the beaftes
there was a fyrmament, whych was ka-
poned as it had bene of Y most pure Chy-
fall, and that was lyzed out abone upon
theyr heades: under the same fyrmamet we-
re theyr wynges layed abrode, one towarde
another, and two wynges couered the body
of euery beaft. And when they wente forth,
Thearde the nopfe of theyr wynges, lyke the
nopfe of greate waters, as it had bene the
voyce of the greate God, and a rulshyng to-
gether as it were of an hooft of men. And
when they kode styll, they lett downe theyr
winges. Now when they kode still, and had
letten downe their wynges, it thondred in Y
firmament that was abone theyr heades.
Aboue the firmament that was ouer theyr
heades, there was the kafyon of a leate, as
it had bene made of Sapht. Upon the leate
there katt one lyke a man. * I behelde hym,
and he was lyke an aungell, as it had bene
all of fyze within from hys lopnes upward.
And beneth, when I loked upon him vn-
der Y lopnes, me thought he was lyke a chy-
nyng fyze, that geueth lyght on euery fyde.
Yee, the chyne & glystre that lightened roude
aboute, was lyke a rapnbowe, whych in a
rapnpe dape appeareth in the cloudes. Euen
so was the Symplitude, wherin the gloze of
the Loode appeared. When I sawe it, I fell
upon my face, and herkened unto the voyce
of hym that spake.

*Ezek. vii, 4.*

And then, when I looked upon him, I
saw the lopnes, me thought he was lyke a chy-
nyng fyze, that geueth lyght on euery fyde.
Yee, the chyne & glystre that lightened roude
aboute, was lyke a rapnbowe, whych in a
rapnpe dape appeareth in the cloudes. Euen
so was the Symplitude, wherin the gloze of
the Loode appeared. When I sawe it, I fell
upon my face, and herkened unto the voyce
of hym that spake.

The ii, Chapter.

The prophete is fende to call agayne the people
from theyr errour.

*Ezek. vii, 5.*

Ad then sayde he unto me: Stand
up upon thy fete (D thou sonne of
man) and I will talke with the.

*And as he was commpnyng with
me, the spzete came in to me, and let me up
upon my fete: so that I marcked the thynge,
that he faide unto me. And he sayd: Behold,
thou sonne of man: I will fende the to the
chpidzen of Israel, to thole runnagates and
obstynate people: for they haue taken parte
agapynft me, and are runne awape fro me:

*Ezek. vii, 6.*

*both they and theyr kozefathers unto this
dape.*

*Jer. x, 1.*

Yee, I will fende the unto a people that
haue rough vyplages and styk fromakes: vn-
to whom thou chalt ape on thys maner:
Thys the Lord God hym selfe hath spoken,
that whether they be obedient or no (for it is
a froward houholde) they maye knowe yet
that there hath bene a prophete among the.

*Therfore (thou sonne of man) keare the
not, nether be atrayed of theyr wordes: for
they shall rebell against the, and delpye the.
Yee, thou doft dwell amonge sconpions: but
keare not theyr wordes, be not abashed at
theyr lookes, for it is a frowarde houholde.

He that thou speake my wordes vnto
them, whether they be obeyent or not, for
they are obstynate. Therfore, thou sonne of
man, obey thou all thynges, that I speake vn-
to the, & be not thou styknecked, lyke as they
are a styknecked houholde. Open thy mouth,
and eate that I gene the.

D

So as I was lokynge vp, beholde, there
was sent vnto me an hande, wherin was
clofed *a booke: and the hande opened it be-
foze me, and it was wytten within with-
out, full of carefull mournyges: alas, & wo.

*Apo. x, 1.*

The thylc Chapter.

The prophete beynge fende with the wode of God
and wyth the constant boldenes of the fete, is sent
unto the people that were in captypte. The pump-
ement of a curate that theyed not the people their
spunes.

After thys, sayde he unto me:
Thou sonne of man, eate that,
what fœuer it be: pee, *eat that
closed booke, and go thy waye,
and speake unto the chpidzen

of Israel: So I opened my mouth, & he gave me the boke for to eate, and sayde unto me: Thou sonne of man, thy belp shall eate, and thy bowels thalbe fylled with the boke, that I geue the. Then dyd I eate the boke, *and it was in my mouth sweter then honp. And he sayde vnto me: thou sonne of man, *get y soone vnto the house of Israel, Æd thewe the wodes, Y I commaide the: for I fende the not to the people þa hath a straunge, unknowne, or hard Ipeache, but vnto the house of Israel: Not to many nacions, which haue huerle speaches and harde languages, whose wordes thou vnderftadest not. * Neuerthelesse, þf I lent the to thole people, thep wolde folowe the. But the house of Israel wyll not folowe the, for they will not folow me: yee, all the house of Israel haue styk kozefeades and harde hertes. * Behold therfore, I will make thep face pzeuaple agapynft their faces, and harde the pfozcheade against their kozefeades: so that thep kozefeade thalbe hader then an * Adamant or flynt stone: that thou mapeft keare them the lesse, and be lesse atrayed of them, for they are a frowarde houholde.

A

*Jer. x, 2.*

Apo. x, 3

Ibid.

*Mal. x, 1.*

and, exp. ii.

Apo. x, 2.

*Jer. x, 2.*

B

*Hosea, x, 1.*

*Amos, x, 1.*

*Ezek. x, 1.*

He sayde mozeouer vnto me: thou sonne
of man, take dypliget he de with thyn)e eares,
to the wordes that I speake vnto the, fasten
them in thyn)e hert: and go to the pzefoners
of thp people, speake vnto them, and saye on
thys maner: Thus the Loode God hath spoken: whether ye heare, or heare not. With that the spzete toke me vp. And I heard the
nopfe of a greate rulshyng and remounnge
of the most blessed glozry of the Loode out of
hys place.

I hearde also the nopfe of the wynges of
the beaftes, that rulshed one agapynft ano-
ther,

Of Ezechiel.

No.lxxixr.

ther, yce, and the ratling of the wheles, that
were by them, whych ruffynge and noppe
was very greate.

*Now when the sprete toke me vp, and
caried me awaye, I wente with an heuy Æ
a sozowfull mynde, but the häde of the Lord
comfozte me rycht one.

And so in the begynnynge of the moneth
Abib, I came to the paxoners, *that dwelt
by the water of Cobar, ſremapned in that
place, where they were: And so contynued
I amonge them seuen dapes, beynge ve-
ry forz.

And when the seuen dapes were expired,
the Lorde layde vnto me: * Thon sonne of
man, I haue made the a watchmâ vnto the
house of Israell: therkoze take good hede to
the wordes, and gene the warnynge at my
commandement.

If I sape vnto the, concernynge the vn-
godly man, that (wypthout doute) he mult
 dye, âd thou genest hym not warnynge, ner
 speakest vnto hym, that he may turne from
 hysuell waye, and so to lyue: Then shall þ
 fame vngodlp mâ dye in hys awne vnrygh-
teoutnes: but hys bloude wyll I requyse of
 thyne hand. Neuertheles, þk thou gene war-
npnge vnto the wypcked, and he yet forſake
not his vngodlynſle: then shall he dye in his
awne wypckednſle, but thou haſt discharged
thy loule.

Now þa rpghteous man go from *hys
ryghteounſle, and do the thynge þ is euell:
I will laye a ſtomblynge blocke before him,
and he shall dye, because thou haſt not geue
hym warnypng: yce, dye shall he in hys awne
ſynne, to that the vertue, whych he dyd beko-
re, shall not be thought vpon: but his bloude
wyll I requyse of thyne hande.

Neuertheleſse, þk thou exhoſteſt the rygh-
teons, that he ſynne not, ſo the ryghteous
do not ſynne: then shall he lyue, because he
hath receaued thy warnynge, and thou haſt
discharged thy loule. And there came the häd
of the Lorde vpon me, and he layd vnto me:
Stâde vp, and go into the felde, that I may
there talke wyth the.

So when I had rysen vp, and gone forſth
into the felde: Beholde, the glory of the Lôd
kode there, * lyke as I saw it afore, by the
water of Cobar.

*Then fell I downe upon my face, æ the
sprete came in to me, whych set me vp upon
my fete, æ layd thus vnto me: Go thy waye,
and sparre thy selfkin thyne house. Beholde,
(D thou sonne of man) there shall chapnes
be brought for the, to bynde the wythall, so
that thou chalt not escape out of the. And I
wyll make thy tunge cleue so to þ roke of thy
mouth, that thou chalt be dome, and not be
as a chyder wyth them: for it is an obſtinate
houſholde.

But when I speake vnto the, then open
thy mouth, and laye: Thus layeth Lorde
God: who so beareth, let hym heare: who so
wyll not, let hym leaue: for it is an obſtinate
houſholde.

The iiiij. Chapter.

The beſeg of the cytie of Jeruſalem is litiſhed.
The louge conſtinuance of the captiuité of Israël.
An honger is ſſpropheped to come in the captiuité.

houn ſonne of man: take a tyle ſtone,
and laye it before the, and deſcrybe
upon it the cytie of Jeruſalem, how it
is beſeged, how bulworckes and ſtronge dy-
ches are grauen on euery ſyde of it: deſcry-
be also tentes, and an hooft of men rounde
abouſe it.

Hozoucer, take an ſzon panne, and let it
betwirte the and the cyte, in steade of an ſzo
wall. Then let thy face toward it, beſeget it,
and lape ordinaunce agaynſt it, to wynne it.
This chalbe a token vnto the house of Isra-
el. But thou chalt ſlepe upon thy left ſyde,
and lape the ſynne of the house of Israel vp
the. Certayne dapes appoynted, thou chalt
ſlepe upon that ſyde, and beare their ſynnes.
B *Neuertheleſse, I will appoynte the a tyme
(to put of the? ſynnes) æ the nombre of the
dapes: Thee hundreth and. xe. dapes muſt
thou beare the wypckednſle of the house of
Israell. Whê thou haſt kulfylled these dapes
lye downe agayne, and ſlepe vp the rygh-
t ſyde, xe. l. dapes, and beare the ſynnes of the
house of Juda.

*A dape for a peare, a dape (I sape) for a
peare, wyll I euer laye upon the. Therkoze
let now thy face aگaynſt that beſeged Jeru-
salem, and dyſcouer thyne arme, that thou
mayest p[ro]phepe ye agaynſt it.

Beholde, I wyll laye chapnes vpon the,
that thou chalt not turne the from one ſyde
to another, wyll thou haſt ended the dapes of
thy ſlege.

Wherkoze, take vnto the wheate, barly C
heanes, growell ſede, Milium and pytches:
and put these together in a vessel, and make
the loaues of h[ed] therof, acco[rd]yng to the
nombre of the dapes that thou muſt lye vp
the ſide: that thou mayest haue h[ed] to eate,
for the? hundreth and. xe. dapes.

And the meate that thou cateſt, shall ha-
ue a certayne wayght appoynted: namely
twentye ſicles euery dape. Thys apoynted
meate chalt thou eate dayl[ye], kro the begyn-
nynge to the ende.

Thou chalt d[r]yncke also a certayne mea-
fure of water: Namely, the ſynt parte of an
Hin chalt thou d[r]yncke dayl[ie] kro the begyn-
nyng vnto the ende. Barly takes chalt thou
eate, yet chalt thou k[y]ſt ſtrake them ouer w
mans donge, that they mape ſe it. And with
that layde the Lorde: Euen thus chall the
chylden of Israel eate the? deſpledd[ed] in

WH the

The prophecye

the myddelt of the Gentiles, amonge whom
I wyll scatre them.

D

Then sayde I: Dh Lord God. Beholde,
my soule was yet neuer stapned: fo: fro my
ponth vp unto this houre. I dyd neuer eate
of a deed carcase, of that which was flap-
ne of wnde beaktes, nether ca there euer enp
uncleane flech in my mouth.

Wher Unto he anfuer'd me, and sayde:
Well than, I wyll graunte þ to take cowes
donge, fo: the Donge of a man, and to stake
the bred ouer with all, befoze them.

And he sayd Unto me: Beholde thou son-
ne of man, *I wyll mnytiche all the prouisi-
on of bred in Jerusale[m], so that they shall wepe
their bred, and eate it with Icarcenelle. But
as for water, they shall haue a verp lytle mea
sure therof, to drincke. And when they haue
nomore bred ner water, one shall be destroyp-
ed with another, ſamply a wape for theyp
wyckednesse.

*Lsec.v.d.
and xiii.d.
liij.reg. xxv.a.

C The. v. Chapter.

The rpdole of the heares, by whch is lyguffyt
the debrucucon of the people. The caufes of the anger
of God towarde the people. The Lozde disclofeth the
rpdole of the heartes.

A

Thou sonne of man, take the then
a charpe knypc, namely, a rasoure.

Take that, and haue the heare of
thy head and beerd: Then take the
Chales and the waight, & deupde the heare
a sunder. And burne the thyrde parte therof
in the fyze in the myddelt of the cytie, & cut þ
other thyrde parte in pieces with a knypc. *
As for the thyrde parte that remapneth, caſt
it in the wnde, and I wyll draw out the
ſwerd after them.

*Jer.vii.d.

B

Yet afterwarde, take a lytle of the fame,
and bynde it in thy cote lappe. Then take a
curteſky of it, and caſt it in the myddelt of the
fyze: ad burne it in the fyze. Dut of the fame
fyze shall there goo a flame, upon the whole
house of Israell, Morouer, thus sayde the
Lozde God: This fame is Jerusale[m]. I fergt
her in the myddelt of the Heathen & nations
that are rounde aboute her, but the hath de-
ſpkyed mp iudgementes moze then the Gedi-
ſſeth them ſelues, and hroké mp commaunde-
mentes moze then þ napcions, that lyeroude
aboute her: I:or they haue caſt out myne oz-
dinaúces, & not walcked in my lawes. Ther
foze, thus layeth the Lozde God: * I:or lo
moch as ye with youre wickednesſe farre ex-
ceade the Heathen, that dwell rounde aboute
you: (I:or ye haue not walcked in my lawes,
neither haue ye kepte myne ordinauices.)
Therfore thus layeth the Lozde God:

*Leu.xvii.d.

C

I wyll also come upon the, for in the myddel of the wyll I ſyt in iudgmét, in þyſight of the Heathen, ad wyll handle the of soch a kafion, as I neuer dyd befoze, and as I neuer wyll do from that tyme forthe, and that

because of all thyne abhominacions. I:or in
the fathers * shall be fayne to eate their aw-
ne sonnes, ad the sonnes their awne fathers.
Soch a courte wyll I kepe in the, & the who-
le remnaunt of the wyll I scatre in to all the
wpndes.

Wherfore, as trul[y] as I lyue (sayeth the
Lozde God) ſeyng thou haſt deſkyed my Sa-
ctuarp, with all maner of abhominacions &
all the namefull offences: I:or thyſe cauſe
wyll I also destroye the. E)yne epe (shall not
ouerſe the, neither wyll I ſpare the.

* One thyrde parte wythin the, shall dpe
of the peſtilitye & of honger: Another thirde
parte shall be flayne downe rounde aboute
the, with þ wearde: The other thirde parte
þ remapneth, will I scatre abzoade towarde
all the wpndes, and dzaue out the wearde
after them. Thus I wyll perſourme my in-
dignación, & let my wath agapnſt them, and
eaſe my ſelſe. So that whê I haue fulſkyled
mpne anger agapnſt them, they shall knowe
that I am the Lozde, whych with a feruent
gelously haue ſpoken it. Moreover, I wyll
make the walle and abhozred, before all the
Heathen that dwell aboute the, & in the ſight
of all them, that go by the: So that whê I pu-
niſh the in my wath, in myne anger, & with
þ plage of my whole displeasure: thou chal[e
be a verp abhominacion, chame, a galyng &
wondrynge stocke, amonge the heathè that
lpe aboute the. Eue I the Lozde haue spok[e
it, and it shall come to paſſe, when I chut[e a-
monge them the perlous darres of honger,
which chalbe but death: Pee, therfore chal[ I
chut[e them, becauſe I wyll destroye you: *
I wyll encreaſe hunger, and mnyth[ all the
prouiſion of bred amonge you.

Plages & misery wyll I ſende you, yee, &
wylde beaktes alſo to destrope you. Deſtil[é-
ce and bloudbedinge shall come upon you, &
the ſweard wyll I hriſe ouer you. Eue I the
Lozde, haue ſayde it.

C The. vi. Chapter.

The weθeth that the people chal[be plag[ed for the] ſun
ne of Jodatarië. The proph[ety]er the repentance of the
remnaunt of the people, and to[ey] deuoperaunce. The
debrucucon of the krowarde is proph[ety]ed.

Ad the word[e] of the Lord came Unto
me, ſayinge: Th[ou]l[on]e of man, tur-
ne thy face to the *mountaynes of Is-
rael, þ thou may[et] prophecye Unto them, ad
ſape: Heare the word[e] of the Lozde God, D
ye mountaynes of Israel: Thus hath þ Lo-
de God ſpoken to the mountaynes, hylles,
valleys and dales.

A

*Ezek. xxi.d.*

Beholde, I wyll hrynge a swearde ouer
you, & destro[ye] youre hye places: I wyll caſt
downe your aulters, & h[ea]ke downe youre
téples. Youre flapne men wyll I lape before
youre goddes, and the deed carcates of the
chylden of Israel wyll I caſt before theyp
I doles, youre bones wyll I destro[ye] rounde
aboute

Of Ezechiel.

Jo.xc.

aboute youre aulters, and dwell yng places.

The cryptes chalbe desolate, the hyllcha-
pels layed waste: youre aulters destroped,
and broken: youre goddes cait downe, and
taken awaye, youre tepels laye eauë wyth
the grounde, youre awne wozckes cleane ro-
ted oute.

Youre slayne men shall lye amongst you,
that pe mape learne to knowe, how that I
am the Loode. Tho se y be amongst you haue
escaped the Swearde, wyll I leaue amongst
the Gentles, for I wyll scatre you amongst
the nacyps. And thep that escape from you,
shall thincke vpon me amongst the Heathen,
where thep chalbe in captinite.

As for that whozeth and vnkapeth full her-
te of theys, wherewth thep runne awaye
fro me, I wyll breake it: yee, e put oute tha-
fe eyes of theirs, that commyfte fornicacion
wyth their Idols.

Then shall they be alhamed, and displea-
sed wyth their selues, for the wyckednesse
and abhominacions, which they haue done:
and chall learne to knowe, how that it is not
in vapne, that I the Loode spake, to hynge
soch misery vpon them.

The Lo'd sap de moeouer vnto me: Smp
te thyne handes together, and stampe wyth
thy fete, and saye: Wo wort h all the abhom-
nacions and wicke dnesse of the house of J
Israel, for, because of them, thep shall perth y
the Swearde, wyth honger and with pe stile-
ce. Who so is karre of, shall dye of the pe stile-
ce: he that is npe at hande, shall perth wyth
the Swearde: and the other that are beleged,
shall dye of honger.

Thus wyll I satikye my wzothfull dis-
pleasure vpon them. And so shall pe learne
to knowe, that I am the Loode, when youre
slayne men lye amongst youre Idols, and a-
boute youre aulters: vpon all hye hylles äd
toppes of mountaynes, amongst all grene
trees, amongst all thycke okes: euë in the pla-
ces, where they dyd sacrifyce to all they? J-
dols. I wyll stretch mpne hande oute vpon
them, and wyll make the lande waste: So y
it shall lye desolate and voyde, fro the wpl-
derneſse of Deblothah kozth, thozow all
their habitacyps: to learne the for to knowe,
that I am the Loode.

The. viij. Chapter.

The ende of all the lande of Israel shall sodenly co-
me. The cause of the destruption thereof. The p[ro]phete
is commaunded to shew the furmme of the euelles that
are at hande.

A

He the word of the Lo'de came vnto
me on thys maner: The I call, D
thou fonne of man. Thus sayeth y
Lo'de God vnto the lande of Israel:
The ende commeth, yee, verely the ende
commeth vpon all the foure corners of the
eart h.'

But now shall the ende come vpon the: for
I wyll sende my wath vpon the, ſ will pn
naph the: acco d ynge to thp wayes, and re-
warde yfter all thy abhominacions. * Myp-
ne eye shall not ouerse the, nether wyll I pa-
re the: but rewarde ſ, acco d yng to thp way-
es, and declare thy abhominacions. Then
shall we knowe, that I am the Loode.

*Ezek. vii. 5.
ic. c.

Thus sayeth the Lord God: Beholde, one
mispyp and plage shall come after another:
Fende is here. The ende (I saye) that way-
teth for the, is come all ready, the houre is co
me agaynst the, that dwelleth in the lande.

The tpme is at hande, the dape of sedicyps
is hard bp, and no glad tydnges vpon the
mountaynes. Therfore, I wyll thoztly youre
out my soze displeasure ouer the, and fullyll
mp wath vpon the. I wyll iudge the after
thy wayes, äd recompence the all thy abho-
minacions.

B

* Wyne eye shall not ouerse the, nether
wpl I spare the: but rewarde the after thy
wayes, and the we thy abhominacions, to le-
arne you for to knowe, how that I am the
Loode that limpteth. Beholde, y dape is here
the dape is come, the houre is runne out, the
rodde kozicheth, wilfulnesse waxeth grene,
malicious violce is growne vp, and the vn
godly warden to a stat. Yet shall there no co-
playnte be made for them, ner for the trou-
ble that shall come of these thynges.

*Ezek. vii. 5.
ic. c.

C

The tyme cometh, the dape d raweth npe:
* Who so byeth, left hym not reioyce: he
that felleth, let hym not be forp: for why? *
Trouble shall come i the mpddest of all rest:
so that the seller shall not come againe to the
hyer, for nether of them both shall lype. For
the vifio shall come so greatly ouer all, that
it shall not be hyndered: No man also wyth
his wicke dnesse shall be able to laue his aw-
ne lyke. The trompettes shall ye blowe, and
make you all ready, but no man shall goo to
the battel, for I am wzoth with all the who-
le multitude.

*Jer. xlvii. b.
Isa. x. a.

D

The Swearde chalbe without, pe stilitye
and honger wythin: so that wholo is in the
kelde, chalbe slayne with the Swearde: and he
that is in the crypte * shall perth wyth hon-
ger and pe stilitye.

E

And soch as el escape and fle from amongst
them, shall be vpon the hylles, lyke as the do
ues in the kelde: euery one chalbe atraped, be-
cause of hys awne wyckednesse.

*Deu. xcvii. 8.

All handes chalbe let downe, e all knees
chalbe weake as the water: they shall gyde
them selues wyth lack cloth, keare shall fall
vpon them. They? faces chalbe cofounded,
*and they? heades balde: they? syluer shall
lve in the kretes, e their golde chalbe depp-
fed: * yee, they? syluer e golde mape not de-
lyuer them, in the dape of the fearfull wath
of the Loode.

F

*Ezek. xv. 5.

* Sopho. i. d.
Ecc.ii. v. b.
Prover. x. 11.
J. J. S. a.

W. ij. Thep

The prophecie

*Dsee.viii.a

C

*Izre. xxx.
viij.c.

They shall not satiety their hongry sou-
les, nether slay their enptye bellpes therw:
For it is become their awne decaye thozow
their wickednes: because they * made therof
not only costly Jeweles for their pompe and
pryde, but also abhomnable pimages and
Idoles. For this cause wyll I make them to
be abhozred. Moreouer, I wyll geue it into
the hands of the kraungers to be spoyled:
To the wycked, for to be robbed, and they
they shall deſtroye it. My face wyll I turne from
them, my treaſury chalbe deſiled: for the the-
ues shall go in to it, and suspende it. I wyll
make clene riddaunce, for the lande is whole
defyled wyth vnrygbteous iudgemet of in-
nocent bloude, and the cite is full of abhom-
nacrons. Wherfore, I wyll bringe the mott
cruell tyzauntes from amonge the Heathen,
to take the wy houses in posſellio. I wyll ma-
ke the pöpe of the pionde to ceasse, and they
shall take in their Sanctuary. When thys
trouble commeth, they shall seke peace, but
they chal have none. Dne myschefe ad dozow
shall folowe another, ad one rumoure shall
come after another: * Then shall they seke
vilyös in vayne at their Prophletes. The la-
we chal be gone from the pzeſtes, ÿ wyſdo-
me from the elders. The king chal mourne,
the Pynnés chal be clothed w heupnelle, and
the hands of the people in the lande shall
tremble for keare. I will do vnto them after
they chal awne wayes, and accorſynge to their
awne judgementes wyll I judge the: to le-
ne them for to knowe, that I am the Loſde.

CThe.viii.Chapter.

Can appearaunce of the linitude of God. Echiel is brought vnto Jeruſale in the ſpichte. The Lord the- weeth the Prophete the Iſolatries of the house of I- rael, and cheakely of the Diſtesses.

A

It happened, that in the ſyxt peare þ
ſykth dape of the ſyrte moneth I ſat
in my house, and the Loſdes of the co-
uncell of Iuda with me: and the hand of the
Loſde God fell enen there upon me. And as
I loſed vp, *I ſaw as it were a lychnelle of
ſyſe from hys lopnes downe warde, and fro
hys lopnes upwarde it chynge maruelous
cleare ad lyke an angell to loke vpſ. * This
ſymilitude kretched out an hande, and toke
me by the heareſe lockes of my head, and the
ſperte lyſt me vp betwynte heauſ and earth:
and brought me in a vilyon to Jeruſalem,
into the entrie of þ inner porſe that lyeth to-
warde the noſth: there ſtode an pimage, with
who he that hath all thynges in hys power,
was very wroth.

*Izre.i.c.

*Izre. ii. b,
and, pi. d.

B

*Izre.ii.a.

C

And beholde, the gloſp of the God of Iſ-
rael was in the ſame place: enen * as I had
ſene it aſoſe in the ſelde. And he ſayde vnto
me: Thon ſonne of mā, Dlyſt vp thyne ey-
es, and loke towarde the noſth. Then lyſt I
vp myne eyes towarde the noſth, ſ beholde:

belyde the poſte northwardede, there was an
aulter made vnto the pimage of prouocacyó
in the very entying in. And he ſayde further
more vnto me: Thon ſonne of mā, keſt thou
what theſe do: Seſt thon the greate abho-
mynacrons that the house of Israel comptte
in thys place: whych ought not to be done in
my sanctuary. But turne the aboute, and þ
thalt ſe yet greater abhomnacrons. And þ
that brought he me to the courte gate: ÿ whé
Iloſed, beholde, there was an hole i þ wall.
Then ſayde he vnto me: Thon ſonne of mā,
dygge thozow the wall. And whé I dygged
thozow the wall, beholde, there was a doze.
And he ſayde vnto me: Go thy wape in, and
loke what wycked abhomnacrons they do
here. So I wête in, and kawe: and beholde,
there were all maner pimages of worzmes ad
beaſſes, all Idoles and abhomnacrons of
the house of Israel paynted euery one rounde
about the wall. There ſtode alſo before the
pimages. *Ixr. Loſdes of the councell of
the house of Israel: and in the myddel of them
ſtode Jaazanib the ſonne of Sappan: And
euery one of the had a cenſoure in hys háde,
and out of the incense, there went a smoke,
as it had bene a cloude. Then ſayde he vnto
me: Thon ſonne of man, haſt thou ſene what
the Senatoureds of the house of Israel do le-
cretly, euery one in hys chambre: * For they
ſaye: Tuth, the Loſde ſeſth vs not, the Loz-
de regardeth not the wozde. And he ſayde
vnto me: Turne the yet agayne, and thou
thalt ſe the greate abhomnacrons that they
do. And wyth that he brought me to the do-
re of the poſte of the Loſdes house, towarde
þ north. And beholde, there sat women mour-
nge for Thamus. Then ſayd he vnto me:
haſt thou ſene thys, thou ſonne of mā: Tur-
ne the aboute, and thou thalt ſe yet greater
abhomnacrons. And lo he brought me into
the inwarde court of the Loſdes house: and
beholde at the poſte of the Loſdes house, be-
twynte the koſe entrye and the aulter, there
were ſyue and twenty men, that turned the-
ir backes upon the temple of the Loſde, and
their faces towarde the eſtelle, and theſe woz-
ſypped the ſonne.

And he ſayde vnto me: haſt thou ſene this,
thou ſonne of man: Thynketh the house of
Israel, that it is but a tryſle, to do theſe abo-
mynacrons here: Shulde they ſyll the lande
full of wyckedneſſe, and undertake to pzo-
noke me vnto anger: Yee, and purpoſely to
caſt up thep? noſes upon me: Therfore will
I alſo do some thynge in my wraſhfull dyſ-
pleasure, to þ myne eye chall not ouerke the,
neither wyll I pare them. * Pee, and though
they crye in myne eares wyth loude vopce,
yet wyll I not heare them.

D

*Ezr. xiii.
Fam. I. Io.

E

*Ibid.
*Ex. xii. c.
Ier. xii. b.
Ier. xii. f.
Ier. xii. g.

F

G

*Prover. I.
Jer. x. b.
and xii. b.
Amos. Ix.

CThe. ix. Chapter.

The

*E
Ibid.
I. D.

*Iu.

*Ibid.
and f.
I. Pec.

*Jb.
Ibid.
Eli.
I. St.

The prophecie

*Ier.viij.b

*Mat.bij.c

C

D

*Ela. v.c.
Mich. iii.b.

prophletes that loke out vayne thynge, and
p breach lyes: thep shall not be in the councell
of my people, ner wypitten in the boke of the
house of Israel, nether shall theyp come in the
lande of Israel: ò pe mape knowe, how ò I
am the Loode God. And that for hys cause:
theyp haue disceaued my people, * and tolde
them of peace, where no peace was. Dne set-
teth vp a wal, and theyp dawbe it with low-
le clape. Therkore tell them whych dawbe it
wypth Untempered morter, that it shall fal. *
For there shall come a great shower of rayne
greate stones shall fal upon it, & a sole soz-
me of wynde shall brieke it, so shall the wal
come downe. Shall it not then be layde un-
to you: where is now the morter, ò pe daw-
bed it wyth all? Therkore thus layeth the
Loode God: I wypill breaKE out in my wypth
full displeasure wyth a kozmp wynde, so ò
in myne anger there shall come a mpgbtye
shower of rapne, & haple stones in my wath,
to destroye withall.

As for the wall, that pe haue dawbed with
untempered morter, I wypill breaKE it dow-
ne, make it euen wyth the grounde: so that
the foundacyon therof shall remoue, and it
shall fal, yee, and ye poure selues shall perush
i the myddest therof: to lerne you for to kno-
we, that I am the Loode. Thus wypill I per-
fourme my wath upon thys wall, and vpò
them that haue dawbed it wyth Untempe-
red morter, and then wypill I sape unto you:
The wall is gone, and the dawbers are a-
wave. These are the prophletes of Israel,
which prophecye unto the cytie of Jerusale,
and leke out vilygs of peace for them, whe-
re as no peace is, layeth ò Lord God. Wher-
fore (D thou sonne of man) seft thy face aga-
pnult the daughters of they people, whych p-
phecie out of their a wne hertes: and speake
thou prophecie aga pnult the, and laye: Thus
layeth the Loode God: Wo be unto you, that
lowe pplowes under all arme holes, &d bol-
sters under the heades both of yonge and ol-
de, to catch soules wyth all. * For whan ye
haue gotten the soules of my people in poure
captiupte, ye promple them lyfe, and dicho-
roure me to my people, for an hâd full of bat
ly, and for a pece of bred: whâ ye kyll the sou-
les of them, that dye not, and promises lyfe to
the, that lyue not: Thus ye dissemble wyp-
mp people, that belueneth poure lyes.

Wherefore, thus layeth the Lord God: Be-
holde, I wypill also upon the ppyllowes, wher
wypeth ye catch the soules in flyenge: the wyp
I take from poure armes, and let the soules
go, that ye catch in flyenge. Poure bolsters al
so will I teare in peces, and delyner my peo-
ple out of poure hand: so that they shall come
nomoze in poure handes to be spoyled, and
pe shall knowe, that I am the Loode. Seing
that with poure lyes ye discomfozte the her-

te of the ryghteous, whom I haue not dis-
fozrted: A gayne: For so moch * aspe co扎age
the hande of the wyched, so that he mape not
turne from his wicked waye, and lyue: ther-
koze shall pe lpe out nomoze vanite, ner pro-
phecie youre a wne gelynges: for I wypill de-
lpuer my people out of youre hande, that pe
mape knowe, how that I am the Loode.

*Dcc.vii.b.

The.xiii.J.Chapter.

The Loode depth hys word to the people for the
pynnes lake. The diſpanders of the Loode both the Loode
kometyme because by false prophletes. A comfozte of the
that kiedde unto Babylon.

Here reſoſted * unto me certayne
of the elders of Israel, ad lat dow-
ne by me. Then came the word of
the Loode Unto me, ſapeng: Thou
sonne of man, these men beare theyd Idols
in theyd heztes, and go purpolyp bpò the ſto-
blynge block of theyd a wne wyckedneſſe:
how darre they then aske councell at me:
Therkore ſpeake Unto them, and ſape: thus
layeth the Lord God: Euerp man of the hou-
ſe of Israel that beareth hys Idols in hys
herte, purpolypnge to ſkomble in hys a wne
wyckedneſſe, and commeth to a p[ro]phet,
to enquere eny thynge at me by him: Unto that
man wypill I the Loode myſelſe gene anſwe-
re, accor[dyng to the multitude of hys Idols:
that the house of Israel mape be ſnared in
their a wne hertes, because they be clene go-
ne from me, for their abd[ominacions] ſakes.

A

*Ezek. xii.b.

Whereore, tell the house of Israel: thus
ſayeth the Loode God: * Be converted, for
ſake youre Idols, and turne your faces from
all youre abhominacions. For euery man,
(whether he be of the house of Israel or a kra-
unger, that logeourneth in Israel) whych
departeth from me, and carmeth Idols in hys
herte, purpolypng to go ſkyll ſtoblyng in hys
a wne wyckedneſſe, and commeth to a p[ro]
phet, for to aske councell at me tho[z]ow him:
Unto that man will I the Lord geue anſwe-
re, by myne a wne ſelke. I wypill let my face a-
gapnult that man, and will make him to be
an example for other, yee, and a comen bp-
word: & wypill rote hyn out of my people,
that he may knowe, how that I am the Lo-
de. * and that p[ro]phete be disceaued, whê
he telleth hyn a word: then I the Loode mp
ſelke haue disceaued that p[ro]phet, and wyp
ſtretch kozth myne hande upon hyn, to co-
te hyn out of my people of Israel: and thep
both chalbe punſhed for they[2] wyckednes.
Accor[dynge to the pynne of hyn that al-
kech, shall the pynne of the p[ro]phete be:
that the house of Israel be led nomoze fro
me tho[z]ow erroure, and be no moze deſyled
in their wyckedneſſe: but that they mape be
my people, & I they[2] God, ſayeth the Loode
God. And the word of the Lord came Unto
me,

B

*Ezek. xii.b.

C

*Iiff.re.xxii.b
Job, xii.c.

D

Of Ezechiel

Jo. xciij.

me, sayinge: Thou sonne of man, when the
lande lynneth agaynst me, & goeth forthin
wyckednesse: I will stretch out myne hande
upon it, & destroye all the pzieufyſ of their
bred, and sende derth upon them, to destroye
mā beaſt in the lande. And though Noe,
Daniel & Job, theſe theſe men were amonge
theſe, yet chall thep in their rigbtouſnesse de-
lyuer but their awne ſoules, ſayeth LORD
God. If I brynge noſome beaſtes into the
lande, to wale it up, & it be so desolate, that
no man mape go therin for beaſtes: pſe theſe
theſe men alio were in the lande, as truly as
I lyue (ſayeth the Loſde God) theſe haſ ſaue
nether ſonnes ner daughters, but be only de-
lyuered them ſelues: and as for the lande, it
chall be, waeſte.

If
Dzpf I brynge a swearde into the lande,
& charge it to go thogow the lande: so that I
ſlape downe man & beaſt in it, & pſeth theſe
men were therin: As truly as I lyue (ſayeth
P. Loſde God) they chall deſyuer nether ſon-
nes ner daughters, but only be ſaued them
ſelues. If I ſende a yeſtience into the lande,
& poure out my ſoſe indignaſpon upon it in
bloude, so that I roſe out of it booth man ad
beaſt. And pſe Noe, Daniel & Job were the-
rin: as truly as I lyue (ſayeth P. Loſde God)
they chall deſyuer nether ſonnes ner daugh-
ters, but ſaue their awne ſoules i their rigb-
tuouſnes. Woreouer, thus ſayeth the Loſde
God: Though I ſende my * ſoure trou-
blous plages upon Jeruſalem: the ſwearde
honger, perlous beaſtes & peſtience, to de-
ſtroye man and beaſt out of it: yet chall there
be a remauiſt ſaued therin, which chal bringe
forſth their ſonnes and daughters. Beholde,
they chall come forſth unto you, & ye chall ſe
their waye, & what thep take in hande, & ye
chall be coſorſted, as touching all the plages
that I haue brought upon Jeruſalem. They
chall comforſte you, when ye ſe their wape
and worckes: and ye chall ſaue knowe, how that
it is not wyſthout a cauſe, that I haue done
ſo agaynſt Jeruſalem, as I dyd, ſayeth the
Loſde God.

I Jer. xlvii. b

G

C. The. x. v. Chapter.

As the *bupoftable wood of the vyne tree is calſ in
to the ſkye, to ſaythet he at Jeruſalem chalbe diſent.

a

The worde of the Loſde came vnto me,
sayinge: Thou ſonne of man: What
cometh of the vyne amonge all other
trees: & of the vyne stock amonge all other
tymbre of the groane: Do men take wodd of
it, to make any worcke with all: Dz maye
there a nayle be made of it, to hage any thige
upb: Beholde, it is calſ in the ſkye to be břet,
the ſkye consumeth both the endes of it, the
myddest is břet to alſhes. Is it mete then for
any worcke: No.

B

Seing then, p it was mete for no worcke,
being whole: moch lesse mape there any thig

be made of it, when the ſkye hath consumed
& bient it. And therfore thus ſayeth P. Loſde
God: Lyke as I caſt the vyne into P. ſkye for
to be diſent, as other trees of the wod: Euen
ſo wyll I do with the that dwel in Jeruſalem,
& let my face agaynſt the: they chall go out
ſo the ſkye, & yet the ſkye chall consume the.
* The chall ye knowe, that I am the Loſde,
when I let my face agaynſt them, & make P.
lande waeſte: because thep haue ſo toſe offen-
ded, ſayeth the Loſde God.

I Eze. xlii. c

and, xlii. b

C. The. x. vi. Chapter.

C. The prophete entendyng to ſpeak of the abhominacions of Jeruſalem: nor half the weſt the benſkyres of God townd it. I. Jeruſalem is reproued of unkiuſnes, for her ſonntapcon wyth I doles. He ſutſkyeth the wychednes of other people in coparvon of the ſonnes of Jeruſalem. The cauſe of the abhominacions in to whych the ſodomptes fell. Mereſ is pious to the: pentaunt.

A
Gapne, the worde of P. Lord Spake
untome, sayinge: Thou ſonne of
man, thewe the cyte of Jeruſalem
their abhominacions, & ſape: thus
ſayeth the Lord God vnto Jeruſalem: Thy
pxygeny and kynred came out of the lande of
Canaan * thy father was an Amorſte, thy
mother a Cethyte. In the dape of thy bryth
whé thou waſt borne, P. stringe of thy nauiell
was not cut of: thou waſt not bathed in wa-
ter to make P. clene: Thou waſt neither rub-
bed with salt, ner swaded in clontes: No ma-
regarded the ſo moch, as to do any of theſe
thinges for the, or to chew the loch ſauoure,
but thou waſt utterly call out upb the kelde,
yee, deſpuppéd waſt p in p dape of thy bryth.

I Eze. xlii. a

I Eze. xlii. a

Then came I by the, and ſawe the trode
downe in thyne awne bloude, & ſapde vnto
the: thou halt be pourged from thyne awne
bloude, & thy ne awne bloude (I ſaye) halt
thou be clenſed * So I plated the, as P. blo-
some of thy kelde: thou art growen up, and
waren greate: thou halt gotté a marneſous
pleaunt beutie, thy brieſes are come up, thy
hearre is goodly growé, where as thou waſt
naked and bare aſore.

I Eze. xlii. b

I Jer. xii.

A
Now when I wente bp the, & loked vp
the: beholde, thy pyme was come, yee, euſe the
pyme to wowe the. Then I pried I my clothes
ouer p, to couer thy diſhonest pype: yee, I made
an othe vnto the, *and maried my ſeik wyſp
the (ſayeth the Loſde God) and so thou beca-
meſt myne awne. Then wathed I the wyſp
water, and pourged thy bloude from the. I
anopnted the with oyle, I gaue the chaunge
of raymentes, I made the chues of Tarus
lether: I gyſed p aboute wyſp white ſylſche
I clothed the with kerchefes. I decked the w
collp apparell, I put rypinges upon thy pkn-
gers: a chapne aboute thy necke, ſpanges
upon thy pze ſoſe heade, eare rypinges upb thyne
eares, and let a butifull crowne upon thyne
head. Thus waſt thou deckite wyſp ſluier &
golde, & thy rap met was of thyne white ſylſke,
of nedle

I IERE. xlii. c

I Eze. xlii. c

The prophecy

of nedle wortke ſ of diuerſe colours.

Thou diſedt eate nothynge but ſymnels,
honmp ſ ople: maruelous goodly walt thou
& beutpful, yee eué a very Duene walt thou
In ſo moch, that thy beutp was ſpoken of
amonge the Heypthen, for thou walt excellèt
in my beutp, which I put upon ſayeth the
Lozde God. But thou haſt put confidence in
thyne awne beutp, ſ played the harlot, whé
thou haddèſt gotten the a name. Thou haſt
committed whozdome, wyth all that wente
by the, & haſt fulſylled their deelyes: yee, thou
haſt také thy garmétes of dyuerſe colours,
& deckte thyne aulters therwith, where vpò
thou mpghteſt kulfyll thyne whozdome, *of
loch a kafhió, as neuer was done, ner chalbe.
‡ The goodly ornamentes & Jewels which
I gaue the of myne awne golde and ſyluer,
haſt thou taken, &d made the mens p[]mages
therof, & committed whozdome withall.

Thy garmentes of diuerſe colours haſt
thou taken, and deckte them therwith: myne
ople ſ incenſe haſt thou ſet before them. My
meate which I gaue the, as ſymnels, ople ſ
hony: (to ſede the withal) that haſt thou ſett
before them, for a wſete ſauoure. And thys
came also to p[]alle, ſayeth the Lozde God:
*Thou haſt také thine awne ſones & daugh
ters, whom thou haddèſt begotten unto me:
and theſe haſt thou offred up unto the, to be
their meate. Is thys but a small whozdome
of thine (thinckest thou) that thou ſlayeſt my
chylden, and geueſt them ouer, to be h[]eſt
unto the? And p[]et in all thy abhominacyds
and whozdome, thou haſt not remembred the
dapes of thy youth, how naked & bare thou
walt at þ[]tyme, and troden downe in thyne
awne bloude. Akter all theſe thy wycked-
nesses (wo wo vnto þ[], ſayeth the Lo[]d) thou
haſt buyped thy ſtewes and h[]rodel houses
in euery place: yee, at the head of euery strete
haſt thou buyped the an aulter. Thou haſt
made thy beutp to be abhozred, þ[]haſt layed
out thy legges to euery one þ[] came by, & mul
tiplied thyne whoz'dome. *Thou haſt com-
mpptted ſo[]nypcapyon with þ[] Egypp[]as thy
ueyghbones, whych had moch ſtely: &d thus
haſt þ[] vſed thine whozdome, to anger me.

Beholde, I d[]p[]d streth out myne hande
ouer the, &d will *minich thy stoare of kode,
and d[]elpuer the ouer in to the w[]lles of the
Philistines thine enemypes, whych are acha-
med of thy abhominable wape. *Thou haſt
played the whoz[]e also wyth the All[]pr[]yans,
which mp[]ght not latyp[]ke the: yee, thou haſt
played the harlot, & not had p[]nough. Thus
haſt thou still comptted thy ſo[]nypcapyon fro
the lande of Canaan vnto the Caldees, and
vet thy l[]uſt not latyp[]sed. How bulde I ci-
cumc[]p[]ſe thyne h[]erte (ſayeth the Lo[]d God)
ſeynge thou doest all theſe thinges, thou p[]e-
c[]p[]ous whoz[]e: bu[]yp[]nge thy ſtewes at the

head of euery strete, & thy h[]rodel houses in
all places: *Thou haſt not bene as an other
whoz[], that maketh boofte of her wynning
but was a wife þ[] breaketh wedlocke, &d ta-
keſt other in ſtade of her h[]ufbonde. Gyktes
are geuen to all other whoz[es], but thou ge-
ueſt rewardes vnto all thy louers: &d offreſt
the gyktes, to come vnto the out of al places,
& to comypte ſo[]nypcapyon with the. It is co-
me to p[]alle with the in thy whozdomes con-
trary to the vſe of other women: yee, there
hath no ſoch ſo[]nypcapyon bene comyptted
after þ[], ſeynge that thou p[]roſeſt gyktes vn-
to other, and no reward is geuen the: thys
is a contrary thinge.

Therfore, heare the w[]orde of the Lo[]d,
D thou harlot: thus ſayeth the Lo[]d God:
For so moch as thou haſt ſpent thy moneye,
&d diſcoured thy chame, tho[]zow thy who[]
dome wyth all thy louers, and wyth all the
Idols of thy abhominacyds in the bloude of
thy chylden, * whom thou haſt geuen them?
Beholde therfore, I will gather together all
thy louers, vnto whom thou haſt made thy
ſelſe comen: yee, and all them whom thou fa-
uoureſt, and euery one that thou hatelſt: and
* will diſconuer thy chame before them, that
they all mape ſe thy kylthynes.

*W[]or[]eouer, I will judge þ[] as a b[]reaker
of wedlocke and a murtherer, and rec[]oſpence
the thine awne bloude in w[]ath and gelouſly.
I will gene the ouer in to their power, that
thal b[]reake downe thy ſtewes, and deſtroye
thy h[]rodel houses: thep shall strype the out
of thy cl[]ot[]hes, all thy kaf[]e & b[]eutyp[]full Je-
wels shall thep take from the, & so let the ſyt
naked & bare: *yee, thep chal bringe þ[] comen
people vpon the, whych shall ſone þ[], ſlaye
the downe with their sw[]eardes. * Thep chal
burne vp thy houses, and puniſh the in the
ſyght of many w[]emen. Thus w[]p[]l I make
thy whozdome to ceaſe, to that thou haſt
gene out no morewardes.

Schulde I make my w[]ath to be ſtill, take
mp[] gelouſly from the, be content, & nomore
to be dyſpleased: ſeing thou remembreſt not
the d[]apes of my youth, but haſt p[]rouoked
me to w[]ath in all theſe thynges: Beholde
therfore, I will bringe thyne awne w[]ayes
v[]p[]o thyne heade, ſayeth the Lo[]d God: how
bet it, I neuer d[]p[]d vnto the, according to thy
wyckedness ſe all thy abhominacyps. Be-
holde, all they that vſe comen p[]rouerbes,
chall vſe this p[]rouer be also aga p[]nſt the: loch
a mother, loch a daugh[]ter.

Thou art euenth thy mothers awne daugh-
ter, that h[]ath caſt of h[]ir h[]ouſband & h[]ir ch[]
d[]l[]en: yee, thou art the ſiſter of thy ſ[]p[]l[]ers,
whych for[]loke their h[]ufbandes & their ch[]
d[]l[]en. * Youre mother is a Cethyte, &d youre
father an Amor[]yte. Thyne eldeſt ſiſter is
Samaria, the and her daugh[]ter[s] that dwell
upon

*Jer. x. 11,
and v.

‡Esa. xlvii. a

Diche. ii. b

and xiii. a

Ezek. xiii. d

Ezek. x. d

C

*Leu. xviiif. e

and, xx. a

Deu. xviif. b

E. xxiif. c

Jer. xviif. d

Ezek. xx. d

DCLII.CVI.

D

*Ezek. xiii. b

*Ezek. xiii. d

b. d. xiii. c

*Ezek. xiii. a

Ezek. xlvii. a
and, xlvii. b

Ezek. xlvii. a
Naum. xiii. a

Ezek. xxiif.

E

*Leu. xx. b

Ezek. xxiif. c

xx. d

*Ezek. xvi. a

J

S
D
B

The Prophecy

Up dyches, ûd set up bulworkes to destroye
moch people. I ko' seting he hath despised the
othe, and broken the conenaunt (where as he
yet gaue his hande ther upon) and done all
these thinges, he shall not escape.

J

Therforeth bus layeth the Loode God: As
truly as I lyue, I wlll bringe myne othe þ
he hath despised, and my couenaunt that he
hath broken, upon his awne head. * I wll
cast my net aboute him, and catch him in my
parne. To Babylon will I earie him, there
will I punpsh hi, because of þ greate offence
that he made me. As fo: thole that fle from
him out of the hooft, they chalbe slayne with
the Swearde. The respydue chalbe sat red to-
warde all the wyndes: and pe chall knowe,
that I the Loode haue spoken it.

G

Thus layeth the Loode God: I wlll also
take a braunche from an hpe Cedie tree,
and will set it, s take þ uppermost twygge, that
yet is but tendre, and plante it upon an hpe
hyl: Namely, upon þ hpe hyl of Spon will
I plante it: that it maye bringe fozth twyg-
ges, and geue frute, and be a greate Cedie
tree: so that al maner of koules mape bylde in
it, and make their nestes under the chadowe
of his bzaunches.

And all the trees of the felde shall knowe
that I the Loode haue brought downe the
hpe tree, ûd set the lowe tree up: that I haue
dyed vp the grene tree, and made the dzye
tree to kopy: Euen I tye Loode that I pake
it, haue also brought it to palle.

C The.xvij. Chapter.

The chetheth that enery man shall beare hys awne
hynne. To hym that amendeth, is saluacpon pime-
ked Deeth is piohpep ed to the rpghtwelle, whych
turneth baketh from the rpght waye.

A

He word of þ Loode came vnto me,
on this maner: what meane ye by this
comen prouerbe, that ye vse in the lâd

*Iere.xvii.c
of Israel, saying: * The fathers haue eaten
soure grapes, & the chylzens teth are set on
edge: As truly as I lyue, layeth the Loode
God, ye shall vse this by word de nomize in
Israel.

B

Beholde * all soules are apyne. Lyke as þ
father is myne, so is þ sone myne also. The
soule that synneth, shall dpe. * Ika man be
godly, & do þ thynge that is equall âd ryghe,
he eateth not vwon the hylles: he lyketh not
his eyes vp to þ soule Idols of Israel: he de-
kyleth nor his nephtbours wyke: he medleth
with no menstruous woman: he greueth no
body: he geueth his detter his pledge againe,
he taketh none other mans good by volence:

*Psal. xxi. a

*Leu. xvii.a

*he parteth his mete wyth þ högpe: he clo-
theth the naked: ÷ he lendeth nothynge vp-
vlury: he taketh nothynge ouer: he withdæ-
with his hande frô doinge wronge: he hand-
leth faythfully betwixte man a mâ: he wal-
ketin my commaundementes, and kepeth
my lawes, & perfourmeth them faythfully:

*Mat. xvi. c

*Mat. xv. a

*This is a rightuons man, he shall surel
lype layeth the Loode God.

*Roma x. a

If he now gett a sonne, that is a murthe-
er, a hedder of blonde: pf he do one of thefe
thinges *(though he do not al) he eateth vp
þ hilles: he defyleth his neighbours wyke: he
greueth the pooze & nedp: he robbeth & spoy-
leth: he geneth not þ detter his pledge againste,
he lyketh vp his eyes vnto Idols, & medleth
with abhominable thinges: he lendeth upon
vlury, & taketh moze ouer. Shall thys man
lype: he chal not lyue. Seynge he hath done
all these abhominacions, he chall dpe, hys
blonde chalbe upon him.

* Jaco. i. b.

C

Now pf this man get a sonne also, that
leith all his fathers syynes, whych he hath
done: and keareth, nether doth loch lyke: Na-
mely, he eateth not upon the moutaynes: he
lyketh not his eyes vp to the Idols of Ju-
rael: he defyleth not hys neighbours wyke: he
vereth no mâ: he kepeth no mans pledge: he
nether spopleth, ner robbeth enp mâ: he dea-
leth his meate with the hungrye: he clotheth
thenaked: he oppreleth not the pooze: he re-
ceaueth no vlury, ner any thinge ouer: he ke-
peth my lawes, & walcketh in my comaun-
dementes: Thys man chal not dpe in his fa-
thers hynne, but chal lyue wythout haple. As
for his father: because he oppreled âd spoiled
hys hrother, and dyp wyckedly amonge his
people: lo, he is deed in hys awne hynne. And
yet lype pe: Wherforze then chulde not thys
sonne beare his fathers hynne: Therforze be-
caufe þ sonne hath done equite right, har-
kepte all myr commaundementes, & done the:
therfore shall he lyue in dede. The same soule
that synneth, shall dpe. * The Conne shall not
beare the fathers offence, nether chall the fa-
ther beare þ sonnes offence. The rpghteou-
nes of the rpghtuons shall be vp him, & the
wickednes of the wicked shall be upon him
selfe also. * But pf the ungody wpll turne
a waye frô all hys syynes that he hath done,
and kepe all myr commaundementes, and do
the thynge that is equall and right: dountes
he chall lyue, & not dpe. As for all his syynes
that he dyp before, they shall not be thought
upb: but in his righteounes þ he hath done,
he chall lyue. * Ifo haue Ieny pleasure in þ
death of a syyner, layeth the Loode God, but
rather that he conduerte, and lyue?

*Den. xvi. c

f. 11. Ke. x. d.

*Jer. xlvii. a.

Ezek. xxxii. c

*Is. xii. c.

Agayne: pf the rpghtuons turne awaye
from his rightuonsnes, and do iniquite, ac-
cordyng to all the abhominacions, that the
wicked man doth: chal he lype. All the rpgh-
tuonsnes þ he hath done, chal not be thought
upon: but in the kante that he hath offended
withall, and in the lynne that he hath done,
he chall dpe.

And yet ye lype: Tuch þ waye of þ Lord
is not indifferet. Weare therfore ye house of
Israel: Is not my waye rpght: Dz, are not
youre

*Ezek. xxxii. c

The Prophecy

*Deut.iii. b
Gala.iii.b
Leu.xvii.a
Ezek. vii.
Ipp.ii.rr.

them my commandemètes, & theyed them.
my lawes, * wych who so kepe thall lyue
in them. I gaue the& also my holy dayes, to be
a tokè betwixte me & the, & therby to know,
that I am the Lo&de, wych halowe them.
And yet the houle of Israel rebelled againgt
me in the wilderneſſe, they wold not walcke
in my commandementes, they haue caſt a-
waſe my lawes (which who lo kepeth chuld
lyue in them) and my Sabboth dayes haue
they greatly vnhalowed.

*Mal.iii.b
Phal. iv.b

C

* Then I made me to poure out my indigna tion vp them, & to consume them in the wylderneſſe. Yet I wolde not do it, for my names ſake: left it chuld be di honoured befo ze the Heathen, from the wych I had cau ed them a waſe. But I swoze vnto them in the wylderneſſe, that I wolde not bypnge them in to the lande, wych I gaue them: a lande that floweth wypth mplecke and hony, and is a pleaſure of all landes: and that becau se they reſuſed my lawes, and walcked not in my còmaundementes, but had unha- lowed my SABBathes, for their herte was gone aſter their y doles. Neuertheleſſe, myne eye I pared the, so that I wolde no: utterly ſlaye them, and consume them in the wilder- nes. Horeouer, I layde vnto their ſonnes in the wilderneſſe: * walcke not in the ſtatutes of youre koze fathers, kepe not their oldi naunces, & deſyle not your ſelues wypth their y doles, for I am the Lo&de youre God. But walcke in my ſtatutes, kepe my lawes & do them. halowe my SABBathes: * for they are a token betwixt me & you, * ye maye know how * I am the Lo&de. Not wypthst dyngre, their ſonnes * rebelled againgt me also: they walked not i my ſtatutes they kepe not my lawes to fulſyl the ( which he that doth chal lyue in the) neuer halowed they my Sab- both dayes. Then I made me agayne to po- ure out my indigna tion ouer them, & to ſa- tike ye my wath upon them in the wylder- nesle. Neuertheleſſe, I wypthdroue my häde for my names ſake, left it chulde be unhalo- wed amonge the Heathen, before whom I had brought the fath. I lypt vp myne hande ouer them alio in the wylderneſſe, * I wolde keate them amonge the Heathen, & strowe them amonge the nacyons, because they had not kepe my lawes, but caſt aside my commandementes, unhalowed my Sab- bathes, & lypt vp their eyes to their fathers I doles. Wherfore I gaue them also còmaun demètes not good, & lawes thow how * which they chulde not lyue, & I unhalowed them in their a wne gyktes * ( when I appoynted for my ſelke all their fyrſt bozne) to make them deſolate: that they mygbt knowe, how that I am the Lo&de.

*Ezek. vii. b

*Ezek. vii. c
Ezek. vii. d

*Mal. iii. a
Leu. xiii. a
Gala. iii. b
Kova. ii. a

D

*Ezek. iii. a

E

Therefore (O thou ſonne of man, tell the houle of Israel, thus layeth the Lo&de God)

Belyde all thys, youre koze fathers haue yet blaſphemed me more, and greatly offended againgt me: * for after I had brought them in to the lande, that I promp ted to geue the, when they ſawe euery hye hyll & all þ thicke trees: they made there their offringes, & pro- uoked me wypth their oblacions, makpnge ſwete ſauourtes there, and poured out their dinckoffringes. Then Ialked them: what haue ye to do withall, þ ye go thyt her: And theſkoze is it called the hye place vnto this dave. Wherkoze, ſpeake vnto the houle of I- rael: Thus layeth the Lo&de God: ye are eué as unclenæ as youre koze fathers, & committe whoz dome alio wypth their abhominacions. I n all youre y doles, where vnto ye bringe pour oblacions, * and to whose honoure ye vnne youre children: ye, deſple youre ſelues, euen vnto this dave: how darre ye the come, and as he any queitió at me: O ye houle of Israel: As trulp as I lyue (layeth þ Lo&de God) ye get no anl were of me: and as ko ze the þpnge that ye go aboute, it shall not come to paue, where as ye ſape: we will be as the Heathen, & do as other people in the lande, wod and stone wyll we wozhyyppe.

*Deu. xii. a
Deu. xii. b
Ezek. xii. c
Ezek. xii. d
Ezek. xii. e
Ezek. xii. f
Ezek. xii. g
Ezek. xii. h
Ezek. xii. i
Ezek. xii. j

F

As trulp as I lyue, layeth the Lo&de God, I my ſelke wyll rule you with a mygbthe hande, with a stretched out arme, & with in- dignació powred out ouer you: & will bringe you out of the nacions and landes, wherein ye are ſeated and gather you together with a mygbtic hande, with a stretched out arme & with indignacion poured out vpon you: ad will bringe you in to the wylderneſſe of the people, & there I will reaſon with you face to face. Lyke as I punphted youre ko ze fa- thers in the wylderneſſe, so will I punpht you also, layeth þ Lo&de God. I will bringe you vnder my iuſdició, & under the bonde of the couenaunt. The koſakers also and the tranſkyrellours will I take fro amonge you, & bringe them out of the lande of youre ha- bitacion: as ko ze the lande of Israel, they shall not come init: that they mape knowe, how that I am the Lo&de.

So to now then (layeth the Lo&de God) ye houle of Israel * caſt awaſe, & deſtroye euery man bis doles: the shall ye heare me, and nomoze blaſpheme my holyp name wypth your offringes and I doles. But upon my holl y hill, euen upon þ hye hyll of Israel chall all the houle of Israel and all that is in the lande, whoz hyypppe me: * and in þ same place will I ſauoure the, and there will I equipze pour heaué offringes and the firſtlynges of your oblacions, with all youre holl y things.

*Ezek. ii. c
Ezek. ii. d
Ezek. iii. a

*Deu. xii. a
Ezek. xii. b

I will accepte youre ſwete ſauoure, whe I bringe you from the nacions, and gather you together out of the landes, wherein ye be ſcatred: that I maye be halowed in you be- koze the Heathen, and that ye mape knowe, that

G

The prophesy

Punych, punych, yee, punych them wyll J, & destrope them: and that shall not be fulkyll vntyl he come, to whom the iudgment belogeth, and to whom I haue geue it. And thou (D sonne of man) prophecy, & speake: Thus sayeth the Lozde God to y chyldre of *Ammon, & to their blasphemy, lpeake thou: The swearde, the swearde, is drawne forth already to the slaughter, and scoured that it glykreth (because thou haft loked the out vanyties, and prophecyed lyes) that it maye come vpon thy necke, lyke as vpon the other ungodly, whych be slayne: whole ape came, whan their wickednesse was full.

Though it were put vp againe into the theath, yet wyll I punych the, in the lande where thou wast norlshed & borne, ad poure my indignatyon vpon the and wyll blowe vpon the in the fyze of my wath, and delyuer the vnto cruel people, whych are lerned to destrope. Thou haith fede the fyze and thy blonde shall be ched in the lande, that thou mayest be put out of remembraunce. Euen I the Lozde hane spoken it.

C The. xxij. Chapter.

The worde of the Lord agaynst Jerusaleme for man slaughter, & denying due honour vnto their fathers & mothers, & other wychedelles. Of the wyched docteryne of the falle Prophetes & pietes, & of their bullesable coursetouines. The Tpianupe of rulars. The wicldnes of the people.

M Dieouer, the worde of þ Lozde came vnto me, & layde: thou sonne of man, wyllt thou not repzoue this blond-thurkyte cyte: Shew them their abhompnacions, and tell them: Thus layeth the Lozde God: O thou cyte, that cheddel blonde in the myddel of þ, that thy tyme maye come also: & makest þ Idoles to defyle the withall. Thou haith made thy selke gyltp, in þ blonde that thou haith ched: and defyled the in the Idoles, whych thou haith made. Thou haith caused thy dapes to drawe npe, & made the tyme of thy peares to come. Therfore will I make the to be confounded amonge the heathen, & to be delpyed in all the landes, whether they be npe or farre from the: they shall laugh the to sconze, thou that haith gotté the so koule a name, & art full of myscheke. Beholde, þ rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power, to ched blonde in the. * In þ haue they delpyed father & mother, in the haue they oppreſſed the krauger, in the haue they vexed the wydowe and the fatherleſse. Thon haith deſpſed my Sāctuary, and vnhalowed my sabbath. Hurtherers are there in the, that ched blond, & eate vpon the hylles, and in the they vſe unhappynesse.

* In þ haue they difcouered their fathers chame, in the haue they vexed wemé in their ficknesse. Euery man hath dealte chamefully with his nepghbours wyke, & abhominably deſpiled hys daughter in lawe. In the hath

euery man forſced his awne lyſter, euſ his father's daughter: yee, & gyktes haue bene recaenedi þ, to ched bloude. & Thou haſt take vsurp and encreace, thou haſt oppreſſed thy nepghbours by extozpò, and forzotten me, layeth þ Lord God. Beholde, I haue smyten my handes vpon thy cometoulles, that thou haſt uſed, and vpon the bloude whych hath bene ched in the. Is thy herte able to endure it, or may thy handes defende them ſelues, in the tyme that I shall brynge vpon þ Euen I the Lozde that speake it, wyll binge it alſo to paffe. * I wyll ſcatre þ amonge the Heathen, & krowe the aboute in the landes, & wyll cauſe thy ſylthynesse to ceaſe out of the: yee, and I wyll haue the in poſſession in the ſyght of the Heathen, that thou mayest knowe, that I am the Lozde.

And the worde of þ Lord came vnto me, layinge: Thou sonne of mā, & þ house of Israel is turned to drosse. All thep that blulde be bzalle, tynne, zon, & leade, are in the fyze become drosſe. Therfore, thus layeth þ Lord God: For so moche as ye allare turned in to drosſe, beholde: I wyll brynge you together vnto Jerusaleme, lyke as ſpluer, bzalle, zon, tynne and leade are put together in the fozaſnace, and the fyze blowe there under to melt them: Euen so wyll I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wath & indignacyon. I wyll brynge you together, and kyndle the fyze of my cruell dyſpleasure vnder you, that ye maye be melted therein.

Lyke as the ſpluer is melted in the fyze, so chal ye alſo be melted therein: that ye may knowe, how that I the Lozde hane powred my wath vpon you.

And the worde of þ Lord came vnto me, layinge: Thou sonne of man, tell her: Thou art an unclene lande, whych is not rayneu pò in theape of þ cruell wath: * thy Prophetes that are in the, are twozne together to deuoure soules, lyke as a roarpnge Lyon, þ lyueth by his pzap. Thep recauea ryches and good, ad make many widdowes in the. Thy pzeſtes breaue my lawe, and deſpyle my Sāctuarp. * They put no diſſeréce betwene þ holpe & vnholpe, nether diſterne betwene þ cleane & uncleane: thep turne theyz epes fro my sabbathes, & I am vnhalowed amonge the. Thep rulers in the are lyke rauphynge wolues, to ched bloude, and to destrope foules, for theyz awne couetous lucre. * As for þ the Prophetes, theyp dawbe with vntempered claye, theye ſe vanpyes, and prophecy lyes vnto the, layeng: the Lozde God layeth so, where as the Lord hath not spoken. The people in the lande vſeth wycked extozvon & robber. They vexe the pooze & nedpe ad * oppreſſe the krauger agaynst ryght. And I lought in the lande for a man, that wolde make vp the hedge, and sett hym ſelf in the gappe

*Iere, eli, c.
Ezch, rii, a
Amos, j, c.

G

*Deu, eli, c.
Ezch, rii, d.
*Ezek, zri, u.

D

*Ezek, eli, and, rii, c.

*Ezek, j, c.

E

F

*Mich, eli, c.

*Levi, f, c.

*Mich, eli, Sopho, in, Ezch, eli, c.

*Ezek, zri, u.

*Deute, v, c.
fl, rviij, c.

*Levi, rviij, c.

C

Of Ezechiel.

Jo. xcviiij.

gappe bekoze me in the landes behalfe, that I chulde not vetter destrope it: but I could fynde none. Therkoze, wyll I poure out my cruell dyspleasure upon them, and burne the in the fyze of my wath: theyr awne wayes wyll I recompence upon theyr heades faieth the Loode God.

### C The. xxiij. Chapter.

C Of the konpacyon, that is to saye, of the Jolatrye o: Samaria and Jerusalemy, under the names of Dholab Dholibah. In capayon of Samaria he cheth that the konpacyon of Jerusalemy is the filthier. The destruction of Jesucalem is prophesied. The abouctrye of both the wholes is founde oute. Theyr destruction.

A

He word of the Lord came vnto me layng: Thou sone of mā, there were two wemē, þ had one mother. These (when thep were yonge) beganne to playe þ harlottes * in Egypt. There were their heztes broſed, and the pappes of theyr mayden head destroied. The eldest of them was called Dholah and her ygeſt lyſter Dholibah. These two were myne, and bare ſonnes ad daughters. Theyz names were Samaria, e that was Dholah: and Jerusalemy, that was Dholibah. As for Dholah the begane to go a whozing, whê I had takē her to me. * She was ſett on fyze vpon her louers the Allp-ryans, whych had to do wypth her: euen the princes ad Lozdes that were deckte in costly arape: kape yonge men, luyſ ryders of horſes.."

*Eic. xxiij. a

* IIIJ. re. xv.b

B

Thus thozow her whozdome, the cleued vnto all the yonge men of Assuria. Yee, the was madd upon them, and deſyled her ſelke with al theyr Idols. Nether ceaſed the from the fornicapayon, that the uſed with the Egi-pcians: for in her youth they lape with her, they broſed the hzestes of her maydenhead, ſ poured their whozdome vp her. Wherkoze, * I delyuered her into the hands of her louers, euen the Assirians, whom the ſo loued. These diſcouered her Chame, toke her ſonnes and daughters, ſle we her with the Sweard: An euelp name gat the of all people, and theyp punphted her.

