that his Brethren come they Pharaoh tell Who said I 'm glad Servants they like it well Come in said Pharaoh Zaph I mean to see Whether thy father Jacob be like thee Send for him into Egypt where his store Shall be so much that he shall wish no more This is my will I hope you 'l not neglect To pay your father all the true respect You owe and for their better commodation Chuse out of Waggons best in all the nation For them the little ones and all their stores Being persuaded that the land is yours As one who 's willing to obey his Lord And serve his Father Joseph doth accord Horses and Chariots quickly are prepar'd By him who for provision nothing spar'd For each of ten had from him change of cloaths But to his brother Ben. gave five of those Three hundred pieces as a token he Unto him gave 'bove what his cost should be His Fathers Present it is greater far For unto him ten Asses loaded are With finest Gold that might supply his need And other ten loaden with Corn and Bread That might sustain his Father in the way All which he doth with small or no delay And then commands that they should thence depart With seeming joy yet grieved at the heart Lest they his Brother Benjamin molest At parting from them thus himself exprest Brethren I hope ye will all cordial be Till ye to Jacob bring good news of me Telling him I do live and wish him health And hope that he will see me and my wealth This do and so I hope God will you bring Unto the old man who is languishing For your long stay These are the whole commands Wherewith I wish you kiss my Fathers hands At home with bowed knees they all salute Their aged Father who for Joy stood mute When he had heard that Joseph was alive Ruler in Egypt and therein did thrive For sometimes he believed and sometimes not Because they 'd told him that the Lad was not But to confirm the truth they all declare What with the Ruler their adventures were And how he serv'd them e'r he let them know Whose Son he was or what he did them ow And also show him all the Waggons trim That should to 's Son in Egypt carry him These seen his fainting Spirit did revive Say'ng Well it is enough if Joseph be alive Help Lord for now my Son I must go see In Egypt land I this done then let me die No sooner had the next Aurora bright With blushing Skies succeeded gloomy Night Then Father Israel to his Char'ot hies And rests not till Beersheba he descries Where resting he commandeth to erect An Altar whence he might his Pra'rs direct And Sacrifices to the God of Heav'n Because his odd Sons were again made ev'n That he a prosperous success might have Of Isaac's God he doth protection crave In 's Journey and for length of days implores Till he had seen young Joseph and his Stores He had not fully ended his devotion When Suns departure and the Starry motion Invited him to leave and to take rest No no saith Jacob there is no such haste I once again will of my God enquire If he my going Egypt-ward desire If he be willing I will not be slack But if he be not then I will turn back This said from Heav'n he heard a sudden voice Say'ng Jacob Jacob fear not but rejoyce Since I have been thy fathers and thy God Well be go there and settle thy abode The truth to shew of this my promise made I 'le make thy seed as sand on Sea-shore laid This mighty Nation shall victorious be After four hundred years when my decree Shall be fulfill'd then fear not down to go I 'le guide thee there and bring thee up also No comfort will I from thee keep thou sees Thy son who was not he shall close thine eyes Good Jacob ravish'd with those hea'vnly news Rose up in haste and to his sons all shews And then commands with speed that they prepare All things which needful for ther journy were The Coaches ready some their father heave Some stand within him ready to receive Their wifes and children have their proper place Into the same and Coachmen drive apace Their cattel also which were numerous Gold Silver Jewels Treasures ponderous Purchas'd in Canaan these they did transport To Egypt whither then they did resort Thus Jacob leaves Canaan and his seed Do follow him because they wanted bread His Sons his Daughters and his Nephews all Are now descended at the Dreamers call Whose exact number then was but three score And ten of which three had been there before Joseph the father and his children two Manass and Ephra'm then he had no mo When they th' Egyptian borders did descry Jacob to 's fourth son Judah loud did cry Go down to Joseph bid him tell me where He will me place I am a stranger there Tell him at Goshen