faithfulnes vpon me and not burye me in Egipte but I will lye by my fathers and thou shalt carye me out of Egipte burye me in their buryall He sayde I wil do as thou hast sayde But he sayde Then sweare vnto me And he sware vnto him TheÌ„ Israel bowed himself towarde the bed heade The XLVIII Chapter AFter this it was tolde Ioseph â–ª Beholde y i father is sicke And he toke with him his two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim Then was it tolde Iacob beholde y i sonne Ioseph coÌ„meth vnto ye. And Israel toke a corage vnto him sat vp vpoÌ„ y e bed sayde vnto Ioseph The Allmightye God appeared vnto me at Lus in y e laÌ„de of Canaan blessed me saide vnto me Beholde I wil cause y e to growe increase wyll make a multitude of people of y e wil geue this laÌ„de vnto y e sede after y e for an euerlastinge possession Therfore shal now thy two sonnes Manasses Ephraim which were borne vnto the in Egipte before I came hither vnto the be myne like as Ruben Simeon As for those that thou begettest after theÌ„ they shal be thine owne But these shal be named with the names of their brethren in their inheritaunce And whaÌ„ I came out of Mesopotamia Rachel dyed by me in the lande of Canaan by the waye whan there was yet but a feldes brede vnto Eprath and I buryed her in the waye towarde Ephrath which now is called Bethleem And Israel loked vpon Iosephs sonnes sayde What are these Ioseph answered They are my sonnes which God hath geuen me here He sayde Brynge theÌ„ hither to me y t I maye blesse theÌ„ For Israels eyes were heuy for age he coude not well se. And he brought theÌ„ vnto him So he kyssed them enbraced theÌ„ saide vnto Ioseph Beholde I haue sene y e face which I thought not lo God hath caused me to se y e sede also And Ioseph toke them from his lappe and they fell downe to the grounde vpon their face Then Ioseph toke them both Ephraim in his right hande towarde Israels left haÌ„de and Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels right haÌ„de brought theÌ„ vnto him But Israel stretched out his right hande layed it vpoÌ„ y e heade of Ephraim y e yoÌ„gest his left hande vpoÌ„ Manasses heade did so wyttingly w t his handes for Manasses was y e firstborne And he blessed Ioseph saide The God before whoÌ„ my fathers AbrahaÌ„ Isaac haue walked y e God y t hath fed me my lyfe longe vnto this daye the angell which hath delyuered me froÌ„ all euell blesse these laddes y t they maye be called after my name after y e name of my fathers AbrahaÌ„ Isaac y t they maye growe multiplye vpon earth But whaÌ„ Ioseph sawe y t his father layed y e right haÌ„de vpoÌ„ Ephraims heade it displeased him he lifâ— vp his fathers hande to remoue it froÌ„ Ephraims heade vnto y e heade of Manasses sayde vnto him Not so my father this is y e firstborne laye y e right haÌ„de vpoÌ„ his heade Neuertheles his father wolde not saide I knowe it well my sonne I knowe it well this shall be a people also shal be greate but his yonger brother shal be greater theÌ„ he his sede shal be full of people So he blessed them the same daye saide In y â— shal Israel blesse so y t it shal be sayde God set the as Ephraim Manasses And so he set Ephraim aboue Manasses And Israel saide vnto Ioseph Beholde I dye God shall be w t you brynge you agayne in to y e lande of youre fathers â–ª I haue geuen the a pece of londe without y e brethren which I gat with my swerde and my bowe out of the hande of the Amorites The XLIX Chapter ANd Iacob called his sonnes sayde Gather you y t I maie tell you what shal happen vnto you in y e last times Come together and heare ye childreÌ„ of Iacob Herken vnto Israel youre father RubeÌ„ my first sonne thou art my power and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in gouernaunce chefe in auctorite Thou passest forth swiftly as y e water Thou shalt not be the chefest For thou hast clymmed vp vpon thy fathers bed euen than defyledest thou my couch with goynge vp Symeon and Leui brethren their deedly weapens are perlous instrumentes In to their secretes come not my soule and my worshipe be not ioyned with their congregacion for in their wrath they slew a man and in their selfwyll they houghed an oxe Cursed be their wrath because it is so fearce and their indignacion because it is so rigorous I wil deuyde them in Iacob and sâ—ater them in Israel â–ª Iuda thou art he Thy brethren shall prayse the for thy haÌ„de shal be in thine enemies neck thy fathers children shall stoupe vnto the. Iuda is a yonge lyon thou art come vp hye my sonne froÌ„ the spoyle He kneled downe and couched himself as a lyon as a lionesse who wil rayse him vp The cepter shal not be remoued froÌ„ Iuda ner a master froÌ„ his fete tyll the Worthye come and vnto him shal the people fall He shall bynde his foale vnto the vyne and his Asses colte to y e noble braunch He shal wash his garment in wyne and his mantell in the bloude of grapes His eyes are roudier then wyne and his teth whyter then mylck Zabulon shal dwell in the hauen of the see and in the porte of shippes and shal border vpon Sydon Isachar shal be a stronge Asse laye him downe betwixte y e borders And he saw rest that it was good and the lande that it was pleasaunt And bowed downe his shulder to beare and became a seruauÌ„t vnto trybute Dan shal be iudge in his people as well as a trybe in Israel Dan shal be a serpent in the waye and an edder in the path and byte the horse in the heles that his ryder maye fall backwarde LORDE I loke for thy saluacion As for Gad a wapened hoost of men shal fall violently vpon him but he shall hurte them in the hele Of Asser coÌ„meth his fat bred and he shal geue delicates vnto kynges Nepthali is a swift hynde and geueth goodly wordes The fruteful sonne Ioseph that florishinge sonne to loke vpon the doughters go vpoÌ„ the wall And though the shoters angered him stroâ—e with him and hated him yet his bowe bode fast and the armes of his haÌ„des were made stroÌ„ge by the handes of y e Mightie in Iacob Of him are come herdmen stones in Israel Of y e fathers God art thou helped of the Allmightie art thou blessed w t blessynges of heauen from aboue with blessinges of y e depe y t lyeth vnder with blessynges of brestes wombes
