much kindnesse to his Father and to all his kinred After this Pharao rose there vp another which knew not Ioseph And he without all measure vexed the Children of Israel And thinking by his humayne wisedome to haue let their increase he coÌ„maunded the Mydwyues to destroye the men Children of the Hebrues assoone as they were borne Whose policie tooke no effect for Moses notwithstanding was preserued and brought vp euen in his owne house fourtie yeares And after the death of this Pharao there came an other whose heart God did harden and plagued him with tenne marueylous plagues before he woulde let the Israelites depart out of his lande And persisting in his obstinacie and frowarde heart God at the last drowned hym and all his hoste in the redde Sea. There was yet an other mightie Prince of this name whose kingdome ioyned so nyghe to Salomons that Salomon to make himselfe the stronger made affinitie with him and maryed his daughter And this Pharao tooke the Citie of Gaza from the Cananites and gaue it with the Countrey there about to Salomon for his daughters dowrye Finallye Pharao Necho in the dayes of Iehoahas the sonne of Iosia king of Iuda came and deposed hym making Elyakym his brother King in his steade and merced the lande in a hundred Talents of Siluer and one of golde and caryed Iehoahas awaye with hym into Egipt Phebe was a certayne woman which serued in the Congregacion of Cenchrea by whome Paule sent his Epistle to the Romaynes wherein he sayth in hir prayse and commendacion on this wise I commende vnto you Phebe our sister which is a seruaunt of the Congregacion of Cenchrea that yée receyue hir in the Lorde as it becommeth saintes And yée assist hir in whatsoeuer busynesse she néedeth of your ayde for she hath succoured many and mée also Phigelus was one of them in Asia which had cleaued to Pauls doctrine and afterwarde forsooke hym Of whome Paule writeth to Timothy thus This thou knowest howe that all they which are in Asia be turned from me of which sorte are Phigelus and Hermogenes Philemon looke Onisimus Philetus was a certayne man in S. Paules tyme which erred from the truth saying that the resurrection was past already of whose errour Paule warneth Timothy saying on this wyse Study to shew thy selfe laudable vnto God a workeman that néedeth not to be ashamed destributing the worde of trueth iustlye as for vngestlye vanities of voyces passe thou ouer them for they will increase vnto vngodlynesse and their wordes shall frette as doth the disease of a Canker of whose number is Himeneus and Philetus which as concerning the trueth haue erred saying the resurrection is past alreadye and doe destroy the fayth of many Philip. To this man Antiochus the King at the day of his death coÌ„mitted the gouernance of his yong sonne Antiochus with the whole Realme during his nonage Which Philip afterward went into Persia with a great hoste leauing the Kinges sonne vnder the tuition of Lysias who in the absence of Philip made Antiochus King in his fathers steade adding to his name Eupater Then Philip hearing of this whose intent was to be King him selfe returned with the Kings armie out of Persia and came to Antioch where he got the dominion But Lysias hearing thereof made haste to Antioch where he fought with Philip and in â—ine got the Citie from him Philip a man borne in Bethsaida a Citie of Galile was called to be an Apostle After whose calling he went to Nathaniel and sayde we haue founde him of whome Moses in the Lawe and the Prophetes did wryte Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth and so brought him to Iesus This is he whome Christ asked to prooue him where he might buye so much breade as woulde serue the company to eate that came vnto him who made aunswere that two hundreth penywoorth woulde not suffyce them to haue but euery man a little Also when there were certaine Gréekes which came to Philip saying they were desirous to sée Iesus Philip went and tolde Andrew And agayne Andrewe and Philip tolde Iesus Furthermore when Iesus reasoned with his Disciples about his father saying that they both knewe him and had séene him Philip sayd Lord shew vs the father and it sufficeth vs Nowe after the death of Christ and persecution that was about Steuen Philip went to the Citie of Samaria where he preached Christ and did not only conuert the whole Citie but also Simon Magus the Sorcerer who had of long time seduced the same Citie with his sorcerie and witchcraft And when he had thus sowen the worde of God among the Samaritanes the Angell of the Lord spake vnto Philip saying Arise and go towarde the South vnto the waye that goeth downe from Ierusalem vnto the Citie of Gaza which is in