,deuterocanonical ,books of the ,bible  
,contents     ,the ,first ,book of      
,esdras   ,the ,second ,book of ,esdras 
sometimes ,fourth ,book of ,ezra   ,the 
,book of ,tobit   ,the ,book of ,judith 
,the ,greek ,additions to ,esther   ,the
 ,wisdom of ,solomon   ,the ,book of    
,sirach 7or ,ecclesiasticus7   ,the     
,book of ,baruch   ,the ,epistle 7or    
letter7 of ,jeremiah   ,the ,song of the
 ,three ,holy ,children   ,the ,book of 
,susanna 7in ,daniel7   ,the ,history of
 the ,destruction of ,bel and the       
,dragon   ,the ,prayer of ,manasses     
,the ,first ,book of the ,maccabees     
,the ,second ,book of the ,maccabees    
,the ,first ,book of ,esdras      #a3a  
,and ,josias held the feast of the      
passover in ,jerusalem unto his  ,lord1 
and offered the passover the fourteenth 
day of the first month2    #a3b ,having 
set the priests according to their daily
 courses1 being  arrayed in long        
garments1 in the temple of the ,lord4   
#a3c ,and he spake unto the ,levites1   

the holy ministers of ,israel1 that     
they should hallow themselves unto the  
,lord1 to set the holy ark of the  ,lord
 in the house that king ,solomon the son
 of ,david had built3    #a3d ,and said1
 ,ye shall no more bear the ark upon    
your shoulders3 now  therefore serve the
 ,lord your ,god1 and minister unto his 
people ,israel1  and prepare you after  
your families and kindreds1    #a3e     
,according as ,david the king of ,israel
 prescribed1 and according to  the      
magnificence of ,solomon his son3 and   
standing in the temple  according to the
 several dignity of the families of you 
the ,levites1  who minister in the      
presence of your brethren the children  
of ,israel1    #a3f ,offer the passover 
in order1 and make ready the sacrifices 
for your  brethren1 and keep the        
passover according to the commandment of
 the  ,lord1 which was given unto       
,moses4    #a3g ,and unto the people    
that was found there ,josias gave thirty
  thousand lambs and kids1 and three    

thousand calves3 these things were      
given of the king's allowance1 according
 as he promised1 to the people1  to the 
priests1 and to the ,levites4    #a3h   
,and ,helkias1 ,zacharias1 and ,syelus1 
the governors of the temple1  gave to   
the priests for the passover two        
thousand and six hundred  sheep1 and    
three hundred calves4    #a3i ,and      
,jeconias1 and ,samaias1 and ,nathanael 
his brother1 and ,assabias1  and        
,ochiel1 and ,joram1 captains over      
thousands1 gave to the ,levites for  the
 passover five thousand sheep1 and seven
 hundred calves4    #a3aj ,and when     
these things were done1 the priests and 
,levites1 having  the unleavened bread1 
stood in very comely order according to 
the  kindreds1    #a3aa ,and according  
to the several dignities of the fathers1
 before the  people1 to offer to the    
,lord1 as it is written in the book of  
,moses3  and thus did they in the       
morning4    #a3ab ,and they roasted the 
passover with fire1 as appertaineth3 as 

for  the sacrifices1 they sod them in   
brass pots and pans with a good  savour1
    #a3ac ,and set them before all the  
people3 and afterward they prepared  for
 themselves1 and for the priests their  
brethren1 the sons of ,aaron4    #a3ad  
,for the priests offered the fat until  
night3 and the ,levites  prepared for   
themselves1 and the priests their       
brethren1 the sons of  ,aaron4    #a3ae 
,the holy singers also1 the sons of     
,asaph1 were in their order1  according 
to the appointment of ,david1 to wit1   
,asaph1 ,zacharias1 and  ,jeduthun1 who 
was of the king's retinue4    #a3af     
,moreover the porters were at every     
gate2 it was not lawful for any  to go  
from his ordinary service3 for their    
brethren the ,levites  prepared for     
them4    #a3ag ,thus were the things    
that belonged to the sacrifices of the  
,lord  accomplished in that day1 that   
they might hold the passover1    #a3ah  
,and offer sacrifices upon the altar of 
the ,lord1 according to the  commandment

 of king ,josias4    #a3ai ,so the      
children of ,israel which were present  
held the passover at  that time1 and the
 feast of sweet bread seven days4       
#a3bj ,and such a passover was not kept 
in ,israel since the time of the        
prophet ,samuel4    #a3ba ,yea1 all the 
kings of ,israel held not such a        
passover as ,josias1  and the priests1  
and the ,levites1 and the ,jews1 held   
with all ,israel  that were found       
dwelling at ,jerusalem4    #a3bb ,in the
 eighteenth year of the reign of ,josias
 was this passover  kept4    #a3bc ,and 
the works or ,josias were upright before
 his ,lord with an heart  full of       
godliness4    #a3bd ,as for the things  
that came to pass in his time1 they were
 written  in former times1 concerning   
those that sinned1 and did wickedly     
against  the ,lord above all people and 
kingdoms1 and how they grieved him      
exceedingly1 so that the words of the   
,lord rose up against ,israel4    #a3be 
,now after all these acts of ,josias it 

