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A11417	The historie of Iudith in forme of a poeme. Penned in French, by the noble poet, G. Salust. Lord of Bartas. Englished by Tho. Hudson.; Histoire de Judit. English	Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, seigneur, 1544-1590.; Hudson, Thomas, 16th/17th cent.	1584 (1584)	STC 21671; ESTC S110849	55,564	124

to heauen it went He that the nomber of the leaues could cast that in Nouember fals by winter blast He that could tell the drops of raine or slete that Hyad Orion or Pleiades wete sheds on the ground that man might only tell W … head● what teares from Iudiths eyes incessant fell VVhat treasur-and golde what he left her tho In place of pleasure caused all her woe The sight of them made her in hart recorde their olde possessor and her louing Lord. Though she had had asmuch of gold and good As Lydia land or Tagus golden flood yet losing him of treasure she was bare For whome all other treasures caus de her care Yet in this state she stoutly did sustaine Like patient Iob contempning all her paine Three times the sunne returned had his prime ' Si●ce this befell and yet the slyding tyme ' That wonted is to weare all woes awaye Could neuer for his death her dolour staye But alwayes in some black attyre she went Right modestly liu'd on litle rent Deuout she was most tymes sole and sad with dole in hart mourning vesture clad Outshedding teares as doth the turtle doue on withred stalke that waills her absent loue And widow like all pleasure doth forsake And neuer intends to take a secound make Thus Iudith chast within her house abode And seldome was she sene to come abrode Vnlesse it weare to see some wofull wife whose childe or husband was bereft of life Or for to visit some in sicknesse rage their longsome paine and dollours to asswage Or for to go to Church as God allowes to pray and offer to performe her vowes Thus haue I shortly told you brother deare the state of her on whome our citie heare haue fixed all their eyes but I can nought tell wher she goes much les what 's in her thought But if we may of passed things collect the things to come then may we well aspect Great good of her for that euen in her face Is signe of ioy and great presage of grace Or some good hap With this and other talke they cut the night as they together walke This while the worthie widow with her mayd Past towards th'enmies camp not vnafrayde For ere she had two hundreth paces past The Syrian Soldiers in her way were cast VVho spack her thus O faire excellent wight whence what art thou what doest thou here this night In Syrian camp I am quod she a gaine An Izralite whome dollours doth constraine To flee this towne and for my lifes relief submits me to the mercie of your chiefe They tooke her to the Duke but who hath sene the throngs of folke where proclamations bene In sōe great woen or where some mōstrous beast Is brought wondred at by most least that mā might Iudge what flocks of soldiers came From euerie part to see that Hebrew Dame To see that faire so chast so amiable the more they gasde she seemd more admirable Her wavring haire disparpling flew apart In seemely shed the rest with reckles art with many-a curling ring decord her face and gaue her lashie browes a greater grace Tow bending bowes of Heben coupled right two lucent starres that were of heavnly light two geaty sparks where Cupid chastly hydes His subtill shafts that from his quiuer glydes Tweene these two sunnes and front of equall sise A comely figure formally did ryse VVith draught vnleuell to her lip descend where Momus self could nothing discomend Her pitted cheekes aperde to be depaint with mixed rose lillies sweete and saint Her dulcet mouth with precious breath repleate Excelde the Saben Queene in sauour sweete Her Corall lips discovred as it were two ranks of Orient pearle with smyling chere Her yvrie neck and brest of Alabastre Made Heathen men of her more Idolastre Vpon her hand no wrinkled knot was seene But as each nail of mother of pearle had beene In short this Iudith was so passing faire that if the learned zeuxis had bene th aire And seene this Dame when he with pensile drew the Croton Dames to forme the picture trew Of her for whome both Grece and Asia fought this onely patron chief be would haue sought Hesen No sooner Iudith entred his Pauillion But in her face arose the red vermillion with shamefast feare but then with lāguage sweet