cloude was there from the euenynge vntyll the mornynge and so was taken vp then wēte they on their iourney and whether it was takē vp by daye or by night they iourneyed But whan it taried vpon the habitacion two dayes or a moneth or a longe season then laye the children of Israel and iourneyed not and so whan it was taken vp they wente on their iourney For acordinge to the mouth of the LORDE they laye and after the mouth of the LORDE they iourneyed so y t they kepte the LORDES watch acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The X. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Make the two trompettes of beaten syluer that thou mayest vse them to call the cōgregacion together and whan the hoost shal breake vp Whan they blowe with both then shall the whole congregacion gather them selues together vnto the before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse Whan they blowe but with one then the captaynes the rulers ouer the thousandes in Israel shal gather them selues together vnto the. Whan ye trompe then shal the hoostes that lye on the East syde breake vp And whan ye trompe the seconde tyme the hoostes that lye on the South syde shal breake vp For ye shall trompe whan they shal take their iourneys But whan y e congregacion is to be gathered together ye shal blowe and not trompe This blowinge w t the trompettes shal the sonnes of Aaron the prest do And it shall be yo r lawe for euer amonge youre posterities Whan ye go to a battayll in youre londe agaynst youre enemies y t vexe you ye shall trompe with the trompettes that ye maye be remembred before the LORDE yo r God and delyuered from youre enemies Like wyse whan ye are mery and in youre feast dayes in youre new Monethes ye shal blowe with the trompettes ouer youre burntsacrifices health offeringes y t it maie be a remembraunce vnto you before youre God I am the LORDE youre God Vpon the twentye daye in the seconde moneth of the seconde yeare arose the cloude from the habitacion of witnesse And the childrē of Israel wente on their iourney out of the wyldernesse of Sinai and the cloude abode in the wyldernesse of Paran First brake vp acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses Namely the baner of the hoost of Iuda wente forth first with their armies and ouer their hoost was Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Isachar was Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Zabulon was Eliab the sonne of Elon And the habitacion was taken downe and the children of Gerson and Merari bare the habitacion After that wente the baner of the hoost of Ruben with their armies and ouer their hoost was Elizur the sonne of Sedeur And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Simeon was Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai And Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Gad. Then wente the Kahathites forwarde also and bare the Sanctuary and caused y e habitacion be set vp agaynst they came After that wente the baner of the hoost of the children of Ephraim with their armies and ouer their hoost was Elisama the sonne of Amihud And Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Manasse And Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin After that wente the baner of the hoost of the children of Dan with their Armyes and so were all the hoostes vp and Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai was ouer their hoost And Pagiel y e sonne of Ochran ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Asser And Ahira the sonne of Enan ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Nephthali Thus the childrē of Israel wēte forth with their armyes And Moses spake vnto his brother in lawe Hobab the sonne of Raguel of Madian We go vnto the place of the which y e LORDE sayde I wil geue it you Come now with vs therfore and we wil do y e best with the for the LORDE hath promysed good vnto Israel But he answered I wil not go w t you but wil go in to myne awne londe vnto my kynred He sayde Oh nay leaue vs not for thou knowest where is best for vs to pytche in the wyldernesse and thou shalt be oure eye And yf thou goest with vs loke what good the LORDE doth vnto vs the same wil we do vnto the. So they departed from the mount of the LORDE thre dayes iourney the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt wente before them those thre dayes iourney to shewe thē where they shulde rest And y e cloude of the LORDE was ouer them in the daye tyme whan they wēte out of y e tētes And whan the Arke wente forth Moses sayde Aryse LORDE let thine enemies be scatered and let them that hate the flye before the. And whan it rested he sayde Come agayne O LORDE vnto the multitude of the thousandes of Israel The XI Chapter ANd whan y e people waxed vnpaciēt it displeased sore y e eares of y e LORDE And whan the LORDE herde