the desert And as he was going he met in the way by Gods prouidence a certaine man of Ethiopia a Chamberlaine and of great authoritie with Candace Quéene of Ethiope which had bene at Ierusalem to worship And returning homewarde sitting in his Chariot he readde the booke of Esay the Prophete Then Philip being commaunded by the spirite of God to go and ioyne himselfe vnto the Chariote went And when hée came neare and hearde him reading of Esaye the Prophet he sayde vnto the Chamberlayne vnderstandest thou what thou readest Howe can I quoth he except I had a guyde wherefore I pray thée come vppe and sitte with me The tenor of the Scripture which he readde was this He was ledde as a shéepe to be slayne and like a Lambe dumbe before his shearer so opened he not hys mouth Bicause of his humblenesse he was not estéemed But who shall declare his generation and his lyfe is taken from the earth When Philip had repeated thys Text vnto the Chamberlaine he sayde vnto Philip I pray thée of whome speaketh the Prophet this of himselfe or of some other man Then began Philip at the same Scripture and preached vnto him Iesus And as they went on their waye they came by a certayne water And the Chamberlayne sayde to Philip. Sée here is water what doth let me to be baptised Philip sayde if thou beléeue with all thy heart thou mayest And he sayde I beléeue that Iesus Christ is the sonne of god Then was the Chariot stayed till they both went downe into the water where Philip baptised him And assoone as they were both out of the water the spirit of the Lord caught away Philip so that the Chamberlaine saw him no more who went awaye reioyceing But the Aungell sette Philip downe in the next Citie called Azotus who walked thorowout the Countrie preaching in all the Cities till he came to Cesarea Philip the Euangelist was one of the seauen Deacons He dwelt in Cesarea and had foure daughters which did prophecie Phinehes the Sonne of Eleazar was so gelyous ouer the lawes of God
other thing But neuerthelesse for kéeping his Othe which he had made before so many Noble men he caused the innocent mans heade to be cut of and giuen to the Wench This Herode and Pylate Lieutenant of Iewry had bene long at variaunce And for the pleasure that Pilate shewed to Herode in sending Iesus bounde vnto him to be examined he was at one with him againe For Herode had long desired to sée Iesus And hoping nowe to haue séene some myracles done by him he demaunded many questions of Iesus to the which he woulde make no answere at all Then Herode perceyuing that Iesus woulde neyther speake nor doe any thing at his pleasure he began to despyse and râ—uyle him and in mockery arayed him in a long whyte garment and sent him to Pylate agayne Act. 12. cap. Herode Tâ—is man was a great persecutour of the Apostles He beheaded Iames the brother of Iohn and This Herode was called Agrippa the sonne of Aristobolus he was nephew vnto Herode the great and brother of Herodias séeing that déede to content and pleasâ— the Iewes well he tooke Peter also and cast him into prison intending after Easter which was at hand to haue him put to death â–ª also Finally vpon a certaine day appointed to shewe himselfe in his pompe glory he made such an Oration before the assemblye that for the pleasauntnesse of hys speach the common people at the ende thereof gaue a mightie shoute saying it was the voyce of a God and not of a man And bicause he gloryed in their boasting and tooke that honour vnto himselfe which he ought to haue giuen to God he was immediatly smitten with the Wormie sickenesse whereof he most miserably dyed Rom. 16. b. Herodian was Paules kinseman vnto whome he sent commendations from Corinth on this wise Salute Herodian my kinseman ¶ Herodian the song of a yoong Virgin or of a woman conquering Math. 14. â— Herodias was wyfe to Philip Herodes brother to whome she brought forth a * Whiche daughter as Iosephus wryteth was called Salomen daughter This woman being more familiar with Herode than honestie required grew into such fauour with him that he contrarye to the lawe of Moses married hir his brother being alyue Against which vnlawfull marriage Iohn Baptist spake so much to Herodes reproofe that shée fearing least that Iohn woulde make Herode breake of the incest marriage counsayled hir daughter which daunced before him to aske the heade of Iohn Baptist And so by the wicked deuyce of this vnchaste woman Iohn lost his heade ¶ Herodias signifieth that that the woorde Herode before doth Gen. 46. b. Hesron was the sonne of Ruben and of hym came Num. 46. a. the kindred of the Hesronites ¶ Hesron the Arrowe of reioyeeing 1. Par. 2. c. Hesron the father of Caleb being come to