the Cittie fought but yet at last they lost Zedechias sonnes were kild he saw the wicked did so rout The Town and Temple was destroid and then his eyes thrust out ¶ The last and fourth book of the Kings the second some it call Is gone and past with matters hard in meeter for to fall The Crownicles the douts shall mend God let vs liue therto And send vs grace to doo the thing that we intend to doo ¶ Finis The first book of the Chronicles ¶ The i. chapiter ADam his ligne is héer exprest to Iacob and Esau Then haue you tolde what kings did rule the Edomites by law Eight kings they had before the time that Israel had a King What Dukes they had ye may haue there if you inquire the thing The ii Chapiter BEgin the second Chapter dooth with Iacob and his sonnes And then of Iudahs progeny it next in order comes Seauen were the sonnes that Isay had whose father was Obed And Dauid yungest was of them yet was he made their hed The iii. chapiter COncubines diuers Dauid had of sonnes he had ninetéen â—n Hebron sixe Hierusalem there had he iust thirtéen These by his wiues to him were born in whiche was Salomon The Kings that ruled after him the chapter telleth on The iiii chapiter DRawn out is then the ligne and stock of Iudah and his kin In wanting food to féed their shéep good pasture they did win Of Simions sonnes somewhat is said how valiantly they went They béeing few yet sped they wel and had their whole intent The v. chapiter EUil fauoured lust to fathers wife lost Ruben his birthright And Iosephs stock came in his roum a people ful of might Yet is his stock héer tolde and what a noble fight they fought A land they wan but after fel from God who draue them out The vi Chapiter FOlowing on of Leuies ligne expressed is at large Of whom came Aaron and his sonnes that had the préestly charge Citties they had of other tribes for refuge and besides For them and their posterities as lots to them were guides The vii Chapiter GOing on foorth by Israel to tel who came of him Of Izacar and Beniamin Manasses and Ephraim Then Ephraims stock by men of Gath were slain whiche made him sad His fréends did comfort him right wel and then a sonne he had The viii chapiter HEar more is tolde of Beniamin his sonnes by right discent How they begat from childe to childe and lineally foorth went Out of which tribe came foorth king Saul and of his sonnes by rowe As tolde and eke of valiant men that shot wel in a bowe The ix chapiter ISrael is now numbred in certain tribes by name The Leuites and the chéefest préestê that were of greatest fame The ouerséears of the woorks the porters in their charge The oyntment makers vessel kéepers are héer tolde out at large The x. chapiter KIng Saule is slain by Philistins and Ionathas his sonne His body stript his hed cut of after the féeld was wun The cause is tolde why he was slain by councelling with the Deuil And Dauid brought into his raign who rooted out muche euil The xi chapiter LIke as the Lord had promised by Samuel his man So Dauid now is chosen King Hierusalem he wan His noble men are tolde by name and eke their mightie actê He that wil read the chapter out shall hear of woorthy factê The xii chapiter MEn that of might were meruailous to Dauid now did flock And suche as knew the featê of warres came out of euery stock Out of eche tribe good souldiers their captains with their number Are héer so tolde and with suche hartê as might make Dauid wunder The xiii chapiter NOw Dauid héer dooth councel take the Ark first home to bring Whiche Saule did nothing care to doo as long as he was king And one was slain for touching it when as the Ark did shake So came it short to Sion hil it made the king to quake The xiiii chapiter OF woork men and of Ceder trées sent to him héer is tolde Wherby his kingdome stablished to say he durst be bolde His sonnes and wiues are then exprest the Philistines inuade With God he talkte whose wil obayd he flue them in a slade The xv chapiter PRepare did he a multitude for to fetche home the Ark The Leuites bare it on their backs plesantly sang eche clark With shouting noise and instruments and Dauid daunst his part The daintie damsel Michol then despisde him in her hart The xvi chapiter QUietly now the Ark is set the tabernacle vnder The préestê appointed to giue thanks according to their number A Psalme he made in praise of God to laud his holy name In the hundred and the fift Psalme there shall ye finde the same The xvii chapiter REfuse did God that Dauid should an house vnto him build But as before so would he stil dwel vnder tent in féeld But that a sonne of his should make a house