came to pass1 that ,pharaoh  the king of
 ,egypt came to raise war at ,carchamis 
upon ,euphrates3 and  ,josias went out  
against him4    #a3bf ,but the king of  
,egypt sent to him1 saying1 ,what have  
,i to do with  thee1 ,o king of ,judea8 
#a3bg ,i am not sent out from the ,lord 
,god against thee2 for my war is  upon  
,euphrates3 and now the ,lord is with   
me1 yea1 the ,lord is with me  hasting  
me forward3 depart from me1 and be not  
against the ,lord4    #a3bh ,howbeit    
,josias did not turn back his chariot   
from him1 but  undertook to fight with  
him1 not regarding the words of the     
prophet  ,jeremy spoken by the mouth of 
the ,lord3    #a3bi ,but joined battle  
with him in the plain of ,magiddo1 and  
the  princes came against king ,josias4 
#a3cj ,then said the king unto his      
servants1 ,carry me away out of the     
battle2 for ,i am very weak4 ,and       
immediately his servants took him away  
out of the battle4    #a3ca ,then gat he
 up upon his second chariot2 and being  

brought back to  ,jerusalem died1 and   
was buried in his father's sepulchre4   
#a3cb ,and in all ,jewry they mourned   
for ,josias1 yea1 ,jeremy the prophet   
lamented for ,josias1 and the chief men 
with the women made lamentation  for him
 unto this day3 and this was given out  
for an ordinance to be  done continually
 in all the nation of ,israel4    #a3cc 
,these things are written in the book of
 the stories of the kings  of ,judah1   
and every one of the acts that ,josias  
did1 and his glory1 and  his            
understanding in the law of the ,lord1  
and the things that he had  done before1
 and the things now recited1 are        
reported in the book of  the kings of   
,israel and ,judea4    #a3cd ,and the   
people took ,joachaz the son of ,josias1
 and made him king  instead of ,josias  
his father1 when he was twenty and three
 years old4    #a3ce ,and he reigned in 
,judea and in ,jerusalem three months3  
and then  the king of ,egypt deposed him
 from reigning in ,jerusalem4    #a3cf  

,and he set a tax upon the land of an   
hundred talents of silver and  one      
talent of gold4    #a3cg ,the king of   
,egypt also made king ,joacim his       
brother king of ,judea  and ,jerusalem4 
#a3ch ,and he bound ,joacim and the     
nobles3 but ,zaraces his brother he     
apprehended1 and brought him out of     
,egypt4    #a3ci ,five and twenty years 
old was ,joacim when he was made king in
 the  land of ,judea and ,jerusalem2 and
 he did evil before the ,lord4    #a3dj 
,wherefore against him ,nabuchodonosor  
the king of ,babylon came up1  and bound
 him with a chain of brass1 and carried 
him into ,babylon4    #a3da             
,nabuchodonosor also took of the holy   
vessels of the ,lord1 and  carried them 
away1 and set them in his own temple at 
,babylon4    #a3db ,but those things    
that are recorded of him1 and of his    
uncleaness  and impiety1 are written in 
the chronicles of the kings4    #a3dc   
,and ,joacim his son reigned in his     
stead3 he was made king being  eighteen 

years old2    #a3dd ,and reigned but    
three months and ten days in ,jerusalem2
 and did  evil before the ,lord4        
#a3de ,so after a year ,nabuchodonosor  
sent and caused him to be brought  into 
,babylon with the holy vessels of the   
,lord2    #a3df ,and made ,zedechias    
king of ,judea and ,jerusalem1 when he  
was one  and twenty years old2 and he   
reigned eleven years3    #a3dg ,and he  
did evil also in the sight of the ,lord1
 and cared not for  the words that were 
spoken unto him by the prophet ,jeremy  
from the  mouth of the ,lord4    #a3dh  
,and after that king ,nabuchodonosor had
 made him to swear by the  name of the  
,lord1 he forswore himself1 and         
rebelled2 and hardening his  neck1 his  
heart1 he transgressed the laws of the  
,lord ,god of ,israel4    #a3di ,the    
governors also of the people and of the 
priests did many  things against the    
laws1 and passed all the pollutions of  
all nations1  and defiled the temple of 
the ,lord1 which was sanctified in      

,jerusalem4    #a3ej ,nevertheless the  
,god of their fathers sent by his       
messenger to  call them back1 because he
 spared them and his tabernacle also4   
#a3ea ,but they had his messengers in   
derision2 and1 look1 when the ,lord     
spake unto them1 they made a sport of   
his prophets3    #a3eb ,so far forth1   
that he1 being wroth with his people for
 their great  ungodliness1 commanded the
 kings of the ,chaldees to come up      
against  them2    #a3ec ,who slew their 
young men with the sword1 yea1 even     
within the  compass of their holy       
temple1 and spared neither young man nor
 maid1  old man nor child1 among them2  
for he delivered all into their hands4  
#a3ed ,and they took all the holy       
vessels of the ,lord1 both great and    
small1 with the vessels of the ark of   
,god1 and the king's treasures1  and    
carried them away into ,babylon4        
#a3ee ,as for the house of the ,lord1   
they burnt it1 and brake down the  walls
 of ,jerusalem1 and set fire upon her   

towers3    #a3ef ,and as for her        
glorious things1 they never ceased till 
they had  consumed and brought them all 
to nought3 and the people that were not 
slain with the sword he carried unto    
,babylon3    #a3eg ,who became servants 
to him and his children1 till the       
,persians  reigned1 to fulfil the word  
of the ,lord spoken by the mouth of     
,jeremy3    #a3eh ,until the land had   
enjoyed her sabbaths1 the whole time of 
her  desolation shall she rest1 until   
the full term of seventy years4    #b3a 
,in the first year of ,cyrus king of the
 ,persians1 that the word of  the ,lord 
might be accomplished1 that he had      
promised by the mouth of  ,jeremy2      
#b3b ,the ,lord raised up the spirit of 
,cyrus the king of the ,persians1  and  
he made proclamation through all his    
kingdom1 and also by writing1    #b3c   
,saying1 ,thus saith ,cyrus king of the 
,persians2 ,the ,lord of ,israel1  the  
most high ,lord1 hath made me king of   
the whole world1    #b3d ,and commanded 