I will tarry while He come or send and shew me what 's his will And howsoever he dispose of me His word or work to me a law shall be As soon as Judah did his brother greet With these glad tidings he prepares to meet His aged father and before him stands Bows begs his blessing with uplifted hands And he again for joy his son to see Falls on his neck kissing it ardently Weeps and embraces so that all admire The strong affections of his aged Sire Who cry'd aloud O Joseph Jeseph now My darling Joseph I am sure that thou Dost live then this I of my God will crave That he my spirit may in haste receive Since I am wholly eased of the wo Hath me perplex'd these twenty years and two Then Joseph who had all this time been stopt By tears which from his Princely eyes had dropt Said Father welcom Now I must go home And tell the King that all of you are come Who I am sure at this will much rejoyce And give command that I of you dispose Where best convenience may for you be had For this to me he hath already said And I will tell if he to know desire That you are Shepherds and you aim no higher When therefore he shall ask of you this thing You shall confirm my words by answering We and our Father Keepérs are of Sheep Which he 'll no sooner hear then 's promise keep And give you Goshen where you safely shall Your tender Flocks grase and your Cattel all Your dwellings also he will set apart For Shepherds grieve Egyptians at the heart Now Joseph leaves his Father in that place Returns and speaks with Pharaoh Face to Face Saying my Father and his Family Are with their Substance come to visit thee Joseph said Pharaoh of this take my hand I 'm glad to see thy Father in my Land Call some of them and let them see my Face Assure thy self they shall with me find grace I will said Joseph then he quickly takes Five of his
past Who willed quickly that his Children two Should ready be for they must with him go To see their Grandsire it is his command Obeying they in travelling posture stand Scarce had they entered into the Town When one to Jacob hastily runs down And tells him that his Sons and his two O'es Were come to see his end and to dispose Of him this heard he once again revives And to set up upon his bed he strives Saying to Joseph God appear'd to me When I from Esau's fury down did flee To Padan Aram and at Luz me gave The Promise that I should Canaan have And blessed me saying that of my Bloud Should there be born ev'n a huge multitude It to possess until Times fulness shall Come when they for their Sins shall from it fall Then sine I 'm sure that all the Land is mine I 'le give a share unto these two of thine Were born in Egypt e'r I hither came As Reuben Simeon these shall bear my name But all the rest are since by thee begot They shall be thine and have of thee their Lot Among their Brethren yet they must not be Call'd Heads or Tribes of their posterity But whose are these two Youths that stand me by If they be thine then let them both draw nigh That I may bless them being glad to see Thy self once more and thy posterity Now having kiss'd them he said Once I thought Ne're to have seen thee nor be hither brought But blessed be that God who spared me Joseph Manass and Ephra'm for to see This done he takes them from between his Feet Making them stand before him as was meet Manass on 's left and Ephra'm on 's right stand That on them both at once he might lay hand But he inspir'd of God looks not to years Nor yet for Doteage the first-born forbears For on the younger he layes on his right In him it seems God had the most delight Minding to make him Head of all the Tribe Without respect of person age or bribe Then to his Son he said now I will crave That you all Blessings of that God may have With whom my Sire and Grandsire both did walk And with him often face to face did talk Who from Canaan led me out this way And hath me fed at all times as this day The Angel Great which doth my Soul redeem Bless both the Lads and have them in esteem And let them have mine and my fathers name Make thou them great do thou enlarge their fame Encrease their seed for number as the sand On the Sea-shore in their Grandfathers Land But Joseph wroth to see the form invert Says to his father grieved at the heart Not so dear Sir this is the eldest boy Put here your right he is the onely joy Of me his father No saith Jacob no Though what you say be true I right well know Yet fear not for he shall be very great But this much more neither by strength nor fate But by that power that laid the Earths foundations He shall