he was content Then landed he the Lord therfore sitting within his tent The xviii Chapiter SUche battailes then as Dauid fought this chapter dooth declare The Philistines the Moabites they all subdued are The Edomites with other Kings did Dauid ouerthrowe And those that were his rulers chéef their names héer may ye knowe The xix chapiter THen Dauid sent of right good wil a new King for to gréet The messengers were madly shauen their cotes cut ful vnméet Suche wrath their maister took therfore that battail gan to broile The Moabites the Aramites they fled and had the spoile The xx chapiter WHen Princes vse in battaile ray their armies to set out Then Ioab went and wan a town and took a King ful stout Whose crown was set on Dauids head whiche waid a waightie waight Suche Giants then were ouerthrowne as lackt no strength nor height The xxi chapiter According as the Deuil did tempt Dauid did tel his flock Of thrée hard stripes the Pestilence he chose to be his stroke Thrée score and ten thousands of men the Angel did deuour The plague is ceast â–ª an aulter built vpon a threshing floure The xxii chapiter BEing at rest now in his seat all things he dooth prouide Wherwith to build to God an house at the apointed tide Good councel to his sonne he giues for to erect the same His noble men he dooth exhorte to help the woork to frame The xxiii Chapiter CHosen king was Salomon then by Dauid for to reign The préesthood eke of Leuies kinde was numbered again Then Aarons stock and Moyses ligne are pointed bothe as one Their names and eke their offices for them to wait vpon The xxiiij chapiter DEuision of Aarons séed the king by lot did make And so eche man that had his roum by lot he did it take Yet was there left of Amrams house whose names by course are tolde And lots were cast for equalnes betwixt the yung and olde The xxv chapiter EChe man that
people clean from filthines or spot No man to touche the holy place but he that was his lot The xx chapiter BEgin did Israel for to grudge they lacked drink to drink Out of a rock there gusht a stream that fild them to the brink The Edomites would not let passe the people through their land Then Aaron dide and in his roum Eleazar did stand The xxi chapiter CAptain Arad then came to fight and lost his Cittie and life Immediatly when they were come euen from the waters strife Then stung they were by serpentê great and heald by one on hie They kild two kings Schon and Og as Israel passed by The xxii chapiter DEuise did Balack for to curse the Israelites to hel â—nd sent for Balam in his fume his cursing for to tel â—e once denide and â—et he went his minde was set on gain He smote his Asse and shée denide his labour was in vain The xxiii chapiter Euen as Balack had then decréed so went he vp on hie And Balam talkt with God a while and spake thus by and by How shall I curse or els defie whom God dooth nothing so And them he blest and blest again or euer he did go The xxiiij chapiter FOorthe went Balam in parables declaring Israels hap And Balack angry with the thing his hands in one did clap When he had said then Balam tolde of Christes kingdome plain A Star and scepter vp shall rise in Iacob for to raign The xxv chapiter GOds people then did slip away and whordome did commit The Moabits in their seruice had tiste them vnto it Then God coÌ„maunded Moyses straight to hang the rulers all As two were dooing of the déed Phinches on them did fall The xxvi chapiter HOw many were the Israelites that Canaan should possesse The whole xij tribes are numbred all whom God did chuse and blesse He wild the land for to be delt by partê in forme equal The mo the more the few the lesse so that no one haue all The xxvii chapiter IN presence then came certain maidâ— inheritance to craue Euen so they had as next of blood successiuely must haue The land behest to Moyses shewd and tolde he is to die His prayer is heard and Iosue set his roum for to supply The xxviii chapiter KNowledge is giuen for euery day what offring they must vse A Lamb at morn and eke at euen vnspotted they must chuse The paske how that it should be kept the day is pointed out With all the order of the feast to put them out of dout The xxix chapiter LIke sacrifice as God did point this chapter dooth expresse And telles how all their meatê drinks in order they must dresse Eight dayes at once they must not ceace to offer sacrifise And woork no kinde of woork in them as God did them deuise The xxx chapiter MEn that vowed or sware an othe with promise to the Lord Must stand to it and not go back the scripture dooth accord But maid or wife that