me to build him an house at ,jerusalem  
in ,jewry4    #b3e ,if therefore there  
be any of you that are of his people1   
let the  ,lord1 even his ,lord1 be with 
him1 and let him go up to ,jerusalem    
that  is in ,judea1 and build the house 
of the ,lord of ,israel3 for he is the  
,lord that dwelleth in ,jerusalem4      
#b3f ,whosoever then dwell in the places
 about1 let them help him1 those1  ,i   
say1 that are his neighbours1 with gold1
 and with silver1    #b3g ,with gifts1  
with horses1 and with cattle1 and other 
things1 which  have been set forth by   
vow1 for the temple of the ,lord at     
,jerusalem4    #b3h ,then the chief of  
the families of ,judea and of the tribe 
of  ,benjamin stood up2 the priests     
also1 and the ,levites1 and all they    
whose mind the ,lord had moved to go up1
 and to build an house for the  ,lord at
 ,jerusalem1    #b3i ,and they that     
dwelt round about them1 and helped them 
in all things  with silver and gold1    
with horses and cattle1 and with very   

many free  gifts of a great number whose
 minds were stirred up thereto4    #b3aj
 ,king ,cyrus also brought forth the    
holy vessels1 which  ,nabuchodonosor had
 carried away from ,jerusalem1 and had  
set up in his  temple of idols4    #b3aa
 ,now when ,cyrus king of the ,persians 
had brought them forth1 he  delivered   
them to ,mithridates his treasurer3     
#b3ab ,and by him they were delivered to
 ,sanabassar the governor of  ,judea4   
#b3ac ,and this was the number of them2 
,a thousand golden cups1 and a  thousand
 of silver1 censers of silver twenty    
nine1 vials of gold  thirty1 and of     
silver two thousand four hundred and    
ten1 and a thousand  other vessels4     
#b3ad ,so all the vessels of gold and of
 silver1 which were carried away1  were 
five thousand four hundred threescore   
and nine4    #b3ae ,these were brought  
back by ,sanabassar1 together with them 
of the  captivity1 from ,babylon to     
,jerusalem4    #b3af ,but in the time of
 ,artexerxes king of the ,persians      

,belemus1 and  ,mithridates1 and        
,tabellius1 and ,rathumus1 and          
,beeltethmus1 and  ,semellius the       
secretary1 with others that were in     
commission with them1  dwelling in      
,samaria and other places1 wrote unto   
him against them that  dwelt in ,judea  
and ,jerusalem these letters following2 
#b3ag ,to king ,artexerxes our lord1    
,thy servants1 ,rathumus the            
storywriter1 and ,semellius the scribe1 
and the rest of their council1  and the 
judges that are in ,celosyria and       
,phenice4    #b3ah ,be it now known to  
the lord king1 that the ,jews that are  
up from  you to us1 being come into     
,jerusalem1 that rebellious and wicked  
city1  do build the marketplaces1 and   
repair the walls of it and do lay the   
foundation of the temple4    #b3ai ,now 
if this city and the walls thereof be   
made up again1 they will  not only      
refuse to give tribute1 but also rebel  
against kings4    #b3bj ,and forasmuch  
as the things pertaining to the temple  

are now in  hand1 we think it meet not  
to neglect such a matter1    #b3ba ,but 
to speak unto our lord the king1 to the 
intent that1 if it be  thy pleasure it  
may be sought out in the books of thy   
fathers3    #b3bb ,and thou shalt find  
in the chronicles what is written       
concerning  these things1 and shalt     
understand that that city was           
rebellious1  troubling both kings and   
cities3    #b3bc ,and that the ,jews    
were rebellious1 and raised always wars 
therein2  for the which cause even this 
city was made desolate4    #b3bd        
,wherefore now we do declare unto thee1 
,o lord the king1 that if  this city be 
built again1 and the walls thereof set  
up anew1 thou shalt  from henceforth    
have no passage into ,celosyria and     
,phenice4    #b3be ,then the king wrote 
back again to ,rathumus the storywriter1
 to  ,beeltethmus1 to ,semellius the    
scribe1 and to the rest that were in    
commission1 and dwellers in ,samaria and
 ,syria and ,phenice1 after this        

manner2    #b3bf ,i have read the       
epistle which ye have sent unto me3     
therefore ,i  commanded to make diligent
 search1 and it hath been found that    
that  city was from the beginning       
practising against kings2    #b3bg ,and 
the men therein were given to rebellion 
and war3 and that  mighty kings and     
fierce were in ,jerusalem1 who reigned  
and exacted  tributes in ,celosyria and 
,phenice4    #b3bh ,now therefore ,i    
have commanded to hinder those men from 
building  the city1 and heed to be taken
 that there be no more done in it2      
#b3bi ,and that those wicked workers    
proceed no further to the annoyance  of 
kings1    #b3cj ,then king ,artexerxes  
his letters being read1 ,rathumus1 and  
,semellius the scribe1 and the rest that
 were in commission with them1  removing
 in haste toward ,jerusalem with a troop
 of horsemen and a  multitude of people 
in battle array1 began to hinder the    
builders2 and  the building of the      
temple in ,jerusalem ceased until the   