the age of thréescore yeares tooke to wyfe the daughter of Machir who bare vnto him a sonne called Segub 4. Reg. 18. and. 19. cap. Hezakia the sonne of Ahaz was .xxv. yeares of age when he began his reygne ouer Iuda He was the godlyest Prince that euer reigned before or after among the Kings of Iuda He clensed his Countrie from all ydolatrie and brake downe the brasen Serpent which Moses had set vp as soone as he sawe it abused He brought in againe the true honouring of God and renued the Passeouer He had such a sure trust and confidence in God that at his prayer the Angell of the Lorde slue in one night of the Assirians which were come to destroye Ierusalem an hundred fourescore and fiue thousande and smote the rest into such a feare that they ran away 20. cap. After this he fell sicke and was admonished by the Prophete Esay to set his house in order for he shoulde surely dye Then he turned his face to the wall and made his peticion to God saying Oh Lord remember I beséech thée howe I haue walked before thée in truth and with a perfect heart haue done that which is good in thy sight and speaking these wordes â–ª hée * He wept not so much for his owne death as for feare that ydolatrie shuld be restored which he had destroyed wept verie sore The Lorde than mooued with his teares returned the Prophete agayne to comfort him with these newes that he shoulde receyue his health and be able the thirde day to go vp to the house of the Lorde and that he had added to his dayes .xv. yeares mo and to assure him of this his promise he woulde cause the Sunne to returne his course ten degrées backewarde At this tyme Berodach surnamed Baladad King of Babilon sent to Hezakia ambassadours to signifie vnto him howe glad and ioyfull he was of his recouery which kindenesse was so greatly estéemed of Hazakia that he thought he could not doe them to much pleasure but made them priuie to all his treasure siluer and golde and whatsoeuer he had in his house or in any other parte of his Realme he * Bicause he was mooued with ambicion and vayne glorie and semed also to reioyce in the friendship of him that was Gods enimy the Lorde was displeased shewed it freely vnto them Wherefore the Lorde not content therewith commaunded Esay the Prophet to go and tell Hezakia That forasmuch as he had made the messengers of Babilon priuie to all the commodities of his lande The dayes shoulde come that all thinges which he had in his house and whatsoeuer his Fathers had layed vp in store before him shoulde be caryed to Babylon Then Hezakia knowing the Prophete to be the true messenger of God humbled himselfe and saide Thy worde O Lord is welcome vnto mée but yet I shall desire thee not to sende those cuils in my dayes but rather peace and truth He raigned .xxix. yeares and died ¶ Hezakia the strength of the Lorde or the Lordes holding 1. Tim. 1. d. Hymeneus after he had tasted of the worde of God and béene a professour of the same he fell awaye and became an vtter enimie and a spitefull rayler agaynst the doctrine of the Gospel of Christe denying the chiefest point and foundacion of the Gospel which is that the resurrection 2. Tim. 2. c. is past wherewith he destroyed the fayth of many persons For the which errour and other his rayling and ieastinges agaynst the truth of Gods woorde Paule excommunicated him that he thorowe correction might be ashamed of his faulte and tourne agayne to Christ ¶ Hymeneus a Maryage song or Bride song 2. Reg. 5. b. Hyram King of Tyre fauoured Dauid so much that he hearing that Dauid went about to builde hym an house sent hym both Tymber Workemen to finish the same Also when Salomon after the death of Dauid 3. Reg. 5. cap. 9. b. c. d. his Father sent to this King for woodde and Timber to buylde the Lordes Temple he praysed God
grounde Which done she went and stoode in hir Tent dore and séeing Baruck pursuing Sisera she went mette hym saying Come and go with mée and I will shewe thée the man whome thou séekest and so he followed Iael who brought him into hir tent where Sisera laye dead Iair was a Gileadite borne He had .xxx. sonnes which were men of authoritie for they rode vppon .xxx. Asses colts And they had xxx Cities lying in the lande of Gilead which Cities were called the townes of Iair He reigned .xxij. yeares After whose death the Children of Israel fell to wickednesse agayne and serued Baalim and Astharoth the gods of Siria other straunge gods for the which the Lord was wroth with Israel and solde them into the hands of the Philistynes and Ammonites which oppressed them so sore by the space of .xviij. yeares That thâ—y were fayne to cry for helpe of the lord Who then sayde vnto them Dyd not I when yée cryed