poule their heades onely 21 21 Al the priestes that go into the inmost court shal drinke no wine 22 They shall mary no widowe neither one that is put from her husband but a maide of the seede of the house of Israel or a widowe that hath had a priest before 23 They shall shewe my people the difference betweene the holy and vnholy and cause them to discerne betwixt the cleane and vncleane 24 And in controuersie they shall stand to iudge and geue sentence after my iudgementes and my lawes and my statutes shal they kepe in al my solempne feastes and halowe my Sabbathes 25 They shall come at no dead person to defile them selues but with father or mother sonne or daughter brother or sister that hath had yet no husband may they be defiled 26 And when he is cleansed there shal be reckened vnto him seuen dayes 27 And when he goeth into the sanctuarie vnto the inner court to minister in the sanctuarie he shal bring his sinne offring saith the Lorde 28 There shal be to them an inheritauÌ„ce euen I their inheritaunce but possession shall ye geue them none in Israel for I am their possession 29 The meate offering sinne offring and trespasse offring shal they eate euery dedicate thing in Israel shal be theirs 30 And all the first of all the first borne and euery oblation euen all of euery sort of your oblations shal be the priestes ye shall also geue vnto the priestes the first of your dough that he may cause the blessing to rest in thyne house 31 But the priestes shal eate nothing that is dead by it selfe or torne of foule or of beaste ¶ The .xlv. Chapter 1 Out of all the lande of promise are there separated foure portions of which the first is geuen to the priestes and to the temple the seconde to the Leuites the third to the citie the fourth to the prince 9 An exhortation to the heades of Israel 10 Of iust waightes and measures 13 Of the first fruâ—tes 1 WHen ye deuide the land by the lot for inheritaunce ye shall offer an oblation to the Lorde a holy portion of the lande twentie and fiue thousand canes long and ten thousand broade this shal be holy in all the borders thereof rounde about 2 Of this part there shall belong vnto the sanctuarie fiue hundred cubites in length with fiue hundred in breadth square rounde about and fiftie cubites rounde about for the suburbes 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure namely of the length of twentie fiue thousand and the breadth of ten thousand and in it shal be the sanctuarie and the most holy place 4 That holy portion of the lande shall parteyne vnto the priestes which do seruice in the sanctuarie which come neare to serue the Lorde and it shal be vnto them a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuarie 5 And in the twentie and fiue thousand length and ten thousand breadth shall the Leuites that minister in the house haue their possession for twentie chambers 6 Ye shal geue also vnto the citie a possession of fiue thousand canes broade and twentie and fiue thousand long ouer against the oblation of the holy portion that shal be for the whole house of Israel 7 And a portion shal be for the prince on this side and on that side of the oblation of the holy portion and of the possession of the citie euen before the oblation of the holy portion and before the possession of the citie from the west corner westwarde from the east corner eastwarde and the length shal be by one of the portions from the west border vnto the east border 8 In this lande shal be his possession in Israel and my princes shall no more oppresse my people and the rest of the lande shall they geue to the house of Israel according to their tribes 9 Thus saith the Lorde God Let it suffise you O ye princes of Israel leaue of crueltie and oppression and execute iudgement and iustice take away your exactions from my people saith the lord God 01 Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce a true Ephah and a true Bath 11 The Ephah and the Bath shal be alyke one Bath shall containe the tenth parte of an Homer and an Ephah the tenth part of an Homer the equalitie thereof shal be after the Homer 12 The Sicle maketh twentie Gerrahs twentie Sicles and twentie fiue and fifteene Sicles make a Maneh 13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer the sixt part of an Ephah out of an Homer of wheate and the sixt part of an Ephah out of an Homer of barlye 14 Concerning the ordinaunces of the oyle euen of the Bath of oyle ye shall offer the tenth part of a Bath out of the Cor ten Bathes shal be a Homer because ten Bathes fill a Homer 15 And one lambe from two hundred sheepe out of the fat pastures