Mardocheus bowed not hys kne vnto hym Holy Iob was a gentile and as it is sayde hee descended of Esau and yet it is certaine Iob. 30. that he was maruelous noble both in faith and maners The which saide of him selfe I was the brother of dragons and the felow of Estriches Ieremy was wyth the people whithe remayned in Iudea after the destruction of Ierusalem Ier. 43. and he prayed for theym and declared the wyll of oure LORDE vnto them But they sayde vnto hym Thou liest our LORDE hathe not sente thee But Baruche prouoketh the against vs that hee myghte brynge vs into the handes and captiuitye of the Caldees Eze. 2. Our Lord sayd vnto Ezechiel thou sonne of man feare them not for the vnfaythful and prouokers are wyth the and thou dost dwel among Scorpyons Daniel Ananias Azarias and Misael dwelt among the Caldees Idolaters Dani. 3.6.14 the which labourd to induce bring them to Idolatry and to draw them from the worshipping of the very true God Dani. 13. Susanna liued in Babilon mooste chastly wheras the two olde priestes were vnchaste and vntrue iudges It semed that in Antiochus Epiphanis time that the Iewes were translated and brought to the rites and customes of the gentiles 2. Mac. 6.9 But yet there was found Mathathias and his sones Eleazarus and manye moe whyche were stable and stronge in the law of God Our Lord commending the faythe and deuotion of the Centurion Math. 8. sayd I haue not found so great faith in Israel Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes cam to Iesus by night cōfest plainly Rabbi Iohn 3.19 we know that thou art a teacher come from God And after that our Lorde was crucifyed he came to bury him and brought a C. pound of precious oyntment Ioseph of the citye of Aramathia Mar. 15. a noble counselloure was also the dysciple of Iesu but yet a secreat disciple for feare of the Iewes But laying al feare a syde he went in boldlye vnto Pilate and made a deuoute peticyon askyng of an vndeuout tyraunte the body of Iesu. Gamaliell an honorable doctour of the lawe Act. 5. was a Pharisey and gaue good excellent counsaile to the chefe priestes for the Apostles There was a certayne man in Cesaria called Cornelius Act. 10. a deuout man and one that feared God wyth all hys housholde whiche gaue much almesse to the people prayed God alway ¶ Of the mobility and inconstancy of the people Ca. Cxiiii MOses returning out of the lād of Madian into Egipt told al the wordes of oure Lorde for the whych he had sent him Then foloweth And the people beleued And when they hard that oure Lorde had sanctified the chyldren of Israel they bowed theyr head and worshypped But afterwardes when they wer afflicted by Pharaos task masters Exo. 4.5 they said to Moses and Aaron Our Lorde loke vpon you and iudge which hath made the sauor of vs stink in the eyes of Pharao and in the eies of hys seruauntes and haue put a swearde in theyr hand to slea vs. When that the children of Israel after mani plages of Egypt came out of Egipt enriched armed our lorde going before them shewynge them the way by a cloud and fire Exo. 14.15 they saw the Egiptians folowyng after them and were sore afraid And saide vnto Moses because there were no graues in Egipt haste thou therfore brought vs awaye for to dye in the wildernesse After that they were comforted by Moses when our Lord deuided the sea that they passed ouer dry foted and that Pharaos host was drowned then the people feared oure Lorde and beleued him and hys seruaunt Moses saying we wyl sing vnto the Lord. And sone after commynge to Marath the people murmured because the waters were bytter when they were made swete by castinge in of a lyttle wodde Exo. 15.16 they murmured agayn for lacke of meat and sayde vnto Moses and Aaron would to God we had dyed in the lande of Egypt when we sate by the flesh pots and oure Lorde at the euen tyde sente them quayles and in the mornynge he sente theym Manna After thys when he shuld geue thē the law Exo. 19. they said All that our Lord hath said we wil do And whē Moses had shewed them the wordes and preceptes the whych he had receyued of our Lord Exo. 24. they sayde All the wordes whych our Lord hath sayd wyl we do But when Moses staid long in the mount with our Lorde about the description of the tabernacle Exo. 32. the people gathered them selues together vnto Aaron and said Make vs Gods to go before vs. After that the