* IIIJ. re. xv.b

* Ierc. IIIJ. b

* Her ſelter Dholibah ſawe this, and deſtroied her ſelke with inoſdynamate loue, more then the, ſ exceeded her lyſter in whozdome * the loued the Assirians (which also lape w her) namely, the princes and greate lozdes, þ were clothed with al maner of gozgious apparell, all luyſy horſimē and kape yonge perſonnes.

* IIIJ. re. xv.b, c

C

Then I ſawe, that they both were deſyled a lyke. But the increaſed ſkyll in whozdome, for when the ſawe men paynted vpon the wall, the pminges of the Chaldees ſett forth with freſh couloures, with kapey grydes about them, and goodly bonettes vpon their heades, lokynge all lyke prynces (after

the maner of the Babylonians and Chaldees in their awne lande (where they be borne) immediatly, as loone as the lawe them, the bzent in loue vpon them, and ſente inclinaungers for them into the lade of the Chaldees.."

Now when the Babylonpans came to her, they lape with her, and deſyled her with theyr whozdome, and so was the polluted with them. And when her luſt was abated from them, * her whozdome and Chame was dysſcouered and ſene: then my herte forſoke her, lyke as my herte was gone from her lyſter alſo. Neuerthelesſe, the uſed her whozdome euert the longer the moze, and re-membred the dayes of her youth, wherin the had played the harlot in the lande of Egypt: * the bzent in luſt vpon them, whole ſlethe was lyke the ſleth of Asses, and theyr ſede like the ſede of horſes. Thus thou haſt renued the ſylphynesſe of thy youth, whê thy louers broſed thy pappes, and marred thy hzestes in Egypte."

*Eic. xcviiij. a
Pinn. tr. d
Eic. xv.b.

*Eic. xv.b

Therkoze (D Dholibah) thus layeth the Lord God: I will rayle vp thy louers (with whom thou haſt latyſped thy luſt) agaynſt the, and gather them together rounde about the: namely, the Babylonians, and all the Chaldees, rulers, mightye men, tzaaſtes, w all the Assirians: all yonges kape louers: prynces and Lozdes, knpghtes and gentlemen, which be all good horſimen. These shall come vpon the with horſes, charrettes, and a greate multitude of people: which Chalbe harnessed aboute the on euery ſyde, w bzeſt-plates, cheldes and helmettes. I wyll punpht the bekoze them, yee, theyp them ſelues, luypht the, accorſpinge to theyr awne iudgement. I wyll put my gelouſy vpon the, ſo that theyp shall deale cruelly with the. They shall cut of thy nose and thyne eares, and there mnaunt shall fall thozow the Swearde. They shall carp awaye thy ſonnes and daughters, and the reſlydue Chalbe bzent in the fyze. They shall strype the out of thy clothes, and carp thy costly Jewels awaye with them.."

E

Thus wyll I make an ende of thy ſylthynesſe and whozdome, which thou haſt brought oute of the lade of Egypte: so that thou haſt turne thyne eyes nomore after them, and caſt thy mpnde nomore vpon Egypte. For thus layeth the Loode: beholde, I wyll delyuer the into the hands of them, whom thou hateſt, yee, euen into the handes of them, with whom thou haſt kulfylled thy luſt, whych shall deale cruelly with the. All thy labourne shall they take with them, and leaue the naked and bare, and thus the chame of thy ſylphthe whozdo = me shall come to lyght. All theſe thynges shall happen vnto the, because of thy

A A whozdome

* Mich. IIIJ.
Sopho. IIIJ.
Ezech. IIIJ.

Ero. IIIJ.

The Prophecy

who'dome, which thou haſt used amøge the
Gentyls, with whose Idols thou haſt deſy-
led thy ſelf. Thou haſt walcked in the waye
of thy ſitter, therkoſe wpl I gene þ her cuppe
in thy hande.

Thus ſayeth the Loſde God: Thou chalt
drpncke of thy ſkyers cuppe, how depe and
karre to euern it be to the botome. Thou chalt
de laughed to ſcorne, and had as greatly in
derſyon, as is poſſible. Thou chalt be full of
drponckenes and ſozowe, for the cuppe of thy
ſyſter Samaria is a cuppe of deſtrucct ion ad
wastyninge: the ſame chalt thou drpncke, and
ſuppe it out euern to the dregges, yee, þ chalt
eat vp the broken peces of it, ſo teare thyne
awne hreſſes: For euern I haue ſpoken it ſa-
yeth the Loſde God.

J

Therkoſe, thus ſaitheth I Loſde God: For
ſo moch as thou haſt forgotten me, and caſt
me aſide, to beare now thyne awne filthines
and whoſdome. The Loſde ſayde moſcouer
unto me: Thou ſonne of man, wilt thou not
reſpouſe Oholah & Dholibah: She we them
their abhomnacions: namely that thep ha-
ue broken their wedlocke, and ſtayned they?
handes with bloude: yee, euern with their ydo-
les hane thep comypted aduoutry, & of-
fred them thep? awne childz: (to be deuou-
red) who thep had borze unto me. Pee, and
thys hae thep done vnto me also: thep hae
deſyled my Sanctuary in that ſame dave, &
hae uhalowed mp Sabboth. For when
they had ſlayne their childz for their Idols,
they came the ſame dave into mp Sanctua-
ryp to deſyle it. Lo, this hane they done in my
house: Befyde all thys, þ chalt ſent thy me-
ſaungers for me out of karre countrees: and
when they came, thou haſt baſhed, trymmed
and ſet forſth thy ſelf of the beſt kathion: thou
ſaſt cſt upon a goodlp bed, and a table ſpied
before the: wherupò thou haſt ſet myne & in-
cente and myne oyle.

Ecc. xvi. c

Ero, ryd

G

Then was there great chere w her, and
the men þ were ſent fro karre countrees ouer
the deſerſe, vnto the ſe they gaue brACElETTES
upon their handes, & ſett glozious crownes
vpo their heades: then thought I: no doute,
the ſe will vſe their harlotry also w her. And
they wente into her as vnto a comen harlot.
Euen ſo went they, also to Dholah & Dho-
libah those ſylthy wemen.

Levi. er. b
Luk. xvi. d

Dall pe that loue vertu and rpghteouſ-
nes, iudg them, puniſh the: & as aduoutrers
and murtherers ought to be iudged and pu-
nysned. For they art brACEkers of wedlocke,
and the bloude is in thep? handes. Wherkoſe
thus ſayeth the Loſde God: drpnge a greate
multytude of people vpon the, and make the
be ſcatred & ſpoſled: these shall ſtone the, and
gore them with thep? ſweardes. Thep shall
ſlaye their ſonnes and daughters, and burne
vp thep? houſes with ſyze.

Thus wyl I deſtroye all ſoch ſylthynes
out of the land: that all wemen mape learne,
not to do after your unclennes. And to thep
chall lape your ſylthynes upon your awne
ſelues, and ye chalbe pumpled for the ſinnes
that ye haue comypted with your Idols: and
ye chall knowe that I am the Loſde.

The. xxiiiij. Chapter.

The proueth the drypnge of Jeruſalem by a parable
of a lethynge potte. The parable of Echchiels wyfe
beyng deed, which he after expoundeth.

A
The nynth yeare, in the tenth mo-
neth, the tenth dave of the moneth,
came the wozde of the Loſde vnto
me, ſayenge: D thou ſonne of man,
wzpte vp the name of thys dave, yee, euern
the houre of thys preſent dave: when þ king
of Babylon ſett hpm ſelte agaynſt Jeruſa-
lem. Shew that obſtinate houſholde & a pa-
table, and ſpeake vnto them: Thus ſayeth þ
Loſde God: Gett the a & potte, ſett it on, and
poure water into it: put all the peces toge-
ther init, all the good peces: the lopne & the
shoulder, and ſyl it with the beſt bones. Ta-
ke one of the beſt thepe, and an heape of bo-
nes withall: let it boyle well, and let the bo-
nes ſeth well therin.

Ezek. xlvii. c

Ezek. xlvii. c

With that ſayde the Loſde God on thys
maner. & Wo be vnto the bloudy cryptie of the
pot, wherupò the ruſkynes haneth, & is not
yet ſcoured awaye. Take out the peces that
are in it, one aſter another: there neade not
lottes be caſt therkoſe, for the bloude is yet
in it. Upon a playne drze kone hath the po-
ured it, and not vpon the groonde, þ it might
be couered w dust. And therkoſe hae Jetté
her poure her bloude vpò a playne drze ko-
ny rocke, because it chulde not be hyd, & that
I mygbt bringe my wrothſull indignacjon
and vengeaunce vpon her.

2S

Naum.
Abag. d

Wherkoſe, thus ſayth the Lord God: D,
wo be vnto þ bloud thurſt ye crypte, for whom
I will prepare a heape of wodde: beare þ the
bones together, kyndle þ the ſyze, ſeeth the
ſelth, left all be well sodden, that the bones
mape be ſuckite out. Wozcouer, ſett the potte
empty vpò the coales, that it mape be war-
me and the metal hote: that the ſylth and ru-
ſkynes mape be consumed. But it will not go
ok, there is ſo moch of it: the ruſkines must be
brent out. Thep ſylhynelle is abhomnable,
for I wolde hae clenſed the, but thou wol-
dest not be clenſed. Thou cant not be pour-
ged from thyne unclennesſe, tvll I haue pou-
red my wrothſull indypnacjon upon the.
Euen I the Loſde have ſo deuſed. Pee, it is
come ther to all redp, that I wylldo it. I wıl
not go backe, I wylI not ſpare, I wylI not
be iutreated: but accorſynge to thy wapes
and p[ym]aginacypons, thou chalt be puniſhed,
ſayeth the Loſde God: And the wozde of
the Loſde

D

E

The Prophecy

*Esa. xxi, 1,
Jes. xlvii, 1,
Ezek. xxi, 1
and, xxi, vii.

*because that Tyre hath spoken upon Jerusalem: A, ya, now Irow the portes of the people be broken, and the turned unto me, for I have destroyed my bely full. Yee, therefore, sayeth the Lord God: Behold, O Tyre, I will upon the, I will bring a great multitude of people against the, lyke as where the lee arpleth with his waees: These shall breake the walles of Tyre, and cast downe her towres: I will serape the grounde from her, and make her a bare stone: yee, as the dzpenge place, where the fpyers hange upon the nettes by the see dyde. Eue I have spoken it, sayeth the Lord God. The Gentiles shall spoyle her: her daughters upon the felde shall perth with yf swearde, that they mape knowe how that I am the Loode.

For thus sayeth the Lord God: Behold, I will bring hither abuchodonolos (which is the kynge of Babylon, and a kynge of kynges) from the North upon Tyre, with hozes, charrettes, hozlmen, and with a great multitude of people. They daughters that are in the land, shall he slape with the sweard: but agaynst the, he shall make bullwokes and graue upon dyches aboute the, and lytt upon his dyde agaynst the. Hys lynges and batelrammes shall he prepare for thy walles, and with his weapes breake downe thy towres. The dust of hys hozes shall cover the, they shall be so manp: thy walles shall make at the noyle of the hozlmen, charrettes and whicles: when he commeth to thy noztes, as men do into an open cypie. With yf hoffes of his hozes fete, shall he treade downe all thy stretes.

C

He shall lepe the people with the sweard, and breake downe the pylers of the strength. They shall wake awaye the pyches, and spoyle thy marchaundyse. The walles shall they breake downe, and destrope thy houzes of pleasure. They stones, thy tymbize and foundacions shall they cast in the water.

*Jer. vii, 1.

*Thus will I bring the melody of thy songes, and the vooyce of thy mpniftrelly to an ende, so that they shall nomozе be herde. I will make a bare stone of the, yee, a dzpenge place for nettes, ad yf halt neuer be buylded againe: For even I the Lord haue spoken it, sayeth the Lord God: Thus hath the Loode God spoken concernyng Tyre. The Iles shall be moued at the noyle of thy fall, and at the crye of the slayne, yf shall be murthered in the. All kynges of the lee shall come downe from they? scates regall: they shall laye awaye thep? roabes, and put of thep? costly clothynge. Pee, with tremblynynge shall they be clothed, they shall lytt upon the ground: they shall be atraped at thy soden fall, and be abashed at the.

D

They shall mourne for the, and laye unto the. * O thou noble cypie, that haft bene so greatly occupied of olde, thou that haft

bene the strongest upon the see with thyne inhabytours, of whom al men stode i keare. How arte thou nowe so utterly destroyed? Now at yf tyme of thy fall yf inhabytours of the Iles, yee, and the Iles them selues, shall stande in keare at thy ende. For thus sayeth the Loode God: when I make the a desolate cypie (as other cypies be, that no man dwell in) and when I bringe the depe upon the, that greate waters maye cover the. Then will I cast the downe unto the, that descende into the pitte: vnto a people that hath bene longe deed, and let the in a lande that is beneth, lyke the olde wildernes, with them which go downe to they? graues, so that no man shall dwell moze in the. And I will make the to be nomozе in honoure, in the lande of the lyvinge. I will make an ende of the, and then that haft be gone. Though thou be sought for, yet that thou not be founde for euermozе, sayeth the Loode God.

The, xxvii, Chapter.

The prophete is moued to teayle the desolatyon of Tyrus. He fetteth out the payle o Tyrus for the hauntpye of marchauntes therio.

The worde of the Lord came unto me, sayenge: O thou sonne of man, make a lamentable còplaynte upon Tyre, and laye upon Tyre, which is a pozte of the see, that occupieth with moch people, as many Iles: thus speaketh yf Lord God: O Tyre, thou haft sayd: what, I am a noble cypie: thy bòders are in the middel of the see, and thy builders haue made yf maruclo9 goodly. Al the tables haue they made of Cipre trees of the mount Sanp2. From Libanus haue they taken Cadze trees, to make the maftes: and yf Okes of Basan to make the rowers.

A

*Ezek. vii,
xxvii.

Thy boozdes haue they made of yuery, and of costly wod out of the Ile of Cethim. Thy layle was of whyte small nedle worke out of the lande of Egypt, to hange upon thy maft: as thy hangynges of yalow hlcke purple, out of the Iles of Elisah. They of Sydon and Arnad were thy maryers, and the wyfset in Tyre were thy chappmakers. The eldeft and wyfset at Gebal were they, and mended and kopped thy chapppes. All chappes of the see with they chappmen occupied their marchaundics in the. The Perses, Lyrians and Lybians were in thyne hooft, and helped the to fyght: these hanged upon they? chyldes and helmettes with the, these left forth thy bewtp. They of Arnad were with thyne hooft rounde aboute thy walles, and were thy watchmen upon thy towres, these hanged upon they? chyldes rounde aboute thy walles, and made the maruelous goodly. Tharlis occupied with the in all manner of wares, in lyuer, yon, tynne and lead, and made thy marckett greate. Jauan, Tubal, and

B

D

C

*Treno, i, a
Apo. xvii, 2.

The Prophecy

Jalpis, Saphyr, Smaragde, Carbouncle, and golde. Thy be wtp and the holes that be in the, were sett forthe in the daye of thy crea-
cyon. * Thou art a fayre Cherub, stretched
upde out for to couer.

I haue sett the vpon the holy mount of
God, there haft thou bene, & walcked amoge
the fayre glyferringe stones. From theyme
of thy crea cyon thou haft bene ryght excel-
lent, tyll wickednes was founde in þ.
Because of thy great marchaundise, thy hert is
full of wyckednesse, and thou haft offended.
Therfore, wI caſt þ fro þ mount of God
(D thou couering Cherub) and deſtroye the
amonge the glyſterpnge stones. Thy hert
was proude in thy fayre beut, and thowzow
thy bewty thou haſt deſtroyed thy wurdome
I will caſt the downe to the grounde, & that
in the ſight of kinges. Thou haſt defiled thy
Sanctuary, with the greate wyckednes of
thy vnrighteous occuppence. I wI hinge
a fyre from the myddelt of the, to confume
the: and wI make the to alſhes, in the ſight
of all them that loke vpon the. All they that
haue bene acquapnted with the amonge the
Heathen chalbe abalched at the, leyng: thou
art so clene brought to naught, and commett
nomore vp.

And the worde of the Loode came vnto
me, ſayeng: Thou ſonne of man, let thy face
agaynſt Spdon. * Prophecye vponit, and
ſpeake: Thus ſayeth the Loode God: Be-
holde, O Spdon, I will vpon the, and gett
me honoure in the: that it mape be knowne,
how that I am the Loode: when I punpche
her, and gett me honoure in her. Ko I wI
ſende pellience and bloud cheddyng into her
ſtreates, so that thofe which be ſlapne with
the ſwearde, chall lye rounde aboute in the
myddelt of her: and thep chall knowe, that I
am the Loode. She chall nomore be a pyc-
kyng thorne, and an hurtying hcer vnto the
house of Israel, ner vnto the that lye roude
aboute her: and hater her, & thep chal knowe,
that I am the Loode.

Thus ſayeth þ Lord God: whá I gather
the houſholde of Israel together agayne fro
the nacions amonge whom they be ſcatered:
then chall I be ſanctified in the, in the ſpight
of the Gëtyles, & thep chall dwell in þ land, þ
I gaue to imp ſeruaunt Jacob. Thep chall
dwell ſakely therin, buylde houses, & plante
bpneyardes: pee, ſakely * chall thep dwell
therin: whé I haue punpched all thofe, that
delppſe the rounde aboute: & then chall they
knowe, that I am the Loode thep? God.

C The. xxix. Chapter.

The prophecyeth agaynſt Pharao. He prophesyeth
the delolacyon of Egypt, and the sparklyng abonde
of the Eippycás. The Lord pionefeth that he will
treſtoare Egypt agayne after .el. yeares. Egypt is
the reward of lyng Nabuchodonoloz: for the labour,
whych he toke agaynſt Tyius.

A the tenth yeare, vp the twelveth
a daye of the tenth moneth, the wurd
of the Loode came vnto me, ſayenge:

* O thou ſonne of man (let now thy face agaynſt Pharao the kynge of Egypt) Prophesye agaynſt hym, and agaynſt the whole lande of Egypt. Speake, and tell him, thus ſayeth the Loode God: beholde, O Pharao þ kynge of Egypt. I will vpon the, & thou great dragon, that lyeſt in the waters: thou that ſayeth: the water is myne. I haue made it my ſelke. I will put an hoke in thy chawes and hange all the kyn of thy waters vpon thy ſkales: after that I wI drawe the out of thy waters, yee, and al the kyn of thy waters þ hange vpon thy ſkales. I will caſt the out vpon the dze lande with þ kyn of thy waters, so that þ chalt lye vpon þ keld. Thou chalt no be gathered ner taken vp: but chalt be meate for þ the beaſtes of the ſelde, ad for the foules of the apre: that all they which dwell in Egypte, mape knowe, that I am þ Loode: becauſes thou haſt bene a * kaf of rede to the house of Israel. When thep toke holde of the with thep? hande thou bzaſkeſt and pzyckedt the on euery kyn: and þ k thep leaneſt vp the, thou bzaſkeſt and hurſeſt the reynes of their backes. Therefore, thus ſaitheth the Loode God: heholde, I wI brynge a ſwearde vpon the, and rode out of the bothe man and beaſt. Pee, the lande of Egypt chalbe desolate and walſte, and thep chal knowe, that I am the Loode. Because he ſayde: the water is myne, I mp ſelke haue made it. Beholde therefore, I w p thep, and upon thy waters: I will make the lande of Egypt walſte and desolate, from the tower of Syenes vnto the boſders of the Mozians lande: lo that in fourty peares there chall no kote of man walke there, nether kote of catell go there, nether chal it be habited. I will make the land of Egypt to be desolat, amog other walſte countrees, and her cypies to lye vop de fourty peares, amonge other vop de cypies. And I will ſcatre the Egiptians amonge the Heathen and nacyons.

Agayne, thus ſayeth the Loode God:
* When the .el. yeares are exppzéd, I w
gather the Egiptians together agayne, out
of the nacions, among whom they were ſca-
red, and will bryng the pzeſoners of Egipt
agayne into þ land of Pathures their awne
natyue countre, that they mape be there a
lowly ſmall kypgdome: pee, thep chalbe the
ſmalleſt amonge other kypgdomes, left they
exalte them ſelues aboute the Heathen: for I
will so monpſh them that they chall nomore
rule the Heathen. Thep chall nomore be an
hope vnto the house of Israel, nether pzyouo-
ke them any more to wickednes, to cause the
turne backe, and to folowe them: & they chall
knowe that I am the Loode God.

In the

A
*Esa. xix. a
ff. a
Jere. xlv. a
Eze. xix. xii.
and, xxi. 1a

Ezek. xlvii. 1
Ezek. xix. a
Ffci. a. Jezubla

C

*Jere. xlvii.*

*Ezek. xix. b*

J
* Jee. xlii.
zacharia

deu. xlvii.
Lkapi. i. v. d

The Prophecy

By Agapne, of the watchman for the σμερεσια
me and the weavers not with the trōpet, so that
the people is not warned: but the σμερεσια
me then, and take eny man from among the
the same shall be taken away in his awne
synne, but his bloude will require of the
watchman's hande:

*Ezek. 1:1-3.*

* And now (D thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watchman unto the house of Israel: that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth, thou mayst warne the on my behalfe. If I laye unto the wycked thou wycked, thou shall surely dye, and thou gefest him not warningly, that he may be warne of his ungodly waye: then shall the wycked dye in his awne synne, but his bloude will require of thy hande. Neuertheles, if thou warne the wycked of his waye, to turne from it, where as he yet will not be turned from it, the chal he dye because of his synne, but thou hast delivered thy soule.

C

Therfore (D thou sonne of man) I speake
unto the house of Israel. Ye sape thus: Dure
offences and synnes lye upon vs, and we be
corrupte in them: how shall we then be re-
quired unto lyke: Tell them: * As truly as
I lyue, faitheth the Lord God, I haue no plea-
sure in the death of the wycked, but mochra-
ther that the wycked turne from his waye to
lyue. Turne yon, turne you from your vn-
godly wayes, Dye of the house of Israel.
Oh, wherfore will ye dye?

*Ezek. vii, 1-10.*

Thou sonne of man, tell the chyldren of
thy people: * The righteousnes of the rygh-
teous shall not faue him, whan soeuer he tur-
neth awaye vnfaithfully. Agapne, the wyp-
kednesse of the wycked shall not hurt hym,
whan soeuer he conuerteth from his vn-
godlynesse.*

*Ezek. vii, 10-12.*

And the ryghteousnes of the ryghteous
shall not faue his lyfe, whan soeuer he syn-
neth. If I sape unto the ryghteous, that he
shall surely lyue, and so he trust to his awne
ryghteousnesse, and do synne, then shall his
righteousnesse be nomize thought upon, but
in the wyckednesse that he hath done he shall
dye. * Agapne, if I sape unto the wicked:
thou shall surely dye: and so he turne from
his synnes, and do the thinge that is lawfull
and ryght. In so moch that the same wicked
mā geueth the pledge agapne, resteth that
he had taken awaye by robbery, walketh
in the commaundementes of lyke, and doth
no wronge. Then shall he surely lyue, and
not dye. Pee, the synnes that he hath done,
shall neuer be thought upon. For in so
as he doth now the thinge that is lawfull, and
right, he shall lyue. And yet the chyldren of
thy people sape: Tuth, the waye of the Lord
is not ryght, where as they ane waye is
rather vnright. :

D

*Ezek. vii, 1-10.*
*Isa. vii, 1-10.*

Where the righteous turneth from his erghe-

teousnes and doth the chyng that is wicked
he shall dye therfore. But if the wicked tur-
ne from his wickednesse, doing the thinge
is lawfull and right, he shall lyue therfore.
Yet ye sape: * the waye of the Loode is not
equall. D ye house of Israel † I will judge
euerp one of you after his wayes.

D

*Ezek. xlii, 1-10.*

In the rij. peare, the v. daye of the tenth mo-
neth of oure captiuite, it happened, that one
which was fled out of Jerusalem, came vnto
me, and layde: the epty is destroied. Now the
hande of the Loode had bene upon me the
euening afore this mā (which was escaped)
came vnto me, and had opened my mouth,
untill the mозnyng that he came to me: pee,
he opened my mouth, so that I was nomize
domme. Then came the wozde of the Loode
vnto me, and layde. Thou sonne of man, the-
se that dwell in the wasted lande of Israel,
laye: Abraham was but one mā, and he had
the lande in possession: now are we many and
the lande is geuen vs to possette also. And
therfore tell them. Thus layeth the Loode:
* In the bloude haue ye eaten, youpe eyes
haue ye lyft up to Jodles, ‡ and haue the
bloud: thali ye the haue þlāde in possession.

Ye leane upon you weardes, ye wozke
abominacions, euerp one defyleth his neigh-
bours wpe: and shall ye then possette the la-
de: Sape thou these wordes vnto the. Thus
faitheth the Loode God. As truly as I lyue all
ye that dwell i this wyldernesse, chalbe flap-
ne with þ wearde: what so euer is vp the
felde, will I gene vnto the beektes to be de-
uoured: thole that be in strong holdes & den-
nes, shall dye of the pestilence. For I will
make the lande so desolate and waste, and the
pompe of her strengthe shall come to an ende.
The mountaynes in Israel chalbe so waste
that noman shall trauayle therby.

F

*Leu. xiii, 1-11.*
*Deut. iii, 1-10.*

* Then shall the people come to knowe, that I
am the Lord, when I make the lande waste
and desolate, because of all theyr abomina-
cions, that theye haue wroughe. And thou
sonne of man, the chyldren of thy people that
talke of the, by the walles and in the dores
of their houfes, sayinge one to another: Co-
me, let vs heare, what wozde is gone forth
from the Loode. These come vnto the,
after the maner of a greate people: pee, my
people lyt downe before the, and heare thy
wordes, but they do not therafter * for in
they mouthes theye thew them felues as
thought they were feruent, but theyr herte
goeth after theyr awne couetous lucre. And
as a balet that hath a swete tune, and is plea
saunt to synge, so shall thou be vnto them:
thy wordes shall they heare, but they will
not do therafter. Whan thys commeth to
palle (for lo, it commeth in dede) then shall
they knowe, that there hath bene a prophet
amonge them.*

G

*Ezek. xlv, 1-10.*

*Ezek. xlvii, 1-10.*

The

*Ex.
Iere.
Ier.
Ieru.*

*Luc.*

*Is.*

* Joh.
Hebr.
I.Pet.
i.Pet.*

["The Prophecy", "The. xxx v. Chapter.", "The deprecye upon that shall come on the hull Seyr,\nthat is, on the Jdumeans, because they troubled the\npeople of the Loode.", "A", "A\nSt. Jer. xlvii. b,\nJerem. elix. b,\nEzek. xrv. b,\nand Jer. xlii. f,\nand Jer. xlv. a,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand 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h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand 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v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer. xxi. f,\nand Jer. xxi. g,\nand Jer. xxi. h,\nand Jer. xxi. i,\nand Jer. xxi. j,\nand Jer. xxi. k,\nand Jer. xxi. l,\nand Jer. xxi. m,\nand Jer. xxi. n,\nand Jer. xxi. o,\nand Jer. xxi. p,\nand Jer. xxi. q,\nand Jer. xxi. r,\nand Jer. xxi. s,\nand Jer. xxi. t,\nand Jer. xxi. u,\nand Jer. xxi. v,\nand Jer. xxi. w,\nand Jer. xxi. x,\nand Jer. xxi. y,\nand Jer. xxi. z,\nand Jer. xxi. a,\nand Jer. xxi. b,\nand Jer. xxi. c,\nand Jer. xxi. d,\nand Jer. xxi. e,\nand Jer.

The prophecye

the aulter: so wyll I be mercycfull unto you,
sayeth the LoRD God.

The xliij. Chapter.

The chetheweth what doze of the temple is butte. He is
comaunded to vybrayde the people wyth thep: offence.
The vncircumcled in heet & in the fleth, who are to be
adempted to the feruoyce of the temple, and who to bere-
kufed. He chetheweth what piettes he wold haue admittet
unto the holy place, and aliothe p: o ffice.

Kero. cr.iiiij.d
and. et. e.
Hume. et. c.
Hrr. Re. viij. b
et Har. vii. a

2

After thys, he brought me agapne
to the outward doze of the Sanct-
uary on the East lyde, and that
was out. Then sayde the LoRD un
to me: This doze shall be skyll, and not
opened for any man to go thowow it, but on-
ly for the LoRD God of Israel: yee, he shall
go thowowe it, els shall it be out skyll. The
prince hym selfe shall come thowow it, that
he mape eate head before the LoRD. At the
porche shall he come in, and there shall he go
out agapne. Then brought he me to the do-
re, upon the North lyde of the house. And as
I loked aboute me, beholde, *the glory of the
Lord fylded the house: and I fell downe vp
my face. So the LoRD spake unto me: D
sonne of man, fasten thys to thyne herte, be-
holde, and take diligent hede to all J wyll
saye vnto the, concerning all the ordynaun-
ces of the LoRD e all his lawes: pondrie well
wyth thyne herte the companyng in of the houle
of the goynge forth of the Sancuarv: and tell
that obfynate houholde of Israel: Thus
sayeth the LoRD God: D house of Israel, ye
haue now done vnough wythall youre abdo
minacions, seynge that ye haue brought in-
to my Sancuarv kraungers, hauynge un-
circumcled hertes and fleth, where thowow
my Sancuarv is defyled, when ye offre me
bred, fat, and bloude.

C

Thus wyth all youre abhominacions ye
haue broken in your coneaunt, and not kepte
holy ordynaunces of my Sancuarv: but let
kepers of my Sancuarv, euen after youre
a wne mpnde. The rkoze thus sayeth Y LoRD
god: Of all the kraungers that dwell amoge
the chyldren of Israel, no kraunger (whose
herte and fleth is not circumcled) shall co-
me wythin my Sancuarv: No, net the Le-
uites that be gone backe fro me, and haue di-
ceaued the people of Israel wythall errou-
res, gopnge after theyr p doles: the rkoze shall
they beare theyr a wne wykednes. Shulde
they be set and ordened to myniftre under the
dozes of the houle of my Sancuarv: And to
do feruyce in the houle: to slape burnt offe-
ges and sacrifyces for the people: to stande
before them, and to ferue the, seynge the fer-
uyce that they do them, is before theyr Do-
les, and cause the houle of Israel to kittle
thowow their wickednes: * for Y which cau

D

*iii. Reg. u. f.

D
thorow their wickednes: * for Y which cau
the p: a wne iniquyte, and not to come npe

me, to serue me wyth thep: preesthode, in my
Sanctuary, & moost holylest of all: that thep
mape beare thep: a wne thame & abhomina-
cions, whych thep haue done. Shulde I vse
them to be pozters of the houle, and to all Y
feruyce that is done thep: But the Prieles
the Leuptes, the sonne of, * Sadoch, that ke-
pte the hol predynaunces of my Sancuarv,
when the chyldren of Israel were gone fro
me: shall come to me, to do me seruice, to ki-
de before me, and to offre me the fat and the
bloude, sayeth the LoRD God.

*Ezek. xliij.
xlviiif. b

E

Thep shall go into my Sanctuarp, and
treade bekoze mp table, to do me seruice, and
to wapte upon mpne ordinaúces. Now wh
they go in at the dozes of the innermer court:
the p shall put on lynen clothes, so Y no wol-
lyne come upon them: whyle they do feruyce
under the dozes of the ynnermer courte, and
wythin. Thep shall haue saype lynen bonet-
tes upon thep: heades, & lynen breches vp
thep: lopnes, whych in thep: laboure thep
wall not put about them: And wh thep go
forth to the people into the outward courte,
thep shall put of the clothes, wherein thep ha-
ue inpiſtred, and lape them in the hابytap-
cyon of the Sanctuarp, and put on other ap
parel, left thep vnhalowe the people wyth
thep: clothes.

* The p shall not chaue thep: heades, ner
nozych the buche of thep: heare, but rounde
their heades ously. * All the Prieles that go
into the ynmoſt court, shall dzyncke no wy-
ne. * Thep shall marp no wydow, nether one
that is put from her hulbád: but a mayde of
the lede of Y house of Israel, or a wyddowe,
that hath had a piette bekoze.

* The p shall thew me my people the dyffre-
rence betwene the hol & unhol, betwyte
the clene and unclene. If an diſcoorde arple,
thep: shall diſcerne it, and geue ſentence akter
my udgementes. Dp solempne feaſtes, mp
lawes and ordinaunces shall they kepe, & ha
lowe my Sabbathes. * Thep: al come
at no deed pereſone, to deſyle the ſelues (exce-
pe it be father or mother, ſone or daughter,
brother or syster Y hath had yet no hulbáde)
in ſoch the p maye be deſyled.

And when he is clenſed, there shall be re-
kened vnto him. viij. dayes: and p: the go into
Y Sanctuarp agapne to do feruyce, he shall
bypnge a ſynoffrynge sayeth the LoRD God.
* Thep: shall haue an herytage, yee. Imp ſel
ke wylbe their herytage: els shall pe gene the
no poſſellýn in Israel, for I am their poſſe-
ſpon. The meat of offrynge, ſynoffryng & tres-
pace of offryng that they eate, & every de dy-
cate thyrng i Israel, thal thep:rs. The fyſſl-
lynges of all the fyſſt frutes, and all fre wil-
offrynges shall be the prieles.

Pe shall gene vnto the pceſt also the fyſſt-
lynges of youre dough, that God mape pro-
ſpere

J

*Leu. xli.
xxi. a.

*Leu. xii. c.

*Leu. xii. 1, 2.
Dsee. i. 4, 1, 11.

*Deu. xvi. 11.

D

*Leu. xii. a.
Hume. vii. b.

*den. r. viij. b.
Dum. rviii. c.
Jolue. xiii. b.

D

*Leu.
Leu.

*Ezek.

*Ezek.

Deu.
Deu.

Leu.
Leu.

["The prophecye", "newe, Woones. This is now the burntoffer\nnge, that the prynce shall brynge unto the\nLorde vpō the Sabboth: lyxe lambes with-\nout blempy, and a ram wythout blempy,\nand an Epbah for a meatoftrnge, wyth the\nram. As for the lábes, he mape gene as ma-\nny meatoftrnges to them, as he wll, ſ an\nHin of ople to an Epbah. In the dape of the\nnewe moneth, it shall be a yōge bullocke w-\nout blempy, lyxe lambes ſ a ram also with-\nout blempy. Wyth the bullocke he shall ge-\nue an Epbah, and wyth the ram an Epbah\nalso for a meatofferyng: but to the lambes,\nwhat he mape come by: And euer an Hin of\nople to an Epbah. When the prynce cometh,\nhe shall go under the doze porche, an euē the-\nre departe forth agayne. But when the peo-\nple of the lande come bekoze the Lord in the\nhype Solempne keast, as many as come in by\nthe North doze to do worθyppe, shall goo-\noute agayne at the South doze. And thep y-\ncome in at the South doze, shall go forθa-\ngayne at the North doze. There shall none\ngo oute at y doze where he came in, but shall\ngorpght forθt ouer on the other lyde, ſ the\nprynce shall go in and out amonge them.", "D", "E", "Upon the Solempne and hye keaste dayes,\nthys ialbe the meatofferynge: An Epha to\na bullock and an Epha to a ram, and to the\nlambes: as many as he wpl, but euer an Hin\nof ople to an Epha. Now when the prynce\nbryngeth a burntoffernge or an healthoffe-\nrynge wyth a fre wpll unto the Lozd, y east\ndoze chalbe opened unto hym, y he mape do\nwyth hys burnt and healthofferynges, as he\ndoth upon the Sabboth, and when he goeth\nforth, the doze shall be chutt after him agay-\nne. He shall daylpe brynge unto the Loode a\nlambe of a yeare olde wythout blempy for\na burnt offernge: this shall he do euery mo-\nrnynge. And for a meatoffernge he shall ge-\nue the lyxt parte of an Epha, and the thp-\nde parte of an Hin of ople (to myngle wyth\nthe cakes) euery mornynge. Yee, thys chalbe\na daylpe meatoffernge unto the Loode, for\nan eueral pnge ordinaunce: ſ thus shall the\nlambe, the meatoffernge & ople be geue eu-\nerp mornynge, for a daylpe burntoffernge.", "Mozcouer, thus sayeth the Loode God:\nIf the prynce gene a gyfte unto enp of hys\nfonnes, then shall it be hys fonnes herytage\nperpetuall, that he mape posſelle it. But If\nhe wpll gene one of hys ſeruauntes some of\nhys herytage, it shall be hys to the * fre\npeare, and then to returne agayne unto the\nprince: for his herytage chalbe his ſonneson-\nly. * The prynce also shall take none of the\npeoples enherptaunce, ner put them from\nthe p posſellý: but to his a wone ſonnes shall\nbe gene hys posſellý, that my people be not\nleatred abzode, but that euery man mape ha-\nne hys a wne.", "And he brought me to know the intraunce\nat the lyde of the doze to the habytacpon of\nthe Sanctuary, that belongeth to the pre-\ntes and ſkode towarde the north, & beholde,\nthere was a place upon the west lyde, then\nſayd he unto me. This is the place, where y\npřetſes shall dyght the trespace & synoktryn-\nges, & bake the meatoffernges: y thep nede\nnot beare them into the outwarde courte, ſo\nſo to vnhalowe the people. So he brought\nme into the uttemolt courte, rounde aboute\nall the foure corners. Beholde, in euery bez-\nner of the koze courte, there was yet a lytle\ncourte. Yee, in all the foure corners of y cour-\nte, there was made a lytle courte of. xl.cubp-\ntes lóge, and. xxx. cubytes hzoade: these fou-\nre lytle courtes were of one lyke measure, Æd\nthere wet a rydge wall rounde aboute them\nall foure, under the whych there were hae-\ntes made rounde aboute. Then ſayd he vn-\nto me: Thys is the kechin, where the mynt-\nters of the house shall dyght the flayne offe-\nrnges of the people.", "The xlvij. Chapter.", "The vilyon of the waters that come out of the tem-\nple. The coates of the lande of pnomes, and the dyuis-\npon therok by trybes.", "After thys he brought me agayne be-\nfoze the doze of the house: Æd beholde,\nthere guched out waters from under\nthe postes of the house eſt warde (for y hou-\nſode towarde the eſt) that râne downe\nupon the rygħt lyde of the house, whych ly-\neth to the auiter southward. Then carted he\nme out to the north doze, & brought me forth\nthere rounde aboute by the uttemolt doze y\nturneth eſt warde. * Beholde, there came\nforth the water upon the rygħt lyde. Now\nwhâ the man that had the meterodde in hys\nhande wente unto the eſt doze, he measured\na M. cubytes, and then he brought me tho-\ntow the water, euē to the ancles: to he mea-\nfured yet a thousand, and brought me tho-\ntow the water agayne unto the knees: yet\nmeasured he a thousande, & brought me tho-\ntow the water unto the lopnes. After thys\nhe measured a thousande agayne, then was\nit soch a rpuer, that I mygħt not wade tho-\ntow it: The water was so depe, that it was\nnedeſtul to haue twymmed, for it mygħt not\nbe waded ouer. And he ſayde vnto me: haſt\nthou ſene thys, D thou ſonne of man, and\nwyth that, he brought me to the rpuer bâck\nagayne.", "Now when I came there, there ſkode ma\nny trees upon ether lyde of the rpuer bâcke:\nThen ſayd he vnto me: This water that flo-\nwithe oute towarde the Eſt, and runneth\ndowne into the plapine kelde, commeth into\nthe ſee: and from the ſee it runneth out, & ma-\nketh the waters whole. Yee, all that lyue and\nmoue, wwhere vnto this rpuer commeth, shall\nreccouer.", "A\nb\nb\nb\nb\nb\nb\nb\nb\nb\nb\nb

The Prophecy

a man amonge the preſoners of Juda, that shall thewne the kynge the interpretacion. The anſwered the kynge, ſayde unto Daniel, whose name was Balthasar: Art thou he, that caſt thewne me the dzeame, whych I haue ſene, ſ the interpretacion therof: Daniel anſwered the kynge to his face, ſayde: As for thys ſecreſte, for the whych the kynge maketh inquilibit: it is neither the wypſe, the forſerer, the charmer nor the deuell coniurer, that caſt certiſpe the kynge of it: * Only God in heauen can open ſecreſtes, ſ he it is, that theweth the kynge Nabuchodonosor, what is for to come in the latter daves.

*Mat.xi.1c.

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Thy dzeame, that whych thou haſt ſene in thyne head upon thy bed, is this: Dkyng, thou dydeſt caſt in thy mynde, what thulde come heraſter: So he that is for opener of mykſterpes, telleth the, what is for to come. As for me, this ſecreſte is not thewed me, for enp wypſdome that I haue, moſe then enp other lyuping, but only for mygħt thewne the kynge the interpretacion, that he mygħt knowe for thoughtes of his awne herte. Thou kynge faſweſt, and beholde: there ſtode before the a greate Image, whose ſygure was maruelous greate, and hys vplage grymme. The Image head was of fyne golde, hys brieſt armes of ſyluer, hys body ſ lopnes were of copper, his legges were of yzó, his ſete were parte of yzon, and parte of earth.

*Mat.xx.1c
Luk.xx. b.

* This thon ſa weſt ſyll, the tyme for (with out enp handes) there was he wen of a ſtone whych ſmote the Image upon the ſete, that were both of yzon and earth, and brieſe the to poulder: then was the yzon, the earth, the copper, the ſyluer and golde broken altogther in peces: and be came lyke the chaffe of corne, that the wpnde bloweth a waye from the ſomer koozes, that they can no moſe be ſoude. But the ſtone that ſmote the Image, became a greate mountayne, whych kulfyleth the whole earth: This is for dzeame. And now wll we thew we before the kynge, what it meaneth.

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*Dante.v.b.

* Dkyng, thou art a kynge of kynges: For the God of heaueth hath geue the a kynge dome, ryches, ſtrength and maieſt: that hath deyuered the all things, that are amonge the children of men: the beaſtes of the ſelde, that the foules under the heauen, and geuen the dominion ouer the all. Thou art that golde head. Aſter that there chal arple another kynge dome, whych shall be leſſe then thyne. The thyde kynge dome chalbe lyke copper, that haue dominacyon in all laſdes. The fourth kynge dome chall be a stroge as yzon. For lyke as yzon bizeeth and brieaketh all things: Pee, euen as yzon beateeth euery thynge downe, to chall it beate downe and deſtroye.

Where as thou ſa weſt the ſete and toes, parte of earth and parte of yzon: that is a de-

upded kynge dome, whych neuertheles chall haue ſome of the yzon grouſe mixte with it, for so moch as thou haſt ſene the yzon myrte with the claye.

The toes of the ſete that were parte of yzon and parte of claye, signiſeth: that it chalbe a kynge dome partelp strong and partly weake. And where as thou ſa weſt yzon myrte wyth claye: thep chall myngle them ſelues wyth the ſede of lymppe people, that not cotynue one with another, lyke as yzon wll not be ſoultered wytha potherde.

In the daves of these kyngeſ, that God of heauen ſet up an euerlaſt kynge kynge dome whych chall not perilth, that his kynge dome chal not be geuen ouer to another people: pee, the fame chall brieake and deſtroye all these kynge domes, but it chall endure for euer.

And where as thou ſa weſt, that wypthout enp handes there was cut out of that mounte a ſtone, which brieke the yzon, the copper, for earth, the ſyluer and golde in peces: by that bath the greate God thewed the kynge, what wll come after this. This is a true dzeame, and the interpretacion of it is ſure.

Then the kynge Nabuchodonosor * ſell downe upon his face, and bowed him ſell unto Daniel, and cōmaunded that they thulde offre meatoffringes and winte odoures unto hym. The kynge anſwered Daniel, and ſayde: pee, of a trueth youre God is a God aboue all goddes, a Lozde aboue al kyngeſ, and an opener of ſecreſtes: lepnge thou canſt diſconuer this myſterpe. So the kynge made Daniel a greate man, and gaue him many and greate gykſtes.

* He made him ruler of all the countrees of Babylon, and loſde of all the nobles, that were at Babylon. Now Daniel intreated that kynge for Sidach, Aſiach and Abednago, so that he made the rulers ouer all the officers in the lande of Babylon: But Daniel hym ſelſe remapned ſkyll in the courte by the kynge.

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*Esa.ii.1b

*Deb.ti.1c
*Mat.xx.1c

*Act.iii.1b

*Gene.ii.1c

*D

C The.iiij. Chapter.

The kynge ſeſterth by a goulben Image, whych he commaundeſt to be brieſped. Sydiach, Aſiach, and Abednago are acuſed, breaue they diſpyped the kynge ſcommunionement. They are brought unto the kynge ſ commaundeſt to be brieſped the Image. They ſeſute to do it and are put into a kynge ſouer. By beſe in God they are deyuered from the ſyce. Nabuchodonosor: conſeſeth the power of God ak. er the ſyghe of the myracle.

A buchodonosor the kynge caused a golden Image to be made, whych was. Ix. cubytes hpe, and lyke cubytes thyche. This he made to be ſet up in the ſelde of Dura in that lande of Babylon ſent oute to gather together the dukes, lozdes and nobles, the iudges and officers, the debytes and chyeues, wyth all the rulers of the lande: that they might come to the dedicacyo of the Image which Nabuchodonosor

A

The Prophecy

promoted Sidach, Wisach, Ad Abdenago,
in the lande of Babylon.

The iiiij. Chapter.

Chabuchodonoso: dreameth agayne. Daniel inter-
preteth it. Habuchodonoso is put out of his realme,
and eateth wyth beastes. He confesteth the power of
God, and is reftolied into his kynngdome.

A
*Danie, by. e.

* Abuchodonoso: kynge unto all people, kynreddes and tunges that dwell upon þ whole earth: peace be multiplied amōge you. I thought it good to chewe the tokens and maruelous worckes, that the hye God hath wrought upon me. D. how greate are his tokens, and how mightie are his wonders: * his kynge dome is an euerlastinge kynngdome, and his power lasteth foro euer and euer.

K Sal. et al. b.
D. nie. vii. d.
Puk. s. c.

*Danie, ii.a.

I Habuchodonoso: beþng at rest in myne
house, and flozichnge in my palace, Iawe a
dreame, whych made me atrayed: and the
thoughtes þ I had upon my bedd, wyth the
vlysons of myne head, troubled me. * Then
fent I out a commission, þ all the þ which were
of wypdome at Babylon chulde be hzought
hereze me, to tell me the interpretacyon of
the dreame. So there came the forthlayers,
charmers, Caldees and conjurers of deuelz:
to whom I tolde the dreame, but what it be
tokened, they coulde not chewe me: tyl at þ
laf, there came one Daniel (other wyle cal-
led Balthazar, ac. or dyng to the name of my
God) whych hath þ sprete of þ holy goddes,
in him: to whom I tolde the dreame, laying:
D Balthazar, thou prince of Sothe layers:
For so moch as I knowe, that thou haf the
sprete of the holy Goddes and no secrete is
hyd from the: tell me therof, what the vp-
lyon of my dreame (that I haue sene) maye
signifye. I Iawe a vilyon in my head upon
my bed: and beholde, there stode a tre upon
the grounde, whych was very hye, greate
and myghtye: the heygthreached vnto the
heauen, and the hiedh extended to all the
endes of the earth: his leaues were kape, he
had very moch krute, so that euerp man had
ynough to eate therin.

B

The beastes of þ felde had chadoes vn-
der it, and the foules of the ayze dwelt in the
bowes therof. Shortly, all creatures fed of
it. I Iawe in my head a vilyon upon my bed:
& beholde, a watcher came downe from hea-
uen, & cryed mpightely, laying. He we downe
the tre, breake of his braunches. Chake of his
leaues, and scatre his krute abzode: that all
the beastes maye get them awaye fro under
him, and the foules from his braunches. Ne-
uertheles, leaue the grounde of hys vorte tyl
in the earth, and bynde him upon the playne
kelde, with chepnes of yzon and stele. Wyth
the dewe of heauen shall he be wet, & he shall
haue hys parte in the herbes of the grounde
wyth other wylde beastes.

C

That mans herte of his shall be take fro

him, and a beastes herte shall be genen hym,
tyl senen peares be come ad gone upon him.

This erande of þ watcher, is a comand-
ment grounded and sought out in the coun-
cell of him, that is most holp: to learne men
foz to vnderstande, þ the hylet hath power
ouer the kynngdomes of men, & geueth them,
to whom it lyleth hym, & bryngeth the very
oute castes of men ouer them. Thys is the
dreame, that I kyng Habuchodonoso: haue
sene. Therfore D Balthazar, tell thou me
what it signifeth: foz so moch as all þ wyle
men of my kynngdome are not able to chewe
me, what it meaneth. But thou canst do it,
foz the sprete of the holyp Goddes is in the.

Then Daniel (whose name was Baltha-
sar) helde hys peace by the space of an houre
and hys thoughtes troubled hym. So the
kynge spake, & layde: D Balthazar, lett ne-
ther the dreame ner the interpretacyon thereof
keare þ. Balthazar answered, laying: Dmp
Lorde, this dreame happè to thine enemyes,
& the interpretacyon to thyne aduerisarpes:
As foz the tre that thou fa west whych was
so great & mpightye, whose heygth reached
unto the heauen, and hys hiedth into all the
world: whose leaues were kape, & the frute
moch: vnder the which the beastes of þ felde
had their habitacpon, &d upon whole bzaun-
ches the foules of the ayze dyd hyt.

Even thou (D kynge) art the tre, greate
& stronge. Thy greatnelle increaceth, & rea-
cheth unto the heaué, so doth thy power to þ
endes of the earth. But where as the kynge
Iawe a watchers euen an holyp angell, þ came
downe from heauen, and layde: he we downe
the tre, and destrope it: yet leaue the ground
of therote in the earth: and bynde hym upon
þ playne felde wyth chepnes of yzon & stele:
He shall be wet with the dewe of heaué, and
hys parte shall be with þ beastes of the keld,
tyl leuè peares be come and gone vpō hym:
Thys (D kynge) is the interpretacyon, yee,
it is the very deuyce of hym, that is hylet of
al, and it toucheth my lorde the kynge.

Thou Chalt be cast oute fro men, and thy
dwelllyng chalbe with the beastes of þ felde:
wyth grasse Chalt thou be fed lyke an ore.
Thou must be wet wyth þ dewe of the hea-
uen: yee, senen peares shall come, & go upon
the, tyl thou knowe, * þ the hylet hath po-
wer upon the kynngdomes of men, & geueth
the to whom he lyft. Moreouer, where as it
was layde, that the vorte of the tree chulde be
left tyl in the grounde: it be tokeneth, þ thy
kynngdome chal remayne whole vnto the, af-
ter thou haf lerned to knowe, that þ power
commeth from heauen. Utherkoze, Dkyng,
be cœnt with my cooucell, that thou mayeſt
lowſe thy synnes wyth rytghteoutneſſe,
*&d thyne offences with mercy to pooze peo-
ple: foz loch thinges chall pزلonge thy peace.

All these

D

I. Daniel. I.
Jere. xxiij. 8.

*Ecclesi. x. 1c. 1b.

Of Daniel

Jo.cri.

All these thynges touche the Kyngge Nabuchodonozor.

So after, Jij.monethes, the kyng walked up and downe in the palace of ſkyngdome of Babylon, and layde: This is the greate cynte of Babylö, which I mp self (with my power & kriength) haue made a kynges courte, for ſhonour of my mageſtye. While these wozdes were yet in the kynges mouth, there fell a voyce from heauen, layinge: Dkyng Nabuchodonozor, to ſ be it ſpokè: Thy kyngdome shall departe from the, thou chalt be caſt out of mens cōpany: thy dwellyng chalbe wyth the beaſtes of ſelbe, so that thou chalt eate graſſe lyke as an ore, tyl ſeué yeares be come ſ gone ouer the: euen vntyll thou knoweſt, ſ the hyleſt hath power vpō the kyrngdomes of men, and ſ he may geue them, vnto who it pleaſeth hym. The very ſame houre was this matter kulfylled vpō Nabuchodonozor: so that he was caſt oute of mens cōpany, ad dyd eate graſſe lyke an ore. Hys body was wet with the deſe of heaué, tyl hys heareſes were as greate as Aegles kethers, ſ his naples lyke byzdes clawes.

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When this tyme was paſt, I Nabuchodonozor liketh vp myne eyes vnto heauen, ad myne vnderſa DPige was reſtozed vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thanckes vnto the hypheſt. I magniſed and p[rayſed] him that l[]peth koſ evernoze, * whole power endureth alwaye, and h[ys] kyrngdome from one gene[]racon to another : in compar[]ſon of whom all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge.

*He hadleth acordinge to his will, amosge the powers of heauen & amonge the in babytours of the earth: and there is none ſ may reſkyſte h[ys] hande, oz laye: what does thou? *At ſame tyme was myne vnderſandinge genen me agayne, and I was reſtozed to the honoure of my kyrngdome, to my dygnite, ſ to myne awne chape agayne. B[]p greate eſtates and P[]ynces ſought vnto me, and I was let in my kyrngdome agayne, so that I had yet greater wozhyye.

Then dyd I Nabuchodonozor, loue, maſkifye and p[rayſe] the kynge of heaué: koſ all his wozkes are true, and h[ys] wapes ſright. As koſ those that go on p[]roudly, he is able to bringe them downe.

C The. v. Chapter.

I Balthazar kyrng of Babylón, abuſhinge the vſeſſels of the temple, ſeeth anande, w[]ytringe in the wall. The ſoſe layers called of the kynge, cannot exponde the w[]ytpng. Daniel is called, w[]hy chareth it, and interpreſeth it alio Balthazar be uſing layne, Darius ſuccedeth in h[ys] rowne.

2

P[]nge Balthazar made a greate baſcket to his thouſande Lo[]rdes: w[]ythall these thouſande he made greate chere, ſ w[]h[]e he was dzonken with wyne, he cōmaunded to bringe him

the golden ſyluer vſeſſels * which his father Nabuchodonozor had taken out of the ſeple at Jeruſalem: that the kynge and h[ys] l[]ordes with his quene ſ concubnes might diſincke therout.

So thep brought the golden vſeſſel, that was taken out of the temple of the Lo[]rdes houre at Jeruſalem. Then the kynge and his l[]ordes with his quene ſ concubnes diſoncke out of them. They diſoncke wyne, and p[rayſed] their I[]doles of golde, ſyluer, copper, p[]r[]d, wodde and stone.

In the very ſame houre there appeared 5 fingers, as it had bene of a man[]s háde w[]ytynge, ſright ouer agapſt the candelſtycke upon the playne wall in the kynges palace: ſ the kynge ſa we the palme of the háde that w[]zto. * Then changed the kyrng his counſenaunce, and his thoughtes troubled h[]ym, so that the i[]oyntes of h[]ys] body choke, and h[ys] knees ſmote one agapſt ſ other. * w[]herk[]oſe the kynge cryed my[]bhtely, that thep chulde bringe h[]ym the charmers, Caldees and conſuters of deuels. The kyrng ſpake also to the w[]p[]le men of Babylón, and layde: who so can reſe this writinge, ad ch[]ew me ſ playne mean[]yng ch[]erof: chalbe clothed with purple, haue a ch[]epe of golde aboute his necke, and rule the th[]yde part of my kyrngdome.

Upon this, came all the kyrnges w[]p[]le m[]: but thep coulde nether reade ſ w[]zytyng, ne[]r the we the kyrng what it l[]gifiſted. The was the kynge ſoſe aſtrayed, in ſo moch, ſ h[]ys] co[]loure chaunged, and his l[]ordes were ſoſe be[]red. So[]p reason of th[]ys] matter, that had C happened to the kynge ſ his l[]ordes, ſ quene went vp herself into the baſcket houre, and ſpake vnto ſ kynge, layinge: Dkynge, God faue thy lyke koſ euer: Let not the thoughtes trouble the, and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged. Koſ why: there is a man in th[]y kyrngdome, that hath the ſp[]ete of the hol[]y goddes wythin him, * as it was ſene in th[]y fathers d[]ayes. He hath vnderſtanding ſ w[]p[]l-dome lyke ſ goddes. Pe ſ kynge Nabuchodonozor thy father made this man ch[]eſe of ſ lothlayers, charmers, Caldees and deu[]el c[]onſuters : because that ch[]eſe an abounдаunt ſp[]ete, knowledge ad w[]p[]l-dome (to exponde d[]reames, to open ſecreſtes, ſ to declare harde dowres) was founde in him: p[]ee, eu[n] in Da[n]iel, whom the kyrng named Balthazar. Let th[]ys] ſame Daniel be ſente koſ, and he ch[]all tell, what it meaneth.

Then was Daniel brought before the kynge. So the kynge ſpake vnto Daniel, ſ layde: Art thou that Daniel, one of the p[]reſoners of J[]uda, whom my father the kynge brought out of J[]ew[]p[]: I haue heare[]d ſpake of the, that thou haſt the ſp[]ete of the hol[]y goddes, experience and vnderſtanding, and that there hath bene greate w[]p[]l-dome found in the,

*J[]ere.l.a. 2
J[]eru.j.

J[]ere.l.a. 2

J[]eru.j.

J[]eru.j.a.

The Prophecy

D in y. Now haue there bene hrought me, wþe
& connynge charmers, to reade thys wþy-
ting., and to the we me the meanynge therof:
But they coulde not tell me, what this mat-
ter lignyfied Then hearde I lye, that thou
canst expounde darcke thynges, and declare
harde doutes. Well than, þk thou canst reade
thys wþyþnge, and chw me the meanynge
therof: thou that be clothed wyth purple,
haue a cheyne of golde aboute thy necke, and
rule the thynde parte of my kyrngdome.

Daniel answered, & lapde before þ kyrng:

*As for thy rewardes, kepe the to thy self, or
gene thy rych gyftes to another: yet not the-
lelle, I wyl re de þ wyptinge vnto the kyrng,
& d chewe him & interpret acyon therof. * D
kynge, God the hest gaue vnto Nabucho-
donofor thy kather, the dignpte of a kyrge,
with woz hippe & honour: so that all people,
kynredde & tunges stode in awe & keare of
him, by reason of the hye estate, that he had
lent him. F or why, he fle we who he wolde:
he smote, whom it pleased him. Agayne: who
he wolde, he set vp: and whom he plst, he put

Mat. v. d.
*Re. v. d.

Danie. i. k.

Danie. III. d.

F

dorne. * But becaufe his hert was so pro-
ude, and his stomack set so fast vnto wylkul-
nelle: he was depoled fro his kyrngly trone,
& his magestyp was taken from him. He was
chut out from amonge men, his herte was
lyke a beakes herte, and his dwellynge was
wyth the wylde alles: he was fayne to cate
grasse lyke an ore, and his body was wet w
the dewe of the beau: *rll he knewe, that the
hyst had power vpon þ kyrngdomes of men,
and letteth ouer them, whom he lyft.

And thou his lone (D Balthazar) foz all
this, haft nor submpted thyne herte, though
thou knewest all these things: but haft ma-
gufkyed thy selfe aboute the Loode of heauè,
so that the vellels of his houſe were hrought
before the: that thou, & thy lòrdes, wyth thy
quene and concubnes, might drincke wypne
therout: And haſt praysed the Idoles of spl-
uer and golde, copper and p[]ron, of wodd and
ſt one: As for the God * in whole hande con-
fylleth thy b[]eth & all thy wapes: thou haſt
not loued him.

Aci. vii. d.

G

Therfore is the palme of this hande lent
hym from him, to token vp this wþtinge.
And this is the ſcripture, that is written vp:
Mane, Thetel, Dhares. Now the interpre-
tacyon of the thynge is thys: Mane, God
hath nombred the kyrngdome, and brought
it to an ende: Thetel, thou art weped in the
balannee, and art founde to lyght: Dhares,
thy kyrngdome is delt in partes, and genen
to the Medes and Perles.

Then commaudeſt Balthazar, tocloth
Daniel wyth purple, to hange a cheyne of
golde aboute his necke, and to make a pro-
clamacyon concernynge hyn: that he chulde
be the ruler of the thynde parte of his kyrng-

dome. * The very ſame nyght was Bal-
thazar the kynge of the Caldecſlapne, and
‡Darius out of Medea toke in þ kyrngdome,
beinge. Ixij. yeare of age.

‡Esa. xlvii. d.

‡Danie. i. k.

C The. vi. Chapter.

C Daniel is made ruler ouer the lòrdes. The Imag-
nacyon of an acte agaput Daniel. The proclamacyon
of the acte, wherof Daniel is accuſed vnto the kynge
as a tranſgreffour. He is put into a drune of Lyons by
the commaundeament of the kynge. He is deſuwered by
kaph in God. Diamels accuſars are put vnto the Lyaons
to be tøme in ſonder. Darius by the proclamacyon of a
decree, magnifyeth the God of Daniel.

T. pleased Darius to let ouer hys
kyngdome an. C. and. xx. Loodez,
wych chulde be in all his kyrngdome
aboute. A bone theſe he let theſe P[]rynces (of
whom Danial was one) þ the lòrdes nyght
gene accomptes vnto them, & the kynge to
be undiſeased.

A

But Daniel excreased all these Princes &
loodes, for the sp[]ete of God was plenteous
in hyn: so that the kynge was mynded to let
hym ouer the whole realme. Wherfore the
Prynces and Loodez sought, to p[]ecke out in
Daniel some quarell agaput the kyrngdome:
yet coulde they kynde none occation ner kaut[e]
upon hyn. F or why? he was so kaphfull,
that there was no blame ner diſhonesty p[]
unde in hyn.

Then layde these men: we will get no
quarell agaput thys Daniel, excepte it be in
the lawe of hys God. Upon thys, wente the
prynces & loodes together vnto the kynge,
& layde thus vnto him: kyrng Darius, God
faue thy lyke for ener. All the greate eſtates
of the realme: as the Prynces, Dukes, Sena
tours and Judges, are determined to put out
a commandement of the kynge, & to make
a ſure Statute: namely, þ who so delizeth any
peticyon, ether of any God or man (within
this. xxx. dayes) excepte it be only of the, D
kyng: the ſame perſon may be cail into the
Lyaons denne. Wherfore, Dkyng, confyrme
thou thys Statute, & make a wþtinge: that
the thinge whych Medes and Perles haue
ozdeyned be not altered ner hoken.

15

So Darius made the wþtinge, and co-
ſirmed it. Now when Daniel underſtode þ
the wþtinge was made, he wente into hys
houſe: and þ wypndowes of his wal towarde
Jerusal[]e stode op[]. There kneeled he downe
upon hys knees, the[] tymes a daye: there he
made hys peticyon, and praysed hys God,
lyke as hys maner was to do afoxe tyme.

C

Then these men made ſearche, & founde
Daniel makynge hys peticyon, & prayinge
unto his God. So they came to the kynge, &
ſpake before him concernyng his commaun-
dement, ſaying: Dkyng, haſt thou not sub-
scribed the Statute, þ within xxx. dayes who
ſo reequyeth hys petic[]o of any God or man
but only of thy ſelf, Dkyng: he chalbe cail
into the denne of the Lyaons: The kynge an-
ſwered

anſwered

A
* Da
* Aci.
* Iub.
* I.
* Reg.
* Dch.

A

A

The Prophecy

*Mat. xlv.b
Apoca. xii.d
xxii.c.

*Mat. xiii.c.
Act. i.b.
Apoca. i.a

*Bilby. ii. a.
Mat. xlviii.
John. xii. d.

*Dan. xiii. f

*Deu. ix. d.

*Apoc. xiii. a.
E. vij. c.

I behelde, tyll the beaſte was flapne, and his
bodypelſt ned, *geuen ouer to be hent in
the ſyre.

As for the power of the other beaſtes alſo
it was taken awape, but their lyues were
prolonged for a tyme and ſeason. I ſawe in
a vſion bp nygħt, and beholde, *there came
one in the cloudes of heauen lyke the ſonne
of a man, whych wente vnto the olde aged,
beſore whom they brought him: Then gaue
he him *power & dignite regall, that all peo-
ple, tribes and tunges chulde ſerue him. *His
power is an euerlaſtinge power, whych chal
neuer be put downe: & his kypgdome endu-

reth uncorrupte. Ap herte was vexed, * &
I Daniel had a troubled ſpze te within me, &
the vſions of my head made me aſkaped: tyl
I gat me vnto * one of them that stode bp, to
knowe the trueth, concernping all theſe thin-
ges. So he tolde me, & made me vnderstande
the interpretacion of the thinges.

These ſoure greate beaſtes, are ſoure
kynges whych chall arple out of the earth.
These chall take in þ kypgdome of þ ſapntes
of the moſt hyleſt, and polleſſe it tyll moſe &
moſe for a longe ſeason. After this I requip-
red diligently to knowe the trueth, concer-
nyng þ fourth beaſt, which was ſo farre vn-
lyke the other beaſtes, & ſo horible: whole
teeth were of p[ron, and his naples of braſſe:
which) deuoured and deſtroyed, & ſtaped the
reiydue vnder hys fete. I delvzed, alſo to
knowe the trueth, as touchinge þ * ten hor-
nes that he had vpon his head, & thys other
whych came vp afterwarde, before whose
face there fell downe thze: whych hozne had
epes and a mouth that spake p[re]ſumptuous
thinges, & loked wypth a grymmer vyſage
then his felowes. I behelde, & the ſame hozne
I made battayll agapnſt the ſapntes, yee and
gat the victor[ty] of them: vntyl the tyme that
the olde aged came, that the iudgement was
geué to the chekeſt ſapntes: & tyll the tyme,
tyat þ ſapntes had the kypgdome in poſſel-
ſon. He gaue me this anſwere: That fourth
beaſt chalbe þ fourth kypgdome vp[ earth:
it chalbe moſe then all other kypgdomes, it
chall deuoure, treade downe, & ad deſtroye all
other landes.

* The ten hornes, are ten kynge, þ chall
arple out of þ kypgdome, after whom there
chall ſtande vp another, whych chalbe grea-
ter then þ kypſt. He chall ſuddue thze kynge,
& chall ipeake wordes agapnſt þ hyleſt of all:
he chall deſtroye the ſapntes of þ moſt hyleſt,
*and thyncke, þ he maye chaunge tymes ad
lawes. Thep chalbe geué vnder his power,
* vntyll a tyme, two tymes, & half a tyme.

But the iudgement chalbe kepeſt, ſo that
hys power chalbe takeſt from him, for he chall
be deſtroyed, and perych at the last. As for þ
kypgdome, power ad all mygħt that is vi-

der the heauen: it chalbe geué to the holyp eo-
ple of the moſt hyleſt, * whole kypgdome
is euerlaſtynge: yee, all powers chall ſerue &
obepe him. Thus farre extende the wordes.
Neuertheles, I Daniel was so vexed in my
thoughtes, that my countenaſce chaunged,
*but the wordes I kepe tyll in my herte.

The viij. Chapter.

CA h[ap]y[on] of a dr[ap]ke betweene a ramme & an hegoate,
the underland and h[ap]ge of the v[ap]pon is of the battel be-
wene the kyp[ge] of P[er]ſia and the k[ap]nge of the G[ie]-
cyens. Of the chameleſſe k[ap]nge Antichriſt.

A the thyp[de]e peare of the rapgne A
of kynge Balthazar, there appeared
a v[ap]yon vnto me Daniel, after þ
I had ſene the * kypſt. I ſawe in a
v[ap]yon (as when I ſawe it, I was at Sufis
in the cheke cyte, whych lyeth in the lande of
*Elam) and in þ v[ap]yon, I me thought I was
bp the ryuer of C[at]at.

Then I loked vp, and ſawe: and beholde
there ſkode before the ryuer, a ramme, whych
had hornes: and theſe hornes were h[ap], but
one was hyper then another, & the h[ap]eſt came
vp laſt. I ſawe that this r[am]e pulched w[ap]ch
his hornes, agapnſt þ weſt, agapnſt þ noſt[h],
and agapnſt the ſonth: to þ no beaſtes mygħt
lande before him, ner defende them from his
power: but he dyd as h[ap]m lyſted, & w[ar]ed
greatly. I toke hede vnto thys, & then came
there an hegoate from the weſt ouer þ whole
earth, and touched not the grounde.