it his wrath waxed whote the fyre of y e LORDE burnt amōge them so y t it cōsumed the vttemost of y e hoost Thē cryed the people vnto Moses And Moses prayed vnto the LORDE So y e fyre quenched And the place was called Tabera because the fyre of the LORDE burnt amonge them Then the comon sorte of people y t was amōge them fell a lustinge and sat wepte w t the children of Israel and sayde Who wyll geue vs flesh to eate We remembre the fish the we ate in Egipte for naught Cucumbers Melouns lekes onyons garleke But now is oure soule dryed awaye oure eyes se nothinge then the Manna The Manna was like Coriāder sede and to loke vpon like Bedellion And the people ranne here and there gathered it grounde it in Milles and beate it in morters and baked it in pānes and made cakes of it and it had a taist like an oyle cake And whan y e dew fell vpon the tētes in the night y e Manna fell therwith Now whan Moses herde the people wepe amōge their kynreds euery one in his tēt dore then the wrath of the LORDE waxed exceadinge whote And it greued Moses also And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Why vexest thou thy seruaunte And why fynde not I fauoure in y e sight y t thou layest y e burthen of all this people vpō me Haue I thē cōceaued all this people or begotten them that thou shuldest saye vnto me Cary them in thine armes as a nurse beareth a childe vnto the londe that thou hast sworne vnto their fathers Where shal I get flesh to geue all this people They wepe
The III. Chapter ANd there was a longe battayll betwene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid But Dauid wente and increased and the house of Saul wente and mynished And vnto Dauid were children borne at Hebron His firstborne sonne Ammon of Ahinoam the Iesraelitisse the seconde Chileab of Abigail the wyfe of Nabal of Carmel the thirde Absalon the sonne of Maacha the doughter of Thalmai kynge of Gessur the fourth Adonia the sonne of Hagith the fyfth Saphatia the sonne of Abital y e sixte Iethream of Egla Dauids wife These were borne vnto Dauid at Hebron Now whan it was warre betwene the house of Saul the house of Dauid Abner strengthed Sauls house And Saul had had a concubyne whose name was Rispa the doughter of Aia. And Iszboseth sayde vnto Abner Wherfore liest thou with my fathers concubyne Then was Abner very wroth at these wordes of Iszboseth and sayde Am I a dogges heade then that I agaynst Iuda do mercy vnto the house of Saul thy father and vnto his brethren and kynsfolkes and haue not delyuered the into y e hande of Dauid and thou layest a trespace to my charge this daye for a womans sake God do Abner this and that yf I do not as the LORDE hath sworne vnto Dauid that the kyngdome maye be taken froÌ„ the house of Saul and y e seate of Dauid set vp ouer Israel and Iuda from Dan vnto Berseba Then coulde he not answere him one worde agayne he feared him so And Abner sent messaungers vnto Dauid sayenge Whose is the londe And sayde Make thy couenaunt with me Beholde my hande shall be with the to turne all Israel vnto the. He sayde Wel I wyll make a couenaunt with the but one thynge I desyre of the that thou se not my face excepte thou brynge me first Michol Sauls doughter whan thou commest to se my face Dauid sent messaungers also vnto Iszboseth the sonne of Saul sayenge Geue me my wyfe Michol whom I maried with an hundreth foreszkinnes of the Philistynes Iszboseth sent and caused for to take her from the man Palthiel the sonne of Lais. And hir huszbande wente with her and wepte behynde her vnto Bahurim Then sayde Abner vnto him Turne backe agayne and go thy waye And he turned backe agayne And Abner talked with the Elders in Israel and sayde Youre myndes haue bene set afore tyme and longe a goo vpon Dauid that he mighte be kynge ouer you do it now therfore for y e LORDE hath sayde of Dauid I wil delyuer my people of Israel by the haÌ„de of Dauid my seruaunt from the hande of the Philistynes and from the hande of all their enemies Abner spake also before the eares of Ben Iamin and wente to speake before the eares of Dauid at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Ben Iamin was contente withall Now whan Abner came to Hebron vnto Dauid and tweÌ„ty men with him Dauid made them a feast And Abner sayde vnto Dauid I wyll get me vp and go gather all Israel together to my lorde the kynge and that they maye make a couenaunt with the that thou mayest be kynge at thy soules desyre So Dauid let Abner go from him in peace And beholde Dauid seruauÌ„tes and 〈◊〉 came from the men of warre and broughtâ— a greate spoyle with them And Abner waâ— not now with Dauid at Hebron for he had sent him from him so that he was gone his waye in peace But whan Ioab and all the hoost with him was come it was tolde him that Abner the sonne of Ner came to the kynge and how he had sent him froÌ„ him so