prayse For thou hast delyuered my soule froÌ„ death my fete froÌ„ fallinge y t I maye walke before God in y e light of y e lyuynge The LVI A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God be mercifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in y e â–ª vnder the shadowe of thy wynges shal be my refuge vntill wickednesse be euer past I call vnto God y e most hyest eueÌ„ y e God y t shal helpe me vp agayne â—e shal sende froÌ„ heauen saue me froÌ„ the reprofe of him that wolde swalowe me vp Sela. This shal God sende for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons euen amonge the children of men whose tethe are speares and arowes and their tonge a sharpe swerde Set vp thy self o God aboue the heaueÌ„s and thy glory aboue all the earth They haue layed a nett for my fete pressed downe my soule they haue dygged a pyt before me and are fallen in to it them selues Sela. My hert is ready o God my hert is ready to synge and geue prayse Awake o my glory awake lute and harpe I my self wil awake right early I wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE amonge the people I wil synge prayses vnto the amonge the HeitheÌ„ For y e greatnes of thy mercy reacheth â—â—to the heauens and thy faithfulnesse vnto 〈◊〉 cloudes Set vp thy self o God 〈…〉 heaueÌ„s thy glory aboue all y e earth The LVII A psalme of Dauid â—F youre myndes be vpon rightuousâ—esse in dede then iudge the thinge that is right o ye sonnes of men But ye ymagin myschefe in youre hertes and youre hondes deale with wickednesse The vngodly are frowarde eueÌ„ from their mothers wombe as soone as they be borne they go astraie speake lyes They are as furious as the serpent euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares That she shulde not heare the voyce of the charmer charme he neuer so wysely Breake their teth o God in their mouthes smyte the chaft bones of the lyons whelpes in sonder o LORDE That they maye fall awaye like water y e runneth a pace and that when they shote their arowes they maye be brokeÌ„ Let theÌ„ coÌ„sume awaye like a snale like the vntymely frute of a woman and let them not se the Sonne Or euer youre thornes be sharpe the wrath shal take them awaye quycke like a stormy wynde The rightuous shal reioyse when he seyth the vengeaunce and shal wash his fete in the bloude of the vngodly So that meâ— shal saye verely there is a rewarde for y e rightuous doutles there is a God that iudgeth the earth The LVIII A psalme of Dauid DElyuer me fro myne enemies o my God defende me froÌ„ theÌ„ y t ryse vp agaynst me O delyuer me froÌ„ the wicked doers saue me froÌ„ the bloudthurstie meÌ„ For lo they lye waytinge for my soule y e mightie meÌ„ are gathered together against me w t out eny offence or faute of me o LORDE They ruÌ„ne prepare theÌ„ selues w t out my faute Arise come thou helpe me beholde StoÌ„de vp o LORDE God of hoostes thou God of Israel to vyset all Heithen be not mercifull vnto theÌ„ y t offende of malicious wickednesse Sela. Let theÌ„ go to fro runne aboute the cite youlinge like dogges Beholde they speake agaynst me w t their mouth swerdes are vnder their lippes for who reproueth theÌ„ But thou o LORDE shalt haue them in derision thou shalt laugh all HeitheÌ„ to scorne My streÌ„gth do I ascrybe vnto the for thou o God art my defender God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteously God letteth me se my desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies SlayetheÌ„ not lest my people forget it but scatre theÌ„ abrode with thy power put theÌ„ downe o LORDE oure defence For y e synne of their mouth for the wordes of their lippes because of their pryde let theÌ„ be taken why their preachinge is of cursynge lyes CoÌ„sume them in y i wrath coÌ„sume theÌ„ y t they maye perish knowe y t it is God which ruleth in Iacob and in all the worlde Sela. Let theÌ„ go to fro ruÌ„ne aboute the cite youlinge like dogges Let theÌ„ runne here there for meate and grudge when they haue not ynough As for me I wil synge of thy power aÌ„d prayse thy mercy betymes in the mornynge for thou art my defence and refuge in the tyme of my trouble Vnto the o my strength wil I synge for thou o God art my defence and my merciful God The LIX A psalme of Dauid O God thou y t hast cast vs out and scatred vs abrode thou y t hast bene so sore displeased at vs coÌ„forte vs agayne Thou y t hast remoued the loÌ„de deuyded it heale the sores therof for it shaketh Thou hast shewed thy people heuy thinges thou hast geuen vs a drynke off wyne y t we sloÌ„bre withall Yet hast thou geueÌ„ a tokeÌ„ for soch as feare the y t they maye cast it vp in y e treuth Sela. That thy beloued might be delyuered helpe them with thy right hande and heare me God hath spokeÌ„ in his SaÌ„ctuary which thinge reioyseth me I wil deuyde SicheÌ„ mete out the valley 〈◊〉 Suchoth Galaad is myne Manasses is myne Ephraim is the strength of my heade Iuda is my captayne Moab is my washpotte ouer Edom wil I stretch out my shue Philistea shal be glad of me Who will lede me in to the stronge cite Who will bringe me in to Edom Shalt not thou do it o God thou y t hast cast vs out thou God y t wentest not out w t o r hoostes O be thou oure helpe in trouble for vayne is the helpe of man Thorow God we shal do greate actes for it is he that shal treade downe oure enemies The LX. A psalme of Dauid HEare my crienge o God geue hede vnto my prayer From the endes of y e earth wil I call vnto the wheÌ„ my herte is in trouble Oh set me vp vpoÌ„ an hye rocke For thou art my hope a stronge tower for me agaynst the enemie I will dwell in thy tabernacle for euer that I maye be safe vnder the couerynge of thy wynges Sela. For thou o LORDE hast herde my desyres thou hast geuen an heretage vnto those that feare thy name Thou shalt graunte the kynge a loÌ„ge life that his yeares maye endure thorow out all generacions That he maye dwell before God for euer Oh let thy louynge mercy faithfulnes preserue him So wil I allwaye synge prayses vnto thy name y t I maye daylie perfourme my vowes The LXI A psalme of Dauid MY soule wayteth only vpon God for of him commeth my helpe He only is my streÌ„gth my saluacion my defence so y t I shal not greatly fall How longe wil ye ymagin myschefe agaynst euery man ye shal be slayne all y e sorte of you
yonge mē y t they might declare their meanynges thēselues by mouth So when they were sent for and came in y e kynge sayde vnto them shew vs and make vs to vnderstōde what the thinges are that ye haue wrytten Then beganne the first which had spokē of the strength of wyne sayde O ye men wyne is maruelous strōge and ouercōmeth them y e drynke it it disceaueth the mynde bryngeth both the poore man y e kynge to dotage and vanite Thus doth it also w t the bondman and with the fre with the poore rych it taketh awaye their vnderstondinge and maketh them careles and mery so that none of them remembreth eny heuynes dett or dewtie It causeth a man to thinke also that y e thinge which he doth is honest and good and remembreth not that he is a kynge nor y t he is in auctorite y t he ought not to do soch thinges Morouer whan men are drynckinge they forgett all frendshipe all brotherly faithfulnes loue but as soone as they are dronckē they drawe out the swerde wil fight whā they are layed downe frō the wyne so rysen vp agayne they can not tell what they dyd Iudge ye now Is not wyne the strongest For who wolde els take in hande to do soch thinges And whan he had spoken this he helde his tonge The IIII. Chapter THen the seconde which had sayde y t the kynge was stronger beganne to speake sayēge O ye men are not they the strongest most excellent y t cōquere the lōde the see all y t is in y e see in the earth Now is the kynge lorde of all these thinges hath dominion of thē all loke what he cōmaūdeth it is done Yf he sende his mē forth a warfare they go and breake downe hilles walles towres They are slayne slaye oher men them selues ouer passe not y e kynges worde Yf