The courteous Genrall mildly gan her greet My loue I am I am not yet so fell As fals reporte doth to you Hebrews tell They are my sonnes I wil be their father that honours me and them I loue the rather that worships for their God th' Assyrian King They shal be well assurde to want nothing And this shall Izak know if they will render Vnto that bonte ous king as their defender For thy my loue tell me withouten feare the happie motyf of thy comming heare O Prince quoth she with an assured face Most strong and wise most in heauens grace that drawes the sword with steele vpon his brest with helme on head and Iaunce in yron rest Since that my feeble Sex and tender youth Cannot longtime endure the cruell drouth the wakrife trauels frayes and haszards great That day and night our Burgesses doth threat Yet neuerthelesse this is not whole the cause that from my Citties body me withdrawes to this your Camp but that most grudging griefe Which burnes my zealous hart without reliefe Is this my Lord I haue a holy feare to eate those meates that God bids vs forbeares But Sir I see that our besieged towne Is so beset with mischiefe vp and downe The people wil be forst to eate in th' end the meats that God expresly doth defend Then will the lord with iust reuēge him wreak Vpon all those that do his statutes break Withouten fight their Citties he will sack And make one man of thine ten thousand wrack that flyes his furie and thy furious face Nowe I of Bethull am and in this place Beseech thy noble grace if so thee please with courteous ayde to giue my dolours ease ' Of common sence he is depriued cleene ' that falls with closed eye on danger seene ' And he that may both paine and hurt eschewe ' Is vaine if he his proper death pursewe Then in this quiet dale if I may byde in secret for to pray ech evning tyde to God I shall as he doth me enspyre Assure you when enkendled is his yre Against our folke Then shall I take on hand to leade thine Armie through all Iurie land And streaming standarts set on Syon hill where none with weapons dare resist thy will No not a verie dog in euening dark At noyse of harnes shall against thee bark Thy onely name shall fray the Armies bold Before thy face the mountaine tops shall fold R The floods shall drye from their running stay To make thine Hoste a new vncouth way O Iewell of the world quoth he ô Dame For gratious spech and beutie worthie fame Now

th' Almightie God Commanded him the same for to retaine which to the former shape returnde againe Thus siling humain sight it chaunged forme One while a Rod one while a creeping worme Then armed with this staffe the lord him sent The proude Idolatrous princes to torment He in the name of God full oft did pray the King to let the Hebrews go their way Vnto the desert where he did deuise To offer God a pleasant sacrifise But Pharo closde his eare against the Lorde And to his holie word would not accorde Then God th' Eternall wrought by Moyses hand to approue his worde great wonders in that land Exod. 4 For he not onely Riuers turnd to bloode Exod. 7. But also all th heads of Nilus floode which wattreth wealthie Egypt with his sources was turnd to blood amid their siluer courses So that the king him selfe his life to feede was faine to vse such water for his neede This Moyses made the froggs in millions creep Exod. 8 From floods and ponds scrall frō ditches deep who cled all Misraim with their filthie frie Euen on the king an all his familie To young and old of either Sexe that while Exod. 9. He sent a plague of scalding botches vile So that the Memphits layd on beds to rest with vncouth venim dayly were opprest to Medciners the medcine vailed not So sore the poisond plague did vndercot He also smote the forrests herbs and gras The flocks of sheepe and euerie beast that was throw poison of th' infected ground so fell The Morrain made them all to dye or swell So that the shepherd by the riuer side His flock hath rather dead then sicke espide He earthly dust to lothly lice did change And dimd the Ayre with such a cloud so straunge Of flyes grashoppers hornets clegs clocks That day and night throw houses flew in flocks Exod. 10. that with incisions sharpe did sheare the skinnes of Aegipt Panims throw their proudest ynnes And when the heavne most quiet seemd fair th' Eternall sent a tempest through the air at this Hebrews prayer such a reare Of thunder fell that brought them all in feare Here lay a Bull that