that he was gone his waye in peace Then wente Ioab in to the kynge and sayde What hast thou done Beholde Abner came to the why hast thou sent him from the that he is gone his waye Knowest thou not Abner the sonne of Ner For he came to the to disceaue thâ— that he mighte knowe thy outgoynge and ingoynge and to spie out all that thou doest And whan Ioab wente out from Dauid he sent messauÌ„gers after Abner to fetch him agayne from Boharsira and Dauid knewâ— not therof Now whan Abner came agayne vnto Hebron Ioab brought him in to y e middes vnder y e gate to talke w t him secretly and thrust him there in to y e bely that he dyed because of his brother Asahels bloude Whan Dauid knewe of it therafter he sayde I am vngiltye and so is my kyngdodome for euer before the LORDE concernynge the bloude of Abner y e sonne of Ner but vpon the heade of Ioab fall it and vpon all his fathers house and in the house of Ioab there ceasse not one to haue a renninge yssue and a leprosy and to go vpon a staffe and fall thorow the swerde and to haue scarnesse of bred Thus Ioab and his brother Abiâ—aâ— slewe Abner because he had slayne their brother Asahel in the battaill at Gibeon Dauid sayde vnto Ioab and to all y e people y t was with him Rente youre clothes and gyrde sack cloth aboute you and make lamentacion for Abner And the kynge wente after the Bere And whan they buryed Abner at Hebron the kynge lifte vp his voyce and wepte besyde Abners graue and all the people wepte also And the kynge mourned for Abner and sayde Abner is not deed as a foole dyeth Thy handes were not bounde thy fete were not vexed with fetters thou art fallen as a man falleth before wicked vnthriftes Theâ— all the people bewayled him yet more Now whan all the people came in to eate with Dauid whyle it was yet hye daye Dauid sware and sayde God do this and that vnto me yf I taist ether bred or oughte els afore the SoÌ„ne go downe And all y e people knewe it and it pleased them well all that y e kynge dyd in the sighte of all the people And all the people and all Israel perceaued the same daye that it came not of the kynge that Abner the sonne of Ner was slayne And the kynge sayde vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not that this daye a prynce and a greate man is fallen in Israel As for me I am yet but tender and anoynted kynge But the men the children of Zeru Ia are to harde for me The LORDE recompence him that doth euell acordinge to his wickednes The IIII. Chapter WHan Sauls sonne herde y t Abner was deed at Hebron his haÌ„des were feble all Israell was sory But there were two men captaynes ouer the soudyers vnder the sonne of Saul the one was called Baena the other Rehob sonnes of Rimon y e Berothite of the childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin for Beroth was couÌ„ted also in Ben Iamin And the Berothites were fled vnto Gethaim were strauÌ„gers there vnto this daye Ionathas also the sonne of Saul had a sonne which was lame on his fete was fyue yeare olde whan the rumoure of Saul and Ionathas came from Iesrael And his norse toke him
that maried wyues of Asdod Ammon and of Moab and their children spake halfe in the speache of Asdod and coulde not speake in y e Iewish language but by y e tonge mighte a mā perceaue euery people And I reproued them and cursed them smote certayne men of thē and plucte them vp and toke an ooth of them by God Ye shal not geue youre daughters vnto their sonnes nether shal ye take their daughters vnto youre sonnes or for youre selues Dyd not Salomon y e kynge of Israel synne ther in yet amonge many Heythen was there no kynge like him he was deare vnto his God and God made him kynge ouer all Israel and the outlandish wemen And one of the children of Ioiada the sonne of Eliasib y e hye prest had made a cōtracte wyth Saneballath the Horonite but I chaced him fro me O my God thynke thou vpon them that are quyte of the presthode and haue desyled the couenaunt of the presthode and of the Leuites Thus clensed I them from all soch as were outlandish and appoynted the courses of the prestes and Leuites euery one to his office and to offre the wod at tymes appoynted and the first frutes Thynke thou vpon me O my God for the best The ende of the seconde boke of Eszdras otherwyse called the boke of Nehemias The boke of Hester What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Ahasuerus maketh a greate feast to his lordes and prynces calleth for Vasthi the quene she commeth not therfore is she deposed from the kyngdome Chap. II. Amonge the daughters Hester pleaseth the kynge Mardocheus geueth the kynge warnynge of his harme Chap. III. Amā is greate with the kynge hateth Mardocheus that wil not worshippe him and cōmaundeth to slaye all the Iewes Chap. IIII. Greate heuynes amonge the Iewes Chap. V. Hester cōmeth before the kynge and byddeth him