Tabernacle was reared vp Nume 11. and that the chefe men after that the fighting menne and Leuites were nombred had made theyr oblations and that all thynges were ordayned howe they should go on their iourney the people a non after began to murmur Nume 21. as greaued by muche labour After that the people had hard the spies relation they murmured and wept Nume 14. And sayde one to another Let vs make a captain and retourn vnto Egipt again They hearynge that theyr murmuring dyspleased our LORDE ascended vppe into the Mountayne and against Moses wyll and pleasure did fight and wer ouercomde by their ennemyes Nume 14. Agayne in the sedition of Chore there rose many agaynste Moses and Aaron Nume 16. and when they were most terriblye punished the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron sayinge ye haue kylled the people of oure Lorde And when oure Lorde hadde by the miracle of Aarons rod caused them to ceasse from their grudginge Nume 17. they sayed Beholde we are wasted away and consumed we all come to noughte who so euer cōmeth nye the dwelling of our Lorde dyeth Forthermore they proceded came to the waters of strife Nume 20. where they chode in suche manner wyth Moses and Aaron that they lykewyse mystrusted the diuine power And therefore oure Lorde punished them After that the people beganne to cōmit whoredome wyth the doughters of Moab Nume 25. whyche called the people vnto the sacryfice of theyr goddes Israell coupled hym selfe vnto Baall Peor And oure Lorde commaunded the heads of the people to bee hanged vp agaynst the sonne When Gedeon hadde delyuerd the chyldren of Israell from the hande of Madian and had slain zebee and Salmana the men of Israell sayed vnto him Iudi. 8. raygne thou ouer vs both thou thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne But after that he was dead hauinge .70 sonnes they went not aboute to take any of them to be their Lorde ruler Samuel the prophet delyuered the people of Israel from the hand of the Philistines 1. reg 7.8 and recouered the cityes whiche they had taken from Israell Afterwards they gathered thē selues together demaunded a king both against our Lords will and
together as it hadde bene but one manne Iudi. 20. so reuenge and punishe the flagitious dedeâ— committed against the Leuites wife in Gaba Beniamin The vniuersal tribes of Israel cam to Dauid vnto Hebron 2. regu 5. and anoynted him king ouer them The feare of our LORD fell on the people and they came oute as it 1. regu 11. had bene but one man to ayde theyr brethren which were besieged in Iabes Galaad All Israell came to kynge Salomon and then the Arcke 3. regu 8. and all the holy vessels were borne into the temple and the temple was solemly blessed and dedicated All the people were gathered and 1. Esd. 3. came together euen as one man vnto Ierusalem to edify and to builde the temple the whiche was destroyed by the king of Babilon And all the people gathred them selues to gether 2. Esd. 8. as one manne in the streat and they said vnto Esdras that he should bryng the boke of the lawe of God When Achior hadde disclosed all thinges that Holofernes had said Iudi. 7. all the people with a common lamentation and weping and with one consent prayed vnto God After the death of Iudas Machabeus al his frendes came together 1. Mach. 9. saide vnto Ionathas hys brother for so much as thy brother Iudas is dead c. We chose the this day for him to be our prince and captain to order to fight our battail After that the people had hearde Simons wordes 1. Mach. 13. the heartes of the people weer kindled together so that they cryed wyth a loud voyce Thou art our captain in stead of Iudas and Ionathas thy brethreÌ„ order thou our battail and whatsoeuer thou coÌ„mandest vs we shal do it After the assention of our Lorde Act. 1. all the disciples continued with one accord in prayer and supplicatioÌ„ with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren And so the holy ghost found them All that beleued kept them selues together after they had receyued the holye sprite Act. 2. and had all thinges commen and continued dailye wyth one accord in the temple and brake bread from house to house When the disciples had heard that the creple was healed and of Peters and Ihons answer to the magestrates they lift vp their voyces to God with one accord Act. 4. and said Lord which hast made heauen and earth