second year of  the reign of ,darius    
king of the ,persians4    #c3a ,now when
 ,darius reigned1 he made a great feast 
unto all his  subjects1 and unto all his
 household1 and unto all the princes of 
,media  and ,persia1    #c3b ,and to all
 the governors and captains and         
lieutenants that were  under him1 from  
,india unto ,ethiopia1 of an hundred    
twenty and seven  provinces4    #c3c    
,and when they had eaten and drunken1   
and being satisfied were gone  home1    
then ,darius the king went into his     
bedchamber1 and slept1 and  soon after  
awaked4    #c3d ,then three young men1  
that were of the guard that kept the    
king's  body1 spake one to another2     
#c3e ,let every one of us speak a       
sentence3 he that shall overcome1 and   
whose sentence shall seem wiser than the
 others1 unto him shall the  king       
,darius give great gifts1 and great     
things in token of victory3    #c3f ,as1
 to be clothed in purple1 to drink in   
gold1 and to sleep upon  gold1 and a    

chariot with bridles of gold1 and an    
headtire of fine  linen1 and a chain    
about his neck3    #c3g ,and he shall   
sit next to ,darius because of his      
wisdom1 and shall be  called ,darius his
 cousin4    #c3h ,and then every one    
wrote his sentence1 sealed it1 and laid 
it under  king ,darius his pillow2      
#c3i ,and said that1 when the king is   
risen1 some will give him the  writings2
 and of whose side the king and the     
three princes of ,persia  shall judge   
that his sentence is the wisest1 to him 
shall the victory  be given1 as was     
appointed4    #c3aj ,the first wrote1   
,wine is the strongest4    #c3aa ,the   
second wrote1 ,the king is strongest4   
#c3ab ,the third wrote1 ,women are      
strongest3 but above all things ,truth  
beareth away the victory4    #c3ac ,now 
when the king was risen up1 they took   
their writings1 and  delivered them unto
 him1 and so he read them3    #c3ad ,and
 sending forth he called all the princes
 of ,persia and ,media1  and the        

governors1 and the captains1 and the    
lieutenants1 and the chief  officers2   
#c3ae ,and sat him down in the royal    
seat of judgment2 and the writings  were
 read before them4    #c3af ,and he     
said1 ,call the young men1 and they     
shall declare their own  sentences4 ,so 
they were called1 and came in4    #c3ag 
,and he said unto them1 ,declare unto us
 your mind concerning the  writings4    
,then began the first1 who had spoken of
 the strength of wine2    #c3ah ,and he 
said thus1 ,o ye men1 how exceeding     
strong is wine6 it  causeth all men to  
err that drink it3    #c3ai ,it maketh  
the mind of the king and of the         
fatherless child to be  all one2 of the 
bondman and of the freeman1 of the poor 
man and of the  rich3    #c3bj ,it      
turneth also every thought into jollity 
and mirth1 so that a  man remembereth   
neither sorrow nor debt3    #c3ba ,and  
it maketh every heart rich1 so that a   
man remembereth neither  king nor       
governor2 and it maketh to speak all    

things by talents3    #c3bb ,and when   
they are in their cups1 they forget     
their love both to  friends and         
brethren1 and a little after draw out   
swords3    #c3bc ,but when they are from
 the wine1 they remember not what they  
have  done4    #c3bd ,o ye men1 is not  
wine the strongest1 that enforceth to do
 thus8  ,and when he had so spoken1 he  
held his peace4    #d3a ,then the       
second1 that had spoken of the strength 
of the king1 began  to say1    #d3b ,o  
ye men1 do not men excel in strength    
that bear rule over sea and  land and   
all things in them8    #d3c ,but yet the
 king is more mighty3 for he is lord of 
all these  things1 and hath dominion    
over them2 and whatsoever he commandeth 
them  they do4    #d3d ,if he bid them  
make war the one against the other1 they
 do it3 if  he send them out against the
 enemies1 they go1 and break down       
mountains  walls and towers4    #d3e    
,they slay and are slain1 and transgress
 not the king's commandment3  if they   

get the victory1 they bring all to the  
king1 as well the spoil1  as all things 
else4    #d3f ,likewise for those that  
are no soldiers1 and have not to do with
  wars1 but use husbundry1 when they    
have reaped again that which they  had  
sown1 they bring it to the king1 and    
compel one another to pay  tribute unto 
the king4    #d3g ,and yet he is but one
 man3 if he command to kill1 they kill2 
if he  command to spare1 they spare2    
#d3h ,if he command to smite1 they      
smite2 if he command to make desolate1  
they make desolate2 if he command to    
build1 they build2    #d3i ,if he       
command to cut down1 they cut down2 if  
he command to plant1  they plant4       
#d3aj ,so all his people and his armies 
obey him3 furthermore he lieth  down1 he
 eateth and drinketh1 and taketh his    
rest3    #d3aa ,and these keep watch    
round about him1 neither may any one    
depart1  and do his own business1       
neither disobey they him in any thing4  
#d3ab ,o ye men1 how should not the king

 be mightiest1 when in such sort  he is 
obeyed8 ,and he held his tongue4        
#d3ac ,then the third1 who had spoken of
 women1 and of the truth1 7this  was    
,zorobabel7 began to speak4    #d3ad ,o 
ye men1 it is not the great king1 nor   
the multitude of men1  neither is it    
wine1 that excelleth2 who is it then    
that ruleth them1 or  hath the lordship 
over them8 are they not women8    #d3ae 
,women have borne the king and all the  
people that bear rule by sea  and land4 
#d3af ,even of them came they3 and they 
nourished them up that planted  the     
vineyards1 from whence the wine cometh4 
#d3ag ,these also make garments for men2
 these bring glory unto men2 and        
without women cannot men be4    #d3ah   
,yea1 and if men have gathered together 
gold and silver1 or any  other goodly   
thing1 do they not love a woman which is
 comely in favour  and beauty8    #d3ai 
,and letting all those things go1 do    
they not gape1 and even with  open mouth
 fix their eyes fast on her2 and have   