and Aman to a feast Aman maketh a galowe for Mardocheus Chap. VI. Mardocheus is recompensed for his frendshippe shewed vnto the kynge Chap. VII Hester prayeth for hir people Aman is hanged on the galowe that he had prepared for Mardocheus Chap. VIII The kynge geueth Amās house vnto the quene and at hir request he causeth Amās wrytinges to be called agayne Chap. IX Amans sonnes are hanged also and many enemyes slayne The Iewes kepe a ioyfull feast Chap. X. Of the auctorite of Mardocheus vnder the kynge The first Chapter IN the tyme of Ahasuerus which reigned from India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and seuen and twentye londes what tyme as he sat on his seate roiall in the castell of Susan in the thirde yeare of his reigne he made a feast vnto all his prynces and seruauntes namely vnto the mihgtie men of Persia and Media to the Debities and rulers of his countrees that he mighte shewe the noble riches of his kingdome and the glorious worshippe of his greatnesse many dayes longe euen an hundreth and foure score dayes And whan these dayes were expyred the kynge made a feast vnto all the people that were in the castell of Susan both vnto greate and small seuen dayes longe in the courte of the garden by the kynges palace where there hanged whyte reed yalow clothes fastened with coardes of lynnen and scarlet in siluer rynges vpon pylers of Marble stone The benches were of golde and siluer made vpon a pauement of grene white yalow◠and black Marble And y e drinke was caried in vessels of golde and there was euer chaunge of vessell And the kinges wine was moch acordynge to the power of the kynge And no man was appoynted what he shulde drinke for the kynge had commaunded all the officers of his house that euery one shulde do as it lyked him And the quene Vasthi made a feast also for the wemen in the palace of Ahasuerus And on the seuenth daye whan the kynge was mery of the wine he cōmaunded Mehuman Bistha Harbona Bigtha Abagtha Sethar and Charcas the seuen chamberlaynes that dyd seruyce in the presence of kynge Ahasuerus to fetch the quene Vasthi with the crowne regall that he might shewe y e people and prynces hir fairnesse for she was bewtifull But the quene Vasthi wolde not come at the kynges worde by his chamberlaynes Then was the kynge very wroth and his indignaciō kyndled in him And the kynge spake to y e wyse men that had vnderstondinge in the ordinaunces of the londe for the kinges matters must be hādled before all soch as haue knowlege of the lawe and iudgment And the nexte vnto him were Charsena Sethar Admatha Tharsis Meres Marsena and Memuchan the seuen prynces of the Persiās and Meedes which sawe the kynges face and satt aboue in the kyngdome What lawe shulde be execute vpon the quene Vasthi because she dyd not acordynge to the worde of the kynge by his chamberlaines Thē saide Memuchā before the kynge the prynces The quene Vasthi hath not onely done euell agaynst the kinge but also agaynst all the prynces and all the people in all the londes of kynge Ahasuerus for this dede of the quene shall come abrode vnto all wemen so that they shall despyse their huszbandes before their eyes and shall saye The kynge Ahasuers cōmaunded Vasthi y e quene to come before him but she wolde not And so shall the pryncesses in Persia and Media saye lykewyse vnto all the kynges prynces whan they heare of this dede of the quene thus shall there aryse despytefulnes and wrath ynough Yf it please the kynge let there go a kyngly commaundemēt from him and let it be wrytten acordynge to the lawe of the Persians and Median◠and not to be transgressed that Vasthi come nomore before kynge Ahasuerus and let the kynge geue the kyngdome vnto another that is better then she And y t this wrytinge of the kynge which shal be made be published thorow out all his empyre which is greate that all wyues maye holde their huszbandes in honoure both amonge greate and smal This pleased the kynge and the prynces and the kynge dyd acordynge to the worde of Memuchan Then were there letters sent forth in to all the kynges londes in to euery londe acordinge to the wrytinge ther of and to euery people after their lāguage y t euery man shulde be lorde in his awne house And this caused he be spoken after the language of his people The II Chapter AFter these actes whan the displeasure of kynge Ahasuerus was layed he thoughte vpon Vasthi what she had done and what was concluded concernynge her Then sayde the kynges seruauntes Let there be fayre yonge virgins soughte for the kynge and let the kynge appoynte ouerseers in all y e londes of his empyre that they maye brynge together all fayre yonge virgins vnto the castel of Susan to the Wemens buyldinge vnder the hande of Hegai the kynges clamberlayne that kepeth the wemen and let him geue them their apparell And loke which damsell pleaseth the kynge let her be quene in Vasthis steade This