This goate had a maruelous goodly h[oz]ne
betwirte his epeſ, and came vnto the r[am],
that had the two[ho]zines (whom I had ſene
aſoſe bp the ryuer lyde) and ramme fearely
vp[oh]im with his might. I ſawe him d[aw]e
nye vnto the ramme, beinge very ſearce vp[oh]
h[ap]m: yee, he gaue him ſoch a stroke, that he
bake is two hornes: Nether had the ramme C
to moch strengthe as to k[ap]de before him: but
he caſt h[ap]m downe, troade h[ap]m vnter h[ap]s
fete: & no man was able to delpuer the r[am]e
out of h[ap]s power.

The goate w[ar]ed exceedinge greate, ad
when he was at þ strogeſt, his greate h[oz]ne
was broken alſo. * Then grewe there other
ſoure ſoch lyke in the k[ade], towarde the. iij.
w[yn]des of the heauen. Yee, out of one of the
left of theſe hornes, there came vp p[et] an[\]o-
ther h[oz]ne, which w[ar]ed maruelous greate:
towarde the ſouth, towarde the eſt, and to
warde the ſap[re] pleasaunt lande. It grewe
vp to the h[oo]t of heauen, where of it dyd caſt
some downe to the grounde, & of the k[ar]res
alſo, and trode them vnter fete.

Yee, it grewe vp vnto the pryncpe of the
h[oo]t, from whom the dayl[pe]e offeringe was
taken, & the place of h[ap]s Sanctuary caſten
downe. And a certaine ſeason was geuen
vnto it, agapnſt þ dayl[pe]e offeringe (because
of wyckedneſſe) that it mygħt caſt downe þ
verye to the grounde, and so to p[ro]spere in
all thinges

E

*Luk. i.
Dame. xlii.

*Luk. i. 20.

*Dan. vii. 1-6.

*Jer. xlii.
Ezek. xii.

*Dan. vii.
R.T.
I. Mach. xlii.

*1. 1. 10.

*1. 1. 11.

*2. 1. 12.

["Of Daniel.", "Jo. cxiij.", "I Daniel deeth to haud that performed of God which he had promised concernyng the returne of the people from them; baunysbement in Asaphon. A true confession. Danpe's paper is hearde. Gabriel the Angel erponndeth vnto hym the vision of the Ixx. weakes. The anonyrnynge of Chyft. The buptynge agapne of Jerualem vnoer hebeniam. The death of Chua.", "all thynges, that it wente aboute.", "Upon this I herde one of the laintes speakinge, which laynte layde vnto one that asked this question. How longe shall this vision of the daylie sacrifice and of the waiting abhominacion endure: that the Sanctuary and the power shall be troden under taker. And he answered him: Unto the eucninge of the mozminge, euen two thouande and thee hundreth dayes: then shall the Sanctuary be cleensed agayne.", "Now when I Daniel had sene this vision, and sought for the understandinge of it: beholde, there stode before me a thinge like man to a man. And I herde a man sayce in the river of Elyap, which cried, and layde: D Ga briel, make this man understand the vision. So he came, and stode by me. But I was atraped at his comminge, and fell downe upon my face.", "Then layde he vnto me, D thou sonne of man, marcke well, for in the last time shall this vihō be fulfilled. Now as he was speakynge vnto me, I waxed laynte, so I汁汁欷 downe to the grounde. But he tooke holde upon me, and sett me vp agapne, layinge: Beholde, I will chewe the, what shall happen in þ last wath: for in the time appointed it shall be fulfilled.", "The ramme which thou sawest with the two hoznes, is the kynge of the Medes and Perses: but the goate is the kynge of Greece lande: the greate hozne that stode betwixt his eyes, that is the principall kynge. But where as it brake, and koure other role vp in the steade: it lignifieth, that out of this people shall stande vp * koure kynghomes, but not so mygbtic as it.", "After these kingdoms (while the vngodly-nelle is a growinge) there shall arple a kynge of an unhamekraft face, which shall be wþle in darcke speakynges.", "He shall be mygbtic and stronge, but not in his awne strength. He shall destroye aboue measure, and all that he goeth aboute shall prospere: he shall laye the stronge and holy people. And thoreowe his craftynes, falched shall prospere in his hande, his derte shall proude, and many one shall be put to death in his welthynelle. He shall ståde vp agapynst the Prince of Pynnces, * but he shall be destroyed without hande. And thys vision that is chewed vnto the, is as lure as þ euenge and the moznyng. * Therfore wþpte thou vp this lyght, for it wylbe longe or it come to paffe.", "Upon this was I Daniel very laynte, so that I laye sicke certayne dayes: but when I rose vp, I wente aboute the kinges busyennesse, and marueled at the vision, neuerthelesse no man knewe of it.", "C The ix. Chapter.", "A the first peare of Darius the A tonne of Ahaluerus, * which * Daniel v.c.", "was of the sede of the Medes, and was made kynge ouer the realme of the Caldees: pee, euè in the first peare of his raygne, I Daniel deified to knowe the yearly nombre out of the bokes, wherof the Loode spake vnto * Je- re temp the Prophete: that Jerualem thulde I ye waste. Ix. peares: and I turned me vnto God the Loode, for to praye and make myne intercession, with falkynge, sache clothe and ahes, I prayed before the Loode mp God, and knowledged, layinge.", "* D Lozd, thou greate and fearfull God, thou that kevelt couenaunt and mercy with them, which loue the, and do thy commaundements. * We haue hymnd, we haue offèd, we haue bene disobedient and gone back: pee, we haue departed from all thy preceptes and iudgementes.", "We wolde neuer kolowe theernauntes of the Propheters, that spake in thy name to oure kynges and princes, to oure forefather, and to all the people of the lande * D Lozd, rightouesnelle belongeth vnto the, vnto vs pertapneth nothynge but open name: as it is come to paffe this daye vnto euery man of Juda, and to them that dwell at Jerualem. Pee, vnto all Israel, whether they be farre or neye: thorow out all landes: wherein thou hafst krowed them, because of the offences, that they had done agaynst the.", "Pee, D Loode, vnto vs. to oure kynge s & princes, to oure forefathers: euè to vs. all, * that haue offended the belongeth of thee. But vnto the, D Loode oure God, pertapneth mercy and forzgenenelle. As for vs, we are gone backe from hym, and haue not obeyed the doyce of the Loode oure God, to walke in his lawes, * which he layed before vs by hisernauntes the Propheters: pee, all Israel haue träiğresled, and gone backe from thy lawe, so that they haue not herckeneed vnto thy doyce.", "Wherefore, þ curse & othe * that is written in the lawe of Moses the sufferant of God & ( agaynst who we haue offèded) is poured vp on vs. * And he hath perfourmed his wodes, which he spake agaynst vs, & agaynst oare iudges that iudged vs: to bringe upon vs soch a greate plage, as never was under heauen, Ipe as it is now come to paffe in Jerualem. Pee, all this plage, as it is written in the lawe of Moses, is come vpon vs. Yet made we not oure prayer before þ Lozd", "D P oure God,", "I Jere. xix. b\nand, xix. b.", "I. E. St. I. a.\nand, Ix. c.", "I. Baruc. I. b.", "I. Mach. i. a.", "After these kingdoms (while the vngodly-nelle is a growinge) there shall arple a kynge of an unhamekraft face, which shall be wþle in darcke speakynges.\n\nHe shall be mygbtic and stronge, but not in his awne strength. He shall destroye aboue measure, and all that he goeth aboute shall prospere: he shall laye the stronge and holy people. And thoreowe his craftynes, falched shall prospere in his hande, his derte shall proude, and many one shall be put to death in his welthynelle. He shall ståde vp agapynst the Prince of Pynnces, * but he shall be destroyed without hande. And thys vision that is chewed vnto the, is as lure as þ euenge and the moznyng. * Therfore wþpte thou vp this lyght, for it wylbe longe or it come to paffe.", "I. Mach. i. a.\nII. Thess. a. b.", "I. Sa. xij. d.", "B", "I. Treo. I. b.", "I. Sal. c. I. a.", "C", "I. I. Dett. I. d.\nI. I. Deth. I. d.\nI. I. Deth. I. d.\nI.

The Prophecy

oure God, that we myght turne agayne fro
oure wickednesse, and to be lerned in thy de-
rite. Therfore hath the Loode made hafte, to
bringe this plage vpō vs, for the Loode oure
God is rpghteous, in all his wozckes which
he doth: for why: we wolde not hercken vn-
to his voyce.

*Baruc, ii, b
‡Ezek. vii, xiii,
and, xiii, b.

* And now, D Lozde oure God + thou
that with a myghtie hande hafst brought thy
people out of Egypte, to get thy selfe a name
which remaineth this daye: we haue spynned
D Lozde, and done wyckedly agapynst all thy
rpghteousnes: yet let thy wofebfull displea-
sure be turned awaye (I bebeche the) from
thy cyte Jerusalem thy holy hyll. And why?
for oure spynnes sake, and for the wyckednesse
of oure koze fathers is Jerusalem and thy peo-
ple abhozred, of all them that are aboute vs:
Now therefore, D oure God, heare yf prayer
of thy seruaunt, and his intercession. D let
not thy face thyne ouer thy Sanctuary, that
E lieth waffe:

D my God, enclynethine care, and her-
ken (at the leest for thine awne sake) open
thine eyes: behold how we be desolated, yee,
and the cytie alio, which is called after thy
name: for we do not call oure prayers before
the in oure awne righteouines, no: but onely
in thy great mercies. D Lord, heare: D for-
gene Loode, D Loode consydzre, tarye not
ouer longe: but for thyne awne sake do it. D
my God: for thy cite and thy people is called
after thy name.

As I was yet speakinge at my prayers,
knowledgyngemyne awne spynnes, and the
spynnes of my people, makynge so myne in-
tercession before the Loode my God, for the
holy hils lake of my God: yee, while I was
yet speakinge in my prayer, beholde, the ma-
Gabriel, (* who I had lene afore in the vi-
sion) came flyinge to me, and touched me a-
boute the offeringe tyme in the euenynge. He
infourmed me, and spake vnto me: D Daniel
sayde he, I am now come to make the un-
derstande it. For as soone as thou beganeft
to make thy prayer, it was so diuised, and ther-
foze am I come to the wey. And why? * For
thou art a man greatly beloved.

*Dani. vii, c.
and, viii, a.

F

*Dan. x, c, d.

Wherefore, pondze the matter well, that
thou mapest lerne, to vnderstande the visio-
s. Lxx. wekes are determined ouer thy people,
and ouer the holy cytie: that the wyckednes
mape be consumed, that the spynne may haue
an ende, that the offence mape be reconeiled,
and to bringe in euerlastingly rpghteousnesse,
to kufkyll the visions and the Prophletes, and
to anopnte the mooft holy one. Understan-
de this then, and marke it well: that from
the tyme it chalbe concluded * to go and re-
payze Jerusalem agayne, vnto Chriſt (or yf
anopinted) prince: there chalbe seuen wekes:
Then shall the stretes and walles be buyl-

*i. Bar. xxx.
iv, d.
L, E, s, p, s, i, a.

ded agayne. Ixij. wekes, but with hard trou-
bious tyme. After these. Ixij. wekes, shall
Chriſt be spayne, and the chall have no plea-
sure in him. Then shall there come a people
with the Prince, and destrope the cyte and
the Sanctuary: and his ende shall come as
the water flonde. But the delolacion shall co-
tpune tyll the ende of the batell.

He shall make a kronge bonde with ma-
ny, for the space of a weke: and when weke
is halfe gone, he shall put downe the spayne
and meat oftringe. * And in the temple there
chalbe an abhominable desolacion, tyll it ha-
ue destroied all. And it is concluded, that this
walkinge shall continue vnto the ende.

The x. Chapter.

There appeareth vnto Daniel a man clothed in hy-
nen, which therefore him wherfore he is sent.

*Mat. xii, v.
D.
Mar. xiii, b.

At the thylde peare of lyng Cireu
of Perfia, there was chered vnto
Daniel (other wife called Baltha-
sar) a matter, yee, a true matter,
but it is yet a longe time vnto it. He under-
ftode the matter well, and perceaued what y
vilis was. At yfame time, I Daniel mour-
ned for y space of thze wekes, so that I had
no lust to eate bzed: as for kyle and wyne the-
re came none within my mouth: No, I dyd
not ones anoynte my selfe, tyll y whole thze
wekes were out.

A

Upon the .xxiiiij. dape of the first moneth,
I was by the greate flonde, called Tygris
* I likt vp mine eyes, and loked: and behol-
de, a man clothed in linen, whose loynes we-
re gyzded vp with fyne golde of Araby: his
bodp was like the Chriſolite stone, his face
(to loke vpon) was lyke lyghtenpnyge, hys
eyes as the flame of fyze, his armes and fcte
were lyke fayze glysteringe metall, but the
voyce of his wodes was like the voyce of a
multitude.:

*Mat. xii, v.
Apoc. x, a.

* I Daniel alone sawe this vision + the
men that were with me, sawe it not: but a
greate fearfulnesse fell vpon them, so yf they
fled awaye, and hpd them selues. I was left
there my selfe alone, and sawe this great vi-
sion, so longe tyll there remayned nomozre
strength within me: yee, I lost my coloure
clene, I wafsted awaye, and my strength was
gone. Yet herde I the voyce of his wodes:
and as soone as I herde it, kayntnesse came
vpon me, and I fell downe flat to the grou-
de vpon my face. And behold, an hande tou-
ched me, which let me vp upon my knees ad
vpon the palmes of my handes, sayinge vn-
to me. * D Daniel, thou well beloved man:
take good bede of the wodes, that I shall
saye vnto the, and kande right vp, for vnto
the am I now sent.

*Dan. xii, v.
Acres. ix, a.

*Daniel, x, b.

And when he had sayd the se wodes, I C
flonde vp tremblinge. Then sayd he vnto me:
feare not Daniel: for why, fenceth yfkytt dape
that thou

Of Daniel.

Fo. crivij.

that thou let thine herte to understande, and
dydeft chaften thy selfe before thy God: thy
woodes hane bene herde. And I had come
unto the, whethou begannest to l'peake had
not the prince ouer the kynge dome of the Per-
les withstande me. xxi. dayes. But lo, * Mi
chael one of the chefe princes, came to helpe
me, him haue I left by the king of Persia, &
am come to the we the, what shall happè vnto
thy people in the latter dayes. I for it wyl-
be longe yet on the villion be fulkyll ed.

I. Jofue, v.d.
Daniel, ii, a

Now when he had spoken these woodes
unto me, I kast downe my head to the grou-
de and helde my tunge. Beholde, there tou-
ched my lippes one very lyke unto a man.
Then opened I my mouth, and sayde unto
him, that stode before me, O my Loode, my
lopantes are lowsed in the villion, and there is
nomore strength within me. How may my
Loodesferaunt then talke with my Loode:
seinge there is no strength in me, so that I ca-
not take my hede: Upon this there touched
me agayne, one moch lyke a man * and con-
fozted me, sayinge. O thou man so well be-
loved, keare not: be content, take a good hert
unto the, and be stronge: So when he had
spoken unto me, I recovered, and sayde.
Speake on my Loode, for thou hast refreshed
me. Then sayd he: knowest thou wherfore I
am come unto the now will I go agayne to
kyght with the prince of the Perles. As soo-
ne as I go forth, lo, the prince of Grekelan-
de shall come. Neuer theles, I will the we the
the kynge, that is fast noted in the scrumptu-
re of trueth. And as for all yonder matters,
there is none that helpeth me in the, but Mi-
chael youre pryncpe.'

I. Dan. ix, d.

C The. xj. Chapter.

C. A. prophesy of the kynge of Persia. Of the kyn-
dome of Greece. Of the kynge vnoof of Egypt, & of the
boude thereof, and of the battel with the kynge dome of
Syria. Of the Jewes that flye vnto the Kynge of
Egypte, whom Antiochus the kynge of Syria per-
secuteth, which flye vther than vs Antichypst. The
pyde of Antiochus.

A

Ad in the fyft peare of Darius of
Medea, I stode by him, to comfoz-
te him, and to strength him, & now
wyl I the we the trueth. Behol-
de, there shall stande up yet thre kynge in
Perſia, but the fourth halbe farre ryche the
they all. And whé he is in the chekeſt power
of his ryches, he shall pronoke euery man a-
gaynſt the realme of Grekelande. * Then
Chall there aryſe yet a myghtye kynge, that
Chall rule with greate dominio, and do what
him lyſt. * And as ſoon as his kynge dome
cometh vp, it halbe deſtroyed, and deuied
towarde the foure wyndes of the heauen.
They þ come after hym, shall not haue ſoch
power and dominyon as he: but his kyn-
dome halbe ſatred, yee, euen amonge other

I. Dan. vii, a.

I. Maba, a.

then those. And the kynge of the south chal-
be myghtyper, the his other princes. Agaynſt
hym there shall one make him ſelve ſtron-
ge, and shall rule his domynyon with greate
power.

But after certayne yeares they halbe ioy-
ned together, ad the kynge daughter of the
the southe shall come to ſkinge of þ North,
for to make freendlypp, but the chal not op-
tayne the power of that arme, neither shall
the be able to endure thoro w his myght: but
the, and koch as h brought her (yee and he that
begat her, and conſo zted her for his tyne )
chalbe deuìered vp. Out of the b launches
of her rote, there shall one kande vp in his
ſteade: which with power of armes chall go
thozowe the kynge lande of the north, and
handle him acco zdinge to his ſtrength. As
for their Idols and princes, with their coſtly
Jewels of golde and ſyluer, he chall carp the
awaye captyues into Egypte, and he chall
proueayle agaynſt the kynge of the nozth cer-
tayne yeares. And when he is come into the
kynge realm of the south, he chalbe fayne
turne agayne into his awne lande. Wher-
fore his ſonnes chalbe displeased, ad chall ga-
ther together a myghty greate hooſt of peo-
ple: and one of them chall come, and go tho-
rowe lyke a water flowde: then chall he re-
turne, and go forzth with deſyinge and boa-
ſtinge vnto his awne lande.

Then the kynge of the south chalbe an-
gry and chall come forzth to fight agaynſt the
kynge of the north: yee, he chall brynge a
greate multitude of people together, and a
greate heape chalbe geuen into his hâde: the-
le chall he carp awaye with greate pyde, for
ſo moch as he hath caſt downe so many thon-
landes, neuer theles, he chall not pzeuayle.
Iko the kynge of the north chall gather (of
the new) a greater heape of people then afo-
re, and come forzth ( after a certayne tyme ad
yeares) with a myghty hooſt and exceadin-
ge greate good.

At the fame tyme there chall many ſtâde
upagaynſt the kynge of the south, so that þ
wycked chyldren of they people alio chall ex-
alte them ſelues (to fulkyll the villion) & then
fall. So the kynge of the north chall come to
laye ſege, and to take the krog ſenſed cypties:
And the power of them of the south chall not
be able to abp de him, and the best men of the
people chall not be ſo krog, as to reſyſt hym.
Sho ztelp, when he commeth, he chall handle
hym as he lyſt, & no man chalbe so hardy as
to ſtâde agaynſt him. He chall ſtâde in þ plea
ſaunt couſtre, which thozowe him chalbe de-
stroyed. He chall let his face w all his power
to optayne his kingdome, and to be lyke it.
Yee, that chall he do, and geue him vnto the
daughters amôge wemen, to deſtroye hym.
But he chall fayle, neither chall he optayn

Pp. ij, his pur

The Prophecy

D

hys purpose. Afer this shall he set his face
unto the Jles,and take many of the. A prin-
ce shall stoppe him, to do him a chame, befyde
the confusyon that eis shall come unto him.

Thus shall he tourne agayne to hys awne
lande, ftomble and fall, and be nomore fou-
de: so he that came upon him and dyd hym
violence, shall stande in his place, and hane a
pleasaunt kynge dome: and after fewe dayes
he chalbe destroyed, and that nether in wath,
ner in battel. In his steade there shall arple
a wyle person, not holden wath of a kyn-
ges dignytie: this shall come in crakely, and
optayne the kynge dome with kayze wordes:
he shall fight agaynst the armes of my mpgh-
tye (aud destroye them) yee, and agapnst the
prince of the couenaunt.

So after that he hath taken truce with
him, he shall hâdle disseatfully: that he may
get vp, and ouercome him with a small flo-
che: and so with craftynesse to get him to the
fattest place of the lande, and to deale other
wpe, the ether his fathers or graundkathers
dyd. For he shall destroye the thinge, that
they had robbed ad spoyled, yee, and all their
subftraunce: pmagenpynge thoughtes agaynst
the stronge holdes, and that for a tyme.
His power and herte chalbe stered vp with a
greate armpe agaynst the kynge of the south
where thozowe the kynge of the south Chal-
be moued then unto batell, with a greate ad
mpghtie hoost also. Neuerthelesse, he shall
not be able to stande, for they shall conspyze
agapnst him. Yee, they that eate of his meate
shall hurte him: so that his hoost shall fall, &
many be slayne downe.

E

These two kynges chalbe mynded to do
myle ke, and talk of disseate at one table:
but they shall not prospere, for why, the ende
shall not come yet, unto the tyme apoynted.

* II. Mac. v. a

* Then shall he go home agayne into his a-
wone lande with great good, and let his hert
agapnst the holy couenaunt, he chalbe bulpe
agapnst it, and then returne home. At the ty-
me appoynted he shall come agayne, and go
towarde the south. So shall it happen other
wpe then at the fyust, yet ones agayne. And

* Ant. xii. 11. 12.

why? * Æchippes of Cythim shall come vp
him, that he may be smytte and turne agay-
ne: that he may take indignacio agaynst the
couenaunt of holynesse, to medle agaynst it.
Yee, he shall turne him, and drie we soch unto
him, as leane the holy couenaunt.

F

He shall let myghty men to unbalowe Æ
Sanctuary of strength, to put downe the
daylie offeringe, and to let up the abhomina
ble desolacyon. And soch as brake the cou-
naunt shall he flattre with kayze wordes.
But the people that will knowe their God,
shall haue the ouerhande and prospere. Cho-
se also that hane understandinge amonge the
people shall enfourme the multitude: and for

a longe season, the chalbe persecuted with
swearde, with fyze, with captiuite and with
the takynge awape of the? goodes. Now
when they fall, the chalbe lett up with a
lytle helpe: but many shall cleue unto them
fapnedly.

Ye some of those which haue understan-
dying chal be persecuted also, that they maye
be tried, purifyed and clenfed, tyll the tyme
he out: for there is yet another time appop-
ted. The kynge shall do what him lyft * he
chall exalte and magnify him selke agaynst
all that is God. Yee, he shall speake marue-
lous thinges agaynst the God of all goddes
wherin he shall prospere, so longe tyll the
* wath be fulfilled, for the conclusion is de-
vised alredy. He shall not regarde the God
of hys fathers, but his lust shall be upon we-
men. Yee, he shall not care for enp God, for he
shall magnify him selke aboue all. In hys
place shall he worshipe the myghtie Idols:
and the God whom his fathers kne we not,
shall be honoure with golde and dyuer, with
precious stones and pleasaunt Jewels.

This shall he do, se kynge helpe and suc-
coure at the myghtye Idols and strange
Goddes. So as will recceue him, and ta-
ke hym for God, he shall geue them greate
worshipe and power: yee, and make them
lodes of the multitude, and geuen them the
land with rewards. In the latter tyme chal
the kynge of the south strue with him: and
the kynge of the north in lyke maner chal co-
me agapnst him with charettes, hozmen &
with a greate naup of chippes. He shall come
into the landes, destroye and go thozowe: he
shall entre also into the kayze pleasaunt land.
Many cities and coureces shall decaye * ex-
cepte Edom, Woab and the best of the chil-
den of Ammon, which shall escape from his
hande. He shall stretch forth his handes vp
the countrees, and the lande of Egypte: chal
not escape him. For thozow his goypnge in,
he shall haue dominion ouer the treasures of
dyuer and golde, and ouer all the precious
Jewels of Egypt, Libia & Ethiopia. * Ne-
uerthelesse, the tydnges out of the East and
the north shall trouble him, for the which cau-
se he shall goo forth to destroye and curse a
greate multitude. The tentes of his palace
shall be pytched betwpte the two sees, vp
the hyl of the noble Sanctuary, for he shall
come to the ende of it, * and then shall no
man helpe him.

* II. Dool.

* Apoca. xii.

G

* Apoca. xii.

* Apoca. xii.

* Apoc. xii. and, xii. c.

C The xii. Chapter.

The p[ro]phyceth the resurrec[tion] of the deed. The
darknesse of the prophepe of Daniel.

He tyme wyll come also, that the
A great prince * Michael, which sta-
deth on thy peoples syde, chal arple
bp, for * there shall come a tyme of
trouble, soch as neucr was, sens there began
to

* Apoca. xii.

* Mat. xii. vii.

Of Oleas.

Jo.tcb.

The boke of the
Prophete Oleas.

The kyrk Chapter.

Theyme wherin Oleas prophesied. Olesby takynge an harlot to his wypse, sigurneth the Jolatrype of the people. The deucreacion of the olbypunge of Jehu, and of the Israeltes, is prophesied.

to be enp people, unto that same tyme.
Then shall thy people be deliuered, yee, all
thofe that be founde written in the boke.

* Many of them that lepe in the dust of the
earth, shall awake: some to the euclastinge
lype, some to perpetuall fame and repzofe.

*Joh.eb.c.
i. Loim.eb.e.

* The wypse (soch as haue taught other) hal
glyster, as the chyninge of heauen: and tho-
le þ haue instructe the multitude unto god-
lynelle, halbe as the starres, wozlde with-
out ende. *

*Mat.xiii.c.
Sapien.xiii.c.

B

And thou Daniel, but vp these wozles, and seale the boke tyll þ last tyme. Wany shall go aboute here and there, and then shall knowledge increale. So I Daniel loked, Æd beholde, there stode >as it were) other C two: one upon thys chozre of the water, the other upon yonder lyde. And one of them layde vnto him, which was clothed in lynen ad stode aboue upon the waters of þ cloude. How longe thal it be to the ende of these woderous wozckes?

* Apoca.r.a.

* Then herde I the ma with the lyns clothes, which stode aboue upon the waters of the cloude: when he helde vp his ryght and left hande vnto heauen, and sware by him which lyueth forz euer * that it shall tarp foz a tyme, two tymes and halfe a tyme: when the power of the holp people is clene scatred abzode, then shall all these thynge s be fulfilled.

* Apoca.r.f.c.
and.eu.e.

D

I herde it well, but I vnderkode it not:
Then layde I: D myd londe, what shall hap-
pen after that: he answered: Go thy wape
Daniel, for those wozdes shall be closed vp
& sealed, tyll the last last tyme: and many hal-
be purified, clenfed and tried. *(as it were fypre)
But the ungodly shall lyue wyckedly * and
thofe wycked ( as many of them as they be)
thal haue no understandinge. As for soch as
haue understandinge, they shall regarde it.
And from the tyme forzth that the daylie of-
feringe halbe put downe and the abhomie-
nable delolacyon sett vp, there halbe a
thoufande two hundreth &c. dapes.

*Mat.xiii.b.

*Matth.e.c.
and, r.f.fii.a.

* Ð well is him, that wap teth, &
cometh to the thoufande. ij.c.
&d. xxx.v. dapes. Go thou thy
waye now tyl it be ended:
take thy rest, and byde
thy lot, tyll the
dapes haue
an ende.

The ende of the Prophecy
of Daniel.

His is the worde of þ Lord, A
that came vnto Oleas the
sonne of Beerp * in þ dapes
of Oleas, Joathan, A has
Jezekias kynge of Juda: &
in the tyme of Jeroboam the
ſone of Joas kying of Israel.

* III. Regi.
E.bvi.
and, xvii.c.

Kyrk, when the Lord lpaKe vnto Oleas
he layde vnto him. * Go thy wape, ta-
ke an harlott to thy wyke, and get chuldren
by her: for the lande hath committed greate
whoz dome agaynst the Lord. So he wen-
te, & toke Gomer the daughter of Deblaim:
which conceaued, and brought foztha fon-
ne. And the Lord layde vnto him: call hys
name Jefrael, for * I will choſtly auenge
þ bloud of Jefrael vp the house of Jehu,
and wyll brynge the kynge dome of the house
of Jfraell to an ende. The will J heake the
bowe of Jfraell, in the valley of Jefrael.

* Leu. xxi. b.
Sec. xliii. d.

* III. te. tb. c.
and, evi. and
viii. b.
‡ III. Ke. fxi. b.

She conceaued yet agayne, and bare a
daughter. And he layde vnto him. Call her
name. Lozuhamah (that is, not optayninge
mercy) * for I will hauc no pitie vp þ hou-
ſe of Israel, but forget them, and put them
cleane out of remèbzaunce. * Heuertheleſe,
I wyll haue mercp upon the house of Juda,
and will faue the, euen thoſowê þ Lord their
god. But I will not delyuer them thoſowe
enp bowe, I wearde, batell, horſes or horſme.

Now, when the had weaned Lozuhamah,
the conceaued agayne, and bare a ſonne.
Then layde he: call hys name, Loamy. For
why pe are not my people, therfore will not
I be yours. And though the nomize of the
childen of Israel be as the lande of the ſee,
which can neither be measured ner tolde: yet
in the place where it is layd vnto them * ye
be not my people: euen there that it be thus
repor ted of the * they be the children of the
Ipuing God. ÷ Then shall the chuldre of Ju-
da and the children of Jfraell be gathered to-
geth er agayne, and choſe the ſelues one head,
and then departe out of the lande: for greate
halbe the daye of Jfraell.

* III. e. xvii.c.

* Gen. fxi. b
III. Ke. fxi. g.

* Roma. ix. c.

* John. i. a.

*CCC.FFF.VI.‡

The.ij. Chapter.

The people is called vnto repentance.

Ell poure hzethen, that they are
my people: and your ſylkern, that
they haue optayned mercp. As for
your mother, pe shall chpde w

PP ij her,

The prophecy

*Here, vii. a.
her, àd reproue her * koz the is not my wyke,
neither am I her huoande, onlesse the put a-
awe her whordome out of my spylgt, & her
aduontry from her hrestes. If no I hal stry-
pe her naked, & seft her * euen as the came in
to the word: yee, I shall lape her wale, and
make her lyke a wildernesse, and flape her for-
thylste. I hal haue no pite also vpô her chil-
dre * koz they be the children of fornicacyon.

*John, vii, d.

Their mother hath broken her wedlocke,
and the that bare the * is come to confusion,
If or the layd: I will go after my louers,
þ gene me my water and my hred, my woll
flare, my oyle and my dryncke. But I will
hedge her waye with thornes, and stoppe it,
that the shall not fynde her foteste ppes: and
though she runne after her louers, yet chal the
not get them: the chal seke them, but not kon-
de them. * Then shall the lape: well, I will
go turne agayne to my kylst hou bande, for
at that tyme was I better at eale, the nowe
But this wolde the not knowe, where as I
yet gaue her cozne, wyne, oyle, lyuer & gold
* Eze. vii, b.
* which the hath hanged upon Baall.

*III. Regn.
IV. Ia.

B

*Leul, xv, e.

*Ezek. vii, b.

*Jer. xiii, e.

C
*Deut, xvii, c.

C
*Deut, xvii, c.

*Judic. ii. b.
and f, b.

D
*Johue, vii, d.

*Judic. b. a.

*Ezek. xv, a.

*Leu, xxi, b.

*Ezek. vii, a.

*Ezek. xvi, b.

Wherfore, now will I take my coz-
ne and wyne agayne in their season, and fet
agayne my woll and in p[]lar, which I gaue
her, to couer her chame. * And now will I
discouer her koolpynnesle, euen in the fyght of
her louers, and no man shall delyuer her out
of my hâdes. Woreouer, I will take aawe
al her myrth * her holy dayes, her newmoo-
nes, her Sabbathes and all her solépne fea-
rites: I will destrope her vynardes âd fygg
trees, though the faith: lo, heare are my re-
wardes, þ my louers haue geuen me. I will
make it a wodde, and the wylde beestes chal
eate it vp. I will punych her also koz þ dayes
of Baall * wherin the censel'd him, deckyngc
him with her earinges and cheynes: whc the
follow'd her louers, and kozgat me, layeth
the Lorde.

Wherkoze beholde. I will call her agayne
bringe her into a wildernes, and speake fréd-
ly unto her: there will I geue her her vyniar-
des agayne, yee & the * valley of Acho also
to the we her hope and comfozte. Then shall
the Synge there * as in the tyme of her youth,
and þ lyke as in the dape when the came out
of the lande of Egypte. Then (faith þ Lord
the shall lape vnto me) O my hou bande, âd
shall call me nomoze Baall: koz I will take
awepe thofe names of Baall fro her mouth,
yee, the shall neuer remembre their names emp
more. * The will I make a couenaunt with
them, with the wylde beaftes, with the fou-
les of the apre, âd with euarp thinge that cre-
peth vpon the earth.

* As koz howe, swerde and batell, I will
destrope soch out of þ lande, & will make the
to lepe sakely. * Thus wyll I marp the vn-
to myne awne selfe koz euermoze: yee, euë to

my selfe wyll I marp the, in rpyghte ounesse,
in equpte, in lounge kypndesse and mercy.
In sayth also will I marp the vnto my self,
and thou chalt knowe the Lord. At the same
tyme will I chewe my selfe friendly and gra-
cious vnto the heauens, faith the Lorde: âd
the heauens shall helpe the earth as the earth
shall helpe the cozne, wyne and oyle, as they
shall helpe Israel. * I will lowe them vpô
earth, koz a lede to myne amne selfe, as will
haue mercy vpô her, that was without mer-
cy. And to them which were not my people,
I will lape: thou art my people and the shall
lape: thou art my God.

*Is. 10, 11, 12*

*Hos. 12, 13*

C The. iij. Chapter.

Of the louse of God toward the people.

Hen layde the Lorde to me: * Go yet
thy waye âd vowe an aduouterous
womâ, who thy nepghboure loueth,
as the Lord doth the children of Israel: how
be it they have respecte to Itraunge goddes,
* as loue the wyne kannes. So I gat her
koz. rv. lyuerlpnges, and koz an Homer & an
halke of barlye, as layde vnto her: Thou chalt
byde with me a longe season, but se that thou
plapest not the harlot, as loke þ medle w none
other mâ, as then will I kepe my selfe for the.

*Ezek. xii, 11*

*Ezek. vii, 11*

* Thus the children of Israel shall lyt a
great while without kypng and p[]rince, with
out offering and aulter, without p[]zeke & re-
uelacyon. But after warde shall the chyldren
of Israel conuerte, and seke the Lorde their
God, âd * David their kypnge: * in the latter
dayes they shall woz[]hipe the Lorde, and his
louinge kypndesse.

*II. 12, 13*

*Ezek. xii, 11*

vii, d.

C The. sij. Chapter.

Ta c[]dplaynte aganust the people & the prentes of Israel.

Eare the word of þ Lord, Dye
childre of Israel. For the Lord
must punych the, that dwell in þ
lande. And why? There is no
faithfulnesse, there is no mercie,
there is no knowledge of God in the lande:
but swearing, lyeng, manslaughter, theft âd
aduontry haue gotte the ouerbande, and one
bloudgiltinesse foloweth another. Therkoze
shall the land be in a miferable caſe, & all they
that dwell therin, shall mourne. The beaſtes
in the kelde, the foules in the apre, & the fithes
in the fee shall dye. Pet is there none, þ will
chaſten no[]r reproue another. * The p[]zeaſtes
which chulde reſourme other men, are beco-
me lyke the people.

*Is. 10, 11, 12*

Therkoze stombleſt thou in the dape time
& the prophet w the in þ might. I will bringe
thy mother to ſilence, and why? * my people
perish, because they have no knowledge. He-
inge then þ thou haſt reſuſed understanding,
therkoze will I reſuſe the also: so that thou
chalt nomoz[e] be my p[]zeke. And koz so moch
as thou haſt kofzotte þ la we of thy God, I
wyll

*Baruch. iii, 11*

*Ezek. xii, b.*

wyll

The prophesy

The viij. Chapter.

The destruction of Judas and Israel, because of
them, p.doleatpe.

Et the horne to thy mouth, & blowe:
get the wypkely (as an Aegle) vnto
the house of the Lozde: for they haue
broken my * couenaunt, and transgresse
my lawe. Israel can ape vnto me: thou art
my God, we knowe the: but he hath refused
the thing that is good, therfore shall the ene-
my folowe upon hym. * Thep haue oze-
dene d kynges, but not thow me: thep hane
made princes, and I must not knowe of it.
* Of their Syluer and golde haue they made
them Images, to hynge them felues to de-
struacion. * Thyp calf, D Samaria, thalbe
taken away, for my wrothfull indignacion
is gone forth agaynst the. How longe will it
be, or they can be clensed. For the calfe came
from Israel, the wozcke man made it, ther-
fore can it be no God, but euen to a spyers
webbe shall the calfe of Samaria be turned.
They haue so wne wynde, therfore shall
they reape a stozme.

P

Deu. xxxi. 1.

I. III. Ke. xlii.

Eze. vii.

I. III. Ke. xlii.

B

D

Their sede thal beare no corne, there thal
no meale be made of their increale : though
they reape, yet thal straingers deuoure it vp.
Israel shall perill, the Gëtiles thall intrea-
te him as a foule vellall. Sence they wët up
to the Aslyiãs, they are become lyke a wpl-
de affe in the deferte.

* Ephzaim geueth rewardes to get louers
therfore are they scatred amonge the Heathes
there wyll I gather the vp. The p hal soone
be weery of þ burthen of kynges & pynnces.
Ephzaim hath made many aulters to do
wickednes, therfore that the aulters turne to
his synne. Though I chewe them my lawe
neuer so moch, they counte it but kraunge
doctryne. Where as they do sacrifyce, offerin-
ge the fleche and eatinge it: the Lozde wyll
have no pleasure therin: but wyll remembre
their wickednes, and punithe their lynnes.
* If Israel turneth agapne into Egipt, thep ha-
ue kogotten him that made the, they buylde
churches, ad Juda maketh many strong cy-
ties: * therfore will I sende a kyze into their
cyties, and it shall confume their places.

I. III. Ke. xlii. c
Ezek. xvi. 1.

C

D

Deu. xxxi. 1.
III. Ke. xlii.

I. III. Ke. xlii.

The ix. Chapter.

C Dk the bunger and ca pynptiont of Israel.

D not þ triumphe, O Israel,
make no boastynge more then the
Heathen, for thou haſt committed
adououtry agaynst thy God: stra-
ge rewardes haſt thou loued, moze the all þ
corneflozes. * Therefore shall they nomore
entoye the corne flozes and wyne pzeselles, and
their swete wyne shall fayle the. They wyll
not dwellin þ Lozdes lande * but Ephzaim
turneth agapne into Egipte, and eateth vn-
cleane thinges amonge the Aslyiãs: They
poure out no wyne for a drinckoffring vnto
the Lozd,

A

D

Agge. s.n.

Ezek. iii. 1.

thynges haue Iene in the house of Israel,
there playeth Ephzaim þ harlot, & Israel is
defyled: but Juda thal haue an harneft for
hym selfe, when I returne the captynite of
my people. "

The viij. Chapter.

C Dk the byces and wantonnes of the people.

A

When I undertake to make Israel
whole, then the ungraciouſneſſe of
Ephzaim and the wickednes of Sa-
maria cometh to lyght: the go they
aboute w lyes. At home, they be theues: &
without they fall to robbynge. Theyagyde
not in their hertes that I remembrae all their
wickednes. They go about with their awne
inuençios, but I se the well ynough. * They
make the king and the princes, to haue plea-
fure in their wpyckednes & lyes. All these bur-
ne inaduoutry, as it were an ouen that the
baker heateth, when he hath left kneading,
tyll the dowe be leuended. Euen so goeth it
this dave with oure kynges and princes, for
they begynne to be woode droncken thowow
wyne: they vſe familiarite with ſoch as dil-
ceaue them. They with the pmaſaginacion of
their herte are lyke an ouen, their ſlepe is all
þ nypht lyke the ſlepe of a baker, in the moz-
nynge is he as hote as the flame of kyze: they
are all together as hote as an ouen.

Aroma, i.d.

B

C

They haue deuoured their awne iudges,
all their kynges are fallen: yet is there none
of the þ calleth upon me. ☞ Therfore must
Ephzaim be mixte among þ Heathc. Ephza-
im is become lyke a cake, that no man tur-
neſt, straungers haue deuoured his streth,
yet he regardeth it not: he waxeth full of
grap heares, yet wyll he not knowe it * ad
þ pryde of Israel is caſt downe before their
face, yet wyll they not turne to þ Lozrd their
God, ner seke him for all this.

Dike, v. a.

I. III. Ke. xlvii.

D. I. Clay, i.a.

D

I. II. De. i. a.

† Mat. rb. a.
Epist. rr. c.
Lc. xpii.

Ephzaim is lyke a doue, that is begyled,
and hath no herte. * Now call they upon the
Egyprians, now go thep to the Aslyiands:
but whyle they be gopnge here and there, I
shall sprede my net ouer them, & dza we them
downe as the foules of the ayze: & accozding
as they haue bene warned, so will I punithe
the. * Wo be vnto them, for they haue forsa-
ken me. They must be deſtroyed, for they ha-
ue set me at naught. * I am he þ hane redec-
med them, and yet they dissemble with me.

‡ They call not upon me with their hertes,
but lye houlynge upon their beddes. Where
as they come together, it is but for meate ad
dryncke, and me will they not obe ye. I haue
taught them, and defended thep arme, yet
do the pmaſagin my ſchefe agaynſt me. They
turne the ſelues, but not a ryght, and are be-
come as a broken bowe. Their princes thal
be flapne with the swearde, for the malve
of their tunges, toch blasphemyes haue they
Ierned in the lande of Egypte.

I
* +
I. II.
I. I.

*
+
D

I
*

I
*

*

Of Joel,

Jo. xxxii.

¶I. Re. viii. 4, a
faydeft: * gene me a kyng and p[]r]inces: well, I gaue the a kynge in my wath, and in my dypleasure will I take him from þagapne. The w[]p[]ckedneſſe of Ephraim is bounde together, and hys lynne lyeth h[]yd. Th[]erfore, shall lozowes come vpon h[]ym, as vpon a woman that trauaipleth. An undiſcrete ſonnete is he: fo[?]r he consp[]ideth not, that he chulde not haue bene able to haue endured in the tyme of h[]ys by[]r[]eth, had not I defended h[]ym from the graue, and delpuered h[]ym from death..."

¶i. Con. xv. 1, 2
Heb. ii. 4

*Death, I will be thy death: Hell, I will be thy Skyng. Yet can I le no comfoſte, fo[?]r when he is nowe the goodlyest amonge the b[]eth[]zen, the caſt wynde (euen the wynd of the Lo[]rd) shall come downe fro the wildernes, and d[]ze up his conſp[]tions, ſ D[]p[]ncke up his welles: he shall sp[]oyle the treaſure of all pleaſaunt vessels.

As for Samaria, they chalbe made wafe, and why the[]p[] they are dyſobedient vnto the[]y[] God. They shall perſhy with the ſwearde, they[]r] child[]ren chalbe ſlayne, and their wem[]e great with ch[]ylde chalbe ſrpte vp.

C The. xiiiij. Chapter.

C The deſtُruccion of Samaria.

¶I. Ter. v. 1, 2
Ezek. xii. 1, 2
and, xiii. 1, 2
‡ in reg. i. 1, 2

¶Israell, * turne the now, vnto the
Lo[]rd thy God, †fo[?]r thou haſt taken
a g[]reate fall th[]o]zowe thy w[]p[]cked-
nes. & Take theſe wo[d]es with
pon, when ye turne to the Lo[]rd, and ſape
unto h[]ym: D, fo[?]r gene v[s] all oure ſynnes,
reccane vy graciouſly, * † then wyll we of-
re the bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the.
A[]ſur chalbe nom[]o]ze oure helpe[]er, nether wil
we ryde vpon h[]oz[]les enp mo[]ze. As fo[?]r the
wo[d]kes of oure handes, we wyll nom[]o]ze
call vpon them: Fo[?]r it is th[]on that art oure
God, th[]ou ch[]ewel eu[]er in[]erpre vnto the ka-
therleſe.

¶F. Psal. xlii. 4
Heb. iii. 4

¶I. Psal. xlii. 4
Heb. iii. 4

D (kythe p[]holde v]o th[]ps) I chulde heale the[]y[]z loz[]es: y[]ee, with al my h[]ert wolde I[]o-ue them: lo that my w[]ath chulde cleane be turned awaye from the. Y[]ee, I wolde be vnto Israel as the dewe, and he chulde growe as the ly[]le, and h[]ys rote chulde h[]eake out as Libanus. H[]ys ch[]aunches chulde ip[]ze de out abroade and be as fayre as the o[]p[]ue tre and ſmell as Libanus. They that dwell vnto h[]ys ch[]adowe, chulde come agapne, and growe vp as the co[]zne, ‡ flo[]r[]p[]h as the vyne be chulde haue as good a name, as the wyne of Libanus.

¶C
D

D Ephraim, what haue I to do with
Idols enp mo[]ze: I wyll graciously heare
h[]ym, and lede h[]ym for[?]th. I wyll be vnto the
as a grene fy[]re tre, vp[]ome that thou fynde
thy frute. * Who so is wile, chal vnderstand
thy: and he that is r[]ight enſtructe, wyll re-
garde it.* Fo[?]r the wayes of the Lo[]rd are

¶I. Jer. ix. 4

¶I. Psal. xxxii.

erghteous, soch as he Godly wyll walcke in them. As for the w[]cked, they wyll ſomble therin.

C The ende of the p[]roph[]ecy of D[]seas.

C The booke of Joel
the Prophete,

C The first Chapter.

CA proph[]ecy agap[]uſt the J[]ewes. He e[]cho[]teth the p[]restes to play[]et and kaf[]p[]yge for the m[]p[]h[]ecy that was com[]p[]yng at hande.

H[]ys is the wo[d]e of þ[] Lord, þ[]came vnto Jo[]ell the ſonne of Phatuel. Heare, D[]e el-ders: pond[]e this well, all ye that dwell in the lande: p[]k eu[]er there happened soch a thing i[] your dayes, oz in the dayes of you[]re kath[]ers. Tell you[]re ch[]yld[]zen of it, and lett them thew[]e it vnto the[]y[] ch[]yld[]zen, ‡ lo[]t they to certify their poſterite ther- of. Lo[]ke what the caterp[]ller h[]ath leſte, that h[]ath the greth[]oper eaten vp: what the gre- h[]oper leſte, that h[]ath the locuſte eaten vp; and what the locuſte h[]ath leſt, that h[]ath the v]ß blaſkyng consumed. W[]ake vp ye dz[]onkar- des, and wepe: mor[]ne all ye w[]yne ſuppers, because of you[]re sw[]ete wyne, fo[?]r it ch[]all be taken awaye k[]ro pour mouth. Y[]ee, a mygb- tye and a innumerable people ch[]all come vp into my lande: theſe haue teeth lyke the teeth of lyons, and chaſt[]b[]ones lyke the ly[]onesſes. * They ch[]all make my vyne p[]arde wafe, they ch[]all p[]yll of the barckes of my fy[]gge-trees, ſtrp[]pe them bare, caſt th[]e[m] awaye, ad make the ch[]aunches why[]te.

A

¶den. xxxii. 4

W[]ake thy moone as a vy[]gin doth that gy[]zeth her ſel[]e with ſack, because of her by[]de grome. Fo[?]r the meate and dz[]ynckof- fringe chalbe taken awaye from the houſe of the Lo[]rd, and the p[]restes the Lo[]rd[]es miny- ſters chal mourn[]. The kelde chalbe waf[]ted, the lande chalbe in a m[]p[]erable caſe: fo[?]r the co[]zne chalbe destroyed, the sw[]ete wyne ch[]all C come to confusion, and the oyle utt[]erly deſo- late. The houſbandmen and the wyne gar- deners ch[]all loke p[]yteouſly and make lam[]e- tacyon, fo[?]r the wheate, wyne and barly, and because the harueſt vpon the kelde is so clene destroyed. The grapegatherers ch[]all make g[]reate mone, when the vyne p[]arde and fyg- getrees be so utt[]erly waf[]ted. Y[]ee, all the p[]o- garnettes, palmtrees, a[]ple trees, and þ[]other trees.

The Prophecy

trees of the kelde chal wyther awaye. Thus
the mery cheare of the chyldzen of men, chall
come to confuþon.

Gynde you, and make youre mone, Dye
prestes, mourne ye mpnystres of the aulter:
goo pour waye in, and stepe in sack cloth, Dye
officiers of my God: for the meat and drink-
offeringe shall be taken awaye from þe house
of youre God. Proclayme a fastyng, call the
congregacion, gather the elders * and all the
inhabitours of the lande together into the
house of the Loode your God, and crpe unto
þe Loode: alas, alas for this dave. And why:
the dave of the Lord is at hande, and cometh
as a dectroyer from the almyghtye. Shall
not the meates be taken awaye before oure
eyes, the myrth also and toye from the
houle of our God? The sede chal perþh i the
grounde, the garners chal lye wale, the flo-
res chalbe broken downe, for the corne chall
be destroped. O what a lygbynge make the
euell: the bullockes are very enuell lykynge,
becaufe thep haue no pafture: and the thepe
are famelihed a wape.

D Loode, to the wyll I crpe: for the fyze
hath consumed the goodly pastures of the
wildernes, and the flame hath brent vp all þy
trees of the kelde. Pee, the wilde beastes crpe
also unto the: for the water riuers are dryped
vp, and the fyze hath consumed the pastures
of the wypdernesse.

The ii. Chapter.

The propheceth the commynge and cruelté of
theþe emperes. An exhortacion to moue them to
conuerst.

Lowe out the trompete in Spon,
and crpe upon my holy hyll, that al
soch as dwell in the land, mape tre-
ble at it: * for þe þy dave of the LoRD cö-
meth, and is harde at hande: a darcke dave,
a gloomynge dave, a cloudp dave, pee, and a
ſtozmy dave, lyke as the moznpnge ſpzeðeth
out upon the hylles. Namely, a greate and
myghtye people: soch as haue not bene sens
the begyning, nether chall be after them for
euermoze. Before hym chal be a conſumpng
kye, and behynde him a burning flame. The
lande chalbe as a garden of pleasure before
him, but behinde hym chal it be a very wale
wilderneſſe, and there is no man, that chall
escape him. Thep are to loke upon lyke bar-
bed hozes, ſrüne lyke hozſmen. They skip
bp upon the hylles, as it were the founde
of charettes: as the flame of kyze that conſu-
meth the Kra we, and as a mightyp people re-
dp to the batayll.

The folke chalbe akraped of hym, all fa-
ces chalbe as blacke as a pot: These chall rü-
ne lyke gyauntes, and leape ouer the walless
lyke men of warre. Every man in his going
chall kepe hys atape, and not goo out of hys

Path. There chal not one drive another, but
eche chal kepe hys awne wape. Thep chall
breake in at the wyndowes: ch not be hurte:
Thep chal come into the cytie, ch runne upon
the walles. Thep chall clyme vp upon the
houles, and ſlyppe in at the wyndowes lyke
a thefe. The earth chall quake before hym,
pee, þeauens chalbe moued. * The ſunne ch
the moone chall be darckened, and the star-
res chall withdawe thep þyne. The LoRD
chall the we hys doyce before hys hooste, for
his hoost is greate, ſtronge, and mpghtye to
ſulkyl hys commaundement. Theps is that
greate and maruelous fearfull dave of the
LoDde. * And who is able to abpde it?

Now therkoſe ſayth the LoRD. * Turne
you unto me with all pour hertes, with fa-
ſtinge, weppnge and mournyng, rente pour
hertes, and not youre clothes. Turne you
unto the LoRD your God: * for he is gracio-
us and mercypull, longe ſuffering and of great
compassion: and redy to pardone wickednes.
Then (no doute) he also chal turne, ad to-
gene: and after his chaſtenpnge, he chall lett
pour increase remapne, for meat and drinck-
oſſringes unto the LoRD your God: * Blowe
out with the trompette in Sið, þyclayme a
ſaſtynge, call the congregacion, and gather
the people together: warne the congregacion,
gather the elders, hynge the chylden ſuc-
blynges together: Left the hrydgrome go
forð of hys chabze, and the hryde out of her
cloſet. Lett the preſtes ſerue the LoDde bet-
wike the poſch and the aulter, wepping and
ſaping: he fauourable, D LoRD, be fauoura-
ble unto the people: let not thyne heritage be
brought to soch confusion, left the Heathen
be Loſdes therof. * Wherkoſe chuld thep ſape
amonge the Heathen: where is now thep
God.

Then chall the LoDde be gelous ouer hys
lande, and ſpare hys people: pee, the LoDde
chall anſwere, and ſape unto his people: Be-
holde, I wyll ſende you corne, wyne e ople,
ſo that ye chall haue plenty of them: and I
wyll nomore gene pou ouer to be a reſpoſe
amonge the Heathen. Agayne, as for him of
the north, I chall dzyue him farre from you:
and chute him out into a dzye e wale lande,
his face towarde the eaff ſee, and his hynder
partes towarde the utmoſt ſee. The ſkyne
of hym chall go vp, and hys filthy cozruſio
ſt all fal vp hys ſelke, because he hath dealt
ſo proudly. Weare not (D lande) but he glad
and reiopſe, for the LoRD wyll do great thin-
ges. We not ye aſrayed neither (D ye beaſtes
of the kelde) for the pastures chalbe grene,
and the trees chall beare thep frute: the fyg-
getrees and vyne pardeſ chall gene thep in-
creaſe. ...

Be glad then (D ye chyldzen of Spon)
and reiopſe in the LoDde youre God, for he
hath

C

Joel. ii. 10.
Mat. xlii. 1.

Apo. s. 1.
Deu. iii.
and. xxi. 4.

Pf. I. 1.
Jone. I. 1.

Joel. 1.
D

D. 1. 1. 1.

E

ſ

Joel. ii. 10.

Saph. i. c
Amos. v. c

A

B

Deu.
and,

Ela.
Esc.
Acces.

A

rbi.
Imo.

Of Joel,

Jo, cix.

hath genen pou a teacher of rpyghteoussesse:
* Æ heit is that chall sende pou downe you-
ers of rayne, earl and late in the fyzt mo-
neth: so that the garners chalbe full of corne,
and the pzeffes plenteous in wyne and oyle:
And as for the yeares that the grethopper, lo-
cuke, blaynge, and caterpiller (my greate
hooft, which I sent amonge you) haue eaten
up, I shall retoke them to pou agayne: so þe
ye chal haue ynough to eate, and be satisfied:
and þayle the name of the Lord your God,
that so maruelously hath deale with you.

Æ Lou.rrvb.1
Deur.ri b
and.rrvb.1a

And my people chal neuer be confounded
any moze. Ye chal well knowe, that I am in
the mpydelt of Israel, and that I am youre
God: yee, and that there is none other, and
my people chall nomoz)e be hzought to con-
fusion.

*Pume.ri.1
Esa.riim.a
Esa.rrvbi.d
Acces.ii.b

*Koma.r.b

* After this, will I poure out my lprete
upon all kelyb: and your sonnes and your
daughters chall pphecp: your olde men chall
dreame d dzeames, and your yonge men
chall se dilyos, yee, in thofe dapes I will po-
ure out my lprete upon seruauites and map-
des. I will the we wonders in heauen aboue
and tokens in the earth beneth: bloude and
kye, and the vapoure of smoke. The sunne
halbe turned into darckenes, and the mone
into bloude: before the greate & notable dape
of the Lozd come. And the tyme shall come,

that * whosoever calleth on the name of the
Lozd, chal be faued. Lozd upon the mounte
Syon and at Jerusale[m], there chalbe a fal-
uacyon, like as the Lozd hath promp[ed] yce,
and amonge the other remnaunt, whom the
Lozd chall call.

C The.ijj. Chapter.

C The judgement of God agapunt the enempe
of hys people.

A

Dz take hede: in thofe dapes and at
the fame tyme, when I turne a =
gayne the captyuite of Juda and
Jerusale[m]: I chall gather all peo-
ple together, and bzyinge them in the valley
of Jofaphat: and there wil Jreason wð them:
because of my people and heritage of Israel:
whóð they haue skatred about in the nacions:
and parted my land: yee, thep haue cast lot-
tes for my people, the yonge men haue thep
fet i the bozdel houſe, & folde the damſels for
wyne, þe p[erp]yght haue to drícke. *Thou
Tirus and Sidon and all ye bozders of the
Phyllyſtynes: what haue ye to do with me?
W[ill] ye deſpe me: well, þe p[er]wyll nedes de-
ſpe me, I chall recompence you, euen upon
your head, & that rpyght wozthely: for ye ha-
ue taken awaye my ſyluer & golde, my kayze
and goodly Jewels, and hzought them into
pour goddes houſes. The childez alio of Ju-
da and Jerusale[m] haue peſolde vnto þe Gre-
kes, that ye mp[er]yght b[er]ynge them karre from

*Ezr.rrvb.1
rrvii.rviii.
Amos.i.b

the borders of their awne countriees.

W[eh]olde therfore, I will rayle them out
of the place, where ye haue ſolde them, *and
will re warde you euen vp[on] your head. Your
ſonnes and your daughters wyll I ſell tho-
tow the handes of the children of Juda, and
ſo thep chall geue them for[the]th to ſell, vnto the
of Saba, a people of a farre countre: for the
Lozd him ſelk h[ath] layde it. Crpe oute theſe
thinges amog þe G[ét]ypes, p[ro]clayme warre,
wake up the g[ra]uſtes, let them d[ra]we nye,
let them come up all the luyſt warrypours of
them. * Make you weardes of your e[plow]
hares, and speares of your e[ cycles] & ſythes.
Let the weake man ſape: I am k[rong]ht. U-
ſt[re] you, & come, all ye Heathenroude about:
gather you together, there chall þ Lozd lape
all thy g[ra]uſtes to the grounde. Lett þ peo-
ple arple, & get the[] to the valley of Jofaphat
for[the] there will I lyt, & judge al Heathenroude
about. * Lape to your ſythes, for[the] þ har-
ueſt is r[ape] come, get you downe: the wyne
p[re]ſſe is full, yee, þ w[yn]ep[re]ſſes runne ouer,
for[the]ir wickednes is waken g[re]ate.

*Here.l.c
Addi.c

C

*Esa.lla

*Apoc.xiii.b

*Joel.ii.b
Eap.xiii.b

D

*Here.rrb. b

In the valley appoynted, there chalbe ma
mp, manp people: for[the] dape of the Lozd is
nye in the valley appoynted. * The ſunne
moone chalbe darckened, & the ſtarres chall
w[od]r[aw]e their lygbt. + The Lozd chal roare
out of Sion, ad crpe out of Jeruſalem, that
the heauens and the earth chall quake wall.
But þ Lozd chalbe a defence vnto his awne
people, and a refuge for[the] chyldren of Jl-
rael. Thus chall ye knowe, that I the Lozd
p[ou]re God dwell vpon my holyp mounte of
Syon. Then chal Jerusale[m] be holyp, & there
chall no straügers go th[oz]ow her any moze.

* Then chall the mountaynes dzope
ſwete wyne, and the h[yl]les chall flowe with
m[yl]cke. All the rpuers of Juda chall haue
water ynough, and out of the Lozd[es] houſe
there chal flowe a lyzing, to water the dzope
of * Sitim: but E[gy]pte chalbe layed waſte,
+ and Edom chalbe desolate: becauſe thep
haue deale so cruelply with þ chyldren

*Amos.rrc.a

*Jere.rlb. a
‡ Here.eli.b

of Juda, and ched innocent bloude
in thep[er] lande: Agayne, Juda
Halbe inhabited for[the] euermo-
re, and Jerusale[m] k[ro]g-
neracyd to generacion:

for[the] I will not leaue
thep[er] bloude vn-
auéged. And
the Lozd
chall dwell in S[pon].

C The ende of the p[ro]hepe
of Jo[el].:

C The booke

The Prophecy

The booke of the
prophete Amos,

The fyrst Chapter.

Theyme of the prophery of Amos. The wode of
the Lord agapust Azah, agapust Tyre, agapust Edom,
and agapust the fonnes of Ammon.

A

A
*ilii. reg. xv.b

A
*ilii.Ke.iiii.c

A
*Jer.rrv.d
Joel.iiix.

A
*Ezek. ivli.a
Jer. xlii. d.

B

A
*Zach. ix.a

C

A
*Joel.iiij.a

A
*iii. Reg. v.b

A
*Amos. i.a
Amos. iic.b
Amos. vii.g

D

Thus layeth the Lor'de: For thre e koure

Hele are the sermons that
were chewed vnto Amos,
(which was one of the the-
pherdes at Thecua) vpō J-
taell, in the tyme of *Diah-
kinge of Juda, and in the tp-
me of + Jeroboam the lonne

of Joah kynge of Israel, two peare befoze the earth quake. And he layde: * The Lor'de shall roare oute of Ston, and chewe his voyce from Jerusalem: so that the pastures of the shepherdes chalbe in a mplerable caſe, ſt the toppe of Charmel dzed vp. Thus layth the Lor'de : for thze and koure wycedneſſes of * Damalcus, I wyll not ſpare her: because they hane thzothed Galaad with yzó kayles. But I wyll ſende a fyze into the house of Hazaell, theſame chall confume the palaces of Benadab. Thus will I hzeake barres of Damalcus, and rote out the inhafter from the felde of Auen, And him that holdeth the kcepter, out of þ pleauntaunt house: so that the people chalbe dřiuen out of fayze Sира, layth the Lor'd. Thus layeth þ Lor'd: For thze and koure wickedneſſes of * Gaza, I wyll not ſpare her: because they make the prſoners yet more captyue, and haue dzyue them into the lande of Edom. Therkoze will I ſende a fyze into þ walles of Gaza, which chall deuoure her houſes. I wyll rote out the that dwell at Asdod and hyn that holdeth the kcepter of Ascalon, and ſtretch out myne hande ouer Accaron, that the remnaunt of the Phylktpynes chal perych, layeth þ Lor'd.

Thus layeth the Lor'de: For thze e koure
wickedneſſes of the cytie of * Tyze, I wyll
not ſpare her: because they hane increaled the
captiupte of the Edomites, and haue not re-
incembred the * hzotherly couenaunt. Ther-
koze, wyll I ſende a fyze into the walles of
Tyze, that chall confume her palaces. Thus
layeth the Lor'd: For thze and koure wicked-
neſſes of * Edom I wyll not ſpare hyn, be-
cauſe he perſecuted his hzother w the ſwerd,
destroyed hys mothers wombe, bare hatred
very longe, ſo kepte indignacion all wape
hyn hyn. Therkoze wyll I ſende a fyze in
to Theman, wlich chall deuoure the palaces
of Boira.

wickedneſſes of the chyldren of * Ammon,
I wyll not ſpare them: because they rypt up
the wemen greate with childe in Galaad, to
make the bozders of theyz landes the wyder.
Therfore, I wyll kypndle a fyze in the wal-
les of Rabbath, that chall confume her pa-
laces: with a greate crye, in the daye of ba-
tayll, in tempeſt and in the dape of ktozme: so
that their kynge chall go into captiuyte he e
his pynnces together, layeth the Lor'de.

A
*Jer. xlii.b
Ezek. xlii.b
and, xlv.b

The.ij.Chapter.

Ctagapnt Moab, Iuda, and Israël.

Hus layeth the Lor'de: For thze e koure wickedneſſes of * Moab, I wyll not ſpare hym: ſt because he brent the bones of the kynge of Edom to ashes. Therfore, wyll

A
*Ezek. xlii.b
I
*Jer. xlii.b
and, xlv.b

A
*Jer. xlii.b
and, xlv.b

I ſende a fyze into Moab, which chall confu-
me þ palaces of Carioth: so that Moab chall
perych with noyſe and the ſounde of a thaw-
me. I wyll rote out the iudge from amonge
them, ſt slape all his prynces with hyn, layth
the Lor'de. Thus layeth the Lor'de: for thze e
and koure wickedneſſes of * Iuda, I wyll
not ſpare hyn: because he hath caſt a fyze the
lawe of the Lor'de, and not kepte hys com-
mańdementes: for why? * thep wolde nedes
be dſceaned wyth the lpes that theyz kou-
fathers folowed. Therfore, wyll I ſende a
fyze into Iuda, which chall confume the pa-
laces of Jerusaleml.

A
*Jer. xlii.b
and, xlv.b

A
*Jer. xlii.b
and, xlv.b

A
*Jer. xlii.b
and, xlv.b

Thus layeth þ Lor'de: For thze and koure
wickedneſſes of Israel, I wil not ſpare him: C
because he hath ſolde the rpghteous for mo-
nep, e the pooze for choes. They tre ade vpō
pooze mens heades, in the duſt of the earth, e
croke the wapes of the meke. The lonne and
the father go to the harlot, to diſhonoure my
holy name, they lpe belyde euery alter upon
clothes taken to pledge, and in the house of
theyz goddes they dzyncke the wyne of the
oppzessed. Yet destroyed I þ Amorpte be-
foze the, that was as hye as þ Edze trees,
and as ſtronge as the okes: notwithstan-
dinge I deſtroyed his krute from aboue and
hys rote from under.

A
*Amos vii.b

A
*Amos vii.b
Deu. vii.b

*Agayne, I brought you out of the lade of Egipt, äd led you fourty yeares thzow the wildernes, that ye might haue the Amorites lades in poſſession. I rapted vp prpheſes amonge youre chyldzen, and abſteyners amonge youre yonge men. Is it not so, D chyldren of Israel, layeth the Lor'de: *But ye gane þ abſteyners wpne to dzyncke, þ pce, * Iere. xlii.b ye commaunded the prpheſes, laieng: Pzophecy not. Behold, I will crathe you in ſonder, lyke as a wayne crasſeth, that is full of theaues: so that the swifte chall not eſcape nether the ſtronge be able to do enp thynge: no, the gyaunte chall not ſaue hys awne life. The archer chall not abyde, and the swyſte of kote

A
*Amos vii.b
and, xlv.b

A
*Amos vii.b
and, xlv.b

A
*Deu. vii.b
and, xlv.b

A
*Jer. xlii.b
and, xlv.b

A
*Amos vii.b
and, xlv.b

The Prophecy

awne grounde, and no ma chal helpe her vp:
For thus sayeth the Lozde God: Where as
there dwelt a M. i one crypte, there chalbe left
scarce an huidred therin: ÿ where there dwelt
an C. there chall scarce ten be left for þ house
of Israel. Neuertheles, thus sayth the Lozde
unto the house of Israel: Seke after me, Æd
ye chall lyue, but seke not after Bethel. Co-
me not at Galgal, æd go not to Berlaba: for
Galgal chalbe carped awaye captue, Æ Be-
thel chall come to naught. Seke the Lozde, þ
ye mape lyue: left the house of Josph be hset
with fyze and consumed, Æ left there be none
to quench Bethel.

B

*Job.ii.a

Ye turne the lawe to worzwod, Æ cast
downe ryghte ousines vnto þ groude.* The
Lozde maketh the. viij. starres and þ Dríos,
the turneth the nyght into dape, and of the
dape he maketh darckeneſſe.* He calleth the
waters of the ſee, and pourneth them out vp
the playne grounde: the Lozde is hys name.

C

*Amos.ix.d*

He rayſeth deſtruccon upon the mpightye
people, Æ hzngeth downe the stronge holde;
but they owe hym euell wpl, that reſponeth
them openly: and who so telleth the play
ne trueth, they abhozre hym. Noz ſo moche
then as ye oppoſſe the pooze, and robbe him
of hys beſt ſuſt naunce:* ther koze, where as
ye haue buypled houses of square stone, ye
chall not dwell in the. A ruelous plearaunt
hynecardes chal ye pláte, but þ wyne of the
chall ye not drincke: ſ whp: as koz ſymultu-
de of your wickednesſes Æ yô ſtoute ſynnes,
I knowe them ryght well. Enemyes are ye
of the righteouſ, *pe take rewardes, ye op-
poſſe the pooze in iudgement. Therfore, the
wyſe must now be fayne to holde his tunge,
ſo wycked a tyme is it.