become a multitude of Nations Such blessings that day he to Joseph gave As greater after Israel should not crave If any can but Ephra'ms bliss obtain It will be ever counted greatest gain Then Jacob said Behold I die but God Shall visit you and while you have abode In Egypt he will ever be a Watch Lest by these Heathens any harm ye catch And bring you up into your fathers land He he will do it by 's Almighty hand Moreover thou from me hast got a portion Which I ne'r purchas'd by craft or extortion From th' Amorites but by my sword and bow This on thy self and thine I do bestow Now Jacob finding 's last glass almost out Calls for his sons who compass him about Listning for what he thither did them call Who said Sons hear what will to you befall In the last days when your old father 's gone Strengthen your selves your trouble comes anon Reuben my eldest pray do thou draw near To me thy Parent and thy verdict hear In dignity thou didst excell and power Thy brethren all untill that fatal hour When to thy fathers bed thou didst advance This made me rob thee of th' Inheritance Because as water thou unstable wast Thy Eminence and Dignity is past This said from him he turns his face about To Sim. and Levi whose sentence goeth out You brethren are by consanguinity And no less ally'd in your cruelty Your habitations they are full of bloud And might you grieve if rightly understood For in your anger you the Sech'mites slew Robbing the Town of riches not a few The City also raz'd unto the ground Such horrid Facts I think hath not been found Curs'd be your anger I will you divide 'Mong other Tribes as strangers to abide As for thee Judah thou shalt praised be By all thy Brethren and Posteritie Thy Foes thou shalt subdue and they adore Shall thee with princely Homage nay and more As Lion fierce is terrible so thou Shalt be to all and all thou shalt subdue Yea for a greater Blessing thou shalt hold Thy kingly Scepter till Predictions old Shall come to pass and the Messias shall Come from thy Loyns and rid men out of thrall And all thy Land be fill'd with best of Wine Thy Grapes shall yeild great store of Liquor fine So that thou may as in a mighty flood Thy Garments wash into the grapie blood Zebulun thou shalt still a dweller be In pleasant places situate by the Sea So that by Shipping thou mayst have commerce With other Nations who of Ware are scarce Thy Borders also I will so extend That they in length shall come to Zidon's end Son Issachar I know thine inclination Is such that thou desir'st a quiet station Free from command and still will bowing be Thy back to all the burthens laid on thee Dan as an Adder or a Serpent slie Thou to thine En'mies evermore shalt be And subt'ly shall all of them overthrow If not their Head I 'm sure thou 'lt sting below And now O Lord since well I know this Boy Shall en'mies have that will him much annoy Do thou assist him in 's extremity That at the last he may victo'rous be Gad much affliction doth on thee attend Yet all those Troops thou 'lt conquer in the end Asher Earths fulness shall be thy Lot Affording Royal Dainties and what not Naphthali on both parts thou dextrous are Lover of Peace and yet can follow War Joseph thou as a fruitful Bough shalt be Set by a Wall thy Grapes shall multiply And Branches by the Suns reflections shall Grow to such height as shall surmount a Wall Though Brethren Jempsar Potiphar all three Thy life did seek and Arrows shot at thee Yet God thy God thy Bow kept in such strength That spight of all thou did'st o'rcome at length And made the Shepherd to his Isra'l-flock So that thou was to them both Staff and Rock From God thy
declare What these my Dreams mean and Garland wear My Butler tells me if thou hear the Theam Thou canst interpret every anxious Dream My Lord said he that Grace is not in me But God whom I do serve can let you see A true interpretation from my Mouth Look well upon me and despise not youth For what my Maker doth to me reveal That and no more will I to Pharaoh tell Say on my Lord what was your dream Why I Said Pharaoh stood great Nilus River by And there behold seven Fat-wel-favour'd Kine Feed in a Mead and said These Beasts are mine But suddenly again to me appear'd Seven other Lean ill-shap'd and hanging ear'd Such as the Land of Egypt never bred For on the first Sev'n Fat when they had fed Their Bellies clung unto their Backs and were Ill-favour'd lean as e'r they were before Thus I awoke but when my drousie eye Was clos'd again with sleep I did espie Seven Ears of Corn upon one stalk that grew