was ioye myrth prosperite and good dayes amonge the Iewes in so moch that many of the people in the londe became of the Iewes beleue for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them The IX Chapter IN the twolueth moneth that is the moneth Adar vpon the thyrtenth daye which the kinges worde and cōmaundement had appoynted that it shulde be done euē vpon y e same daie y t the enemies shulde haue destroyed the Iewes to haue oppressed them it turned contrary wise euen y t the Iewes shulde subdue their enemies Then gathered the Iewes together in their cities within all y e londes of kynge Ahasuerus to laye honde on soch as wolde do thē euell no man coulde withstonde them for y e feare of thē was come ouer all people And all the rulers in the londes and prynces and Debities and officers of the kinge promoted the Iewes for the feare of Mardocheus came vpō thē For Mardocheus was greate in the kynges house the reporte of him was noised in all lōdes how he increased grewe Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with a sore slaughter and slewe and destroyed dyd after their wyll vnto soch as were their aduersaries And at y e castell of Susan slewe the Iewes and destroied fyue hūdreth men slewe Parsandatha Dalphon Aspatha Poratha Adalia Aridatha Parmastha Arissai Aridai Vaiesatha the ten sonnes of Aman y e sonne of Amadathi y e enemie of the Iewes but on his goodes they layed no handes At the same tyme was the kynge certified of the nombre of those that were slaine at the castell of Susan And the kynge sayde vnto quene Hester The Iewes haue slayne and destroyed fyue hūdreth men at y e castell of Susan and the ten sonnes of Amā What shal they do in the other londes of y e kynge What is thy peticion that it maye be geuen the what requirest thou more to be done Hester sayde Yf it please the kynge let him suffre the Iewes tomorow also to do acordinge vnto this dayes commaundement that they maye hange Amans ten sonnes vpō y e tre And the kynge charged to do so and the commaundement was deuysed at Susan Amans ten sonnes were hanged And the Iewes gathered thē selues together at Susan vpon the fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar and slewe thre hundreth men at Susan but on their goodes they laied no hādes As for the other Iewes in the kynges lōdes they came together stode for their lyues gatt rest frō their enemies and slewe of their enemies fyue and seuentye thousande howbeit they layed no hondes on their goodes This was done on the thirtēth daie of the moneth Adar and on the fourtenth daye of the same moneth rested they which daye they ordeyned to be a daye of feastinge and gladnesse But the Iewes at Susan were come together both on the thyrtenth daye and on the fourtenth and on the fyftenth daye they rested and the same daye ordeyned they to be a daye of feastinge gladnes Therfore the Iewes that dwelt in the vyllages and vnwalled townes ordeyned y e fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar to be a daye of feastinge and gladnes and one sent giftes vnto another And Mardocheus wrote these actes and sent the writinges vnto all the Iewes y t were in all y e londes of kynge Ahasuerus both nye and farre that they shulde yearly receaue and holde the fourtenth and fiftenth daie of the moneth Adar as the daies wherin y e Iewes came to rest from their enemies as a moneth wherin their payne was turned to ioye and their sorowe in to prosperite that they shulde obserue the same as dayes of wealth and gladnes and one to sende giftes vnto another to distribute vnto the poore And the Iewes receaued it that they had begonne to do and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them how that Aman the sonne of Amadathai all y e Iewes enemye had deuysed to destroye all the Iewes and caused the lot to be cast for to put them in feare and to brynge them to naughte and how Hester wente and spake to the kynge that thorow letters his wicked deuyce which he ymagyned agaynst the Iewes might be turned vpon his awne heade and how he and his sonnes were hanged on the tre For the which cause they called this daye Purim after the name of the lot acordynge to all y e wordes of this wrytinge and what they thē selues had sene and what ha◠happened vnto them And the Iewes set it vp and toke it vpon them and their sede and vpon all soch as ioyned themselues vnto them that they wolde not mysse to obserue these two dayes yearly acordynge as they were wryttē and appoynted how y t these dayes are not to be forgotten but to be kepte of childers children amōge all kynreds in all londes and cities They are the dayes of Purim which are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes and the memoriall of them oughte not to perishe from their sede And quene Hester the daughter of Abihail and