did the same without their heds consent They must go back if he denide for all their good intent The xxxi chapiter NExt then to that went Israel foorth the Madianites to kil And slue the males burnt their townes and led the rest at wil. The spoile was delt foorth equally the captaines were so good Saue certain things were giuen to God for sauing of their blood The xxxii chapiter OUer Iordane towards the East possession out was set For two whole tribes and halfe a one so that they would not let To go before their brethern all in harnes freshe and bright Against the land of Canaan to put them all to flight The xxxiii chapiter PErfourm did Moyses Gods precept Their iourneis he did write From place to place in wildernes and telles where they did light Then God did bid that they should kil the Cananites out right And ding their chappels all adown and burst their Idols quite The xxxiiii chapiter QUietly how they should possesse the land is tolde them plain The east the west the north the south where they should rule and reign Who should point out the land by lots the Lord did Moyses tel The heds should set out eche mans part where he should bide and dwel The xxxv chapiter REsight did God the Leuits lots the suburbs and their townes For refuge certain Citties set to kéep them in their boundes He that with wil a man did kil he must of right be slain One witnes may in no wise stand vnles that they be twain The xxxvi chapiter SUpplication then was made for maids that were vnwed Within their tribe then must they take â–ª their husband and their hed Euery tribe within his tribe must wed and take his wife Not one to mixe in others part for fear of bate and strife ¶ Now Numeri hath thus his end the fourth book it is set The fift in order ye shall haue If God giue vs no let Deuteronomium Not only so but also teache their children they are bod The Lords preceptê both all and some that they may knowe their God The vii chapiter GOd did forbid a league to make with gentiles in no wise They must destroy their Idols quite and all their Gods dispise He also saith that he wil blesse the kéepers of his wil And curse the rest and charge he gaue Idolatrers to kil The viii chapiter HOw maruaylously that God had deâ—â— with Israel fortie yéer In wildernes with benefits as plainly dooth appéere They are commaunded not to say their might did them defend But that the Lord did bring them foorth and gaue their foes their end The ix chapiter IN any cace they are forbod to trust in their owne strength For who so dooth him wil betide a faule to haue at length Moyses then a rehearsall made ful bréefly in a sum From time they had receiude the law til they to lust begun The x. Chapiter KNowe héer ye may of Israels walke whiles they in iourney went And how the tables were renued when they were broke and rent Nothing the Lord did then require for dooing them suche good But that they holde all his preceptê and set theron their mood The xi chapiter LOue they must now y e Lord his law stil Moyses gaue them charge With hart minde they must him serue that had set them at large To talke therof when that they rise or at their â—â—tting down Or els in iourney as they walke in féeld be it or town The xii chapiter MOyses once more so gaue them charge against Idolatrie It to suppresse and put it down and from the same to flée And blood to eat they are forbod in any manner wise And onely doo as God them bad and not what like their eyes The xiii chapiter NO Prophet false must bide on liue but must be made to die And wicked folke must not be heard though in thy brest they lie God for to trie the Israelites â–ª how strong they
twain The iiij Chapiter DEcrée did God that his good woork should not be out of minde And causd eche tribe to rear a stone as monumentê behinde And if their children art the cause why these twelue stones stood there Then should they tel what God had doon to make his name appéere The v. chapiter EEhe one of all the Cananites were fraid when they hard tel How Iordane brook did part in two whiles ouer went Israel Then God commaunded Iosue to circumcise them all And all the males w t sharp stone kniues were cut bothe great and small The vj. chapiter FEarful then were the Cananites of Israels power and might At seauen dayes end as God had said the walles did fall down quite Consumde was all with swoord and fire saue vessels few reserude And Rahab saued with all her kin whiche wel shée had deserude The vii chapiter GOd then was angry with his flock at Ai took they the foile Because that Acan Carmies sonne had borne away some spoile A garment gay with siluer