not all men more desire  unto her than  
unto silver or gold1 or any goodly thing
 whatsoever8    #d3bj ,a man leaveth his
 own father that brought him up1 and his
 own  country1 and cleaveth unto his    
wife4    #d3ba ,he sticketh not to spend
 his life with his wife1 and remembereth
  neither father1 nor mother1 nor       
country4    #d3bb ,by this also ye must 
know that women have dominion over you3 
do ye  not labour and toil1 and give and
 bring all to the woman8    #d3bc ,yea1 
a man taketh his sword1 and goeth his   
way to rob and to  steal1 to sail upon  
the sea and upon rivers2    #d3bd ,and  
looketh upon a lion1 and goeth in the   
darkness2 and when he  hath stolen1     
spoiled1 and robbed1 he bringeth it to  
his love4    #d3be ,wherefore a man     
loveth his wife better than father or   
mother4    #d3bf ,yea1 many there be    
that have run out of their wits for     
women1 and  become servants for their   
sakes4    #d3bg ,many also have         
perished1 have erred1 and sinned1 for   

women4    #d3bh ,and now do ye not      
believe me8 is not the king great in his
 power8  do not all regions fear to     
touch him8    #d3bi ,yet did ,i see him 
and ,apame the king's concubine1 the    
daughter of  the admirable ,bartacus1   
sitting at the right hand of the king1  
#d3cj ,and taking the crown from the    
king's head1 and setting it upon her    
own head2 she also struck the king with 
her left hand4    #d3ca ,and yet for all
 this the king gaped and gazed upon her 
with open  mouth3 if she laughed upon   
him1 he laughed also3 but if she took   
any  displeasure at him1 the king was   
fain to flatter1 that she might be      
reconciled to him again4    #d3cb ,o ye 
men1 how can it be but women should be  
strong1 seeing they do  thus8    #d3cc  
,then the king and the princes looked   
one upon another3 so he began  to speak 
of the truth4    #d3cd ,o ye men1 are   
not women strong8 great is the earth1   
high is the  heaven1 swift is the sun in
 his course1 for he compasseth the      

heavens  round about1 and fetcheth his  
course again to his own place in one    
day4    #d3ce ,is he not great that     
maketh these things8 therefore great is 
the  truth1 and stronger than all       
things4    #d3cf ,all the earth crieth  
upon the truth1 and the heaven blesseth 
it3  all works shake and tremble at it1 
and with it is no unrighteous thing4    
#d3cg ,wine is wicked1 the king is      
wicked1 women are wicked1 all the       
children of men are wicked1 and such are
 all their wicked works2 and  there is  
no truth in them2 in their              
unrighteousness also they shall  perish4
    #d3ch ,as for the truth1 it         
endureth1 and is always strong2 it      
liveth and  conquereth for evermore4    
#d3ci ,with her there is no accepting of
 persons or rewards2 but she  doeth the 
things that are just1 and refraineth    
from all unjust and  wicked things2 and 
all men do well like of her works4      
#d3dj ,neither in her judgment is any   
unrighteousness2 and she is the         

strength1 kingdom1 power1 and majesty1  
of all ages4 ,blessed be the ,god  of   
truth4    #d3da ,and with that he held  
his peace4 ,and all the people then     
shouted1  and said1 ,great is ,truth1   
and mighty above all things4    #d3db   
,then said the king unto him1 ,ask what 
thou wilt more than is  appointed in the
 writing1 and we will give it thee1     
because thou art  found wisest2 and thou
 shalt sit next me1 and shalt be called 
my  cousin4    #d3dc ,then said he unto 
the king1 ,remember thy vow1 which thou 
hast  vowed to build ,jerusalem1 in the 
day when thou camest to thy kingdom1    
#d3dd ,and to send away all the vessels 
that were taken away out of  ,jerusalem1
 which ,cyrus set apart1 when he vowed  
to destroy ,babylon1 and  to send them  
again thither4    #d3de ,thou also hast 
vowed to build up the temple1 which the 
,edomites  burned when ,judea was made  
desolate by the ,chaldees4    #d3df ,and
 now1 ,o lord the king1 this is that    
which ,i require1 and which  ,i desire  

of thee1 and this is the princely       
liberality proceeding from  thyself3 ,i 
desire therefore that thou make good the
 vow1 the  performance whereof with     
thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the  
,king of  heaven4    #d3dg ,then ,darius
 the king stood up1 and kissed him1 and 
wrote letters  for him unto all the     
treasurers and lieutenants and captains 
and  governors1 that they should safely 
convey on their way both him1 and  all  
those that go up with him to build      
,jerusalem4    #d3dh ,he wrote letters  
also unto the lieutenants that were in  
,celosyria  and ,phenice1 and unto them 
in ,libanus1 that they should bring     
cedar  wood from ,libanus unto          
,jerusalem1 and that they should build  
the city  with him4    #d3di ,moreover  
he wrote for all the ,jews that went out
 of his realm up  into ,jewry1          
concerning their freedom1 that no       
officer1 no ruler1 no  lieutenant1 nor  
treasurer1 should forcibly enter into   
their doors2    #d3ej ,and that all the 