Mardocheus the Iewe wrote with all auctorite to confirme this seconde wrytinge of Purim and sent the letters vnto all the Iewes in the hundreth and seuen and twentye londes of y e empyre of Ahasuerus with frendly and faithfull wordes to confirme these dayes of Purim in their tyme appoynted acordynges as Mardocheus the Iewe and Hester the quene had ordeined cōcernynge them lyke as they vpon their soule and vpon their sede had cōfirmed the actes of the fastinges and of hir cōplainte And Hester cōmaunded to stablish these actes of this Purim and to wryte them in a boke The X. Chapter ANd the kynge Ahasuerus layed tribute vpon the londe and vpon the Iles of the See As for all y e worke of his power and auctoryte and y e greate worshippe of Mardocheus which the kynge gaue him beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Media Persia For Mardocheus the Iewe was the seconde nexte vnto kynge Ahasuerus and greate amonge y e Iewes and accepted amonge the multitude of his brethren as one y t seketh the welth of his people and speaketh the best for all his sede The ende of the seconde parte of the Olde Testament The boke of Iob. What this boke conteyneth Chap. I.II. The prosperite of Iob and how God geueth Satan power ouer his body ād goodes which he is content withall Chap. III. The flesh can not suffre and here is described the vnpacient man that grudgeth agaynst the iudgment of God Chap. IIII. Iobs frendes comforte him and geue his synnes the blame of his punyshmēt Chap. V. That no man is without synne A prayse off the allmightynesse and louynge kyndnesse of God Chap. VI. Iob excuseth his owne vnpacience layeth ypocrysie to his frēdes charge ād sayeth they are but dyssemblers Chap. VII A frendly contencion that Iob maketh with God shewinge the myserable life and trauayle of man Chap. VIII Baldad
was xij cubites foure fingers thick and rounde Now vpon the rope were brasen knoppes euery knoppe was fyue cubites hie vpon the knoppes were whopes pomgranates rounde aboute of clene brasse After this maner were both the pilers fashioned with the pomgranates wherof there were an hundreth and xcvj which hanged vpon the whoopes rounde aboute The chefe captayne also toke Sarias y t hie preâ—â— Sophonias that was chefe next him and the thre kepers of the treasury He toke out of the cite a chamberlayne which was a captayne of the souldyers seuen men that were the kinges seruauntes which were founde in the cite Sepher a captayne that vsed to muster the men of warre with lx men of the countre that were taken in the cite These Nabusaradan the chefe captayne toke caried them to the kinge of Babilon vnto Reblatha and the kinge of Babilon caused them to be put to death at Reblatha in the londe of Hemath And thus Iuda was ledde awaye captyue out of his owne londe This is the summe of the people whom Nabuchodonosor ledde awaye captyue In the seuenth yeare of his reigne he caried awaye of y e Iewes thre thousande thre and twenty In the xviij yeare Nabuchodonosor caried awaye from Ierusalem eight hunderth xxxij personnes In the xxiij yeare of Nabuchodonosor Nabusaradan the chefe captayne toke awaye seuen hundreth xlv Iewes presoners The whole summe of all the presoners is foure thousande and 〈◊〉 hundreth In the xxxvij yeare after that Ioachiâ— the kinge of Iuda was caried awaye in the xxv daye of the xij Moneth Euilmerodach kinge of Babilon the same yeare y t he reigned gaue Ioachim the kinge of Iuda his pardon and let him out of preson and spake louyngly to him And set his trone aboue y e trones of the other kinges that were with him in Babilon He chaunged also the dothes of his preson yee and he att with him all his life longe And he had a coÌ„tinuall lyuynge geuen him of the kinge of Babilon euery daye a certayne thinge alowed him all the dayes of his life vntill he dyed The ende of the prophet Ieremy The Lamentatacions of Ieremy And it came to passe after Israel was brought in to captiuyte and Ierusalem destroyed that Ieremy the prophet sat wepinge mournynge and makinge his mone in Ierusalem so that w t an heuy herte he sighed sobbed sayenge The first Chapter ALas how sitteth the cite so desolate y t some tyme was full of people how is she become like a wedowe which was the lady of all nacions How is she brought vnder tribute that ruled all londes She wepeth sore in the night so that y e teares runne downe hir chekes for amonge all hir louers there is none that geueth her eny comforte yee hir nexte frendes abhorre her are become hir enemies Iuda is taken presoner because she was defyled for seruynge so many straunge goddes she dwelleth now amonge the Heithen She fyndeth no rest all they that persecuted her toke her and so she dwelleth amonge hir enemies The stretes of Sion mourne because no man commeth more to the solempne feastes All hir gates are desolate hir prestes make