woodran while he brast There lay the Keeper brunt with thunder blast And now the forrest high that hid the air with many a spreeding arme is spoild and bair So that the sap that grafters keeps with paine which should restore the stock and leafe again Is loste alas in lesse then half a daye the husbands hoped fiuite gone to decaye VVhat more th' Eternall darkned so the skye For three dayes space none could another spye that cloude so thick the Memphis rebels fand that they might firmly feele it with their hand If seemd that Phoebus left his ancient round And dwelt three dayes with men of vnderground And as the snne at one selfe time is felt with heate to harden clay and wax doth melt so Amrams sacred sonne in these proiects made one selfe cause haue two contrarie effects For Izak humbly knew their Lord deuine But Pharo more and more did still repine Like to the corpslet colde the more t' is bet with hammers hard more hardnes it doth get Yet when his sonne was slaine by th' Angels hād Exod. 1● Amongst the eldest heires of Aegipt land He was afraide and let them go that night Heyrs where pleased them to serue their God of might VVho sent a cloude before them all the day By night a Piller of fire to guide their way But sodainly this tyrant did gainstand His former graunt and armd all Aegipt land VVith hote pursute against all lacobs hoste that were encamped on the Red-sea coste Such noyse was neuer since the foraigne tide Brak throw Gibraltar when it did deuide the Calp from Abill or when Sicill strand Deuorsed was from her italia land As was in these two campes that one with boste that other with their waillings filde the coste It seemd the sounds of furious horse and men With hornes pypes to heavne resounded then O Iugler said the Iewes what hatefull strife Exod. 14. They ●●●mure Hath moued thee to change our happie life What are we fishes for to swimme the seas Or are we foules to fly where as we pleas Beyond the Sea or ouer hills to soare VVas there not graues for vs on Gossen shoare But in this desart heare to dye or haue the bloodred Occean Sea to be our graue Then Moyses with his quickned rod that tide He smote the sea which fearefull did deuide Discouering land that sunne had neuer seene And staid the sea as there two walles had beeues which made a passage dry of ample space For all to passe who were of I saks race But contrarie the Red-sea did deuower The barbrous tyrant with his mightie power who proudly durst himself to that present which opened but to saue the innocent O happie race since god doth arme for thee Both fire and aire the winds the clouds and see which all vnto thy paye haue whole enclinde Let not cōsuming time we are out of minde So rare a grace but let thine elders shewe this to their noble seed that shall ense we And let their sonnes vnto their sonnes recorde Throw all the world rhese wonders of the lorde God with Coelestiall breade in time of neede His loued Iacob fourtie yeare did feede Exod. 16 And gaue them water from the solide stone which of it selfe had neuer moisture none Their caps their cotes shoes that they did weas God kept all fresh and newe full fourtie year And larder least their soules for want of food should faint faile he of his mercies good Exod. 20. Gaue them his law pronounced by his voyce His sprite to theirs in him for to reioyce So teaching them and vs in precepts ten Our ductie first to god and next to men To th' end that man to man should truely stand And ioy ne with God and neuer break that band This mightie Prophet dead Duke Iosua than Iosua Their Captaine stout this Palmy prouince wan Throw might of God he Scepters did subdewe Of thirtie tyran kings whome all he slew At his commandment like the thunder sound The Rampers stroug fell fearefully to ground Before the Tortuse or the horned Ramme Had bet or mined from their wall a dramme For euen of hornes full hoarse their fimple blast An engine was their towres adoune to cast He prayd the heavne for to prolong the daye And made the horses of the sunne to staye To th'ēd the night should not with cloud be eled To saue the faithles that before him fled Now when this Panim scourge with age at last Had left this life and vnto heauen past Then Izak had of Rulers sundrie men whose golrious acts deserues eternall pen. who knowes not Samgar Barac and Othoniell Indger The valiant Delbor Ahud and good Samuell What land O Sampson rings not thy renowne who sole vnarmed bet an