they get the victory they brynge the kynge all the spoyle Likewyse the other y t medle not w t warres fightinge but tyll the grounde whan they reape they brynge trybute vnto y e kynge And yf y e kynge alone do but cōmaunde to kyll they kyll yf he cōmaunde to forgeue they forgeue yf he cōmaunde to smyte they smyte yf he byd dryue awaye they dryue awaye yf he commaunde to buylde they buylde yf he cōmaūde to breake downe they breake downe yf he cōmaunde to plante they plāte The comon people y e rulers are obedient vnto him And y e kynge in the meane season sytteth hī downe eateth and drynketh taketh his rest thē kepe they watch roūde aboute y e kinge not one of thē darre gett him out of y e waye to do his owne busynes but must be obediēt vnto y e kinge at a worde Iudge ye now o ye men how shulde not he go farre aboue vnto whom men are thus obediēt And whan he had spokē this he helde his tonge The thirde whose name was Zorobabel which had spokē of wemen of y e trueth begāne to saye after this maner O ye mē it is not y e greate kynge it is not the multitude of mē nether is it wine y t excelleth Who is it thē y t hath y e lordshipe ouer thē Haue not wemen borne the kynge all y e people y t rule these thinges Haue not wemē borne thē brought thē vp y t plante the vynes wher out y e wyne cōmeth They make garmētes for all mē they geue hono r vnto all men w t out wemen can not men lyue Yf they gather golde syluer all precious thinges se a fayre wel fauoured womā they leaue all together and turne their eyes onely vnto the woman gape vpon her haue more desyre vnto her then vnto the syluer golde or eny maner of precious thinge A mā leaueth his father y t brought him vp he leaueth his owne naturall coūtre and cleueth vnto the woman yee he ioperdeth his life with the woman and remembreth nether father ner mother ner countre By this then ye must nedes knowe y t wemen haue y e domynion ouer you Doth it greue you A mā taketh his swerde goeth his waye to steale to kyll to murther to sayle vpon the see seyth a lyon and goeth in the darcknes and when he hath stollen disceaued robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue Agayne a man loueth his wyfe better then father and mother yee many one there be that renne out of their wyttes become bondmen for their wyues sakes many one also haue perished haue bene slayne haue synned because of wemen And now beleue me I knowe a kynge which is greate in his power all lōdes stōde in awe of him no man darre laye hande vpon him yet dyd I se y t Apame y e daughter of the greate kynge Bartacus the kynges cōcubine satt besyde the kynge vpō the right hāde and toke of his crowne from his heade and set it vpon hir owne heade and smote the kynge with hir left hande Morouer the kynge loked vpō her w t open mouth yf she laughed vpon him he laughed also but yf she toke eny displeasure with him the kynge was fayne to flater her to geue her good wordes till he had gotten hir fauoure agayne O ye men are not wemen then stronger Greate is the earth and hie is the heauen that do these thinges Then the kynge the prynces loked one vpon another So he beganne to speake of the trueth O ye men are not wemē stronger Greate is the earth hye is the heauen swyft is the course of the Sonne he compaseth the heauen rounde aboute and fetcheth his course againe to his owne place in one daye Is he not excellent that doth this yee greate is the trueth and stronger then all thinges All the earth calleth vpon the trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thinge Wine is vnrighteous the kynge is vnrighteous wemen are vnrighteous all the children of men are vnrighteous yee all their workes are vnrighteous and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnes also shall they be destroyed and perish As for y e trueth it endureth and is allwaye stronge it lyueth and cōquereth for euermore worlde without ende The trueth accepteth no personnes it putteth no difference betwixte rych or poore betwixte y e mightie or symple but doth right vnto euery mā whether they be euel or good all men are louyngly dealt withall in the workes of it In the iudgment of it there is no vnrighteous thinge but strength kingdome power and maiesty for euermore Blessed be the God of trueth And with that he helde his tōge and all y e people cried sayde Greate is the trueth and aboue all Then sayde the kynge vnto him Axe what thou wilt more then is
hall and gathered the whole multitude ouer him and stryped him out of his clothes and put a purple robe vpō him and plated a crowne of thorne set it vpon his heade and a rede in his hāde and kneled before him and mocked him and sayde hayle kynge of the Iewes And spytted vpon him and toke y e rede smote him vpon the heade And whā they had mocked hī they toke the robe of him ageyne put his owne clothes vpon him and led him forth y t they might crucifie hī And as they were goinge out they founde a man of Cyren called Symon him they compelled to beare his crosse And when they came vnto the place called Golgatha that is to saye by interpretaciō a place of deed mens sculles they gaue him to drynke veneger myxte w t gall And whan he had tasted therof he wolde not drynke So whan they had crucified him they parted his garmētes and cast lottes therfore that the thinge might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet They haue parted my garmētes amonge thē cast lottes vpon my vesture And there they sat and watched hī And aboue ouer his heade they put vp the cause of his death in wrytinge namely This is the kynge of the Iewes Then were there two murthurers crucified with him the one of the right hande and the other on the left They that wente by reuyled him and wagged their heades and sayde Thou that breakest downe the tēple of God and buyldest it in thre dayes helpe thy self Yf thou be the sonne of God come downe from the crosse The hye prestes also in like maner with the scrybes elders laughed him to scorne and sayde he hath helped other and can not helpe him self Yf he be the kynge of Israel let him come downe now from the crosse and we wil beleue him He trusted in God let him delyuer him now yf he wil haue him For he hath sayde I am the sonne of God The murtherers also that were crucified with him cast the same in his tethe And from y e sixte houre there was darcknes ouer the whole earth vnto the nyenth houre And aboute the nyenth houre Iesus cried with a loude voyce and sayde Eli Eli Lamma asabthani that is My God my God why hast thou forsaken me But some of thē that stode there when they herde y t sayde He calleth Elias And immediatly one of them ranne and toke a spōge and fylled it with veneger and put it vpon a rede and gaue him to dryncke But y e other sayde holde let se whether Elias wyl come and delyuer him Iesus cried agayne with a loude voyce and gaue vp the goost And beholde the vale of the temple was rente in two peces from aboue tyll beneth and the earth quaked and the stones rent and the graues opened and many bodies of the sayntes that slepte arose and wēte out of the graues after his resurreccion and