lamentacion hir maydens are carefull and she herself is in greate heuynesse Hir enemies are fallen vpon hir heade haue put her to shame because the LORDE hath chastened her for hir greate wickednes hir children are ledde awaye captiue before their enemie All the bewtie of the doughter of Sion is awaye hir prynces are become like wethers that fynde no pasture They are dryueÌ„ awaye before their enemie so that they haue no more power Now doth Ierusalem remembre the tyme of hir misery disobedience yee the ioye pleasure y t she hath had in tymes past seynge hir people is brought downe thorow the power of their enemie there is no man for to helpe her hir enemies stoÌ„de lokinge at her and laugh hir Sabbath dayes to scorne Ierusalem synned euer more more therfore is she come in decaye All they that had her in honoure despise her for they haue sene hir fylthinesse Yee she sigheth and is a shamed of herselfe Hir skyrtes are defyled she remeÌ„bred not what wolde folowe therfore is hir fall so greate and there is no maÌ„ to comforte her O LORDE coÌ„sidre my trouble for myne enemie hath the vpper honde The enemie hath put his honde to all the precious thinges that she had yee euen before hir eyes came the Heithen in and out of the Sanctuary whom thou neuertheles hast forbydden to come within thy congregacion All hir people seke their bred with heuynes loke what precious thinge euery man hath that geueth he for meate to saue his life Considre O LORDE and se how vyle I am become O ye all that go fore by beholde and se yf there be eny sorowe like vnto myne wherwith the LORDE hath troubled me in the daye of his fearefull wrath From aboue hath he sent downe a fyre in to my bones and chastened me he hath layed a not for my fete and throwne me wyde open he hath made me desolate so that I must euer be mournynge The yocke of my transgression is come at the last with his honde hath he taken it vp and put it aboute my neck My strength is gone the LORDE hath delyuered me into those hondes wherout I can not quyte myself The LORDE hath destroyed all the mightie men that were in me He hath proclamed a feast to slaughter all my best meÌ„ The LORDE hath troden downe the doughter of Iuda like as it were in a wyne presse Therfore do I wepe and myne eyes gusshe out of water for the coÌ„forter that shulde quycken me is farre fro me My children are dryuen awaye for why the enemie hath gotten the ouer honde Sion casteth out hir hoÌ„des and there is no man to comforte her The LORDE hath layed the enemies rounde aboute Iacob and Ierusalem is as it were a menstruous womaÌ„ in the myddest of them The LORDE is rightuous for I haue prouoked his countenaunce vnto anger O take hede all ye people and considre my heuynes My maydens and my yonge men are led awaye in to captiuyte I called for my louers but they begyled me for my prestes and councelers but they perished euen while they sought for meate to saue their lyues Considre O LORDE how I am troubled my wombe is disquieted my herte turneth aboute in me and I am full of heuynes The swearde hurteth me without and within I am like vnto death They heare my mournynge but there is none that wil comforte me All myne enemies haue herde of my trouble and are glad therof because thou hast done it But thou shalt brynge forth the tyme when they also shal be like vnto me From the shall come all their aduersite thou shalt plucke
them awaye eueÌ„ as thou hast plucked me because of all my wickednesse For my sorow is very greate and my herte is heuy The II. Chapter ALas how hath y e LORDE darckened the doughter of Sion so sore in his wrath As for the honoure of Israel he hath casten it downe from heauen How happeneth it that he remembred not his owne fote stole when he was angrie The LORDE hath cast downe all the glory of Iacob without eny fauoure All the stronge places of the doughter Iuda hath he broken in his wrath throwne them downe to the grounde hir kyngdome hir prynces hath he suspended In the wrath of his indignacion he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath with draweÌ„ his right honde from the enemie yee a flame of fyre is kyndled in Iacob hath consumed vp all rounde aboute He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his right honde as an aduersary and euery thinge that was pleasauÌ„t to se he hath smyten it downe He hath poured out his wrath like a fyre in to the tabernacle of the doughter â—ion The LORDâ— is become like as it were an enemie he hath cast downe Israel all his places yee all his stronge holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the doughter of Iuda w t moch sorow and heuynesse Hir tabernacle which was like a garden of pleasure hath he destroyed hir hie soleÌ„pne feastes hath he put downe The LORDE hath brought it so to passe that the hie solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are