*Deu.rrviii.c
Soph.j.c

D

*Ezek.xxi.a
Mich.mii.c*

Seke after the thinge that is good, Æ not
euell, so chall ye lyue: yee, the Lozde God of
hoostes chalbe with you, accoſyng to your
awne deſyze.* Hæte þ euell, Æ loue the good:
* set vpright agapne i the poſte: Æ (no doute
the Lozde God of Hoostes chalbe mercypfull
unto the remnaunt of Josph. I kno (sayeth
the Lozde God, the God of hoostes) there chal
be mounpynge in all stretes, yee, they chall
ſaye in euery krete: alas, alas. They chalcal
the housbandman to lamentacyon, and soch
as can mounre to mounypge. In all vyne-
ardes there chall be heupnelles, for I wll co-
me amonge you, ſayeth the Lozde. Wo be vn
to the þ delyze the dape of þ Lozde. Wherfo-
re wolde ye haue it: As koz the dape of the
Lozde, it chalbe darcke and not cleare. Yee,
lyke as when a man runneth from a lyon,
and a Beer meteth with hym: or when he
commeth into the house, and leaneth his hâd
upon the wall, a ſerpent byteth hym. Shall
not the dape of the Lozde be darcke, * and
not cleare: chal it not be cloudy, and no chyne
init?

E

*pial.recbij.b
Nom.ril.b
‡ Deu.xvii.d*

F

*Joel ii.d
Soph.a.c*

* I hate and abhozre your hol dayes, Æ
where as ye cenſe me whê ye come together
I wil not accepte it. And though ye offre me
hzent offrynges and meatoffrynges, yet haue
I no pleasure therin. As koz your kat thac-
koffrynges, I wll not loke vpon them:
A awaye with that noyle of thy ſoges, I will
not heare thy playes of mulſch: but ke that
equye flowe as the water, and ryghteous-
nelle as a mpightye ſtreame. O ye house of
Israel, * gane ye me oftringes and ſacrifices
thole fourty yeares longe in the wypdernes:
yet haue ye set vp tabernacles to yô * Ho-
loch, and ſymages of your Idols, yee, and the
starre of your God Rempha, ſygures which
ye made to worſypppe them. Therfore wll
I cauſe you to be caried awaye beyonde Da-
malus, ſayeth the Lozd, whose name is the
God of Holtes.

*Ezek.
and, lo.
Mich. vii.
Malachi.*

G

*Jer.
Amos, vii.*

*Leu.
iii. Res.*

C The. vii. Chapter:

C Asapnkt the pynces of Israel lyunge in pleasures.

Wo be to þ proude welthy in Syô
A to loch as thinke them so ſure vpon
þ mout of Samaria: which holde
the ſelues for the beſt of the woſlde
and rule the house of Israel, euê as they lſt.
Go vnto Calne, and le: and from thence get
you to Hemath the great crypte, Æ ſo go dow-
ne to Gath of the Philistines: be they better
at eate then theſe kyngdomes, or þ borde of
their lande wyder then pours: Ye are taken
out for the euell dape, euen ye that ſyt in the
ſtole of wplfulnelle. Ye that lye vpô beddes
of puery, and vſe youre wantonnelle vpon
pour couches: ye that eate the beſt lambes of
the klocke, Æ the fattest calues of the dzoaue:
ye that ſynge to the lute, and in playenge of
inſtrumètes còpare youre ſelues vnto * Da-
uid: ye that drincke wyne out of goblettes, Æ
anoynte youre ſelues with the beſt ople, but
noman is koz for Josphs hurte. Therfore,
now chall ye be the first of them, that chal
led awaye captue, and the lufſy chere of the
wplfull chapl come to an ende.

*Jer.
Amos, vii.*

H

*Job.ii.d
Ezek.v.b*

* The Lozde God hath swozne euen by
him ſelk (faith þ Lozd God of hoſtes) I hate
the pzyde of Jacob, and I abhozre hys pala-
ces: and I will geue ouer the crypte, with all
that is therin: so that though there remayne
ten menin one house, they chal dye. So their
nerte kynſſolckes and the deed buriers chall
take them, and cary awaye their bones, and
ſaye vnto him, that is i the pynnermer houſe:
is there yet enp mo by the: And he chall an-
wcre: they are all gone, holde thy tuge: (chall
he ſaye) * koz * they wolde not remembre the * name
of the Lozde.

C

*Jer.
Amos, vii.*

*Dtn. viij.*

Beholde, the Lozde is mpnded to ſmpte
the greate houſes, so that they chall decaye:
and the lytle houſes, Æ they chall cleue a ſun-
der. Who can runne w hoſzes, or plowe with
oxen

The Prophesy

truly as thy God lyueth at Berlaba. These
shall fall, and neuer ryfe vpagayne:

C The.ix. Chapter.

C Theatenynges agapult Israel. No man can escape
the hande of God.

A

Sawethe Loode Standynge upon
the aufer, and he sayde: simple the
doze cheke, that the poskes mave
chake wþthall. For theþ couetouf-

nelle shall fall upon all theþ heades, & theþ
posterite chalbe slayne wþth the swerde. *
They shall not fle awaye, there shall not one
of them escape, ner be delpuered. * Though
they were burped in the hell, my hande shall
fetch them from thence: though they clpme
up to heauen, yet chall I cest them downe:
though they hyde them selues upon the top-
pe of Carmel, yet chall I seke them out, and
brynge them from thence: though they crepe
downe fro my spight into the depe of the see,
I shall commande the serpente, euen there
to byte them. If they goo awaye before the-
ir enempes into captiuite, then chal I com-
unde the swerde, there to slaye them.

*psal. cxxxix.
a.

*Abp. i. a.

B

Thus wþll I lett myne eyes upon the, for
they? harme & not for their wealth. For wh
the Loode God of hoostes toucheth a lande,
it consumeth awaye, and all thep that dwell
therin, must nedes mourne: And why? theþ
defruccyon chall arple as euery streame and
tunne ouer them, as the floude in Egypte. *
He that hath hys dwellynge in heauen, and
groundeth hys tabernacle in the earth: * He
that calleth the waters as the see, & poureth
them out upon the playne grounde: hys na-
me is the Loode. D e chyldren of Israel, are
pe not unto me, euë of the Morzans, layeth
the Loode: haue not I brought Israel out of
the lande of Egypte, * the Philistnes fro
Capthor, and the Syrians from Cyz. Be-
holde, the eyes of the Loode are upon the re-
alme that spynmeth, to vote it clene out of the
earth: Neuer theles, * I wþll not utterly de-
stroye the house of Jacob, layeth the Loode.

*iij. cc. viij. s.

* Amos. v. b.

*Gene. x. b.

C

V Jere. xxx. b.
Za. ch. xii. b.
Koma. x. c.

D

*Actu. r. b. c.
Mich. viij. b.

For lo, thys I promple: though I spyt y
house of Israel amongst all nacyons (lyke as
they vle to spytte in a lyue) pet chall not the
smallest grauell stone fall upon the earth:
But all the wycked doers of my people, that
sape: Tuch, the plage is not so npe, to come
so hastely upon vs: those chall perych wþth
þ swerde. * At þtyme wþll I buylde agap-
ne the tabernacle of David, that is fallen
downe, and hedge vp hys gappes: and loke
what ps broken, I shall repaype it: Yee, I
chall buylde it agayne, as it was afore ty-
me, that they mape posſelle the remnaunt of
Edom, yee, and all loch people as call upon
my name wþth the, layeth the Loode, which
doth theſe thynges.

Beholde, the tyme commeth (layeth the
Loode) that the plowman chall ouer take þ

mower, & treader of grapes, hym that low-
eth ſede. * The mountaynes chall droppe
ſwete wyne, and the hylles chall be trutefull,
and I wþll turne the captiuye of my people
of Israel: thep chall repayre þ waste cryptes,
and haue them in posſeffyon: thep chall plan-
te vnpardes, and dzyncke the wnye therof:
they chall make gardens, & enioye the frutes
of them. And I wþll plante the upon theþ
awne grounde, so that I wþl neuer vote
them out agayne from theþ lande
whych I haue geuen them
layeth the Loode
thy God.

C The ende of the Propherepe of
Amos.

The booke of the

Prophete Abdy.

C Tagapult Edom, & the truſt that they had in ryches.

Hys is the vyſo that was chewed
unto Abdy: Thus hath the Loode
God spoken upon * Edom: We ha-
ue harde of the Loode that there is

an emballage ſent amoge the Heathen: Up,
let vs arple, and ſright agapunt them. Be-
holde, * I wþll make the ſinal amonge the
Heathen, so that thou chalt be utterly deſſp-
ſed. The prie de of thyne herte hath lykt þ up,
thou that dwellest in the stroge holdes of ſto-
ne, Æd haſt made the an hre ſeate: Thou ſap-
eſt in thyne hert: who chall cast me downe to
the grounde: * But though thou wêtet up
as hye as the Aegle, and madest thy + neſt
aboue amonge the ſtarres: pet wolde I plu-
cke the downe from thçe. Of the theues and
robbers came to the by nyght, thou takynge
thy neſt: Chulde they not steale, tyll they had
pnough: Of the grape gatherers came upon
the wolde they not leake the ſome grapes.
But how chall thep rpepe Elau, and leke out
hys treasures?

A

* eze. xlvii.
and, sp. xlvii.
Amos. 16.

*Jer. vii.

* Amos. xlii.
+ Abacum.
25

Yee, the men that were sworne unto the:
chall dryue þ out of þ hoorders of thyne aſone
lande. They that be now at one w the, chall
dſceane the, and ouercome the: Euen thep þ
eate thy bred, chall betrape the, or euër thou
perceaue it. * Shall not I at the ſame tyme
destroye the wſle men of Edom, & thofe that
haue underſtadyng, fro the mount of Elau?
Thy gyauntes (D Chemâ) chalbe aſtaped,
for thoriow þ ſlaughter thep chalbe all ouer-
thowne upon the mount of Elau. Shame
chall come vp the, for the malcy that thou
thewedest to thy + dżother Jacob: yee, for
euermore chalt thou perish, and that becauſe
of

*Ezek. xlii.
Lom. xii.

C

*Ezek. xlii.

The prophecie

neither laye p innocent blonde unto our charge: for thou, D LORD, hast done, euen as thy pleasure was.

So they toke Jonas, and caft hym into the see, and the see lefte ragynge. And the mcheared the Loode exceedingly, doyng sacri-fyces and makynge vowes unto the Loode.

C The.ij. Chapter.

Jonas is swalowed of a whale. The prayer of Jonas.

A
*Mat.rh.d.

At the Loode prepared a greate fythe, to swalow vp Jonas. Sowas Jonas in the belp of the fych, the zayes & thre npyghtes. And Jonas prayed unto the Loode hys God, out of the fyches belp, and layd. In my trouble I cal led unto the Loode, and he herde me: out of þ belp of hell I cryed, and thou herdeft my voyce. Thou haddeft caft me downe depe in the myddel of the lee, and the floude copased me aboute: pee, all thy waues and roules of water went ouer me, I thought that I had bene caft awaye out of the fyght: but I will yet agapne loke towarde thy holyp temple.

‡ Psal. xxx. c.

B
*Psal. xlii. d.

C
barred in wyth earth for euer. But thou, D

The waters compased me, euè to the he-rp soule: the depe lape aboute me, & the we-des were wapte aboute myne head. I went downe to the botome of the hylles, and was dozed in wyth earth for euer. But thou, D Loode my God, hast brought vp my lyfe a-gayne out of corrupcy. Whê mp soule kain-ted wythin me, I thought upon the Loode: & mp praper came in vnto the, enen in to thy holyp temple. They that holde of vayne va-npties, wyll forsake hys mercy. But I wyll do the sacrifce wyth the voyce of thankelge upnge, & wyll paye that I haue vowed: for whê: saluacpon commeth of the Lord. And the Lord IpaKe vnto the fych, and it caft out Jonas agapne upon the dze lande.

D
*

C The.ij. Chapter.

Jonas is lent agapne to Minie. The repentance of the hying of Minie.

A
*Jonas. i. a.

When came the word of the Lord vn-to Jonas agapne, layenge * vp, and get the to Minie D that great cyp-tie & preach unto the the preachynge which I bade the. So Jonas arole, and wete to Ni-nie at the Loodes commaundement. Ni-nie was a greate cpte unto God, namely, of thre dapes iournep.

Esa. xxx. vii. a.

And Jonas wente to, & entred into the cpte: euèn a dapes iournep, & cryed, layenge: There are yet r.l. dapes and then shall A-ni-nie be ouerthrouen. D* And the people of A-ni-nie beleued God, & pre claymed fastynge, and araped them selues in lack cloth, as well the greate as the small of them. And the tp-dinges came vnto þ kpyng of A-ni-nie, whych arole out of hys keate, & dyd hys apparell of, and put on lack cloth, and late hym downe in alhes.

And it was cryed and comaunded in Ni-nie, by the auctoize of the kynge and hys Loodes, layenge: *le that nether man or be-est, oxe or thepe taste ought at all: and þ theynther fede ner drinke water: but put on lack cloth both măand beaft, and crye myghtelp vnto God: *yee, le that euery man turne fro hys euell waye, and from the wyckednesse, that he hath in hande.

C
*Mat. xlii. Luk. x. l.

*Ier. xxxi. v.

D

Who can tell: God maye turne, & repen-te, and ceaſe from hys feare wath, that we perſhy not. And when God saſe their wo-kes, how they turned from their wicked wa-yes, *he repented on the euell, whych he layd he wolde do vnto them, and dyd it not.

Esa. xxx. v.

C The.ij. Chapter.

Jonas is repuſed of God.

Herfore Jonas was soze dyscontent and angrie. And he prayed unto the Loode, and layde: D Loode was not thys mp layinge (I laype the) when I was yet in my coustre: therfore I haffed rather to fle vnto Tharſis, * for I knowe wel enough that thou art a mercypfull God, full of copaf-ſyon, longe luffering, and of great kyndnes and repéſtet whê thou chuldeſt take punpely-ment, * And now D Loode, take my lyfe fro me (I beſeche the) for I had rather dye then lyue. Then layde þ Lord: art thou so angrie: And Jonas gat him out of the cytie, and datt downe on the caſt fyde therof: & there made him a boothe, & ſat vnder it in the chadowe, ſtll he myght ſe, what chulde chaunce vnto the cytie.

A

Esa. xxx. vii. a.
Joel. xii. 4.

*Ibid. xii. reg. vii.

B

And the Lord God prepared a wylde vp-ne, whych ſp range vp ouer Jonas, that he mypght haue chadowe aboue hys head, to de-lyuer him out of his payne. And Jonas was excedynge glad of the wylde vpne.

C

But upon the nexte mozowe agaynt the ſp range of the dape. The Lord ordened a wor-me, whych I mote the wylde vpne, so that it wethered a waye. And when þ Sunne was vp God prepared a feruent caſt wpnde: & the Sunne bett ouer the head of Jonas, that he kaynted agapne, ad wplshed vnto his soule, that he mypght dye, and layd: It is better for me to dye, then to lyue. And God layd vnto Jonas: Art thou so angrie for the wylde vp-ne: And he layd: pee, very angrie am I, euèn vnto the death. And the Lord layd: thou haf't compaſſyon vpon a wylde vpne, wheron þ bestowdeſt no laboure, ner madèt it growe whych ſp range vp in one nyght & perſhed in another: And chulde not I then haue compaſſo dpó Minie that greate cyp-tie, wher-in there are aboue an. C. F. xx. thouand per-ſonnes, that knowe not theyp rypght hand fro the leſte, belydes moch catell.

D

C The ende of the Prophecie of Jonas.

The *prophesy*e

A

A
Deu. xvii. d
Jeremp. v. a
‡pial. Ier. c
Elap. v. c.

*Ezek. i. b.
Ezek. xii. c.
Lk. xli. b.

B

*Ezek. xiii. d.

*Deut. xxi. vii.

*Jer. i. c.
Ezek. iii. a.

*Abacuc. xlii. b.

*Ezek. xxi. b.

‡ Jer. vi. b.

*Jer. xvi. b
‡ Jer. i. b.
iii. reg. a. b
and. xxi. a.
Luk. xxi. b. d.

Gare, D ye heades of the houſe of Jacob, ſe ye leders of the houſe of Israel: * Schulde not ye knowe, what were lawfull and ryght: * But ye hate the good, ſ loue the enuel: pe plucke of menes kynnes, and the kely from theyr bones: ye cate the kely of my people, ſ flap of theyr kynne: ye brieake thep? bones, ye choppe the in peces as it were in to a cauldzon, ſ as kely into a pot. Now the tyme shall come, * that when thep call vnto the Loſde, he shall not heare thein, but hyde hys face from them, be cause that thowow theyr awne Imagynacions thep hane dealte so wycked ly.

And as concernyng the prophetes that dyſeaue my people, thus the Loſde ſapeth agaynſt them. * Whe thep haue eny thynge to byte upon, then thep preach that all chal- to be well; but p[er]a man put not some thyng in to thep? mouthes, thep preach of warre aga- ſa ſykne hpm.

C

* Therſoſe poure dyſpon chalbe turned to ryght, ſ p[er]oue prophecypenge to darcknſelle. The Sunne shall go downe ouer those p[ro]- p[he]tes, ſ the daye chalbe darcke vnto them. Then ſhall the viſyon ſeers be alhamed, and the ſothlayers confounded: yee, thep chalbe kape, all the p[acke] of them, to k[oppe] thep? mouthes, for thep hane not God[es] w[or]de. * As for me, I am full of strengthe, ſ of þ[yr] p[re]ete of the Loſde, full of iudgment & boldnſe: to thewe the houſe of Jacob thep? wyckednes, and the houſe of Israel thep? ſynne.

D

D Heare this ye rulers of the houſe of Ja-cob, ſe ye iudges of þ[yr] houſe of Israel: ye that abhorre the thynge that is lauſull, ſ wzeſt dyſe the thynge that is k[re]p[gy]ht. * Pe þ[yr] buſl de vp Syon with bloude, and Jeruſalem w-dopnge w[or]onge. * D pe iudges, ye geue ſen-tence for gyktes: D ye p[re]aſtes, ye teach for- lucre. * D pe p[ro]pheteſ, ye p[re]hep for mo-np. Yet wyll thep be take as thofe that holde vpon God, and ſaye: Is not the Loſd amog ys? T[ul]ph, there can no myſkoſtune happen vs. * Therſoſe shall Sion (for youre ſakes) be plowed lyke a kelde + Jeruſalem chall be-come an heape of k[on]ſones, and the hyl of the temple chall be turned to an h[er]e wodde.

C The. iiiij. Chapter.

C D of the callunge of the G[ent]les, and converſion of the J[ewes].

A

*Leu. xxi. v.
Ezek. ii. a.

*Ezek. ii. a.
Psal. cxxii. a.

*Psal. xli. c.
Ezek. ii. a.
Luk. xxi. vii.

At *in the latter dayes it will com-e to p[as]le, that þ[yr] h[yl]l of the Loz- des houſe chalbe iětt vp hyper then enp mountaynes or h[yl]les: Y[ee], þ[yr] people chall p[re]aſe vnto it, ad the multitude of the G[ét]iles chall hafte them thyther, ſay-p[eng]: Come, *let vs go vp to the h[yl]l of the Loſd, and to the houſe of the God of Jacob: that he maye teach vsh[ys] w[ay]e, ſ that we maye walcke in h[ys] p[ath]es. * For the lawe

chall come out of Syon, ſ the w[or]de of God from Jeruſalem, and chall gene ſentence a-monge the multy tude of the Heath[e] and re- fourme the people of farre countrees: so that of thep? ſweardes thep chall make plowha- res, ſ hytheſ of thep? l[pe]ares.

* One people chall not lyſt vp a ſwearde agaynſt another, y[ee], thep chall nomoz[er]e ne to ſyght: but euery m[a] chall ſyt under h[ys] vyne parde ſ vnder h[ys] ſyge tre, and no m[a] to k[ra]pe him a w[ay]e: for the mouth of þ[yr] Loſd of hoſſes h[ath] p[oken]t it. Therſoſe, where as all the people haue walcked euery man in þ[yr] name of h[ys] awne God, we wyll walcke in the name of oure God for euer and euer. * At the ſame p[ty]me, ſapeth the Loſde, wyll I ga- ther vp the lame and the outcaſſes, ſ loch as I h[au]e chaftened: ſ wyll geue p[flue] vnto the lame, and make of the out caſſes a great peo- ple: * and the Loſde h[ym] p[el]ſe chalbe thep? k[yn]ge vpon the m[ount] Syon, from this tp- me for[th] for euermor[e]. And vnto þ[yr] Othou tower of * E[der], th[ou]r[ong]e holde of the daugh[ter] Syon) vnto the chall it come: euen the Loſchipe and k[yn]g dome of the daugh[ter] Jeruſalem. Why then art thou now so heuþ: is there no k[yn]ge in the: are thy councelers a w[ay]e that thou art to p[ap]ned, as a woman in her trapuayle: And now (O thou daugh- ter Syon) be for[th] let it greue the as a wyke labo[zy]ng wyth chylde: for[th] now muſt thou get the out of the c[ytie], and dwell vpon the playne kelde: Y[ee], vnto B[ab]ylon chalt thou go, there chalt thou be d[el]puered, * and the- re the Loſde chall lowſe the from the hande of thyne ene[m]p[es].

Now alſo are there manp people gathe- red together agaynſt the, lay[ing]: what, S[is] is curled, we chall ſe oure luſt vpon her. But thep knowe not * the thoughtes of þ[yr] Loſde, they derſtande not his c[ou]ncell, that chall gath[er] them together as the ſeeues in the barne. Therſoſe get the vp, O thou daugh- ter Syon, and th[os]e the out the corne: For I wyll make thy h[oz]ne p[zon], and thy clauſes h[as]ſe, that thou m[ay]eſt grynde manp peo- ple: thep? goodeſ chalt thou app[oz]piate vn- to the Loſde, and thep? ſubſtaunce vnto the r[uler] of the whole w[or]de.

C The. v. Chapter.

C D of the destruccion of Jeruſalem.

After that chalt thou be robbed thy ſel- ſe, O þ[yr] robbers daughter: thep chall l[ay]e sege agaynſt vs, ſ ſmpte þ[yr] iudg[ee] of Israel w[as] a rodde vpon the ch[e]ke. * And þ[yr] W[eth]leſ E[ph]a[ta], art lyt[e] am[ô]ge the thou- ſandes of J[uda], Out of the chall come vnto me, which chalt be þ[yr] g[ou]ernoure[] Israel: who ſe out go[n]ge h[ath] bene k[ro] the beg[y]nnyng, ſ from euer laſt p[yn]ge. In the meane whyle he

plageth

B
* E[zek. ii. b.
and, Ier. b.

* Sopho. i. iii.

* Luk. de.
C

* gen. xlvii. b.

* Mich. i. b.

D

* E[zek. ii. i. b.

*Ezek. x.
D
John. r.
‡Roma-

* Gene.
* M[ich].

* Gen.

*Deu.
*Paui.

*E[zek. i. b.

*E[zek. i. b.

*M[ich].
‡P[er]i.

Of Micheas.

No.cxxiii.

plageth them for a season, vntyll theyme
that the (which shall beare) have boze: then
shall the remnaunt of hys brethen be couer-
ted unto y chylden of Israel. He shall keade
falt, * and geue fode in the * strengthe of the
Loode, and in the vicozy of the name of the
Loode his God: and when they be converted,
he shall be magnifyed vnto the farthest par-
tes of the world.

*Ezek. xxxi. b,
d.
John. r. a.
‡Roma. j. b

Then shall there be peace, so that the Al-
spian mape come in to oure lande, ſtreaue
in houre houſes. We shall brypnge vp ſeuen
ſhepherdes and viij. pynces upon the: theie
shall subdue the land of Aſſur v the ſwerde,
and the lâde of * Aymrod wyth their naked
weapés. * Thus that he delyuer vs from the
Aſſurian, when he cometh within oure land,
and sette thyn fote within oure borders.

*Gene. r. b
‡Mech. iii. c

C
And þ remnaut of Jacob shall be amoge
the muletude of people, as the dewe of the
Loode, and as the dżoppes upon the grasse,
that tarieth for no man, and wapeth of no
body. *Pee, þrepid of Jacob chalbe amoge
the Gentiles and the muletude of people,
as the pon amonge the beestes of the wodd,
and as the Lyons whelpe amoge a flocke of
thepe: whych (when he goeth thoyowe) trea-
deth downe, teareth in peces, and there is no
man that can helpe. Thyne hand chalbe lyft
up upon thyne enempyes, and all thyne ad-
uerkaries shall perily.

*Gen. xlii. b

D
The tyme shall come also, layeth þ Loð,
that I wyll take thyne hozes from the, and
destroy thy charettes. I will bzeake downe
the cyties of thy lande, and ouerthowe all
thy stronge holdes. * All witchraftes wyll
I trote oute of thyne hande, there shall no mo
ſoth layinges be within the. * Thyne Idols
and thyne Images wyll I destroye out of þ
so that thou chalt nomoze bowe thy ſelke vn-
to the wozckes of thyne awne handes. Thy
groues wyll I plucke vp by the rotes, and
bzeake downe þ cyties. Thus will I be ane-
ged also, vpō all þ Heathē þ wyll not heare.

*Deu. viii. b

*Naum. i. b

C The. viij. Chapter.

CAn erbostayon to heare the iudgment agaynst J-
Eaelt brynge vnkynde. That manner of facriscbes do
pleaue God.

A
*Esa. lvii. a

*Esa. lvii. a

Erken now what the Lord layeth:
* Up, reproue the mountaynes, &
lett the hylles heare thy voyce. D
heare the punychmet of the Loode,
pe mountaynes, ſ ye mightie foundacions of
the earth: for the Loode will reproue his peo-
ple, & reason v Israel: D mp people, what
haue I done vnto y or wherein haue I hurte
the geue me answere. * Because I brought
the from the lande of Egypte, and delyuered
the out of the house of bondage. * Because I
made Holes, Aaton and Miriam to lede y
Remembrie (D mp people * what Balach y
kyng of Moab had Imagyned agaynst the,

*Ezek. xxxi. c.

*Num. xii. a

‡Num. xii.
xxxvii. xxxviii.

and what anſwere that Balaam the ſonne
of Beoz gaue him, from Sethim vnto Gal-
gal, that he maye knowe the louing kynd-
nesſes of the Loode,

What acceptable thynge shall Joffre vn-
to the Lord: that I bowe my knee to the hpe
God: Shall I come before hym wyth bient
offekeynges, and wyth caues of a peare olde:
Hath the Loode a pleasure in many thousand
rammes, or innumerable kreames of oyle:
Drall shall I geue my fyft boze for myne of-
fences, ſ the frute of my bodp for the lynnne
of my ſoule: I wyll the we the, O mā, what
is good, and what the Loode requyeth of the:
Namely, to do rypgbt, to haue pleasure in lo-
upnge kyndnesſe, to be lowly, ſ to walke v to
thy God: * that thou mapeſt be called a citie
of the Loode, ſ that thy name mape be rypgh-
tuousnesſe. Heare (D ye trybes) who wolde
els geue you ſoch warnpge: * Shuld I not
be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in þ
houſes of the w膏ed, and because the mea-
fure his mynpithed: Drulde I justiſye the
falle balaunces and the bagge of diſeatefull
weightes, amonge those that be full of ry-
ches vnryghtuouſly gotten: where the cyte-
lys deale with falchede, ſpeake lyes, ſ haue
disceat full tunges in their mouthes.

*Esa. i. d.

*Leuit. xii. g.
Deut. e. v. c.
Wouer. xx. b
Ex. xv. b

D

Therkoze, I wyll take in hâde to punich þ,
âd to make þ desolate, because of thy ſinnes.
*Thou chalt eate, ſ not haue enough: pee,
thou chalt bize thy ſelke downe. Thou chalt
ſle, but not eſcape: âd thofe that thou woldſt
faue, wyll I delyuer to the * ſwerde. Thou
chalt ſowe, but not reape: þ chalt pesshe out
olives, but ople chalt thou not haue to ano-
pnte thy ſelke wyphall: thou chalt treade out
ſwete muſt, but chalt düncke no wypne. Pe
kepe the ordynaunces of * Amri, and all the
cultomes of the house of Ahab: pe folowe
their pleatures, therkoze wyll I make the
waffe, and cause thy inhabyters to be ab-
hozed, Dmp people: ſ thus chalt thou beare
thyne awne name.

*Leuit. xii. a
Dc. e. i. b
Agge. i. a

*Deu. xii. vii.

*II. Ke. xv. k.

C The. viij. Chapter.

C A complaunt of the lyttell nombre of the rypghouſe
Agaynſt the cruenth ought we not to holde wyth oure
greatest rændes.

Dis me: I am become as one, that A
goeth a gleanpge in the harueſt,
There are no mo grapes to eate,
yet wold I fayne (wall my herte)
haue of the best frute. * There is not a godly
man vpon earth, there is not one ryphtuous
amoge men. They laboure al to hed bloud,
& euery mā hunteth his brother to death: yet
they tape they do well whethey do euell. As
the pynce wyll, ſo layeth the iudge: that he
maye do hyn a pleasure agayne. The greate
man ſpeaketh what his herte delyzeth: as the
hearers alowe hi. The belt of the is but as a
thistle, as the moſt ryphtuous of this but as

*Roma. ii. b

a heer

["The prophecy", "The boke of the\nProphet Nahum.", "The kyft Chapter.", "T. K. the destrucyion of Ninive and of the deluge-\ntaunce of Israel.", "Hys is the heup burthen of A\nNinive, whych Nahum of\nElchos dyd wipte as he fa-\nweit. * The Lorde is a ge-\nlous God, ſa taker of ven-\ngeaunce is the Lorde, and\nwrothfull. * The Lorde ta-", "keth vengeaunce of his enempes, and reſer-\nuerth displeasure ſoſ his adueraries. * The\nLorſo suffreth longe, he is of greate power, ſo\nſo innocet + that he leaueth no man fautelles\nbefoze him. The Lorſe goeth ſoſth in tepeſt\nſkoimp wether, the cloudes are the duſt of\nhis fete. When he repzoueth the ſee, he dieth\nit vp, ſ turneth all the ſloudes to dze lande.\nBalan is desolate, Charmel ſ the pleasure\nof Lybanus waſeth a waye. The moſtay-\nnes tremble ſoſ him, the hylles conſume. At\nthe ſygbt of him, the earth quaketh: yee, the\nwhole world, and all ſ dwell therin. * Who\nmaye endure beſoze hys wraath: Dr who is\nable to abpye his gryme displeasure: His an-\nger taketh on lyke ſpre, and the harde rockes\nburſt in ſunder beſoze him.", "Full gracious is the Lorde, and a kroge\nholde in the tyme of trouble, he knoweth the\nthat put their trust in hpm : when the flonde\nrenneth ouer, and destropeth the place, and\nwhe the darckneſſe foloweth ſtyll upon hys\nenempes. What do ye Imagin then agaynſt\nY' Lozd on this maner: (Tuſh, when he hath\nonce made an ende, there shall come nomoz\ntrouble.) For lyke as the thornes that sticke\ntogether, and as the dze krawe, so shall the\ndronckardes be conſumed together, euſ whé\nthey be full. There come oute of the ſoch as\nImagin myſchefe, ſ gene vngracious coun-\ncell agaynſt the Lorde.", "Therfore thus ſayeth the Lorde: Let the\nbe as well prepared: yee, as many as they\ncan, yet shall they be hewe downe, and paſſe\nawaye. And as for Y, I will vere Y, but not\nutterly destroye the. And now wpl I breake\nhis rodde from thy backe, and burſt thy bondes\nin ſonder. But the Lorde hath geuen a com-\nmaundement concernenpge the, y there shall\ncome nomoz ſede of thy name. * The car-\nued & caſten Images wpl Irote out of the\nhouse of thy God. Thp graue chal I prepare\nfor the, and thou chalt be confounded.", "The.ij.Chapter.", "The describeth the victorie of the Caldees agaynſt\nthe Min. utes.", "Bcholde", "a breer in the hedge. But when the daye of\nthy preachers cometh, that thou chalt be vi-\nſted: the] shall they be wafled awaye. * Let\nno man beleue his frende, ner put hys confky-\ndèce in a prynce. Liepe ſ porſe of thy mouth,\nB from her that lyeth in thy botome: * ſo for the\nſonne shall put his father to dy honoure, the\ndaughter shall lyke agaynſt her mother, the\ndaughter in lawe against her mother in lawe:\nſ a mans koeſ chalbe euene thep of hys awne\nhounholde.", "*Jere.ix.a", "Neuertheleſſe, I will looke vp unto Y' Lozd,\nI wll paciently abpye God my ſauoure:\nmy God shall heare me. * D thou enempe of\nmpne, relope not at my fall, ſo I shall get\nup agayne: ſ though I lyt in darckneſſe, yet\nthe Lorde is my lygbt. I wll beare the pu-\nnichemét of Y' Lorde (for why, I haue offen-\nded hi) ſtyll he ſott in iudgmét vp my caule,\nſe Y I haue right. He wll bryng me forſth\nto the lygbt, ſ I shall ſe his rightuouſneſſe.", "*Mat.e", "Deut. xiii. b, 3", "xeru.b", "Psal. xxxiif\nand. Auii, d.", "*Pro. xxiіі. a", "c", "*AII. Reg.\nxix. a.", "D\n\nS\n\nD\n\nD\n\nD\n\nD\n\n

The prophecy

The boke of the

Prophet Abacuk.

The first Chapter.

A complapnte agapnt Israel.

A

Pal. xii. a.

Job, xix. a.

Hys is þ heup burthé, which
the Prophet Abacuk dpy se.
D Loode, * how longe shall
I crpe, Æ thou wylt not hea-
re? * How lóge shall I com-
playne unto the, súffrynge
wronge, Æ þ wylt not helpes?

Why lettel夫 thou me se werynesse & laboure?

Scell, iii. a.

* Týánp & ópulence are before me, power
ouergoeth righé: for þ lawe is toarne in pe-
ces, & there can not ryght iudgmet go forth:

B

And why the vngodly is moze set by then
the ryghtuous: this is the cause, that wöge
iudgmet prcedeth. * Beholde, amonge the
Heathen, and loke well wondre at it, and be
abathed: for I wyl do a thyng in your ty-
me, whych though it be tolde you, ye shall
not beleue.

Actes, xiii. d.

Deu. xxi. v. vii.

* For lo, I will rapse up the Caldees, that
bitter and swykte people: whych shall go as
wnde as þ lande is, to take posseuion of dwel-
ling places, þ be not their a wne. A grymme
and boyflerous people is it, these shall fit in
tudgment & punishe. Their hozes are swyk-
ter then the cattes of the mountayne, & byte

C
ter then the cattes of the mountayne, & byte

Sopho, iii. a.

lozer then * þ wolues in the euenyng. Their
hözfiuen come by greate heapes from farre,
they fle hastely to deour as the Aegle. They
come all to spople: out of them commeth an
cast wynde, whych bloweth and gathereth
their captives, lyke as the sande. They shall
mocke the kynge, and laughe the princes to
scozne. They shall not set by eny stronge hol-
de, for they shall laye o zdynauance agaynst it,
and take it. Then shall they take a freth co-
tage vnto the, to go forth & to do moze eucl,
& so ascrpe the power vnto * their God.

Esa. xlii. a
ii. Par. xiii.

Esa. ixxix. c
Ekad. a.

But thou D Loode my God + my holyp
D.

But thou D Loode my God + my holyp
d.
Esa. ixxix. c
Ekad. a.
one, thou art from the begynnge, therfore
that we not dye. D Loode, thou haſt o dzened
the for a punychemet, and sett the to repreuqe
the myghtye. Thyne epes are clene, thou
mayest not se eucll, thou canst not beholde þ
thyng that is wycked. * Wherfore the doft
thou loke upon the vngodly, and holdest thy
tunge, when the wycked deuoureth the man
that is better the hym selfe. Thou makest me
as the fiche in the see, and lyke as the creping
beastes, that haue no gyde, they take by all
wþth their angle, they catch it in their net, &
gather it in their parne: wherof they reioyce
and are glad. Therfore offre they vnto they
net, ad do sacrifice vnto their parne: becaufe
that thorowe it their porcpon is become so-
fat, and their meate so plenteous. Wherfore,

D

Jere. xlii. a
Dial. xxi. a.

they cast out their net agayne, & neuer cease
to slaye the people.

The. ii. Chapter.

The vption of the prophece. Agapnt poling,
courousnes, and Jolatrye.

Stode upon my watch, & let me
upon my bulworcke, to loke & se
what he wolde laye vnto me, and
what answere I wulde gene hym

that repreuqe me. But the Loode answere
me, ad kapde: Wyrte the vpsyo playnelp vp
thy tables, that who so commeth by, mape
rede it * for the visyon is yet farre ofor a ty-
me, but at the last it shall come to palle, & not
kaple. * And though he tarp, yet wayte thou
foz him, forz in very dede he will come, ad not
be flacke. Beholde, who so wyl not beleue,
his foule shall not pzoſpere: * but þ ıuſt shall
lype by hys kapth. Lyke as the wyne diſcea-
ueſt the dzonckarde, euen so the pionde shall
kaple & not endure. He openeth hys deſyre
wyde up as the hell, * & is as unſaciable as
death. All Heathen gathereth he to hym, and
heapeth vnto hym all people.

But shall not all these take up a prouerbe
agapnt him, & mocke him with a byworde,
& laye: Wo vnto him that heapeth up other
mens goodes: How longe wyl he lade hym
selfe with thiCKe claye: How födenly wyl
they klade vp, that shall byte, & a wake, that
shall teare y in peces: yee, thou Chalt be their
prape. * Seinge þ haſt spoyled many Hea-
then, therfore that the remaunant of the peo-
ple spople the: because of mens bloude, ad for
the wönge done in the lande, in the crypte and
unto all them that dwell therein.

* Wo vnto hym, that courtouſly gathe-
reth euell gotten goodes into his houle: that
he mape set hys neſt an hre, to escape from
the power of mikfoztune. Thou haſt deuylod
the chame of thyne a wne houle, for thou haſt
ſlayne to moch people, and haſt wypfully of-
keuſed: so that the very * ktones of the wall
shall crpe out ofit, and the tymbze that lyeth
betwprte the iopntes of the buylдыng shall
answere. * Wo vnto hym, that buyldeſt the
towne wyth bloude, & maynteneth the cytie
wyth vnyrghtuouſnes. Sball not the Loſd
of hostes hinge this to palle, that the labou-
res of the people shall be zent with a greate
kyre, & that the thynge wher upon the people
hane weered the ſelues, that be loft: * For þ
earth chalbe full of knowledige of þ Loſdes
honoure, lyke as the waters þ couer the see.

Wo vnto hym that geueth his neyghbour
drpnicke, to get him wzothfull diſpleasure for
his dzonckennesſe: * that he mape ſe his pre-
uptees. Therfore wyth chame chalt thou be
ſilled, in ſteade of honoure. Drinke thou al-
ſo, tryll thou ſlombe wyth all: for þ the cuppe
of the Loſdes right hande shall compasse the
aboute, and chamefull ſpewing in ſteade of
thy

Daniele, d.

Heb. v. d.

Koma, ch.
Gala, iii. b
Hebre. v. d.

B

Dion, iii. d.

Abd. i. a.

Esa. v. b.
Abd. i. a.

C

Luc. xii. d.

Ezek. i. a.
Mau. i. la.
Mich. i. c.

Ezek. i. c.
Hum. xiii. c.
Ezek. i. b.

D

Gene. ix. d.

Jere.
Abd. i. c.

Pal.

G

J

H

Of Sophony

Jó. ccc. vii.

★Tere.l.c
Addi.t.c.

thy woſchype. * For the wżonge þ thou haſt done in Libanus, shall ouerwhelme the, and the wilde beaſtes shall make the aſkaped: becauſe of mens bloud, & for the wżonge done in the lande, in the cytie, and vnto all soch as dwell therin.

What helpe then wyll the pmage do, who
the wozckmā hath kafioned: Or the vayne
caſt Image, wherein because the craftſeman
putteth his truſt, therfore maketh he domme
Idols: Wo vnto hym, that ſayeth to a pece
of wod: arſe, & to a domme ſone: kāde vp.
For what inſtrucſion maye ſoch one geue:
Beholde it is layed ouer with gold & ſyluer,
and there is no beth in it. * But the Loode
in hys holy temple is he, who all the wozlde
hulde keare.

★Plal.xi.a

C The.ij.Chapter.
A player of the prophet Abacuc for the ignoant.

A

Loode, when I herde ſpeake of þ,
I was aſkaped. The wozcke that
thou haſt take in hand, Chalt thou
perſourme in his tyme, D Loode:
åd wh thep tyme cometh, thou Chalt declare
it. In the very wath thou thinckest upon
mercy. God commeth from Theman, the
holy one fro the mount of Baran. Selah.

His glorý couereth the heauens, Æth y earth
is ſul of hys praple. Hys chine is as þ lunne,
and beames of lyght go out of hys handes,
there is hys power hyd. Desſtruccion goeth
before hym, and burnyngge cresletes go from
his fete. * He standeth, & meaſureth þ earth
He loketh, & the people consume awaye, the
montaynes of þ wozlde fal downe to poul-
der, & þ billes are Kayne to bowe the ſelues,
for his goinges are eueraltynge and ſure.

★Amos ſra. b

B

I lawe, that the pauiſons of the Mo-
rians & the tentes of þ land of Madian were
vered for werynſle. Wail thou not angrye,
D Loode, in the waters: was not thy wath
in the ſloudes, & thy displeasure in þ ſee: yes,
when thou ſatteſt upon thyne hoſſe, & when
thy charettes had þ victory. Thou the wedd
thy bove openly, lyke as thou haddest pro-
peſed w an othe * vnto the trbes. Selah.

★Gen. xlv.b

Thou dyſdelt deuyde þ waters of þ earth.
When the mountapnes ſawe the, they were
aſkaped, the water ſtreame wente awaye:
the depe made a nopſe at the lyſtynge vp of
thyne hand. The * ſuñé æd Ænoone remay-
ned ſkyll in their habitacyó. Thyne aro weg
wente out gſlterypge, and thy ſpeares as þ
thyne of the lyghtenyng. * Thou trodeſt
downe the land in thyne anger, and dyſdelt
thzothe the Heathé in thy dyſpleasure. Thou
cameſt forth to helpe thy people, to helpe
thyne anoited. Thou ſmoteſt downe þ head
the houſe of þ vngodly, & diſcoueredeſt hys
ſoudacpos, cuñ vnto þ necke of him. Selah.

★Johu.z.c

★Johua.r.i.a.

Thou curſeſt hys ſepters, the Captayne
of his mē of warre: whych come as a ſtoſmp

wind to ſcatre me abode, & are glad when
they maye eat vp þ pooſe ſecreſtly. Thou ma-
keſt awaye for thyne hoſſes in the ſee, euen
in the mudde of great waters. What heare
thys, my body is vered, my lyppes tréble at
the vyoce therof, my bones coſrupte, I am
aſkaped where I kāde. O that I myght reſt
in the dape of trouble, that I myght go vp
unto our people, which are alreſp prepared.

For the ſygg trees chal not be grene, & the
hynes shall beare no frute. The laboure of þ
olyne chalbe but loſſ, & the lande chal bring
no corne: the chape chalbe take out of þ ſolde,
and there chalbe no catel in the kalles. But
as for me, I wyll be glad in the Loode, and
wyll reioyce in God my Saupoure. * The
Loode God is my strength, he chal make my
fete as the fete of hertes: & he whych geueth
the victory, chall bring me to my hpe places
ſynginge upon my pſalmes.

★Plsa. xviij. b

C The ende of the p[ro]ph[ecy] of Abacuc.
C The boke of the
**Prophetophony.**

C The kyrſt Chapter.

C Threatningses agapenſt Judæs Jeruſalem becauſe
of their Jolatrye.

His is the wozde of þ Loſd, A
whych cam vnto Sophony
the ſonne of Chuſi, the ſonne
of Gedoliah, þ ſone of Ama
riah, the ſonne of Hezckiah
in the tyme of * Joliah the
ſonne of Amō lyng of Ju-

da. I wyll gather vp all thyngeſ in þ lande
(fapeth the Loode) I wyll gather vp man
heaſt: I will gather vp the ſoules in the apſe
and the kych in the ſee (to the greate decaye of
the wicked) and wyll betterlp deſtroye the
men out of the lande, ſapeth þ Loode. I wyll
stretch oure myne hāde upon Juda, and vpō
all soch as dwell at Jeruſalem. Thus will I
rote oure þ remnant of Baal fro this place,
& the names of the * Remurings and p[re]ſtes:
pee, & ſoch as upon their houſe toppes woz-
chype & bove them ſelues vnto the hoſte of
heauen: whych ſweare by þ Loode, & by their
Malchom also: whych karte a backe fro the
Loſd, & neither keke after þ Loſd, ner regarde
him.

kith. v. Keg.
Erl. xrii.

‡III. Keg. cxxi.

B

‡III. Keg.
Erl. b.

‡Deut. xvii. b.

Here, v. b.

* Be kyll at the presence of the Loſd God,
for the dape of the Loode is at hande: pee, the
Loode hath prepared a ſlapne offerping, and
called hys geſtes thereto. And thus chall it
happen in the dape of the Loſdes a ſlapnoſ-
ſerying. I will vſeſt the p[ri]nſes, * þ kyngeſ
chylden, and all soch as weare ſtraunge clo-
thynge. In the ſame dape alſo wyll I vſeſt
thyngge. In the fame dape alſo wyll I vſeſt
thyne. That treade ouer the threholde so
p[ro]hondly,

★Zacha. li. a

‡III. Keg.
Erl. b.

Here, xii. v. b.

The Prophecy

C. Prouously, which fyll their Loldes house with
robberý ad kalihede. At þ fame time (sayeth
the Loode) there chalbe herde a greate crye
from the * fylh pozte and an howllynge frō
the other pozte, and a greate murthur from þ
hylles. Howle ye that dwell in the myll, for
all the marchant people are gone, ſall they
that were laden wyth fyluer, are roted out.

*H. E. v. i. a.

At the fame tyme wyll I seke thowow Ie-
tusalem wyth lanternes, ſtylet them that
continue in their dregges, and laye in thep
hertes: *Tulh, þ Loode will do nether good
ner euell. Their goodes chalbe spoyled, and
their houles layed wale: * thep chal buylde
houles, and not dwel in them: thep shall plate
wynyardes, but not drinke þ wyne therof.

*I.ERE v.c.
*DEUT. x.ii. c.
*JER. xiii. c.
*AMOS. v. b.

D

*Joel i. a.*

Ifor þ greate * dape of the Loode is at häde,
it is herde by, ſt commeth on a pace. Horrible
is the tydinges of the Loodes daye, the shall
the giaunte crye out: for that dape is a dape
of wath, a dape of trouble and heupnelle, a
dape of utter destruccion ſo mpely, a darcke
ſ glomynge dape, a cloudy ſ kozmy dape, a
dape of the nopfe of trompettes ſ chawmes,
agaynſt the ſtronge cryptes ſ hie towzes. I
wil bringe the people into soch vexacyou, þ
they chal go aboute lyke blind men, because
they haue spynned agaynſt the Loode. Their
blonde chalbe ched as the duſt, ſt their bodyes
as the myze. * Arther their ſyluer ner their
golde chalbe able to delpyered ner in that
wzothful dape of the Loode, but the * whole
lande chalbe cosamed thowow the fyze of hys
gelouſo: for he chall soone make clene ryp-
daunce of al them that dwel in the lande.

*Ezek. vii. d.*

*SOPH. iii. b.*

C The. ii. Chapter.

The moutheth to returne to God, p: ophepyinge unto
the one destruccion, to the other delpyneraunce.

2

Dme together and gather you, D
frowerde people: or the thyng go
forð that is concluded, and or the
tyme be paſſed awaye as the duſt:
or the fearfull wath of the Loode come upo
you: yee, or the dape of the Loodes soze dy-
pleasure come upon you. Seke the Loode all
yee meke harted upon earth, ye that wozcke
after his iudgement: seke ryghtouſonelle, ſe-
ke *lowlynelle: þ ye maye be defended in the
wzothfull dape of the Loode: * Ifoz Gaza chal
be destroped, ſ Alcalon chal be laped wale
They chal cail out A lood at the noone daye,
and Accaron chalbe pluckte vp by the rotes.

*IIII. Kere. a.
JON. ii. a.
±. E. xii. c.
Jere. xiv. a.
Ezek. xiv. b.

3

Wo vnto you þ dwell upon the fee cooff,
ye murtherous people: the wozde of þ Loode
chal come upon you. D Canaan thou lande
of the Philistines, I wil destrope the, so that
there shall no man dwell in the enp moze: ad
as for the fee coaff, it shall be heardmens co-
tages ſt thepe foldes: yee, it chalbe a pozycon
for soch as remayne of the house of Juda, to
fede ther vpō. In the houles of Alcalon chall
they rest towarde nyght: for the Loode theye

God chal vyſet theſe, ſt turne awaye their ca-
ptiuyte. * I haue herde þ delpyte of O) ab,
the blasphemyes of þ chyldzen of Ammon
how they haue chamefully intreated my peo-
ple, magniſed them ſelues within the bor-
ders of their lande. Therfore as truly as I
lyue (sayeth the Loode of hostes the God of
Israel) Ioad chalbe as Sodome, ſ Ammo
as ſomozra: euſe drie thorne hedges, ſalt pyt
tes ad a perpetuall wyldernes. The reſpue
of my folcke chal pople the, the remnaunt of
my people chal haue the in poſſession. * This
chall happen vnto them for their pzyde, be-
cause they haue dealte so chamefully wyth þ
Loode of hostes people, magniſed the ſel-
ues abone them. The Lord chall be gryn
upon them, * ſ destrope all the goddes in þ
lande. And all the Iles of the Heathen chall
wozchippe him, cuery man in his place.

*Ezek. xlvii. a.
I.ERE. xlvii. c.
Ezek. xlv. b.*

*Jach. i. b.*

*Ezek. xlii.*

*I. iii. Reg.
I. I. E.
Ezek. xlvii. b.*

Ye Mozyās also chall perish w my swer-
de: yee, he chall stretch out his hande ouer the
noth, and destrope Aſur. * As for Minue,
he chall make it delſolate, drie ad wale. The
ſlockes ſ all the beaſtes of the people chall lye
in þ middeſt of it, pellicanes ſ toſtockes chall
abyde in the upper poſtes of it, foules chall
ſyinge in the wyndo wes, ſ rauens chall lytt
vpō the balckes, for þ boordes of Cedre chal
be ryuen downe. This is the proude and ca-
relesſe crypte, that ſayde in her herte. * I jam,
and thereis els none. How is the made to
wale, that the beaſtes lye therin: Who so
goeth by, mocketh her, and poynteth at her
with his kunge.

D

*Tob. x.iii.*

*Ezek. xii. c.
Ezek. xii. b.*

C The. iii. Chapter.

Cagaynſt the courteſers of Jeruſalem, of the cal-
lynne of all the Gentiſes. A comfort to the reſpue
due of Jſtael.

W to þ abhominable, fylthie, ſ cruel A
cytie: whych wpl not heare, ner be
refourmed. Her trust is not in the

Loode, neither wyll the holde her to
her God. Her rulers wythin her are as roa-
rynge * lyons: her iudges are as * wolues in
the euenvng, whych leane nothynge behynde
the tyl þ mozowe. Her p[ro]ph[tes] are lyght
personnes and vnſaythfull men: her p[re]ſſes
vnhalowe the Sanctuary and do w[onge
vnder the p[iet]ence of the lawe. But the iſt
Loode þ doth no vright, was amonge the,
euery m[or]nyng the wyng them his lawe cle-
aryl, ſ ceaſſed not. But þ undgodly w[pl] not
lene to be alchamed. Theſto w[yl]l I t[ote]
oute thyſ people, and deſtrope their tow[zes]:
yee, and make their ſtretes to vopde, that no
mā chal goo therin. Their cryptes chalbe zo-
ken downe, so that no body chall be left, ner
dwell there enp moze.

*Ezek. xii. c.
Mich. i. c.
Abac. i. b.*

I ſayde vnto the: D keare me, and be co-
tent to be refourmed. That their dwellynge
chulde not be destroyed, ad that there chulde
happen vnto them none of these thynges,
wherwith

The Prophecy

people: that they came and laboured, in the
house of the Lord of hooſtes their God.

C The ii. Chapter.

The chetheth that the goodlynes of the ſecond temple
wall excede the fyſſt, because of the comping of Chypt.
D

A

Don the. xxiiij. dape of the. vi. moneth, in the ſeconde peare of kynge Darius, the. xx. dape of the ſeueth moneth, came the woode of ÿ Lord

by the prophete Aggeus, ſayenge: speake to  
Zozobabell the ſonne of Salathiel pynce of  
Juda, and to Jefua the ſonne of Joledech þ  
bye pzeſte, and to the reſyue of the people, &  
ſape. * Who is left among you, þ ſawe thisp  
houſe in her ſyſt be wtye? But what thynge  
ke pe now by it: Is it not in youre eyes, euen  
as though it were nothinge: Neuer thelleſse,  
be of good chere, D zozobabell ( layeth the  
Lozd) * be of good koſtoze, D Jefua þ ſonne  
of Joledech bye pzeſte: take good herſes un-  
to you alſo all ye people of the lande, layeth  
the Lozd of hooſtes, ſ do accoſynde to the  
woode ( * for I am with you, ſapth þ Lozd  
of hooſtes) lyke as I agreed w you, when ye  
came out of the lande of Egypt: & mp ſpzeſe  
Chalbe amonge you, ſcare ye not.

*I, Ed., iii. c.

*Deu. xxxi. b
Jofu. i, b

*Agge, J. d

*H. d, xii. d

*Esa. Ix. a

*Deu. xxxii. b

Y

If or thus ſayeth the Lord of hooſtes: * pet  
once more wil I haſe heauen and earth, the  
ſee, and the dzpe land, yee, * I wlll moue all  
Heathen, and the koſtoze of all Heathen shall  
come, and so will I ſyll this houſe with ho-  
noure, layeth the Lozd of hooſtes. * The ſyl-  
ner is myne, and the golde is myne, layeth þ  
Lozd of hooſtes. Thus the glory of the laſt  
houſe chalbe greater then the ſyſt, ſapth the  
Lozd of hooſtes: and in this place wlll I ge-  
ue peace, ſayeth the Lozd of hooſtes.

C

The. xxiiij. dape of the nypth moneth in
the ſeconde peare of kynge Darius, came the
woode of the Lozd vnto the prophete Ag-
geus, ſayenge: Thus ſayeth the Lozd God
of hooſtes: Aske the pzeſtes concernynge the
lawe, and ſape: * p ſone beare holý kych þ hys
cote lappe, and w his lappe do touch þ vced,
potage, wyne, ople, or enp other meate: wall
he be holý also ? The pzeſtes anſwered and
ſape: No. Then ſayd Aggeus: Now p ſone
beyng deſyled with a deed carcase, touch enp
of theſe: chall it alſo be vnclene: The pzeſtes
gaue anſwere, and ſape: * yee, it chalbe vn-
cleane. Then Aggeus anſwered and ſape:
euen lo is this people and this nacyon before
me, ſayeth the Lozd: and so are all the worc-
kes of their handes, yee, and all that thep of-
ſre, is vnclene.

*Jer. xli. c

Jeuſ b &.x.ri. b
Nume. xri. b

And now (I praye you) confidŽre kro this
dape koſth, ſ how it hath gone w you aſoze
ož euer there was laped one, ſtone vpon ano-
ther in þ týple of þ Lozd: þ when ye came to a
coſne heape of. xx. bulhels, there were ſcarce
ten: * ſ that when ye came to the wyne pzeſ-

Agge, J. a

ſe for to powre out. 1. pottes of wyne, there
were ſcarce. xx. I for I mote you w heate,
blastſyng and hayle ſtones in all the labours
of youre handes: yet was there none of you,
that wolde turne vnto me, layeth the Lozd.
Consydzeth then from thys dape forſth & aſore
namely, from the. xxiiij. dape of the nypth
moneth, vnto the dape that the foundacyon
of the Lozdſes temple was layed: marck it
well, * is not the ſede yet in the barne: have
not the vynes, the ſkygetrees, the pomgra-
nates, and olyue trees bene yet unkrutefull;
but from thys dape forſth, I pal make them
to pzoſpere.

D

*zach. vili. b

Woreouer, the. xxiiij. dape of the moneth
came the woode of the Lozd vnto Aggeus
agayne, ſayenge: Speake to zozobabell the
pynce of Juda, and ſaye: I wlll haſe both
heauen & earth, and ouerthowe the ſeate of
the kyngebomes, yee, and deſtroye the migb-
ty kynge dome of the Heathen. I wlll ouer-
thowe the caramettes, & thole þ ſyt upon the,
ſo that both hozſe and man chall fall downe,
euery man thozow hys neſbours ſwerde.
And as for the, D zozobabell ( layeth þ Lozd
of hooſtes) thou ſonne of Salathiel my ſer-
uaunt: I wlll take the ( layeth the Lozd ) at
the ſame tyme, and make the as a ſeale, for I
haue chosén the, layeth the Lozd of hooſtes.

C The ende of the prophecy
of Aggeus.

C The booke of the

Prophete zachary.

C The fyſſt Chapter.

The moueth the people to returne to the Lozd, and
to eſchue the wcheſtelles of theſer ſathers. He pizep-
gureth Chyſt and the Apoſtles,

A the epgbt moneth of the ſe-
conde peare of kynge Darius,
came the woode of the Lord vn-
to * zacharpe the ſonne of Ba-

rachias, the ſonne of Addo, the
prophete, ſayenge: The Lozd
hath bene ſoze dyspleased at youre fozeſa-
thers. And ſayeth thou vnto them: thus ſapth
the Lozd of hooſtes: * Turne you vntome
(layeth the Lozd of hooſtes) and I will tur-
ne me vnto you, ſapth the Lozd of hooſtes.
* We ye not lyke þo fozeſathers, vnto who
the pphetes cryed aſoze tyme, kaieng. Thus
layeth the Lord God of hooſtes: * Turne you
from youre euell wapes, ſro þoure wyched
pmaginacyous. & But thep wolde not heare
ner regarde me, layeth the Lozd. What is
now become of youre fozeſathers and the
prophetes

A

*Mat. xxiij. c

*Jer. xxxi. c
Mala. ixi. b

*Jer. xlii. a
Dia. Ixxvii. a

*Dsee. xliii. a
Zod. xiii. b

*Jer. xliii. a

Of zachary.

Jo. xxx.
Fol. CXXVIIJ

prophletes are they yet skyll alpne: But dyd not my wordes and statutes (which I com-maunded by my Jeruauntes the prophletes)

W touch pour kożefathers: Upon this, they gaue answere and sapde: lyke as the Loode of hoostes deupled to do vnto vs, according to oure awne wayes and ymaginacions, euen so hath he dealte with vs.

Upon the. xxxiii. dape of the. xi. moneth, which is the moneth Sebat, in the seconde yeare of Darius, came the word of the Lord vnto zachary þ sonne of Barachias, þ sonne of Addo the prophet, sapeg: I sawe vp night and lo, there sat one upon *a redd hozle, and stode skyll amongst the myzre trees, that we're beneth vpon the groude: and behynde him were there redd, speckled, & whyte hozles: Then sapde I. D. myd Loode, what are these: And the angell that talcked with me, sapde vnto me: I wypill the we the what these be. And the man that stode amongst the myzre trees, answered and sapde: These are they, whom the Loode hath sent to go thozow the worlde. And they answered the angell of the Loode, that stode amongst the myzre trees, ad sapde: We have gone thozow the worlde: ad beholde all the worlde dwell at ease, and are carellesse.

Then the Loodes angell gaue answere, and sapde: D Loode of hoostes, how longe wypill thou be vnmercyful to Jerusalel and to the cypties of Iuda, *with whô thou hault hene disspleased now these thizefcoze ad tenne yeares. So the Loode gaue a louynge and a cosfortable answere vnto the angell that tal-ked with me. And the angel that commoned with me, saide vnto me: Cyepe thou, & speake Thus sapeth the Loode of hoostes: I am ex- ceadinge gelous ouer Jerusalel and Spon, and soze disspleased at the carellesse Heathen: for where as I was but a lytle angrye, they dyd theyr best that I myght destroye them. Therefore, thus sapth the Loode: *I wil tur-ne me agayne in mercy towarde Jerusalel so that my house chalbe dupled in it, sapeth the Loode of hoostes: yee, and the plommet chalbe layed abzode in Jerusalel, sapeth the Loode of hoostes.

Crie alio, and speake: thus saith the Lord of hoostes: Uy cypties chalbe in good prospere-tite agayne, the Loode shall yet cosfoze Sið: & chose Jerusalel. Then lykt I vp myne eyes and sa we, and beholde foure hoznes. And I sapde vnto the angel, that talcked with me: what be these: he answered me: * These are the hoznes, which haue scatred Iuda, Israel and Jerusalel abzode. And the Loode chewed me foure carpenters. Then sapde I: what wil these do: he answered, and saide: Those are the hoznes, which haue to strowed Iuda abzode, that no man durst lykt vp hys head: But these are come to krape them a wape: ad

to cast out the hoznes of the Scentyls, which lykt vp theyr hozne ouer the lande of Iuda, to statre abzoad.

### C. The.ii. Chapter.

C The renewynge of Jerusalel and Iuda,

Lykt vp myne epey agayne, and loked: and beholde, *a man with a measure lyne in hys häde. Then saide I: whether goest thou: And he sapde vnto me: To measure Jerusalel, þ I maye se how lóge & how hroade it is. And beholde, the angel that talked with me, wët his waye forth. Then wët there out another angel to mete hym, & sapde vnto him: Runne, I speake to hys ponge man, and sap: Jerusalel chalbe inhabited without eny wal, for the very multitud of people and catel, þ chalbe therin: *Pee, I mp self (sapth þ Loode) wypill be vnto her a wal of fyze rounde about, and wypill be honoured in her.

D gett you forth, D fiele from the lande of the nozth, sapth the Loode, ye * whom I haue scatred into the foure wyndes under heauen, sapth the Loode. Sane thy self, O Sið: thou that dwellest with þ daughter of Ba-bylon, for thus sapeth the Loode of hoostes: With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen, whych spoyled you: * for who so toucheth you, shall touche the ape of hys awne eye. Beholde, I wypill lykt up myne hande ouer them, * so that they chalbe spoyled of those, which afoze ferved them: ad ye shall knowe, that the Loode of hoostes hath sent me.

Be glad, & rei opce, D daughter of Syð: for lo, * I am come to dwell in the myddel of the, sapeth the Loode. At the same time, there shall many Heathen cleue to the Loode, and chalbe my people. Thus wypill I dwell in the myddel of the, and thou hault knowe, that the Lord of hoostes hath sent me vnto the. The Loode shall haue Iuda in possession for his parte in the holy grounde, and shall chose Jerusalel yet agayne. * Lett all fleth be skyll before the Loode, for he is rypen out of hys holy place.

### C The.iii. Chapter.

C D the lawe and hre estate of Chyrk, under the kypre of Iefua the pietze. A propheter of Chyrk.

And he chewed me Iefua þ hre pietze (and ynge before the angel of þ Lord, * and Satan stode at his right hande to reskyte hym. And the Loode sapde vnto Satan. The Loode reproue the ( thou Sa-tan ) yee, the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalel, reproue the. Is not this a vrande taken out of the fyze ? Now Iefua was clothed in vn-clene rayment, and stode before the angell, which answered and sapde vnto those, that stode before hym: take a wape the foule clothes from hym. And vnto him he sapde: Be-hold, I haue taken arsape thy lynne frô the, and will decke the with chaunge of rayment.

RR ii He

A

Lc. xlii.b
Apo. xli.e

B

Deu. iii.b
Jach. ix. a

I Jer. xiii.b

I Jere ii.a
rr.d. and ryp.c
Wsa. xvi.b
Aeres. xii.a
*Esa. xiii.a

C

Ero. rrb. a
Mat. xvii.b. c

D

Soph. i.a

A

Hsaf. cff.a
Mat. iii.a
Jude. i.b

*zacha. vii.a
Apo. vii.a

C

*Iere. rpb.b
Irie.b
I.Elo. i.a

D

*zach. viii.a

*Dan. vii.b

The propheray

He layd mozeouer, left a kayze mypter upon
his head. So they set a kayze mypter vpō hys
head, and put on clothes upon him, as the an-
gel of the LoRD kode there. Then the angell
of the LoRD testifye d onto Jesua, and IpaKE,
thus layth the LoRD of hooſtes: Ikthou wylt
walke in mp wayes, as kepe mp watch: thou
thalt rule mp houſe, and kepe my courtes, and I
will geue the place amōge theſe þtāde here.
Heare (O Jesua) thou bye pzeſte, thou as thy
krendes þdwell before the, for they are won-
derous people. Behold, I will bypnge foſth
*the bzaunche of my ſeruaut: for lo, the kō-
ne that I haue layed bekoze Jesua: vpō ≠ one
ſone chalbe. viij. eyes. Beholde, I will hewe
him out (ſayth the LoRD of hooſtes) as take a
waye the ſynne of þtande in one daye. Then
thall euery man call for hys neyghbour, vn-
der the vpne and under the fygge tre, ſayth
the LoRD of hooſtes.

C

D

‡Esa. iii. 4.
Jere xiii. 4,
and, xlvii. 16,
zacha, vi. b.
‡ Esa. xvi. 4.
I Pet. vi. 4.

### The iiiij. Chapter.

The vyſon of the golden candelſtylek, and the ex-
polye pion theſon,

A

And the angel that talked with me,
came agayne, and walked me vp,
as a man that is rapſed out of hys
ſlepe, ſayde vnto me: What that leſt
thon: And I ſayd: I haue loked, and behold:
a candelſtylek al of golde, with a boll upon it

and his viij. lampes therin, as upon euery lā-
pe, viij. ſtalkes. And * two olyue trees ther-
by, one upon the right ſpde of the boll, and þ
other vpō the leſt lyde. So I anſwered, and
I paſke to the angell þtalked w me, ſapeng: D
my LoRD what are theſe? The angel that tal-
ked w me anſwered as ſayde vnto me: know-
elt þ not what theſe be: And I ſaide: Nomp
LoRD. He anſwered, and ſayd vnto me: This
is the word of the LoRD vnto zozobabel, ſa-
yeng: * Nether thożow an hooſt of men, ner
thożow strégtb, but thożow mp ſpze, ſaith
the LoRD of hooſtes. What art thou, þgreat
mountayne, bekoze zozobabel: thou muſt be

C

made euern. And he shall bypnge vp the turſt
*ſtone, so that men shall crp vnto him, good
Lucke, good lucke.

*Apo. xi. a.*

B

*Esa. xi. a.*

*Esa. xvii. 6.*

*Phil. i. a.*

‡Deu. xviiij. 10.

Lozeouer, the woode of the Loſde came
vnto me, ſayeng: * The hands of zozobabel
haue laped the foundation of this houſe, hys
handes, shall also ſynp the it: * that ye maye
knowe how þ the LoRD of hooſtes hath lent
me vnto you. For he þ hath bene deſpysed a
lytle ſeason, shall reſiopce, when he ſeeth the
typne weight in zozobabels hande. The. viij.
eyes are the Loſdes, which go thożow the
whole woold. Then anſwered I, as ſaide vn-
to him: What are theſe. ij. olyue trees upon þ
right as leſt ſide of the cāde ſtilk: I ſpake mo-
reouer, as ſayde vnto hym: what be theſe two
olyue bzaüches (which thożow þ two golde
ppyes) emptype the ſelues into the golde: He
anſwered me, as ſayde: knowelet þ not, what

D

theſe be: And I ſayd, no, mp LoRD. Then ſaſ
he: * Theſe are the two olyue bzaunches, þ
ſtande bekoze the ruler of the whole earth.

*Apo. xi. a.*

### The v. Chapter.

The vyſon of the ſpeng booke, ſyngpkyeng the cur-
ſe of theues and ſoth as abufe the name of God. By
the vyſon of the meaſure, ps ſyngpkyed the dyngpnyng
of Juda to Babylon.