of Israel for a meate offring burnt offring and peace offring to reconcile them saith the Lorde God 16 All the people of the lande shall geue this oblation for the prince in Israel 17 Againe it shal be the princes part to offer burnt offringes meate offringes and wine offringes in the holy dayes newe moones Sabbathes in all the hie feastes of the house of Israel he shal prepare the sinne offring meate offring burnt offring and peace offring to reconcile the house of Israel 18 Thus saith the Lorde God The first day of the first moneth thou shalt take a young bullocke without blemishe and cleanse the sanctuarie 19 So the priest shall take of the blood of the sinne offring and put it vpon the postes of the house vpon the foure corners of the frame of the aulter vpon the postes of the gate of the inner court 20 And thus shalt thou do also the seuenth day of the moneth for such as haue sinned of ignoraunce or being deceaued to reconcile the house withall 21 Vpon the fourteenth day of the first moneth ye shall haue the passouer a feast of seuen dayes and ye shall eate vnleauened bread 22 Vpon the same day shal the prince prepare for him selfe and all the people of the lande a bullocke for a sinne offring 23 And in the seuen dayes of the feast he shall make a burnt offring to the Lord euen of seuen bullockes seueÌ„ rammes without blemishe dayly for seuen dayes and a hee goate dayly for a sinne offring 24 And he shall prepare a meate offering of an Ephah for a bullocke an Ephah for a ramme and a Hin of oyle for an Ephah 25 In the seuenth moneth in the fifteenth day of the moneth on the feast he shall do according vnto these for seuen dayes according to the sinne offering according to the burnt offring and according to the meate offring and according to the oyle The .xlvj. Chapter 1 The sacrifice of the
the beautie eloquence strength power successe administration of iustice aboundaunce of riches and maiestie of kyng Solomon with his wife and children setteth foorth Iesus Christe and his espouse the Churche whose eternal kingdome agaynst sinne death and hell is notably figured here in this psalme ¶ To the chiefe musition on the instrument Sosannim to be song of the children of Corach A song of loue geuyng wise instructions 1 MY heart is endityng of a good matter I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer 2 Thou art fayrer then the children of men full of grace are thy lippes because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer 3 Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie that is with thy glorie and thy maiestie 4 Prosper thou with thy maiestie ryde on the worde of trueth and of affliction for ryghteousnesse sake and thy ryght hande shall teache thee terrible thynges 5 Thyne arrowes are sharpe a people the kynges enemies shall submit in heart them selues vnto thee 6 Thy throne O Lorde endureth for euer and euer the scepter of ryghteousnesse is the scepter of thy kyngdome 7 Thou hast loued iustice and hated vngodlynesse wherfore the Lorde euen thy Lorde hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse more then thy felowes 8 All thy garmentes smell of Myrre Aloes and Cassia out of the iuorie palaces wherby they haue made thee glad 9 Kynges daughters are amongst thy honourable women vpon thy ryght hande standeth the queene in a vesture of golde of Ophir 10 Hearken O daughter and consider encline thine eare forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house 11 So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy beautie for he is thy Lorde and worship thou hym 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall come with a present the riche among the people shall make their earnest prayer before thee 13 The kynges daughter is all glorious within her clothyng is of wrought golde 14 She shal be brought vnto the kyng in rayment of needle worke the virgins that folowe her and her company shal be brought vnto thee 15 With ioy and gladnesse shall they be brought and shal enter into the kinges palace 16 In steade of thy fathers thou shalt haue children whom thou mayst make princes in all landes 17 I wyll remember thy name from one generation vnto another therfore shall the people prayse thee worlde without ende ¶ The argument of the .xlvj. Psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth God to haue deliuered Hierusalem so notably out of perilles that they all haue a cause to conceaue a full hope not for to feare any aduersitie in tyme to come He exhorteth other to beholde the great workes of God and turneth his speache to his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition a song to be song of the children of Corach vpon Alamoth 1 THe Lorde is our refuge strength a helpe very easyly founde in troubles 2 Therfore we wyll not feare though the earth be transposed and though the hilles rushe into the middest of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountaynes shake at the surges of the same Selah 4 Yet the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest 5 God is in the myddest of her therfore she can not be remoued the Lorde wyll helpe her and that ryght early 6 The heathen make much a do and the kyngdomes are moued but God shewed his voyce and the earth melted away 7 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah 8 O come hither and beholde the workes of God what distructions he hath brought vpon the earth 9 He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde he breaketh the bowe knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the charettes in the fire 10 Be styll then and knowe that I am the Lorde I wyll be exalted among the heathen I wyll be exalted in the earth 11 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah The argument of the .xlvij. psalme ¶ The prophete inciteth the faythfull to prayse God with all kynde of melody for that he subdueth their enemies vnder them He also declareth that the heathen with their princes shall receaue the fayth ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme to be song of the children of Corach 1 CLap your handes all ye people make a noise vnto the Lorde with a ioyfull voyce 2 For God is hygh and terrible he is the great king vpō all the earth 3 He wyll subdue the people vnder vs and the nations vnder our feete 4 He hath chosen for vs our inheritaunce the glorie of Iacob whō he loued Selah 5 The Lorde ascendeth in a triumph and God with the sounde of a trumpet 6 Syng psalmes to the Lorde syng psalmes syng psalmes to our kyng sing psalmes 7 For the Lorde is kyng of all the earth * syng psalmes all you that haue skyll 8 God raigneth ouer the heathen God sitteth vpon his holy throne 9 The princes of the people are assembled together for to be the people of the God of Abraham for the shieldes of the earth be Gods who is hyghly exalted ¶ The argument of the .xlviii. Psalme ¶ The prophete magnifieth the maiestie of God for his goodnesse benefites fayth and wonderfull defence towardes his Churche which he commendeth vnder the name of the citie of God of mount Sion of the holy hyll and palaces of the north syde ¶ A song the psalme of the children of Corach 1 GReat is God and hyghly to be praysed in the citie of our Lorde his holy hyll 2 The hyll of Sion is fayre in situation and the ioy of the whole earth vpon the north syde lyeth y e citie of the great king 3 God is well knowen in her palaces as a most sure refuge 4 For lo kinges did assemble and passe by together they them selues sawe it * lykewyse they marueyled they were astonyed with feare and sodenly in haste they were gone away 5 A feare came there vpon them and sorowe as vpon a woman in her childe trauayle 6 Thou didst breake the shippes of the sea through the east wynde 7 Lyke as we haue hearde so haue we seene in the citie of God of hoastes in the citie of our Lorde God vpholdeth the same for euer Selah 8 O Lorde we haue wayted for thy louyng kindnesse in the myddest of thy temple 9 O Lorde accordyng to thy name so is thy prayse vnto the worldes ende thy ryght hande is full of iustice 10 Mount Sion shall reioyce and the daughters of Iuda shal be glad because of thy iudgementes 11 Compasse about Sion and go rounde about her and tell the towres therof 12 Marke well her bulwarkes beholde her hygh palaces that ye may tell it to your posteritie
shall thy ielousie burne lyke fire for euer 6 Powre out thine indignation vpon the Heathen that haue not knowen thee and vpon the kingdomes that haue not called vpon thy name 7 For they haue deuoured Iacob and layde waste his dwelling place 8 O remember not against vs sinnes that be past with all speede let thy tender mercy preuent vs for we are brought very lowe 9 Helpe vs O Lord of our saluation for the glory of thy name deliuer vs and be mercyfull vnto our sinnes for thy names sake 10 Wherefore do the Heathen say where is nowe their God let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes blood that is shed be openly knowen amongst the Heathen in our sight 11 Let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee accordyng vnto the greatnes of thy power preserue thou those that are appoynted to dye 12 And rewarde thou our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their