muche a rung of golde therto Because it was forbid of God he had death with stones enow The viii chapiter HAue you no fear said God but go and fight against Ai Thou shalt it take and haue some spoile and all the rest destroy So Iosue went as God him bad and fought but fled a while The rest did set the town on fire so them they did begile The ix chapiter IMmediatly the Cananites with all the heathen Kinges They came to fight as soon as they of Iosua had tidings The Gabanites dissembling partê with Israel they did play Because the heads had sworne to them they were not made away The x. chapiter KIngs that were in number fiue with Israel they did fight At Gabaon siege with all their hostes there were they put to flight The Sun stood stil a whole day length and haile did beat them down Fiue kings were slain and hanged vp so wan they town by town The xi chapiter LIke hap had all the other kings and sudainly were slain And Hezor burnt and none but it that stood aboue the plain Not one woord then was left vndoon as Moyses had him wild But Iosua did fulfil it all were hée in town or field The xii chapiter MAny battails Israel fought ere Iordane they did passe To two whole tribes and halfe a one their land appointed was The kings are tolde and numbred all that Iosua did subdue Thirtie and one in number iust whom they bothe took and slue â–ª The xiii chapiter NOte out the land as Iosua wild by lots it to deuide He béeing agde so god him bad to set and point eche tribe Ruben and Gad and halfe the tribe of Manasses by name Were pointed plats for to posses by Moyses set in frame The xiiij chapiter OF Iosua Caleb did require the Cittie Hebron walld Whiche was possest by Enakes kinde a Giant was he calld Foure score yéeres and fiue he was when he requirde his ground And yet he said he was as strong as when the land he found The xv chapiter POinted out was Iuda his lot the Citties tolde ful straight The villages not named out but townes fiue score and eight For killing of a Giant great a man did mary a wife The Iebusites among the folke did stil lead on their life The xvj chapiter QUickly Ephraim so had his lot in length and bredth assignde Euen as a tribe he had his part according to his minde And tribute paid the Cananites and with them did they dwel Although the Lord had said afore that they should them expel The xvii chapiter RIght as afore that Ephraim had out his part of land Euen so Manasses had his lot where he and his should stand â–ª And certain women had likewise as they did it require And Iosephs house would haue more land but had not their desire The xviii chapiter SEuen tribes agréed to send their spies as Iosue had them wild Of eche tribe thrée went foorth to sée the Citties and the féeld And in a book in seuen partê writ to Iosua brought they woord And he apointed them their plats by lots afore the Lord. The xix chapiter TO Zabulon and Izachar and Aser béeing tenth To Nepthali and Dan the last was pointed bredthe and length â—o Iosua with Eleaser and all the Lords and heds Did make an end of casting lots and pointing out their stedes The xx chapiter WHen they had doon and cast their lots then God to Iosue said â—or him that killes a man vnwares point Citties for their aid And they therin to dwel and liue til the hie préest dooth die The swoord of blood not him to touche if thyther he doo flée The xxj chapiter ANd then the heads of the Leuites their porcion did require And so they had their whole request euen as they did desire Fortie and eyght in Citties iust their whole tale came therto â–ª As God them gaue the land and rest as he them plight to doo The xxii chapiter BOthe of the tribes and eke the 〈◊〉 yode back as they were sent Ruben Gad with Manasses to their possession went An aulter made and Israel fluckt against them for to fight When they heard tel why it was built they said the déed was right The xxiii chapiter CAst in age was Iosua tho and Israel he did call And shewed theÌ„ what the Lord had doon and tolde it to them all Muche more he said that God would doo if in his wil they bide If not he tolde them plain afore that they should be destroyd The xxiiii chapiter DEclare on forthe he did at large what God had for them wrought And bad them serue the Lord alone whiche thither had them brought So speke they did with often voice the only Lord to fear And Iosua dide and Iosephs bones were earth and buried there ¶ Iosua now is ended quite the book hath run his race The book of Iudges now beginnes in like to take his place Sophtim Iudicum Iudges The first Chapiter AHead to haue they did desire in Iosuas roum to