country which they hold should be free  
without  tribute2 and that the ,edomites
 should give over the villages of the   
,jews which then they held3    #d3ea    
,yea1 that there should be yearly given 
twenty talents to the  building of the  
temple1 until the time that it were     
built2    #d3eb ,and other ten talents  
yearly1 to maintain the burnt offerings 
upon  the altar every day1 as they had a
 commandment to offer seventeen3        
#d3ec ,and that all they that went from 
,babylon to build the city should  have 
free liberty1 as well they as their     
posterity1 and all the priests  that    
went away4    #d3ed ,he wrote also      
concerning the charges1 and the priests'
 vestments  wherein they minister2      
#d3ee ,and likewise for the charges of  
the ,levites1 to be given them  until   
the day that the house were finished1   
and ,jerusalem builded up4    #d3ef ,and
 he commanded to give to all that kept  
the city pensions and  wages4    #d3eg  
,he sent away also all the vessels from 

,babylon1 that ,cyrus had set  apart2   
and all that ,cyrus had given in        
commandment1 the same charged he  also  
to be done1 and sent unto ,jerusalem4   
#d3eh ,now when this young man was gone 
forth1 he lifted up his face to  heaven 
toward ,jerusalem1 and praised the ,king
 of heaven1    #d3ei ,and said1 ,from   
thee cometh victory1 from thee cometh   
wisdom1 and  thine is the glory1 and ,i 
am thy servant4    #d3fj ,blessed art   
thou1 who hast given me wisdom3 for to  
thee ,i give  thanks1 ,o ,lord of our   
fathers4    #d3fa ,and so he took the   
letters1 and went out1 and came unto    
,babylon1  and told it all his brethren4
    #d3fb ,and they praised the ,god of 
their fathers1 because he had given     
them freedom and liberty    #d3fc ,to go
 up1 and to build ,jerusalem1 and the   
temple which is called  by his name3 and
 they feasted with instruments of musick
 and gladness  seven days4    #e3a      
,after this were the principal men of   
the families chosen according  to their 

tribes1 to go up with their wives and   
sons and daughters1 with  their         
menservants and maidservants1 and their 
cattle4    #e3b ,and ,darius sent with  
them a thousand horsemen1 till they had 
brought them back to ,jerusalem safely1 
and with musical instruments  tabrets   
and flutes4    #e3c ,and all their      
brethren played1 and he made them go up 
together with  them4    #e3d ,and these 
are the names of the men which went up1 
according to  their families among their
 tribes1 after their several heads4     
#e3e ,the priests1 the sons of ,phinees 
the son of ,aaron3 ,jesus the son of    
,josedec1 the son of ,saraias1 and      
,joacim the son of ,zorobabel1 the son  
of ,salathiel1 of the house of ,david1  
out of the kindred of ,phares1 of  the  
tribe of ,judah2    #e3f ,who spake wise
 sentences before ,darius the king of   
,persia in the  second year of his      
reign1 in the month ,nisan1 which is the
 first month4    #e3g ,and these are    
they of ,jewry that came up from the    

captivity1 where  they dwelt as         
strangers1 whom ,nabuchodonosor the king
 of ,babylon had  carried away unto     
,babylon4    #e3h ,and they returned    
unto ,jerusalem1 and to the other parts 
of ,jewry1  every man to his own city1  
who came with ,zorobabel1 with ,jesus1  
,nehemias1 and ,zacharias1 and          
,reesaias1 ,enenius1 ,mardocheus1       
,beelsarus1  ,aspharasus1 ,reelius1     
,roimus1 and ,baana1 their guides4      
#e3i ,the number of them of the nation1 
and their governors1 sons of  ,phoros1  
two thousand an hundred seventy and two2
 the sons of ,saphat1  four hundred     
seventy and two3    #e3aj ,the sons of  
,ares1 seven hundred fifty and six3     
#e3aa ,the sons of ,phaath ,moab1 two   
thousand eight hundred and twelve3      
#e3ab ,the sons of ,elam1 a thousand two
 hundred fifty and four3 the sons  of   
,zathul1 nine hundred forty and five3   
the sons of ,corbe1 seven  hundred and  
five3 the sons of ,bani1 six hundred    
forty and eight3    #e3ac ,the sons of  

,bebai1 six hundred twenty and three3   
the sons of  ,sadas1 three thousand two 
hundred twenty and two3    #e3ad ,the   
sons of ,adonikam1 six hundred sixty and
 seven3 the sons of  ,bagoi1 two        
thousand sixty and six3 the sons of     
,adin1 four hundred fifty  and four3    
#e3ae ,the sons of ,aterezias1 ninety   
and two3 the sons of ,ceilan and        
,azetas threescore and seven3 the sons  
of ,azuran1 four hundred thirty  and    
two3    #e3af ,the sons of ,ananias1 an 
hundred and one3 the sons of ,arom1     
thirty  two3 and the sons of ,bassa1    
three hundred twenty and three3 the sons
 of  ,azephurith1 an hundred and two3   
#e3ag ,the sons of ,meterus1 three      
thousand and five3 the sons of          
,bethlomon1 an hundred twenty and three3
    #e3ah ,they of ,netophah1 fifty and 
five3 they of ,anathoth1 an hundred     
fifty and eight3 they of ,bethsamos1    
forty and two3    #e3ai ,they of        
,kiriathiarius1 twenty and five3 they of
 ,caphira and  ,beroth1 seven hundred   