c. After that Ananias and Saphyra his wife were terriblye punyshed at Peters word Act. 5. great fear was thorow out all the country And they were al together with one consente in Salomons porch And the multytude that beleued were of one hart Act. 4. and of one soul. Nether said any of them that oughte of the thinges whiche he possessed was his owne but they had all thynges common ¶ Of discorde strife and debate Ca. l. ENuy moued the firste discorde among men Gen. 4. as betwixt Cain and Abell because that Caines workes were maligne and euell and hys brothers good and iust The substaunce of Abraham Lot was great Gen. 13. and they coulde not dwell together and so there fell a strife betwene the herdmeÌ„ of Abraham Lot The fiue kinges of the Sodomites serued and were subiect vnto Chodoriamor xii yere Gen. 14. and in the xiii yeare they rebelled and departed from him And so there was war betwene foure kinges againste fiue In the whyche warre Lot was taken and recouered by Abraham The inhabitours and men of Sodome dyd compas the house aboute Gen. 19. in the which two aungels in the likenes of meÌ„ war lodged for they would haue knowen them and they preased sore vpon Lot because that faithfully he defended his gestes There was stryfe and debate betwene the heardmen of Gerar and Isaacs Gen. 26. for the possession of sheape of Oxen and a mighty houshold Iacob fletinge away was wroth Gen. 31. and saide to Laban for what trespace or offence art thou thus angrye with me and hast searched all my stuffe By the occasion of Dina Iacobs daughter whom Sichem Emors son Iere. 34. dyd rauyshe and forced a greate dyscorde arose betwene Iacobs sonnes and the inhabitoures of that Countrey Moses vpon a certain day saw two Hebrues that stroue together Exo. 2. And he saide vnto him that did the wronge Wherfore smitest thou thy fellow After that the Children of Israell were gone oute of Egipte Exo. 17. and were paste the red sea Amalech came and fought with them in Raphidim Oftentimes the children of Israell did striue againste Moses in the wyldernesse Gen. 16.17 Fyrste for lacke of dryncke And againe when they had one kind of meate Nume 21. they desyred a nother And when they lothed Manna they calde for fleshe Also they came together agaynste Moses and Aaron at the waters of contradiction and strife Nume 20. wher they did chide and murmur agaynste our Lord and Moses Betwene Abimelech Gedeons son and the men of Sichem the whyche hadde made hym kynge wrongfully Iudi. 9. was greate dyscorde so that they beganne to detest him and to rebell against him and he ouercomde them There arose astrife betwene those of Ephraim and Iephthe Iudi. 12. for asmuch as Iephthe goynge to fighte aginste the children of Ammon woulde not as they sayd call them There was so vehement a discorde and battayl in Gabaa Beniamin and iudi 20. the Tribes of Israell for the Leuites wife that they of the Tribe of Beniamin were vtterly all slayne except 5. hundred After that Dauid hadde slayne the Philistine 1. regu 18. Saul was wroth and angry with Dauid because he was most commonly praysed Wherfore Saule loked a side on Dauid from that daye forewarde Nor no man coulde from that time mollifie his hart but nedes he must persecute hym There was longe debate and strife betwene the house of Saule 2. regu 3. and the house of Dauid But Dauid Waxed stronger and stronger and Saul continually weaker and weaker There was to greate and to dishonest a dissention and discord betwene Absolon couetinge the kingdome and Dauid his father 2. regu 18. At the last yet Absolon that moued the same was hangd When Dauid retourned to Ierusalem the children of Israell were troubled and vexed because that the Iewes 2. regu 19. they being not calde there vnto brought hym againe Two wemen did striue be â—ore king Salomon for a childe 2. regu 3. the which they bothe woulde haue had After the deathe of Salomon the people desired his soÌ„ne RoboaÌ„ to vse and to handle them more courteously 3. regu 12. But because he answered theÌ„ churlishly and hardly ten of the Tribes leftâ— him made IeroboaÌ„ their king by the occasioÌ„ wherof ther was sore wars betwene the kyngs of Israel Iuda There was a strife amonge the disciples whiche of theim shoulde seme to be the greatest Luke 22. but it