be And Iuda to them pointed was who fought ful manfully Ierusalem they took and wan great Giants did they slay The Gentiles with them stil did dwel but tribute did they pay The ii chapiter BEcause they did not kil them all an Angel did them chide And Iosua dead they buried him down by his fathers side When that stock all was dead gone ful wicked were the next And serued Gods that were forbod whose names are in the text The iii. chapiter CErtain nations then are named that with them then did dwel But one them kild and bet them down named Othoniel Yet after that they were opprest but Ahud them did saue For in a parlour with the King his deaths wound he him gaue The iiii chapiter DEpart did yet the flock and went and serued Idols vain Of Iabin King of Canaan yéeres twentie were they slain And Debora then did them iudge whom
on them wo Because in welth they would not hearâ— their pride should come ful lowe The xxiii Chapiter CUrse he dooth héer froÌ„ God his mouth suche pastours as doo féed Them selues and let the flock alone God wil them pay in déed And pastours pure he wil prouide wherof one shall be chéef From Dauids house as King to guide by him to haue reléef The xxiiii Chapiter DEclare God dooth by baskets twaine with Figs bothe good and bad What should become vpon the flock as he decréed had Whiche was that some should haue return and liue in rest and peace The King should not with many mo whose hartê he could not pearce The xxv Chapiter EXiled men in Babilon the Iewes for sin should bée Ful seuentie yéeres the Prophet saith in their captiuitie At which yéeres end that mightie power shalbe subuerted quite And in like wise he telth before all rule shall lose their might The xxvi Chapiter FUl earnestly he dooth them mooue their sinnes for to repent They brought him foorth he telth his tale the Iudges did relent But Vriah who fled for fear was fetcht from Egipt land Iehoyaku of Iudah King him slue with swoord in hand The xxvii Chapiter GOd willed him that he should send bothe yokes and bonds also To Princes for to testify in bondage they should go And who so would refuse to serue Nabuchodonozer Should plagued be therfore he wilth false Prophets not to hear The xxviii Chapiter HAnaniah the Prophet false did prophecy a lie And Ieremy did him reprooue afore great company Also a freshe he prophecied because his yoke was burst That bondage muche should come to them and that therto then trust The xxix Chapiter IN written woords he sent to them that then in Babel were That they should plant wed and pray for suche as ruled there For seuentie yéeres should passe and go ere they should turn again And in that space their land and power should wasted be and slain The xxx Chapiter KNowledge again froÌ„ Ieremies mouth was giuen to Israel That they should home again return within their land to dwel And how that God would him reuenge vpon their furious foes But comfort his afflicted Churche and saue her from her woes The xxxi Chapiter LArge blessing héer he telth to come when home they should return All ioy shall come and plesantnes to suche as once did mourn A couenant new within their hartê also he plight to make That he would be their God in déed if they not him forsake The xxxii Chapiter MAny were the miseries that Ieremy did sustain For now he is in prison cast for speaking out so plain A féeld he bought and hid the book that did record the same His prayers he made and once again their turning home did name The xxxiii Chapiter NOw is the Prophet wild to pray for their return and rest Whiche ful and whole is graunted them as they had had it erst With pardon for their former sinnes without their owne desartê And Christe to reign in Dauids throne for euer in their hartê The xxxiiii Chapiter OF Zedechiah who was King of Iuda what should come How he should taken be and his when Cittie and all is wun Because the couenant they did break to bond folke that they made Their lot with pine or pestilence should be or els with blade The xxxv Chapiter PUt foorth he dooth as God him bade the Rechabites for lore Who would not break the olde preceptê from fathers had tofore But Iewishe pride would not obey though often they were warnd Therfore to ruine they should go the Rechabites not harmd The xxxvi Chapiter QUenched lest y t his woords should be God bad to write them all So Baruch did and red the role before bothe great and small The King a little heard of it and burnt the book in fire Again with more it written was and God prouokte to ire The xxxvii Chapiter RIght soon as Zedechiah reignd to Ieremy he sent To pray for him By Egipt power the