minde those that might not eat of the sacrifice Almightie God tho in his law shewes then who he denies The maner how that they should doo when they to offer went All this was doon to kéep them back from dooing their intent The xxiii chapiter COmmaund did God the Saboth day and Easter to be vsde The first frutes feast and Whitsontide it might not be refusde â–ª The feast of clensing also must be kept in order right With other feastê that ther are mingâ— as Moyses them did write The xxiiii chapiter DEcréed was then that lamps should bâ— and oyle in them light With shew bread set vpon a boorde eche saboth in their sight The childe that curst and did blaspheme was stoned vnto death And he that kils a man must die as God almightie saith The xxv chapiter EChe seuen yéer tho the saboth yéer must solemnly be kept No vine was cut for that whole yéer nor corn yet sowne or rept The first yéer were the bondmen frée and lands restorde again All vsury it is forbod by woords that are ful plain The xxvi chapiter FOrbid did God all Images by woords moste plainly tolde To them to knéel he dooth deny a man to be so bolde God wil defend his people all that wil his woord obay But they whiche not regard his wil their councels shall decay The xxvii chapiter GOd tolde how vowes should prised be woman were it or man And for the tithes that should be paid whiche were apointed than All these commaundementê afore were giuen in mount Sinai With charges great them to obserue from God the almightie ¶ Leuiticus is past and gone twentie and seauen in all And Numeri ye shall haue next the fourth book we it call Numeri The first Chapiter APt vnto battail those that were from twentie yéeres and more Are pointed out of all the tribes saue Leuy kept in store Whiche tribe the Lord did take chuse to minister his wil Suche holy things as he had wild they must them all fulfil The ii chapiter BUild vp y e tentê how that they should was tolde vnto them tho The tabernacle round about eche tribe his tent to knowe The heads and rulers of the hostes are named in their kinde The Leuites serued in the mids as God had them assignde The iii. chapiter CHuse out to battail might they not the Leuites in their tribe For the first born the Lord them took and so set them on side To minister his holy things within the holy place And next therto to build their shrouds they must in any cace The iiii chapiter DEcrée did God what they should doo their offices he tolde And further then he pointed them they not to be so bolde Eche one after his stock and kinde ful decently was set And euery one to kéep his course with outen stay or let The v. chapiter EChe issue and the Lazar man might not among them dwel For wrongs then doon fiue folde restord the law did them compel From company that was suspect to kéep mens wiues in awe There was set out of ielousie a good decréeâ— and law The vi chapiter FOr suche as then did vow the vow of perfet abstinence The Lord almight their fare did point to kéep them from offence And also shewd to Moyses then the maner how Aaron Should blesse the flock saying the Lord blesse and kéep you eche one The vii chapiter GIftê were giuen then of the Lords and heads of Israel Among them all there one was hight by name Nathaniel Great were the giftê that they did giue they spared for no cost In setting foorth Gods seruice right they might with all men boste The viii chapiter HOw that the Lord would haue the lamps to Moyses he did showe The candlesticks in order fit where they were hie or lowe For clensing offring must be had the Leuites they must vse Whiche when they came to fiftie yéeres offring they might not vse The ix chapiter IUstly y e time to kéep their paske to Moyses it was tolde And how the filde or foren man to offer might be bolde He that denied to offer tho he must be made to die Bothe night and day a guide they had a cloud and light from hie The x. chapiter KNowledge suche had the people tho by trumpets that were blowne Were it in warres or time of peace the sound to them was knowne From Sinai they did depart their captaines numbred all And Iethro would not flit with them betide what might befall The xi chapiter LIke fooles the people did complain and plagde they were with fire With Manna cloyd to Egipt back for fleshe was their desire Moyses then did gréeue the Lord whose burthen he did ease On Quailes they fed and kild they were for God they did displease The xii chapiter MIriam then did grudge and swel at Moyses God his iudge And Aaron did consent therto And so they bothe did grudge With leprosie was Miriam stroke to teache her to rebel At Moyses prayer she was restorde and liued and did ful wel The xiii chapiter NOtes to take of Canaan twelue men were thither sent To sée the fatnes of the land therfore afore they went Whiche came tolde how riche it was with grapes a cluster great They tolde of Cities