and proue man xiiii That maÌ„ should not teÌ„pt god xv Of vowes xvi Of prayer xvii Of wepyng and wayling xviii Of swearing xix Of the obseruation kepynge of the saboth day xx Of the reuerence that oughte to bee done and exhibyted to Gods temple xxi Of the adoration and worshippyng of God xxii Of Idolatry xxiii Of blasphemy againste God xxiiii Of Gods preceptes and commaundementes and of the obseruation keping of theÌ„ xxv Of obedience disobedyence xxvi Of holy scripture xxvii Of good exhortation and predication of the word of God xxviii Of euel counsels perswasioÌ„s xxix Of hearing the word of God xxx Of apparicions and vysyons shewed in the old time xxxi Of good angels xxxii Of euil sprites xxxiii Of the immortality of the reasonable soule xxxiiii Of the faith that man shoulde haue vnto God xxxv Of the fidelity that oughte to be kept to man xxxvi Of quietnesse and illustration of the mynde xxxvii Of longanimity xxxviii Of the feare of God xxxix Of feare where wyth the euel fear those that be good xl Of the loue of God xli Of the loue that man ought to haue to hys neighbor xlii Of enuy xliii Of brotherly reprehention xliiii Of the compassyon that man should haue to his neighbor xlv Of hospitality xlvi Of amity and loue xlvii Of enmity and hatred xlviii Of peace and concord xlix Of vnity and common conseÌ„t l. Of discord strife and debate li. Of good zeale against sinners lii Of vndyscreate zeale liii Of prudency and dyscretion liiii Of deceyt and subtelty lv Of the erudytyon of chyldren lvi That it is a pearillous thyng not to agre to good counsel lvii Of suspition and falscredulity lviii That holy and good men suffer certaine thinges to be done but not gladly lix Of iustice and equity lx Of the good and euell iudgementes of men lxi Of penaunâ—e lxii Of the honor of parents lxiii Of thankes geuing for the benefites of God lxiiii Of gratitude for the benefites of man accepted lxv Of ingratitude lxvi That truth engendreth hatred lxvii Of lies and leasyuges lxviii Of treason lxix Of adulatyon and flatery lxx Of derysyon and contumelyous reprofe lxxi Of detractors euil speakers lxxii Of liberaliti merci 〈…〉 lxxiii Of couetusnes lxxiiii Of pouertye lxxv Of hipocrisie dissimulatioâ— lxxvi Of the receate of gyftes aâ—â— rewardes lxxvii Of fortitude and. lxxviii Of coÌ„fidence magnanimity lxxix Of pacience and mekenes in Iniuris and tormentes lxxx Of constancy continuaunce in purposes lxxxi Of bodely warre victorye most commenly obtayned lxxxii Of impacience murmuring lxxxiii Of pusillanimitye lxxxiiii Of fortitude and strengthe to do euyll lxxxv Of murther lxxxvi Of diuers slaughters o men lxxxvii Of abstinens and sobrietye lxxxviii Of gluttonye dronkennesse lxxxix Of matrimony lxxxx Of chastity xci Of luxuriusnes incoÌ„tinency xcii Of vnwyse lookes xciii Of silence and clatterynge xciiii Of carnall affection cxv Of the ire and anger of man thrugh zele and loue xcvi Of the anger of man through vice xcvii Of humilitye xcviii Of pride xcix Of vayne hosting crakinge C Of elections Ci. Of good prynces prelates Cii Of euyll prynces prelates Ciii Of ambitious persons Ciiii. Of the deuels temptation Cv. Of sinne in generall of dyuers paines whiche folow sin Cvi Of confessyon of synnes Cvii Of the hardnesse and obstinacye of the wycked Cviii. Of the peruersity of certen meÌ„ Cix Of the wyckednes of tirantes Cx. Of the oppression of the good by the euyll Cxi Of tribulation and vtility c Cxii Of the multitude of euyl men Cxiii Of good men whych lurked wer as vnknown amoÌ„g the euil Cxiiii Of the nobility inconstancy of the people Cxv. Of good operations workes Cxvi Of mans intention in doyng of hys workes Cxvii Of slothfulnes and negligeÌ„ce Cxviii Of the good towardnesse of chyldren Cxix Of the societye and felowshyp of good men Cxx. Of the societye and felowshyp of euell men Cxxi Of good prosperity Cxxii Of worldly curyosyty Cxxiii Of the great faith of wemen Cxxiiii Of the wisedome of wemen Cxxv. Of the pietye compassion of of wemen Cxxvi. Of the fortitude and strength of wemen Cxxvii Of the auidity gredynesse of wemen cxxviii Of the deceytfulnes of wemen Cxxix Of the folyshe and vndiscreate communication of wemen Cxxx. Of the superfluous ornaments and rayment of wemen Cxxxi Of death in generall Cxxxii. Of sepultures and buryals cxxxiii Of the horrible death and c cxxxiiii Of the pretious death of c. Imprinted at London by Ihon Tisoale dwelling in Knyght Riders streat Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Of