came in to the holy cite and appeared vnto many But the captayne and they that were with him and kepte Iesus when they sawe the earthquake and the thinges that were done they were sore afrayed and sayde Verely this was Gods sonne And there were many wemen there lokynge to afarre of which had folowed Iesus from Galile and had mynistred vnto him amonge whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of the children of Zebede At euen there came a rich man of Arimathia called Ioseph which was also a disciple of Iesus He wēte vnto Pylate and axed the body of Iesus Then commaunded Pylate that the body shulde be geuē him And Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane lynnen cloth and layed it in his owne new sepulcre which he had hewen out in a rocke and rolled a greate stone to the dore of the sepulcre and wente his waye And there was Mary Magdalene and y e other Mary syttinge ouer agaynst the sepulcre The next daye that foloweth the daye of preparynge the hye prestes and Pharises came together vnto Pylate and saide Syr we haue called to remembraunce that this disceauer sayde whyle he was yet alyue After thre dayes I wyl ryse agayne Cōmaunde therfore that the sepulcre be kepte vnto the thirde daye lest peraduenture his disciples come and steale him awaye and saye vnto the people He is rysen from the deed and so shal the last errour be worse thē the first Pylate sayde vnto them There haue ye watchmē go youre waye and kepe it as ye can They wēte and kepte the sepulcre w t watchmen and sealed the stone The XXVIII Chapter VPon the euenynge of the Sabbath holy daye which dawneth y e morow of the first daye of y e Sabbathes came Mary Magdalene and y e other Mary to se y e sepulcre And beholde there was made a greate earthquake for the angell of the LORDE descended from heauen and came and rolled backe y e stone from the dore and sat vpon it And his countenaunce was as y e lightenynge and his clothinge whyte as snowe But y e watch mē were troubled for feare of him and became as though they were deed The angell answered and sayde vnto y e women Be not ye afrayed I knowe that ye seke Iesus that was crucified He is not here He is rysen as he sayde Come and se y e place where the LORDE was layed and go youre waye soone and tell his disciples that he is rysen from the deed And beholde he wyl go before you in to Galile there shal ye se him Lo I haue tolde you And they departed from the graue in all the haist with feare and greate ioye ranne to brīge his disciples worde And as they were goinge to tell his disciples beholde Iesus met them and sayde God spede you And they wente vnto him and helde his fete and fell downe before him Thē sayde Iesus vnto them Be not afrayed go youre waye and tell my brethren that they go in to Galile there shal they se me And whan they were gone beholde certayne of the watchmen came in to the cite tolde the hye prestes euery thinge that had happened And they came together with the elders and helde a councell and gaue y e sonders money ynough and sayde Saye ye his disciples came by night and stole him awaye whyle we were a slepe And yf this come to the debytes eares we wyl styll him and brynge it so to passe that ye shal be safe And they toke the money and dyd as they were taught And this sayenge is noysed amonge the Iewes vnto this daye The eleuen disciples wente vnto Galile in to a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them And whan they sawe him they fell downe before him but some of them douted And Iesus came vnto them talked with them and sayde Vnto me is geuē all power in
it he worshipped and came agayne in to the hoost of Israel and sayde Vp for the LORDE hath delyuered y e hoost of the Madianites in to youre haÌ„de And he deuyded the thre hundreth men in to thre partes and gaue euery one a trompet in his hande and emptye pytchers and lampes therin and sayde vnto them Loke vnto me and do ye eueÌ„ so and beholde whaÌ„ I come to the vttemost parte of the hoost euen as I do so do ye also Whan I blowe y e trompet and all that are w t me then shal ye blowe y e troÌ„pettes also rounde aboute all the hoost and saye Here the LORDE Gedeon Thus came Gedeon and the thre hundreth men with him vnto the vttemost parte of y e hoost aboute the tyme whan the mydwatch begynneth and waked vp the watchmeÌ„ and blewe with the trompettes and smote asunder the pitchers in their handes So all the thre companies blewe with y e trompettes and brake the pitchers But the lampes helde they in their lefte hande and the trompettes in their righte haÌ„de so that they blewe and cried Here the swerde of the LORDE and Gedeon And euery one stode in his place aboute the hoost Then ranne all the hoost and cried and fled And whyle the thre hundreth men blewe the trompettes y e LORDE broughte it so to passe that euery mans swerde in all y e hoost was agaynst another and the hoost fled vnto Bethsitha Zereratha and vnto the border of the playne of Mehohab besyde Tabath And y e men of Israel of Nephtali of Asser of Manasse cried and folowed vpon the Madianites And Gedeon sent messaungers vp vnto all mount Ephraim sayenge Come downe against the Madianites and stoppe the water from them vnto Beth Bara and Iordane And then cryed all they that were of Ephraim and stopped the water from them vnto Bethbara and Iordane and toke two prynces of the Madianites Oreb and Zeb and slewe Oreb vpon the rocke of Oreb and Zeb in the wyne presse of Zeb and folowed vpon the Madianites and broughte the heades of Oreb and Zeb vnto Gideon ouer Iordane The VIII Chapter ANd the men of Ephraim sayde vnto him Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs that thou hast not called vs whaÌ„ thou wentest forth to fight agaynst y e Madianites and they chode sore with him But he sayde vnto them What haue I done now that is like youre acte Is not the after gadderynge of Ephraim better then the whole haruest of Abieser God hath delyuered y e prynces of the Madianites Oreb and Zeb in to youre hande how coulde I do that ye haue done WhaÌ„ he had sayde this their blast was swaged from him Now whan Gedeon came vnto Iordane he wente ouer with the thre hundreth meÌ„ that were with him and they were weery and folowed vpon their chace And he sayde vnto the men of Sucoth I praye you geue the people that are with me some loaues of bred for they are weery that I maye folowe vpon Zebea and Salmana the kinges of the Madianites But the rulers of Sucoth sayde Are the handes of Zebea and Salmana in thy handes allready that we must geue bred vnto thy men of warre Gedeon sayde Well whan the LORDE delyuereth Zebea and Salmana in to my haÌ„de I wyll thresâ—she youre flesh with thornes of the wyldernesse and with breares And from thence he wente vp vnto Penuel and spake euen so vnto them And the meÌ„ of Penuel gaue him like answere as they of Sucoth And he sayde also vnto the men of Penuel Yf I come peaceably agayne I wil breake downe this tower As for Zebea and Salmana they were at Karkar and their hoost with them vpon a fyftene thousande which were all that were lefte of the whole