blasphemie wherewith they haue blasphemed thee O God 13 So we who be thy people and sheepe of thy pasture wyll confesse thee for euer and we wyll alway set foorth in wordes thy prayse from generation to generation The argument of the .lxxx. psalme ¶ The prophete earnestly prayeth God for to deliuer his people of Israel out of affliction wherein they were wrapped He reciteth the benefites done vnto them in bringing them out of Egypt as a vine of God to be planted in the holy lande He lamenteth the destruction of Hierusalem desiring that it may be reedified ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Sosannim Eduth a psalme of Asaph 1 HEare O thou shephearde of Israel thou that leadest Ioseph lyke a sheepe and thou that sittest vpon the Cherubims shew thy gratious presence 2 Before Ephraim Beniamin and Manasses stirre vp thy strength and come for to saue vs. 3 Turne vs agayne O Lorde shewe the light of thy countenaunce and we shal be saued 4 O God Lorde of hoastes howe long wylt thou be angry at the prayer of thy people 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of teares and geuest them plenteously teares to drinke 6 Thou hast made vs a strife vnto our neighbours and our enemies laugh vs to scorne 7 Turne vs agayne thou Lorde of hoastes shewe the light of thy countenaunce and we shal be saued 8 Thou dydst translate a vine out of Egypt thou didst cast out the Heathen and planted it 9 Thou madst roome before it thou causedst it to take roote and it hath filled the lande 10 The hilles were couered with her shadowe and goodly high Cedar trees with her bowes 11 She stretched out her braunches vnto the sea and her bowes vnto the riuer 12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge that all they whiche go by plucke of her grapes 13 The wylde bore out of the wood rooteth it vp and the wylde beast of the fielde deuoureth it 14 Turne thee agayne thou God of hoastes I pray thee loke downe from heauen beholde and visite this vine and vineyarde that thy ryght hande hath planted and the young braunche which thou hast fortified for thy selfe 15 It is brent with fire and cut downe they shall perishe at the rebuke of thy countenaunce 16 Let thy hande be vpon the man of thy right hande and vpon the sonne of man whom thou hast fortified for thyne owne selfe 17 And so we wyll not go backe from thee thou shalt reuiue vs and we wyll call vpon thy name 18 Turne vs agayne O God Lorde of hoastes shewe the light of thy countenaunce and we shal be saued The argument of the .lxxxj. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth the ministers of the Churche and all other to set foorth Gods prayses with all kinde of musicke according to his ordinaunce geuen to the Israelites God declareth his benefites to his people in deliuering them out of the thraldome of Egypt He declareth also that they should easyly haue subdued their enemies and haue their groundes and fieldes very fruitfull if they had not ben disobedient vnto him ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith of Asaph 1 SIng we meryly vnto the Lorde our strength make a chearefull noyse vnto the Lorde of Iacob 2 Take the psalterie bryng hyther the tabret the merie harpe with the lute 3 Blowe vp the trumpet in the newe moone euen in the time appointed and vpon our solempne feast day 4 For this was made a statute for Israel and a lawe of the God of Iacob 5 This he ordayned in Ioseph for a testimonie when he came out of the lande of Egypt where I hearde a tongue whiche I knewe not 6 I eased his shoulder from the burthen and his handes ceassed from making pottes 7 Thou calledst vpon me in troubles and I deliuered thee I hearde thee out of the middest of a thunder I proued thee also at the waters of strife Selah 8 Then I sayd heare O my people and I wyll geue thee a charge O Israel in protesting vnto thee 9 If thou wylt hearken vnto me there shall be no straunge God in thee neither shalt thou geue worship to any other Lorde beside me 10 I am God thy Lorde which brought thee out of the land of Egypt open thy mouth wyde and I wyll fill it 11 But my people woulde not heare my voyce and Israel would not obey me 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations 13 O that my people woulde haue hearkened vnto me O that Israel had walked in my wayes 14 I should soone haue tamed their enemies and turned myne hande against their aduersaries 15 The haters of God shoulde haue ben founde liers and their time should haue endured for euer 16 He woulde haue fed them also with the finest wheate flowre and I would haue satisfied thee with honie out of the stonie