So full and good as yet I never knew After them came up Seven more was thin And wither'd as they'd Thunder-blasted bin Which suddenly the better did devour And I again wak'd calling o're and o're On those that studious Magicians were The truth of these my Dreams for to declare But all of them together answered 'T is God that caus'd your Dreams he must 'em read Now he that would by this thy favour merit Elisha-like must have Elia's Spirit Say Hebrew then the smoothness of thy brow Tells me this task will be too hard for you My youth bespeaks me ignorant I know Great Sir yet since the knowledge from below Comes not that must your doubled dream unfold That which is young by Nature Grace makes old By which I tell you that your dreams are one And signifie what Heaven will have done In Egypt Land the Seven good Ears and Kine Such years portend this he bids me divine The ill flesh'd ones and blasted Ears of Corn Foretels a Famine will make Egypt mourn For seven more See Nile cannot contain The Waters sent for nourishment of Grain And all things else needs moisture for that space After which time it will dry up Alass What I must do I know not pray be kind And as of that of this Sir speak your mind You must seek out in all the Land discreet And wise men who may strictly oversee't Them bid a fifth part of its fruit to gather These hard times will require a Nursing Father In all thy Cities let it stored be That when the Famine comes they may to thee Repair and buy it at thy Stewards hand Else this great Scarseness will undo the Land This thing when Pharaoh and his Servants heard They thanked Joseph and his God they feard Saying where shall we such another find In whom the Spirit is and knows his mind And since thy God ev'n thine hath shew'd thee this None either wiser or discreeter is In all the Kingdom therefore thou shalt be My House and Servants Ruler God to me To shew I am in earnest take this Ring And be hereafter next unto the King These clothes put on and Chains about thy neck And let my Subjects pay thee all respect Ride in my second Chariot then to thee Shall all my Vassals humbly bow the knee While I am Pharaoh it shall be a Law That all my Kingdom of thee stand in aw No foot or hand in it shall moved be Till first they have direction from thee And since thou can'st reveal my secrets all Zaphanath pa'neah I will ever call Thy name and thou shalt surely be the Son Of Potipherah who is Priest of On. Thus you have seen our Joseph in the Den Sold and imprison'd and restor'd again Now what his future happiness may be Launch out again with me and you shall see The Scene is alter'd and his celeb life Chang'd for the blessing of a vertuous Wife Who bore before the Famine unto him Two hopeful Males Manas and Ephraim The first was named so because he had Forgot his Fathers house and former Trade And when the other God did to him send He said I 'le call him Ephraim for an end Is put to my affliction and my store Increased is and Honour more and more The Plentie's ended and the Famine come Said Pharaoh Joseph let us now go home The truth of all that thou hast said I see By th' hungry peoples crying unto me For maintenance I know not what to say To still their clamour only that they may Repair to thee for answer and receive What thou thinks meet I know 't is bread they crave The Famine now grown over all the Earth And every Creature suffering under dearth The Store-houses were opened and meat The moneyed Egyptians did eat Yet though he sold to many of the store The Famine waxed daily more and more Neither did Egypt only Victuals want But in all other Countryes Food was scant Yea even in Cana'n which was wont to be For plenteousness the Worlds Granary The Famine plac'd it self in every Face Which Jacob seeing cryed out Alass What shall we do we 'd better ne'r been born Then die for hunger yet I hear there 's Corn In Egypt up then get you down and try If of the Ruler you can any buy Go thither therefore all of you save one Aim leave with me I cannot be alone Father said they our lives we owe to you Can we refuse then what you bid us do No Benjamin shall stay till we are come With all our Asses fully loaden home Your blessing Sir e'r we our Journey take We are all ready only that we lack That God's and mine your Journey prosper may Till ye return I 'le never cease to pray Your Money make full weight entreat the man Tell him the Famine's great in Canaan And that with others you are come to buy Egyptian Corn your wants that may supply Now unto Zoan Jacob's Sons are come Saying is the Lord