Caldeys away went As Ieremy was prest away in dungeon was he cast But when the King had talkt with him he begd a better taste The xxxviii Chapiter SO fairly spake the councellours the Princes eares vntil That Ieremy to dungeon went there thought they him to kil An Enuche black his life did saue and drue him vp with cordes The King and he did talke alone he might not tel the Lords The xxxix Chapiter THe Babel power the Cittie took and Zedechiah fled He was ouer caught his sonnes were slain his eyes put out of his hed The poore alone are left in land and Ieremy at large Who gaue them more that did him good a comfortable charge The xl Chapiter UNto two things the Prophet had a choise at wil to chuse Babel to sée or tary stil the first he did refuse Suche as for fear were fled away to Godoliah came Whom Babel King had left to rule all Iudah that he wan The xli Chapiter A Murder foule committed was of Ismael by name For Godoliah he did kil who did deserue no blame And diuers more that wicked man their liues did also end And fled to King of Moabites who therfore did him send The xlii Chapiter BOthe moste and least to Ieremy came his councel to haue And willed him to knowe of God whiche way them selues to saue Who willed them in any wise to Egipt not to wend For if they did that whiche they feard their God would it them send The xliii Chapiter COntrary to their former graunt to Egipt néeds they would The Prophet checkt and Baruch eke who néeds with them they should And there did God by Ieremy tel Egipt of her fall How Nebuchadnezer in place should rule their Gods and all The xliiii Chapiter DEclare he dooth vnto the Iewes for their Idolatrie In Egipt land the whiche they did that they should surely die But men and wiues with froward hartê did tel what they did deem We neuer throue sins that we left to serue the heauenly Quéen The xlv Chapiter EUilly appaid was Baruch then he thought his life but lost His sorrowes did increace in him séeing the Iewes so tost But Ieremy him comfort gaue and set his hart at stay For God he said hath giuen to thée thy life to be a pray The xlvi Chapiter FRom God he speaks to Egipt land and telleth them ful plain How that the King of Babilon withall his mightie train Should them destroy and eke their King their God and mightie power But yet his chosen Iacobs séed he would not quite deuour The xlvii Chapiter GOd bad him tel the Philistins of their decay and end That parents to suche wo should come their Children not to tend How they of Tire and Zidon eke should wasted be also The wrath of God not ceasing til their pride were come ful lowe The xlviii Chapiter HE telleh to the Moabites their ruine and decay Who once like churles to Israel vngraciously did say He curseth
rapt and there he dooth beholde The building of it fair again as it was to him tolde From gate to gate all mesurde out an angel with a réed An eke a line did point the same as it should be in déed The xli Chapiter AT large to him described was the temple then of God And mesurde out by Cubits méet euen with a réedy rod. The holy place the Cherubins and eke the Palmy trées The courts the doores with all at large in vision he sées The xlii Chapiter BRought now he is to th'vtter court the chambers for to sée In length and bredth and tolde he is that there the préestê should be Apointed for to tire them selues their portion eke to eat And holy rowmes therin to lay the sacrificing meat The xliii Chapiter COme now he is for to beholde the glory of the Lord Who wilth him tel the Israelites that they shalbe restorde If they repent their former life and doo no more there after Then dooth he sée set out to him the fashion of the aulter The xliiii Chapiter DEclare he dooth good wholesom rules his préestê for to obserue Look whiche of them had Idols likte as préestê they might not serue What robes to were what wiues to take to them is héer exprest At burials they might not come ne féed of rented beast The xlv Chapiter ELect apart foure portions were within the holy land For Préestê for Prince for Cittie and Churche eche lot set out with wand A lesson giuen to Magistrates for measure and for weight Oblations eke how them to make is héer set out ful streight The xlvi Chapiter FOr sacrifice on Saboth dayes the order héer they knowe In temple where the folke came in ther out they might not go The Prince in middle of them all must be when God they serue Til he go out a charge they haue from him they may not swarue The xlvii Chapiter GOd dooth him shew the plesaÌ„t stremes that from the gates should run What plentie of fishe should therin be for fisher