vnto mée deliuer you from the Egiptians the Amorites the Ammonites the Philistines the Sidonites the Amalakites and the Moabites which nacions had oppressed you And yet haue ye now forsaken me and serue theyr gods Therfore crie vnto these gods whom yée haue chosen and let them helpe you in your tribulacion for I will deliuer you no more Oh Lord said they we haue sinned doe vnto vs whatsoeuer pleaseth thée Then had the Lord so great compassion and pittie on the miserye of Israel that he styrred vp a man one Iephtah who by the power of God saued them Iames the sonne of Zebede and brother to Iohn was a poore fisherman and being in the ship with his father mending of his net Iesus came by and called him who immediately left his shippe his father and all and went after Iesus and was one of his Apostles and receyued with his brother the name of Bonarges which is to saye The sonnes of thunder Math. 10. a. Iames the lesse was the sonne of Alphâ—us and Marie sister to Marie the Lords mother And being bishop He suffered martyrdome in the. vi yere of Nero. of Ierusalem he wrote to the Iewes that were scattered abroade after the persecution and death of Steuen Instructing them with sundry precepts howe to order their lyues 2 Tim. 3. b. Iannes and Iambres were twoo false Sorcerers of Egypt who in the time of Moses with their enchantments Exo. 7. b. went about to put those miraculous woonders out of credence that Moses by the power of God did And euen as they withstoode Moses so do the aduersaries of the Gospell at this day and euer will resist the truth vnder a certaine false pretence of godlynesse Gen. 9. d. Iapheth was the youngest of Noes thrée sonnes who being enformed of his fathers vnséemely lying a The nations that came of his children Of Gomer came the Italians Of Magog the Scitians of them the Turkes Of Madai the Medes Of Iauan the Greekes Of Tubal the Spanyards Of Mosoch the Moscouites and of Tiras the Thracians Lanquet sléepe in his Tent tooke a garment and bare it betwene him and Sem on their shoulders and comming toward their father ashamed to looke on his nakednesse tourned their faces backwarde and so couered their fathers priuiâ—ies For the which déede Noe hauing knowledge thereof blessed them saying to Iapheth on this wise God shall enlarge Iapheth and he shall dwell in the Tentes of Sem and Canaan shall be their seruant ¶ Iapheth perswading or entycing Iairus was * Mark. 5. c. d one of the Rulers of the Synagoge among the Iewes whose daughter of the age of twelue yeares lay sicke and at the poynt of death And hearing of the fame of Iesus went and fell downe at his féete beséeching him that he would come home to his house lay his hande vpon his daughter that by the touching therof she might be safe and lyue And while there was an occasion giuen whereby to reforme the vnperfect fayth of the Ruler and that by the ensample of a woman diseased with an issue of bloude .xij. yeares there came certaine * Luk. 8. f. g. messengers from the Rulers house which sayde vnto him that his daughter was deade wherefore it shoulde not néede to trouble the Maister anye further Then Iesus perceyuing the Ruler to be as a man in dispayre sayde vnto him Be not afrayde for although thy daughter be deade in déede onely beléeue and thy daughter shall liue And so Iesus went home to the Rulers house and raised vp his daughter from death to life ¶ Iairus Lightning or being lightned Gen. 5. d. Iared was the sonne of Mahalaleel who liued an hundred sixtie and two yeares and then begat Henoch and liued after that eyght hundred yeares and begat sonnes and daughters And when he had liued in all nine hundred sixtie and two yeares he dyed ¶ Iared Commaunding or descending 2. Mac. b. 4. cap. Iason was a wicked man and so desirous of honor that he laboured his owne brother Onias out of the hye Priestes office promising Antiochus the King to gyue him for the same thrée hundred and thrée score talentes of siluer and of another rent foure score And also if the King woulde licence him to set vp a place for exercise a place for the youth and to name them of Ierusalem Antiochians he promised an hundred and fiftie Talents And when these things was graunted to Iason and that he had got the superioritie he beganne immediately to drawe his kinsmen to the customes of the heathen abolishing the lawes and priuiledges of the Iewes he brought in newe statutes contrary to the lawe of god So that thorowe the exceeding wickednesse of this vngodly man Iason the people had a great desire to follow the maner of the Gentyles The Priestes also had no lust in seruing the Lorde but in casting the stone and such wanton sportes Nowe after thrée yeres when