forty and three3 they of ,pira1 seven   
hundred3    #e3bj ,they of ,chadias and 
,ammidoi1 four hundred twenty and two3  
they of  ,cirama and ,gabdes1 six       
hundred twenty and one3    #e3ba ,they  
of ,macalon1 an hundred twenty and two3 
they of ,betolius1  fifty and two3 the  
sons of ,nephis1 an hundred fifty and   
six3    #e3bb ,the sons of ,calamolalus 
and ,onus1 seven hundred twenty and     
five3  the sons of ,jerechus1 two       
hundred forty and five3    #e3bc ,the   
sons of ,annas1 three thousand three    
hundred and thirty4    #e3bd ,the       
priests3 the sons of ,jeddu1 the son of 
,jesus among the sons of  ,sanasib1 nine
 hundred seventy and two3 the sons of   
,meruth1 a thousand  fifty and two3     
#e3be ,the sons of ,phassaron1 a        
thousand forty and seven3 the sons of   
,carme1 a thousand and seventeen4       
#e3bf ,the ,levites3 the sons of        
,jessue1 and ,cadmiel1 and ,banuas1 and 
,sudias1 seventy and four4    #e3bg ,the
 holy singers3 the sons of ,asaph1 an   

hundred twenty and eight4    #e3bh ,the 
porters3 the sons of ,salum1 the sons of
 ,jatal1 the sons of  ,talmon1 the sons 
of ,dacobi1 the sons of ,teta1 the sons 
of ,sami1 in all  an hundred thirty and 
nine4    #e3bi ,the servants of the     
temple3 the sons of ,esau1 the sons of  
,asipha1  the sons of ,tabaoth1 the sons
 of ,ceras1 the sons of ,sud1 the sons  
of  ,phaleas1 the sons of ,labana1 the  
sons of ,graba1    #e3cj ,the sons of   
,acua1 the sons of ,uta1 the sons of    
,cetab1 the sons of  ,agaba1 the sons of
 ,subai1 the sons of ,anan1 the sons of 
,cathua1 the  sons of ,geddur1    #e3ca 
,the sons of ,airus1 the sons of        
,daisan1 the sons of ,noeba1 the sons   
of ,chaseba1 the sons of ,gazera1 the   
sons of ,azia1 the sons of ,phinees1    
the sons of ,azare1 the sons of ,bastai1
 the sons of ,asana1 the sons of        
,meani1 the sons of ,naphisi1 the sons  
of ,acub1 the sons of ,acipha1 the  sons
 of ,assur1 the sons of ,pharacim1 the  
sons of ,basaloth1    #e3cb ,the sons of

 ,meeda1 the sons of ,coutha1 the sons  
of ,charea1 the  sons of ,charcus1 the  
sons of ,aserer1 the sons of ,thomoi1   
the sons of  ,nasith1 the sons of       
,atipha4    #e3cc ,the sons of the      
servants of ,solomon3 the sons of       
,azaphion1 the  sons of ,pharira1 the   
sons of ,jeeli1 the sons of ,lozon1 the 
sons of  ,israel1 the sons of ,sapheth1 
#e3cd ,the sons of ,hagia1 the sons of  
,pharacareth1 the sons of ,sabi1 the    
sons of ,sarothie1 the sons of ,masias1 
the sons of ,gar1 the sons of  ,addus1  
the sons of ,suba1 the sons of ,apherra1
 the sons of ,barodis1 the  sons of     
,sabat1 the sons of ,allom4    #e3ce    
,all the ministers of the temple1 and   
the sons of the servants of  ,solomon1  
were three hundred seventy and two4     
#e3cf ,these came up from ,thermeleth   
and ,thelersas1 ,charaathalar leading   
them1 and ,aalar2    #e3cg ,neither     
could they shew their families1 nor     
their stock1 how they  were of ,israel3 
the sons of ,ladan1 the son of ,ban1 the

 sons of ,necodan1  six hundred fifty   
and two4    #e3ch ,and of the priests   
that usurped the office of the          
priesthood1 and  were not found3 the    
sons of ,obdia1 the sons of ,accoz1 the 
sons of  ,addus1 who married ,augia one 
of the daughters of ,barzelus1 and was  
named after his name4    #e3ci ,and when
 the description of the kindred of these
 men was sought in  the register1 and   
was not found1 they were removed from   
executing the  office of the priesthood3
    #e3dj ,for unto them said ,nehemias 
and ,atharias1 that they should not be  
partakers of the holy things1 till there
 arose up an high priest  clothed with  
doctrine and truth4    #e3da ,so of     
,israel1 from them of twelve years old  
and upward1 they were  all in number    
forty thousand1 beside menservants and  
womenservants two  thousand three       
hundred and sixty4    #e3db ,their      
menservants and handmaids were seven    
thousand three hundred  forty and seven3
 the singing men and singing women1 two 

hundred forty  and five3    #e3dc ,four 
hundred thirty and five camels1 seven   
thousand thirty and six  horses1 two    
hundred forty and five mules1 five      
thousand five hundred  twenty and five  
beasts used to the yoke4    #e3dd ,and  
certain of the chief of their families1 
when they came to the  temple of ,god   
that is in ,jerusalem1 vowed to set up  
the house again in  his own place       
according to their ability1    #e3de    
,and to give into the holy treasury of  
the works a thousand pounds  of gold1   
five thousand of silver1 and an hundred 
priestly vestments4    #e3df ,and so    
dwelt the priests and the ,levites and  
the people in  ,jerusalem1 and in the   
country1 the singers also and the       
porters2 and  all ,israel in their      
villages4    #e3dg ,but when the seventh
 month was at hand1 and when the        
children of  ,israel were every man in  
his own place1 they came all together   
with one  consent into the open place of
 the first gate which is toward the     