hoost of the children of the Easte for there were fallen an hundreth and twentye thousande that coulde drawe the swerde And Gedeon wente vp by the waye where they dwell in the tentes on the east side of Nobah and Iakbeha smote the hoost for the hoost was carelesse and mystrusted nothinge And Zebea and Salmana fled but he folowed after them and toke y e two kynges of the Madianites Zebea and Salmana and put all the hoost in feare â–ª Now whan Gedeon y e sonne of Ioas came agayne froÌ„ the battayll out of y e east he toke a lad of the men of Sucoth examyned him which wrote him vp the names of the rulers of Sucoth and their Elders eueÌ„ thre score and seuentene men And he came to the men of Sucoth sayde Beholde here is Zebea Salmana coÌ„cernynge whoÌ„ ye laughed me to scorne sayde Are the handes of Zebea and Salmana in thy haÌ„des all ready that we must geue bred vnto thy men which are weery And he toke the Elders of the cite and thornes out of the wildernes and breres and caused y e men of Sucoth to be torne therwith And the tower of Penuel brake he downe and slewe the men of the cite And he saide vnto Zebea and Salmana What maner of meÌ„ were they whoÌ„ ye slewe at Thabor They sayde They were euen like the goodly men as yf they had bene a kynges childreÌ„ He sayde They were my brethren euen my mother sonnes As truly as the LORDE lyueth yf ye had letteÌ„ them lyue I wolde not slaye you And he saide vnto his first borne sonne Iether Stonde vp slaye them Howbeit the lad drue not out his swerde for he was afrayed for so moch as he was yet but a lad Zebea Salmana sayde Stonde thou vp slaye vs for as the man is soch is also his streÌ„gth So Gedeon arose and slewe Zebea and Salmana and toke the ornamentes that were aboute their Camels neckes Then sayde certayne in Israel vnto Gedeon Be thou lorde ouer vs thou and thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne for so moch as thou hast delyuered vs from y e hande of y e Madianites Neuertheles Gedeon saide vnto them I wil not be lorde ouer you nether shal my sonne be lorde ouer you but the LORDE shal be lorde ouer you Gedeon sayde vnto them One thinge I desyre of you Euery man geue me the earinge that he hath spoyled For in so moch as y e men were Ismaelites they had earinges They sayde Them wyll we geue the. And they spred out a cloth and euery man cast the earinge theron that he had spoyled And the golden earynges which he requyred had in weight a thousande and seuen hundreth Sycles of golde besyde the spanges and cheynes and scarlet rayment which the kynges of the Madianites dyd weere and besyde the neckbandes of their Camels And Gideon made a cote armoure therof and set it in his cite at Aphra And all Israel wente there a whoringe after it and it turned to an occasion of fallinge vnto Gedeon and his house Thus were y e Madianites brought downe before the children of Israel and lifte
a wyse womā out of y e cite Heare heare saye vnto Ioab that he come hither I wyl speake with him And whā he came to her the woman sayde Art thou Ioab He sayde Yee She sayde vnto him Heare the wordes of thy handmayden He sayde I heare She sayde The comonsayenge was somtyme Who so wyll axe let him axe at Abel and so came it to a good ende This is y e noble and faithfull cite in Israel and wilt thou destroye the cite and the mother in Israel Why wilt thou swalowe vp the enheritaunce of the LORDE Ioab answered and sayde That be farre that be farre fro me that I shulde swalowe vp and destroye The matter is not so but a certayne man of mount Ephraim named Seba the sonne of Bichri hath lifte vp him selfe agaynst kynge Dauid delyuer him onely and I wyl departe from the cite The woman sayde vnto Ioab Beholde his heade shal be cast vnto the ouer the wall And the woman came in to all the people with hir wyszdome And they smote of the heade of Seba the sonne of Bichri and cast it vnto Ioab Then blewe he the trompe and they departed from the cite euery one vnto his tent But Ioab came agayne to Ierusalem vnto the kynge Ioab was captayne ouer all the hoost of Israel Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada was ouer the Chrethians and Plethians Adoram was rent gatherer Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler Seia was the scrybe Sadoc and Abiathar were the prestes Ira also y e Iairite was Dauids prest The XXI Chapter THere was a derth also in Dauids tyme thre yeares together And Dauid soughte the face of y e LORDE And the LORDE sayde Because of Saul and be cause of that bloudy housholde y t he slewe the Gibeonites Then the kynge caused for to call the Gibeonites and spake vnto them As for the Gibeonites they were not of y e children of Israel but a remnaunt of the Amorites howbeit the children of Israel had sworne vnto thē and Saul soughte for to smyte them in his gelousy for the childrē of Israel and Iuda Then sayde Dauid to the Gibeonites What shal I do vnto you And where withall shal I make the attonement that ye maye blesse y e enheritaunce of y e LORDE The Gibeonites sayde vnto him It is not for golde and syluer that we haue to do w t Saul and his house nether haue we oughte to do for to slaye eny mā in Israel He sayde What saye ye then that I shal do vnto you They sayde vnto y e kynge The man that hath destroyed vs and broughte vs to naughte shulde we destroye that nothinge be lefte him in all the coastes of Israel Let there be geuen vs seuen men of his sonnes that we maye hange them vp vnto the LORDE at Gibea of Saul the chosen of the LORDE The kynge sayde I wyll geue them Howbeit the kynge spared Mephiboseth y e sonne of Ionathas y e sonne of Saul because of the ooth of the LORDE y t was betwene them namely betwene Dauid Ionathas the sonne of Saul But the two sonnes of Rispa y e doughter of Aia whom she had borne vnto Saul Armoni Mephiboseth And the fyue sonnes of Michol the doughter of Saul whom she bare vnto Adriel the sonne of Barsillai the Mahalothite dyd the kynge take and gaue them in to the handes of y e Gibeonites which hanged thē vp vpō the mount before the LORDE So these seuen fell at one tyme and dyed in the tyme of the first haruest whan y e barly haruest begynneth Then toke Rispa the doughter of Aia a sackcloth spred it vpon the rock in the begynnynge of the haruest tyll the water from the heauen dropped vpō them and suffred not the foules of the heauen to rest on them on the daye tyme nether the wylde beestes of the felde on the nighte season And it was tolde Dauid what Rispa the doughter of Aia Sauls concubyne had done And Dauid wente and toke the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathas his sonne from y e citesens at Iabes in Gilead which they had stollen from y e strete at Bethsan where y e Philistynes had hanged thē what tyme as the Philistynes had smytten Saul vpon mount Gilboa and broughte them vp from thence and gathered them together w t the bones of them that were hanged And the bones of Saul and of his sonne Ionathas buried they in y e londe of Ben Iamin besyde y e graue of his father Cis. So after this was God at one with the londe But there