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
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
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
gaue a charge that there remaines for ay The xx chapiter WHen woord came of a mightie hoste whole Iuda to destroy He prayers made a Prophet said they should not them anoy â–ª The hoste was slain the spoile was great yet as before he fel Therof being tolde the lines doo lead and of his end doo tel The xxi chapiter AS this King had ended his reign Iehoram had his place His brethern slain he did mar all in going Ahabs race O look his end what blood him wan a Prophet did him chide Troubled w t warres sicknes straunge moste wretchedly he dide The xxii chapiter BEeing without a King they tooke Ahaziahu by name His mothers wil â—e so perfourmd as did bring to him blame Iehu him slue whiche beeing noisd Athalia it heard The kingly stock shée kild to reign but Ioas scaped hard The xxiii chapiter CUnningly is he crowned King Athalia shée is slain Ball is burst his préestê are kild true seruice plaste again The officers set in comely wise the hie préest did this déed The King is séen and set in seat all things did wel procéed The xxiiii chapiter DEny did none but eche did giue the temple to repair The préestê were slack it would not serue the King had godly care Iehoiada dead he fel from faith and Zachari he slue He foild in warres and sick is slain his seruantê were vntrue The xxv chapiter EDom is put now to his flight the traytors eke are kild The King did trust in multitudes he turnd as he was wild He fel from God he was rebukte Amaziahu he hight He mended not his Cittie spoild and kild he was in flight The xxvi chapiter FAln a sléep his heire dooth reign Vsias was his name He reigned wel til pride him took then lost he all his fame To Churche he yed incence to make a Leaper home he went He dwelt alone his sonne did rule to buriall so he went The xxvij chapiter GOd set in place his sonne Iotham who reigned rightfully Saue that to churche he would not go his folke liu'de wickedly The Ammonites he ouercame Golde with wheat they him gaue In peace and rest to graue he went so writ of him ye haue The xxviii chapiter HEire to Iotham was Ahaz King the false way he did take The Assire and the Israel head they made his kingdome shake Yet captains were returnd again his realm was throughly vext The more he felt the woorse he delt a better ruled next The xxjx. chapiter IN royall state Hezekia obtayned now the crown The temple clensd he did erect that was before put down Oblations and sacrifice and offrings that were great So hée and his thus serued God thus setled he his seat The xxx chapiter KNowledge was giueÌ„ by letters sent the paske for to be kept Some laught some mockt some came vp thus were the people hept Together as one a fortnight space the paskal Lamb was eaten And if the King had not stept in some had of God béen beaten The xxxi chapiter LOok what became conuerted men was doon as men reuiude They burst their Gods found their préestê who liued of things were tithd Such heaps were giuen that they might wait wholy vpon their charge Their wiues and sonnes were cared for they had all things at large The xxxii chapiter MUltitudes of souldiours came then out of Assur land An Angel did destroy the hoste God took the thing in hand Then Iuda King his hart was great but sicknes did him tame More yéeres he had he liued riche and died in great fame The xxxiii chapiter NOt wel but euil Manasses reignd vntil that he was bound Then prayers he made and did repent and fauour streight he found Restored home he made away the Idols that were vain His sonne rulde il his men him slue and for it were they slain The xxxiiii chapiter OF Iosias how wel he rulde héer now to you is tolde He sought for God and trimd his house his zeale was nothing colde The law was found and he it heard he rent his cote in sunder As he was wild he serued God so did likewise a number The xxxv chapiter PAsseouer was then held and kept Iosias so it bad From Samuels dayes before that time the like had not béen had He néeds would fight with Egipt King yet Necho him forbad So slain he was and buriall made his flock with mourning clad The xxxvi chapiter QUite quenched was the law of God King after King it foild Some were put down some captiue led their temple eke was spoild They warned mockt to Babilon so were they led as shéep At seuentie yéeres they did return so Cirus thought it méet ¶ Thus ended are the Chronicles two books they doo contain The Iewes in one compile them bothe to long we make them twain VVhen Esdras came from Babilon the kingly acts destroyd He pend these writs of breef rehearse no man hath them anoid ¶ The first book of Esdras The first Chapiter AS spoken was by Ieremy so Cirus Persia King Commaunded Iewes home to return all suche as were willing Their vessels eke he did them giue of golde and siluer numbred Fiue thousand were they in their tale and yet therto foure hundred The ii chapiter BEing so wild as thick as Bées the Iewes from thence depart In numbers great to Iuda land they go with all their hart Fiftie thousand not many lesse of soules to Iuda went Zorobabel he was the chéef whom Cirus thither sent The iii. chapiter COme home again into their land the temple ouerthrowne They doo begin to build again the trumpets they are blowne And sacrifice they dayly make the ground woork now is laid Some sing some shout some wéep for ioy eche one is wel apaid The iiii chapiter DIssembling men pretended help to build they were forbid Then letted they all Cirus time the building sâ—owely yed Darius reignd to whom they writ muche slaundering the Iewes Who writ again and did forbid suche building for to vse The v. chapiter EFtsoones they build so Prophets wild the cause was askt and why They answere made that they had leaue God let them to deny Then wrote their foes vnto the King the woork they did detest What Cirus wild that would they doo to hear they were ful prest The vi chapiter FOuÌ„d out for trouthe is Cirus graunt and he dooth it reuiue The hindrers of the woork he bids of life them to depriue His house should eke a dunghil be suche charge he writ again Then builded is the temple vp and offerings thick are slain The vii chapiter GOd made the King Artaxersis so wel Esdras to loue That he him sent to Iuda land to serue the Lord aboue Suche letters eke with him he gaue as woorthy are to read A forren prince a heathen man the God aboue did dread The viii chapiter HUndredê now doo flock and come with Esdras home to go The Leuites lackt he sent for some their welth he did them showe