the Governor at home We come from far O let 's obtain the grace To speak and shew him our disast'rous case Lo I am here said he your business At this they bow'd to the Earth and could express Nothing his Glory and their present grief Ties up their Tongues they cannot ask relief The Prince again who all their Faces knew Stranged himself from them and angry grew Saying whence come you surely you are Spies The countenance often the heart betrayes This rough expression so encreas'd their fear That trembling they reply No Sir this year Our Syrian Land was parch'd and nothing bore Meer want made us come unto thee for store Go go you lye I know your whispering Perswadeth me that there is no such thing But Villains come the nakedness to view Of this our Land and then himself withdrew Nay Good my Lord said they our Story hear We all Sons unto one and true men are Mark what we say and if we tell you Lyes Then and not else
to take Simeon from us and him bind Father continu'd Judah if with me You send the Lad we 'll go I 'le surety be And of my hand you shall again require Him dearest Father grant me my desire This will not only prove us to be true But purchase food and Simeon home to you Fear not good Sir if I do not restore Him safe again I 'le bear the blame therefore For ever had we not thus lingered We had return'd the second time with Bread Well well my Sons then if it must be so Said he my Counsel take before ye go Of all our best fruits you shall quickly gather Some and present them unto Egypts Father A little Balm and Myrrhe and Honey take With Spice and Almonds Nuts a Present make With double money also in your hand And that you carri'd last into the Land Restore perchance it was an oversight Then take my Son your Brother do what 's right And let Jehovah give you mercy when You come before the man that doth retain Your Brother and let Benjamin come back At this his Blood boil'd and these words he spake I see there is no probability But of my Boyes I must bereaved be However get you hence I trust my God Will give me strength to bear this heavy load This was the Farewell which old Jacob took Of all his Sons when Cana'n they forsook And unto Egypt with the Present went The double Money which their Father sent Benjamin also with the rest went down To see the Ruler and view Memphis Town Who are no sooner ' lighted then descry'd By Joseph who when Benjamin he spy'd Call'd unto Ramses hastily and said Dispatch with Dinner is the Cloth yet laid Prepare more Victuals than was wont to be For these 11 men at Noon must dine with me 'T is done my Lord. Gentlemen follow me Into the Hall the Prince desires that ye Such entertainment as the House affords Receive with welcome as doth Egypt's Lords This unexpected carriage so amaz'd The new-made-Guests that each on other gaz'd And said we may now easily perceive The entertainment we are like to have This is the Rulers House where now we be Death or vile slavery is our destinie That pithie Sentence is not seldom true Love quickly turns to hate that is but new We know the drift 't is for our moneys sake Was in our Sacks that he this course doth take 'T is like the Steward knoweth for what end We are brought in try if he be our Friend He 'll give us some accompt he that 's forearm'd As Proverb saith is also partly warn'd Let 's commune with him and excuse our selves For this our Money there is no way else That can betaken this we will relate Which done he 'll either shew his love or hate Sir at the first when we came to buy food We paid money for it that was good Full weight it was but shortly after how It came into our Sacks we know not now Our ignorance we hope will be excus'd Here is our Money we have not refus'd It to repay and other Money too At this time brought to buy more food of you Pray rest contented and be not afraid Said Ramses seeing Jacob's God hath laid Treasure into your Sacks what I did crave I had and Simeon is no more a Slave Lo here is Water please you wash your Feet And I my self will give your Asses meat By this assurance they so cheared are That in his absence they their Gift prepare Against the Lords incoming seeing they Should see his face and dine with him that day Now the Clock strikes Servants begin to run Each to his Office waiting the return Of Zaphnapaa'neah who came in and stood Like glorious Phoebus when from under cloud Whose sparkling splendor dazled the eyes Of all but most his Brethren whom he spies With piercing aspect this his love exerts To them whom conscious of their own deserts Bow'd to the Earth