D I turned me, lyktinge vp myne
eyes, as loked, and behold, a flyenge
boke. And he ſayde vnto me: what
leſt þ: I anſwered: I le a flyenge

A

boke of xx. cubytes lóge, as. cubytes bzoode.
Then ſayde he vnto me: This is the curſe, þ
goeth foſth ouer the whole earth: for all the-
ues chalbe iudged after thys boke, as all swe-
arers chalbe iudged accoſoynge to the fame,
and I will bypnge it foſth (ſayth þ Loſde of
hooſtes) so that it chall come to the houſe of
þ theſe, and to the houſe of him, þ falſely swe-
areth by mp name: and chall remapnye in hys
houſe, and confume it, w the ſymbze and kó-
nes theſof. Then the angel that talked with
me, went foſth, and ſayde vnto me: lyſt vp
thyne eyes as le, what is thys þ goeth foſth.
And I ſayde: what is it: He anſwered: thys
is a meaſure going out. He ſayde mozeouer:
Euen thus are they (þdwell upon the whole
earth) to loke upon. And beholde, there was
lyſt vp a talét of leade: as lo a woman ſat in þ
myddel of the meaſure. And he ſayde: thys
is vngodlpnes. So he caſt her into the myd-
dest of the meaſure, and thze we the lompe of
leade vp into an whole.

B

C

Then lyſt I vp myne eyes, and loked: as
beholde, there came out two wemen, and the
wynde was in theſt wynges ( for theſt had
wynges lyke the wynges of a kóze) as the
lyſt vp the meaſure betwirte the earth as the
heauen. Then ſpake I to the angell that tal-
ked with me: whycher wull theſe beare the
meaſure. And he ſayde vnto me: into þ land
of *Spnear, to buylde the an houſe: which
when it is prepared, the meaſure chalbe left
there in hys place.

*Gene. x. b.*

### The h. Chapter.

The ſoue kourc charrettes, be deſkyrdbeth the pioſpery-
te of iiiij. kypngdomes.

A

Dreouer, I turned me, lykting vp
myne eyes, as loked: as behold, there
came kouze charrettes out from bet-
wirte. iiij. hylles, which hylles were

of bzaſſe. In the ſyſt charet were * redd
horſe, in the ſecond charet were blaſſe horſe,
in the thyzd charet were whyte horſe, in the
fourth charet were horſes of diuerſe couds,
and ſtronge. Then ſpake I, and ſayde vnto
the angell that talked with me: D Loſde,
what are theſe. The angell anſwered as ſayd
vnto me: * Theſe are the. iiiij. windses of the
heaué, which be come foſth to ſtande bekoze þ
ruler of al the earth. That w the blaſſe horſe
wente

*zach. i. b
Apo. vi. a.*

N

*Iere. iiiij. b.*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

At zachary.

Jo. cxxxii.

Fol. cxxix

wente into the lāde of the north, and þ white
followed them, and the spekled hozes wente
forth towarde the south. These hozes were
very stronge, and wente out: and sought to
go and take theþ iourney ouer the whole
earth. And he sayde: get you hence, þ go tho-
row the wozle. So they wente thorow out
the world. Then cried he upon me, and spa-
ke unto me, sayeng: behold, these that go to-
warde the north, þall spyll mp wath in the
north countre.

C

And the wode of þ Lord came unto me,
sayeng: Take of the preſoners that are come
from Babylon: namely, Hēldai, Tobiah, &
Idaia: and come thou the same dave, and go
into the house of Jōiah the ſone of Sopho-
ny. Then take golde and ſluer, and make
crownes therof, and let them upon the head
of Jēsua the ſonne of Jōſeh, the hē prieſte,
and speake unto him. Thus ſayth the Loſde
of hoosſtes: Behold, the man whose name is
* the braunche: and he that shall spyrnge up
after him, * shall buylde up the temple of the
Loſde, yee, euen he shall buylde up the temple
of the Loſde. * He shall beare the prieſte, he
chal ſyt upon the Loſdes trone, and haue the
dominacy on.

*zach.iii.b
‡pla.cxxvii.a

*Ap.iii.b,d,b

D

*Psal. cr.b
Deb.xi. vii. vii.
viii. x. k.

* A prieſte chal he be also upon his trone,
and a peacable coucel chalbe betwirte them
both. And the crownes chalbe in the temple
of the Loſde, koz a remembraunce vnto He-
lem, Tobiah, Idaiah, and Hen the ſonne of
Sophony. And koch as be farre of, chal come
and buylde the temple of the Loſde, that ye
maye knowe, how that the Loſde of hoosſtes
hath ſent me vnto you. And thys chall come
to paffe, þe ye will herken dilygently vnto
the dopce of the Loſde youre God.

### C The. viij. Chapter.

C The elpmapon of kælþnge wypithout mercye. The
dyſpyrnge of charpe, and the obſpynaye of the pco-
ple.

A

It happened also in the fourth yeare
of kylnge Darius, that the wode of þ
Loſde came vnto zachary in þ fourth
daye of the n朋th moneth, which is called,
Casleu: what tyme as Sarasar and Rogo-
melech and the men that were with the ſent
unto Bethell koz to paye bekoze the Loſde:
and that thep chulde sape vnto the prieſtes,
which were in the houſe of the Loſd of hoo-
ſtes, and to the prieſetes. Shuld I wepe in
the * fyſth moneth, and abſtepne as I haue
done now certayne peares? Then came the
wode of the Loſde of hoosſtes vnto me ſay-
enge: Speake vnto all the people of the lād,
and to the prieſtes, and sape: when ye fasted
and mourned in the fyſth * as krueth moneth
(now this. lxx. yeares) dyd ye faſt vnto me.
When ye did eate also as dzonche, dyd ye not
eate and dzinche koz youre awne ſelues. Are

*xlii.eeg.rzvb.d

B

*Iere. xli.a
iii. Ic. xv.b.

not theſe þ wodes, which þ Loſde ſpake by
his prieſetes aſoſe tyme, whc Jeruſaſe was
yet inhabited ſ welth, the & p[ro]¢pties roande
aboute her: when there dwelt men, both to-
warde the south & in the playne countrees.

And the wode of the Loſde came vnto
zachary, ſayenge: Thus ſayth the Loſde of
hoosſtes: * Execute true iudgement: the we
mercy and louyng kynndneſſe, euery man to
hys brother. Do the wyddowe, the father-
les, the kraunger, and pooze no wżong: and
let no man ymagen euel against his brother
in hys herte. * Neuer the lēſe, they wolde not
take hed, but turned their backes, ſtopped
theyz eares, that they chulde not heare: yee,
they made their hertes as an Adamat ſkone
left they chulde heare the lawe and wodes,
* which the Loſd of hoosſtes ſent in hys holp
prieſte by the prieſetes aſoſe tyme.

C

*zach. vii.b
de.o.rli.c
Leu.ril.a
Joc.viii.a
Iere.vi.a

*Iere.vii.c

*ij. Pcc. a. d

Wherkoze the Loſd of hoosſtes was very
wzoth at them. And thus it come to paffe:
* that lyke as he ſpake and they wolde not
heare: euē lo thep cryed, ſ I wolde not heare
(sayth the Loſd of hoosſtes) but scattered the
amonge all Gentiles, whom they knewe
not. Thus the lande was made lo desolate,
that there tranapled no man init, neither to,
net fro, koz that pleaſaunt lande was utter-
ly lapinge.

D

*Ier. xii. b

### C The. viij. Chapter.

C The therturne of the people vnto Jeruſaſſer, and
of the mercy of God towarde them. Of good workes,
The callynge of the Gentiles.

The wode of the Lord came vnto me, ſayenge: Thus ſayth þ Lord of hoosſtes: I was in a great gelou- ly ouer Spon, yee, I haue bene ve-

A

rp gelous ouer her i a great dyſpleaſure thus
ſayeth the Loſd of hoosſtes: I willy turne me
agayne vnto Spon, and willy dwell in the
mydeſſt of Jeruſalem: * lo that Jeruſalem
chalbe called a p[ro]¢thfull and true cypic, þ hyl
of the Loſde of hoosſtes, yee, an hyl hyl.

*Iza. a. d

Thus ſayth the Loſde of hoosſtes: There
chall yet olde men & wemen dwel agayne in
the rctes of Jeruſalem: yee, & koch as go w
ſtaues in their handes koz very age. The stre
tes of the cypic alſo chalbe full of yóge boyes
and damſelles, plavinge vpon the ſt reſts.

B

Thus ſayth the Loſd of hoosſtes: yk the re-
sydue of thys people thynke it to be unpoſſi-
ble in theſe dapes, * chuld it therzo be vn-
poſſible in my ſight, ſayth the Loſd of hoo-
ſtes: Thus ſayth the Loſde of hoosſtes: Be-
holde, I willy delyuer my people kro the lāde
of the eſt and weſt, and will brynge them
agayne: that thep maye dwel at Jeruſalem.

*Mat. xii. d

* They chalbe my people, and I willy be
theþ God, in treuth and ryphtreounſſe.

*Iere. iii. k
Avo. rli.c
Heb. viii. c

Thus ſayth the Loſde of hoosſtes: Ict you-
handes be stronge, pe that now heare theſe
wodes by the mouth of þ p[ro]¢phetes, wherch

RR. iiij. be in

The Prophecy

be in these days that the foundation is laid
upon the Lord of hooſtes house, that heele
mave be buyldeſd. For why ? * before these
days, neither me nor catel coulde wyne enp
thinge, neither myght enp man come in & out
in rest, for trouble : but I left euery man go
againſt his neghboure.

A. Agge, i. a

C

A. Agge, i. c

Neuertheles, I will now intreate the re-
ſpue of thys people nomore as afore ſtyme,
ſayth the Lord of hooſtes, * but the chal
a ſede of peace. The vineyarde chal gene her
frute, the grounde chal gene her increase, ad
the heaués chall gene their de we: and I wall
caſe the remaunnt of thys people, to haue
all these in poſſession. And it chall come to
palle, that lyke as ye were a curse amonge y
Heathen (Dye house of Iuda, and ye houſe
of Irael) Euen so wil I delpuer you, that ye
chalbe a blessing: keare not, but let your han-
des be stronge.

For thus ſayth the Lord of hooſtes: lyke
as I deuised to pumpſh you, what ſtyme as
your fathers prouoked me vnto wath, ſa-
ſayth the Lord of hooſtes, ſpared not. Euen
lo am I determpned now in these days, for
to do well vnto the house of Iuda & Jeruſa-
lem, therfore keare ye not. Now the thynges
that ye chall do, are these: * Speake euery
man the treuth vnto his neyghboure, cre-
cute iudgement trulp, and peaceablly within
your poztes, none of you pmagin euil in his
herte againſt hys neyghboure, and lone no
ſake others: for all these are the thynges that
I hate, ſayth the Loode. And the word of
the Lord of hooſtes, came vnto me, ſayeng:
thus ſayeth the Loode of hooſtes: The kast
of the fourth moneth, the kast of the fifth, the
kast of the ſeventh, and the kast of the tenth,
chall be toye and gladneſſe, and p[ro]ſperous
h[is] keaſtes vnto the house of Iuda: Oncely,
lon[e] the treuth and peace.

D

A. Euphr. iii. b
zach. vii. b
Mala. ii. b

Thus ſayth the Lord of hooſtes: There
chall yet come people, and the inhabitants of
many cyties, and they that dwell in one cynte
chal go to another, ſayeng: * Up, let us go, &
praye before the Loode, let us ke the Loode
of hooſtes, I will go with you: yee, moch people
and myghtie Heathen chal come and ke the
Lord of hooſtes at Jeruſalem, & to praye be
koſe the Lord. Thus ſayth the Lord of hoo-
ſtes: In þy me chall tennen (out of all ma-
ner of languages of the Gentiles) take one
Jewe by the hemme of hys garment, & ſaye:
we wyll go with you, for we haue herde, þ
God is amonge you.

C The. ix. Chapter.

The conuerſion of the Gentiles. The comming of
Christ chytnge on an Aſſe.

A

he word of the Loode chal be recea-
ued at Adach, and Damascus chal
his offering: for the eyes of all men ad
of the trybes of Israel chall loke vp vnto the

Loode. The borders of hemath chall be herde
therby, Tirus alſo & Sidon, for they are de-
ry wile, * Tirus chall make her ſels stronge,
heape vp ſyluer as the sande, & golde as the
clayes of þ stretes. Behold, the Loode chal ta-
ke her in, and haue her in poſſession: * he chal
ſimpe downe her power into the fee, and the
chalbe coſumed w[or]yce. This chall Acaló ſe,
and be aſtraied. * Gaza chal be dep for[or]p, to
chall Accaron alſo, because her hope is come
to confusion. For the kinge of Gaza chal pe-
rp[er]ſh, and at Acalon chall no man dwell.

A. Joël, ii. a

A. Ero, xlii. c

A. Jer. xlvii. a
Imos. ii. b
B

A. Accarath, a
Loz. vii. a
and, c

Straugers chall dwell at Aſdod, and as
for þ þryde of the Philistines, I shall roſe it
out. * Their blonde wil I take awaye from
their mouth, & their abhominacíos fr[ò] amòg
their teeth. Thus the chal be left for God,
yee, they chal be as a prince in Iuda, & Acca-
ron lyke as a Jebuſp. And so will I compaſe
my house rounde about my men of warre
goinge to and fro: that no oppreſſoure come
upon them enp more. For that haue I ſene
now with myne eyes.

* Reioyce thou greatly, O daughter Siſ
be glad, O daughter Jeruſalem. For lo, thy
kynde cometh vnto the, euem the ryghteous
and Sauoure, Lowly ſymple is he, he rp-
eth do[po]nanteſſ, & upon the foale of an aſſe.
I will roſe out the charrettes fr[ò] Euphraim,
and the houſe fr[ò] Jeruſale, the batel bowes
chalbe deſtroyed. He chall gene þ docteryne of
peace vnto the Heathen, * and his dominy
chalbe from the one ſee to the other, and fr[ò]y
floudes to the endes of the worlde.

A. Esa. xlii. c
Mat. xii. a
Job. xii. b

C

A. Sa[le]p[it]a

Thou alſo thotow the blonde of thy co-
uenaunt: chal let * thy preſoners out of the
* p[it]te wherin is no water. Turne you now
to þ str[ö]ge holde, ye þ be in preſon, * & longe
foze to be deuilered. And this dave I bring þ
worde, þ I will reuare the double agayne.
For Ida haue I bent out as a bove for me
and Euphraim haue I ſyld. Th[y] ſonnes, D
Siſ, will I rap[er]e vp againſt the G[zek]es, &
make the as a q[ra]auntes ſwearde: the Loode
God chal be ſene aboue them, and his darkes
chall go for[th] as the lighthenp[ung]. The Loode
God chall blowe the tromp[et], and chal come
for[th] as a k[or]me out of the louth.

A. Esa. xlii.
Apo. xii. a,
* Mo. vii. c

A. Mo. vii. c

The Lord of hooſtes chall defende them,
the chall cume & deuoure, and ſubdue the
with * ſp[an]ge stones. The chall drincke ad
rage, as it were thotow wyne. The chalbe
ſylled lyke þ bafens, & as þ hornes of þ aul-
ter. The Loode their God chal deliver them in
þ dave, as þ flock of his people: for þ ſones
of his Sanctuary chal be let up in his lande.
Chow p[ro]ſperous & goodly a thinge chal þ
be: The cozne chall make þ yonge men chea-
reſtfull, and the new wyne the maydens.

D

A. Zach. i. a
I. Reg. xvi. c

C The. v. Chapter.

The people is moud to require the doctrine of
truth of the Loode. The Loode p[ro]moneth to up[er]
ad comuore the houſe of Irael.

P[ra]y[ee]

The Prophecy

*Isa. xlii. x.*

*Yee, Juda hym selke also chalbe in the sege
agaynst Jerusale[m]. At the same tymc wyll
I make Jerusale[m] an heup stone for all peo-
ple, so that all soch as lyft it vp, chalbe toac-
ne and rente, and all the people of the earth
chalbe gathered together agaynst it:

B

*Add. f.c.
Amos, l.a.*

* In that daye, sayeth the Lo[rd], I wyll
make all ho[zes] abashed, and those that ryde
upon them, to be out of their wyttes. I wyll
op[er] myne eyes upon the hou[se] of Jud[ia], and
smyte all þ ho[zes] of the people with blynd-
nelle. And the p[ri]inces of Jud[ia] chal[le]p[e] in
the[ir] h[ert]es. The inhabitants of Jerusale[m]
shall gene me c[oh]olacyon in the Lo[rd] of hoo-
kes their God. In that tymc wyll I make þ
pr[ince]s of Jud[ia] lyke an h[ote] burnyng ouen
with wood, and lyke a creuset of fy[re] among
the f[ra]we: so that they chal]l consume all the
people rounde aboute them, both upon the
ty[gy]ht h[å]de and the left. Jerusale[m] also chal-
be in habited agayn: namely, in þ same pla-

ce where Jerusale[m] standeth.

The Lo[rd] chal[le] preserue the t[ě]tes of Ju-
dal[ya] lyke as a fore tymc: so that the glo[ry] of þ
h[ou]se of Daui[d]: ad the glo[ry] of the cytel[yns]
of Jerusale[m], chalbe but lytle regarded, in
c[ō]parison of the glo[ry] of Jud[ia]. In that daye
chall the Lo[rd] defende the cytel[yns] of Jeru-
sale[m]. Soeouer, upon the h[ou]se of Daui[d]
and upon the cytel[yns] of Jerusale[m], * wyll
I p[ou]re out the fy[ze]te of grace and p[ra]yer
so þ * ch[all] wyll loke vp[ō] me, wh[ō] the p[er]
peare[d]: * so the þ chal be w[ep]e hi as m[ē] m[our]-
ne for[ their] only begott[ē]onne: p[ee], * be for[]
fo[] him, as m[ē] are for[]y for[] their fy[st] chylde.

*Isa. xvii. 8.*

At the same tymc wyll I go aboute to de-
strope all soch people as come agaynst Jeru-
sale[m]. Soeouer, upon the h[ou]se of Daui[d]
and upon the cytel[yns] of Jerusale[m], * wyll
I p[ou]re out the fy[ze]te of grace and p[ra]yer
so þ * ch[all] wyll loke vp[ō] me, wh[ō] the p[er]
peare[d]: * so the þ chal be w[ep]e hi as m[ē] m[our]-
ne for[ their] only begott[ē]onne: p[ee], * be for[]
fo[] him, as m[ē] are for[]y for[] their fy[st] chylde.

*Ezek. xiii. 1.*

Jeh. xii.
Acres. xii.b.

† John. xix. d.

* Then ch[all] t[ē]dere be a g[re]ate m[ou]ntyng
at Jerusale[m], * lyke as the lamentacion at
Ad[ze]mnon in the kelde of Maggadon. And
the lande ch[all] be w[ayle] euery kyn[red] by the
selues. The kyn[red] of the h[ou]se of Daui[d] the
selues alone, and the[ir] wyues by the selues.

D

*Luc. xiii. 1.*

† Is. xvi. xxi. v.

*It. He. xlii. a
The kyn[red] of the h[ou]se of * Nathan them
selues alone, and their wyues by the selues.
The kyn[red] of the h[ou]se of Leui them sel-
ues alone, and the[ir] wyues by them selues.
The kyn[red] of the h[ou]se of Sem[ei] them sel-
ues alone, and their wyues by them selues.
In lyke maner, all the other generac[i]ons, eue-
rychone by them selues alone, and their wy-
ues by them selues.

*Is. He. xlii. a*

C The. xij. Chapter.

C[on] of the well of grace and trueth, * of the cleane
ryddaunce of I[ol]at[re], and of kaf[le] p[ro]phete[s].

A

*Ezek. xiii. a
Joch. xiii. b.*

† John. xii. d.

N that tymc chal the h[ou]se of Daui[d]
and the c[ptel]yns of Jerusale[m] haue
an open * well, to wash of lynne and

vnclemessel[le]. And then ( sayeth the Lo[rd] of
ho[stes], * I wyll del[roy]e the names of I[d]-
les out of the lande: so that they chal nomo-
re be put in remembraunce.

‡ Sap. xlii.
Wisd. xxxi.

* Mat. xlii.*

*Zach. xii. 1.*
*Isa. xii. 1.*

*Jer. xlii.*

*Deu. xiii.*

*Add. f.*

*Amos. xlii.*

*Gen. xiii.*

C

* II. Ep. x.
Jer. xiii. 1.*

* As for[] the false p[ro]phete[s]es also and the
vnclen[e] fy[ze]te, I ch[all] take the out of the la-
de. So that [p] any of them p[ro]phete ye any
m[oe], * his awne father ad mother that be-
gat him, ch[all] p[ape] vnto him. Thou ch[alt] d[ye]
for[] thou p[ra]kest l[yes] vnder the name of the
Lo[rd]: p[ee], his awne father and mother that
begat him, ch[all] w[ou]de him, w[he] he p[ro]p-
hecieth. And then ch[all] those p[ro]phete[s] be con-
fou[d]ed, euery one of his v[pl]i]o when he p[ro]
hecieth: neither ch[all] they were lackelothes
any m[oe], to disceau[e] men with all. But he
ch[all] be k[ayne] to p[ape]: * I am no p[ro]phete:
I am an h[usband]e man, for[] so am I taught
* by Adam from my youth vp. And [p] it be
p[ape] vnto him: how came these wounds
then in thine h[å]des: he ch[al] answere. Thus
am I w[ounded] in the h[ou]se of mp[ne] awne
frendes.:

A[pr]le, O thou sw[earde], vp[ō]mp ch[ephe]
de, and upon the p[ri]ince of mp[e] people, faieth
the Lo[rd] of ho[stes]. * Smyte the ch[ephe]de,
and the ch[ep]e chalbe sc[atred] ab[ode], and so
wyll I turne mp[ne] h[ande] to the lytle ones.
And it ch[all] come to p[alle] (sayeth the Lo[rd])
that in all the lande two p[artes] chalbe v[ot]ed
out, * but the th[yz]de parte ch[all] remapne
therin. * And the same th[yz]de parte wyll I
h[inge] th[oz]ow þ fy[ze], * w[pl] c[len]se the, as the
[l]p[luer] is c[len]sed: p[ee], * tr[pe] the lyke as golde
is t[red]. Then ch[all] they call vp[ō]mp name,
and I wyll heare them: I wyll p[ape]: it is mp
people. And they ch[all] p[ape]: Lo[rd], my God.

*Mat. xlii.*
Mar. xiii.*

*Amos. xli.*

*Job. xiii.*

Ezek. xiii. a

Psal. xiii. a

Jer. xiii. a

Isa. xiii. a

Pro. xiii. a

Sapien. a.

Eccle. xii. a.

C[on] the wal[py]nge of the ch[urche] under the fy[ze]te of
Jerusale[m]. Of the k[ryng]dome of the Lo[rd].

D

Eholde, the d[ave] of the Lo[rd] cometh,
that thou ch[alt] be sp[oy]led * robbed, for[]
I will gather together all þ Heathen,
to fy[gy]ht agaynst Jerusale[m]: so þ the cyte chal-
be wonne, the h[ou]ses sp[oy]led, and the w[em]e
defiled. The halfe of the cyte ch[all] go awaye
into captiupte, and the relyd[ue] of the people
ch[all] not be carried out of the cyte. After that
ch[all] the Lo[rd] go for[]th to fight agaynst tho-
se Heath[ē], as men v[ie] to fy[gy]ht in the d[ave] of
battell. The ch[all] his fete stande vp[ō] þ mo[ut]
ol[uy]ete, that lyeth upon þ eaf[ty] de of Jeru-
sale[m]. And þ mo[ut] o[ly]yete ch[all] cleue in two,
eaf[ty] warde * wek warde, so that there chalbe
a g[re]ate valley, and the halfe mo[ut] ch[all] re-
mouet o[warde] the no[th], and the other tow-
arde the south. And p[e] ch[all] fle vnto þ valley
of mp[ylles], for[] the valley of the h[illes] ch[all
reach vnto A[sal]. p[ee], fle ch[all] ye * lyke as p[ee]
fled for[] the earthquake i the d[aves] of O[lah]
kynge of Jud[ia]. And the Lo[rd] of my God ch[all
come, * all Saintes w[om] him. In that d[ave] ch[all
it not

*Amos. x.*

*Leu. x.*

Ame. xii.

II. Mat.

II. Mach.

Of Malachy.

Ko. xxxiii.

Fol. CXXXI.

*mat. xx.iii.º

*zacha xlii.º
Apo. xlii.º a.

*Abd.º d.

C

*ii. Ko. iii.º
Jer. xxxi.º f.

*Leu. xlii.º
Nume. xlii.º b
in Mo. v. c.
ii. Mach. i. b.

It not be lyght, but colde ÿ kroſt. * This chal
be that speciall dape which is knowne vnto
the Loſde: neither dape neer lyght, but about
the euenpng tyme it chalbe lyght. * In that
tyme chall there waters of lyke runne out fro
Jerusalem: the halſe parte of them towarde
the eſt ſee, and the other hal towarde þ vſ-
terroſt ſee, and chall continue both ſomer ÿ
wpnter. * And the Loſde hym ſelſe chalbe
kynge ouer all the earth.

At þ tyme chall there be one Lord onely, ÿ
his name chalbe but one. Men chal go about
the whole earth, as dpōa ſelde: frō Gibea to
Rémō, ÿ frō the south to Jeruſalé. She chal-
be let vp, ÿ inhabited i her place: frō Ben Ja-
mpnſ poſte, vnto þ place of the fyſſt poſte,
& vnto the corner poſte: & from the tower of
* Hananeel, vnto the kypnſes wyne pſesses.
There chal men dwell, ÿ there chalbe no mo-
re curſinge, but Jeruſalé chalbe ſakely inha-
byted. This chalbe the plage, wherwith the
Loſde will ſimpy all people, þ haue fought
agaynſt Jeruſalem. Namely, their flech chal
culume a waye, though the ſtāde dpō their
ſete, their eyes chalbe corrupt in their holes,
and their tunge chall culume in their mouth.

In that dape chall þ Lord make a greate
ſedicyon amongst them, so that one man chal
take another by the hande, ÿ lape his handes
dpō the handes of his nepgyßboure * Juda
chall fyght also agaynſt Jeruſalé, ÿ the goo-
des of all the Heathen chalbe gathered toge-
ther rounde aboute: gold ÿ ſyluer and a very
great multitude of clothes. And so chall this
plage go ouer hoſſes, mules, camels, alſes, ÿ
all the deaſſes that chall be in the hoſt, lyke
as yonder plage was. Euerp one þ remap-
neth then of all þ people, which cam agaynſt
Jeruſalem, chal go vp perely, to woz wyppe
þ kypng (euen the Loſd of hoſtes) * ÿ to kepe
the feast of tabernacles. And loke what ge-
neracyon upon earth goeth not vp to Jeru-
salem, for vto wozhype the kypnge (euen the
Loſde of hoſtes) vpon the same chal come no
rayne. If the kynred of Egypte go not vp, ÿ
come not, it chall not rayne vpon the nether.

This chalbe þ plage wher w the Loſd will
ſimpy all the Heathen, þ come not vp to kepe
þ feast of tabernacles: yee, this chalbe þ lyn-
ne plage of Egipt & þ ſine plage of al reſpole
þ gō not vp to kepe þ feast of tabernacles.

At that tyme chall the rypdyng gere of the
hoſſes be holy vnto the Loſde, ÿ the kettels
in the Loſdes house chall be lyke the basens
bekoſe the auſter: yee, all the kettels in Jeru-
salem and Juda, chalbe holy vnto the Loſd
of hoſtes: and all they that lape offerynges,
chall come & take of them, & dpight þſe there
in. And at that tyme there chal be no mo Ca-
nanites in the house of the Loſde.

C The ende of the Prophecy of Zachary.

The boke of the

Prophet Malachy.

The fyſſt Chapter.

TA complaynte agaynſt Israel and her pſesses.

He heup burthen, which the Lord
the weſt agaynſt Iſrael by Ma-
lachy. I haue loued you, ſaeth þ
Loſd: Æd yet ye ſape: wherin haſt
thou loued vs? * Was not Elau

A

* Gene. xiv. c.

Jacobs brother, ſaith the Loſde: ÿ yet haue I loued Jacob, and hated Elau: * yee, I haue made his hilles walſe, and his heritage a wildernesse for dragōs. And though Edom ſayde: well, we are destroyed, we wyll goo buylde vp agapne the places that be walſed pet, ſaith the Loſde of hoſſes) * what thep buplwed, that brake I downe: so that it was called a curſed lande, Æd a people, whom the Loſde hath euer bene angrie withall.

* Kama. c. v. d.

* Ios. xxi. a.

*Abd. i. s.

Poure eyes haue ſene it, and ye youre ſel-
ues mult cokesſe, that þ Loſde hath brought
þ ſlade of Israel to great honoure * Shulde
not a ſonne honoure his father, Æd a tenuaunt
his master: ÿ If I be now a father, where is
myne honoure: If I be the Loſd, where am
I keared: ſaith the Loſde of hoſtes.

B

* Erod. x. v. c.

Now to you p[rae]ſteth, þ deſſple my name.
And þe ye ſape: wherin haue we deſpised thy
name. In this, þ ye offre vnclene bried upon
myne auſter. And þe p[er]will ſape: wherin ha-
ue we offered any vnclene thinge vnto the.
In this that ye ſape: the auſter of þ Loſde is
not to be regarded. If ye offre the blynde, is
not that euell? And þe ye offre the lame and
ſycke, is not that euell: * Yee, offre it vnto
thy prince, chal he be content with the, or ac-
cepte thy personne, ſaith þ Loſde of hoſtes.

*Deu. x. xii. a.

C

* Leu. xlii. c.
Ezek. xlii. c.

And now make you p[er]p[er] a before God,
that he mape haue mercy upon vs: for loch
thinges haue ye done. Sthal he regarde your
perſonnes, thinke ye, ſaith the Loſde of ho-
ites: Yee, what is he amonge you, that will
do so moch as to chut the dozes, or to kypndle
the fyze upon myne auſter for naught: * I
haue no pleasure in you, ſaith the Loſde of
hoſtes: ÿ and as for the meatoffringe, I will
not accepte it at you re hande. * For from þ
rifying up of the ſonne vnto the going dow-
ne of the ſame, my name is greate amonge
the G[ét]iles: yee, in euery place chall there la-
crifice be done, and a clene meatoffring offred
up vnto my name: for my name is greate a-
mong the Heathen, ſaith the Loſd of hoſtes.
But ye haue unhalowed it, in that ye ſape,
the auſter of the Loſd is not to be regarded,
and the thing that is let ther upon, not woz-
thp to be eaten.

* Gene. iii. a.

D

* Efip. i. b.

* Blas. xlii. a.

Now ſape ye: It is but laboure and tra-
uayle,

The Prophecy

maple, and thus haue ye thought sozne at it
( saith the Lozde of hoostes ) offerpyng rob-
bery, yee, the lame and the fycke. We haue
brought me in a meat offerpynge, thulde Ja-
cepte it of youre hâde, sayeth the Loz. Cûr-
sed be the dislembler, which hath in his klocke
one that is male, and when he maketh a vo-
we, offereth a spotted one vnto Lozde. Foz
I am a greate kynge ( sayeth the Lozde of
hoostes ) and my name is fearfull among the
Heathen.

C The.ij.Chapter.

C Threatenynges agaynst the Diestes beypnge sedu-
cers of the peole.

A

★De. xx. viii. b

Ad now (D ye prsettes) this com-
maundement toucheth you: pf ye
will not heare it, ner regarde it, to
gene y'glorp vnto my name, saith
the Lozde of hoostes, * I wyll sende a curse
upon you, and wyll curse youre bleespynges:
yee, curle them will I pf ye do not take hede.
Beholde, I shall cozrupte youre sede, âd caft
donge in youre faces, euen the döge of youre
solempne feastkes and it shall cleue fast upon
you. And ye shall knowe, that I haue lent
thys commaundement vnto you: that I mp
* pu. xv. c.

★De. xv. c.

* couenaunt which I made v Lozi, mygbt
stande sayeth the Lozde of hoostes.

B

I made a couenaunt of lyke ſ peace with
him: this I gaue him, that he mygt stande
inawe of me: and so he dyd feare me, and had
my name in reverence. The lawe of trueth
was in his mouth, âd there was no wicked-
nesſe founde in his lippes. He walked with
me in peace and equyte, and dyd turne ma-
* Dec. viii. b
np one awaype from their ſynnes. * For the
prsettes lippes thulde be ſure knowledge, y
men maye leke the lawe at his mouth, for he
tis a mellaunger of the Lozde of hoostes. But
as for you, ye are gone clene out of the waye,
âd haue caused the multitude to be offended
at the lawe: * ye haue broken the couenaunt
of Lozi, layeth the Lozde of hoostes. Therto-
re wyl I also make you to be despised, and
to be of no reputacyon amongst all the peo-
ple: because ye haue not kept my wayes, but
haue bene parcell in the lawe.

★Dec. viii. b

★De. xxi. a

★Eph. iii. c.

* Haue we not all one father? Hâth not
C
One God made vs. * why doth euerp one of
vs then deſpise his awne brother, âd so bzea-
ke the couenaunt of oure fathers. Now hath
Juda offended: yee, the abhominacion is do-
ne in Israel and in Jerusale! * for Iuda hath
despied the Sanctuary of the Lozde, which
he loued, and hath kepte the daughter of a
straunge God. But the Lozde shall deſtroye
the mâ that doth this: ( yee, both the maſſer
âd the ſcoler ) on of the tabernacle of Jacob,
with hym that offeth up meat ofkrynge un-
to the Lord of hoostes. Now haue ye brought
it to this popnte agayne, that the aulter of y

★ Iach. viii. b

viii. c.

★ I. Ely. ix. a

Lewi. xxi. c.

Lozde is couered with teares, weppnge and
mournpnge: so that I wyll nomore regarde
the meat offerpnge, neither wyl I receane or
accepte enp thyng at youre handes. And yet
pe laye: wherkeze: Euen because that where
as the Loz made a couenaunt betwixt the
and the wpe of thy pouth, thou hast delpy-
sed. * Yet is the thyne awne companyp and
maryed wpe.

So dyd not the one, and yet had he an ex-
cellent pize te. What dyd then the one? He
kought the sede promised of God. Therkeze
loke wel to your pize te, and lett no man del-
pple the wpe of his youth. If y hatck her
* put her awaye, saith y' Loz God of Il-
raell and gene her clothynge for the sozne,
sayeth the Lozde of hoostes. Loke well then
to youre pize te, and delpyle her not. Pe grene
the Loz with youre wortdes, âd yet pe laye:
wher with all haue we greened him. In this,
that ye laye. All that do euell are good in the
fight of God, âd soch ple ale him. Dz els whe-
re is the God that puniſeth?

* Gene. xii. c.

★Deu. xvi. c.

Jere. xii. a.

C The.ij.Chapter.

Of the messenger of the Lozde John Baptphte.
the dape of the Lozde, and of Eliah.

Eholde, * I will sende my mellaun-
ger, which shall prepare the waye
bekoz me: and the Lozde + whom
pe wolde haue, shall soone come to
his temple, pee, euen the mellaunger of the
couenaunt whom pe longe koz.

A

★Mat. xli.
Marc.i.
Luc. vii. c.

‡ Gene. xii. c.

v. b.

Esay. Ixiii. b

Beholde, he commeth, saith the Loz. of
hoostes. But who mape abye the daye of his
commyng: Who chalbe able to endure, when
he appeareth: For he is lyke a goldymythes
pize, and lyke wathbers sope. He chal syt him
downe to trye and to clenke the syluer, he
chall pourge the chyldren of Lozi, and puri-
kye them lyke as golde and syluer : that they
mave bringe meatofperrnges vnto the Loz-
de in rpgdtcousnes. Then chall ſofferyng of
Juda and Jerusalem be acceptable vnto the
Lozde, lyke as from the begypnpnge and in
the yeares, a foze tyme. I wyl come and pu-
nyshe you, E Imp ſelke wyl be a swyft wyt-
nes agaynſt the witches, agaynſt Æ adou-
terers, agaynſt false swearers: pce, â against
tholz, that wrongcouthy kepe back the hyze-
lynges dewty: which vere the wyddowes Æ
the katherleſſe, and oppreſſe the Straunger, Æ
keare not me, saith the Lord of Hoſſes. Foz
I am ſ Loz that change not, Æ pe ( Dchyl-
die of Jacob) will not leaue of * ye are gone
awaye from myne ordinaunces, and ſens the
tyme of your koſathers haue ye not kepte
them.

B

★Deu. xii. c.

iii. Re. vii. c.

* Turne you now vnto me, and I wyl
turne me vnto you, ſayeth the Lord of hoo-
ſtes: ye laye. Wherin chal we turne: Thulde
a mâ vle falchede and diſceate with God as
pe vle

★ Iach. i. a.

*Leu. xii. c.

‡ Agge. f.

★ Ixx. iii. c.

★ Job.
Plal. Ix.

★ Job. xii.

Jere. xii.

* Pla.

Of Eldras.

No, ii.

The thyrde boke
of Eldras.

C The first Chapter.

T Jolias holdeth palleouer. After his death is Iecho-
nias hys fonne made. Bruge in hys reade: who the
Ryng of Egypf putther out, & letterh in hys brother
Joachim. Jefusale is dekroped, & seche his taken.

A

xii. Da. xxx. a
iii. reg. xxx. e

And * Jolias helde the feast of Easter in Jerusalem unto the Lord, and we the Palleouer xiiij. dave of the first moneth. He let the Piestes alfo in ordre (accordynge to theyz dayly courses) beyng araped in longe garimetes in the teple of the Lord. And he spake unto the Leuites y' holy minnters of Israel, that they chulde halowe the felues untothe Lord, to let the holy arcke of the Lord, in the house that kyng Salomō the sonne of David had buyldeſd, and layde: Ye shall no moze beare the Arcke vpō youre chulders. Now ſerue youre Lorde, ſake the charge of hys people of Israel, after youre vylages and youre trypes: accordynge as Kynge Dauid the Pynge of Israel hath orſened, & accordynge as Salomon his ſonne hath honozably prepared: ye loke that yee al do ſerupce in the temple, accordynge to the ordzing & distribucion of the principall men which are appoynted out of the tribes, to do ſeruice for y' chyldreſ of Israel. * Kyll y' Palleouer, & prepare offringes for your brethre, & do accordynge to the commaundement of y' Lord, which was geue onto Moles. And unto y' people y' was ſoude Jolias gaue xxx thousande of thepe, Lambes, kyddes, & goates, & thee thousande oren. These the kynge (of his kyn gly liberalite) gaue unto the people, accordynge as he had promyſed: & to the Piestes for the Palleouer) be gaue two. M. thepe, and an hundredeth oren. Horeouer, Jechonias & Seimeias, & Nathanael brethren, & Halabias, Iehiel, and Jofabad gaue them to the Palleouer, fyue thousande thepe and fyue hundred bullockes.

*Erode, cii.d.

W

*Erode, cii.d.

And when the thynges were brought to palle, the Piestes & the Leuites stode goodly in theyz ordre, äd had the vnleuened hied thorow out the tribes. And after the ordzing of the principall men in the trypes, they offered unto the Lord in the ſyght of the people accordyng * as it is written in the boke of Moles, & lo they roſed the Easter lambe as accordyng was. As for the thäckeoffringes and the other, they dight them in kettels äd pottes, äd let them before the people w good wpll, and afterwarde before them felues, & the Piestes. For the Preſtes offred y' fatt, untill the tyme was exppzed, but y' Leuites

prepared for their ſelues & for theyz brethre
the chyldren of Aaron. The holy pnygers al-
so the children of A saph stode in theyz ordre,
accordyng as Dauid deuſed. Sodid A saph
zacharp & Joduthun, which were appoynted
by the kynge. Hozouer the porters and do-
ve kepers stode by the dozes & that diligetly,
so that none went out of his standyng and
ſeruice: for theyz brethren (the Leuites) pre-
pared for them. Thus were all thynges per-
fourmed, that belonged to the offer yng of y'
Lorde. In that dave they helde y' Palleouer,
and offred thankofferynges before the sacri-
ſce of the Lorde, accordyng to the commaui-
dement of kynge Jolias.

So the chyldren of Israel which were the present helde an honorable Palleouer, & the keast of swete bzead. viij. daves lóge. Pee loch a Palleouer was not kepe in Israel, fro the tyme of y' Prophet Samuel. And all y' kynge of Israel helde not loch an Easter, as this which kynge Jolias helde, & the piestes, the Leuites, the Jewes and all Israel, of all the y' were at Jerusalem. And in the. x. viij. pere of the raygne of Jolias was this Palleouer kept. And with a parfecte herte dyd kynge Jolias ordre all his worckes, before y' Lord, and the thynges that were wrytté of hym in tymes past, socerpyng thole y' lyined & were vngodlp agaynſt the Lord before all people, äd that sought not the word of y' Lord vpō Israel. * After all these actes of kynge Jolias Pharao the kynge of Egypte went up & came towarde Carmis by Euphrates, äd Jolias went to mete him. The sent the kynge of Egypte unto Jolias laying: what haue I to do with the, D' kynge of Judæ. I am not ſent of the Lord to ſyght agaynſt y', for my warre is vpō Euphrates, go thou thy wape home agapne in all y' hake. And Jolias wolde not turne agapne upon hys charet, but vnder toke to ſyght agaynſt him, and herkened not unto the word of the p[rophet, which he] tolde him out of the mouth of God, but p[ucht]ed a battayl agaynſt him in y' keld of Aggeddo. And the p[ri]uces p[re]aſſed to kynge Jolias. Then ſapde the kynge unto his ſeruauates: Cary me awaye out of the battayl, ſo I am ſore wouſed. And imme diatly his ſeruauantes toke him awaye out of the front of the battayl. Then ſat he vp upon the ſecode charett, came to Jeruſalem, dyd, and was buryed i his fatherts sepulcre. And in al Jewryp they mourned for Jolias, yee the rulers alſo with their woyues made lametacion for y' hym unto this dave: And thys was done euer Kyll in Israel.

These thynges are wypten in the boke of
the ſtortes of the kynge of Juda, namely,
all the actes and worckes of kynge Jolias,
his kyn gly power & mately, his underſtan-
dyng in the lawe of God, & what he dyd, yee

Aaa ij thynges

C

* xii. Regn.
xxii. k.
xxii. par. ccc. v. d.

D

The iij. boke.

* III. re. xiii. f.
* II. par. xvi. i.
* I. vii. a.

* III. Regn.
* III. vii. a.

Things which are not wryttet in the boke of the kinges of Israel and Juda. * And þe people toke Iechonias the sonne of Jolias and E made him kynge insteade of Jolias his father, when he was. xxxiij. peare olde. And he raygned ouer Israel thæ monethes. And þe kynge of Egypte put him downe, þe heuld not raigne in Jerusalem, & rayged vp a tare of the people: namely, an. C. talents of lyuer and one talent of golde. The kynge of Egypt also made Joachim his hzother king of Juda and Jerusalé. As for the of the kynges councell with the kynge him selfe and zareces his hzother, he toke the, ad caried the awaye pregoners in to Egypt. Kyue & twëtie peare olde was Joachim, when he was made kynge in the lade of Juda and Jerusalé, & he dyd euell before the Lord. After this, * Habuchodonofor the kynge of Babyló came vp, & bounde him with bandes of zyon, & caried him vnto Babyló. Habuchodonofor also toke all þ vessels that were halowed in the têple of the Lord, and all the Jewels, ad caried the vnto Babylon, & brought thein to his awne têple at Babylon. Of his vnclennes and yngodlines, it is written in þ boke of the actes of the kinges. And Joachim his sonne raygned in his steade: He was made kynge beynge. x. viij. peare olde, and raigned but thze monethes and. x. dayes in Jerusalé, & dyd euell before þ Lord. So after a yeare, Habuchodonofor sent and caused hym to be brought vnto Babylon with þ holyp vessels of the Lord, & made Sedechias hys hzother kynge of Juda & Jerusalé, whé he was. XXX. peare olde: and he raygned. xi. peare.

* Ier. xxiij. a.

And he dyd euell also in the lyght of the
Loode, and cared not for the words þ were
Ispoke vnto him * by the prophet Jeremp at
y'month of the Lord. And where he had ma-
de an othe vnto kynge Habuchodonofor, he
korswoze him selfe, and fell frô hym haupng
a lypfneck & a hert, a trangresled all the ita-
tutes and ordinaunces of the Loode God of
Israel. The rulers also ad heades of the peo-
ple of the Lord dyd moche euell, & became un-
godly, moze then the heathen, beynge deky-
led in all maner of abhominacions: Yee & de-
filed þ holyp têple of the Loode at Jerusalem.
And the God of theyr fathers sent his mef-
saungers vuto the, to turne the, backe ad to
call the agayne frô their lyncnes: for he wolde
kayne hae lpared the for his holyp taberna-
cles fake. Neuer theles, they had his mella-
gers in derilio: & loke what God lpahe vnto
the by hys prophetes, they made but a spoz-
te of it. This drew on so longe, tyl the Lord
was wroth with his people for their yngod
lynes, and tyl he caused the kynges of þ Cal
dees to come vp, which fle w their yonge miz
with the lwerde, yee euen in the compasse of
their holyp temple, ad lpared no hody, nether

ponge ner olde, neither mayde ner yonge ma:
but they were all deliuered in to the power
of the kynges of the Caldees, ad all the holyp
vessels of the Loode and the kynges treasu-
res toke they, and caried the vnto Babilon.
* As for the house of the Loode, they wêt vp
in to it, and hzent it, & brake downe the wal-
les of Jerusalem, set fyze upon her towres,
destroied all her noble buyldinges & brought
them to naught, and the people that were
not flayne with the lwerde, they caried vn-
to Babylon.

* Ier. xxiij.
* and lii. b.

Thus became they pregoners & bonde me
of the kynge of Babyló, tyl they were deli-
uered & raygned for them selfes, * when the
words of the Loode were fulfylled, which
he promyſed them by the mouth of the pro-
phet Jeremp, and tyl the lande had her rest:
namely, all the tyme that it lape wayſt, had
it rest and quyetnes. Ixx. viij. pearees.

* Ier. xxiij.
* and xxi. c.

C The. ii. Chapter.

CLYPUS GEUETHLYCENCE TO THE JEWES TO RETURVE TO
JERUSALEM, & RELOITH THEM THE VESSELES OF THE TÊPLE.
AFTER THAT ARE THERE LETTERS SIVED TO AUCTARIES, WHICH
ACCRUE THE JEWES FOR A BUYPUNG OF THE CYPRES; AND IS
THE BUYPUNG DIPPUS OF UNTYL THE II. YEAKE OF DATIUS.

* Dw when kynge Cyrus raigned ouer the Persians, & when þ Lord wolde perfout me þ word that he had promised by the mouth of the prophet Jeremp: the Loode raiſed vp þ Iprete of Cyrus, the kynge of Persians, so that he caused thys wzytinge to be proclapmed thotrow oute hys whole realme, lapinge: Thus layeth the kynge of Persians: The Loode of Israel that hie Loode hath made me kynge of the lande, and commaunded me to buplde him an house at Jerusalé in Jewry. If there be enp now of youre people, þ Loode be with him, and go vp with him to Jerusalem. And all they that dwell rounde aboute that place shall helpe them, whether it be with golde, with lyuer, with gyktes, with hozles ad necessary catell, and all other thynges that are brought with a fre wpl to the house of the Loode at Jerusalem.

A

* II. pa. xxiij.
* I. Ioff. Ia.

Then the principall men out of the trybes and vylages of Juda and Benjamin stode vp: to dyd þ pretes also & the Leuttes (who the Loode had moued) to go vp, & to buplde the house of the Loode at Jerusalem. And they that were aboute them, helped the with all maner of golde, ad lyuer, and catell also and with many liberall gyktes, and this dyd many one, whole mynde was ſtered vp ther to. * Kyinge Cyrus albo brought kozth the vessels & ornamètes, that were halowed vn to the Loode ( whych Habuchodonofor the kynge of Babylon had caried awaye frô Jerusalem, and conſcrated them to hys Jdoll and pimage) and deliuered them to Withzidatus his treasurer, & by hys they were de-lyuered

25

* I. Ioff. xxiij. a.

The iii. boke.

D
*P:on.xx.a.*
Then beganne the fyft (which had spoke
of the streth of wyne) and laye: D ymē,
* wyne is maruelous ströge, and ouercom-
meth the drynke it: it diſeaueth minde,
and bringeth both the pooze man to the ryng
to dotage and vanite. Thus doth it alio with
the bōdman and with the ſtre, with the pooze
and riche: it taketh a waye they? underfan-
dyng, and maketh them tareleſſe and mery,
ſo that none of the remembeth any heupnes
dett or de wtye: It causeth a mā to thyncke
also that the thinge which he doth, is honef
and good: and remembeth not that he is a
kyng, nor that he is in auctoſte, and that he
ought not do ſoch thinges. A)zeouer, when
men are drinckyng, they forget all ſtethdypp,
all brotherly kaythfulnes and loue : but as
ſoone as they are dronke, they drawe out the
ſwerde ad wpl fygh: ſ when they are layed
downe from the wyne, ad ſo rpen up agayne,
they cannot tell what they dyd: judge ye now
is not wyne ſtrongest: Ito who wolde els
take in hand to do ſoch thynges? And when
he had spoken this, he helde his ſonge.

The iiiij. Chapter.

The declaration of the last ſentences of the young men, propounded in the Chapter before, of which the last, that is, that verity beareth the victory in all thynges, is most commended to alowed. Darius Watterth letters to all the rulers under hym, that they holde ayde to 30:1 obabel to the buplynge of Jerusalem.

A

T

Then he deſcomde (which had layde,
that the kynge was stronger)
beganne to speake, saying: D
ye men, are not they stronger
and most excellent, that coſque-
re the lande and the ſee, and all that is in the
ſee and in the earth. Now is the kynge lorde
of all theſe thynges, and hath dominij of the
all: and loke what he commaundeth, it is do-
ne. If he ſende his men forth a warſare, they
go, and breaſke downe hylles, walles towar-
des. They are ſlayne, and ſlaye (other men)
them ſelues, and ouerpalle not the kynges
worde. If they get the victory, they brynge
the kynge all the ſpoyle. Like wyſe, the other
that medle not with warſes and fyghtinge,
but tyll the grounde: when they reape, they
bunge tribute unto the kynge. And if the
kynge alone do but commaunde to kyll, they
kyll: if they commaunde to ſo. gene, they forze-
ue: if they commaunde to ſmyte, they ſmyte:
if they byd dryue awaye, they drive awaye: if
they commaunde to buplde, they buylde: if they
commaunde to breaſke downe, they breaſke
downe: if they commaude to plante, they pla-
te. The commen people and the rulers are
obedient unto hym. And the kynge in the
meane ſeafon ſytteth hym downe, eateth,
and drynketh, and taketh his reſt: then kepe
they watch rounde aboute the kynge, and
not one of the darre get hym out of wyve,
to do his awne bulpnes, but must be obediet
unto the kynge at a worde. Judge ye now,

D y men, how may he not goe farre aboute
unto whom men are thus obedieth: And
whê he had spokè this, he helde his toge.
The tynd, whole name was 30:2 obabel, which
had spoken of wemen and of truerd, began
to laye after this maner: D y men, it is
not the great kynge, it is not the multitude
of men, neither is it wyne that excellent: who
is it then that hath the lond? and ouer them:
haue not wemen bozne the kynge, and all
the people that rule the ſoſe thinges: haue not
wemen bozne them, and ozought the up, that
plate the wynes, wherout the wyne cometh.
They make garmentes for all men, they ge-
ue honour unto all men, and without wemē
can not men lyue. If they gather golde and
ſpluer and all precious ſhinges, and ſe a ſap-
re well fauoured womā, the pleaue all to ge-
ther, and turne they eyes onely unto w wo-
man, and gape vpōher, ſ haue more defyre
unto her, the unto the ſpluer ſ golde, or anp
maner of precious thing. A man leaueth
his father and brought him up, leaueth his awne
natural countre, cleaueth unto the womā:
pey he icopardeth his lyke with the womā, &
remembeth nether father, ner mother, ner
countre. By this then ye must nedes knowe,
that wemen haue the dominion ouer you.

Doth it not greue you: A man taketh his
ſwerde, ad goeth his waye to keale, to kyll,
to murther, to laye upon the ſee, and keth a
ſpon, and goeth in the darknes: and whê he
bath kollen, diſeaued and robbed, he bryn-
geth it unto his loue. A gaſyne, a man loueth
his wyke better then father and mother: pey
many one there be, þ rene out of the: wptes,
and become bondmē for the: wyues ſa-
kes: many one also haue perſhed, haue bene
ſlayne, & haue lynned because of wemen.

And now believe me, I knowe a kynge
which is greate in his power, and all landes
ſtande in awe of hym, and no mā darre laye
hande upon hym: yet dyd I ſe, that Apame
(the daughter of the great kynk Bartacus)
the kynges concubyne, sat defyde the kynge
upon the ryght hande, and toke of his cro-
wne from his head, and ſet it upon her awne
head, and imote the kynge with her left han-
de, Azeouer, the kynge loked upon her with
open mouth: if he laughed upon him, he
laughed alio: but if he toke any diſpleaſure
with hym, the kynge was fayne to flatter
her, and to gene her good worſes, tyll he had
gotten her fauour agayne.

D y men, are not wemen then ströger:
Create is the earth, & hpe is the heauē. Who
doth theſe thinges: The kynge & kyngs
loked one upon another. So he beganne to
ſpeake of ſ trueth: D y men, are not wemē
stronger. Create is the earth, hpe is the hea-
uen, ſwpt is the course of the ſunne, & he co-
pafeth the heauen rounde aboute, and fetcheth
his course

C

* Gene. i. 4. *

Math. xii. a.

Domn. vii. a.

Ephes. vi. g.

* Eccle. i. 6.

The.ij.boke.

thynges under Darius the Kyng of Persia,
in the seconde peare of his rapgne in þ kyrt
moneth of Aisan.

These also are they of Jewry, which came up, and turned agapne unto Jerusalem,
out of the captuynte that Rabuchodonotor
the Kyngne of Babylon had brought unto
Babylon. And every man fought his por-
cyon agapne in Jewry, his cyte, they that
came with zorobabel, and with Jezus, He-
hemias, Saraias, Raelaias, Elimens,
Emmanius, Wardocheus, Beelserus, We-
chpsa, Rochor, Oliorus, Einonas, one of
theyr prynces.

And the nombre of the according to theyr
kynredes and rulers were. The chyldren of
Phares, two thoulande, an hädreth þ. Ixri.
The chyldren of Ares.ij. M. an. C. and. Ivi.
The children of Jemo, an. C. z. xli. The lon
nes of Jefus and Joabes, a. H. ij. C. and two.
The lonnes of Beniu. ij. M. iij. C. and. Ixr.
The lonnes of Choroba. ij. C. and. V. The lon-
nes of Banica, an. C. and. Ixvij. The lonnes
of Rebech.ij. C. and the. The lonnes of Ar-
chad.ij. C. and. XX. vii. The lonnes of Cham
xxvij. The lonnes of zoroar. ii. D. z. Ixvj.
The lonnes of Adinu.ij. C. âd. Ixi. The lon
nes of Adarectis an. C. and. viij. The lon-
nes of Ciało and zelas an. C. and seuen. The
lonnes of Azozec.ij. C. and. xx. rix. The lon-
nes of Jedarbone, an. C. and. xxxi. The lon-
nes of Hananias an. C. and. xxx. The lonnes
of Asoni. xc. The lonnes of Marsar.iiij. C.
and. xxij. The lonnes of zabarus. rcv. The
lonnes of Sepholemon an. C. and. xxiiij. The
lonnes of Nepopas. Iv. The lonnes of He-
chanatus an. C. and. Iviij. The lonnes of ze-
bethanus an. C. and. xxrij. The lonnes of
Crecarpatros ( which is called alio Enoha-
dies âd Modias. ) ij. C. and. xxiiij. Of them
of Gramos and Gabea an. C. and. xxj. Of
them of Besselon and Ceage. Irv. Of them
of Bастarus, an. C. and. xxrij. Of them of Be-
chenobes. Iv. Of the lonnes of Lyptis, there
were an. C. and. Iv. Of the lonnes of Labon-
nus.ij. C. âd. Iviij. Of the lonnes of Sichem
ij. C. and. Ixr. Of the lonnes of Suadon and
Elimon.ij. C. and. Ixxviiij. Of the lonnes of
Ericus.ii. M. an. C. and. xlv. The lonnes of
Anaas.ij. C. and. Irx:

The Přektes: The ſonnes of Jeddus: The
ſonnes of Euther: the ſonnes of El Jaſtby.ij.
C. and. Ixri. The ſonnes of Emerus. i. C.
and. Iij. The ſonnes of Kafurius.iii. C. z. Ivi.
The ſonnes of Carea:ij. C. and. xx. vii. The
Leuptes: The ſonnes of Jefus in Caduhel
and Banus, and Serebias, and Edeas, ſe-
uentye and koure.

The whole nombre of these frö.rij. yeares
was.ij. B. iij. C. and. Ixij. Of the ſonnes,
daughters and wyues, the whole ſumme was
iii.ij. C. z. xli. The ſonnes of þ Přektes

that praysed God i the temple: The ſonnes
ot Asaph, of whome there were an. C. and
xxviiij. But the doze kepers were: The chyl-
dren of Elimens: the chyldren of Aler: the
chyldren of Amon: the chyldren of Acuba,
Topa: the chyldren of Tobi: an hundred âd
xxrii. in all.

The Přektes that serued in the temple:
The ſonnes of Sel, the ſonnes of Galpha,
the ſonnes of Tobloch, the ſonnes of Carta,
the ſonnes of Sub, the ſonnes of Helu,
the ſonnes of Sabana, the ſonnes of Armacha,
the ſonnes of Acub, the ſonnes of Itha,
the ſonnes of Cetha, the ſonnes of Aggab,
the ſonnes of Dbay, the ſonnes of Anam,
the ſonnes of Canna, the ſonnes of Geddu,
the ſonnes of An, the ſonnes of Radin,
the ſonnes of Delanon, the ſonnes of Aechoba,
the ſonnes of Caleba, the ſonnes of Gora,
the ſonnes of Dzul, the ſonnes of Sinona,
the ſonnes of Atra, the ſonnes of Halté,
the ſonnes of Asiana, the ſonnes of Hanei,
the ſonnes of Aafisin, the ſonnes of Accua,
the ſonnes of Agitta, the ſonnes of Azul,
the ſonnes of Kauon, the ſonnes of Phasalon,
the ſonnes of Heeda, the ſonnes of Sula,
the ſonnes of Cared, the ſonnes of Barcus,
the ſonnes of Sarea, the ſonnes of Coefi,
þ ſonnes of Aalit, þ ſonnes of Agitta, the ſon-
nes of Dedon: Salomon his ſonnes, the ſon-
nes of A lophot, the ſonnes of Phazida, the
ſonnes of Celi, þ ſonnes of Dedon, the ſonnes
of Gaddahel, the ſonnes of zaphens, the ſon-
nes of Aggia, þ ſonnes of Sacharet, the ſon-
nes of Sabathem, the ſonnes of Saroneth,
the ſonnes of Wallit, the ſonnes of Aria,
þ ſonnes of Safus, the ſonnes of Adus, the
ſonnes of Suba, þ ſonnes of Enra, the ſon-
nes of Rabotis, the ſonnes of Phalphat, the
ſonnes of Walmon. All these ministred in
the Sanctuary, and were ſernaunteſs of Sa
lomon:euen.ij. C. and. Ixxrij.

These folowpnge are they, that wet vp
from Chelmellat Thelarsa (whole Přynces
were Carmelâ and Carmeth) and mygbt not
the we korth theyr cy types & kynreddes, how
they were of Israel: The ſonnes of Dalarus
the ſonnes of Tuben, the ſonnes of Aecho-
daicus. Of the Přektes that executed the of-
ce of the Přeshode, and were not kounde :
The ſonnes of Dbia, the ſonnes of Achifos,
the ſonnes of Addin, whych marved one of
the daughters of Phargelen, and were na-
med after hym. The wzyting of þ same kyn-
red was sought in the register of theyr gene-
cis, but it was not kounde: and therfoze were
they forbyddè to execute the office of þ přest-
hode. Unto the ſayde Nebemias & Acharas,
that they Thulde haue no porcyon in the Sâ-
cuary, tyll there rose vp an hie Přest, that
were well inſtruct in the playne clearnes
and trueth. Of all Israel ( beſyde ſernaü-
tes and

D

Eldras.

No. v.

E

uauntes and maydens) there were. xlii. V.
tij. C. and. rl. Now were there of Keruauntes
and maydés. vii. A. iiij. C. a. xxx. vii. Of syn-
gving men and lyngving women there were
two hüdzed, e. lr. v. Fourchüs dred and. xxxv.
Camels. Seue thousand, and. xxx. vii. hozles.
Two hundred thousande and. xlv. mules.
Jkyue M. and. xxx. afles.

Their heades also and the rulers in þ tri-
bes, when they came to Jerusaleſ, and wold
buvlde and set vp the temple of God againe
in his place, thep gaue (after their abylitye,
unto the temple, to the treasure and to þ ſer-
vice of þ Sáctuary. xii. A. poudes of golde,
kyue thoulande of Syluer, ſa hundred Prie-
tes garmentes. And so dwelt the Prieſes
the Leuptes, and the people that wente out
to Jerusaleſ, ſa in the countre there about, þ
ſpyngers also ſa the porters, euery one of Il-
rael in his awne lande.

*i. Efd. iii. a*

* So when the ſeventh moneth came, and
when the chylden of Israel were euery ma-
at his bulynes, they came all with one con-
sent into the court, which was before þ Cail-
doze. And there ſkode Jefua the ſonne of Jo-
ledec and his brethen the Prieſes, and 3020-
babel the ſonne of Salathiel ſa his brethen,
ſetting vp an aulter, to offre hent ſacrifyces
upon it, as it is written in the lawe of Mo-
les.

There came people also of other couſtrees,
and the Heathen out of all landes to set vp
aulter in his place, and offred ſacrifyces and
hent offrynges unto the Loſde in the mor-
nge. And so thep belde the feaſt of taber-
nacles, * as it is commaunded in the lawe.

*Deuii. xxiii. f
Aum. xiii. b
ij. Maca. c.*

And dapyl offred thep as accozdnynge was,
and made þ ſacrifyces appoynted, the offrin-
ges also of the Sábbathes ſa of the new mo-
nes, and all holy feastes. * And al thep that
vowed offrynges unto the Loſde, beganne
at the newe mone of the. vii. moneth to offre
unto God, for the temple of the Loſde was
not yet builded. And thep gaue vnto þ Ma-
ſons and Carpenters, monep, meate, ſdin-
ke with chearfulnesse. Anto them of Sidon
also and Tyze thep gaue carres, that thep
chulde carp Cedre trees from Libanus to
be ioyſtes and beames, and that thep chulde
make chyppes in the hauen of Joppe, accoz-
dyng as it was appoynted and ozdepned by
Cyrus Lyng of the Persians.

*i. Efd. iii. b*

J

And in the ſecond yeare they came into þ
temple of God at Jerusaleſ. * In the ſecond
moneth begâne 3020 babel the ſonne of Sa-
lathiel, and Jefua the ſonne of Jose dec and
their brethen the Prieſes and Leuites, and
al they that were come vnto Jerusaleſ out
of the captiute of Babyſl, and layed þ fou-
dacion of the temple, in the new mone of the
ſecond moneth in þ ſecond yeare þ they were
come into Jewzr ÿ Jerusaleſ. And they ap-

*Ecc. xxi. b, c.*

poyn ted þ Leuptes (þ were aboue. xx. r. peare
old) vnto þ ſeruice of þ Lord. so Jefua ad his
fonnes and his breth ze, all the Leuites ſkode
togeth er, & perfourmed the la we and ozdy-
nauance in the houſe of the Loſde.

And the Prieſes ſkode, & had thep gar-
mentes and trompettes, and the Leuytes, þ
fonnes of A ſapb had Cypbals, geuing thā-
kes and pzaſles vnto the Loſde, accozd yng
* as David the Lynde of Israel had ozde-
ned. And the long that thep dyd lyng vnto þ
Loſde, was after this maner. ♦ Lyng vn-
to the Loſde, for he is gracious, & his good-
nes upon Israel endureth for euer. And all þ
people blew out with trompettes, and long
with loude voyce, pzaſing the Loſde toge-
ther in the rearing vp of the houſe of þ Lord.

*l. pat. rvk.b*

‡ P. ccr. v b
Esa. xii. b

G

*i. Efd. iii. d*

* There came also from among the Prieſes
and Leuptes the rulers and elders, accozdig
to the tribes and kynedes (loch as had ſene
the house afoze) to the buvlding of this tem-
ple with greate crpe and greate mournyng,
many also with trompettes and great iope:
In so moch, that the trompettes mpgbt not
well be hearde for the weppnyge and moun-
nyng. For the commé people blewe goodly
vpon the trompettes.

*i. Efd. iii. a*

* Then came the enemyes of the tribes of
Juda and Benjamin, to knowe what that
trompettyng and noyſe of chawnes mpgbt
be. And thep perceauea þ it was thep which
were come agapne out of captiupte, & wold
buvlde the temple vp a newe vnto the Lord
God of Israel. So thep wente to 3020 babel
and Jefua, and to the rulers of the ylłages,
and ſayde vnto them. Shall we builde with
you also. For we lyke wyle haue heard your
Loſde, and we walke after the ſame maner,
from the dapes of Aſbazarath the kynge of
Aſuria, which hzought vs hyther. Then 30-
20 babel and Jefua and the rulers of the yl-
lages of Israel ſayde vnto them. It is not
mete, that ye chuld buvlde the temple of our
God vs: we oure ſelues alone will buvlde
vnto the Loſde, lyke * as Cypus the Lynde
of the Persians that hath commaunded vs.

*i. Efd. i. a*

But the Heathen in the lande layed them
ſelues agapnaſt those þ were in Jewzr, belde
vp þ buvlding from them, layed wayte vp
them pruenely, ſtopped ſo ch as hzought any
thynde to them, for bad them to buvlde, and
hyndered those that made the paſſage, that
the buptyng chuld not be kynited: and this
contynued so longe as Lynde Cypus lyued:
and to thep put of the buptyng for the ſpa-
ce of two yeares, vntill the raygne of Lyng
Datius.

C The. vi. Chapter.

Caggus and zacarp prophecie. They buyl-
te the temple without let or hynderaunce,
by the commaundement of Marus.

Aaa v

Not

Eldras,

Jo. vii.

uncurteously with the house of the Loſde at
Jerusalem. I Darius the kynge haue ordemp-
ed, that thele thynges chalbe done with all
dilygence.

### C The. viiij. Chapter.

The temple is furnished and dedicated; and
the feate of vnlleuened bzieue is holden.

A

hen Sypennes the vnderſch euës i
Celosria, and Phénices, and the
other Ladloſdes with their copa-
nons, obeyed the things þ kynge
Darius had ordempned, ſ were diſygent in þ
holy woſckes, ſ were kelowe helpers with þ
olde rulers of the Jewes. And so the woſke
of the Sanctuary wente forſth and proſpe-
red, when Aggeus and zacharp prophecyd.
And they perfourmed all thynges thoroſow þ
cómaundement of the Loſde God of Israel,
and after the deuice of Cyrus, Darius and
Artaxerſes thynges of Herbia.

B

And thus was oure house furnished vnto
the. xxij. dape of the moneth Adder i the. vii.
peare of kynge Darius. And the chyldren of
Israel the pzeſtes and the Leuiptes, and the
other that were come out of captupyte, and
loche as were toyned vnto them, dyd acco-
dynge as it is wrytten in the boke of Moſes.
And in the dedicacion of the temple: theyp of-
fred an húdred oxen, two húndred rammes,
koure húndred Lambes, and twelue goates
for þ ſynnes of all þ people of Israel, after þ
nombie of the krpbes of Jirael. The pzeſtes
also and the Leuities ſc de araped in the pre-
ſky garmentes, after the trybdes, ouer all the
woſckes of the Loſde God of Iſtraell acco-
dynge to the boke of Moſes, and the pozters
bp all dozes.