rocke The argument of the .lxxxij. psalme ¶ The prophete admonisheth all iudges and magistrates of their duetie saying that God sitteth in the midst of them He reproueth them for vniust iudgementes and exhorteth them to do iustice yea vnto the poore vnto wydowes and to the fatherlesse for they must dye and make accompt of their doynges aswell as other howe great in aucthoritie soeuer they be Therfore considering the great iniquitie commonly of iudges and magistrates he humbly desireth God him selfe to minister iustice here in earth ¶ A psalme of Asaph 1 GOD standeth in the congregation of God he iudgeth in the midst of God 2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement and accept the persons of the vngodly Selah 3 Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in neccessitie 4 Deliuer the poore and outcast saue them from the hande of the vngodly 5 They knowe nothyng they vnderstande nothing they walke on styll in darknesse wherfore all the foundations of the earth be
tyme of aduersitie vntyll the pyt be digged vp for the vngodly 14 For God wyll not reiect his people neither wil he forsake his inheritaunce 15 For iudgement shal be reduced vnto iustice and after it shall all such as be vpryght of heart be iudged 16 Who will ryse vp with me agaynst the malicious or who wyll take my part agaynst workers of wickednesse 17 If God had not ben an ayde vnto me it had not fayled much but my soule had dwelled in silence 18 But when I sayde my foote hath slypped thy mercy O God helde me vp 19 In the multitude of my cogitations from the bottome of my heart thy comfortes dyd recreate my soule 20 Shall the seate of wickednesse haue any thyng to do with thee which seate maketh wrong to be enacted for a law 21 They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous and condemne the innocent blood 22 But God is to me a refuge and my Lorde is the rocke of my confidence 23 And he wyll recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their owne malice God our Lorde wyll destroy them The argument of the .xcv. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp mens heartes both to prayse God for that he is the mightiest kyng maker of this worlde and also to worshyp God with all humblenesse for that he is our sheephearde and we be his sheepe He also aduertiseth all men to geue eare to Gods voyce and without delay to be obedient vnto his wyll lest after the example of their disobedient fathers they beyng destitute of Gods fauour neuer come to eternall ioy and rest 1 COme let vs syng vnto God let vs make an heartie reioysyng with a loude voyce vnto the rocke of our saluation 2 Let vs make speede to come before his face with a confession let vs expresse vnto hym outwardly a heartie gladnesse with syngyng of psalmes 3 For God is a great Lorde and a great kyng aboue all gods 4 In his hande are all the deepe corners of the earth and the hygh toppes of hylles be his also 5 The sea is his and he made it and his handes fashioned the drye lande 6 Come let vs worshyp and fall downe let vs kneele before the face of God our maker 7 For he is our Lorde and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hande 8 To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not your heartes as in the tyme of contention as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse 9 Whē your fathers tempted me proued me yea after they had seene my worke 10 Fourtie yeres long was I greeued with that generation and I sayde this people erreth in heart and they haue not knowen my wayes 11 Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter at all into my rest ¶ The argument of the .xcvi. Psalme ¶ The prophete most earnestly moueth not only the Israelites but also all nations throughout the worlde to prayse God to glorifie God to worshyp God and to set foorth his workes He prophecieth also of the tyme of Christes commyng and of his kyngdome and gouernment 1 SYng you vnto God a newe song sing ye vnto God all that be in the earth 2 Syng ye vnto God and blesse his name set foorth in wordes from day to day his saluation 3 Declare his glory amongst the heathē and his wonderous actes amongst all the people 4 For God is great and worthy of all prayse he is more to be feared then all gods 5 As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idoles and it is God that made the heauens 6 Honour and maiestie be before hym power and excellentnesse be in his sanctuarie 7 Geue vnto God O ye families of the people geue vnto God glorie power 8 Geue vnto God glorie due vnto his name bryng an offeryng and come into his courtes 9 Worshyp you God in the maiestie of holynesse be you in dread of his face all that be in the earth 10 Set it foorth in wordes among the heathen that God raigneth and that the worlde is set of a sure foundation it shall not be remoued he wyll iudge the people accordyng to equitie 11 The heauens shall reioyce and the earth be glad the sea shall make a noyse and all that is therin 12 The fielde shal be ioyfull and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the face of God 13 For he commeth for he commeth to iudge the earth he will iudge the world accordyng to iustice and the people accordyng to his trueth ⧠The argument of the .xcvii. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the glorie of God and his power agaynst the vngodly Gentiles who therby as Gods people be comforted so they be confounded beyng worshippers of images He also exhorteth such as loue God to flee from sinne to prayse God and to be mery 1 GOD raigneth the earth shal be glad the multitude of the Iles shal be glad therof 2 Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne 3 There goeth a fire before his face and burneth his enemies on euery syde 4 His lightninges gaue a lyght vnto the worlde the earth sawe it and trembled 5 The hylles melted lyke waxe at the presence of God at the presence of the Lorde of the whole earth 6 The heauens haue declared his iustice and all the people haue seene his glorie 7 Confounded be all they that do seruice vnto carued images and that do glorie in idols but O gods you all shall worshyp hym 8 Sion hearde of it and reioyced and the daughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgementes O God 9 For thou art a God hygher then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all gods 10 You that loue God hate the thyng which is euyll he preserueth the soules of his saintes he wyll delyuer them from the hande of the vngodly 11 There is sowen a lyght for the ryghteous and gladnesse for such as be vpryght of heart 12 Reioyce in God O ye ryghteous and prayse hym at the remembraunce of his holynesse ¶ The argument of the .xcviij. Psalme ¶ The prophete calleth vpon all men and also vpon the earth water and vpon all that is in them to prayse God with songes psalmes instrumentes of musicke expressyng all kinde of mirth for the singular benefites that he had bestowed vpon the Israelites ¶ A psalme 1 SYng vnto God a newe song for he hath done marueylous thynges 2 With his owne right hande and with his holy arme he hath gotten to hym selfe the victorie 3 God hath declared his saluation he hath openly shewed his iustice in the syght of the heathen 4 He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluation of our
an hoast which gaue them battaile slue many of them led away their wynes and children captiue spoyled them toke possession of their lande and destroyed their strong holdes and subdued them to be their bondmen vnto this day 11 Moreouer how that as for other kingdomes and Iles which sometime with stoode them they destroyed them and brought them vnder their dominion 12 But kept amitie with their owne frendes and those that were confederate with them and conquered kingdomes both farre and nye that whosoeuer heard of their renowme was afrayde of thē 13 For whom they woulde helpe to their kingdomes those raigned and whom it lyked not them to raigne they put them downe And howe they were come to great preheminence 14 Hauing no king among them neither any man clothed in purple to be magnified therethrough 15 But had ordained them selues a parliament wherin there fat three hundred and twentie senatours dayly vpon the counsell to dispatch euer the busines of the people and to kepe good order 16 And howe that euery yere they chose a Maire to haue the gouernaunce of al their lande to whom euery man was obedient and there was neither euill wyll nor discention among them 17 Then Iudas chose Eupolemus the sonne of Iohn the sonne of Iacob and Iason the sonne of Eleazar and sent them to Rome for to make frendship and a bonde of loue with them 18 That they might take from them the bondage of the Grekes for the Iewes saw that the Grekes would subdue the kingdome of Israel 19 So they went vnto Rome a very great iourney came vnto the parliament and saide 20 Iudas Machabeus with his brethren and the people of the Iewes hath sent vs vnto you to make a bond of frendship and peace with you and ye to note vs as your louers and friendes 21 And that matter pleased the Romanes right well 22 Wherefore it was written vp of the which the Romanes made a writing in tables of brasse and sent it to Hierusalem that they might haue by them a memoriall