Miracles shewed by the deuine power of God ¶ The first Chapter THe creatyon of thynges was so meruelous that the knowledge thereof coulde not come to man but by reuelation For after the minde of S. Gregory Greg. super zac homeli 1. Moses prophecied of those thinges that wer past saying In the beginninge God created heauen and earth Genesis 1. Nor that because he forspoke the thinges that were to come but because he disclosed those thinges that were seacreat At the time of Noyes floude Gene. 6.7 oure Lord saued Noah his wife his three sonnes with their wiues and in the Arke he saued the male the female of all other beastes Our Lord repressed the presumpteousnesse of men Gene. 11. that would builde a tower vnto heauen confoundinge their language Genesis 22 Isaac was wonderfully born and wonderfully deliuered when that he the ram being caught by the hornes in a thicket shoulde haue bene offred vp for a sacrifice Exod. 7.8.9 and .10 It is euidente and playne inoughe how many miracles our Lord shewed by Moyses when he broughte the Children of Israel out of Egipt Exodus 13. It was a greate miracle that the Pyllare of the cloude departed not from the Children of Israell goynge oute of Egipte towardes the land of promesse neither by daye nor yet by nighte Exodus 14 It was a terrible and a Myracle worthye to be spoken of that the red sea was deuided and so dried vp that the children of Israel went ouer drye footed and the Egyptyans ouerwhelmed in the myddest of the sluds Exodus 15 By the woode or tree shewed vnto Moyses the waters were made sweete Numer 11. Oure Lorde sente quailes to the murmuring people Nume 20. and afterwards it rained Manna for them to eat and oute of the rocke he sent them water plenteously to drincke Our Lorde sent fleshe to the chyldren of Israel Numer 20 the whiche in the wildernes murmured and desired to eat flesh euen aboundauntly Through thoccasion of Chore and his fellowes sedition Nu. 16.17 many miracles chaunced and was shewed The people wer smitten or stinged with fiery serpentes Numer 21. and loking vpon the serpente of brasse they were cured and healed Our Lorde led the children of Israell in the wildernesse fortye
people â—awe that it was long or Moses came down out of the mountaine Exo. 32. they gathered them selues together against Aaron said vnto him Up and make vs Gods to go before vs. The people as though they hadde ben heauy and wearied with much labor Nume 11. began to murmur agaynste oure Lord and the fire of our Lord burnt among them and deuourd the vttermoste part of the hoste And note the peruersity of them that said We remember the fish we did eat in Egipt for noughte And yet they boughte it ful dearly After the terrible death of Chore his fellowes Nume 16. the multitude murmured agaynste Moses and Aaron saying ye haue kylled the people of our Lorde Againe they murmured and chode wyth Moses at the waters of stryfe Nume 20. for faut of drinke and frute Achitophell perceiuinge that they did not after his Counsaile 2. regu 27. was so moued and so impacyent that he departed from Absolon and wente home and hanged hym self Because that the Chyldren spake roughlye wyth those of the tenne tribes 2. regu 20. Israell wente from Dauyd and followed Seba the sonne of Bichri When Tobias spake of the kydde whyche he heard cry Tobi. 2. sayinge Looke that it be not stolne his wife dyd answer him impaciently When Sara Raguels daughter rebuked one of her maydens for her faut Tobi. 3. she answered her again to iniuriously saying God let vs neuer see sonne or daughter of thee more vppon earthe thou kyller of thy husbandes When worde came to Holofernes that the children of Israell prepared them selues to make resistaunce Iudith 5 hee was exceading wroth Iudith 6 When Achtor had left of speaking Holofernes toke sore indignation Because Mardocheus woulde not worship Aman Esther 3. he toke suche indignation and was so impaciente that he seemed to procure not his deathe onlye but the death of al the Iewes Elihu the sonne oâ— Barachel perceiuing that Iobs frendes Iob. 32. the which disputed with him coulde not ouercome him shewed by his wordes many tokens of impaciency Daniell 3. Nabuchodonozor hearynge that Daniels felowes would not worship the golden Image whyche he madeâ— In anger and furiousnes caused theÌ„ to be brought before him When Herode hearde that