arose warre agayne of y e Philistynes agaynst Israel And Dauid wente downe his seruauntes with him foughte agaynst the Philistynes And Dauid was weery Ieszbi of Nob which was one of the children of Rapha and the weight of his speare was thre C. weight of brasse and had a new harnesse vpon him thoughte to smyte Dauid Neuertheles Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia helped him smote the Philistyne to death Then sware Dauids men vnto him sayde Thou shalt nomore go forth with vs vnto the warre that the lanterne in Israel be not put out Afterwarde there arose yet warre at Nob with the Philistynes Then Sibechai the Husathite smote Saph which also was one of the childrē of Rapha And there arose yet warre at Gob with the Philistynes Then Elhanan the sonne of Iaere Orgim a Bethleemite smote Goliath the Gethite which had a speare whose shaft was like a weeuers lome And there arose yet warre at Gath where there was a cōtencious man which had sixe fyngers on his handes and sixe toes on his fete that is foure and twēty in the nombre and he was borne also of Rapha And whan he spake despitefully vnto Israel Ionathas y e sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him These foure were borne vnto Rapha at Gath and fell thorow the hande of Dauid and of his seruauntes The XXII Chapter ANd Dauid spake the wordes of this songe before the LORDE what tyme as the LORDE had delyuered him frō the hande of all his enemies and from the hande of Saul and he sayde The LORDE is my stony rock my castell and my delyuerer God is my strength in him wyl I put my trust my shylde the horne of my saluacion my defence my refuge my Sauioure thou shalt helpe me from violent wronge I wil call vpon the LORDE with prayse so shal ▪ I be delyuered fro myne enemies For the sorowes of death cōpased me and the brokes of Belial made me afrayed The paynes of hell came aboute me and the snares of death had ouertaken me Whā I was in trouble I called vpō the LORDE yee euen my God called I vpon so he herde my voyce frō his holy temple my cōplaynte came in to his eares The earth trembled and quaked the foundacions of the heauen shoke and moued be cause he was wroth
eyes heare not with their eares and vnderstonde not with their hartes and conuerte and be healed Then spake I LORDE how longe he answered vntil the cities be vtterly without inhabitours and y e houses without men till the loÌ„de be also desolate and lye vnbuylded For the LORDE shal take the men farre awaye so that the londe shal lye waist Neuertheles the tenth parte shal remayne therin for it shal conuerte and be fruteful And like wise as the Terebyntes and Oketrees bringe forth their frutes so shal the holy sede haue frute The seuenth Chapter IT happened in the tyme of Ahas the sonne of Ionathas which was the sonne of Ioathan Kynge of Iuda that Rezin the Kinge of Siria and Poca Rome lies sonne Kynge of Israel wente vp toward Ierusalem to besege it but wanne it not Now when the house of Dauid that is Ahas herde worde therof y t Siria and Ephraim were confederate together his herte quaked yee and y e hertes also of his people like as a tre in the felde that is moued with the wynde Then sayde God vnto Esay go mete Ahas thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub at the heade of y e ouer pole in the fote path by the fullers grounde and saye vnto him take hede to thy self and be still but feare not nether be faynt harted for these two tales that is for these two smokynge fyre brandes the wrath and furiousnes of Rezin the Sirian and Romelies sonne because that the Kynge of Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wekedly conspyred agaynst the sayenge We will go downe in to Iuda vexe theÌ„ and brynge them vnder vs and set a Kynge there euen the sonne of Taball For thus saieth the LORDE God therto It shall not so go forth nether come so to passe for the head citie of y e Sirians is Damascus but the head of Damascus is Rezin And after fyue and threscore yeare shal Ephraim be nomore a people And the chefe citie of Ephraim is Samaria but the head of Samaria is Rome lies sonne And yf ye beleue not there shall no promyse be kepte with you Morouer God spake vnto Ahas sayenge requyre a token of the LORDE thy God whether it be towarde the depth beneth or towarde y e hight aboue TheÌ„ sayde Ahas I will requyre none nether will I tempte the LORDE The LORDE answered Then he are to ye of the house of Dauid Is it not ynough for you that ye be greuous vnto men but ye must greue my God also And therfore the LORDE shal geue you a token of himself Beholde a virgin shal coÌ„ceaue and beare a sonne and shal call his name Emanuel Butter and hony shal he eate y t he maye knowe the euel and chose y e good But or euer that childe come to knowlege to eschue the euel and chose the good The londe that thou art so afrayde for shal be desolate of both hir kynges The LORDE also shal sende a tyme vpon the vpon thy people and vpoÌ„ thy fathers house soch as neuer came sence the tyme y t Ephraim departed from Iuda thorow y e kynge of the Assirians For at the same tyme shal the LORDE whistle for the flyes y t are aboute the water of Egipte and for y e Beyes in the Assirians londe These shall come and shal light all in the valeyes in y e vowtes of stone vpon all grene thinges and in all corners At the same tyme shal the LORDE shaue the hayre of the heade and the fete and the beerd clene of with the rasoure that he shall paye them withall beyonde the water namely with y e kynge of the Assirians At the same tyme shall a man lyue with a cowe and two shepe Then because of the aboundaunce of mylck he shal make butter and eat it So that euery one which remayneth in the londe shal eate butter and hony At the same tyme all vynyardes though there be a thousand vynes in one and were solde for a thousand siluerlinges shal be turned to brears and thornes Like as they shal come in to the londe with arowes and bowes so shal all the londe become brears and thornes And as for all hilles that now are hewen downe thou shalt not come vpoÌ„ them for feare of brears and thornes But the catel shal be dryuen thither and the shepe shal fede there The viij Chapter MOrouer the LORDE sayde vnto me Take the a greate leaf and wryte in it as men do with a penne that he spede him to robbe and haist him to spoyle And Inmediatly I called vnto me faithful wytnesses Vrias the prest and Zacharias y e sonne of Barachias After that went I vnto the prophetisse that now had conceaued and borne a sonne Then sayde the LORDE to me geue him this name Maherschalal haschbas that is a spedierobber an hastie spoyler For why or euer the childe shal haue knowlege to saye Abi and Im y t is father and mother shal y e riches of Damascus and y e substaunce of Samaria be takeÌ„ awaye thorow the kynge of y e Assirians The LORDE spake also vnto me sayenge for so moch as the people refuseth the stiâ—renninge water of Silo and put their delite in Rezin and Romelies sonne Beholde the LORDE shal bringe mightie and great floudes of water vpon them namely y e kynge of the Assirians with