C

D

And the chyldren of Israel ( with those þ
were come out of captutite) helde the palle-
ouer the fouretene dape of the fyſſt moneth,
when the pzeſtes and the Leuities were lan-
ctiſped. They þ came out of captpyuite, were
not all ſanctiſped together : but the leuiptes
were all ſanctiſped together, and so all theyp
that came out of captpyuite, killed the easter
lambe, for þe þ þethre, for þ the pzeſtes and
for þem ſelues. And the chyldren of Israel
that came out of captpyuite, and elaped frö
all the abhominacyons of þ Heathen, ſought
þ Loſd, ſ kepte the keaſt of vnlleuened bziea
euen dapes longe, eatpyng and drýnkynge
and were mery before the Loſd: that þ Loſd
had turned the deuice of the kynge of Aspy-
ria, and comforſted their handes to the woſc-
kes of the Loſde God of Iſtraell.

### C The. viij. Chapter.

Eldras cauſeth the people to asſemble and come to-
gether, and then readeth them the lawe. They kepe the
keaſte of Tabernacles.

* i. Eld. viiij.

A

And after hym * when Artaxerſes þ
kynge of the Perſians raynged, there
wente vnto hym Eldras the ſonne

of Saraya, the ſonne of Azarias, the ſonne
of Helchiach, the ſonne of Sallum, the ſonne
of Sadoch, the ſonne of Achitob, the ſonne
of Amarias, the ſonne of Azarias, the ſonne
of Boccus, the ſonne of AbpLu, the ſonne of
Phineas, the ſonne of Eleazar, the ſonne of
Aarot the kyrſt pzeſte. This Eldras wëte vp
from Babylon ( for he had good underſan-
dynge in the lawe of Moſes, that was geue
of the Loſd God of Israel, to be taught and
done in dede. ) And the kynge ſauoured him,
and dyd hym greate woſhyppe and honour
after all hys deſyres. There went vp to him
alſo certayne of the chyldren of Israel, of the
pzeſtes, of the Leuities, of the lyngers, poz-
ters and minſtres of the temple at Jeru-
salem.

In the ſeventh peare of the raygne of
kynge Artaxerſes, in the ſpueth moneth, þ
is in the ſeventh peare of þ raygne, theyp wët
from Babylon in the newe moone of the. v.
moneth, and came the hye waye to Jeruſale
after his commaundement, lyke as the Loſd
had p[ro]ſered theyp iouney. For i theſe El-
dras gat greate inſtruccyon, that he chulde
leue none of the thinges behind, which are
in the lawe and commaundemètes of God.
And he taught whole Israel all ryghteouſ-
nes and iudgement.

Then came the Secretaries of kynge Ar-
taxerſes, and deſpuered the wrytpnyes ( that
were come frö Artaxerſes the kynge) to El-
dras the pzeſte ſ reder of the lawe of þ Loſd:
And thys is the coppe of the letter : Kynge
Artaxerſes ſendeth hys greſtynge vnto El-
dras the pzeſte and reder of the lawe of the
Loſd. Of ſtrend chyppe and good wyll I haue
ordempned and charged, þk there be enp of the
Jewes, of the pzeſtes & Leuiptes in my real-
me, which deſyeth and is conté to go with
the vnto Jeruſalem, þ he mape doit. Ther-
fore, þ enp be mided to beare the company,
let them come together, and goo with þ like
as I am content and my ſeuen ſrendes, mp
councelers) to ſe what they do at Jeruſalem
& in Jewry, and kepe the thynges acco[ſ]dypg
as thou haſt in the lawe of the Loſde: and to
kynge the gyktes vnto God the Lord of I-
rael, that I and my ſrendes haue p[ro]mpled
to Jeruſalem, and all the ſluer and golde þ
is in the countre of Babylon, vnto the Loſd
to Jeruſalem, with the thyng that is geuen
for the people in the Loſdes temple at Je-
ruſalem. Yee, that the ſame ſluer and golde
mape be gathered, and oxen, rammes, thepe
and goates & other þ belonge to theſe thy-
ges: & that they mape offer l[acr]ifyces vnto þ
Loſde, vp[]the aulter of theyp Loſde, which
is at Jeruſalem.

And what ſouer thou and thy b[re]thezen
wyll do with the ſluer and golde, that do
after thy mynde, acco[ſ]dynge to þ c[ó]maunde-
ment

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because we haue maried outlandisch wemen of the Heathen. Now art þ ouer all Israel. We wyll sweare an othe therkoze vnto the Lord, þ we shall put awaye all our wyues, which we haue taken of the Heathen, with the þ chyldre: lyke as it is appoynted the bp oure kore elders. Stande vp then, open thou it, ÿ declare it playnelp vnto vs, accoðynge to the lawe of the Loðde: for the matter belögeth vnto the, and we wyll helpe the, quite thy selke manly. So Eldras arose, and toke an othe of the rulers of the preſtes, ÿd of the Leuptes, ÿ of Israel, to do after the ſe thynges: and thep ÿware.

### C The.ix. Chapter.

After Eldras had reade the lawe, the people put a ways thep: Kraunge wyues: and then returneth eueþ man merely vnto his abne dwelunge.

a
*1. El, x, 10.

Then Eldras kode vp fro the courte of the temple without, and wët in to the chamber of Jonathas the ſonne of Naasbus, and remapned the- re, and dyd eate no meat, nor dzöke dzynde, for the multitude of the wyckednes of þ peop- le. And there was made a proclamacion in all Jewry and at Jeruſalem, for all soch as were gathered at Jeruſalem out of captiup- te, þ whoſoever came not to Jeruſalë within two or three daies (accompanye to the iudge- ment of the olde lozdes of councell) hys goo- des childe be taken from hpm, and be exclu- ded from the congregacion of the captiuite. And in three daies were all thep of the trybe of Iuda ëd Benjamin gathered together at Jeruſalem, the twëtpeth daye of the n朋th moneth. And the whole multytude ſat trem- blyng in the courte of the temple, for it was winter. So Eldras arose vp, and layd vnto them: ye haue done vnrighteously, in that ye haue taken outlandysche wyues to marriage, and so to increafe the ſynnes of Israel. And now knowledge the fame, and geue pape vnto the Lord God of our fatherts, and per- fourme his wyll, departynge from the Hea- then of the lande, and from the outlandysche wyues. Then cryed the whole multytude w- loude voyce, and layd: lyke as thou haſt po- ken, so wyll we do: but for so moch as þ peop- le are manp, and the wynter here, we may not kande without the house: agayne, þys woſche is not a thynge, that can be ſynched in a daye or two, for we be many that haue ſynned in these thynnges. Dzdeyne therkoze þ the rulers of the multytude and thep þ dwell with vs, and as manp haue outlandysche wyues, the preſtes alſo and iudges of euery place may kande in the tyme appoynted, till they ſwage the wizath of the Lord i this bu- lynes.

b

Then Jonathas the ſonne of Ezely, and Dzias and Theca receaued þ charge of thys matter, and Bozoamus, and Leius, & Sa-

batheus helpeth them therto. After thys, all they stode vp that were come out of capti-uite. And Eldras the preſte chose vnto hpm the pryncypall men from among the fatherts accoðyng to theþ2 names, ÿ in the new mo- ne of the tenth moneth they ſatt together, to eramen this matter. And so the matter was a determing ( concernyng the men that had outlandys wyues) vntill the new mone of the þyſt moneth. And of þ preſtes that had mixte them ſelues with outlandys wyues, there were founde. * Of the ſonnes of Iesu the ſonne of Iose decand hys dzethren, Ma- zeas, Eleazar, Ioribus and Joadea, whych offred the ſelues to put awaye theþ2 wyues, and to offre a ramme for theþ2 ignozaunce. And of the ſonnes of Semmeri, Malleas, & Elles, and Jeelech Azarias. Of the ſonnes of Kolera, Limolas, Hilmaen, Nathanea, Iuſſio, Ieddus, and Tallas. And of the Le- uptes Iofabdus, Semeis, and Colus, Ca- letas, Jacteas, Colnas, and Elionas. Of þ ſyngers of the Sanctuary, Eliarib, ſacka- rus Of the poſters, Sallumus and Tolba- nes. And of Israel, of the chylden of Kozo, Dii, and Remias, and Geddias, and Mel- chias, Michelus, Eleazarus, Iemmebias, & Bannas. And the children of Iolamä, Cha- nias, Zachari, Ieizrelus, Ioddi?, Erimoth, and Elias. And of þ ſonnes of Iathoim, E- liadas, Iiasamus, and zochias, Iarimoth, Sabdis, and Tebedias. And of the ſonnes of zebes, Johannes, Amanias, zabdias, and Emmeus. And of þ ſonnes of Bann?, Dlá- mus, Maluchus, Ieddus, Iaſub, Aſabus, & Jerimoth. And of þ ſonnes of Addin, Na- tus, and Woonias, and Cale?, and Raanas, Maasus, Mathathias, Beſel, Bann?, and Manasses.

c

*1. Eld, c 3.

d

And of the ſonnes of Naue, Nones, Ake- as, Melchias, Sameas, Simon, Beniamí, Malchus and Harras. And of the ſonnes of A ſom, Carianeus, Mathathias, Bannus, Eliphalach, Manasses, Semet. Of the ſon- nes of Bannus, Jeremp, Woodias, Abra- mas, Iohel, Bancas, Deltaaas, Iona, Ma- timoth, Eliaſib, Iathaneus, Eliaſus, Di- as, Dielus, Semedius, Zambus, & Joseph. Of the ſonnes of Nobeus, Idelus, Matha- thias, Sabadus, zeche da, Sedmi, Iesleus, and Baneas. All theſe had taken outlandisch wemen to marriage, and they put the awape with theþ2 chylden. The preſtes and Leu- tes, and all they that were of Israel, dwelt at Jeruſalem and thozowout all the land, in the new moone of the ſeventh moneth, and the chylden of Iraell were in theþ2 dwel- lynges. And the whole multytude came to- gether upon the kooze at the Eaſt lyde of þ holyp poſte of the ſuple. And they lpaſe vnto Eldras the hpe preſte and reaſer, þ he wolde hynge the lawe of Woles, which was geue of the

e

i. S. El.
Ibid.

*1. El, x, 10.

Of Eldras.

Jo. viii.

The viii. boke of Eldras.

The kyft Chapter.

The people is reproued to: their vithanickenes, God will spnde another people þc thes wyl not be復soemed.

II. Esa. III. a
Esa. III. a

of the Loode God of Israel. So Eldras the hye Preft brought the lawe unto the whole multitude, to man ſ woma, ſ to all Preſtes, that they might heare the lawe, *in the new mone of the, vii. moneth. And he red in the ſtoze that is before the holy poſte of the tem-ple, ſom the monyng early unto the eu-ning, before men ſ wemc. And they applied their mynde all unto the lawe.

J

And Eldras þ Preſt & reader of the lawe
ſtode vp upon a pulpit of wood, which was
made therfore: & upon his right hande there
ſtode by him Wathathias, Samus, Anani-
as, Azarias, Trias, Ozechias, and Balla-
mus: Upon his leſſe hand ſtode Kaldeus,
Hsrael, Malachias, Abuchas, Sabus, Na
badias & zacharp. Then toke Eldras þ boke
before the whole multitude, for he was the
pryncipall, & had in moolſt honour of them
all. And when he had red out the lawe, the
ſtode all ktraypht vpof their fete. So Eldras
prayſed the Loode the moost hye God, þ Al-
mygħht God of Holles. And all the people
anſwered: Amen: and helde vp their handes,
ſell downe flat upon the earth, & prayſed the
Lord. And Jelus, Beneas, Sarebias, Jad-
dimus, Accubus, Sabbatheus, Calithes,
Azarias, Joradus, Ananias, & Philias the
Leuites, pſuk their hādes vpwarde, & howed
their faces to the grounde, & prayſed þ Lord:
Thosel were they whych taught the lawe of
the Lord, & red the lawe of the Lord, in the
congregacion: & every man let them before
that underſtode the lawe. The ſpake Atha-
rates vnto Eldras the hye Preſt & reder, &
to the Leuites that taught the multynde,
laying: This dape is holp vnto the Loode: &
all they that had hearde the lawe, wepte.

G

II. Esa. viii. c

So Eldras layde: * Departe youre waye
then, & eate the beſt, & drinke the swetest, and
ſende gyktes vnto them that haue nothing:
for þys dape is holp vnto þ Loode, & be not
þe ſoþ, for the Loode will bring you to ho-
noure. Then wente they their waye every-
one, & dyd eate & drinke, & were mery, and
ſent rewardes vnto them that had nothing,
that they also mygħt eate wyth glad-
nelle: for they were exceedingly reop-
ſed, thożow the words that were
red vnto the in the lawe: And
ſo they were all gathered
together at Jeruſale:
to holde þ keast,
according to
þ couenaut
of the
Loode God
of Israel.

The ende of the thirde

booke of Eldras.

He ſe conde boke of the Dro-
phete * Eldras (the ſonne of
Saratas, the ſonne of Aza-
rias, the ſonne of Helchia, þ
ſonne of Sallum, the ſonne
of Sadoc, þ ſonne of Achi-
tod, the ſonne of Achia, the
ſonne of Phinees, þ ſonne of Hely Amerias,
the ſonne of Azarias, þ ſonne of Waraioth,
the ſonne of Saraitas, the ſonne of Izi,
the ſonne of Boccus, the ſonne of Abili, þ ſonne
of Phineas, the ſonne of Eleazar, the ſonne
of Aaron, of the trybe of Leni) whych was
pſefoner in the lande of Medes, in the ray-
gne of Artarersſes Lyngne of Persia.

A

II. Esa. vii. a
II. Esa. vii. a

*And the word of the Lord came vnto me, laying: go thy waye, & chew my people þepplyntull debes, and their chylden þeyp wyckedneſſes, wþych þey haue done aga-pnſt me, that they may tell þeyp chylders chylden the fame: for þeyp Lymnes of their fa-thers are increaſed in them. And wþch þey haue ſorgotten me, & haue offred vnto ktra-unge goddes. Am not I euen he, þ brought them out of the lāde of Egypſte, fro the houſe of bondage ? But þey haue prouoked me vnto wraath, and deſpited my counſels. Pull thou out then the heare of thy heade, & caſt all euell ouer them, for þey haue not bene ſobedient vnto my lawe.

II. Esa. viii. a

B

It is a people without lernynge & nour-
toure. How longe shall I koſteate them,
unto whom I haue done so moche good?
* Many kyngeſhaue I deſtroped for they
ſakes: ♦ Dharao wypth hys ſeruauntes & all
his power haue I lympten downe & ſlayne:
All þnacypſhaue I deſtroped and roſed out
before them, and in the Eaſt haue I brought
two landes & people to naught, euen Tyre
and Sydon, and haue ſlayne all their ene-
mpes. Speake thou therkoze vnto them,
layinge: Thus layeth the Loode: * I led you
thorow the ſee, & haue geuen you ſure stretes
ſence the beginnyng. ♦ I gaue you Woles to
be your e captayne, & Aarō to be the preſt:
* I gaue you lyght i a pyler of kyze, & greate
wonders haue I done amonge you: yet haue
þe ſorgotten me, layeth the Loode.

II. Esa. vii. g

II. Esa. viii. e

II. Esa. vii. b

II. Esa. viii. a
II. Esa. viii. b

Thus layth the almygbtp Loode: I gaue
you quayles to eate, & tentes for your suc-
toure:

The.iii.booke.

coure: Neuer theles pe murmured, and ascri-
bed not the victorp of youre enempes unto
mp name: yee, thys same dape do ye yet mur-
moure. Where are the benekytes, that I ha-
ue done foz you: When ye were hongr ye in
the wpldernes, * dyd ye not crye vnto me:
Why haft thou brought us into this wplder-
nes, to kyll us? It had bene better foz vs, to
haue serued the Egyptiās, then to dye in this
wpldernesse. Then had I pytse vpon youre
mournpnes, and gaue you Manna to eate.

*S. Pii. ciii. a*

*S. Pii. cxi. e.*
*H. Num. rr. b.*

c

* Pe dyd eate angels foode. ♦ When ye were
thylkpe, dyd not I hewe the hardstone, and
cauſed water to flowe therout. Foz þeate
I couered pou wyth the leaues of the trees.
A good pleasaunt kat land gaue I you: I caſt
out the Cananites, the Phereſkyes and Phi-
lyſtines before you. ♦ What shall I do moze
foz you, ſapeth the Loode?

*Esa. v. a.*

‡Ero. xv. b.

Thus ſapth the Almpgktye Loode: ♦ Wh
ye were in the wildernes, in the water of the
Amorptes, bepnge a thylk, ♦ blasphempynge
mp name, I gaue you not fyre foz your bla-
phempes, but caſt a tree into the water, and
made the puer ſwete. What shall I do vnto
the, D Jacob: Thou Juda wolde ſt not obe-
pe me. ♦ I wll turne me to another people,
& vnto thole wpl I geneu my name, that they
mape kepe my ſlatutes. Sepng ye haue ko-
faken me, I wll forſake you alſo. When ye
delyze me to be gracous vnto you, I chall
haue no mercyp upon you. ♦ When ye call wpo
me, I wll not heare you. Foz ye haue deſp-
led youre hands with bloude, and youre ſe-
te are ſwpt to commpt mäßlaughter. Pe ha-
ue not forſake me (in a maner) but your aw-
ne ſelues, ſapeth the Loode.

*Deut. xxxi. b.*

*Esa. i, 5.*

Thus ſapth the almpgktye Loode: haue I
not praped you, as a father hys ſonnes, as a
nother her daugherſs, as a noſſe her pōge
babes, that ye wolde be my people, I chuld
be your God: that ye wolde be my chylde,
and I chulde be your awne ſathers. ♦ I ga-
thered you together, as an henne gathereth
her chekens vnder her wpnge. But now
what shall I do vnto you: I chall caſt you
out from my ſace? ♦ When ye offre vnto me,
I chall turne my ſace from you: foz poure ſo-
lempne feast dapes, youre new moones, and
youre circumſpions haue I forſake. I ſent
vnto you my p[er]uātes the P[ro]phetes, who
pe haue taken and slayne, and to[ne] they[ve] bo
dyes in peces, whoſe bloude I wll reſup[er]e
of your hands, ſapeth the Loode.

*Mat. xiii. d.*

D

*Ezek. x. k.*
Irb., a

Thus ſapeth the Almpgkty Loode: your
house muſt be desolate. I wll caſt you out
as the wnde doth the ktrae: youre chylde
chall not be frutefull, foz they haue deſſped
my commandement, and done the thynge
that is euell before me. Youre houſes wll I
gene vnto a people that chall come, ♦ * thep
that neuer herde me, chall believe i me; ♦ thep

*Esa. Irb. a*
Koma.r.c

vnto whom I newer chwed tokē, chall do
the thinge that I comaunde the. They haue
ſene no P[ro]phetes, yet chall they call they[
ſpnes to remembraunce, and knowledge
them. I reporſte me vnto the grace, þ I wll
do foz the people whych is come, whole chil-
dren reſopke in gladnes: & though they haue
not ſene me wyth bodely epeſ, yet in ſp[er]te
they belieue the thinge that I ſape. And now
before, beholde what greate wort[yppe], &
ſe the people that cometh from the Calt, vn-
to who I wll geue the dukedom * of Abra-
ham, Isaac and Jacob, of Oſeas, Amos, Æd
Wicheas, of Joel, Abdy, Jonas, Naum, Æd
Abacuc, of Sopho[ny], Aggeus, zacharp, and
Malachi, whych is called also an angell (or
mellenger) of the Loode.

*Esa. xlii.*
*Luke. xiii.*
*Mat. vii. d.*

The.ii.Chapter.

The Synagoge hyndeth faute wrythe her abwe
chylden.
The Gentry are called.

Hus ſapeth the Loode: I brought
this people out of bōdage, I gaue
them my comaundementes by my
fernauntales the P[ro]phetes, whych
they wolde not heare, but deſpiled my coun-
fels. The mother that bare them, ſapeth vn-
to them: Go poure waye ye chylden, foz I
am a wyddowe ōd forſaken: I brought you
up wyth gladnſſe, but with ſozow and he-
upnes haue I loſt you: foz ye haue ſinned be-
fore the Loode youre God, ōd done þ thinge
that is euell before hym. But what chall I
now do vnto you: I am a wyddow and foz-
faken: go poure waye, O my chylden, and
aſke mercyp of þ Loode. As for me, D father,
I call upon the foz a wytnſſe ouer the mo-
ther of these chylden, which wolde not kepe
my couenaunt: that thou b[ring]ge them to co-
fuſyon, ōd their mother to a ſp[ole], that the
beare no moze. Let their names be ſcatred
abroade amonge the heathen, let them be
put out of the earth, foz they haue thought
ſcozne of my couenaunt.

Wo be vnto the Aſſur, thon that hydeſt þ
Almpygktoons by the. Thon wycked people,
remembēr *what I dyd vnto Sodome & Go-
mozre, whoſe lāde is turned to p[ry]tch and al-
ches. Euen so alſo wll I do vnto all them,
that heare me not, ſapeth þ almpgkty Lozd.
Thus ſapeth þ Lozd vnto Eſdras: Tell my
people, that I wll geue the P[ri]ngdome
of Jeruſalem, which I wolde haue geue vnto
Israel. Their gloz[ry] alſo will I take vnto
me, & geue them the euerlaſkyng e[berna-
cles, whych I had prepared for that.

The tree of lyke chalbe vnto them a swete
smellp[enge] oypentement: they chall neither la-
boure no[re] be weery. Go ye poure waye, and
ye chall receaue it. D[ay]ape fo[ur] youre ſelues a
ſewe dapes, that thep mape dwell therin.

Now

The iiiij. boke.

platedt the earthe (and that thy selfe alone)
and gaueft commaundement unto the peo-
ple, and a body unto Adam, whych was a
creature of thy hands, and halietzeth in
hym the bzeth of lyke: and so he lyued befoze
the, and thou leddest hym into Paradysle,
whych garden of pleasure thy right hande
had plated, or euer y earth was made. And
unto hym thou gaueft commaundement to
loue thy waye, which he trasgresſed, and im-
medyately thou appoynted death in hym,
and in hys generacions. Of hym came na-
cyons, trbes, people and kynredes out of
nombre. * And euery people walked after
their a wne wyll, and dyd nyce thinges befo-
re the: as for thy commandemètes, they
delsyed them.

★Gene.vi.b

B

★Gene.vii.b

* But in processe of tymc thou hrough-
test the water floude, upon those that dwelt
in the worlde, and destroyed them. And ly-
ke as the death was in Adam, so was y wa-
ter floude alio in these. Neuerthelesse one of
the thou leftest: namely Aoe with hys hou-
tholde, of whome came all rpyghteous men.
And it happened that when thep that dwelt
upon the earth, beganne to multyplye, and
had gotten many children, and were a great
people, they beganne to be moze ungodly
then the fyrst.

★Ge.xii.v.

Now when they all lyued so wyckedly
before the, * thou dydeſt chose the a man fro
amonge them, whole name was Abzaham.
Hym thou louedſt, and vnto hym only thou
thewdeſt thy wyll, and madeſt an euerla-
ſtynge couenaunt with hym, prorplynge
hym, that thou woldeſt neuer forſake his ſe-
de. * And vnto hym y gaueſt Isaac, ‡ vnto
Isaac alio thou gaueſt Jacob and Efau. As
for Jacob thou dydeſt chose hym, and put
backe Efau. * And so Jacob became a great
multytude.

★Gene.xxxi.a

‡ Gene.xxxv.c

★Ge.xxxii.a

C

★Erod.rit.a

Deut iiiij.b

And it happened that when thou leddest
hys ſede out of Egypte, * thou hroughteſt
them up to the mounte Syon, howpyng do-
wne the heauens, lettyng kast the earth, mo-
upnge the grounde, makpyng the depthes to
chake, and troußlynge the worlde: And thy
glozy wente thoroow foure poſtes of fyze, &
earth quakes, and wyndes, and colde: that
thou myphteſt geue the lawe vnto y ſede of
Jacob, & diligèce vnto y generacio of Israel.

And yet tokeſt thou not a wape fro them
that wycked hert, y thy lawe mypht hrynge
fonth frute in them. For the fyrſt Adam bare
a wycked hert, transgresſed, and was ouer-
come, & so be all thep that are bozne of hym.

★Ro.vii.b.a

* Thus remapned weaknes with the lawe
in the herte of the people, w the wyckedneſſe
of the rote: so that the good departed a wape
and the euell abode wyll. So the tymes paſ-
ſed a wape, and the peares were brought to
an ende. * Then dydeſt thou raple the vpa

★Isa.xvii.c

ſeruaſt called David, ‡ whom thou cōmau-
dedſt to buylde a cype vnto thy name, and to
offree vp incense and sacryſce vnto the the-
ri. This was done now many peares. Then
the inhabyers of the cype forſoke the, and in
all thynges dyd eué as Adam and all his ge-
neracions had done: for they also had a wic-
ked herte.

★II. Regn. II.

D

And so thou gaueſt thy cype ouer into the
hands of thyne enempes. Are thep of Baby-
lon then better and more righteous then thy
people, that they shall therkoze haue the do-
mynyon of Syon: For when I came there,
and Iawe they ungodlynes, and so greate
wyckedneſſe, that it coulde not be nombred:
yee when my ſoule Iawe so manye cuel doers
(in the thyrſpe peare) my herte kapeſt me,
for I Iawe, how thou suſſeſt the in soch vn-
godlynes, and Ipareſt the wickéd doers: but
thyne a wne people haliſt thou roſed out, and
pzeſerned thyne enempes, ad thys haliſt thou
not the wed me.

I cannot perceaue howe thys happeneth.
Do thep of Babylon then better, then thep
of Syon: Or is there any other people, that
knoweth the, ſauynge the people of Israel?
Or what generacyon hath so beleued thy
couenauntes, as Jacob? And yet they re-
warde appeareth not, and they labour hath
no krute. For I haue gone here ad there tho-
row the Heathen, and I se that they be rych
and wealthy, and thyncke not vp they com-
maundementes. Weye thou therkoze oure
wyckdneſſe now in the balaunce, and theirs
also that dwell in the worlde, and so all
thy name be no where founde but in Israel.
Or where is there a peopie vp the earthe, that
hath not synned before the? Or what people
hath so kepeſt thy commaundemètes: Thou
halt fynde, that Israel by name hath kepeſt
thy preceptes, but not the other people and
Heathen.

C The fourth Chapter.

C The Angell reproueth Edmas, because he ſemed to enter into the profounde judgements of God,

And the Angell that was ſent vnto
me (whole name was Uriell) gaue
me an anſwere, and layd: Thy hert
hath taken to moch vpon it in this
worlde, and thou thyncketh to compreſhende
the wape of the Hyeſt. Then layd J. Pee my
Lozde. And he anſwered me, and layde: I
am ſent to the we the thze wayes, and to ſett
fonth thze ſympletuſdes, before the: wherof
ſ thou canſt declare me one, I wyll the we
the alio the wape, that thou delpzeſt to ſe:
and I shall the we the from whence the wic-
ked herte commeth. And I layde: Tell on
mp Lozde. Then layde he vnto me: Go thy
wape, wepe me the weypht of the fyze, or
measure me the blaſt of the winde, or call me
agapne

A

The.iii.boke.

tranapleth, maketh hafte, when the tymc
neceslyte of the byrth is at hande. Euen so
doth the hafte to delyuer it that is commy-
ted unto her. Loke what thou desyest to se,
it chalbe the wed the from the begyninge.
Then answered J, and sayde: If I haue fo-
unde fauoure in thy fyght, and pk it be pos-
lyble, and yf I be mete therfore, chewe me
then, whether there be moze to come then is
pact, or more pact then is for to come. What
is pact, I knowe: but what is for to come, I
knowe not.

And he sayde unto me: Stande vp upon
the ryght syde, and I shall expounde the ly-
mplitude unto the. So I stode, and behold,
an whote burnynge ouen wente ouer before
me: and it happened that when the flamme
was gonc by, the smoke had the upper hâde.
Aft er thys there went ouer before me a wa-
tery cloude, and set downe moch rayne with
a skorme: as when the stormy rapne was pact
the droppes remayne styll. Then sayde he
unto me: lyke as the rapne is moze then the
droppes, and as the fyre exceedeth the smo-
ke, euen so the meature of the thynges that
are pact, hath the upperhande. Then wente
the droppes and the smoke aboute: and I pza-
ped and sayde: May I lyue (thynkest thou)
vyll that tymc: Of what shall happen in
those dayes: he answered me, and sayde: As
for þ tokens wherof thou akest me, I maye
tell the of them in a parte: but as touchypnge
thy lyke, I may not chewe the, for I am not
sent therfore.

C. The. v. Chapter:

T[est]mas and the Angell commen together.

Euerthelesse, as concerning the to-
kens, marke thys: Beholde, the
dayes shall come, that they whych
dwell upon carthe, chalbe taken in
a gatnobze, the waye of the trueth chal-
be hyd, and the lande chalbe baren frô kayth:
but * iniquyte shall haue the upperhande,
lyke as thou haſt ſene now, and as thou haſt
hearde longe agoo. And the lande that thou
leſt now to haue rule, chalt thou shortely ſe
waste. But yf God graüte the to lyue, thou
chalt ſe after the thyrd trompet, that the ſun-
ne shall sodenly chyne agapne in the nyght, as
the moone thez tymes in the dape, and bloud
chall droppe out of wodd, and the ſt one chall
gene his voyce, as the people chalbe unqupe-
te: and euen he chall rule, who thep hope not,
that dwell upon earth, and the ſoules chall
flyt, as the Sodomyth see chall cast out hys
kith, and make a nopfe in the nyght, whych
manp chal not knowe, but thep chal all hea-
te the voyce therof.

There chalbe a confusyon also in many
places, as the fyre chalbe oft sent agapne, and
the wplde beaſtes chall go thep waye, and
menstruous wemen chall beare monſtres, as

ſalt waters chalbe founde in the ſwete: one
ſtende chal ſygt agapnſt another: then chal
all wyt and understandyng be hyd and put
ſayde it to their ſecrete places, chalbe ſought
of many, and yet not be founde: then chall vn-
ryghteouſnes and voluptuouſnes haue the
upperhande upon earth. One land also chal
aſke another, and ſaye: Is ryghteouſnes go-
ne thozow the: And it chall ſaye: No. At the
ſame tymc chall men hope, but nothing op-
tayne: thep chall laboure, but thep wayes
chall not p[ro]ſpere.

To the we the soche tokens I haue leue,
and yf thou wylt p[ra]yve agayne, wepe as
now, and faſt ſeuen dayes, thou chalt heare
yet greater thinges. Then I awaked, and a
fearfulnes wente thozow all my body, and
my mynde was keſle and careſſul, so that I
almost ſowned withall. So the aungel that
was come to ſtalke with me, held me, com-
foſted me, and ſet me upon my ſete.

And in the ſeconde nyght it happened, þ
Salathiel the captapnye of the people came
unto me, ſaping: Where haſt thou bene: and
whp is thy countenaunce so heup? Knoweſt
thou not, that Israel is commytted unto þ,
in the lande of thep captyuſe: Up then, and
cate, and forſake vs not, as þ thepberde that
leaueth hys flocke in the handes of wycked
wolues. Then ſayde I unto hym: Go thy
waye kro me, and come not npe me: and he
hearde it, and as I ſayd: so w[et]e he his waye
kro me. And io I faſtéd ſeuen dayes, moun-
nyngne and weppnyge, lyke as Ariel the aung-
gell commaunded me. And after ſeu[n] dayes
it happened, that the thoughtes of my herte
were very greuous unto me agayne, ûd my
ſoule receaued the ſp[er]ete of understandyng,
and I beganne to ſtalke with the mooth hicht
agayne, and ſayde: D Lo[rd]e, Lo[rd]e, of eue-
ry wood of the earth and of all the trees the-
roſ, thou haſt chosen the one onely dynepar-
de: as of all landes of the whole w[ol]de thou
haſt chosen one ppt: and of all ſloures of the
grounde thou haſt chosen the one lype: and
of all the depthes of the ſee thou haſt ſyld
the one ryuer: and of all buylde d cytes thou
haſt halowed Sion unto thy ſle: and of all
the ſoules that are created, thou haſt named
the one douc: as of all the catell that are made
thou haſt p[ro]yded the one chpe: and amog
all the multytudes of ſolckes thou haſt got-
ten the one people, as unto thys people who
thou louedest, thou gaueſt a lawe, that is
p[ro]yed of all.

And now, D Lo[rd]e, why haſt thou ge-
uen thys one people ouer unto many: and
upon the one vole thou haſt p[re]pared other,
and why haſt thou ſcatred thy one only peo-
ple amonge manp: which treade them dow-
ne, yee which haue euer withſtande thy pro-
mples, and neuer beleued thy couenauntes!

And

a
*mat.*
*cri.*
*li.*
*la.*

The.iiiij.boke.

of hym, Jacobs hande helde fyzt the he-
le of Esau: for Esau is y'ende of thys world,
and Jacob is the begynnge of it that fol-
loweth. The hande of man betwixt the hie
and the hande. Other questyon (Eldas) af-
ke thou not.

I answered then, and sayd: Lord, Lord,
yf I haue founde fauoure in thy fyght, I be-
fecth the, the we thy seruaunt the ende of thy
tokens, wherof thou the wdeft me parte the
last nyght. So he answered and sayde vnto
me: Stande vp upon thy kete, and heare the
perfecte voyce and founde. There shall come
a greate mocpon, but the place where thou
standest shall not be moued. And therfore
whê thou hearest the wordes, be not affraied:
for of the ende shall the wordede and founda-
cpon of the earth be understande. And why?
the word therof trembleth and quaketh, for
it knoweth, that it must be chaunged at the
ende. And it happened, when I had hearede
it, I stode vp upon my kete, and herkened:
behold, there was a voyce that spake, and y'
founde of it was lyke y' founde of many wa-
ters, and it sayde: Beholde, the dapes come,
that I wyll begynne to dize you npe, to vy-
set them that dwell vpon earth, and wyl be-
gynne to make inquypsion of them, what
they be that haue hurt equpte with vnrygh-
teoufnes, and when the lowe estate of vpon
thalbe kulfylled: and when the worlde, that
shall vanly hawe, thalbe ouersealed, then
wyll I do these tokens.

The bookes thalbe opened bekoze the fiz-
mament, and they shall se all together, as the
chylde of a pere olde shall speake with their
voyces: the wemen with chylde shall byng
forthe vntymely children of thre oz foure mo-
nerthes olde, and they shall lyne, and be rap-
sed vp: and sodely shall the lowen places ap-
peare as the vnflowen, the full skoz houfes
shall sodenly be founde emptye, and y' trom-
pet shall gene a founde, which whê euery ma-
heareth, thep thalbe hastely afraMED. At y'
tyme thal frêdes fyght one agaynst another
lyke enemyes, and the earth shall stande in
keare with them.

The sprynges of the welles shall stande
flyll, and in thre houres they shall not renne.
Whohoeuer remayneth from all these thyn-
ges that I haue told the, shall escape, and se
my faluacpon, and the ende of your worlde.
And the men that haue receaued, shall se it,
they that haue not tasted death from they
byzth: and the hert of the indwellers thalbe
chaunged, as turned into another meanynge:
for euell thalbe put out, and dysceate thalbe
quenched. As for kayth, it shall florysth, coz-
rupeyon thalbe ouercome: as trueth, whych
hath bene so longe without frute, thalbe de-
clared. And it happened when he talked v
me, that I loked demurelp upon hym, befo-

re whom I kode, and these wordes sayde he
vnto me: I am come to chewe the, the tyme
of the nyght for to come.

Pf thou wilt praye yet more, and fast se-
uen dapes agayne, I thal tell the more thin-
ges, and greater then bekoze: for thy voyce
is heard bekoze the Hpeft: for whp: y' mygh-
tpe hath sene thy ryghteous dealpynge, he
hath sene also thy chaunce, which thou hait
had euer sence thy pouth: and therkoze hath
he sent me to chew the all these thynges, as
taype vnto the: Be of good comforte, as keare
not, and hafte not v the tymes that are past
to thyncke vayne thynges, as make not hait
of the latter tymes.

And it happened after this, that I wepte
agayne, and fasted seuen dapes in lyke ma-
ner, yf myght kulfyll the thre wekes: which
he told me. In the eyght nyght was my hert
vexed with me agayne, as I begâne to lpea-
ke bekoze yf Hpeft: for my spiete was greatly
sett on fyze, and my soule was in dyftresse, as
I sayd: Lord, thou spakest vnto thy crea-
ture fro the begynnng (euen the fyzt dave)
and saydest: * Let heauê ad earth be made,
and thy wozde was a perfecte wozcke. And
then was there the spiete, and the darrencef-
les were yet on euery fyde, and hylence: there
was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then
commaundest thou a kayze lyght to come forthe
out of thy treasuries, that thy wozcke myght
appeare and be sene.

Upon the seconde dave thou madest the
spiete of the firmament, and commaundest it
to part a sunder, and to make a deuyspy be-
twixte the waters, that the one part myght
remapne aboue, and the other beneth. Upon
the thyrde dave thou broughtest to palle, y
the waters were gathered in the seuen part
of y' earth: Sixe partes hait thou dyzed vp,
and kepe them, to thyntent that me myght
sowe as occuppe husbandrpe therein. As soone
as thp worde wente forthe, the wozcke was
made. For immediately there was greate in-
numerable krute, and many diuerse pleafu-
res as delyzes of teptacpon, floures of chaun-
geable couloure and smell, and this was do-
ne the thyrde dave.

* Apothe. iiiij. dave thou comaundedest y
the Sunne chuld gene hys chyne, ad y' moo-
ne her lyght: the Starres dyndeft thou let in oz-
dze + and gauest them a charge: to do seruyce
euen vnto man, that was for to be made.
Upon the fykt dave thou saydest vnto the
seuenth part (where the * waters were ga-
thered) that they chulde bypnge forthe diuer-
se beaktes, foules and fythes. And so it came
to palle, that the domme water and without
foule, brought forthe lypunge beaktes, at the
commaundement of God, that all people
myght praple thy wonderous worckes.
Then dyndeft thou preferue two foules, the
one

C

*Gene. a

25

* Mich. vii, a
Math. x, c

*Gene. b

‡Deu. xlii, c

*Gene. c

Of Eldras.

Jo, xii.

one thou calledst Enoch and the other Le-
uiathan, and dydelt separate the one from the
other: for the seuenti parte (namely, where the
water was gathered together) myght not
holde them dothe. Unto Enoch thou gauest
one parte, whych was dyed vp the thylde
dape, that he chulde dwell in the same parte,
wherin are a thouland hilles. But unto Le-
uiathan thou gauest the seuenti part, name-
ly the moptt, and hait kepte hym to deoure
what thou wpt, and whan. Upon the sixte
dape thou gauest commaundement unto the
earth, that befoze the, it chulde brynge kothe
beastes, catell, and all that crepe, and (belp-
des thys) Adä also, who thou madest Lozde
of all thy creatures. Of hym come we all, äd
the people alto, whom thou hait chosen ipe-
cially unto thy selfe. All thys haue I sayde
now ÿ spoken before þ, that I myght chewe
how that the worlde is made for oure fakes.
As for the other people which also come of
Adam thou hait sayd that they are nothing,
but be lyke a lyplele, ÿ hait lypckened þ aboun-
daunce of them unto a dloppe ( that falleth)
from the rofe of the houfe.

And now, O Lozde, the Heathen whych
haue euer reputed as nothynge, haue
begone to be lozdes ouer vs, and to deoure
vs: but we thy people (whom thou hait cal-
led the fyrdt bozne, thy only begotten, äd thy
feruent louer) are geuen into theþ hands
and power. Of the worlde now be made for
our fakes, why haue we not the inheritance
in posseffiò with the worlde: how lóge shall
thys endure?

### The viij. Chapter.

The Angel chetheth Eldras many thynge to come,

And it happened after that I had spo-
ken out these worzes, there was sent
unto me an Angell, which had bene
by me also the nightes afore, and he said un-
to me: Up Eldras, and heare the worzes þ
I am come to tell the. And I sayd: I speake on
Lozde my God. Then sayd he unto me. The
fee is set in a wyde place, that it myght be
depe and greate: but the entraunce is narrow
and small lyke a puer: For who wolde go
into the fee, to loke upon it, and to rule it: If
he wente not thozo wy narrow, howe might
he come into the hode?

Item another: A cyte is buplded and set
upon a hode kelde, and is full of all goodes.
the entraunce is narrow and sodayne, lyke as
pf there were a fyre at the ryght hand, and a
depe water at the left, and as it were onely
one krapte path betwixt the both, so small
that there coulde but one man go there.

Of thys cyte now were geue to an heyze,
the neuer wóte thozo w the parulous wape,
how wolde he receane his enheritance: And
I sayde: It is so Lozde. Then sayd he: Euen

so is Israel also a porcp. And why: for their
fakes haue I made the worlde: and when
Adam transgressed my statutes, then was
the thyng iudged that was done. The were
the entraunces of the worlde made narrow,
ful of forow ÿ trauayle. They are but few ÿ
euell, full of parels and laboure. For the en-
traunces of the koze worlde were wypde and
fure, and brought immortall frute.

If they now which are entred into thys
worlde, maye not comprehende these krapte
and vayne thinges, moch lesse maye they cö-
prehende and vnderstande the secrete thyn-
ges: Why disquietest thou thy self the, seyng
thou art but a coRUptyble man? And what
woldeft thou knowe, where as thou art but
mortall: And why hait thou not receaned in
to thyne herte the thyng that is for to come,
but that is pre sent?

Then sayd J. O Lord, Lord, *thou hait
ozdpyned in thy lawe, þ the epyhteous chuld
inheret these thynge, but that the vnaft-
full and vngodly chulde perþthe. Neuerthe-
lesse, the righteous chal luffre krapte thiges,
and hope for wyde: for they that haue lued
vngodly and suffred krapte thynge, shall
not se the wyde.

And he sayde unto me: There is no iudge
aboue God, and none that hath vnderstan-
dyngc aboue the Hylle. For there be many þ
perply, because they defpyle þ lawe of God
that is sett before them. For God hath geue
krapte cömaundement to soch as come, that
they knowe what they do, and how they
chuld lyne: and þe they kepte thys they chuld
not be pumpshed.

Neuer thelesse, they were not obedièt vn-
to hym, but Ipa ke agapnit hym: pmagyned
vayne thynge, and purposed to lyne, and
sayd morrouer, that there was no God, and
that God regarded it not. Hys wapes haue
they not knowne, his lawe haue they defpy-
fed, and denyed hys prieomples: in hys atatu-
tes ÿ ordynaunce s haue they not bene kaph-
full and itedkalt, and haue not perfourmed
hys worckes.

And therfore Eldras: unto the full, plen-
ty: and to the empty, emptynelle. Beholde,
the tyme chal come, that these tokens which
I haue tolde the, chall come to palle, and the
bryde chall appeare, and the earth that now
palleth awaye, chal be chewed: and whofoe-
uer is delpuered frö the for sayde cuels, shall
le my wonders. For my sonne Jelus chalbe
opely declared, with thofe that be with him:
åd they that remayne, chall be merc in foure
hundred yeares.

After these same peares chall my sonne
Christ dye, and all men that haue lyke, and þ
world chal be turned into the olde sylence le-
uen dayes, lyke as in the koze iudgementes,
so that no ma chall remayne. And after seue

Wbb iij. dapes,

*Deu. viij. a

The mij. boke.

dayes, the world that yet a waked not, chal-
be rapled vp, and chal dye cozrupte. And the
earth chal restore thole that haue slepte i her,
and so chall the dust that dwell in silen-
ce, and the secrete places chall delyuer thole þ
C be commytted vnto the. And the most hpeft
shall be openly declared vp the seate of iud-
gement, and all mysery chall vanish awaye,
and lóge suffrying chalbe gathered together.
But the iudgement chal continue, the treuth
chall remayne, and kayth chall ware strong,
the worcke chall folowe, & the rewarde chall
be the wed: the ryghte coulnes chall watch, &
the vnryghte oulnesse chall beare no rule.

★Ge. x. vii. b
‡Erod. xxxi.

Then layde J: * Abzaham praved fyrt
foz the Sodomites, ♦ & Moſes fo; þ fathers
that linned in the wpldernes, and he that ca-
me aſter hym fo; Israel, in þ tyme of Achas
and Samuel: and * David fo; the deſtruc-
cyon ♦ and Salomon fo; them that came in
fo; the Sanctuary, * and Helias fo; thole þ
receaued rayne, & fo; the deed, that he myght
lyue, & Ezechias fo; the people in þ tyme of
Sennacherib: & diuerſe other in lyke maner,
which haue praved fo; many.

★II. re. ar. iij. b

‡II. Par. v.c
*III. re. cxiij.
James. v.c

Euë so now, lyving the cozrupte is grow-
ne vp, & wyckednes increaſed, and the rygh-
teous haue praved fo; the vngodlp, wherfo-
re chall it not be so now also?

He anſwered me, and layd: Thys present
world is not the ende, there remaineth moch
honoure in it, therſoze haue thep praved fo;
the weake. But the dape of dome chalbe the
ende of thys tyme, and the begyning of the
immortalite fo; to come, wherin all corrup-
cyon vanitned, all volupteouſnes is loused,
all mysbelene taken awaye, ryghteouſnes
growne, and the verye ſprounge vp. Then
chall no inan be able to faue hym that is de-
ſtroyed, ner to opzelle him þ hath gotten the
victory. J anſwered then, and layd: This is
my first and last laying: Þ it had bene better,
not to haue geuen the earthe vnto Adam: oz
els when it was geuen hym, to kepe hym þ
he chuld not ſynne. For what p[ro]ſyt is it fo;
men now in thys present tyme to lyue in he-
upnes, & aſter death to loke fo; pumpymet.
D thou Adam, what haſt thou done: Fo;
though it was thou that linned, thou art not
fallen alone, but, we all that come of the. Fo;
what p[ro]ſyt is it vnto us, þk there be pro-
mpled vs an immoſtall tyme, where as we
medle w[th] deadlp worckes: and that there
is p[ro]mpled vs an eueralſtayng hope, where
as our ſelues are euel & vaine, and that there
are laped vp fo; vs dwellynges of health ad
fredome, where as we haue lyued euell, ad þ
the wor[hy]pppe of the h[pe]ſt is kepte to deſe-
de them, which haue led a pacient lyke, whe-
re as we haue walcked in the most wycked
wayes of all: And that there chal be chewed
a paradyſe, whose frute endureth fo; euër,

wherein is fredome and medycyne, where as
we chall not go in: fo; we haue walcked in
unpleaſaunt places: And that the faces of
them, whych haue abſtepped, chall thyne a-
houe the ſtarres, where as oure faces chal-
be black and darcke: For whyll we lyued &
dyd vnryghteouſly, we conſydered not, that
we chuld ſuffre therſoze aſter deeth:

D

Then anſwered he me, and layde: Thys
is the conſyderacion and thought of the bat-
taple, which man hath upon earthe: that þk
he be ouercome, he chall ſuffre as thou haſt
layde. But þk he gett the v[ic]tory, he chall re-
ceaue the thynge that I laye. For thys is the
lyke, wherof Moſes ſpake vnto the people,
whyhe he lyued, layinge: * Chole the lyke,
that thou mapeſt liue. Neuertheles, they be-
leued hym not, nether the Prophètes aſter
hym. No ner me whych haue ſpoken vnto
them, that heu[n]nes chuld not reach vnto the
to their deſtruccion, lyke as iove is fo; to co-
me ouer thole that haue ſuffred them ſelues
to be enfourmed in ſaluacyon.

★Den. xxx. b

I anſwered then, and layde: I knowe
Lo;de, that the h[pe]ſt is mercyfull, in that he
hath merc[ie] upon them, whych are not yet in
the woſlde, and upon thole allo that walcke
in h[ys] lawe: and that * he is pacient and ló-
ge ſufferynge towarde thole that haue ſyn-
ned in the; worckes, and that he is liberall
to geue where as it requyeth: and that he
is of great merc[ie], for he multyplied h[ys] lo-
[uy]nge hyndnelles towarde thole that are
p[re]ſent, and that are paſt, and to them which
are fo; to come. For þk he multiplye not h[ys]
merc[ies], the woſlde chall not be made lp-
[uy]nge, with thole that dwell therin. He ge-
ueth also, for þk he gaue not of h[ys] goodnes,
that thep w[he]ch haue done euell, my[ht] be
eased, from the; w[ic]ckednes, the ten thou-
ſande parte of men chulde not be made lp-
[uy]nge. And þk the iudge ſo;gane not thole
that be healed with h[ys] woſlde, & þk he wold
destrove the multytude that stryeth, there
chulde be verp few leſt in an innumerable
multytude.

★Kom. ii. a

C The. viij. Chapter.

Edias præveth God rather to loke upon h[ys] awne
merc[ie], then on the p[er]ſunes of the people.

A

Ad he anſwered me, layinge: The
most h[pe]ſt made thys woſlde fo;
many, but the woſlde to come fo;
ſewe. I will tell the a ſym plitude,
Edias: As when thou alkeſt the earthe, it
chall ſape vnto þ, that it geueth moch moul-
de, where of earthen vessels are made, but li-
tle of it that golde commeth of. Euen so is it
with the worcke of thys woſlde. * There be
many created, but ſewe chall be p[re]ſeued.
Then anſwered J and layde: The walowe
bp the witt (thou ſoule) and deuoure the
understan-

A

★Mat. xx. b
and. xx. i.b

understan-

Of Eldras.

Jo. xiii.

Neuertheles, pf thou wylt take vpon the
yet seuen dapes mo (but thou chalt not fast
in them) goo thy wape then into the felde of
floures, where no house is buvled, and eate
onely of the flours of þ felde, talle not keth,
dryncke no wyne, but eate floures onely.
Praye vnto the hyeſt continually, so wyll
I come, and talke with the.

C

So I went my wape and came into the
felde whych is called Ardath (lyke as he co-
maunded me) and there I sat amonge the
floures, æ dyd eate of the herbes of the felde,
and the meate of the same satisfyed me. Akter
seuen dapes I sat upon the graſſe, and my
herte was vexed within me lyke as afoze: ad
I opened my mouth, and beganne to talke
before the hyeſt, and layde: D. Loſde, thou
that the weſt thy ſelke vnto vs, * thou haſt
declared and opened thy ſelke vnto oure fa-
thers in the wypldernes, in a place where no
man dwelleth, in a baren place, when the
came out of Egypt, and thou spaketh, layin-
ge: Heare me O Israel, and marke my wor-
des thou ſede of Jacob. Beholde, I sawe my
lawe in you, and it shall brynge frute in you
æ ye chalbe honoured in it for euern. For oure
fathers which receaue d lawe, kepe it not
and obserued not thy oſtinaunces and ſta-
tutes, and the frute of thy lawe was not de-
clared: for it mygth not, for why: it was
thyne. For they that receaue it, perſhed,
becauſe they kepe not the thynge that was
ſowne in them.

*Erod. trid.
and. cxxiii.
Deute. III. b.

*Deut. xxxi. c.

It is a cultome when the grounde recea-
uth ſede, or the ſee a chipp, or a věſſell meate
and dzincke, that when it perſeth or is hó
ken wherein a thynge is ſown, or wherein eny
thynge is put: the thynge also perſthe and
are broken, which are ſown or put therin.
Bvrvnto vs it hath not happened lo: for we
that haue receaue the lawe, perſth in ſynne,
ad oure herte which also receaue the lawe:
not withſt æ dyng * the lawe perſeth not,
but remayne th in hys laboure.

*Ezek. at.
H. Timo. II. a.

II. 1. 3d. v. 0.

And when I conſp dered these thinges in
my herte after thys maner, I loſed a boute
me with myne eyes, and vpon the right lyde
* I sawe a woman, which mourned ſoſe,
made greate lamentacion, and wepte with
loude voyce: her clothes were rent in peces,
and the had alſes vpon her heade.

Then let my thoughtes go, that I was
in, and turned me vnto her, and layde. wher-
fore we weſt thou: why art thou so ſoſy and
discomfoſted: And the layde vnto me: Sp,
lett me be waple my ſelke and take yet moe
ſoſow: for I am ſoſe vexed in my mynde, ad
brought very lowe. And I layde vnto her:
what apleth þ: Or who hath done eny thing
to þ: tell me. She layde: I haue bene unfru-
tefull and baren, and haue had an husband
thyſt tie peares. And these. xxx. peares I do

nothynge els dape and nyght ad all houres,
but malke my prayer to þ hyeſt. Akter thy-
tie peares God herde me thy handmar den,
loſed vpon my misery, conſydzrd my trou-
ble, and gaue me a ſonne, and I was glad of
him, ſo was my huſbåd alſo as all my neygh-
bourſ, ad we gaue greate honoure vnto the
Hyggtie. And I noz pyched hyn with great
trauayle. So when he grewe up, and came
to þ tyme, that he chuld haue a wyke, I ma-
dе a keſt.

C The. x. Chapter.

C. Eſt or is and the woman that appeared vnto him
commen together.

Ad it happened that when my
ſonne wente in to hys chamber
he fell downe, and dyed: then
ouerthew we all the lyghtes,
and all my nephtbourſ role vp

to comforſte me. Then toke I my refſt vnto
the ſeconde dape at nygħt: and wħe they had
all reſſed, that they mygth comforſte me, I
reſted as alſo roſe vp by night, as ſled, and am
come hyther in to this felde, as thou kypſ: æ
am purpoſed not to come in the cytie, but to
remapne here, ad neither to eate ner dryncke,
but continually to mourne and to kaf, vn-
typſ I dpe.

Then let my meditacions as thoughtes
fall, that I was in, as spake to her in displea-
sure: Thou koolſt woman, kypſt thou not
oure heuynes and mournyng, ad what hap-
peneth vnto vs: how Syon oure mother is
all wofull and ſoſy, and how he is cleane
brought downe and in misery: lynge we be
all now in heuynes, ad make oure mone (for
we be all ſo zon full.) As for the heuynes that
thou takeſt, it is but for one ſonne. Demaü-
de the earth, ad the chall tell the, that it is the
which ought (by reaſon) to mourne, for the
fall of so many that growe vpon her.
For from the begynnynge all men are borne
of hir, and other that all come: ad beholde, they
walke all most all in to deſtruccion, and ma-
ny of them chalbe roſed out.

Who chulde then (by reaſon) make moe
mournynge, then the, that hath loft so great
a multitude: as not thou, which art ſoſy, but
for one. But þ thou woldest taye vnto me:
By mournynge is not lyke the mournynge
of the earth, for I haue loft the frute of my
body, which I bare w heuynes: but the earth
is accoſdynge to the maner of the earth, and
the pzeſent multitude goeth agayne into her
as it is come to palle. Then taye I vnto the:
lyke as thou haſt borne with tranuayle ad ſo-
rowe, euè so þ earth alſo fro the begynnyng
geneſh her frute vnto man, for hym þ ma-
de her. And therfore with holde the ſo zowe
and heuynes by thy ſelke as loke what hap-
peneth vnto the, beare it strongly. For þ þ
thou iudgest the manke and ende of God to
berygheous

Heb. x. 11, 12.

*Heb. x. 11, 12.*

Of Eldas.

Fo.xv.

C The. xij. Chapter.

In this Chapter and in the next enlýpuge, he
entreath of certain vplypons and of the interprétas
cions therof.

A

Then sawe I a dæame: and beholde,
there cam up from the see an Aegle,
which had. xij. wynges and thre hea-
des: And I sawe, and beholde, he spred hys
wynges ouer all the earth, and all the wyn-
des of the apre blew in the, and so they were
put together agayne. And I behelde, äd out
of hys fethers there grew other lytle cotra-
ry fethers: the heades restred, the head in the
myddest was greater then the other, yet re-
cked it with the residue.

Mozouer I sawe, that the Aegle flew w
hys wynges, and raygned upon earth, and
ouer all them that dwell upon the earth: and
I sa we that all thyn ges vnder heauen were
subiecte unto hym, ſ no man tpa ke agaynſt
hym, no not one creature upon earth. I sa we
also that the Aegle ſkode vp upon hys cla-
wes, and gaue a founde with his fethers, äd
a voce lapinge after this manner: watch not
all together, ſlepe euery man in hys awne
place, and watch for a tyme, but let the hea-
des be prierued at the last. Neuertheles I
sawe, that the voce wente not oute of hys
heades, but from the myddest of hys body.
And I nombed hys coſtrary fethers, and be-
holde, there were epght of them. And I lo-
ked, and beholde upon the ryght lyde there
arose one fether, ſ raygned ouer all the earth.
And it happened, that when it raygned, the
ende of it came, and the place therof appea-
red nomozë. So the nexte folowynge ſkode
vp, and raygned, and had a greate tyme: and
it happened, that when it raygned, the ende
of it came alolypke as the fyirt, so that it ap-
peared nomozë.

Then came there a voce unto it, ſ layd,
Heare thou that hait kepte in the earth to ló-
ge thys I ſape unto the, before thou begyn-
neſt to appeare nomozë: There shall none af-
ter the atſeyne unto thy tyme. Then aroſe
the thyſd, and raigned as the other aroſe, äd
appeared nomozë also. So went it with all
the reſidue one after another, so that euery
one raygned, and then appeared nomozë.
Then I loked, and beholde, in proceſſe of ty-
me the fethers that followed were fet vp vpö
the ryght lyde, that they mygħt rule alio: äd
some of the ruled, but w.thin a whyle they
appeared nomozë: for some of the were fet
vp, but ruled not. After this I loked, and be-
holde the. xij. fethers appeared nomozë, and
the two wynges: ſ there was nomozë upon
the Aegles body, but two heades that restred,
and lyce fethers. Then sa we I also, that the
ſire fethers were parted in two, and remayn-
ed vnder the head, that was vpthe ryght
lyde, for the koure continued in thep? place.

So I loked, ſ beholde, they that were vnde r C
the wynges, thought to fet upthe ſelues, äd
to haue the rule. Then was there one fet vp,
but ſhortly it appeared nomozë, ſ the ſeode
was Sooner a waye then the fyirt. And I be-
helde ſ lo, þ two thought alio vy the ſelues
to raygne: ſ when they ſo thought, beholde,
there waked one of the heades that were at
reſt, namely, it that was in the myddest, for
that was the greater of the two heades. And
the I sa we, that the two heades were ſpilled
with him, and the head was turned with the
that were by him, and dyd eate vp the two
vnder wynges, that wolde haue raygned.

But this head put þ whole earth in keare,
åd bare rule in it, ouer all thole þ dwelt up-
earth w mochlaboure, and he had the gouer-
naunce of the worlde, ouer all the foules that
haue bene. After this I loked, ſ beholde, the
head that was in þ myddest, ſodenly appea-
re nomozë, lyke as þ wynges: then came the
two heades, which ruled upon earth, ſ ouer
thole þ dwelt therin. And I behelde, ſ lo, the
head upon the ryght lyde, deuoured it that
was vpthe left lyde. And I herde a voce,
which ſayde unto me: loke before þ, and con-
ſyde the thyng that thou ſeyſt. The I sa we,
and beholde, as it were a lyð þ roareth, ren-
nynge haitely out of the wod, äd he ſent out
a mans voce unto the Aegle, ſ layd: Heare
thou, I will talke with the, ſ the Hypelt shall
ſaye unto þ: Is it not thou þ haſt the victor
of the koure beaſtes, whom I made to rayg-
ne upon earth and in my worlde, and that þ
ende of their tymes might come tho zow the?

And the fourth came, and ouerwanne all
the beaſtes that were paſſ, and had power
ouer the worlde with greate fearfulnes, and
ouer the whole copalle of the earth with the
moſt wicked laboure, ſo longe tyme dwelt
he upon the earth with diſceate, ſ the earth
haſt thou judged not with trueth. Ikoz thou
haſt troubled the meke, thou haſt hurte the
peaceable ſ quypete, thou haſt loued lyers, äd
destroyed þ dwellynges of the that brought
forth frute, and haſt caſt downe the walles
of soch as dyd the no harme. Therfore is thy
wzongeſous dealyng and blaſphemye come
vp unto the Hypelt, and thy pzyde unto the
Wyghty. The Hypelt alio hæd loked upon þ
proude tymes, and beholde, they are ended,
and thep abhominacions are fulſpilled. And
therfore appeare nomozë thou Aegle, äd thy
hozrible wynges, and thy wycked fethers, ſ
thy ungracious heades, and thy ſynfull cla-
wes, and all thy vapne body: that the earth
mape be reſtred, and come agayne to her
ſelke, when the is deliuered from thy violen-
ce, and that the mape hope for the judgement
and mercyp of hym that made her.

C The. xij. Chapter.

And it

The .iiiij. Booke

2

Ad it happened when the Lyon
l'pake these words unto þ A-
gle, I sawe, & beholde, the head
that afore had the upperhand,
appeared nomoz : nether dyd þ
foure wynges appeare any moze, that came
to hpm, and were set up to raygne: and their
kyngdome was small and full of vpzoure.
And I saw, and beholde, they appeared no-
more, and the whole body of the Aegle was
bret, and the earth was in greate feare. The
awaked I out of the traunce of my mpnde, &
from greate feare, Æd layde unto my spzete :
Lo, thys hault thou geuen me in that thou se-
archest out þ wayes of the Hyesti: lo, yet am
I weerp in my mpnde, Æd very weake in my
spzete, and lytle strength is there in me, for þ
create keare þ I receaued thys nyght. Ther-
fore wyll I now beleche the Hyesti, that he
wyll coforze me unto the ende: and I layde,
Lorde Lorde, þk I haue founde grace befoze
thy spight, and þk I am unjustified with the be-
koze many other, and þk mp prayer be come
up before thy face, comforze me the, and the-
we me thy seruaunt the interpretacion and
playne difference of thys hozible spight, that
thou mapest perfectly comforze my soule: for
thou hault judged me wortby, to chew me the
last of tymes.

25

*Danie.vii.4*

And he layde unto me: thys is the inter-
pretacion of thys spight. The Aegle whome
thou sawest come up from the see, is the kyn-
dome * which was lene in the vispon of thy
brother Daniel, but it was not expounded
unto hpm, for now I declare it unto þ. Be-
holde, þ dayes come, that there shall ryke up
a kynge dome upon earth, and it shall fea-
red above al the kynge domes that were be-
foze it. In þ same kynge dome shall the kyn-
ges raygne, one after another. For the sec-
de shall begynne to raygne, and shall haue
more tyme then the other twelue : and thys
do the twelue wynges signifie, which thou
sawest. As for the vopce that spake, and that
thou sawest go out from the heades, but not
from the body, it betokeneth, that after the
tyme of þ kynge dome there shall arple great
kryuynges, and it shall stande in parell of
fallyng: neuertheles it shall not yet fall, but
chalbe set into his begynnng. And þ eyght
under wynges which thou sawest hâge un-
to the wynges of hpm, betoken, that in him
there shall arple eyght kynge, whose tyme
chalbe but small, and theyr peares swyft, &
two of the shall beare. But when the myd-
dest tyme commeth, there chalbe koure kepte
in the tyme, wher his tyme begynneth to co-
me þ it mape be ended, but two chalbe kepte
unto the ende.

c

And where as thou sawest the heades re-
skynge, this is the interpretacion: In his last
shall the Hyesti rapse up the kynge domes, &

call many agayne into the, & they shall haue
the dominion of the earth, and of those that
dwell therein, w moch labour above all the
that were before the. Therfore are they cal-
led the heades of the Aegle: for it is the that
shall brynge forth his wychednes agayne,
and that shall perfourne and kynch his last.
And where as thou sawest, that the greate
head appeared nomoz, it lygnyketh, that
one of them shall dye upon his bed, and yet
with payne, for the two that remayne, chal-
be slayne with the swerde. For the swerde
of the one shall deuoure the other, but at the
last shall he fall thow much he swerde hym selfe.

And where as þ sawest two underwyn-
ges upon the head that is on the ryght spde,
it lygnyketh that it is they, whome þ Hyesti
hath kepte unto the end: thys is a small
kyngdome, and full of trouble. The Lyon
who thou sawest risinge up out of þ wodd,
and roarynge, and speakynge unto the Aeg-
gle, & rebukynge hym for his vynghte out-
nelle, is the wynde, which þ Hyesti hath ke-
pte for them Æd for the? wyched nelle unto
the ende: he shall reproue them, and rente the
alunder before them. For he shall set the ly-
uynge before the judgement, and shall rebu-
ke them: for the rely due of my people shall he
deliver with trouble, that he be zelerued
ouer myne endes: and he shall make the top-
full vntyll the comming of the dape of ind-
gement, wherof I haue spoken unto the frô
the begynnnge. This is the dzeame þ thou
sawest, Æd thys is the interpretacion. Thou
onely hault bene mete to knowe the secretes of
the Hyesti.

Therkoze write all thele thynges þ thou
hast lene in a boke, and hyde them, and teach
the the wyse in the people, whose hertes thou
knowest mape comprehende and kepe these
secretes. But wayte thou here thy self yet se-
uen dayes moo, that it mape be chewed the,
what to euer it pleaset the Hyesti to declare
unto the, and with that he went his waye.

And when all the people perceaued, that
the seuen dayes were past, and I not come
agayne into the ciptie, they gathered the all
together from the least unto the most, and ca
me into me, and layde: what haue we offen-
ded the: & what enuell haue we done agapnft
the, that thou forfalest vs, and syptest here
in thys place: For of all people thou onely
art left vs, as a grape of the vyne, and as a
candell in a darke place, & as an hauë & ship
pzerued from the tempest. Haue we not els
aduerite vnough, but thou must forfale vs:
were it not better for vs, that we had bene
bient with Spon: For we are not better,
then they that dyed there: and they wepte w
loude voyce. Then answered I them layd:
We of good comforze Æ Israel, and be not
heup thou house of Jacob: for the Hyesti bath
you in

D

The boke.

hym downe by the wal ſlepte. And whyle
he was allepe, there fell downe upon hys
eyes warme donge out of the twaloes neſt,
to that he was blinde. This temptacion dyd
God luffe to happen vnto hym, that thep
which came after, myght haue an exáple of
his pacience, lyke as of holy Job. Fkoz in so
moch as he euer feared God from his youth
bp, and kepte his cōmaundemétes, he grud-
ged not agapuſt God, that ſ' plage of blynd-
nes chaunſed vnto him, but remayned ſted-
ſaſt in the feare of God, ad thanked God all
the dapes of his lyfe.

D

Fkoz like as bleſſed Job was had in deryp-
sion of kyngeſ, euen to was he laughed to
ſorze of hys elders and kynſfolkes, which
ſayde vnto him: where is thy hope, for the
which thou haſt done allmes and burped the
ded: But Tobias rebuked the, and Ipaſe:
Saye not to, for we are the chyldren of holt
men, and loke for the lyſe, which God shall
gene vnto them, that neuer turne theyz beſe-
ue from him. Anna his wyſe wéte dapyſe to
the weenege worcke: a loke what Ipuynge
the coulde get with the laboure of her hādes,
the brought it. And it happened that the to-
ke a kyd, and brought it home.

And when her hufvande herde it crye, he
ſayd. loke þ it be not ſtoll, restore it agayn
to the owners: for it is not lauſull for vs, to
eate or to touch enp thynge of theſt. Then
was his wyſe angrie, and ſayde: Now is thy
hope become vayne openely, and thy allmes
dedes are maniſſet. With these and ſoch lyſe
worſes dyd the caſt him in the theſe.

C The. iii. Chapter.

C The prayer of Tobias. Sara the daughter of Ra-
guell is ſelaundred of her kathers ſeruauime. The
prayer and ſalaynge of Sara. And also the innocencyp
and chaſtprice of her. The prayers of Tobias and of
Sara are hearde.

A

T

hen Tobias toke it heuely, and
with teares begāne to make his
prayer ſapinge : D Loſde thou
art ryſhteous, ad all thy indg-
metes are true, pee all thy waſes
are mercyp, kavthaſulnes and iudgment. And
now D Loſde be myndefull of me, and take
no vengeaunce of my ſpinnes, neither remembre
my myſoedes, neither the miſdedes of my el-
ders. Fkoz we haue not bene obediſt vnto thy
commaundementes, therkoze are we ſpopled
h brought into captiuite, into death, into deri-
ſion ad hame vnto all nacions, among whom
thou haſt keatred vs. And now D Lord, thy
iudgmentes are great, for we haue not done
acconſinge to thy commaundemétes, neither
haue we walcked innocently before the. And
now D Loſde, deale with me acconſinge to
thy wpll, and commaunde my ſprete to be
receaued in peace, for more expedient were it
forme to dye, then to lyce.