Iason shoulde paye the King his money which he had promised for his brothers office he sent it by one whome he most trusted called Menclaus who gate the office from Iason as appeareth more plainly in his storie Then Iason being thus deceyued by Menelaus was fayne to flye into the lande of the Ammonites remayning there till he might spye a time to be reuenged And when hée hearde the rumor that went abrode of Antiochus death he gat him a bonde of men to the number of a thousande or mo and came sodenlye vppon the Citie killing and slaying his owne Citizens without mercie regarding neyther kinne nor friende But neuerthelesse when he coulde not spéede of his purpose he fledde into the lande of the Ammonites againe Where in the ende it came to this poynt that he was accused to Areta King of the Arabians and so abhorred of all men and he was pursued from Citie to Citie and driuen into Egypt And going from thence to the Lacedemonians thinking by
spéede after him who came to Paule at Corinth Silpha was hand mayde or seruaunt to Lea who being giuen by hir mystresse consent to Iacob to wyfe brought him foorth twoo sonnes Gad and Aser Siluanus was a great setter foorth of the Gospell with Paule and Timotheus as is mencioned in the first and seconde epistle to the Thessalonians first Chapters Simeon was a blessed olde man dwelling in Ierusalem which longed sore for the comming of Messias And where as he had prayed vnto God to giue hym the gift that he might but once sée him with his bodyly eyes before he departed out of this worlde he receyued an answere of the holy Ghost that he shoulde not sée death vntill he had séene Christ with his fleshly eyes which he had séene many aday before with the eyes of his fayth And when the tyme came that the Childe Iesus shoulde bée brought into the Temple by his parents Symeon by the inspiracion of the holy Ghost came into the Temple a little before them and when he had séene all things done by the Priest according to the lawe he of a godly zeale tooke the Babe in his armes also and sayde Lorde now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace according to thy promise For mine eyes hath séene thy saluasion which thou hath prepared before the face of all people A light to lighten the Gentils and the glory of thy people Israel And when he had blessed the Babe he sayde to Mary the childes mother Beholde this childe is set to be the fall and vprising agayne of many in Israel and for a signe which is spoken against And moreouer the swoorde shall pierce thy soule that the thoughtes of many hearts may be opened Symon the seconde sonne of Mathathias was a man of great wysedome and the hygh Priest among the Iewes He helped much his brother Iudas Ionathas in the warres and after the death of Iudas he discomfited Bachides and was made Captayne ouer the Iewes after the apprehension of Ionathas and ouercame Antiochus But in the ende he was of Ptolomy his sonne in lawe most trayterously murthered Symon of the Tribe of Beniamin being a Ruler of the Temple what time as Onias was the high Priest went about to worke much mischiefe in the Citie of Ierusalem And when he sawe that he coulde not ouercome Onias and the other Priestes that resisted hym he got him to Appolonius which then was Gouernour of Celosiria and Phineces and tolde him that the Treasurye in Ierusalem was full of innumerable money which dyd not belong to the prouision of the sacrifice and that it were possible that these thinges might come to the Kings hands But when this bewrayer of the money and of his owne naturall Countrye sawe the great plague that fell on Heliodorus which was sent for the money and that his cursed deuise coulde take no place then he fell to rayling and slaundering of Onias reporting of hym that he had mooued Heliodorus to that malicious enterprice yea so much increased his malice against the godly man Onias that he could not speake well of him Wherefore Onias the malice of Symon compelling him therevnto complayned on Symon to Seleucus the King to haue him reformed Symon of Ceren the Father of Alexander and Rufus was compelled to beare Christes Crosse when he went to his passion It was the custome to make hym that was condempned to carye his Crosse And forasmuch as Iesus was not able to do it for weakenesse they tooke Symon as he came out of the fielde and made hym to beare it after Iesus Simon a certaine Pharisey inuited Iesus to hys Table And Iesus sitting at meate with him there came in a certayne woman with an Alabaster bore of oyntment who stoode behinde him wéeping and beganne to washe his féete with teares and to wype them with the heares of hir heade That done she kissed them and annoynted