clene forgotteÌ„ In his heuy displeasure hath he made the kynge prestes to be despised The LORDE hath forsaken his owne aulter is wroth with his owne Sanctuary hath geuen the walles of their towres in to the hondes of the enemie Their enemies made a noyse in the house of the LORDE as it had bene in a solempne feast daye The LORDE thought to breake downe the walles of the doughter Sion he spred out his lyne drewe not in his honde till he had destroyed them Therfore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together Hir portes are casten downe to the grounde hir barres are broken smytten in sonder hir kynge prynces are caried awaye to the GeÌ„tiles They haue nether lawe ner prophetes ner yet eny vision from the LORDE The Senatours of the doughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in sylence they haue strowed aszshes vpon their heades and gyrded them selues with sackcloth The maydens of Ierusalem hange downe their heades to the grounde Myne eyes begynne to fayle me thorow wepinge my body is disquieted my leueris poured vpon the earth for the greate hurte of my people seynge the children and babes dyd swowne in the stretes of the cite Euen when they spake to their mothers where is meate and drynke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the stretes of the cite like as they had bene wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome What shal I saye of the O thou doughter Ierusalem to whom shall I lickeÌ„ the To whom shal I coÌ„pare the o thou doughter Sion to comforte the withall Thy hurte is like a mayne see who maye heale the Thy prophetes haue loked out vayne folish thinges for the they haue not shewed the of thy wickednesse to kepe the from captiuyte but haue ouerladen the and thorow falsede scatred the abrode All they that go by the clappe their hondes at the hissinge and wagginge their heades vpon the doughter Ierusalem and saye is this the cite that men call so fayre wherin the whole londe reioyseth All thine enemies gape vpon the whisperinge and bytinge their teth sayenge let vs deuoure for the tyme that we loked for is come we haue founde and sene it The LORDE hath fulfilled the thinge that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuysed longe agoo he hath destroyed and not spared He hath caused thine aduersary to tryumphe ouer the and set vp the horne of thine enemie Let thine hert crie vnto the LORDE O thou cite of the doughter Sion let thy teares ruÌ„ne downe like a ryuer daye night rest not let not the aple of thine eye leaue of Stonde vp and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night poure out thine heâ—â— like water before the LORDE lift vp thine hondes for the lyues of thy yonge children that dye of honger in the stretes Beholde O LORDE considre why hast thou gathered me vp so clene Shal the women then eate their owne frute euen children of a spanne longe Shal the prestes and prophetes be slayne thus in the Sanctuary of the LORDE Yonge olde lye behinde the stretes vpon the grounde my maydens yonge men are slayne with the swearde whom thou in the daye of thy wrothfull indignacion hast put to death Yee euen thou hast put them to death not spared them My neghbours that are rounde aboute me hast thou called as it were to a feast daye so that in the daye of the LORDES wrath none escaped nether was eny left behinde Those that I had brought vp norisshed hath myne enemy destroyed The III. Chapter I Am the maÌ„ that thorow the rodd of his wrath haue experieÌ„ce of misery He droue me forth and led me yee into darcknesse but not in to light Agaynst me only he turneth his honde layeth it euer vpon me My flesh my skynne hath he made olde and my bones hath he brussed He hath buylded rounde aboute me closed me in with gall and trauayle He hath set me in darcknesse as they that be deed for euer He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me Though I crie call piteously yet heareth he not my prayer He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones made my pathes croked He layeth waite for me like a Bere and as a lyon in a hole He hath marred my wayes and brokeÌ„ me in peces he hath layed me waist altogether He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marck to shute at The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen in to my reynes I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songes vpon me all y e daye loÌ„ge He hath fylled me with bytternesse geuen me wormwod to drynke He hatâ— smytten my teth in peces rolled me in the dust He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges I thought in myself I am vndone there is no hope for me in the LORDE O remembre yet my mysery and my trouble the wormwod and the gall Yee thou shalt remeÌ„bre them for my soule melteth awaye in me Whyle I coÌ„sidre these thinges in my hert I get a hope