there was borne a kinge of Iewes Mat. 2. he was troubled and all the citye of Ierusalem with him Our lorde syttinge at meat in Mathews house Luc. 5.15 the scribes and pharises murmured sayinge vnto his disciples Why do ye eate with publicanes and synners And at zacheus thei murmurd sayinge He is gone in to tary with a maÌ„ that is a synner Luc. 19. And the elder brother of the prodigall sonne Luc. 15. hearinge of the feast that his father made for hys yongest brothers cominge home disdained at it and woulde not go in When the chefe preastes and Scribes sawe the wonderfull myracles that he did Mat. 21. and the children cryinge in the temple Hosanna to the sonne of Dauid they disdayned When the pharises saw that thei wer with effectuous wordes confuted by Iohn 9. him that was borne blinde and restored by oure lorde to his sight againe they cursed him and sayed Be thou hys discyple Thou art all together borne in synne dost thou teache vs Ther arose a murmur and a grudge among the Grekes and the Hebrues Act. 6. because their wydowes were dispised in the dayly ministration ¶ Of Pusillanimity Capitu. lxxxiii WHen the Angels had saied vnto Lot Gen. 19. Saue thy selfe in the mountaine he answered I caÌ„not be saued in the mouÌ„tain lest some misfortune fal vpon me yet a worse chaunce chauÌ„ced euen then vnto him When the children of Israell saw the Egiptians behynde theÌ„ Exo. 14. they wer sore afrayde although thei had sene so many miracles done for them by the diuine power of god As Moses was speakynge wyth oure lorde in the mounte Exo. 20. the people hearde the thunder and the noyse of the trumpe and saw the lyghtninge and the mountayne smokinge And beynge very feareful they stode a far of and saied vnto Moses Talke thou with vs and we wil heare but let not god talke with vs least we dye After that the conditions and estate of the lande of promise was reueled opened Nu. 13.14 the which hadde mighty and stronge inhabitours whose cities wer walled exceading great Deu. 1. The whole congregation saied woulde God that we hadde dyed in the lande of Egipt And they sayed agayn The messengers haue feared and discouraged vs. Balaac seynge al that the children of Israel had done vnto the Amorites Nume 22. and that his people were sore a frayde he trustinge more in wordes then in armes sent vnto Balaam to come and cursse the children of Israell Rachab sayed vnto the spies that came from Iosue Iosu. 2. I know that our lorde hath geuen you the land for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and the inhabitoures of the lande faynt at the presence of you After that Achior had taken of the excoÌ„municate thynges of Ierico the menne of Hay put the chyldren of Israell to flyght Iosu. 7. and slew .36 menne The hartes of the people wer a fraid and melted a waye lyke water And Iosue rent his clothes When the Gabaonites heard what Iosue hadde done vnto Ierico Iosu. 9. and Hai they feared and comminge to Iosue they euen as he woulde made a grement with him Gedeon hauing .3200 menne in his hoost Iudi. 7. made a proclamation that if any dyd dreade or were afrayde he shoulde returne And there departed and retourned of the people .2200 menne When Saul and all Israell hearde the wordes of Goliath the philistine askinge a man to fight with him 1. regu 17. thei were euen a stoned and discouraged Saule gathered all Israell together and came to Gelboe 1. regu 28. And when Saul sawe the host of the philistines he was a frayed and hys hart was sore astonyed 2. Para. 3. Roboam beynge rude and fearfull of hart coulde not resyste the hooste that Ieroboas had gathered against him When all the hoost of the Assirians hearde that Holofernes was headed Iudi. 15 theyr mynde and counsell fell from them and beynge moued and styrde with feare defended theÌ„ selues with their feet It was declared vnto the house of Dauid that the kinge of Israel the king of Siria wer coÌ„federated to fight agaynst Ierusalem Esa. 7. Dauid and hys people hartes were moued as the trees of the wode before the face of the winde And Esay descriuinge the burden of Tyre sayed fearfulnesse the pit and the snare vpon the. Esa. 24. O thou that dwellest on the earth When that Ieremy by goddes commaundemente dyd prophesie that Ierusalem shoulde be taken Iere. 38. The princes and rulers of the people sayed vnto the kinge Sir we beseache you let this maÌ„ be put