great and strong whiche made them chafe and â—reat The xiiii chapiter OPinion had the peoâ—le then that land not to obtain And grudge they did against the Lord whiche would straight them haue slain Not one of all the Israelites the hest land did possesse Saue Iosue and Caleb bothe whiche two the Lord did blesse The xv chapiter PRescribe did God a sacrifice for sinnes of ignorance But die they should that wilfully did sin by arogance Stonde he was that gathered sticks vpon the Sabbothe day Their garmentê garded round about Gods hestê for to obay The xvi chapiter QUarels picked certain that time and Chorath was the one Also Dathan and Abiron the fourth made vp of On. These did rebel against their heads And mooued God to ire He causd the earth to swallowe them and burnt the rest with fire The xvii chapiter REceiue a token of their euil immediatly they did Twelue rods were brought from all the heads as God him self did bid Among them all then Aarons rod did floorishe foorth with buddes To teache them way the prechers then for loosing of their bloods The xviii chapiter SUche things as Leuites then did vse did God almightie point They were his préestê to serue his wil whom Aaron did anoint To whom the tithes frutes were paid to maintain their degrée And Aaron had an heritage as ye may read and sée ¶ Eyghteen Chapters now heere are past of Numeri by name And eyghteen more ye shall haue next I trust in right good frame The xix chapiter A Red cow then was bid to kil by Eliazer the préest To sparge her blood and burn her quite as he ful wel it wist A law to kéep the
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
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
were in faith Would suffer things to prooue them with as Moyses plainly saith The xiiij chapiter OMit they must the Gentiles trades and flée their dooings quite And onely serue almightie God with all their main and might Suche beastê as they might not then 〈◊〉 are manifestly tolde And whiche were clean is there exprest that eat they might be bolde The xv chapiter PArdon their deâ—s then are they bod at euery seuenth yéers end When God his wil is serued and kept no scarsenes he wil send Those that wil lend to suche as néed the maner is tolde how Deformitie in sacrifice the Lord dooth not alow The xvi chapiter QUietly how to kéep their feastê the times are tolde them plain When that they should be vsde and kept is written once again O that Iudges would mark and read and doo as God there bad To take no giftê in any cace but iustice to be had The xvii chapiter REwarded must Idolaters with death by law to die And 〈◊〉 things must be reserd to those that be on hie Presumptuous men that doo rebel must die the law dooth minge The man and state that he must kéep that they would take to king ¶ Halfe this book is now tolde afore in seauenteen chapters iust And seauenteen more ye shall haue next in God put we our trust The xviij chapiter ALl the Leuites the whiche were préestê might no possessions haue All sorcery they must auoid their liues to kéep and saue Moyses tolde then of Christe to come and bad them him to hear The Prophet false they must not way nor all his dooings fear The xix chapiter BEcause that murther might be doon against the dooers minde For refuge Citties were set out and there vnto assignd The false witnes must haue the stone return to his owne brow An eye for eye and tooth for tooth the law did them alow The xx chapiter CHuse out for warres what men they should this chapter dooth expresse The law of armes to them is tolde to vse in war or peace The Cananites the Pheresites the Iebusites also With Heuites eke they must destroy â–ª not letting one to go The xxj chapiter DEcrée did God a goodly law for him that was found dead And how the Iew should him behaue a gentile for to wed The first borne sonne he must possesse the heritage and land The childe that parentê dooth not fear must die euen out of hand The xxii chapiter EChe man must help his neighbours Asse although he be vnknowne The man denied the womans tire shée to go in her owne Linâ—â—e woluÌ„e might not be worn the adulterer must die And order taken for that man that with a maid did lie The xxiii chapiter FOrbidden was the gelded man in Christes churche to dwel The harlots bird dooth God commaund that they should quite expel There might no whore among theÌ„ bide the Lord did so decrée The loue of things is there denide to lend on vsury The xxiiii chapiter GIue leaue did Moyses to deuorce for causes that were light The newly spousd they might not force in battaile for to fight For money lent and seruantê hire a goodly lesson tolde Some leysing left in féeld and town for poore folke yung and olde The xxv chapiter HOw many stripes the trespasser should haue for wicked life A man that died without a sonne his brother should wed his wife That weightê