them with hir swéete oyntment Then Simon which had well marked all hir doings spake within himselfe saying if this man were a Prophete he woulde surely haue knowen who and what maner of woman this is which toucheth him for she is a sinner To whose thought Iesus aunswered and sayde Simon I haue somewhat to saye vnto thée saye on Maister quoth he There was a certayne lender which had two detters the one ought fiue hundred pence and the other fiftie And when they had nothing to paye he forgaue them both which of them therefore tell me will loue him moste Simon sayde I suppose that he will loue him best to whome he forgaue most Thou hast truely sayde quoth he Then Iesus turning vnto the woman sayde to Simon féest thou this woman I entred into thyne house and thou gauest mée no water to my féete but she hath washed my féete with teares and wyped them with the heare of hir heade thou gaue me no kisse but she since the time she came in hath not ceassed to kisse my féete Mine heade with oyle thou didst not annoint but she hath annoynted mine heade with oyntment Wherefore I say vnto thée that many sinnes are forgiuen hir for she loued much to whome a little is forgiuen will loue a little Simon Magus which had of a long time seduced the people of Samaria with his sorcery and witchcraft was had in so great estimation among the multitude euen from the hyest to the lowest that they counted him Gods felowe and to worke all things by his power so much were they giuen to followe the illusions of Satan more than the truth of god But when Simon had heard the preaching of Philip and séene his myracles and the number of people conuerted to the fayth of Christ he was forced himselfe also by the maiestie of Gods worde to confesse the truth And so to couer his hypocrisie dissembled to beléeue and was baptised and continued with Philip. But after this when Peter and Iohn were come from Ierusalem and had layde their handes on the people by the which the holy Ghost was giuen Simon coueting to haue that gift as well as they offered the Apostles money to gyue him the power to doe the same To whome Peter sayde Thy money perishe wyth thée bicause thou wéenest that the gift of God may be obtayned with money thou hast neyther part nor followshippe in this businesse for thy heart is not right in the sight of God Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse and pray God that the thoughtes of thine heart maye be forgyuen thée for I perceyue that thou art full of bytter gall and wrapped in iniquitie Then sayde Simon pray ye vnto the Lord for me that none of these things which ye haue spoken fall on me And so they left him full of malice and deuilish poyson tyed in the bondes of Satan ¶ Of Simon the sonne of Onias whose prayse is set out Eccle. 50. ¶ Simon one of Christes kinsemen Math.
the Garpen as hir maner was with twoo of hir Maydens onely to wash hir selfe these twoo hidde themselues in the Garden agaynst hir comming And assoone as the Maydens had shut the Drcharde doores and were gone for Oyle and Sope for their Mystresse the twoo Elders came vppon Susanna and sayde The Garden doores be nowe shut that no man can sée vs and we burne in lust towardes thée therefore consent and lye with vs if thou wilt not we will beare witnesse agaynst thée that a yoong man was in the Drchard with thée and therefore thou senâ—t away thy Maydens Then Susanna sighed and sayde If I doe followe your minds it will be my death and if I consent not vnto you I cannot escape your handes It is better for mée to fall into your handes without the déede dooing than to sinne in the sight of the Lorde and with that cryed out with a lowde voyce and the Elders cryed out agaynst hir which clamour on both parties was so great that it was hearde among the Seruauntes without which ranne to the Orcharde doore and burst it open to sée what the matter was And when the seruaunts had heard the Elders report of Susanna they were greatly ashamed for there was neuer such a reporte made of Susanna before And so on the next morowe the twoo Elders full of mischieuous imaginacions declared the matter to Ioachym hir husband to bring hir to death And when she was come with hir father and mother hir Children and all hir kinne to be iudged according to the law she stoode before the twoo wicked Iudges with hir face couered who commaunded to take the cloth from hir face that at the least they might be satisfied with hir bewtie which thing being done The Iudges stoode vp and layed their handes vpon the heade of Susanna saying As we were walking in the Orcharde alone this woman came in with hir twoo Maydens whom she sent awaye from hir making fast the Orcharde doore after them