of the same peace and bonde of frendship after this maner 23 God saue the Romanes and the people of the Iewes both by sea by lande and kepe the sworde and enemie from them for euermore 24 If there come first any warre vpon the Romanes or any of their friendes throughout all their dominion 25 The people of the Iewes shall helpe them as the time requireth and that with all their heartes 26 Also they shall neither geue nor send vnto their enemies vitailes weapons money nor shippes but fulfil their couenauntes at the Romanes pleasure taking nothing of them therefore 27 Againe if the people of the Iewes happen first to haue warre the Romanes shal stand by them with a good wyl according as the time wyll suffer 28 Neither shall they geue vnto the Iewes enemies vitailes weapons money or shippes Thus are the Romanes content to do and shall fulfill their charge without any disceite 29 According to these articles the Romanes made y e bond with the Iewes 30 Now after these articles saide they if any of the parties wyll put to them or take any thing from them they shall do it with the consent of both and whatsoeuer they adde vnto them or take from them it shall stande fast 31 And as touching the euill that Demetrius hath done vnto the Iewes we haue writtē vnto him saying Wherfore layest thou thy heauie yoke vpon the Iewes our friendes and louers 32 If they make any complaint of thee againe vnto vs we shall defende them and fight with thee by sea and by lande according to iustice The .ix. Chapter 1 After the death of Nicanor Demetrius sendeth his armie against Iudas 18 Iudas is slaine 34 Ionathas ▪ is put in the steade of his brother 47 The strife betweene Ionathas and Bacchides 55 Alcimus is taken with the paulsie and dyeth Bacchides returneth againe vnto the king 68 He commeth vpon Ionathas by the counsell of certaine wicked persons and is ouercome 70 The truice of Ionathas with Bacchides 1 IIn the meane season whē Demetrius heard that* Nicanor and his hoast was slaine in the fielde he proceeded further to send Bacchides and Alcimus againe into Iurie the chiefe strength of his hoast with them 2 So they went foorth by the way that leadeth vnto Galgala and pitched their tentes before Masalothw hich is in Arbellis and wan the citie and slue much people 3 In the first moneth of the hundred fiftie and two yere they brought their hoast and layde their siege against Hierusalem 4 But raysing their campe they came to Berea with twentie thousand footemen and two thousand horsemen 5 Nowe Iudas had pitched his tent at Laisa with three thousand chosen men 6 And when they sawe the multitude of the other armie that it was so great they were sore afrayde and many conueyed them selues out of the hoast insomuch that there abode no mo of them but eyght hundred men 7 When Iudas sawe that his hoast failed him and that he must needes fight it brake his heart that he had no time to gather them together wherefore the man was in extreme trouble 8 Neuerthelesse he saide vnto them that remayned with him Vp let vs go against our enemies peraduenture we shall be able to fight with them 9 But they woulde haue stopped him saying We shall not be able therefore now let vs saue our lyues and turne againe to our brethren for shoulde we fight against them being so fewe 10 And Iudas saide God forbyd that we should flee from them wherefore if our time be come let vs dye manfully for our brethren and let vs not stayne our honour 11 Then the hoast remoued out of the tentes and stoode against them and the horsemē were deuided in two partes the sling casters and archers went before the hoast and all the mightie men were formost in the fielde 12 Bacchides him selfe was in the right wing of the battaile and the hoast drew nye in two partes and blewe the trumpettes 13 They of Iudas side blewe the trumpettes also and the earth shooke at the noyse of the hoastes and they strake a fielde from the morowe till night 14 And when Iudas sawe that Bacchides hoast was strongest of the right side he toke with him all the hardie men 15 And brake the right wing of their order folowed vpon them vnto mount Azot 16 Now when they which were the left wing sawe that the right side was discomfited they persecuted Iudas and them that were with him hard at the heeles 17 Then was there a sore battaile for many were slaine wounded on both the partes 18 Iudas also him selfe was killed and the remnaunt fled 19 So Ionathas and Simon toke Iudas their brother and buried him in his fathers sepuchre in the citie of Modin 20 And al the people of Israel made great lamentatiō for him and mourned long saying 21