their Heads and said My Lord Accept such things as Cana'n doth afford Who smil'd and took the Present saying How Doth your old Father and your selves all now Is he yet living Doth his Silver Threads Yet shine They answer Yes with bowed heads At last the Ruler spieth out his Brother Ev'n Benjamin the Son of his own Mother And said My Friends is this the youngest Lad When you were here you said your Father had I guess it is his count'nance speaks no less Thou' rt as my Son whom God Almighty bless This he pronounced with such vehemency That Tears appear'd in his melting Eye Though Pow'r and Policy bid him refrain His face is wash'd and he returns again And bids them set on Bread 't is quickly done For all the rest together him alone And for the Egyptians by themselves whose meat Was not the same with that which Joseph eat Being unto them a great abomination To feed on such things as the Hebrew Nation Now all is ready Chaplain say the Grace And let each Stranger set as is his place He that is eldest bid him first go in And let the rest assede then Benjamin Judge you if Joseph did not give them cause To think that he once their Domestick was He can so well their Birth and Age discern They marvel at it yet doth nothing learn Come Trenchers here Carver cut up this Dish And reach me hither that same boyled Fish Sir take this Mess and you and you and you You 're welcome all they thank him with a Bow But Oh! methinks that young man is not serv'd In a Cooks Shop I would have no man starv'd Here Ramses reach the last man this from me This seen the rest did wonder why 't should be That of him he should take such special care And furnish with more than a five-fold share As Meat of all sorts so the Drink was free For Joseph said with you I 'le merry be The Grace-Cup's over now let us go on To sing of all the Rulers kindness shown Their Sacks he first commands to fill and then Their money to be put in them again Next take my Cup my Silver Cup said he And in Ben's Sack 's mouth let it hidden be With his Corn-money when he hath it paid All is perform'd My Lord as you have said The joyful Brethren e'r it was light day That Morning with their Loads are sent away Though they have scarcely past the City Walls When Hue and Cry's sent out Constable calls Stand thankless Wretches tell me what 's the cause That ye have thus ev'n broken Natures Laws And all the Rules of Hospitalitie You said we 're true men but ye robbers be My Lords both drinking and divining Cup Deny it not you you have taken up Was this requital for your Noble Feast Restor't again may be ye took 't in Jest Nay but you Jest said they we hope your Lord Hath sent you unto us with no such word For though we here be Strangers yet the chief At home
Brethren and a Present makes To Pharaoh who did instantly enquire What is your Trade or what will you desire We 're Shepherds and Sojourners in this Land Whose greatest errand is to kiss thy hand The next to see our Brother and have place Our Flocks to feed in Canaan there 's no grass The piercing Drought so scorched hath the land That there is nothing to be seen but Sand If therefore we shall of thee favour find Grant's Goshen Pastures and for this we 'll bind Our selves to be thy Subjects and our Seed Of thee and thine shall stand in Kingly dread Then Pharaoh unto Joseph did reply Since they 'r come down what will I them deny My Crown but spare and ask what e'r they please I 'le give all things conducing to their ease My Land 's before them as for their request In Goshen for them Dwellings make in haste And for a greater proof of love to thee Choose out among them some will active be And put my Cattel all into their hands Their hire from me let it be Gold and Lands But pray thee Joseph where 's thy aged Sire His face to see I have a great desire Greatest of Kings you shall lo here he is This said old Israel doth great Pharaoh bless Saying my Lord the King of Kings protect Your Sacred Person and since you respect Me and my Sons I 'le never cease to pray For you with hands to Heav'n lift night and day My thanks said Pharaoh now I must be bold To ask one question I would know how old Thou art Good Jacob soon this answer made An hundred thirty summers I have had As many winters have I also been In pilgrimage unsettled I mean Yet few and evil if you 'l deign to look Upon a Line in this my Table-book Where is inserted faithful Abrahams age An hundred and seventy five his stage Completes my father Isaac liv'd five more Though all this time their grievances were sore This said the old man looking