all his power Which shall poure out his furyousnes vpoÌ„ euery man and renne ouer all their bankes And shal breake in vpon Iuda increasinge in power till he get him by the throte He shal fyl also the wydenesse of thy londe w t his brode wynges O Emanuel Go together ye people and gather you herken to all ye of farre countrees Mustre you and gather you mustre you and gather you take youre councel together yet must youre councel come to nought go in honde withal yet shal it not prospere Excepte Emanuel that is God be with us For the LORDE chastised me and toke me by y e honde and warned me sayenge vnto me that I shulde not walcke in the waye of this people He sayde morouer rounde with none of theÌ„ who so euer saye yonder people are bounde together Neuertheles feare them not nether be afrayde of them but sanctifie the LORDE of hoostes let him be youre feare and drede For he is the sanctifienge and stone to stomble at y e rock to fall vpon a snare and net to both the houses to Israel and the inhabitours of Ierusalem And many shal stomble fall and be brokeÌ„ vpon him yee they shal be snared and taken Now laye the witnesses together sayde the LORDE and seale the lawe with my disciples Thus I waite vpon the LORDE that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob and I loke vnto him But lo as for me and the children which the LORDE hath geuen me we are a token and a wondre in Israel for the LORDE of hoostes sake which
the generacions of Israel they shal be my people The XXXI Chapter THus saieth the LORDE The people of Israel which escaped in y e wildernes from the swearde founde grace to come in to their rest Euen so shal the LORDE now also apeare vnto me from farre and saye I loue the with an euerlastinge loue therfore do I sprede my mercy before the. I will repayre the agayne o thou doughter of Israel that thou mayest be fast and sure Thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne go forth with them that lede the daunce Thou shalt plante vynes agayne vpon y e hilles of Samaria and the grape gatherers shall plante and synge And when it is tyme the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crie Arise let vs go vp vnto Sion to ouâ—e LORDE God â–ª for thus saieth the LORDE Reioyce with gladnes because of Iacob crie vnto the heade of the Gentiles speake out synge and saye The LORDE shall delyuer his people the remnaunt of Israel make them whole Beholde I will bringe them agayne from out of the north loÌ„de and gather them from the endes of the worlde with the blynde and lame that are amonge them with the women that be greate with childe and soch as be also delyuered and the company of them that come agayne shal be greate They departed from hence in heuynes but with ioye will I bringe them hither agayne I will lede them by the ryuers of water in a straight waye where they shall not stomble For I will be Israels father and Epraim shal be my firstborne Heare the worde of the LORDE o ye Gentiles preach in the Iles that lie farre of and saye he that hath scatred Israel shall gather him together agayne and shall kepe him as a shepherde doth his flocke For the LORDE shall redeme Iacob and ryd him from the honde of the violent And they shal come reioyce vpon the hill of Sion shall haue plenteousnes of goodes which the LORDE shall geue them Namely wheate wyne oyle yonge shepe and calues And their conscience shal be as a well watred garden for they shall nomore be hongrie Then shal the mayde reioyce in the daunce yee both yonge and olde folkes For I will turne their sorow in to gladnesse and will comforte them and make them ioyfull euen from their hertes I will poure plenteousnes vpon the hertes of the prestes and my people shal be satisfied with good thinges saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE The voyce of heuynes wepynge and lamentacion came vp in to heauen euen of Rachel mournynge for hir children and wolde not be comforted because they were awaye But now saieth the LORDE leaue of from wepynge and crienge witholde thyne eyes from teares for thy laboure shal be rewarded saieth the LORDE And they shall come agayne out of the londe of their enemies Yee euen thy posterite shall haue consolacion in this saieth the LORDE that thy children shall come agayne in to their owne londe Morouer I herde Ephraim that was led awaye captyue complayne on this maner O LORDE thou hast correcte me and thy chastenynge haue I receaued as an vntamed calfe Conuerte thou me and I shal be conuerted for thou art my LORDE God Yee as soone as thou turnest me I shall refourme my self and when I vnderstonde I shall smyte vpon my thee For verely I haue coÌ„mitted shamefull thinges O let my youth beare this reprofe and confucion Vpon this complaynte I thought thus by my self is not Ephraim my deare sonne Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all myrth and pastyme For sence the tyme that I first coÌ„moned with him I haue him euer in remembraunce therfore my very herte dryueth me vnto him gladly and louyngly will I haue mercy vpon him saieth the LORDE Get the watchmen prouyde teachers for the set thine herte vpon the right waie that thou shuldest walke and turne agayne o thou doughter of Israel turne agayne to these cities of thyne How longe wilt thou go astraie o thou shreÌ„kinge doughter For the LORDE will worke a new thynge vpon earth A woman shall compasse a man For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel It will come therto that when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuyte these wordes shal be herde in y e londe and in his cities The LORDE which is the fayre brydegrome of rightuousnesse make the frutefull o thou holy hill And there shall dwell Iuda and all hir cities the shepherdes and huszbonde men For I shall fede the hongrie soule and refresh all faynte hertes When I herde this I came agayne to my self and mused like as I had bene waked out of a swete slepe Beholde saieth the LORDE the dayes come that I will sowe the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with men and with catell Yee it shall come therto that like as I haue gone aboute in tymes past to râ—te them out to scatre them to breake them downe to destroye them and chasteÌ„ them Euen so will I also go diligently aboute to buylde them vp agayne and to plante them saieth the LORDE Then shall it no more be sayde y e fathers haue eaten a sower grape and the childrens teth are set on edge for euery one shal dye for his owne myszdede so that who so eateth a sower grape his teth shal be set on edge Beholde the dayes come saieth the LORDE y t I will make a new couenaunt with y e house of Israel with y e house of Iuda not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers when I toke them by the honde led them out of the londe of Egipte which couenaunt they brake wherfore I punyshed them sore saieth the LORDE But this shal be the couenaunt that I will make with the house of Israel after those dayes saieth the LORDE I will plante my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their hertes and wil be their God and they shal be my people And from theÌ„ce forth shall no man teach his neghboure or his brother and saye knowe the LORDE But they shall all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saieth the LORDE For I will forgeue their myszdedes and wil neuer remembre their synnes eny more Thus saieth the LORDE which gaue the sonne to be a light for the daye and the Moone and starres to shyne in the night which moueth the see so that the floudes therof waxe fearce his name is the LORDE of hoostes Like as this ordinaunce shal neuer be taken out of my sight saieth the LORDE So shal the sede of Israel neuer ceasse but all waye be a people before me Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as the heauen aboue can not be measured and as the foundacions of the earth beneth maye not be sought out So will I also not cast out the whole sede of Israel for that they haue commytted saieth the