V

At the ſame tyme it happened, that Sara

the daughter of Raguelat Rages a cryptic of
the Medes was ſlaudzed of one of her fa-
thers handmaydes, namely, that the chulde
haue had ſeuen hufbandes, which as ſoone
as they were gone in vnto her, were ſlapne
of ſdenell called Asmodeus. Therfore, whé
the reproued the mayde for her kaute, the an-
kwerde her, ſapenge: God lett vs neuer ſe ſo-
ne ſer daughter of the moze vp the earth, thou
kyller of the hufbandes. Wylt thou flap me
also, as thou haſt flapne ſeuen men: At thys
voyce wente Sara in to an hye chamber of
her houſe, and the dapes and the ſnpightes
the nether ate ner drancke, but continued in
piaier, and beſought God with teares, that
he wolde deliuer her from thys rebuke.

Upon the thyn dape it chaunced, þ whé
the had made an ende of prayer, the pray-
fed the Lord ſayeng: Bleſſed be thy name D
God of oure kathers, which when thou art
wroth, the weſt mercyp, & in tyme of trouble
thou forſeneſt the ſpinnes of them, that call
vpon the. Unto the D Loſde turne Imp ſa-
ce, vnto the lyſt Imp myne eyes. I keſche
the D Loſde, loke me out of the bondes of
thys rebuke, or els take me vnterly awape
from of the earth. Thou knoweſt Loſde, þ
I neuer had deſpye vnto man, and that I
haue kepte my loule cleane from all unclenlp
luff. I haue not kepte company with thofe
that palle theyz tyme in ſpłoſe, neither haue
I made my ſelk partaker with the that wal-
tke in lichte behauour. Neuertheles an huf-
band haue I conſented to take, not for my
pleasure, but in thy keare.

Now peradventure ether I haue bene vn-
worthp of them, or els were they vnmete
for me, for thou happeſt haſt kepte me to ano
ther hufband. Fkoz why þ thy councell is not
in the power of mā. But whoſoever loueth
the and ſerueth the a ryſht, is ſure of thys,
that þk hys lyſe be tempted and proued, it
ſtandeth in the trieng, and þk he endure in pa-
cience, he shall haue a rewarde and be hylve
crowned: and þk he be in trouble, that God
(no doute) shall deliuer him: and þk his lyſe
be in chaſtenpnde, that he shall haue leane to
come vnto thy mercyp.

Fkoz thou haſt no pleasure in oure damp-
nation: ad why after a ſtozme thou makeſt
the wether kape and ſkyll: after wepping ad
heuynes thou geueſt greate toye. Thy name
D God of Israel, be prapsed for euer. At the
ſame tyme were both their prayers heard in
the ſyght of the magie ſky of the Hyeſt God.
And Raphael the holp Aungell of the Lord
was ſent to helpe them both, whose prayers
came at one tyme together before God.

C The. iiiij. Chapter.

C Tobias thynkling to dye eueth a godly exhorta-
tion and monpicion to hys ſonne.

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Then answered Tobias, and layde: well,
go on youre waye, âd God be in youre iour-
ney, and his Angell beare you company. So
when they had prepared all thynges, that
they wolde take with them in they? iourney:
Tobias bad hys father and hys mother fare
well, and they went on they? waye both to
gether. Now when they were gone: hys mo-
ther beganne to wepe, and layde: The mark
of oure age haft thou taken a wape, and sent
hym from vs.

Wolde God that monep had neuer bene,
for the which thou haft sent hym a wape.
If we had bene content with oure pouerte,
thys had bene greate erches vnto vs, that
we sawe oure londe here. Then layde To-
bias vnto her: wepe not, oure londe shall co-
me to vs agayne sake and sounde, and thyne
eyes shall se hym. For I trust, that the good
Angell of God shall beare hym company, âd
ordre well all the thynges that he doth: for
he shall come to vs agayne w ioye. At these
words hys mother left of from weppnge,
and helde her tonge.

C The. viij. Chapter.

Tyoung Tobias is delypuered from the fylbe, by the
Aungell. The Aungell exhorteth Tobias to take Sa-
ta to hys wyke.

A

Tobias wente on hys waye, &
a dogge folowed hym, âd the fyſt
nyght they abode by the water of
Tygris. Then wët he out to wath
hys fete, and beholde, there came forth an ho-
rible fyſh to deuoure hym. Of whome To-
bias was aſtrayed, and crped with a loude
voce, laynge: Loode, he commeth vp o me.
And the Aungell layde vnto him: Take him
by the gyll, âd daw him to the. And he dyd
so, & drew him upon the lande. And the fyſh
beganne to leape at hys fete.

Then layde the Aungell vnto hym: take
out the bowels of thys fyſh, and as for the
herte, the gall âd the leuer kepe them by the.
For these things are necessary and good for
medicyne. Tobias dyd so, and roſted the
ſych, and they toke hym with them in they?
iourney: thereſue they ſalted, as moch as
was kuffcient for them, tyll they came to
Rages a cypte of the Medes. Then To-
bias alked the Aungell, âd layde vnto him:
I pape the brother Abaria, tell me, when to
are these thynges good of the ſych that thou
hast bydden me kepe?

The Aungell answered him and layde:
If thou layest a pece of the hert upon the
coales, the smoke therof dryuen a wape all
maner of euell ſpzetes, whether it be from
man or from woman, so that from thence
forth the same shall come nomore vnto the.
The gall is good to anopnte or to stryke the
epes withall, where as there is enp blemich
in them, so that thep shallbe whole.

And Tobias layde vnto hym: where wilt C
y that we remayne: The Aungell anſwered
and layd. Here is a nye kynſma of thine, one
Raguell by name, which hath a daughter
called Sara, & hath neither londe ner daugh-
ter but her. All hys good belogeth vnto the,
and thou muſt mary her, and therfore deſyre
her of her father, and he shall geue her the to
wyke. Then anſwered Tobias and layde :
As I understande, the hath bene married vn-
to ſeuen hufvandes, and they all are deed: &
I haue derde laye, that the deuell ſewe the.
I am akrayed therfore, left ſoch thynges hap
pen vnto me allo: which p[er]k it came to palle
(Seynge I am the onely londe of my father &
my mother) I chulde b[ring]ge them in they?
age with ſo that to the y graues.

Then layde Aungell Raphael vnto hi:
Heare me, & I w[ill] tell the what they be, of
whom the deuell hath power. Namely, they
that receaue marriage of ſoch a kathion, that
they but God out from the & fro they h[ave]
& geue the ſelues to the y awne luſt, euens as
it were an hoſſe âd Hule, which haue no vn
derkandinge: upon ſoch hath the deuell po-
wer. But when thou takeſt her, and art co-
me into the châber, withholde thy ſelke from
her theſe dayes, and geue thy dyligence vnto
nothynge but vnto p[raye]r with her.

And it the forſt nyght, roſte the leuer of the
ſych, & the deuell chalbe dryuen a wape. The
ſecode nyght chalt thou be receaue into the
company of the holy patriarches. The thy?de
nyght chalt thou opte yne bleſſyng of God
so that whole chyldren chalbe bozne of you.
After y thy?de nyght take the mayden in y
keare of God, âd more for the deſyre of chyl-
dren, then for enp ſelecthly luff: that in the
ſede of Abzaham thou mapeſt optayne the
bleſſyng in chyldren.

C The. viij. Chapter.

Tyoung Tobias and the Aungell come to the houſe
of Raguell. He requireth Raguels daughſter to wyke
and obtayneth her.

Hen w[ere] thep[ito] Raguell, which
receaue the toyp fully. And when
Raguell loked upon Tobias, he
layde vnto Anna hys wyke: How
lyke is thys younge man vnto my ſlenders
londe. And when he had ſpoken this, he lay-
de: whence be ye good brethren: They ſayd:
Of the trybe of Nephthaly, out of the ca-
ptyuite of Apniue. Then layde Raguell viu-
to them: knowe ye my brother Tobias ?
They ſayde: pee, we knowe hym well. And
when he had ſpoken moch good of hym, the
Aungell ſayde vnto Raguell: Tobias of
whom thou alſeſt, is thys young mans fa-
ther. Then Raguell bowed him ſelke downe,
and wepte, toke hym aboute the neck, and
kylled hym, and layde: Gods bleſſinge haue
thou my londe, for thou arte the londe of a

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B

Chalt not come to thy selke agayne, but be
utterly destroyed with them. But if thou
thynkest thy prophesee to be true, why doest
thou then chaunge thy coloure: why arte þ
akraied: Thinkest thou that my words are
not able to be perfourmed: But that thou
mapest knowe, þ thou chalt kele these thyn-
ges with them, beholde, fro this houre forth
wyl I sende the unto yonder people, that
when the punpshment of my swerde (which
they haue worthelp deserued) kalleth upon
them, þ mapest be punpshed with them.

So Holokernes cōmaunded his feruau-
tes to take Achiоз, & to carp hym unto Be-
thulia, ûd to delyuer hym into the hands of
the children of Israel. Then Holokernes fer-
uauntes toke hym, and wēt thōzow þ play-
ne kelde. But when they dze we npe unto the
mountapnes, the flynge casters came out a-
gaynſt them: Neuerthelesſe they gat them a-
waſe by the lyde of the mountayne, and bo-
unde Achiоз hande and fote to a tree, and ſo
left hym bounde with withes, and turned
agayne unto theyr Loode.

Not withstand pnyge þ chyldren of Israel
wente downe fro Bethulia, came unto him,
lowsed hym, hzought him into Bethulia, let
hym in the myddel of the people, and aſked
hym what the matter was, that þ Aſſirians
had left hym bounde.

C

Dias the sonne of Micha of the trbe of
Symeon, and Charmin (which is also cal-
led Gothoniel) were the principall rulers at
the ſame tyme. Now when Achiоз kde in
the myddel of the Senatoures, and beſore
them al he tolde them, what anſwere he ga-
ue Holokernes, to the thynge that he aſked
hym, and how Holokernes people wolde ha-
ue ſlayne hym for so ſayinge, and how Ho-
loſernes hym ſelke was wioth, & commaun-
ded hym for the ſame cauſe to be delyuered
unto the Israelites: that when he ouercame
the chyldren of Israel, he mygbt commaude
Achiоз also to be put to death with diuerse
tormentes, becauſe he ſayde: the God of hea-
uen is theyr defender. And when Achiоз had
playnely tolde out all theſe thyngeſ, all the
people ſell downe vpō their ſaces, p[ra]p[lay]ng
the Loode, and poured out theyr prayers to-
gether unto the Loode, with a generall com-
playnte and weppnge, and ſayde: D Loode
God of heauē & of earth, beholde their p[ri]de,
and loke upon oure lowlypnes, and conſydre
how it standeth with thy ſaynctes, and ma-
keit to be knowne, that thou koſſakeſt not
thoſe, which holde them kast by the, and how
that thou bryngeſt them lowe, that p[re]ſume
of them ſelues, and make theyr boſt i theyr
aſne ſtrength. So when the weppnge and
prayer of the people ( which they had made
the whole dape lóge) was ended, they com-
koſted Achiоз, ſapinge: The God of oure fa-

thers, whose power and ſtrength thou haſt
prayed, chal so re warde the, that thou chalt
rather se theyr deſtrucyon. When the Loode
oure God then chall geue his ſeruauites this
lybertye, God be also with the amóge vs: so
that yk it pleale the, thou w all thyne mapeſt
dwell with vs.

Now when Días had ended the coſcell,
he toke him into his houſe, and made a great
ſupper, called the elders to it, and so they re-
fresched them ſelues after the kafynge. And
afterwarde was all the people called toge-
ther, which made their prayers all the mygbt
longe in the congregacion, and beſought the
God of Israel for hepe.

C The. viij. Chapter.

T Bethulia is deſeged of Holokernes. The people re-
quyeth helpe of God. They of Bethulia wolde ge-
ue oure the cypre for wante of water. The præper of
the people with teares and lamentation.

He next dape, Holokernes comma-
unded his hoſt, to go vpagainſt Be-
thulia. There were an hundred and

twentye thouande fyghtynge men on ſote
and two and twentye thouande hozſmen,
beſyde the p[re]p[ar]yng of the that were won-
ne: and came to them on euery ſyde out of the
counrees and cypres which he had taken.
All theſe p[re]pared them ſelues unto the bat-
tapl agaynſt the, Israelites, and came on by
the b[yl] ſyde, unto the toppe that loketh ouer
agaynſt Dothaim, from the place which is
called Belma, unto Chelmon that lyeth to-
warde Eldzelon.

Now when the chyldre of Israel ſa we so
great a multitude of the Aſſyzians, they ſell
downe flat vpō the grْounde, ſtrawed ashes
upon theyr heades, and p[ra]ayed with one ac-
coz’d, that the God of Israel wolde ſhow his
mercy vpō his people. And so thep toke their
weapens, and fat betwirte the mountaynes
in the narrow place, and kepte the wape dape
and nygbt. But whyle Holokernes was go-
ynge aboute, he founde the water ſp[ra]p[nye],
which from the South ſyde was conveped
into þ cite by a c[od]yte: this cōmaunded he to
be directe another wape, & to cut their codite
in ſunder There were welles also not farre
from the walles, which they used secr etly,
more for pleasure then for neceſſyte.

A

B

Then wente the Ammonites þ Moa-
bytes unto Holokernes, & ſayd: The chyldre
of Iſraell truſt neither in ſpeare noz arowe,
but haue taken in, and kepe the mountains
and hylles. That thou mapeſt ouercome the
therkoze without þ strykyng of any batapll,
ſett men to kepe the welles that thep d[ra]we
no water out of them: to chalt thou deſt r ope
them without ſwerd, or at the least thep chal
be so keſle, that they must be ſayne to geue
ouer the cypre: which thep thynke not able
to be wonne, for so moche as it lyeth in the
moun taynes.

C

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C The ix. Chapter.

The prayer of Judith for the vproctorie.

for loke they? God, & wor'thipped other goddes: for the which lyne they perp'shed with the swerde, were spoyled & brought to thame of al their enemies. As for vs, we knowe none other God but onely him, for whole cõforte lett vs tary with mekenesse. He shall requyre and make inquicion for our bloud, from the veracions of our enemyes: he shall hrynge downe all the H eythen, that ryle vp agapnſt vs, & put them to diſhonoure, euen the Loode oure God.

D

X:Gen.xvii.a

Therfore deare hrethren, seynge pe are the hono'able and elders in þ people of God, vnto whom all the people haue respecte, and vpon whom the lyke of the people standeth, lyft vp their hertes with your exhortacion, that they may call to remembraunce, how oure fathers also in tymes past were temp'ed, that they might be proued, pk they wor'thopped they? God a rpyght. They ought to remembre, how * oure father Abraham be-pnge tempted, and tréd thowow many trypulacions, was founde a louer and frende of God. So was Isaac, so was Jacob, so was Holes, and all they that pleased God, hepnge tréd thowow many troubles, were founde stedfast in kayth. Agayne, they that receaued not they? tentacions with the kea-re of God, but put the felues forth with vn-pacyency and inurmurypnge agapnſt God, perp'shed of the deſtroyer, and were flapne of erteptentes. And therfore chuld not we vn-dertake to be auenged, for the thyng that is done vnto vs: but to consp'dre, that all these punyphmentes are karre lelle then oure lynes and mpsdedes. Belevinge also that this co'reccyon commeth vnto vs ( as to the fer-uauntes of God ) for amende ment, and not for oure deſtruccyon.

E

Then ſayc Deſias & the elders vnto Ju-dith: All that thou speakeſt, is true, and no man can reproue thy wordes. P[rae]aye thou for vs now therfore vnto God, for thou art an holy woman, and keareſt God. And Judith ſayd vnto them: Seprng, ye knowe that my wordes are of God, then proue my councell and deuunce, pk it be of God: & beſeche God, þ he wyll hrynge my councell to good ende.

Thus haue I deuſed: Ye shall ståde thys npyght before the pozte, and I wyll go forth with Abra my mayden. P[rae]aye ye therfore vnto God, that he wyll graciously remem-bre hys people of Israel within fyue dayes, as ye haue ſayde. As for the thyng that I go in hande with all, alſke ye no queſtions of it, tyll I open it vnto you my ſel: do ye nothig els but p[rae]aye vnto the Loode youre God for me. Then Deſias the prínce of the people of Iucla ſayde vnto her: Go thy waye in peace, the Loode be with the, that we mape be auèged of our enemies. And so they wente from her agapne.

N

D when they were gone they? A wape, Judith wente into hir cloſet, put on an hearerye smock, ktra-wed althes vp[ò]h[ò]r head, fell downe before the Lo[ð], & cried vnto h[ym], ſap[eg]:

D Lo[ð] God of my father * Sime[ð], which gaueſt him a swerde for a defence agapnſt þ enemyes, that vſed Wolſe and wuſſulnes and that rauiſed þ vprgin & put her to dyſhonesty. Thou þ gaueſt they? wpues into a p[rae], and they? daughters into captyupte, and all they? p[rae] ſo a ſp[op]le vnto thy ſer-uautes, which bare a zele vnto the, helpe me wyddow, D Lo[ð]e mp God, I beſeche the. For thou haſt done all thynges from the be-gynn[ng]: and loke what thou haſt taken in hand and deuſed, it came euert to p[as]ſe. For all thy wayes are prepared, and thy iudge-m[è]tes are done in thy euertayng for know-ledge. D loke now vp[ò] the armyes of þ Al-liriås, lyke as it was thy pleature ſomtyme to loke vpon the hooſt of þ E[gg]u[pi]ås, when they beyp[ng] weapened, perſecut[è]d thy ſerua-untes, and put their trust in their charrettes, hozſmen, and in the multytude of they[2] men of warre. But thou lokedeſt vp[ò] their hooſt, taytpnge a thypck daraknes before them: and when they came into the depe, the waters ouerwhelmed them.

*Ge.rxvii. and. citra.*

Euen so Lo[ð], lett it go with theſe, that trust in the power & multptude of they[2] men of warre in they[2] charrettes, arowes & ſpeares, and knowe not, that thou onely art our God, which deſtroyeſt warres from the be-gynn[ng], and that thou art the Lo[ð]. D[li]ſt vp[ò]th[yn]e arme now, like as euert from þ be-gynn[ng], and in thy power h[ry]p[ng]e their po-wer to naught, cauſe they[2] myght to fall in thy w[ra]ath. They make they[2] boast, þ they will vihalowe and deſpyle thy Sanctuary, and to wayſt the tabernacle of thy name, Æd to caſt downe the h[oz]ne of thyne auiter with they[2] swerde. H[ry]p[ng] to p[as]ſe ( D Lo[ð] ) that the p[ry]de of the enemie mape be cut downe with his awne swerde, that he mape be tals w the ſnare of h[ys] p[es] in me, and that thou mapeſt ſmpte him with þ lyppes of my loue. D geue me a ſtedfaſt mpnd[è], that I mape deſpyle him and h[ys] strengt[h], and þ I mape deſtroye h[ym].

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C

Thys shall h[ry]p[ng] thy name an euertayng remembraunce, pk the hande of a wo-man ouerth[oz]e h[ym]. For thy power ( D Lo[ð] ) stådeth not in þ power of men, nether haſt þ eny pleature in the strengt[h] of h[oz]ſes. There was neuer p[rou]de perſonne þ pleamed the, but in the p[rae]p[er] of þ humbl[è] and meke h[ath] thy pleature bene euermoe.

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they haue so dyſpleased the? God, they are
loſe atraped of the.

C

They suffre greate honger alſo, and ſoſ
wante of water, they are ded now in a ma-
ner. Woe ouer, they are appopnted to slaye
all theſz catell, that they mape dzyncke the
blonde of them : and are purpofed to ſpende
all the hol y ſornamentes of their God which
he hath ſoſhyddè them to touch ) ſoſ cozne,
wypne and ople. Sepnge now, that they do
theſe thypnges, it is a playne caſe, that they
muſt nedes be deſtroped. Which when I the
handmapden perceaued, I ſted from them,
and the Loſd hath ſent me vnto the, to chew
the theſe thypnges. For I they handmapden
worſchppe God euen here now beſyde the,
and thy handmapden shall go koſth, and I
will make my prayer vnto God, and he that
tell me, when he wyll rewarde them theſz
ſynne, then shall I come and chewe the and
brynge the tho zow the myddel of Jeruſalè,
ſo that thou Chalt haue all the people of Iſ-
rael, as the thepe without a thepeherde: there
Chall not ſo moch as one dogg barck against
the, for theſe thypnges are the wed me by the
proupdence of God: and for ſo moch as God
is dyſpleased with them, he hath ſent me to
tell the the ſame.

D

These worſes pleased Holofernes ſs all
his ſeruauntes, which marueled at the wyp-
dome of her, and ſayde one to another: there
is not ſoch a woman upon earth, in be wyppe
and diſcrecyon of worſes. And Holofernes
ſayde vnto her: God hath done well, that he
hath ſent the hyther before thy people, that þ
mapeſt gene them into our hands. And for
ſo moch as thy promyſe is good, ſk thy God
perſourme it vnto me, he that be my God al-
ſo, and thou Chalt be excellent and greate in
the courte of Nabuchodonosor, and thy na-
me that be ſpoken of in all the lande.

C The.xij.Chapter.

Holofernes commaundeth that Judith be well in-
treated. She helpeth lyce nce to go out in the night
ceason to playe, and optayneth it. Agagao is ſent vnto
her, to mone her to come vnto Holofernes to a bak-
ke, and the commeth. Holofernes is diuoken.

A

hen commaunded he her to go in,
where hys treasure laye, ad char-
ged that the Thulde hane her dwel-
lynge there, and appopnted what
Thulde be geuen her from hys table. Judith
anſwered hym, and ſayde: As for the meate
that þ haſt commaſded to gene me, I mape
not eate of it as now (left I dyſpleaſe my
God) but will eat of ſoch as I haue brought
with me. Then ſayde Holofernes vnto her:
If theſe thypnges that thou haſt brought w
the kayle, what that all we do vnto þ: And Ju-
dith ſayd: As truly as thou lyueſt my Loſde,
thy handmapden shall not ſpende all thys,
tyll God haue brought to palle in my hand,

the thypnges that I haue deuſed.

So hys ſeruauntes brought her into the
 tent, where as he had appointed. And as he
was goſnge in, the deſyed that the myſht
haue leue to go koſth by night before daye,
to her p[ra]ayer and to make interceſſon vnto
the Loſde. Then commaunded Holofernes
hys Chamber lapnes, that the Thulde go out
and i at her pleasure, to p[ra]ye vnto God tho-
ſe the dapes.

And so in the nyght season the wěte koſth
into þ valley of Bethulia, and wailhed her
ſelſe in the well water. Then wente the vp,
and beſought the Loſde God of Israel that
he wolde p[ro]ſpere her wape, for the deſpye-
raunce of hys people. And to the wente in, e-
remapned clene in her tent, t[ill] the toke her
meate in the euenpape.

C

Upon the fourth dape it happened, that
Holofernes made a ſupper vnto hys ſerua-
untes, and ſayde vnto Agagao his chamber-
lapne: Go thy wape, and councell thy he-
bzuesſe, that the map be wyplyng to consent
to kepe company with me. For it were a cha-
me vnto all the As[ly]pians, that a woman
Thulde so lauſh a mă to cozne, that the were
come from h[ym] vnmedled with all.

Then wěte Agagao vnto Judith, ſaide:
Let not the good daughter be atraped, to co-
me into my Loſde, that the mape be honoured
before hym, that the mape eate and dzyncke
wypne, and be mery with hym. Unto whom
Judith anſwered: Who am I, that I Thulde
laye my Loſde nape: what ſo euer is good be-
fore h[ys] eyes, I Chall do it: and loke what is
h[ys] pleasure, that shall I thyncke well do-
ne, as longe as I lyue.

So the ſkode vp, and deckte her ſelſ with
her apparell, and wente in, and ſkode before
him. And Holofernes here was whole mo-
ued, so that he h[iz]ent in deſhye towarde her.
And Holofernes ſayd vnto her: dzynke now
and ſytt downe, and be mery, for thou haſt
founde kauoure before me. Then ſayde Ju-
dith: Sz, I wyply dzynke, for my mynde is
merper to daye, then euer it was in all my
lyke. And the toke, and dyd eate, and d[ianke
before]e him, þ thypnges þ her mayde had pre-
pared for her. And Holofernes was mery w
her, and d[ianke]e more wyne, then euſr he did
aſoſe in h[ys] lyke.

D

C The.xij.Chapter.

Holofernes ſleapeth for þer monkenes, and Judith
cutred of h[ys] heade, and goeth therwith to her awne
people of who we is receaued with tope. The r[oy]e
thanques vnto God, for the[ir] deſpyeraunce. Judith
heaketh vnto Arch[us] which marueleth at her keate
done to Holofernes.

Dw w[ha]ſ it was late in the nyſt,
h[ys] ſeruauntes made h[as]ſte euery
man to his lodgingye. And Agagao
h[ut] the chamber do[ſes], and went
h[is]

A

The realst of the boke.

The realste of the

Chapters of the booke of Esther
which are neither founde in the
Hebzeue, ner in the Chalde.

The xi. Chapter, after the Latpn.

The dreame of Mardocheus.

A

Ardocheus þonne of Jaïr, the
sonne of Semei, the sonne of Ci-
lei of the trybe of Beniamin, a
Jewe: which had his dwellyng
in the crypte of Sulis, a man of
greate reputacion, and excellent amonge al
them that were in the Kynges courte. (He-
verteles, he was one of the preſonners, who
Habuchodonosor the Kynge of Babylö had
caried a wape from Jeruſalem unto Babp-
lon with Jeſhonias the Kynge of Juda.) In
the ſeconde peare of the rapgne of great Ar-
tarers in the fyſt dape of the moneth Ki-
ſan, had this Mardocheus ſoch a dreame: He
thought he herde a great tempeſt, hozryple
thöderclappes, erthquakes, & great dpzoure
in the land, and that he sawe two great dra-
gons, ready to fygbt one agaynſt another.
They? crye was greate. At the which roa-
pyng and crye all Heathen were vp, to fygbt
agaynſt the ſygheous people. And the ſame
dape was full of darcknes and very unclea-
re, full of trouble and angupſh, yce a great-
ſearſulnes was there in all the lande. The
ſygheous were amafed, ſo? thep keared the
plage and eucl that was deuyped ouer them,
and were at a popnte with the ſelues to dye.
So thep cryed vnto God: and whyle they
were crienge, þlytle well grewe into a great
ryuer and into manp waters. And with that
it was dape, and the ſunne rose vp agapne.
And the lowly were exalted, and deuoured
the glorious and proude.

B

Now when Mardocheus had sene thys
dreame, he a woke, ad mused ſtedſaſtly in his
herte, what God wolde do: and so he deſped
to knowe all the matter, & hys mynde was
therupon vntill the nypgbt.

The. xij. Chapter.

T
he Mardochaus vntereth the creafon deuyped agaynſt
the Kynge, and is cherſoeth rewarde of him.

A

The ſame tyme dwelt Mardo-
cheus with Bagatha and Tares
in the Kynges courte the Kynges
Chamberlapnes ad porters of the
palace. But when he hearde they? deuypce, &
had dpylgently conſuydered they? pmagpyna-
tions, he perceaued that they wente aboute,
to lape they? cruell handes upon the Kynge
Artarers: and to he certifped þ Kynge ther-
of. Then caused the Kynge to eramen the
two gelded with tożmentes. And when thep

a

had graunted it, they were put to death.

This the King caused to be put in þ Cro-
ncyles for an euerlaſtpyng remembraunce, and
Mardocheus wote vp þ fame matter: So
the Kynge commaunded that Mardocheus
chulde remayne in the courte, and for thys
kaythfulneſſe of hys, he gaue him a rewarde.
But Amã the ſonne of Amadathu the Aga-
gite, which was holden in greate honoure &
reputacion in the Kynges courte undertoke
to hurte Mardocheus and hys people, be-
cante of the two Chamberlapnes that were
put to death.

The. xij. Chapter.

The coppe of the letters of Artarerses agaynſt
the Jewes. The prayer of Mardocheus.

T

The great Kynget Artarerses which
rapgneth from India vnto Ethio-
pia, ouer an buſed and ſeuen and
twentye landes, ſendeth his krend-
ly salutacion vnto all the Prynces
and debtes of the countrees, which he sub-
jecte vnto hys dompnyon. Whiſh I was ma-
de forde ouer manp people, and had buſued
the whole earthe vnto myndompnyon, my
mynde was not with crueltye and wonge
to exalte my ſelfe by the reaſon of my power:
but purpofed with equiple alwape and gen-
tylnes, to gouerne thole that be under my
iurifdicion, and wholp to let them in a pea-
ceable lyke, and therby to brynge my Kynge-
dome vnto tranquillite, that men mygbt ſa-
kely go thotow on euery lyde, and to renue
peace agayne, whych all men deſyse. Now
when I asked my cooncelers how theſe thin-
ges mygbt be brought to a good ende, there
was one by vs, excellent in wypdome, who-
ke good will, trueth, ad kaythfulnes hath oft
bene chewed and proued ( which was alſo þ
pryncipall and next vnto the Kynge) A man
by name: which certified vs, how that in all
lades there was kated abzode a rebelrous
folke, that made ſtatutes ad lawes agaynſt
all other people, and haue all wape deſped
the pızclamed commaundementes of Kyn-
ges: and how that for thys cause it were not
to be ſuffred, that ſoch rule chulde contynue
by you and not to be put downe. Seynge:
now we perceaue the ſame, that thys people
alone are contrary vnto euery man, vſyng
straunge and other maner of lawes, & with-
ſtande oure ſtatutes and dopnges, and go a-
boute to stablych chewed matters, that our
Kingdome chuld neuer come to good eſtate.
and ſtedſaſtnes: Therſoſe haue we com-
maunded, that all thep that are appopnted
in wzytpyg and chewed vnto you by Amã
(whych is ordeypned and ſett ouer all oure
landes) and the moſt papyrcypall next vnto
the Kynge, and in maner as a father (chall w
they? wpues and chyldren be destroyed and
roted oure with the swerde of they? ene-
mpes

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C

The Book

lyte in the Kynges keaste, that I haue not
drökke the wyne of the drinckoftringes, and
that I thy hande mayden haue no ioye sence
the dave that I was brought hyther, vnto
this dave, but onely in the D. Lord. D. thou
God of Abrahá, D. thou myghtie God abo-
ue all, heare the voyce of them, þ haue none
other hope, and deliuer vs out of the hand of
the wicked, and deliuer me out of my keare.

C. The. x. v. Chapter.

T. Mardocheus mouth Hester to go into the Kynges,
and make intercession for her people, and the perſon
meth the hypers request.

Ardocheus also had Hester go
in vnto the Kyng, and pape for
thy people and for his countre.
Remember (saieth he) the daies
of thy lowe estate, how thou
waſt nothered under my hand: for Alman
which is next vnto the Kyng, hath geue ſen-
tece of death against vs. Call thou therfore
vpon the Lord, as speake for vs vnto the Kyng.
As deliverer, vs from death And vpon the thyde
dave it happened, that Hester layed awaye
the mourninge garmentes, and put on her
glorious apparell, as deckte her ſelpe goodly
(after that the had called vpon God, which
is the beholder and Sauioure of all thinges)
toke two maydes with her: vpon the one the
leaned her ſelpe, as one that was tender: the
other followed her, as bare the trapne of her
beſture. The thyne of her be wtie made her
face rose coloured. The ſimilitude of her face
was chearefull as amiable, but her herte was
foroufull for create keare. She were in tho-
row all the dores, and stode before the king.
The Kyng eate vpon the trone of the Kyng-
dome, and was clothed in his goodly arape,
all of golde, and fet with precious stones, ad
he was very terryple. He lyft vp his face,
that one in the clearnes, and loked grymply
vpon her. Then fell the Quene downe, was
pale as kapt, leaned her ſelpe vpon the heade
of the mayde that wente with her.

Newertheles, God turned þ inges mynde
that he was gentle, þ he leaped oute of his
ſeate for keare, and gat her in his armes, and
held her vp tyll the came to her ſelpe agapne.
He gaue her louynge wordes also, and layde
unto her: Hester, what is the matter? I am
thy brother, be of good cheare, thou chalt not
dye: for oure commaundement toueth the
comons as not þ. Come npe. And with that he
helde vp his golden rodd, and layde it vpon
her neck, and embraced her friendly, and layd:
take with me. Then lapd the: * I saue þ D
Lord; as an Angell of God, as my hert was
troubled for keare of thy maieſt and clear-
nest: for excellent and wonderfull art thou
(D. Lord) and thy face is full of amyte. But
as the was thus speaking vnto him, he fell
downe agapne for kaptnes: for the which

cause the kyng was atraped, and all his ſer-
uauntes comfoited her.

C. The. x. vi. Chapter.

T. The Coppe of the lettres of Artaxerles, wherby
he teucheth those which he kapt to send forth.

T
he greate Kyng Artaxerles,
which raygneth frô India vnto
Ethiopia ouer an hundeth and
xxvij. landes, ſendeth vnto the
Princes and rulers of the same
landes, soch as loue him, hys friendly saluta-
cion. There be many for the sondry frend-
thyppes & benefites which are diuerſly done
unto the for their wortھ, be cuer the mo-
tre proude and hye mynded, and undertake
not onely to hurte oure ſubiectes ( for plen-
teous benefytes mape they not suffre, and
begynne to pmagin some thing against tho-
ſe that do them good, and take not onely all
vnthakfulnes awaye from men) but in pryde
and pzelumpcion (as they that be vnmynde-
full and vnthankefull for the good dedes)
they go about to eſcape the iudgement of
God, that ſeyth all thinges, which ( iudge-
ment) hateth and puniſeth all wyckednes.
It happeneth oft also, that they, which be ſet
in office by the hyper power, and vnto whom
the busines and causes of the ſubiectes are
committed to be handled, wace proude, and
deſpley them ſelues with theddynge of inno-
cet blonde, which þyngeth them to intolle-
rable hurte. Which also with falſe & diſceat-
full wordes and with lyeng tales, diſceawe &
betrape the innocent goodnes of Princes.

Now is it profitable and good, that we
take hede, make search therafter, and conſi-
der, not onely what hath happened vnto vs
of olde: but the chamefull, vnhonelt, as no-
some thinges, that the debites haue now ta-
ken in hande before oure eyes, and therby to
beware in tyme to come, þ we maye make
the Kyng dome quupete and peaceable for all
men, and that we myght some tyme diawe
it to a chaunge: and as for the thynge that
now is preſent before oure eyes, to with-
ſtade it, and to put it downe, after the moork
friendly maner.

What tyme now as Aman the ſonne of
Amadathu the Macedonian(a trauger de-
rely of the Persians blonde, and karre from
oure goodnes) was come in amonge vs as
an aleaunt, and had optapned the frendthypp
that we beare towarde all people, so that he
was called oure father, and had in Hye bo-
noure of euery man, as the next and pinci-
pall vnto the Kyng, he coulde not forbeare
him ſelpe from his pzyde, that he undertaken
not onely to robbe vs of the kyngdome, but
of oure lpe.

With many folde diſceate also that he de-
fired to deſtroy Mardocheus oure helper &
pfeferuer,

Ge. xxxiiij. b

The Booke

her vnto them both with woodes & wozkes:
and whyle thep thyncke to haue a frende of
her, they come to naught: for the vngodly
that are confederate with her and take her
parte, are wort hy of death.

C. The.ij.Chapter.

The puzaginations and dehyes of the wyched,
and thep? councell agaynst the kaphyfull.

A

Of the vngodly falke and pmagin
thus amonge them selues ( but not
ryght : ) The tyme of oure lyke is
but short and tedpous : and when a
man is once gone, he hath no moze tope ne
pleasure, nether knowe we eny mă that tur-
neth agayne from death: for we are boze of
naught, and we shall be herakker as though
we had neuer bene. Ko? oure beth is as a
Smoke in oure nosetrels, and the woodes as
a sparch to moue oure herte. As ko? oure bo-
dy, it chalbe verp alsches that are quenched,
and our soule chall vanish as the sotk apre.
Dure lyke chall palle a waye as the trace of a
cloude, and come to naught as the myft that
is drypuen a wape with þ beames of the So-
ne, and put downe with the heate therof.
Dure name also chalbe forgotten by lytle ad
lytle, and no man chall haue oure wozkes
in remembraunce.

N

Ko? oure tyme is a very shadow þ palleth
awaye, ad after oure ende there is no retur-
ning, for it is fast sealed, so that no man co-
meth agayne: Come on therkoze, let us en-
oye the pleasures that ther are, and lett us
loone vle the creature lyke as in youth. Let
us fyll oure selues with good wpne & opnt-
ment, and let there no kloore of the tymc go
by us. Let us crowne our selues with roles
akaze they be wpthered. Let there be no kap-
re medowe, but oure luff goothoow it. Lett
euer one of you be partaker of oure volup-
teouines. Let us leaue some tokë of our plea-
sure in euery place, for that is oure pozcyon,
els get we nothynge. Lett us oppyelle the
pooe rpghteous, let us not spare the wpd-
dow ner olde mă: let us not regarde the hea-
des that are gray for age. Let þ lawe of vn-
ryghte oullesie be oure auctoize, for þ thing
that is feble is nothinge wortb. Terkoze let
us dekraude the rpghteous, and why: he is
not ko? oure p[ofet, yee he is cleane contrary
to oure dopnges. He checketh us for offen-
dynge agaynst the law, and fclaudzeth us as
trangrellours of all hurtour. He maketh his
boast to haue the knowledge of God, yee he
calleth him selfe Goddes sonne. He is the be-
wayer of our thoughtes: It greueth us also
to loke vp[ him, for his lyke is not lyke other
mens, hys wapes are of another fathp[. He
counteth us but vayne personnes, he with-
draweth hym selfe from oure wapes as fro
fylthynes: he commendeth greatly the latter

C

who so deelyseth wypdome ad hurtour,
he is unhappie, ad as for the hope of soch, it
is but vayne, they? labours vnfrotefull, ad
they? workes vnpoitable. They? wpues
are undifcrete, and the? chyldren most vn-
godly. They? creature is curled. Blessed is
rather the varen and undefyled, which hath
not knowne the synfull bedd: the chal haue
frute

ende of the iust, and maketh hys boast that
God is his father. Let us ke then pk his wor-
des be true, left us proue what chal come
upon hym: so shall we knowe what ende he
shall haue. Ko? pk he be þ true sonne of God,
he wyll receaue him, and deliver hym from
the handes of hys enemies. Let us examen
hym with deelytefull rebuke and toremen-
typnge, that we mape knowe hys dignite, ad
proue hys pacience. Lett us condemnne hym
with the most chamefull death: ko? lyke as he
hath spoken, so shall he be rewarded.

D

Soch thyngeſ do the vngodly pmagin,
and go aftrape, for their awne wyckednes
hath blynded them. As ko? the mysteries of
God, thep vnderſtande the not: thep nether
hope ko? the rewarde of rpghte oullesſe, ner
regarde þ worchip that holy ſoules chall ha-
ue. Ko? God created man to be vndeſtroyed,
pee after þ synage of hys awne lyckenſſe
made him. Neuertheleſse thoow enuye of
the deuell came death in to the worlde: and
thep that holde of hys lyde, do as he doth.

★ Gene. i. 10.

C. The.ij.Chapter.

The conferuacyon and affurance of the rpghteous.
The rewarde of the kaphyfull.

At the ſoules of the rpghteous are
in the hande of God, and the pap-
ne of death shall not touch the. In
the lyght of þ vnwpſe they appea-
red to dye, and thep ende is taken ko? verp
deſtrucctiō. The wape of þ rpghte ous is iud-
ged to be utter deſtrucctiō, but they are in
reſt. And though they ſuffre payne before
men, yet is thep hope full of immoſtalyte.
They are pumpſed but in ſewe thinges, ne-
uertheleſse i many thinges chall they be well
rewarded. Ko? God proueth them, and ſyn-
deth them mete for him ſelpe.pee as þ golde
in the koznace doth he trye them, and recca-
neth the as a hent offerypnge, and when the
tyme commeth, they chal be loked upon.

5

The rpghteous chall chyne as þ ſparkes
that renne thoow the red busthe. They chal
iudge the nacions, and haue dominion oure
the people, and the þ Lorde chall rapgne ko?
euer. They that put thep truſt in him, chall
vnderſtande the trueth, and soch as be faith-
full, wplagree vnto him in lone: ko? his cho-
sen chall haue gpktes and peace. But the vn-
godly chalbe pumpſed acco[dynge to thep?
awne pmaginacions, ko? they haue deſpised
the rpghteous, and ko[ taken the Lorde.

Who so deelyseth wypdome ad hurtour,
he is unhappie, ad as for the hope of soch, it
is but vayne, they? labours vnfrotefull, ad
they? workes vnpoitable. They? wpues
are undifcrete, and the? chyldren most vn-
godly. They? creature is curled. Blessed is
rather the varen and undefyled, which hath
not knowne the synfull bedd: the chal haue
frute

["Of wypdome.", "Fo. xxxii.", "C The viij. Chapter.", "The wypdome ought to be preferved before all thynges.", "A", "Wyp selfe also am a moztall mă,\nlyke as all other, and am come\nof the earthy generacion of him\nthat was kyft made, and in my\nmothers wöbe was I falhyo-", "ned to be fleth. In the pryme of ten monethes\nwas I brought together in bloude thozow\nthe sede of man, and the commodous appe-\ntye of Ilepe. When I was borne, I receaued\nlyke ayre as other men, ſt fell upon the earth\n(which is my nature) crying and weppnge\nat the fyſt, as all other do. I was wrapped\nin swadlynge clothes, and brought vp with\ngreate cares. For there is no kyng that hath\nhad enp other begynnynge of byrth. All me\nthen haue one entraunce unto lyke, and one\ngoinge out in lyke maner.", "B", "Wherefore I defyzed, and understanding\nwas geuen me: I called, and the sprie of\nwypdome came in to me. I lett more by her\nthen by kynSTDomes and Iopall teates, and\ncounted ryches nothynge in compary son of\nher. As for precious stone, I compared it not\nunto her: for all golde is but granell unto\nher, and Iyluer chalbe counted but claye be-\nfore her light. I loued her aboue wellfare ad\nbeutye, and purpoked to take her for my lyght,\nfor her lyght cannot be quenched. All good\nthinges came to me vther, and innumerable\nryches thozowe her handes. I was glad in\nthe all, for thys wypdome wente before me,\nand I knew not that the is the mother of all\ngood thinges. Now as I mp selfe learned\nynkaynedly, so do I make other men parta-\nkers of her, and hyde her ryches from no man:\nfor the is an infinite treasure unto me, which\nwho so vle, become partakers of the loue ad\nfrendhype of God, and are accepted unto\nhym for the gyktes of wypdome.", "C", "God hath graunted me to take wypely,\nand conveniently to handle the thinges that\nhe hath graciously lent me. For it is he, that\nledeth unto wypdome, and teacheth to vse\nwypdome a ryght. In his hand are both we\nad oure wordes: Pee all oure wypdome, oure\nundertandynge and knowledge of all oure\nwozckes. For he hath geuen me the true\nſciëce of theſe thinges: to that I knowe how\nthe wozde was made, and the powers of the\nelementes: the begynnynge, endynge and\nmypdofft of the tymes: how the tymes alter,\nhow one goeth after another, and how they\nare kulfylled, the couſe of the yeare: the or-\ndinaunces of the starres: the natures and kynd-\nnes of beaktes: the ſurrounſelie of beaktes:\nthe power of the wyndes: the pmaginacions\nof men: the dyuerſties of yonge plantes: ÿ\nvertues of rotes, and all ſoch thynges as are\nſecrete ad not loked for, haue I learned. For", "the workdmaster of all thynges hath taught me wypdome. In her is the sprie of understanding, which is holy, many folde, one onely, fotyll, curteous, discrete, quyet, undefyled, playne, swete, louynge the thynge that is good, charpe, which for biddeth not to do well, gentle, hynde, ſtedkraft, sure, fee: hauynge all vertues, circum specte in all thynges: receaunynge all sprieſes of understanding, dyngne bepnde cleane and charpe. For wypdome is nypbler then all nypmble thynges: the goeth thozowe ad attayneth to all thinges, because of her clennes. For the is the beth of the power of God, and a pure cleane expelling of the clearnes of Allmgethe God. Therefore can no undefyled thynge come unto her: for the is the hzyghtnes of the euerlastynge lyght, the undefyled myzroure of the maiety of God, and the pmage of his goodnesſe. And for lo moch as the is one, the maye do all thinges: and bepnde ſtedkraft her selfe the renueth all, and amonge the people connueeth the her selfe into the holy ſoules. She maketh Godes kypndes and p[roph]efes: for God loueth no man, but him in whom wypdome dwelleth. For the is more beutypfull then the Sunne, and geweth more lyght then the starres, and the daye is not to be compared unto her: for upon the dape commeth lyght. But wchedennesſe cannot ouercome wypdome, and koolp[yn]nes maye no be vher", "E", "C The viij. Chapter.", "C The effectes of wypdome.", "W\n\nW\n\nW\n\nW\n\nW\n\nW\n\nW\n\nW\n

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and ages. So I purposed after this manner: I will take her unto my company, and come lovingly with her: no doubt the chal gene me good council, and I speake conformably unto me in my carefulness and greefe. For her sake shall I be well and honestly taken among the comens and lordes of the council. Though I be yonge, yet shall I have charpe understanding, so that I shall be mar relations in the lyght of great men, and the faces of my children shall wonder at me. When I holde my tongue, they shall by me my leaure: when I speake, they shall loke upon me, and if I take moch, they shall lape their hands upon their mouth. Moreover, by the means of her I shall obtaine immortality, and leaue behind me an eager lastling memory all amonge them that come after me. If she let the people in order, and the nacions shall beubued unto me. However, they auanteth shall be atraped, when they do but heare of me: among the multitude I shall be courted good, and my sight in batapill. When I come home, I shall fynde rest with her: for her company hath no bitterness, and her felicity hath no tied oulness, but my joy and love.

Now when I considered these things by my selfe, and pondered them in my herte, how that to be iopned unto woldome is immortiale, and great pleasure to haue her kreydyppe: how that in the wozkes of her hands are infinite ryches: how that, who lokepe company with her chalbe wyse: and that he which talketh with her, shall come to honour: I wente aboute sekynge, to get her unto me. For I was a ladd of a rype wytt, and had a good understanding.

But when I grew to more understanding, I came to an undefiled body. Neuertheles when I perceived that I could not kepe my selfe chaste, excepte God gave it me (and that was apoynte of woldome also, to knowe whose gyft it was) I stepped unto the Lord, and belought him, and with my whole herte I layde after this manner.

The first Chapter.

A prayer of Salomon to obtaine woldome.

A

God of my fathers, and Lord of mercies (thou that hast made all thynges with thy word, and ordained man thow thy woldome, that he thulde haue

*dompnon oner the creature which thou hast made: that he thulde order the world to order; and order all things according to equity and righteouines, and execute iudgement with a true heart) give me woldome, which is euer about thy leate, and put me not out from amonge thy children: for I thy servant and sonne of thy hand mayden, am a keble personne, of a chorte ty-

me, and to younge to the understanding of judgment and the lawes. And though a man be neuer so parfecte amonge the chyldren of me, yet if thy woldome be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded. But thou hast chosen me to be a king unto the people, and the judge of thy children and daughters.

Thou hast commanded me to buplde a temple upon thy holy mount, and an antler in the clefte wherein thou dwellest: a lycknelle of thy holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared from the beginning, and thy woldome with the, which knoweth thy workes: which also was with the, when thou madest the world and knewe what was acceptable in thy sight and righte in thy commandementes. Dende her out of thy holy heavens and from the trone of thy maiest, that the mape be with me, and labour with me: that I maye knowe, what is acceptable in thy sight. For the knoweth and understandeth all thynges: and the shall lede me soberly in my workes, and preferue me in her power. So shall my workes be acceptable, and then shall I gourne thy people righteouely, and be worth to fit in my fathers leate. For what maſ is he, that mape knowe? councell of God: or, who can think what the will of God is: for the thousands of mortall men are miserable, and oure koſcaſtes are but uncertaintye. And why? a mortall and corruptible body is heup unto the loule, and the earthy manly kepeth done that understanding that muleth upon many thynges. Every hardly can we believe the things that are upon earth, and great labour haue we, or we can fynde thy thynges which are before oure eyes: who wyll then leke oute the grounde of the things that are done in heauen: Or Lord, who can haue knowledge of thy understanding and meaning, excepte thou gene woldome, and sende thy holy goot from about: that the wayes of them which are upon earth, mape be reformed: that men mape learne the thynges that are pleasaunt unto the, and be preferred thowow woldome:

The second Chapter.

The deliveryance of the righteous commeth through woldome.

woldome preferred the first man, whom God made a father of the world, where he was created alone brought him out of his office to take him out of the *mould of the earth, and gave him power to rule all thynges. When the vnryghteous were a wape in his wath from this woldome, a brothered perſuadeth thow the wath of murthur. Agapne, when the *water desotted was whole world, woldome preferred righteous thowow a poor tre, whereof the was gournerer her selfe. Moreover where wpeckednes had gott the upper

hande,

*Gene. 1, 2

*Gene. 1, 2

*Gene. 1, 2

*Gene. 1, 2

Of wvdome,

Jo,xxxv.

hande so that ? nacíos were puſt vp w pyde
the knewe the rpghteo?, p[ref]erued him faut-
ſelle Unto God, and layed vp lure mercp fo?
his chylo[en]. She p[ref]erued the rpghteous,

what tyme as ſy fyze fell downe upon the. v.
ſties: Lyke as yet this dave the vnfruteſull
waffe, and imokyng land geneth teſtimony
of their wychedneſſe: yee the vnrype & vn-
timely frutes that groe upon the trees.

And fo[?e] a token of a remembraunce of the
vnkaypfull ſoule, there standeth a pp[er] of
ſalt. Fo[?e] all ſoch as regarded not w[pld]ome,
gat not onely thys hurte, ſy they knewe not
the thynge[s] which were good, but alſo left
behynde the Unto men, a memoriall of their
kooliſhes: so that in ſy things wherin they
ſynned, they could not be hydd. But as fo[?e]
loch as take bede Unto w[pld]ome, the chal de-
lyuer them from ſo[we].

C
* When the rpghteons ſled becauſe of his
brothers wath, w[pld]ome led him the rpght
wape, thew[ed] him the lyngdome of God,
gaue him knowledge of holyp[ry]nges, made
him riche in his ſaboures, & h[ou]ought to p[al]le
the thinges that he wente aboute. In the di-
ceatfulnes of loch as deſrauded him, the ſto-
de by him, & made him rpehe. She lauſed him
from the enemics, & ſeſended him from the
dicheauers. She made h[ym] stronge in bat-
tall & gaue him the vict[ory], that he mygt
knowe, how that w[pld]ome is stronger then
all thinges. * When ſy rpghteons was ſold,
the ſo[ke] him not, but deliuered h[ym] from
ſpinners. She wente downe with him into ſy
Dongeon, and kape[ed] him not in the bandes:

all thinges. * When ſy rpghteons was ſold,
the ſo[ke] him not, but delivered him from
ſpinners. She wente downe with him into ſy
Dongeon, and kape[ed] him not in the bandes:
* sp[il]l he had h[ou]ought h[ym] ſcepter of the
realme, & power agap[nt] th[ose] that opp[er]
ſed him. As fo[?e] them that had accuſed h[ym]
the declared the to be l[vers], & h[ou]ought h[ym]
to perpetuall w[or]thipp.

* She delivered the rpghteons people and
fautſelle ſede, from the nacíos that opp[er]ſed
them. She entred into the ſoule of the ser-
uaunt of God, and ſode by him in wonders
and tokens agap[nt] the horzible lyng. She
gaue the rpghteons the rewarde of their la-
bours, and led the ſo[th] a maruelous w[aye]:
on the dave tyme he was a chadowe Unto
them, and a lyght of ſtarres in the night ſea-
ſon. * She h[ou]ought the tho[ow] ſy reed fee, &
carped them tho[ow] the greate water. She
d[own]ed the[em] enem[ics] in the fee, & h[ou]ought
them out of the depe. So the rpghteons to-
ke ſy p[ly]ples of the ungody, & p[ap]led
thy holy name. A Lo[de], and magnified thy
vict[ory]ou[s] hand w one acco[de]. * Fo[?e] w[pl]
dome op[er]neth the mouth of the dome, and
maketh the ſonges of babes to ſpeake.

fon. * She h[ou]ought the tho[ow] ſy reed fee, &
carped them tho[ow] the greate water. She
d[own]ed the[em] enem[ics] in the fee, & h[ou]ought
them out of the depe. So the rpghteons to-
ke ſy p[ly]ples of the ungody, & p[ap]led
thy holy name. A Lo[de], and magnified thy
vict[ory]ou[s] hand w one acco[de]. * Fo[?e] w[pl]
dome op[er]neth the mouth of the dome, and
maketh the ſonges of babes to ſpeake.

C The. XI. Chapter.

C The micarables done for Israel. The vengeaunce of
Pynners. The greate p[ow]er and in:rep of God.

S
he ord[red] their w[or]ches in the ban-
des of ſholy p[ro]phet: * so p[er] thep w[et]
th[ou]ow the wyldernes that was not
inhabited, and pitched their tentes in ſy waſt
deserte. The p[ode] agap[nt] their enem[ics], &
were au[ged] of the[?e] aduerſaries. * When
they were thirſt ye, they called upon the, and
water was genen the out of ſy moſt h[ey] rock
and their th[ir]ſt was quenched out of ſy harde
ſt one. Fo[?e] by the thig[es], wher tho[ow their
enem[ies] were punp[he]d, were the chyld[es] of
Israel helpt in their nede, to thep[] com[for]t.
Fo[?e] Unto the enem[ics] ſy gaueſt man[]s bloud
in ſteade of liu[nge] water. And where as
they had ſcarcen[ef]ſe i ſy re[buke, wh[er] the chyl-
d[ien] were ſlayne, thou gaueſt Unto thyne
awne a plenteous water unlok[ed] fo[?e]: decla-
rynge by the th[ir]ſt that was at that tyme,
how thou wold[est] b[ip]ng thyne awne Unto
honoure, and ſlaye their aduerſaries.

* Fo[?e] when thep were tr[ry]ed and noſtured
with fatherly mercy, they knowledged how
the ungody were iu[dged], and puniſhed tho-
[ow] the w[ra]th of God. Theſe haſt thou ex-
hort[ed] as a father, and p[rou]ed them: but vn-
to ſ other thou haſt bene a boy[]ferous kiŋ,
layed hard to their charge, and cond[en]ted the.
Whether thep were abſent or p[re]ſent, the[?e]
pun[ish]ment was a[ly]ke. Fo[?e] their g[re]ſe was
double: namely, m[our]nynge, and the reme-
[ha]ncc[ee] of thynge[s] p[al]. But wh[er] thep per-
[ce]aue[d] that their puniſh[met]es dyd the good,
they thought upon the Lo[de], and wonde-
red at the ende. Fo[?e] at ſy haſt they helde moch
of him, of who in ſy out caſting they thought
ſcorne, as of an abiecte. Neuertheſſe, the
rpghteons dyd not ſo when they were th[ir]
ſt: but eu[?e] lyke as ſy thought[es] of ſy kooliſh
were, ſo was alſo the[er] w[ic]k[ed]nes. * Whe-
[ee] as certaine men now (tho[ow] erroure) dyd
w[or]chipe dome ſerpentes and vaine beaſtes
thou ſen[de]ſt a multitud[e] of dome beaſtes
v[bo]t them fo[?e] a vengea[nce: that thep mygt
knowe, that loke where withall a man ſyn-
neth, bp the ſame alſo chall he be punp[he]d.

* Fo[?e] Unto thy allmygt[hy] hande, ſy made ſy
worlde of naught, it was not unp[oll]ible, to
ſende amonge them an heape of Deeres, or
woode l[yons], or cruell beaſtes of a ſtraunge
kynde, loch as are unknowne, or ſpoute fyze
or caſt out a imokynge h[re]th, or chote h[or]ri-
ble ſparkes out of their eyes, which mygt
not onely deſtroye them with h[ur]tynge, but
also k[yll] them with their h[or]zible ſp[ig]ht. Yee
without theſe beaſtes might thep haue bene
ſlayne with one winde, bep[ynge] perſecuted of
ther awne w[or]ches, & ſcatered a h[o]ade tho-
row the h[re]th of their power.

Neuertheles, th[ou] hast ord[red] all thinges D
in meaſure, n[ob]ze & weight. Fo[?e] thou haſt
euer had great k[re]gth & might, & who maye
w[it] k[ä]de ſy power of thyne arme: And why?
Ee et lyke ag

*Ero, rreb, 1
P[ain]e, x, f, a.

B
*Deu, viii, a.

C
*Sapt, vii, e.
Kom A, c.

*Leu, x, vii, b.
Sapt, vii, a.
Jere, vi, i, c.

*Gene. x, vii, b.

* Gene, viii, b.

*Sal. viii, a.
Math, ii, c.

* Gene, viii, b.

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lyke as the small thing þ the balaunce weyeth
so is the woſlde bekoze þ : pee as a diſoppe of
þ mornnynge dew, that falleth downe upon
the earth. Thou haſt mercy vpall, for thou
haſt power of all things: * ſ makest the as
though thou laweſt not the ſynnes of men,
becauſe thep chulde amende. For thou loueſt
all the things that are, and hatelſt none of
the who thou haſt made: neither dydeſt thou
ordeyne or make eny thynge, of euell wyll.

*Mona.ii.a.*

How might eny thinge endure, yf it were
not thy wyll: Or how coulde eny thynge be
preserued, excepte it were called of the? But
thou spareſt all, for all are thyne (D Loſde)
thou louer of ſoules.

The xij. Chapter.

The mercye of God to warde ſynners, the woſques of
God are vnprepuſtable God geneth leſure to repert vs.

A

Loſde, how gracious and ſwete is
thy ſperte in all things: Therkoſe
chastenest thou them meaſurably þ
go wonge, and warnest the: con-
cerninge the things wherein they offende: þ
ſpeakeſt vnto the (D Loſd) ad exhoſteſt the
to leaue theyr wyckednes, and to put theyr
truft in þ. * As for those olde inhabiterſ of
thy holyp lande, thou myghteſt not awaye w
the, for they committed abhominable woſkes
agaynſt the: as witchcraft, ſoſcery and Ido-
latry, they flew theyr awne chylden with-
out mercy: they dyd eate vp mens bowels, &
deuoured the bloude: pee because of ſoch ab-
hominacions, myſbeleues ad offeringes, thou
ſlewelt the fathers of the delſolate ſoules by
the handes of oure fathers: þ the land which
thou loueſt aboue all other, might be a d wel-
lynge for the chylden of God.

*Den.ie.a.
rii.d.xvii.c.*

B

*Ero.eri.d.
Deute.vii.b.*

Neuer theles, thou spareſſt them alſo (as
men) ſended ſt foroſerūners of thyne hooſt
eue hoznettes to deſtroye them out by lytle
& lytle. Not that thou waſt unable to ſubdue
the vngodly vnto the ryghteo? in batayle,
or w cruell beaſtes, or with one rough word
to deſtroye theſe together: * But thy mynde
was to dryue them out by lytle and lytle ge-
upnge the tyme & place to amende: knowyng
well, that it was an vnryghteous nacion ad
wicked of nature, and þ their thought might
neuer be altered. For it was a curled ſede frō
the begyńnyng, and keared no man: Yet haſt
thou pardoned theyr ſynnes. For who wyll
ſape vnto the: why haſt thou done that? Dz
who wyll ſtāde agapnſt thy iudgment? Dz
who wyll come bekoze thy face an auenger
of vnryghteous men? Dz who wyll blame
the, ſk the peopple perſh, whom thou haſt
made: For there is none other God but þ,
who

C

*I.Detr.v.a.*

* careſt for all thynges: that thou mayeſt
declare how that thy iudgment is not vn-
ryght. There darre nether kyng, ner tyzaſt
in thy ſight require accomptes of the: whom
thou haſte deſtroyed.

For so moch then as thou art ryghteous
thy ſelke, y ordeſt all thynges ryghteouſly
* puniſhest euen him that hath not deſer-
ued to be puniſhed, ſ takeſt him for a straü-
ger and an alcůt in the lande of thy power.
For thy power is the begyninge of rygh-
teouſnes: and because thou art Loſde of all
thynges, therkoſe art thou gracioſ vnto all.
When me thinke þ not to be of a full streſh,
thou declareſt thy power: and boldly delive-
reſt thou the ſouer that knowe the not. But
thou Loſd of power iudgect quietly, and or-
dreſt vs with great woſchpypp, for þ mayeſt
do as thou wylt.

*Job.vi.*

By ſoch woſkes now haſt thou taught
thy people, that a man alſo chulde be iuſt ad
louynge: and haſt made thy chylden to be of
a good hope: for euen when thou iudgect,
thou geueſt rowme to amende from ſynnes.
For in so moch as thou haſt puniſhed, and
with ſoch diligence deliuered the enempeſ of
thy ſeruaunteſ, which were woſthy to dye
(where thy orow thou gaueſt them tyme and
place of amendement that they might turne
for their wyckednes) with how greate dilu-
gence then puniſhest thou thyne awne childe:
unto whole fathers thou haſt two ſne: ma-
de couenaunteſ of good promises: So whe-
te as thou doeſt but chasten vs, thou punp-
chest our enemies diuerſe waves, to the inſet
that when we pumilſe, we chuld remembre
thy goodnesſe: * when our ſelues are punp-
ched, to put oure truſt in thy mercy.

E

*Sap. Romai.*

Wherekoſe, where as men haue lyued iſ-
nozauntly & vnryghteouſly, thou haſt pumi-
ched the ſoſe, euen thoſow þ ſame thynges þ
they woſchypped. * For they wente aſtrape
very longe in the waye of errour, & helde þ
beaſtes (which euen their enemieſ deſpysed)
for goddes, lyvinge as chylden of no under-
standing. Therkoſe haſt thou ſent a ſcozne-
full puniſhment amonge the, as amonge the
chylde of ignozaunce. As for ſoch as wolde
not be reſourmed by those ſoznes and rebu-
kes, they felt the woſth puniſhmeſt of God.
For the thynges that they ſuſred, they ba-
re them unpacyently, beinge not content in
them, but vnwillynge. And whé they pery-
ched by þ ſame thynges þ they toke for god-
des, they knowledged then, that there was,
but one true God, whom aſoſe they wolde
not knowe: therkoſe came the ende of theyr
damnacyon upon them.

The xij. Chapter.

All thynges be vayne, except the knowledge of
God. Idaolaters and Idaoles are moched.

Ayne are all men, which haue not a
knowledge of God: as were they
that out of the good things which
are ſene, knewe not hym, þ of hym
ſelke is eueralſtynge. Aether toke they
moch regarde of the woſckes that are made,
as to

*Mona.ii.b.*

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as la we, and tyrauntes cōpelled men by vio
lence to honour y nages. As for that, that
were so farre of, that men myght not wor-
chyypp them prælently, theyr pycure was
brought fro farre (lyke the ymage of a ryng
whoh they wolde honoure) to the intent that
with greate diligence they might worchyypp
him which was farre of, as though he had
bene present. Agayne, the lingular conninge
of the craftesman gauë the ignozaunt also a
great occasion to worchyypp images. Ko that
workman willing to do him a pleasure that
fett him a wozcke, laboured with all his co-
ninge to make the image of the best fashion.
And lo(thow)ow the beut y of the wozke) the
comè people was disseaued, in so moch that
they toke him now for a God, which a lytle
akoze was but honored as a man. And this
was the erreure of mans lyfe, when men
(ether for to serve their awne affeccion, or to
do some pleasure vnto kynges) ascribed vn-
to stones and stockes y name of God, which
ought to be genen vnto no man.

Workeuer, this was not ynough for the
that they erred in the knowledge of God,
but where as they lyued in the greate war-
res of ignozaunce, those many & greate pla-
ges called they peace. Ko for ether * they flue
their awne childzen, and offred them, or dryd
sacrifice in the night season, or els helde vn-
reasonable watches: so that they kepe ne-
ther lyke ner marpage cleane: but ether one
flue another to death maliciously, or els gre-
ued his neighbouroure with aduoutrpe. And
thus were all things mixt together: blond,
manslaughter, theft, dissimulacion, cozrup-
cion, vnkapthfulnesse, sedicion, periury,
disquietynge of good men, vutbank fulnes,
defilynge of soules, chaungynge of byrth,
vnstedfastnesse of marriage, myforder of ad-
uoutrie and vncleennesse. And why the ho-
nouringe of a bhominable image is the can-
fe, the begynnynge and ende of all cuell. Ko
they that worchype Idols, either they are
mad when they be merp, or zprophecie lyes,
or lyue vngodly, or els lygthly forswearc
them selues. Ko in so moch as their truft is
in the Idols (which haue neither scule ner vn-
derstandinge ) though they swearc falhelp,
yet they thincke it chal not hurte them.

Therfore commeth a greate plage upon
them, and that worthely: for they haue an
cuell oppnion of God, geuynge hede vnto
Idols, swearinge vnuitly to disseauue, and
despyinge ryghteousnes. Ko they swear-
ringe is no vertue, but a plage of them that
lynne, and goeth cuer with the offence of
the vngodly.

C The xv. Chapter.

C The boye of the farthfull, zrapynge the merpe
of God, for whole graces take theyr ferue not Idols.

B it thou (Noure God) art swete,
long sufferynge true, and in mer-
ce ordeft all thinges. Though
we lynne, yet are we thyne, for
we knowe thy streghth. If we lynne not, the
are we sure, that thou regardeft vs. Ko to
knowe the, is parkeete ryghteoufnes: Pee to
knowe the ryghteoufnes and power, is the
rote of immortallite. As for the thynge that
men haue founde out thow, they euell sci-
ence, it hath not disseaued vs: as the papn-
tinge of the picture (an vnpr oftable labou-
re) and carued image, with duerse colours,
whose syght entyeth the ignozaunt: so that
he honoureth ad loueth the picture of a deed
image that hath no soule.

Neuerthelesse, they that loue soch euell
thinges, are worth of death: they that truft
in them, they that make them, they that loue
them, and they that honoure them. The
potter also taketh and tempereth soft earth,
laboureth it, and geueth it the falchyon of a
vessel, what loeuer sereth for oure vle: and
so of one piece of claye he maketh some clea-
ne vessell for seruice, and some còttary. But
where to euerp vessell serueth, that knoweth
the potter hym selfe. So with his vayne la-
boure he maketh a God of the same claye:
this doth euen he, whiche a lytle akoze was
made of earth hym selfe, and within a lytle
while after (when he dieth) turneth to earth
agayne.:

Not withst adynge, he careth not the moze
because he shall labour, ner because hys lyfe
is chort: but streuth to excellent goldsmythes,
the syluer smythes and coper smythes, and ta-
kethe it for an honour to make vayne thyn-
ges. Ko hys herte is alches, hys hope is but
vayne earth, & his life is moze vile the claye:
for so moch as he knoweth not his awne ma-
ker, that gaue hym hys soule to wozcke, ad
hasteth in hym the hizth of lyke. Thep coun-
te oure lyke but a paſtyme, and oure conuer-
sacion to be, but a market, and that men
chulde euer be gettynge, and that by euell
meanes. Now he that of earth maketh fray-
le vessels and ymages, knoweth him selke to
offende obone all other.

All þen emnes of thy people & that holde
the in lubeccion, are vnwpfe, vnhapppe, ad
erceadyng zroude vnto theyr awne soules,
for they uidge all the Idols of the Heathen
to be goddes, which neither laue epe syght to
fe, ner noles to smell, ner eares to heare, noz
fyngers of handes for to grope: as for their
fete, they are to flowe to goo. Ko man made
them, ad he that hath but a bozowed spzete,
fashioned them. But no mā can make a God
lyke vnto him: for sponge he is but moztall
hym selke, it is but moztall that he maketh
with virgheous hands. He hys selfe is
better then they whom he worchyyppeth, for
he ipued

*Deu.xvii.d
Iere vii.b
and.xix.a.