round about Blesseth the King takes leave and walketh out Now come said he Son since you know I have Your Kings good will a fitting place I crave Where I and all my Children safe may be From all Sedition and Conspiracy Then Joseph beckn'd to his Sire and said Rameses is the best that can be had There take possession this my Lord commands These are your Writings signed with our hands The famine's great yet Joseph wills that he Since come to Egypt have no scarcity Of bread tho'in Canaan'd Egypt there was want In so much that the most began to faint For hunger but that Egypts Nursing Father Its currant money into stores did gather And such as from Canaan was brought to buy Corn he doth put into th'Treasury Now Egypts money doth begin to waste Which made the Natives run to him in haste And say Sir you must grant us fresh supply Of bread and corn or else for want we die There 's none but you can grant us any aid Who answered You 've got as much as paid But this my counsel is which if you take To bring your cattel you will not be slack And them for corn and bread exchange with me What profit they if you of famine die The hunger-starv'd Egyptians at this Do much rejoyce yea and with blessing bless The Ruler and with chearful hearts do bring Their Horses Cattel Flocks and every thing Except their Land all 's laid at Josephs feet Who willingly receiv'd and gave them meat Poor creatures they had good cause to fear For this provision ended with that year Was but the sixth since that great want began When it was ended they to Joseph ran Again for more lay'ng out their wretched case And saying to him We must die alass Our Money gone our Cattel you did crave We brought them now our Land is all we have Come buy this also let 's not starved be And we our selves will serve our King and thee Let us have Seed that we again may try Whether our Land as yet will fructifie At this his tender heart is fill'd with grief And eyes with tears which way for their relief Procures for he to Pharaoh makes it o're Making him Landlord who was King before Their ancient Livings he bids them forsake And for the future other Dwellings take For which they should to Pharaoh Egypts King As to the owner yearly Rent in bring But to the Priests there was more kindness show'n Who parted with no Land that was their own For they on that which was to them allow'd Liv'd all that while as when the Land was plow'd Then Joseph said Behold I have you bought Your Land and all I 'm sure there is not ought Which is not Pharaohs wherefore take you Seed And sow in haste I know you will not need To fear the Famine this is the last year Of Egypt's drought you know hath cost you dear It s former increase you again shall have Of which a Fifth Part I will yearly crave For Pharaoh's use the Four that is behind Dispose of that according to your mind For Seed for Food for you and for your Store Fear not it will be fruitful as before With bowed heads and chearful countenance They thus reply Since we our sustenance These barren years had from our Lord and thee Be gracious to us we your Servants be It is enough we live to serve our King What he commands that will we to him bring Only the Priests did this great Tax escape For all they sow'd all to themselves they reap Behold the kindness of an Heathen King To those who did but hellish Sophismes sing Yet all this while Joseph hath not forgot To settle on Jacob the most happy Lot In all the Land of Goshen where he might Dwell happily and have thereof full right Now that Gods Promise might fulfilled be He multiplies and grows exceedingly When he in Egypt 17 years had been Most prosperous and his Sons glory seen Of Age a 147 then he Prepares himself Deaths Captive for to be For calling Joseph's Father and his Child And looking with a countenance most mild Dear Son said he Age makes me now believe That I must Egypt and my Children leave This heard the Ruler's heart is fill'd with grief And Eyes with tears No Son there 's no relief Said Jacob Seventeen years I 've liv'd in thee Now 't is enough my God I must go see Yet while I live one thing I must implore Grant it my Child as thou hast done much more Which is when dead that then in Canaan I May buried be and with my Fathers lie This granted he commâ—â—ds him for to swear That he his Corps to Macpelah will bear And then in token of his thankfulness He leans on 's Bed and doth his Maker bless Sad tidings soon sounds in the Rulers ear After 's departure that his Father dear Was ill at ease and willed him in haste To pay 'm a Visit e'r his life was