mesures should be iuâ—â— read ye the chapters end Who so dooth vse the contrary shall come to wicked end The xxvi chapiter IUstly must they now pay their frutes that first to them did fall The tithes they were commaunded to they should then pay them all Unto the préestê the fatherles the straunger and widowe Such goods were then the poores of right how so they vse them now The xxvii Chapiter KNowledge was had the people theâ— an aulter vp to rear Afore that Iordane they did passe or came the land so néer The curses then that Leuy was commaunded for to speak Against all those that did delight Gods wil to burst or break The xxviii Chapiter LOuingly the Lord did blesse the kéepers of his wil To stablishe them in their good mindes to kéep them in it stil. And curse dooth hée the contrary with cursings very great Those that him looue he dooth them blesse his haters hée dooth threat The xxix chapiter MOyses then went and thus he spake vnto the people all Saying to suche as feareth God the Lord defends them all But they that not regard his wil suche plagues on them shall come As like hath not béen séen on earth from rising of the sonne The xxx chapiter NOt far from them that doo it séek is Gods almightie woord Those that it loue and it obay are saued from the swoord Within our mouthes and in our hartê the woord is alway prest Those that it kéep are sure at length for it they shalbe blest The xxxi chapiter OLde was Moyses and so did chuse then Iosue in his stéed To whom he said sée thou be strong and haue no fear or dread This book he wrote and did it giue into the Leuites hand And chargde that they the same should read when they came to the land The xxxii chapiter PLesantly then did Moyses sing a goodly song of praise Unto the Lord for all the acts that he had wrought alwaies And vp he went vnto a hil to look on Canaan God bad him there to run the race that all his fathers ran The xxxiii chapiter QUietly Moyses did prepare to sléep his fathers sléep But this he said before he went that God his saints dooth kéep Also he blessed all the tribes afore his dying day And tolde how they should rule reign if they did God obay The xxxiiii chapiter REst from his woork did Moyses then and so gaue vp the ghoste At his departing they did wéep euen throughout all the hoste And Iosue did his roum possesse as Moyses had it wild And ruled all the Israelites in Cittie and in féeld ¶ Of Moyses books heer is the last as he did them all write Vnto the Lord giue ye the praise whiche is the God of might Iosue The j. Chapiter AS God afore had Moyses calld his people for to guide So Iosue to supply his roum the Lord set him on side For to be strong the Lord him bad and manly for to fight And from the lawes of God the Lord to turn to left nor right The ii chapiter BEfore were serchers sent to spie to Ierico they yede A harlots house they lodged in by whom then they were hid Shée made them promise her to saue when spoild should be the land And they agréed to knowe her house by purple cord or band The iii. chapiter CAre to Iosua did belong the people for to guide Remooue he did from Settim ground and came to Iordane side Then was the Lord disposde to shew the honour of his name He caused Iordain waters yéeld and part a sunder
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
A Plague then came of thrée déer yéeres Saules kindred was the cause When his seauen sonnes were hanged vp the death began to pause Of mightie men the chapter speakes Philistians that were slain Their speares as big as weauers beames yet serued they as vain The xxii chapiter BEgin did Dauid then to sing and sang a song of praise Extolling God for his great help shewed to him alwaies He hath me kept and béen my shéeld and made my foes to fall Therfore thou liue and blest be thou among the heathen all The xxiii chapiter CHriste by Dauid héer is tolde his kingdome and his might And valiant men are then exprest the whiche for him did fight Eight hundreth men are slain of one another withstood a féeld Thrée fetched water through an hoste the fourth made Lions yéeld The xxiiii chapiter DAuid did then his people tel and numbered then soon And when he wist he did repent the déed that he had doon Plagde he should be and did require Pestilence to reign Thréescore and ten thousands of men afore it feast were slain ¶ The second book of Kings is doon or Samuel as you wil The third shall come by God his grace and so foorth wil we stil. Twentie and foure it hathe conteind and twentie and two the next In all these chapters ye shall finde the order of the text ¶ The third book of the Kings after the Latines after the Hebrues the first of the Kings The first Chapiter AS Dauid waxed olde he had a maid to kéep him warm Adoniah did king him self he fearing then no harm By Nathans meanes was Salomon set and crownd in Dauids seat The noise once heard they