Then starte their vp a yoong fellowe which laye hidde in the Garden and went vnto hir laye with hir Then we which stoode in a corner séeing this wickednesse â—anne vnto them and saw them as they were togither but we coulde not holde the fellowe for he was stronger than we and got open the doore and leaped out And when we demaunded of hir what fellow it was she woulde not tell vs This is the matter and we be witnesse of the same Then Susanna cryed out and sayde O euerlasting God thou searcher of heartes thou that knowest all things before they come â–ª to passe â–ª thou wotest that they haue borne false witnesse agaynst mée And beholde I muste dye whereas I neuer intended anye such thing as these men haue maliciously ymagined agaynst mée And as she was ledde towarde the place of execution the Lorde of Heauen which hearde hir prayer raysed vp the spirite of a little Childe called Daniel who cryed with a lowde voyce â–ª saying I am cleane from the bloude of this woman And when the people hearde that they stayed to knowe of the Childe what he ment by his woordes O yée Children of Israel sayde he are yée such fooles that without examinacion and knowledge of the truth ye haue condemned a daughter of Israel returne agayne to iudgement for they haue borne false witnesse agaynst hir Then the people went backe agayne and the Elders tooke Daniel and set him among them in iudgement Who when he had commaunded the twoo false witnesses to be seuered that he might examine them he called the one before hym and sayde O thou that arte olde in a wicked lyfe nowe thy sinâ—es which thou hast committed afore tyme are come to light Tell mée vnder what Trée thou sawest this woman and the yoong fellowe togither he sayde vnder a Mulbery Trée Now veryly quoth Daniel thou hast lyed and arte woorthy of death in that thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the guiltie go frée contrarie to the woordes of the Lorde which sayth The innocent and righteous sée thou slay not Then he called the other and sayde O thou séede of Canaan but not of Iuda Bewtie hath disceyued thée and lust hath subverted thine heart Thus haue ye dealt with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughters of Iuda woulde not abyde your wickednesse Now tell mée vnder what Trée dyddest thou take them companying togither He aunswered vnder a Pyne Trée Nowe verily sayde Daniel thou hast lyed also agaynst thine head The messenger of the Lord standeth wayting with the swoorde to cut thée in twoo and so to destroye you both And with that the whole assembly cryed with a lowde voyce and praysed God which so myraculously had preserued Susanna that daye And so fell vppon the twoo wicked Iudges and according to the law of Moses put them both to death ¶ Susanna one of those godly women which followed Christ and his Apostles relieuing them with hir substaunce as much as laye in hir power T. TAddeus was one of the twelue Apostles Act. 24. a. Tartullus was a certayne Dratour the which Ananias the hye Priest had brought with him to informe Felix the ruler agaynst Paule And when Paule was brought foorth Tartullus began to accuse hym saying Séeing that we lyue in great quietnesse by the meanes of thée and that many good thinges are done vnto this nacion thorowe thy prouidence that we euer alowe and in all places most mightie Felix with all thanks Notwithstanding that I be not tedyous vnto thée I praye thée that thou wouldest heare vs of thy curtesie a few words For we haue founde this man a Pestilent fellowe and a moouer of debate vnto all the Iewes thoroweout the Worlde and a maintayner of the sect of the Nazarites And hath also inforced to pollute the Temple whom we tooke and woulde haue iudged according to our law But the hygh captayne Lysias came vpon vs and with great violence tooke him away out of our handes commaunding his accusers to come vnto thée Of whome thou mayst if thou wilt inquyre knowe the certaynetie of all these thinges whereof we accuse him Tartullus a salsâ—reporter or a teller of tales a lyer Gen. 11. d. Terah was the sonne of Nahor the Sonne of Serug He at the age of seuentie yeres begot Abraham but he had before by an other wife Nahor and Haran All the dayes that Terah lyued were two hundred and fiue yere ¶ Terah Smelling ¶ Looke in the story of Abraham Rom. 16. d. Tercius was the name of him that wrote the Epistle of S. Paule to the Romaynes whyle Paule endited it saying on this wyse I Tercius salute you which wrote this Epistle in the Lord. ¶ Tercius a Latine worde 2. Reg. 13. a. b. c. d. Thamar the daughter of Dauid was so bewtiefull a yoong woman that Ammon hir brother fell sicke for hir loue And when she had visited Ammon at