men to come On sides wherof what trées should grow that monthly frute should bear The borders of the holy land it is appointed there The xlviii Chapiter HEer now by lot is pointed out eche tribe how he should lie The préestê and Leuites haue their parts the holy temple by Whose portion eke is pointed out and all the Citties shore The Prince again his part is tolde this Prophet speakes no more FINIS ¶ Thus haue you heard this Prophet speak vnto the people tho That captiues were in Caldey land and vnto sundry mo Now commeth in that man of wit a Seer you may say VVho tolde before of Monarchies their reign and their decay The Romaine power he telleth of of Turk and Antechriste Of golden dayes that should be seen in regiment of Christe His name to tel is Daniel that deemed doughtie dreames VVho stil did win of enemies for all their craftie meanes The Prophecy of Daniel The first Chapiter ANd when the King of Babilon Hierusalem had wun Yung men of Iewes for to be kept he willed to be doon Their fare was set they it refusde and eat and drank ful hard Yet were they fair and wisdome had none were to them comparde The ii Chapiter BUt Daniel there was not one could tel the King his dream Who tolde it him and this therto the truthe what it did mean For whiche he was a ruler made the chéef and next the King His fellowes thrée did rule also to whiche he did them bring The iii. Chapiter COmmaunded were the multitude an Image to adore Sidrach Misach Abednago would not to die therfore Into an ouen then were they cast aliue with one they walkt The King it saw and cald them out and with them fréendly talkt The iiii Chapiter DReam did the King another dream whiche Daniel did expound How that the King for his great pride as Oxe should féed on ground And that seuen yéeres the whiche he did and after ruled again Confessing God to haue the might and he alone to reign The v. Chapiter EUen as before a prideful Prince came now again in place Who proudly drank in holy place and saw before his face A hand did write vpon a wall whiche Daniel tolde ful plain The Medies and the Persians shoule rule when he was slain The vi Chapiter FUl mightie power had Daniel tho the Princes did him hate In Lions den they got him cast but nought by it they gat He was preserued they were deuourd their families and all King Darie gaue commaundement on Daniels God to call The vii Chapiter GRreat beastê were séen in number foure of Daniel in his bed By vision he this sight did sée whiche troubled sore his head Foure Monarchies these beastê did shew their hornes were kingdomes ten In latter dayes God by his sonne he should destroy them then The viii Chapiter HE now dooth sée a mightie Ram whose force none could resist But with his hornes he ruled all and did euen what him list The Medies and the Persians they were the Ram so whot The Grecian power did them destroy compared to a Gote The ix Chapiter IN this place Daniel dooth desire that that whiche Ieremy said Might be fulfild and then confesse his sin he did and prayd The prayer is heard the seuentie wéeks the Angel did expound The Cittie is built and Christe is born to them that did him wound The x. Chapiter KIng Cirus ruling Persia the third yéer of his reign A man clothed in linnen white appéerd to him again And tolde him things that were to come at whiche he was abasht But that Gods Angel made him strong his countenance had dasht The xi Chapiter LIke as before so now again of Kings to him is tolde The Persian power the might of Greece and eke of Egipt bolde Of Siria as some suppose and last of Romaines might These kingdomes all not one to faile against the Churche should fight The xii Chapiter MIchael then that mightie Prince shall stand for to defend The Churche of Christe the general day the troubles quite shall end Wherin to blisse some shall arise and some to bitter pain Some shall their faultê amend before and some in sin remain FINIS ¶ Daniel now his minde hath said as God to him did tel His sight he had in things to come all others did excel The Iewes that in captiuitie in Caldey land did dwel He them reueald with ioyful speeche deep sorowes to expel Hosea he dooth followe next who then did prophesie VVhen Israel quite from their King Rehoboam did flie He tolde them of their seruice vain in Bethel vnto calues How vain it was vnto suche Gods to seek for helthful salues Three score and ten they were his yeeres to ten tribes that he preacht Say what he could they mended not they scorned that he teacht The vengeance due for sinful life he vouched to be sure And mixt among Gods mercies great by it them to allure