Of wyſdome,

No, xxxvij.

he lyued though he was moſtall, so dyd neuer they. Yee thep worſchyppe beaſtes also, which are moſt miſerable: for compare thinges that cannot kele unto them, and they are worſe then those. Yet is there not one of these beaſtes, that with his lyght can behold enp good thing, neither haue they geuë p[er]ap[le] ne'r thanckes unto God.

### The. xvij. Chapter.

The p[un]ſu[ment] of J[od]a[te]rs, and the beneſttes done unto the kaythfull.

A

Or these and soch other things haue they luffred worſtly puniſhment and thożow the multitude of beaſtes are they roſed oute. In ſkeade of the which p[un]ſu[ment]es thou haſt gra[ci]onſtly ordeſed thyne awne people, and geuë the their deſyre that they lóged for: a newe ſtrauge tafſt, * prepar[ing] the quaples to be theyp meate: to the intent that (by the thynſes which were thew ed and lent unto the) they that were so gredp of meate, myght be withdza[wen] eu[n] from the deſyre that was neceſſary. But these within the thozte tyme were hżought unto pouerte, ad tayſted a newe meate. For it was requisite þ (without enp erſcuse) deſtruc[tion] on chulde come vpon thole which uſed tp[er]zannp, ad to thewe onely vnto the other, how their enem[ies] were deſtroied.

*Punne,xi.g

*Punr,xxi.b

If or[en] when the cruell woodnelle of þ beaſtes came vpon them, they p[er]ſhed thożow the thynſes of the cruell serpentes.

B

Not withſtand p[u]nge, thy wath endured not perpetually, but they were put in keare for a lytle season, that they myght be refourmed, baupnge a token of kaluacion, to remembre the commaudement of thy lawe. For he that converted, was not healed by the thynge þ he lawe, but by the,DLauione of all. So in this thou thew ed thyne enem[ies], that it is thou, which deliuerelt fro all euell. As for[em] them *whe[] they were b[yp]t[et]e v[or] grechoppers and kipes, they dyed, for they were worſtly to p[er]ſh by loch: But neither þ teeth of d[ra]gons ner of venimous wor[m]es ouer ca[th] thyld[iz]. for thy merc[ie] was cuer by the & helped the. Therfore were they p[un]ſhed to reſmèd[ie] thy word[es], but haſtely were they hea[led] againe, left they chuld fall ito so depe forgetfullnelle, þ they myght not vſe thy helpe.

*Erode,c.v.d.

C

It was neither her he[n]er playſter that reſtor[ed] the to health, but thy word[es] (D[omi]nd) which healeth all thynſes. It is þ (D[omi]nd) that haſt the power of lyſe & death *: thou ledeſt unto deathes doze, and b[ri]p[eng]est vp againe. But ma[th]ożow wicke[n]dnes [lay]eth his awne soule, and when his ſp[er]te goeth for[th], it turneth not aga[n]e, neither maye he call agayne the soule that is taken away: It is not polſible to eſkape thy hande. For the ungodyl that wolde not knowe þ, were p[un]ſhed by þ ſtrength of thyne arme: with

*Deu.ereu.i,Reg,at.b.

ſtraunge wateſ, hayles and rap[n]es were they perſecuted, and thożow ſy[re] were they consumed. For it was a wonder[ous] thynge that ſy[re] myght do moſt then water which quencheth all thynſes: but the worſde is the auenger of the ry[gh]teous. Some tyme was the ſy[re] so tame, that the beaſtes which were lent to p[un]ſhy the ungodyl, h[er]ent not: and that because they chulde ſe and know, that they were perſecuted with the p[un]ſu[ment] of God. And some tyme h[er]ent the ſy[re] in the water on euery ſy[de], that it myght deſtroye ſ v[ry]nry[gh]teous nacion of the earth. *Agap[ne], thou haſt fed thyne awne people v[or] un[ge]ns ſode, ad ſent the h[er]ed ready from heauë (without the]t laboure) bep[ne] very p[le]aunt and of good taf[t]. And to the we thy r[pe]ches & swetnelle vnto thy chyld[en], thou gaueſt euery one they[] deſy[re], so that euery ma[]mp[]g]ht take what lyked hym beſt. But the ſnowe and p[le] abode the violence of the ſy[re] ad melted not: that they mp[]g]ht knowe, that the ſy[re] burnyng in the hayle and rayne, deſtroyed the rute of the enem[ies]: the ſy[re] alſo for[get] his strengt[hen] aga[n]e, that the ry[gh]teous myg]ht be nor[ry]hed. For the creature that serueth the (which art the maker) is ſeart[ee] in p[un]ſu[ing] þ v[ry]nrighteous, but is ea[ſ]y & g[et]le to do good, vnto soch as put their trust in the. Therfore dyd all thynſes alter at the fame tyme, and were all obedi[ent] vnto thy grace, which is the noſte of all thynſes, acco[rd]p[ne] to the deſy[re] of them that had nede the[r]of: that thy chyld[en] (D[omi]nd) wh[ot] thou loueſt, myg]ht knowe, * that it is not nature and the g[row]p[ne] of krutes that fedeth men, but that it is thy worſde, which p[re]ſerueth them that put they[] trust in the. For loke what myg]ht not be deſtroied with the ſy[re], as ſoon as it was warmed with a lytle Sunne beaſme, it m[elt]ed: þ al me myg]ht knowe, that thankes ought to be geuen vnto the before the Sunne r[pe], and that thou ought[est] to be worſh[pped] before the daye p[ir]vinge. For the hope of the vnthäſkfull shall melt awaye as the w[pi]nter p[le], and perſhe as water, that is not neceſſary.

D

*Ero,rvl.a

E

*Deu. viiij.a
Math,iii.a.

### The. xvij. Chapter.

The iudg[em]ent[es] of God vpon the E[sp]ycants.

Reate are * thy iudg[em]ent[es] (D[omi]nd) and thy counſels can not be ex[pre]ſſed: therfore me do erre, that w[ill] not be refourmed v[or] thy w[pi]dome. * For when þ v[ry]nry[gh]teous thought to haue thy hol[y] people in ſubjeccio, they were bounde with the bandes of darcknes and longe ny[gh]ht, but vnder the roſe, thinkynge to eſcape the euerlastynge w[pi]dome. And wh[ie]p they thought to be h[yp]d in þ darcknſe of their p[yn]nes, they were ſcatere[d] abode in the very mydd[est] of the darck couerynge of for[get]fulnes, put to horri[ble] keare and

A

*Koma,xi.f.

*Ero, c.v.*

Eee iij wonderously

The boke of.

C The.xviiij. Chapter.

C The fyze lyght that the Israelites had in Egypte
The perlequeon of the fastfull The Lowe Israel
all the fyest home of Egypte The lyneue of the people
in the wildernes. Aaron stode betwyt the lyce and
the deed, with his cenfoure

wonderonlyl vexed: for the corner where
they myght not kepe them from keare (be-
caule the sownde came downe and vexed the)
yee many terrible and kraunge visions ma-
de them affrayed.

*Erood,rit.b.

No power of the fyze myght gene them
lyght, nether myght the cleare klammes of
ſtarres lyght that hozible nyght. For the-
re appeared vnto them a ſodayne fyze, verp
dredeful: At the which (when they ſawe no-
thinge) they were ſo affrayed, they thought
the thynge which they ſawe, to be the moze
fearfull. As for the ſoſcery & enchaütemet
that they vled, it came to derision, and the
proude wypdome was brought to chame.
For they that promised to dryue awaye the
fearfulnes and drie de from that weake lou-
les, were ſyck for keare them ſelues, and that
with ſconc. And though none of the won-
ders keared the, yet were they affrayed at the
beaſtes which came upon the, and at this lyſ-
ſpynge of the ſerpentes. In so moch that with
trèblynge they wowned, as ſapde they ſawe
not this fyze, which no man yet mape eſcape.

C

*Pal. elvi.a*

For it is an heup thynge, when a mans
a wne conſcience beareth record of his wyc-
kednes and condempneth him. And when a
vexed and wounded conſcience, taketh euer
cruell thynge in hâd. Fearfulnes is no-
thynge els, but a declarryng that a man keeth
helpe and defence, to anſwere for hym ſelke.
And loke how moch leſſe the hope is within.
the more is the vncertent ye of the matre, for
the which he is punyſhed. But they that ca-
me in the might ty nyght: ſlepte he ſele that
fell vpon them from under and from aboue:
ſomtyme were they aſtraied thowow the kea-
re of the wonders, and ſomtyme they were
ſo weake they thew owned with all: for an
hast ye and ſodayne fearfulnes came vp on the
After warde, they enp of them had fallen, he
was kepte and chutt in prieon, but without
chaynes. But they enp dwelt in a vyllage, they
had bene ad hevde or hulbâdman he suf-
fred intollerable neceſſite: for they were all
bounde with one chayne of darckneſſe.

D

Whether it were a blasyng e wynde, or a
ſwete longe of the byrdes amonge the thy-
cke hraunches of the trees, or the beheimen-
cye of hast ye runnynge water, or greate nop-
fe of the fallynge downe of ſtones, or the
playenge and runnynge of beaſtes whom
they ſawe not, or the myghtye noyle of roa-
rynge beaſtes, or the sownde that anſwe-
reth agayne in the hye mountaynes: it ma-
de them ſwowne for very keare. For all the
earth thyned with cleare lyght, and no man
was hyndered in hys labour. Onely vpon
them there fell a heup myght, an ymage of
darckneſſe that was to come vpon the. Yee
they were vnto them ſelues the moſt heup &
hozible darckneſſe.

Euertheles, thy ſapnetes had a very
greate lyght (and the enemyes herde
theyp voçe, but they ſawe not the
ſygure of them.) And becaule they uſſed
not the fame thynge, they magnyſed the:
and they that were vexed afoze (because they
were not hurte now) thancked the, and be-
ſought the (D God) that there myght be a
difference. Therfore had they a burnynge
pyler of fyze to lede them in the vnknowne
waye, and thou gaueſt them the Sunne for
a fre gyſt without enp hurt. Reason it was
that they chulde want lyght, and be put in
prieſon of darcknes, which kepte thy chy-
dren in captiuite, by whom the uncoſrupte
lyght of the lawe of the worlde was for to
be genue. When they thought to slaye he ba-
bes of the ryghteous (one beinge layed out,
and preſerued to be leader vnto the other)

*Erood,rit.*

V

*Erood,a.*

* thou brought out þ whole multitude of
the chyldren, and destroyped the le in the
myghtye water. Of that nyght were oure
fathers certyped afoze, that they knowyng
unto what other they had genen credence,
myght be of good cheare. Thus thy people
receaued the health of the ryghteous, but the
ung odly were destroyped. For lyke as thou
hast hurte oure enemies, so hаст thou promo-
ted vs whom thou calleddeſt afoze. For the
ryghteous chylden of the good men uſſed
ſecretly, and uſted the lawe of ryghteousnes
unto vnite: that the uſt chulde receue good
and euell in lyke maner, lyngynge prayſes
unto the father of all men. Agayne, there
was herde an unconuenièt voçe of the ene-
mes, and a ppteous crpe for chylden that
were bewayled. The maſter and the fer-
uaunt were punyſhed in lyke maner. For
they all together had innumerable that died
one death.

*Erood,rit.*

* Aether were þ lyvinge ſufficient to burp
þ deed, for in þ twinklynge of an eye, þ no-
bleſt nacion of the was destroyped. As oft as
God helpe d the aſore, yet wolde it not make
them beleue: but in the deſtruccion of þ fyſt
borne they knowledged, that it was the peo-
ple of God. For whye all things were ſtyl
as when the myght was in the myddel of her
course, thy Almyghtie word (D Lord) lea-
pte downe from heaué out of the royall tro-
ne, as a rough man of warre, in the myddel
of the lande that was destroyped: as the char-
pe ſwerde perfourmed theyt, kralte comau-
dement, kandynge and ſpelling all thynge
with death: pee it tode vpon the earth as rea-
ched vnto the heauen. Then the lyght of the
euell

C

*Erood,xli.*

The Boke of

noureth hys mother is lyke one þ gathereth
treasure together. Who so honoureth his fa-
ther, shall haue ioye of his a wne chylden: Æ
when he maketh his prayer he shall be herde.
He þ honoureth his father, chal haue a longe
lyfe: and he that is obeynt for the Lordes
fake, hys mother shall haue ioye of hym.

W

He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his
father and mother, and doth the serupce, as
it were unto the Lord hym selfe. Honoure
thy father in dede, in wozde, and in all pacie-
ce, that thou mayest hane Gods bleſſing, Æ
hys bleſſing shall abyde with þ at the last.

* The bleſſing of the father buyldeth up
the houles of the childe, but þ mothers cur-
se roteh out the foundacions. Reioyce not
when thy father is reproued, for it is not ho-
noure unto the, but a chame. For the woz-
lyppe of a más father is hys a wne worchip,
åd where the father is without honour, it is
the dishonesty of the sonne. By sonne, make
moch of the father in hys age, and greue him
not as longe as he lueneth. And þf his under-
standynge kaple, haue pacyence with hym,
and deſpyse hym not in thy strength. For the
good dede þ thou thewelt unto thy father,
shall not be forgottè: and when thou thy self
wantest, it shall be rewarded the ( for thy
mothers offence thou chalt be recompensed
with good, pee it shall be founded for the in
right countines) and in the dape of trouble þ
chalt be reembzed : thy synnes also chall
meit a wape, like as the pfe in the kapre war-
me wether.

C

He that forſaketh hys father, chall come
to chame: and he that deſeth hys mother, is
curſed of God. By sonne, perſourme thy
worckes with louyng mekenefle, ſo chalt þ
be loued above other men. The greater thou
art, the moze humble thy self (in all thinges)
and thou chalt fynde kauour in the lyght of
God. For greate power belogeth onely un-
to God, and he is honoured of the lowly.

* Heke not out the thynge þ are above
thy capacyte, and kearch not the grounde of
foch thynge as are to myghtye for the: but
loke what God hath commanded the thin-
ke upon that all wape, and be not curpous
in many of hys worckes. For it is not nede-
full for the, to se with thyne eyes the thyn-
ges that are secrete. Make not thou to moch
kearch in ſupertuous thinges, and be not cu-
ritous in many of his workes: for many thin-
ges are chewed unto the all ready, which be
aboue the capacite of men. The medlynge w
foch hath begpled many a man, and tangled
theyr wittes in vanpte. Now he that loueth
parell, chall perply therin.

D

An harde herte chall fare cuell at the last:
(and he that loueth daunger, chall perpthe
therin) an hert that goeth two wayes, chall
not ploſpere: and he that is kroward of hert,

wll euer be wozſe and wozſſe.) A wycked
hert chal be laden with lozowes, and the vn-
godly synnecr wll ape one synne upon an-
other. The coucil of þ proude hath no health
for the plante of synne chall be roted out in
them, åd not knowne. The hert of hym that
hath understan dyng e chall perceaue hye thi-
ges, and a good eare wyll gladly herken vn-
to wisdome. An herte that is wyle and hath
understandynge, wyll abſtayne from ſyn-
nes, and increale in the workes of righteouſ-
ne. Water quencheth burnynge ſye, * Æ
mercy reconcileth synnes. God hath respecte
unto hym that is thanckfull: he thyncketh
upon hym agaynſt the tyme to come: so that
whe he falleth, he chall ſynde a ströge holde.

*Psal. xlii.*

C The. iiiij. Chapter.

Calmes must be done with all meakenes. The ku-
dye of wypdome and her frute. A judge ought to be
mercyfull. An exhortacyp to eſchue euells to do good.

Þ sonne, * deſtraude not þ pooze of
hys almes, and turne not a wape
thine eyes from him that hath nede.
De ſpile not an hongr ye ſoule, and

*Deu. xvi.*

A

defye not the pooze in his necessite: greue not
the herte of hym that is helpleſſe, and with-
drawe not the gyft from the nedefull. Reſu-
ſe not the prayer of one that is i trouble tur-
ne not a waye thy face from the nedy. Cail
not thyne eyes asyde kro the pooze, for any
euell wyll, that thou geue hym not occasion
to ſpeake euell of the. For þf he complayne
of the in þ bytternes of hys ſoule, his pape
chall be herde: euen he that made hym, chall
heare hym. Be curteous unto the compa
of the pooze, húble thy ſoule unto the elder.
and bowe downe thy head to a man of woz-
lyppe. Let it not greue the to bowe downe
thyne care unto þ pooze, but paye thy dett,
and gene hym a friendly anſwere, and that w
mekenefle.

*Delyuer hym that suffreth wżonge from
the hande of the oppreſſour, and be not faint
harted when thou lyttelſt in judgment. Be
mercyfull unto the fatherleſſe as a father, Æ
be in ſteade of an houſbande unto theyr mo-
ther: so chalt thou be as an obedient ſonne of
the Hieſt, and he chall loue the moze then thy
mother doth: Wysdome byzeth thy ſke into
her chylden, receaueth them that ſeke her, Æ
wyll go before the in the waye of ryghteouſ-
nes. He that loueth her, loueth lyke: and they
that ſeke her diſyently, chall haue greate
iope. They that kepe her, chall haue the heri-
tage of lyke: for where the entreth in, there is
the bleſſing of God. They that honoure her,
chall be the ſerauantes of the holy one: and
they that loue hyr, are beloved of God. Who
ſo geueth eare unto her, chall judge the Hea-
then: Æ he that hath respecte unto her, chall
dwell ſakely.

B

*Gene. xiiij.*

He

*Sau. xviij.*

Appl. cert. a

Bis. xviij.

Kome, xviij.

The Boke of

*Arrivija*

is some frende that turneth to enernpte, and
taketh parte agapnit the: þe pkhe knowe enp
hurt by the, he telleth it out.* Agayne, some
frende is but a companpon at the table, and
in the daye of nede he continueth not. But a
sure frende wyll be vnto the euen as thynne
a wne self, and deale kapthfully with thp hou-
holde folke. If thou suffre trouble and ad-
uerslyte, he is with the, and hydeth not hym
self from the. Departe from thynne enempes,
yee and bewarre of thp frendes.

A kapthfull frende is a stronge defence:
who so fyndeth soche one, fyndeth a trealu-
re. A kapthfull frede hath no peare, þ weight
of golde and spluce is not to be compared to
the goodnesse of hys kapth. A kapthfull frede
is a medicyne of lyke, and thep that keare the
Lorde, chall fynde hym. Who so keareth the
Lorde, chall p[ro]spere with frendes: and as he
is hym selfe, so chall hys frende be aldo. Wy
sonne, receaue doctrine from thy pouth up, so
chalt thon fynde wypdome t[ul]l thou be olde.
Go to her as one that ploweth, and loweth,
and wayte p[acy]tely for hir good frutes. F[or]
thou chalt haue but lytle labour in h[yr] wor-
ke, but þ chalt cate of h[yr] frutes right soone.
D how excreadynge harpe is wypdome to
unlerned men: an vnstedfast body wyll not
remayne iher. Unto soch, the is as it were a
touch st[one], and he casteth her from hym in
all the hafte: for wypdome is with hym but
in name, there be but fewe that haue know-
ledge of her. (But with the þ know her, the
abydeth euen vnto the apperynge of God.)

*Math.xi.o

D

Geue eare (my sonne) receaue my doctri-
ne, and refuse not my councell. Put thy fote
into her lynckes, * as take her p[ock] upon thy
neck: howe downe thy shoulder under her,
beare her paciently, and be not werp of her
bades. Come vnto her with thy whole hert,
and kepe her wayes with al thy power. Se-
ke after her, and the chalbe ch[ew]ed the : and
when thou hafte her, for[ke] her not. F[or]
at the last thou chalt fynde reft in her, and that
chall be turned to thy great ioye. Then chall
her fetters be a stronge defence for the, and
her p[ock] a glorious raymet. F[or] the be wtye
of lyke is in her, and her bandes are the cou-
plynge together of saluacyd. Pee a glorious
raymet is it, thou chalt put it on, and the sa-
me crowne of ioye chalt thou were.

My sonne, pk thou wylt take hede, thou
chalt haue understan dyng, and pk thou wilt
appl ye thp mynde, thou chalt be wple. F[or]
wylt bowe downe thynne eare, thou chalt re-
ceaue doctryne, and pk thou delyte in heareig,
thou chalt be wlle. Stande with the multy-
tude of soch elders as haue understan dynge,
and consente vnto their wildome with thp-
ne hert: * þ thou mayest heare all godly ser-
mons, and that the wort hy sentences ef kape
the not. And pk thou seyst a man of dy discrete

*Cecl.vii.a

understandynge, get the soone vnto hym, &
let thp fote treade h[os] the steppes of his do-
res.* Let thp mynde be vpon the c[om]aun-
dementes of God, and be earnestly occupied
in h[ys] la wes: so chall he kablyth thp herte, &
geue the wypdome at thynne a wne delyze.

*Mal,ia*

C The.vij.Chapter.

The imst koſahe euell, and yet not iustſpe our ſel-
nes. The behaueour of the wſpe towarde h[is] wſpe.
h[is] ſkynde, h[is] chyſhien, h[is] ſeruaunteſ, h[is] kathre
and mother, the p[ie]ſtes etc.

D no euell, so chall ther no harme
happen vnto the. Departe a wape
from the thynge that is wycked, e
no myk fortune chall medle with þ.

A

My sonne, some no euell thynges in the fo-
rowes of vnryghte ouſnes, so chalt thou not
rcape them ſeuie kolde. Laboure not vnto ma-
ko[ur] any loz[de]ch[ype], nether vnto the k[yr]ng ko[ur] the
seat of honour.* Justif[e]e not th[is] selfe be-
ko[ur] God (ko[ur] he knowe th[ey] h[erte]) and de-
ſyze not to be reputed w[pe]ſe in the p[re]ſence of
þ[ing]. Make no labour to be made a judge,
excepte it so were, that thou could[et] my[gh]
tely put downe wyckednes: ko[ur] pk thou ch[ul]
dest k[ande] in a we of the p[re]ſence of þ[yr] my[gh]
ch[ype], thou ch[ul]deſt k[ap]le in geu[n]ge ſentence,
Offende not in the multitude of the cy[pe], e
put not th[is] ſelke am[oe] the people.* Bynde
not two ſynnes together, ko[ur] in one ſinne
chalt thou not be vnpu[n]ched. S[ay]e not:
tully, God wyll loke vpon the multyſtude of
my obla[c]p[ons], and when J[offe] to the h[pe]ſt
God, he wyll accepe it.

*Mal. ccc. lxxxvi.
L. celeb. etc.
John. ir. a
Lu. civi. b

*Lede, uil.*

Be not kapnt harted when thou makeſt
thy p[ra]ayer, neither slack in geu[n]g of almes.
Laugh no man to ſcorne in the heuynesse of
his ſoule, ko[ur] God (which ch[ep]th all thynges)
is he * that can b[ry]nge downe, and iet up
agayne. Accepe no lel[eyng]a ga[n]a[n]ſt th[yr] b[or]
ther, nether do the ſame agap[n]ſt th[yr] frende.
Uſe not to make any maner of lye, ko[ur] the
cultome therof is not good. Make not many
w[oz]des, when þ[ar]t amonge the elders: * e
when thou p[ra]yest, make not moch babling.
* Let n[ol]abour[uo] w[oz]ke be t[ed]yous vnto
the, nether the h[ou]fband[zye] whych the All-
mightp hath created. Make not th[yr] boak[ur] i
multyſtude of th[yr] wyckednes, but h[u]b[le] th[yr]
ſelfe euen from thynne h[erte]: and rememb[re] þ
the w[az]th ch[all] not be longe in t[ar]vinge, and
that the vengeaunce of th[er] flech of the vn-
godly is a very ſy[ze] e w[or]me. Geue not ouer
th[yr] k[ry]nde ko[ur] enp good, nor th[yr] kapthfull
b[ro]ther ko[ur] the best golde.

*i. Reg. d.*

*Math. xii.a*

*Mo. xii.b*

C

Departe not fr[ò] a discrete and good wo-
man, that is fallen vnto the ko[ur] th[yr] po[ze]pon
in the keare of þ[or] Lor[de], ko[ur] þ[or] g[if]t of her h[one]
ſtyl is aboue golde. * Where as th[yr] ſeruaunt
w[or]ke[th]r truly, intrcate h[ym] not euell, n[er]
the h[yp]elinge that is kapthfull vnto þ[or]. Loue
a dyſcrete ſeruaunte as thynne a wne ſoule,
dek[ra]nde

*Luke, xii.*

*De*

*Lc*

*Lc*

*Lc*

*D*

*M*

*G*

‡

*M*

*Ma*

*‡*

*M*

*Mo.*

*M.*

*S*

*S*

*G*

*Z*

*L*

Jesus the Sonne of Sprach. Fo. xxxix.

*Deu.xlv.b

*Ecc.xlv.a

defraude hym not oflys lybertie, nether lea-
ue hym a pooze man. * If þe haue catell, loke
well to them: and yf þey be for þy p[ro]fyt,
kepe them. * If thou haue lomnes, byþng þe
bp in nurture and lernyng, and holde them
in awe from þeyr youth bp. If thou haue
daughters, kepe þeyr body, and chewe not
thy face cherefull towarde them. Marie thy
daughter, £ so chalt þ perfourme a weygbtie
matter: but geue her to a man of vnderstan-
dyng. If thou haue a wþfe after thine a wne
mpnde, forþake her not: (but commypt not
thy selfe to the hatefull.)

* Eccle.xlii.f.a
Tob.xiii.f.3

*Honoure thy father frō þy whole hert:
ād forget not the foroufull trauaple that thy
mother bad with the: remembre þ thou walt
bozne thoroow them, and how canst thou re-
compense them the thynges that þey haue
done for the ? Keare the Loode with all thy
soule, ād honoure his minykrers. Loue thy
maker with all thy strength, £ for fokake not
his seruauentes. Keare the Lord with all thy
soule, £ honourelys þeles. * Geue them
their pozcyon of the fyftr frutes and increale
of the earth, lyke as it is commaunded the:
(and reconcle thy selfe of thy neglpgence v
the lytle flock) geue them the shoulders, and
the? apoynted oftrings and fyfflynges.
Reache thyne hande vnto the pooze, þ God
maye bleſſe the v plenteouſnes. * We lybe
fall vnto all me lypunge, £ yet let not but do
good euen to them that are deed.

D

* Deut.xii.f.

*Nu.xvii.b

* Galat.vj.a
‡ Tob.xi.d

* Rom.xiii.b
‡Math.xv.b

* Let not the that wepe, be without com-
fozte, but mourne v soch as mourne. * Let
it not greue þ to vyſet the ſick, foſ that chall
make the to be beloved. What ſoener thou ta
kelt in hande, remembre the ende, and thou
chalt neuer do amptke.

C The viij. Chapter.

C Agapynſt thy better is no stryuyng. Of the deeth of
thyne enempe mayſte thou not reioyre, ner deſyſe
thy negehbourſ, ner the wodes of the wþe.

*math.v.b

*Ecc.xlvii.a

Trpue not with a mygbtye man,
left thou chaunſe to fall into hys
handes. * Wake no variaunce v
a rych mā, left he happen to b[vinge]
the hertes of lypuges hath it made to fall
Strpue not with a man that is full of woz-
des, and laye no styckes vpon hys fyze. Repe
no company with the vnlerned, left he geue
thy kynred an euell repozte. * Deſyſe not a
man that turneth h[ym] self a waye from ſyn-
ne, and caſt h[ym] not in the teeth withall: but
remembre that we are krayle euerychone.

* Galat.v.b
ii. Loz.xi.b

*Leuit.xii.g

* Thyncke ſcozne of no mā in his olde age,
foz we ware olde alſo. Be not glad of the
death of thyne enempe, but remembre þ we
muſt dye all the ſoſte of vs (and kape wold
we come into tope.) * Deſyſe not þ ſermos

*Eccle.vj.b

of soch elders as haue vnderſtandynge, but
acquaunte thy ſelſe with the wþſe ſentences
of them: for of them thou chalt lerne wþloo-
me and the doctrine of vnderſtandynge, and
how to ſerne greate men without coſplainte.

Go not from the doctryne of the elders,
foz þey haue lerned it of the? fatherts. Foz
of them thou chalt lerne vnderſtandynge, so
that thou mayeſt make anſwere in the tyme
of nede. Kyndle not the coales of lynners,
(whan thou rebukeſt them) left thou be h[re]t
in the fyze stammes of the? lynnes. Relſſt
not the face of the blaſphemer, that he laye
not wapte for thy mouth. * Lende not vnto
him that is mygbtier then thy ſelſe: If thou
lendeſt him, counte it but loſt. We not ſuerp
aboue thy power: yf thou be, then thyncke
ſurelp to pape it. Go not to lawe with the
iudge, fo: he wyll iudge accorſynde to h[ys
a wne honoure. * Trauaplle not by þ waye
with h[ym] that is h[ap]neleſſe, left he do the
euell: for he foloweth his a wne w[yl]ſulnes,
and so chalt thou p[er]ch th[o]ow his ſolp.

*Eccle.xvii.a

*Gene.xiii.b

C

* Strypue not with h[ym] that is angrie £
cruell, and go not with him into the wilder-
nes: for blonde is nothynge in h[ys] ſight, and
where there is no h[el]pe, he chall murther the
* Take no coučell at fooleſ, for theye loue no-
thinge but the thynge that p[leaſe] them ſel-
ues. W[ake] no coučell before a kraunger, for
thou caſt not tell what wyll come of it. D[é]
not thine h[ert] vnto euery man, left he be vin-
thanckfull to the, and put the to reſp[oke].

*Eccle.ir.c
xvii.b

C The ir. Chapter.

C The ſcopardygs of chaunces are to be eſchued. An
olde fynde is to be p[re]ſeſed before a newe. The glo-
ry and rychelle of lymners. Ryghtwes men hulde be
b[oyd]den toget. Laboure is the chefef fynde in a w[or]
ke man, and w[yl]dome in ap[py]nce.

E not gelous ouer the w[ife] of thy bo-
lome, þ the chewe not ſome ch[ew]ed
po[pe]nte of w[ych]ed doctryne vpon the.

* Geue not the power of thy life vnto a wo-
mā, left the come in thy strength, and so thou
be confounded: Loke not vpon a woman þ
is deſy[ous] of many men, left thou fall into
her ſhares. Uſe not the company of a womā
that is a player £ a daunler, £ heare her not,
left thou p[er]ch th[o]ow her ent[ry]pynge. Be-
holde not a map[den], that thou be not h[ur]t in
her bewtp. * Caſt not thy mpnde vpon har-
lottes in eny maner of thynge, left thou de-
stroye both thy ſelſe and thyne heritage. Go
not aboute gali[ng] in euery lane of the cytie,
neither wandre thou abode in þ kretes ther-
of. * Turne a w[aye] thy face frō a bewty[full]
woman, and loke not vpon the fap[yn]ſe of
other.

* Manp a mā hath p[er]p[er]ch[ed] th[o]ow the
bewtpe of wemen, for th[o]ow it the deſy[re]
is k[yn]dled as it were a fyze. (An aduout[e]
tous woman chalbe trodden vnder kote as
mp[re],

A

*P[io].ii.b.v.
a.and.viii.a

*P[ion].v.b.a.

*Math.v.b

N

*ge.rrxiii.a
ii. Reg.xi.a
Jud.xi.ii.xii.

The Boke of

mye, of euery one that goeth by the waye.
Many a man wonderpnyge at the bewtype of
a krauge woman, hath bene cast out, for her
wordes kindle as a fyze. Sytt not with an-
other mans wypfe by eny meanes, lye not w
her vpô the bedd, make no wordes with her
at the wypne: left thyne hert cœsent unto her,
and so thou with thy bloud fall into destruc-
cion. Ifor sake not an olde kende, for the new
shall not be lyke him.

A new frêde is new wypne: let him be old
and thou chalt dzyncke hym with pleasure.
Deelye not the honoure and erpches of a fyn-
ner, for thou knowest not what destrucpon
is for to come upon hym. Delite not thou in
the thynge that the ungodly hane pleasure
in, beinge lure, that the ungodly shall not be
accepted untill they graue.

C

Kepe the from the man that hath power
to slaye, so nedest thou not to be atraped of
death. And pk thou comest unto hym, ma-
ke no faute, left he happen to take awaye
thy lyke. Remembre that thou goest in the
myddest of snares, and upon the bulwarks
of thy cryptie. Beware of thy neyghboure as
npe as thou canst, * as medle with Koch as be
wypfe and hane vnderstandynge. Let iust me
be thy geftes, let thy mpzth be in the keare of
God, let the remembraunce of God be in thy
mpnde, * as let all thy talkynge be in þ com-
maundementes of the lyest. In the hands of
of craste men shall the worckes be commen-
ded, * so that all the princes of the people in the
wypdome of theyt talkynge. A man full of
wordes is perelous in his cryptie: as he that is
callye in his talkynge, chalbe abhozred.

*Eccle.vii.c
and, xxxvii, a

*Deu.vi.b
and, f.1.c

*II.ii. reg.iii.c

C The x. Chapter:

Of Rynges and Judges. Pizde, and courtoines
are to be abhozred. Labour is piapled.

A

Wypfe iudge wyll orde his people
with discrecyon: and where a man
of vnderstandynge beareth rule,
there goeth it well. * As the iudge
of the people is hym self, euë so are hys offy-
ciers. and loke what maner of man the ruler
of the cryptie is, soch are they that dwel therin
also. * An vnwyfe kpyng des tropeth his peo-
ple, but as where they that be in auctorite are
men of vnderstandynge, there the cryptie pro-
thereth.

*Pio. xxi.a

Xiii. reg. xiii. a

‡Pio. xxi. b
d. and, xxi. c

The power of the earth is in the hande of
God (and all intiqupe of the people is to be
abhozred) and when his tyme is, he shall set
a p[ro]p[table] ruler upon it. In the hande of
God is the power of man, & upon the Scri-
bes that he lye hys honoure. * Remembre no
wronge of thy neyghboure, and medle thou
with no vnryghteous workes. Pizde is ha-
tefull before God and man, and all wypcked-
nes of þ Heathen is to be abhozred. * Becau-
se of vnryghteous dealypnge, wronge, blas-

*Leuitixt. d

‡Jer. xlvii. a
Dan. iii. c

phempes and diuerse disceate, a realme shall
be translated from one people to another.

There is nothing wozle then a couetous
man. Why art thou proude, D thou earth,
aftiches. There is not a more wypcked thyn,
the to loue monepe. And why: soch one hath
hys soule to sell: yet is he but kyþthe Donge
whyche he lpueth.

I5

And though the phiscon upon the we his help
neuer so longe, yet in conclusion it goeth af-
ter þys maner, to daye a kpyng, to morowe
deed. For whena man dyeth, he is the heyze
of lerpentes, beaftes, and wormes. The be-
gympnynge of mans p[iz]de, is to fall awaye
from God; and whp his hert is gone frô his
maker, for p[iz]de is the oryginal of all fyn-
ne. Who so taketh holde therof, chalbe fylled
with curlynges, and at the last it shall ouer-
throwe him. Therfor hath þ Lord h[]z ought
the congregacions of the wypcked to d[ys]ky-
noure, and destroped them unto the ende.

*God hath destroyed the keates of proude
princes, and sett up the mche in they? iteade.
God hath wpthered the rotes of the proude
Heathen, & planted the lowly amonge them.
*God hath ouerthzowne þ landes of þ Hea-
then, and destroped them unto the grounde.
He hath caused the to wither awaye, he hath
brought them to naught, and made the me-
morial of them to ceaſe from oute of þ earth.
(God hath destroyed the name of þ proude,
and left the name of the humble of mpnde. )
P[iz]de was not made for[om] ma, neither w[or]th-
fulnes for[em] mens chyldren : The sede of men
that keareth God, chalbe brought to honour:
but the sede which transgresseth the comma-
undementes of the Lord, chalbe chamed. He
that is the ruler amonge h[]zethen, is holden
in honoure amonge them, & he þ regardeth
soch as keare the Lord. The glory of þ ryche,
of the honozable, and of the pooze is the keare
of God.

C

*Ap. of. a
Luke i. 41.
Cand. xlvii.

*Gen. xii. c

*

‡

*

‡

*M

‡. T.

*P
pla. c

*J

D

Desppye not thon the iust pooze man, and
magnypye not the rpych ungodly. Great is þ
iudge and mighty in honour, yet is there no-
ne greater, then he that keareth God * Unto
the seruaunt that is discrete, chall the free do
seruice. * He that is wypfe & wel nurtoured,
wyll not grudge when he is refourmed, and
an ignozaunt body chal not come to honour.
We not proude to do thy worcke, and dispa-
renot in the tyme of aduerfyte. * Better is
he that laboureth, and hath plentcounſes of
all thynge's, then he that is gorgeous and
wanteth bred.

*Pio. xvi. b

‡. M. Reg. xvi. c

*Pioncith

Wy p[er]sonne, kepe þy soule in mekenes, and
gcue her her due honoure. Who shall iustp[ie]
hym, that s[yn]neth agaynst hym selfe: Who
wyll honoure hym, that diſhonoureth h[ys]
aſwe soule: The pooze is honoured for[om] h[ys]
faythfulness and trueth, but the ryche is had
in reputacion because of his goodes. He that
oddeth

E

*Lul

Jesús the Sonne of Syrach. Fo.xl.

orðeth hym selke honestlýp in pouerte, how
moch moze thal he behaue him selke honestlýp
in ryches. And who so orðeth hym selke vn-
honestlýp in ryches, how moch moze thall he
be haue him selke unhonestlýp in pouerte.

C The.rj.Chapter.

C The pape of humilité. After the outwarde appe-
raunce ought we not to judge. Of head and raihe
udgement. The rche is not without offence. All
thyringes come of God. All men are not to be brought
into thynne house.

He wypdome of hym y is brought
lowe, chall lypt vp his head & chall
make hym to lytt amongst greate
men. Commede not thou a man in
his bewtpe, ne ther delpppe a man in hys vt-
ter apperaunce. The Bee is but a small beest
amoge the foules, yet is her frute excreadypg
swete. Be not proude of thy rapmét, & er-
alte not thy self in the date of thy honour: foz
the worckes of the hyeft onely are wonder-
ful-yee glczyous, lecrete and unknowne are
hys worckes. Hany tpauntares haue bene
fapne to lytt downe upon the earth, & and the
unlicklp hath hys woude y crowne. Hany might
ty men haue bene brought lowe, and the ho-
nozable haue bene delpuered into other més
hâdes. Condene no mâ, befoze þ haue tried
out the matter: and whé thou haft made in-
quilibc, then re fourmery ghteouflp. & Geue
no sentence, befoze thou haft herde the cause
but fyft let men tell out theyr tales.

Stryue not for a matter that toucheth
not thy selke, and stande not in the iudgmét
of lynners. By sonne, medle not with many
matters: & yet thou wilt be rich, thou chalt
not get it: and though thou rênest thy waye
afore, yet it alt thou not escape. * There is
some man that laboureth, and the more he
weerpeth him selke, the lele he hath. Agay-
ne, some mâ is clouthfull, hath nede of helpe:
wanteth strength, and hath greate pouerte,
and God's eye loketh upon him to good, set-
teth him vp from hys lowe estate, & liketh
up his head: to þ many men matuell at him,
and gene honoure unto God.

*Prosperte and aduerlite, like and death,
pouerte and rcheffle come all of the Lozde.
Wypdome, nurtoure and knowledge of the
lawe are with God: loue and the wapes of
good are with hym. Erroure and darckenes
are made for lynners (and they that eralte
them selues i cuell, wate olde in cuell.) The
gyft of God remayneth for the ryghteous,
and his good wyll chall geue prosperte for
euer. Some man is rych by lyuynge nypgar-
dly, and that is the porzpon of his rewarde,
in that he layeth: *now haue I gotten reft, &
now wyll I eate and dzyncke of my goodes
my selke alone. And yet he consydzeth not, þ
the tyme drazeth npe ( & death approcheth)
þ he must leane all these thyrnges unto other

men, and dye hym selke. Stande thou kaf t
thy couenaunt, and excercyle thy selke theri,
and remapne in þ worcke unto thy age. Co-
tynue not in the worckes of lynners, but put
thy trust in God, ad byde in thyn e estate: for
it is but an easy thynge in the lyght of God,
to make a pooze man rche, and that fode ly.
The bleſſynge of God hafeth to the rewar-
de of the ryghteous, and maketh hys frutis
soone to flozyl þ rozspere. Sape not: what
helpeth it me: & what shall I haue þ whyle.
Againe, faie not: I haue ynough, how can I
wante: * When thou art in wellkare, forget
not aduerite: and when it goeth not well w
the, haue a good hope, that it shall be better.
For it is but a small thynng unto God, in the
dape of death to rewarde euery man accor-
dynge to hys wapes. The aduerlyte of an
houre maketh one to forzget all pleature: and
when a man dyeth, hys worke s are discou-
red. Pnyke no body before hys death, for a
man chalbe knowne in hys chشدren.

D

*Lc. xvii. c

E

Bypnge not euery man into thynne house,
for the dysceatfull layeth wayte dyuerſp.
Lyke as a partrych in a maude, so is the hert
of the proude: and lyke as a fpye, that loketh
upon the fall of hys nepghbour. If or he tur-
neth good vnto cuell, and felaundeth þ cho-
sen. Of one fparck is made a great fyce (and
of one disceatfull man, is bloude increafed) &
an ungody man layeth wayte for bloude.
Beware of þ disceatfull, for he p magyneth
wycked thyrnges, to bryng the into a perpe-
tuall chame. If thou takest an aleaunt vnto
the, he shall deſtroye the in unquyetnes, and
dyue the from thynne a wne wapes.

C The.xij.Chapter.

C Unto whom we ought to do good. Cuenpes ought
to be elchued.

Hen thou wylt do good, knowe
to whom thou doest it, & so chalt
thou be greatly thanked for thy
benefytes. * Do good unto the
righteous, & þ chalt fynde great

A

*Gala. vii. a
Tim. v. a

rewarde, though not of hym, yet (no doute)
the Lord him selfl shall rewarde the. He stan-
deth not in a good case that is alwaye occu-
ped in cuell, & geneth no almes: for þ hyeſt
hate th the lynners, and hath mercy upon
them that chew the workes of repenfaunce.
Geue thou vnto soch as keare God, and re-
ceaue not a lynner. As for þ ungody & spn-
ners, he shall recópenſe végeaunce, vnto them
& kepe the to the dape of wraath. Geue thou
unto the good, and receaue not the linner: do
well vnto hym that is lowly, but gene not
to the ungody. Let not þ zed be gené hym,
that he be not myghtyer then thy self therin:
For so chalt y receaue twyſe as moch euell,
in al the good that thou doest vnto him: And

A

*Actes.xii.d

f
*J. Co. Eu.

Heb. vii. al

*Deu. xii.b

‡ Probi.xiii.c

B

*M. with. xii.c

i Tim vii. b

*Dion. x.c

Pla. ccvii a

*Job.xlii.c

*Job. i, c

Sic. xvii. b

*Luhe. xii.c

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why: þ Hylghest hateth spynners, and chal re-
warde pengeaunce to the vngodly.

In p[ro]sperite, a fr[ède] chall not be knowne,
and in aduerſyte an enemie chal not be hyd.
F[or] when a man is in wealth, it greueth his
enemies: but in heuynes and trouble a man
chall knowe hys Frynde. Trust neuer thyne
enemy, fo[ur] lyke as an p[er]on rufeth, so doth
his wyckednes. And though he make moch
crouchypng and knelng, yet kepe well thy
minde, and beware of him. Set hym not by
the, nether let him lyt at the right hand: left
he turne him, gett in to thy place, take thy
towme and leke thy ſeate, and so thou at þ
laſt remembre my wo[d]es, ſe be pr[yc]ked at
my ſayinges.

W

¶ *Eccle.vij. a
AND. E.CCL.VI.*

* Binde not two ſinnes together, fo[ur] there
chall not one be vnpunp[hy]ded. Whowill haue
pytye of þ charmer, that is ſt ynged of the ſer-
pent, or of all ſoch as come n[e] the beaſſes.
Eue ſo is it with him þ kepeth company wyth
a wycked man, and lappeth him ſelke in hys
ſynnes. F[or] a ſeason wyll he byde with the,
but ſk[ie] thou ſt ſomble, he tarieth not. †In ene-
mp[er] is ſwete in his lippes, he can make manyp
wo[d]es ſ speake many good things: P[ee] he
can wepe wyth hys ſpes, but in his herte he
p[ra]gineth, how to th[ey]owe the in to þ pyt:
& ſk[ie] he mape ſpnde opoſtunite, he will not be
ſat ſkyed with bloud. If a duerſite come vp[er]
þ, thou chalt ſpnde him there firſt, ſ though
he p[er]tend to do the help, yet chal he under-
mpne the. He chal chake his head, and clappe
his hādes ouer þ for[ver] gladnes: ſ whyle
he maketh manyp wo[d]es, he chall dyplgup[er]
his countenaunce.

C

‡ Jer. xlii.b

C The.xij.Chapter.

C The companies of the proude and of the ryche are to
be elch[e]ued. The loue of God, Like do copany with
the þyke.

A

Ho so toucheth pyeth, chalbe ſyld
withal: and he that is familiar w
the proude, chall clothe him ſelke w
pr[ye]de. He taketh a burthen upon
him, that accompanyeth a more hono[z]able
man then h[im] self. Therfore, kepe no fami-
liarite with one that is rycher then thy ſelke.
How agree the ketell and the pot together?
fo[ur] ſk[ie] the one be ſmytten agaynſt the other,
it chall be broken. The rych dealeth vnrygh-
teouſly, and threateneth withal: but þ poore
beyng oppreſſed and wrongeouſly dealt w-
all, ſuffreth ſcarcenes, and geneth fayre wo[d]
des. If thou be for[his] p[ro]ſyt, he vſeth the:
but þ[er] thou haue noth[ynge], he chall for[ſake
the. As l[ö]ge as thou haſt en[ry]th[ing] of thyne
a wne, he chall be a good ſelow with the: P[ee]
he chall make the a bare man, and not be ſo-
ry for[the]. If he haue nede of the, he chall de-
fraude the: and (with a p[re]cup mocke) chall
he put the in an hope, and geue the all good

wordes, and ſaue: what w[ate]st thou: Thus
chall he chame the in his meate, vntyll he ha-
ue ſupte the cleane vp twp[er]e or th[yr]ſe, and at
þ laſt chall he laugh þ to ſcozne. Afterward,
when he kep[st] that thou haſt noth[ynge], he
chall for[ſake the, and make his h[ead]e at the.
(Subin[nytte] thy ſelke vnto God, and wayte
upon h[is] h[ande].)

B

Beware, that thou be not diſſeaued and
brought downe in thy ſympleneſſe. Be not
to h[ible] in thy w[ys]dome: left when thou art
brought lowe, þ be diſſeaued tho[ow] ſoolp-
thines. If thou be called of a myghtye man,
abſent thy ſelke, so chall he call the to h[ym] the
more oft. D[he]aſſe not thou vnto him, þ thou
be not chutt out: but goo not thou ſaure of,
left he for[get] the. With draw not thy ſelk fro
his p[ra]ech, but beleue not his many wo[d]es.
F[or] with moch communicacyon chall he te-
pte the, ad (with a p[re]up mock) chall he que-
kyon of the p[er]secretes. The vnmercyfull
minde of his chall marck[eth] thy wo[d]es, he chal
not ſpare to do the hurte, and to put þ in p[re]-
ſon. Beware, ad take good hede to thy ſelke,
fo[ur] þ walkeſt in par[el] of thy ouerth[ow]yng.

Now when thou heareſt h[is] wo[d]es,
make the as though thou wereſt i a d[ie]ame,
and wake vp. L[oue] God all thy lyſe longe,
and call upon h[ym] in thy n[ede]. E[u]ery beaſt
loueth his like, eu[er] so let eu[ery] man loue h[is
nep]ighbour. All ſleſh will reſoſte to their ly-
ke, and eu[ery] man w[ill] kepe company with
koch as he is h[ym] ſelke. But as þ wolſe agree-
eth with the lambe, so doth þ vngodly with
the r[yc]hteouſ. * What k[el]p[hy]p h[ulde] an
h[oly] man haue with a dogge. How can the
r[yc]h[ad] the p[oo]ze agree together? The w[pl]de
A ſſe is the lyons p[ra]e in the w[pl]derneſſe,
euen so are p[oo]ze men the meate of the r[yc]he.
Like as þ pr[oude] maye not awaye w lowli-
nes, eu[n] so doth the r[ic]he abhozre the p[oo]ze:
If a rich m[á] fall, his frendes let hi[] vp agay-
ne: but when the p[oo]ze falleth, h[is] aq[ui]n-
taunce for[ſake] h[ym]. If a r[yc]he man fall into
an errore, he hath many helpers: he p[ra]e-
keth pr[oude] wo[d]es, and yet men l[uk]p[ry]ke
h[ym].

C

* II. Loxb.

But if a p[oo]ze man go w[ronge], he is pu-
[ny]p[re]ſed: P[ee] though he p[ra]eake w[pl]eſp[er], yet can
it haue no place. When the r[yc]he man p[ra]
keſt, eu[er]p body holder[th] his ſonge: and loke
what he k[ay]eth, thep p[ra]p[le] it vnto the clou-
des. But if the p[oo]ze man p[ra]eake, thep ſaue:
What k[el]owe is th[ys]? and if he do am[pl]e,
thep chall deſtrop[e] h[im]. Riches are good vnto
him that hat[en] no p[ynne] in h[is] conſpence,
and p[ou]erte is a wycked thing in the mouth
of the vngodly. The h[ert] of man chaungeth
h[is] countenaunce, whether it be in good or
eu[ell]. A chearefull countenaunce is a token of
a good h[erte], for[els] it is an h[ar]de thynge to
knowe the thought.

C The.

¶ † Eccl. vii. a

‡ Jer. xlii.b

¶ † Eccl. vii. a

* II. Loxb.

¶ † Tob. I.
Lukc
I.

¶ † Eccl.
I.
Jaluc

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he knoweth all the woſckes of man. He hath
commaunded no man to do vngodly, nether
hath he genen enp man ſpace to lynne.

C The.xvj.Chapter.

C De vnhappe and wyched chylden. No man can
hYe him ſ.ke from God. An exhortacion to the te-
ceauage of infruccyon.

A

Elpe not thou in the multitude of
vngodly chylden, ſhaue no plea-
sure in the, ſk thep keare not God.
Truſt not thou to their life, & ve-
garde not their labours: for one ſonne þ fea-
reth God, is better, the a thouſande vngod-
ly. And better it is for a man to dpe without
childen, then to leaue behynde him ſoch chil
dren as are vngodly. For by one that hath
vndeſtādinge, mape a whole citie be uphol-
den, but though the vngodly be many, yet
thal it be wasted thotow them. Manp ſoch
thynges hath myne epe ſene, & greater thyn-
ges the theſe haue I herde with myne eares.

A

*Ecc. xxi. b

* In the congregacy of the vngodly shall a
fyre burne, and among vnfaithfull people
shall the wath be kindled.

B

Bene. vii. a

A

*Gene. xix. e

A

* Ju. xiii. c
and, xxvij. f

A

* Eccle. vi. a

* The olde giautes optained no grace for
their ſynnes, which were destroped, truſtig
to their awne strength. Ather ſpared he the
amōg who Loth which was a * Straunger,
but sinot the abhored the because of þ pride
of the words. He had no pytie vp them,
but destroped all the people, þ were ſo route
in ſynne. * And for so moch as he ouerſawe
not the lyre hundzeth thouſande, þ gathered
them ſelues together in the hardenes of their
herte: it were maruell ſf one bepnge harde-
neched, chuld be fre. * For mercyp and wath
is with hym: he is both mygbhte to forſeue
and to poure out diſpleasure. Lyke as hys
mercy is greate, euen ſo is hys pumpchement
also, he iudgeth a man accoing to his woz-
kes. The vngodly shall not escape i his lpo-
ple, and the longe paciſe of him that cheweth
mercype, shall not byde behynde. All mercype
shall make place vnto euery man accozying
to the wort(hynes of hys woſckes, and after
the vndeſtandynge of hys ppglremage.

Saye not thou: I wyll hyde my ſelke fro
God, for who wyll thyncke upon me from
aboue: I shall not be knowne in ſo greate a
heape of people, for what is my ſoule amōg
ſo many creatures: Beholde, the heauen, yee
the heauen of heuens, the depe, the earthe,
and all that therin is, shall be moued at hys
pſence: the mountapnes, the hylles, and
the foundacions of the earth shall take ſo
keare, when God viſpeth them. These thin-
ges doth no herte vnderstande, but he vn-
derſtandeth euery herte, and who under-
ſtandeth his wares: No man ſeyth his ſto-
mes, and the moost part of hys woſckes are
ſecrete. Who wyll declare the woſkes of his

rygbteouſnes: Di who chalbe able to abyde
them: For the couenaunt is farre from ſo-
me, and trypenge out of men is in the ende.
He that is humble of herte, thynketh upon
ſoche thynges: but an vnwyle and erro-
neous man casteth hys mynde vnto kolſth
thynges.

Hyp ſonne, herken thou vnto me, and lere
ne vnderstandinge, and marcke my woſdes
with thine herte. I wyll geue the a ſure do-
ctryne, & playnelp chal I inſtructe the (mar-
ke my woſdes then in thyne hert: for in righ-
teousnes of the ſpione Do I speak of the wö-
ders that God hath chewed amōg hys woſ-
kes from the begynnynge. And in the trueth
do I chew the knowlege of hym. ) God hath
lett hys woſckes in good odze from the be-
gynnynge, and parte of them hath he lunde-
red from the other: He hath garnyſed hys
woſckes from euerlaſtynge, and theye be-
gynnynges, accozying to their generacyons.
None of them hindered another, neither was
any of them dyſobedypent vnto hys woſdes.
After hys, God loked vpon the earthe, and
ſylled it with hys goodes. With all maner
of lyuynge beaſtes hath he couered the gro-
unde, and they all chalbe turned vnto earthe
agayne.

A

* De
and. b

A


M


A


C The.xvj.Chapter.

C The creacion of man, and the goodnes that God
hath done vnto hym. De aulmes and repentaune.

Dd * hope man of the earth, and I
made him after his owne image,
and turned him vnto earthe agay-
ne, and clothed him with his awne
strength. He gaue him the nomzre of dayes
and certayne ſyme, yee and gaue him power
of the thynges that are vpoearthe. He made
all flech to ſtande in awe of hym, so that he
had the dominyon of all beaſtes and foules.
* He made out of him an helper lyke vnto
him ſelke, and gaue the dyſcrepion and toge,
eyes and eares, and a herte to vnderstande,
and ſylied them with inſtruccyon ad ynder-
ſtādynge. He created for the also the know-
ledge of the ſpione, ſylied their hertes with
vndeſtādyping, and chewed the good & euell.
He let his epe upon their hertes, declarpinge
vnto them hys greate and noble woſckes:
that thep chuld e pnyſe hys holp name to-
gether, reſoyp of his wonders, and he tel-
pynge of hys noble actes. Beſyde thys, he
gaue them inſtruccpon, and the lawe of lyke
for an heretage.

A

*Gen. 1

A

*Gen. 2

A

*Eccle. xii. b
and, xii. 15.

He made an eueralſtayng couenaunt with
them, and chewed them hys řphtuousnes
and iudgemētes. Thep ſawe his glōry with
the p[er] eyes, and the p[er] eares hearde the ma-
tetyp of hys doyce, And he ſayde vnto them:
beware of all vnrygbtuous thynges. He
gaue euery man also a commaundemēt con-
cernypge

A


A

*Eccle.

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They that haue had vnderkandynge, haue dealt wypely in wordes, haue vnderkande the trueth and rypke oulnes, ſ haue sought out wypse sentences ſ indymères. * ſ folowe not thy luffes, but turne the fro thyne a wne wil. For yf thou geueſt thy ſoule her deſters, it shall make thyne enempes to laugh the to ſcozne. Take not thy pleasure in greate volupte oulnes, and medle not to moch withal. Make not to greate cheare of the thyng that thou haſt wonne by auauntage, left thou fall into pouerte, and haue nothynge in thy purſe.

C The. xix. Chapter.

Chyne and whoz ome hynace men to pouerte. In thy wordes muſt thou vle diſcrecon. The diſcreacon of the wypdome of God and man. Whereby thou mayſt knowe what is in a man. To receyron muſt be vled w thour anger.

A

Labouring man that is geuen un-
to dzonckennes, shall not be reche-
and he that maketh not moch of
small thynges, shall fall by lytle ſ

lytle. * Wyne ſ wemen+make wise men re-
nagates, and put men of vnderkandynge to
tepzoke; and he that accompanieth aduorte-
ters, shall become a wycked man. Wothes ſ
wormes (all haue hym to heretage, pee he
all be set vp to a greater example, and hys
ſoule chalbe roted out of the nôbze. * he that
is haſt ye to geue credence, is lyght mynded,
and doth agaynſt hym ſelke. Who so reiop-
ſeth in wycked es, chalbe punyſhed: he that
hateth to be refourmed. hys lyke chalbe hoz-
tened. Ad he that abhozreth bablyng of wor-
des, quencheth wyckednes. He that offen-
deth agaynſt his a wne ſoule, it all repent it:
and he that reiopſeth in wyckednes, chalbe
punyſhed.

* Gene.rir.g
‡ III. Reg. xi. a

* Jous. xxi.r. c

W

Rehearse not a wpecked churlych wozd twife, and thou chalt not be hiderd. Shew thy secretes nether to krende ner foo: and yf haſt offended, tell it not out. For he shall herken vnto the and march the: and when he fyndeth opoſtunite, he chall hate y (for so all he be allwaye aboute y.) * If y haſt herde a worde agaynſt thy neyghbour, let it be deed within the : and be sure, thou chalt haue no harme therbp. A foole tranayleth with a worde, lyke as a woman that is papned with bearpnge of a childe. Lyke as an arowe chot in a dogges thyghe, so is a worde in a foles herte. * Tell thy kende hys faute, left he be ignoraunt, and laye: I haue not not done it, or yf he haue spoken, that he doit nomozc. Reproue thy neyghbourc, that he kepe his tonge, and yf he haue spoken, that he laye it nomozc.

* Eccl. xii.g
and. xvii.g

► Lenit.rir.d
Math. xvii.g

C

Tell thy neyghbour his faute, for oft ty-
mes an offence is made, and geue not creden-
ce to euerp worde. A man falleth for mytme
with hys tonge, but not with his wyll. For

* what is he, y haſt not offended in his toge:
Gene thy neighbour warnpuge, before thou
threaten hym, ſ gene place vnto the lawe of
the Lozd. The feare of God is all wilde me,
he that is a right wise man, kepeth y lawe.
As for the doctrine of wyckedneſſe, it is no
wypdome, and the prudence of lynners is no
good understanding: it is but wyckednes, ſ
abhominacio a balfheming of wypdome.
A ſymple man of small vnderkandynge that
keareth God, is better then one y haſt moch
wypdome, and transgresſeth the lawe of the
hypeſt. A crakep ſottell man can be wypse, but
he is vnrighteous, and with gyktes he wra-
ſeth the open and maniſett lawe. A wycked
man can behaue hym ſelke humbly, and can
douke with his head, and yet is he put a dil-
ce auer within. He hydeth hys ſace, * ſ dpy-
gupſeth it: because he chulde not be know-
ne, he prieuenteth the.

And though he be so weake y he can do y
no harme, yet wher he may fynde opoſtunite,
he chall do some enuell. A mā may be knowne
by his ſace, ſ one y haſt understaſding, may
be perceaued by y loke of his couſtenuaſſ. + A
mans garment, laughter, ſ goynge, declare
what he is.

C The. xx. Chapter.

CDE correction and repentance. Of the spilt of
the wypse man and of the ſele. Of lyninge.

Ome man * reſproueth his neygh-
bour oft trmes, but not i due kea is:
A gayne, ſeme mā holdeth his toge,
and he is wypse and dyſcrete. It is

moch better to geue warning and to reſpo-
ne, then to beare euell wyll: for he y know-
ledgeth him ſelkopenly, chalbe prieſerued fro
hurt and deſtracion. Like as when a gelded
man thorow despye and luſt deſyleth a may-
den, euen so is it with hym that vleth wo-
lence: a vnrighte oulnes in the lawe. Dhow
good a thynge is it, a man that is reſpoued,
to it e openely his repentaunce: for so chalt
thou eſcape wypſull ſynne.

Some man kepeth ſilence, and is founde
wypse: but he that is not alſamed what he
ſayeth, is hatefull. Some man holdeth hys
tonge, because he bath not y vnderkandynge
of the language: and some man kepeth ſilen-
ce, wapting a comeniet time. * A wise man
wyll holde hys tonge tyll he ſe opoſtunpte,
but a wanton and undyſcrete body chall re-
garde no tyme. He that vleth many wor-
des, chall hurte his a wne ſoule: ſ he y taketh
auctorite upon hym vnryghte ouſly, chalbe
hated. Some man hath oft tymes p[ro]ſpery-
te in wicked thinges: A gayne, ſome mā get-
teth moch, and hath harme and loffe. There
is ſome gyſt that is nothing worth: A gaine
there is ſome gitt, whoſe rewarde is double:
Some mā getteth a fal foro being to p[ro]nde.
and ſome commeth to wozhype from lowe
eſtate.

* Eccl. vii.g
and. xvii.g
Jane. xii.g

D

* Math. bl.

* Eccl. xii.

A

* Eccl. xii.

* Eccl. xii.g
Eccl. xii. c

D
a
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* De

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a
L
u

The boke of

wyll stande without. A koolich man städeth herkenpnge at the doze, but he that is wyle, wyll be alhamed.

The lyppes of the vnwpse wylbe telling
koolych thynge's, but the wordes of soch as
haue understädying, thalbe weyed in the ba-
launce. The hert of fooles is in their mouth,
but the mouth of the wyle is in thep? herte.
When the ungodly curseth the blasphemer,
he curseth hys awne soule. * A p[ro]up accu-
fer of other men thall defyle hys awne soule,
and be hated of euery man: (but he that ke-
peth hys tonge and is dystreke, thall come to
honoure.)

*Leut.xxi.r.4*

C The. xxiiij. Chapter.

C The purgacyon of the clouthfull. Of the koolych
lonne and daughter, we must haue dystre cyon how
and to whom we ought to p[re]cathe, of s[on]towving vp
the deed. A foole is not to be moch talked with all.
Injures & wronges do b[re]aue krenchyp & amptye.

A

A
Slouthfull body is moulded of a
stone of claye, and euery man wyl
s[pe]ake to his d[il]p[ay]se. A slouthful
body is made of the donge of oxen
and euery one that toucheth him muft wal
his handes agayne. A mynurtozed lonne is
the d[is]chonoure of y father. A koolych daugh-
ter Thalbe lytle regarded. A wyle daughter
is an heritage vnto her h[us]bande: but the y
commeth to d[is]chonesty, h[ry]ngeth her father
in heupnes. A daughter that is past clame,
d[is]chonoureth both her father & her husband:
the ungodly shall regarde her, but they both
shall despise her. The playenge of Wycke
is not mete where heupnes is, euen so is the
correcy[ ] and doctrine of wyldome euer vn-
pleasaunt vnto fooles.

Who so teacheth a foole, is euen as one y
gleweth a potherde together: as one that
telleth a tale to hym that heareth him not,
and as one that rayfeth a mă out of an heup
s[le]pe. Who so telleth a foole of wyldome, is
euen as a mă, whych s[pe]aketh to one that is
a s[le]pe. When he hath tolde hys tale, he fa-
yeth: what is the matter: When one dyeth,
lamentacyon is made for hym, because the
lyght fayleth hym: euen so let men mourne
ouer a foole: for he wanteth understanding.
Make but lytle weping because of the deed:
for he is come to rest, but the lyke of the fole
is w[or]se the the deed. Seuen dayes do men
mourne for hym that is deed, but the lamen-
tacyon ouer the vnwpse and ungodly h[u]ld
endure all the dayes of the p[er]ly p[er]fke.

Talke not moch with a foole, and go not
C with hym that hath no understanding. Be-
warre of him, left it turne y to trauayle, and
thou h[alt] not be defy[led] w h[ys] synne. De-
parte fr[om] him, and thou h[alt] fynde rest, and
h[alt] not be d[ra]wen back into h[ys] kolichnes.
What is heuver then leade: And what h[uld]

*Pro.xvii.a*

and a lumpe of y[on] is easier to beare the an
vnwpse, kolich, and ungodly man. Like as y
band of wodd bounde together in the koun-
dacion of the house cannot be l[ow]sed: euen so
is it w[or] the h[ert] y is k[abl]isthed in y thought of
councell. The thought of the w[yle] thall ne-
ther feare, ner he offended at any tyme.

Lyke as a fayre plaptred wall in a w[yn]
ter house, an h[ye] buylding, may not abyde
the wynde and k[oz]me: euen so is a foles h[ert]
afraped in h[ys] p[ra]magnacyon, he feareth at
euery thynge, and cannot endure. (A waue-
[er]yng hart in the p[ra]magnacyon of a fole wyll
not euer k[ond] in awe, but he y abyde th[ie]
co[m]aundementes of God, will al w[ay]e fea-
re.) He that n[yy]peth a man[ey], h[ry]ngeth
k[oz]th teares: as he y p[ry]cketh y h[ert], h[ring]eth
k[oz]th the mean[ing] and thought. U[ho] so ca-
keth a k[one] at y p[ry]des, fr[ay]eth the aw[ae]:
and he that blasphemeth his frend, h[ze]aketh
the k[ren]chyppe: though y d[iz]e w[est] a l[wer]de
at th[ie] k[rende], yet d[il]p[ay]e not, k[oz] th[ou] ma-
p[ee]t come agayne to th[ie] k[rende]. If he s[pe]aketh
lowrely, keare not, k[oz]e m[ape] be agreed to-
gether agayne: excepte it be that th[ou] bla-
pheme him, dy[]p[ay]ne him, open h[ys] secretes
& w[ou]de him trap[to]zonly: k[oz] all soch th[yn]
ges th[all] dy[ue] aw[ape] a k[rende].

Be k[ay]f[ull] vnto th[ie] ne[k]bbour in h[ys]
p[ou]erte, that thou m[ape]t re[op]se with h[ym]
al[]o in h[ys] p[oz]perpte. A b[ry]de stedfast vnto
him in the tyme of his troubl[e], that thou ma-
p[ee]t be h[ep]e with him in h[ys] h[er]itage. Lyke
as the vapour and smoke goeth out at y oue
before the f[rye], eu[]c so euell wordes, rebukes
and th[ze]atenp[inges] go before bloud[ed] =
d[ying]. Be not al[h]amed to defende th[ie] f[re]de:
as k[oz] me, I wyll not hyde my face from
h[ym], though he h[ulde] do me harme. U[ho-
]s[]euer heareth it, th[all] beware of hi. * Who
shall s[ett] a watch before my mouth, and a
s[ure] scale vpon my l[yp]pes, that I fall not
with them, and that my tonge d[el]troye me
not.

D

E

*Mal. vii.*

C The. xxiiij. Chapter.

C A prayer agaynst p[ry]de, l[er]chery, and glotony. Of
other[es], bla[ph]emy, and of w[yle] communypacion. Of
the chyndes of lynnes. Many lynnes p[ro]ccade of
abuourtye. Of the keare of God.

Lo[de], father and governoure of
my p[er]le, leaue me not in thep[er] p[ra]
ginacyon and councell. D[h]e left me
not fall in soch re[p]soke. Who wyll
kepe my thought with the k[ourge], & the do-
ctryne of wyldome in myne h[erte]: y he spare
not myne igno[ra]unce, that I fall not with
them, left myne igno[ra]unces increale, that
myne offences be not many in nom[be], and
that my p[er]ynses erceade not: left I fall before
myne en[em]ies, and so my aduerfarp re[op]se:
D L[ord] y father & God of my p[er]le, leaue me
not in

A