fled for fear the head did him entreat The ii chapiter BEcause that Dauid saw by age that death approched néer His sonne he charged God to loue and him alone to fear As touching Ioab and Semei of them he tolde his wil Adoniah Abiathar these foure came vnto il The iii. chapiter COmmunication had the Lord with Salomon the King Aske what thou wilt said God to him for wisdome did he ming The Lord it likte and gaue it him and straight it was espied Two wemen straue about one childe and he the trothe out tried The iiii chapiter DEclard is then his rulers names and caters for his boord The number of his bread and béef that dayly he did foord Thrée thousand prouerbs he did write a thousand songs and fiue Of beastes and foules wormes fishe he wrote of them beliue The v. chapiter EUen at that time the king of Tire whiche Hiram hight by name He sent to Salomon when he heard of his great might and fame And then they two did ioyne in league the king of him had wood And Hiram did receiue again corne for his dayly food The vi chapiter FUlly preparde the king began Ierusalem to build Ful costly woork he made of it and richely he it stâ—ld Two Cherubs did he make ful gay and coured them with golde Galaries did he rear also and all things as he would The vij chapiter GO foorth did Salomon and did build him self a goodly place And made two pillers wunderful and cast they were of brasse A Sea also and Lauers great with mickle things yet more Of golde and siluer vessels gay he made therof good store The viii chapiter House did Salomon then the Ark and set it in his place And prayed to God ful meruailously for many a sundry cace He him besought for diuers things I would you red them all And offered great offerings as there perceiue ye shall The ix Chapiter IN talke was God with Salomon and these woords he him tolde If he and his would kéep his law be in his house be would To Hiram gaue he Citties great the heathen tribute paid And thrise a yéer burnt sacrifice afore the Lord was laid The x. chapiter KNowledge then had a forren Quéen of Salomons great fame And when shée had him proou'd and séen shée did confirm the same Golde was plentie in that time and also precious stones And Siluer was so plentie tho as in the stréet are stones· The xi chapiter LOue did Salomon concubines whiche caused him to sin He serued Gods beside the Lord therfore said God to him I warned thée but all in vain thy kingdome shalbe rent He stirred him vp diuers foes ere to his graue he went The xii chapiter MAny men then did flock in one Rehoboam to noint He answered them so churlishely they waid him not a point Ieroboam then did they chuse and him they made their King He made them calues and hil aulters and burnt thereon offring The xiii chapiter NOthing abasht a Prophet tolde the ruine of the aulter The King his hand was dryed vp and God did heal it after The Prophet then he did not kéep but brake the Lord his wil As he returnd for his reward a Lion did him kil The xiiii chapiter OLde was Ahiah when he tolde the Quéen the kingdoms fall And of her Lord and sonne also and truthe he tolde her all Ieroboam Rehoboam of Iuda and Israel kings They died bothe then and their sonnes began in their diyngs The xv chapiter PLaste was Abiam of Iuda King a wicked man in déed His sonne Asa destroyd the stues when he did him succéed Nadab euil in Israel reignd and Baasa him did kil Ieroboams séed he rooted out and ruled the realm at wil. The xvi Chapiter QUenched was Baasa and his house his stock of Zamri slain Amry was crownd and Zamri burnt him selfe besieged in pain When Amri of Thebni had his wil then ruled he but not wel And Ahab his sonne more wicked theÌ„ he who maried Iezabel The xvii chapiter RAuens fed Eliah in the drought vntil the riuer was dry The drought continued thrée yéer space as he did prophecy At Sareptha in a widdowes house he lay and increast her food And liued her sonne when he was dead so turn he did her mood The xviii chapiter SEarching for grasse Eliah met with him that prophets hide By him the King met Eliah so eche the other chide The préestê of Ball for all their noise no fier could obtain But Eliah did and causd them kild and straight began the raine The xix chapiter UHen Iezabel him vowd to kil from whom he fled for fear Then fortie dayes with little food he went as dooth appéer At Oreb hil with God he spake two Kings he wild him noint Elizeus then in his roum a Prophet he did point The xx chapiter WArre sure did then King Bennadab against Samaria twise On hil or plain he was destroyd it was the Lords deuice But when that Israel peace did make with that vngracious king The king had woord to be destroid and his realm for that thing The xxi chapiter AHab then sought a vineyard of Naboth but in vain The wicked Quéen hight Iezabel that causd him to be slain Possession when he went to take his death was tolde him