but let the heades be preserued at the last Neuertheles I sawe y t the voyce wente not out of his heades but from the myddest of his body And I nombred his cōtrary fethers beholde there were eight of them And I loked beholde vpon the right syde there arose one fether raigned ouer all the earth And it happened y t whan it raigned the ende of it came the place therof appeared no more So the nexte folowinge stode vp raigned had a greate tyme it happened y t whan it raigned the ende of it came also like as the first so that it appeared nomore Then came there a voyce vnto it sayde Heare thou y t hast kepte in the earth so lōge this I saye vnto the before thou begynnest to appeare nomore There shal none after y e atteyne vnto thy tyme. Then arose the thirde raigned as the other afore appeared nomore also So wēte it with all the residue one after another so y t euery one raigned thē appeared nomore Thē I loked beholde in processe of tyme the fethers y t folowed were set vp vpō the right syde y t they might rule also and some of thē ruled but within a while they appeared nomore for some of thē were set vp but ruled not After this I loked beholde y e xij fethers appeared nomore and the two wynges there was nomore vpon the Aegles body but two heades that rested sixe fethers Then sawe I also y t the sixe fethers were parted in two remayned vnder the heade y t was vpon the right syde for the foure cōtynued in their place So I loked and beholde they that were vnder the wynges thought to set vp them selues and to haue the rule Then was there one set vp but shortly it appeared nomore and the seconde were sooner awaye then the first And I behelde and lo the two thought also by thē selues to raigne whā they so thought beholde there waked one of the heades that were at rest namely it that was in the myddest for that was the greater of the two heades And then I sawe that the two heades were fylled with him and the heade was turned with them y t were by him ate vp y e two vnder wynges y t wolde haue raigned But this heade put y e whole earth in feare and bare rule in it ouer all those y t dwelt vpon earth with moch laboure and he had the gouernaunce of the worlde ouer all the foules that haue bene After this I loked and beholde the heade that was in the middest sodenly appeared nomore like as y e wynges then came the two heades which ruled vpon earth ouer those that dwelt therin And I behelde lo the heade vpon the right side deuoured it that was vpon the left syde And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me loke before the and considre the thinge that thou seist Then I sawe and beholde as it were a lyon that roareth rennynge haistely out of y e wod and he sent out a mans voybe vnto the Aegle and sayde Heare thou I wyl talke with the and the Hyest shal saye vnto the Is it not thou that hast the victory of the foure beastes whom I made to raigne vpon earth and in my worlde and that y e ende of their times might come thorow thē And the fourth came and ouerwanne all the beastes that were past and had power ouer the worlde with greate fearfulnes and ouer the whole compasse of the earth w t the most wicked laboure and so longe time dwelt he vpon the earth with disceate the earth hast thou iudged not with trueth For thou hast troubled the meke thou hast hurte the peaceable and quyete thou hast loued lyers and destroyed the dwellynges of them that brought forth frute and hast cast downe the walles of soch as dyd the no harme Therfore is thy wrongeous dealynge and blasphemy come vp vnto the Hyest and thy pryde vnto the Mightie The Hyest also hath loked vpō the proude tymes and beholde they are ended and their abhominacions are fulfilled And therfore appeare nomore thou Aegle and thy horrible wynges and thy wicked fethers and thy vngracious heades and thy synfull clawes and all thy vayne body that the earth maye be refreshed and come agayne to herself whan she is deliuered from thy violence and that she maye hope for y e iudgment and mercy of him that made her The XII Chapter ANd it happened whā y e Lyō spake these wordes vnto y e Aegle y e heade y t afore had y e vpperhāde appeared nomore nether dyd y e foure wynges appeare eny more y t came to hī were sett vp to raigne their kyngdome was small full of vproure And I sawe beholde they appeared no more y e whole body of y e Aegle was brēt the earth was in greate feare Then awaked I out of the traunce of my mynde and from greate feare and sayde vnto my sprete Lo this hast thou geuen me in y t thou searchest out the wayes of the Hyest lo yet am I weary in my minde and very weake in my sprete and litle strēgth is there in me for the greate feare that I receaued this night Therfore wil I now beseke the Hyest y t he wyl comforte me vnto the ende I sayde LORDE LORDE yf I haue founde grace before thy sight and yf I am iustified with y e before many other yf my prayer be come vp before thy face cōforte me then and shew me thy seruaunt the interpretacion playne differēce of this horrible sight that thou mayest perfectly cōforte my soule for thou hast iudged me worthy to shew me y e last oftymes And he sayde vnto me this is the interpretacion of this sight The Aegle whom thou sawest come vp from the see is the kingdome which was sene in the vision of thy brother Daniel but it was no expounded vnto him for now I declare it vnto the. Beholde the dayes come that there shal ryse vp a kyngdome vpō earth and it shal be feared aboue all the kyngdomes y t were before it In the same kyngdome shal xij kynges raigne one after another For the secōde shal begynne to raigne and shal haue more tyme thē the other this do y e xij wynges signifie which thou sawest As for the voyce that spake and that thou sawest go out from the heades but not from y e body it betokeneth that after the tyme of that kyngdome there shall aryse greate stryuynges and it shal stonde in parell of fallynge neuertheles it shal not yet fall bot shal be set in to his beginnynge And y e eight vnderwynges which thou sawest hāge vnto y e wynges of hī betokē y t in hī there shal aryse eight kynges whose tyme shal be but small their yeares swift two of them shal beare But whan the middest