east4    #e3dh ,then stood up ,jesus the
 son of ,josedec1 and his brethren the  
priests and ,zorobabel the son of       
,salathiel1 and his brethren1 and made  
ready the altar of the ,god of ,israel1 
#e3di ,to offer burnt sacrifices upon   
it1 according as it is expressly        
commanded in the book of ,moses the man 
of ,god4    #e3ej ,and there were       
gathered unto them out of the other     
nations of the  land1 and they erected  
the altar upon his own place1 because   
all the  nations of the land were at    
enmity with them1 and oppressed them2   
and  they offered sacrifices according  
to the time1 and burnt offerings to  the
 ,lord both morning and evening4        
#e3ea ,also they held the feast of      
tabernacles1 as it is commanded in the  
law1 and offered sacrifices daily1 as   
was meet3    #e3eb ,and after that1 the 
continual oblations1 and the sacrifice  
of the  sabbaths1 and of the new moons1 
and of all holy feasts4    #e3ec ,and   
all they that had made any vow to ,god  

began to offer  sacrifices to ,god from 
the first day of the seventh month1     
although the  temple of the ,lord was   
not yet built4    #e3ed ,and they gave  
unto the masons and carpenters money1   
meat1 and  drink1 with cheerfulness4    
#e3ee ,unto them of ,zidon also and     
,tyre they gave carrs1 that they should 
bring cedar trees from ,libanus1 which  
should be brought by floats to  the     
haven of ,joppa1 according as it was    
commanded them by ,cyrus king of  the   
,persians4    #e3ef ,and in the second  
year and second month after his coming  
to the  temple of ,god at ,jerusalem    
began ,zorobabel the son of ,salathiel1 
and  ,jesus the son of ,josedec1 and    
their brethren1 and the priests1 and the
  ,levites1 and all they that were come 
unto ,jerusalem out of the  captivity3  
#e3eg ,and they laid the foundation of  
the house of ,god in the first day  of  
the second month1 in the second year    
after they were come to ,jewry  and     
,jerusalem4    #e3eh ,and they appointed

 the ,levites from twenty years old over
 the  works of the ,lord4 ,then stood up
 ,jesus1 and his sons and brethren1 and 
,cadmiel his brother1 and the sons of   
,madiabun1 with the sons of ,joda  the  
son of ,eliadun1 with their sons and    
brethren1 all ,levites1 with one  accord
 setters forward of the business1       
labouring to advance the works  in the  
house of ,god4 ,so the workmen built the
 temple of the ,lord4    #e3ei ,and the 
priests stood arrayed in their vestments
 with musical  instruments and trumpets2
 and the ,levites the sons of ,asaph had
  cymbals1    #e3fj ,singing songs of   
thanksgiving1 and praising the ,lord1   
according as  ,david the king of ,israel
 had ordained4    #e3fa ,and they sung  
with loud voices songs to the praise of 
the ,lord1  because his mercy and glory 
is for ever in all ,israel4    #e3fb    
,and all the people sounded trumpets1   
and shouted with a loud  voice1 singing 
songs of thanksgiving unto the ,lord for
 the rearing up  of the house of the    

,lord4    #e3fc ,also of the priests and
 ,levites1 and of the chief of their    
families1 the ancients who had seen the 
former house came to the  building of   
this with weeping and great crying4     
#e3fd ,but many with trumpets and joy   
shouted with loud voice1    #e3fe       
,insomuch that the trumpets might not be
 heard for the weeping of  the people3  
yet the multitude sounded marvellously1 
so that it was  heard afar off4    #e3ff
 ,wherefore when the enemies of the     
tribe of ,judah and ,benjamin  heard it1
 they came to know what that noise of   
trumpets should mean4    #e3fg ,and they
 perceived that they that were of the   
captivity did build  the temple unto the
 ,lord ,god of ,israel4    #e3fh ,so    
they went to ,zorobabel and ,jesus1 and 
to the chief of the  families1 and said 
unto them1 ,we will build together with 
you4    #e3fi ,for we likewise1 as ye1  
do obey your ,lord1 and do sacrifice    
unto  him from the days of ,azbazareth  
the king of the ,assyrians1 who brought 

us hither4    #e3gj ,then ,zorobabel and
 ,jesus and the chief of the families of
 ,israel  said unto them1 ,it is not for
 us and you to build together an house  
unto the ,lord our ,god4    #e3ga ,we   
ourselves alone will build unto the     
,lord of ,israel1 according  as ,cyrus  
the king of the ,persians hath commanded
 us4    #e3gb ,but the heathen of the   
land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of
  ,judea1 and holding them strait1      
hindered their building2    #e3gc ,and  
by their secret plots1 and popular      
persuasions and commotions1  they       
hindered the finishing of the building  
all the time that king  ,cyrus lived3 so
 they were hindered from building for   
the space of two  years1 until the reign
 of ,darius4    #f3a ,now in the second 
year of the reign of ,darius ,aggeus and
 ,zacharias  the son of ,addo1 the      
prophets1 prophesied unto the ,jews in  
,jewry and  ,jerusalem in the name of   
the ,lord ,god of ,israel1 which was    
upon them4    #f3b ,then stood up       

,zorobabel the son of ,salatiel1 and    
,jesus the son of  ,josedec1 and began  
to build the house of the ,lord at      
,jerusalem1 the  prophets of the ,lord  
being with them1 and helping them4      
#f3c ,at the same time came unto them   
,sisinnes the governor of ,syria and    
,phenice1 with ,sathrabuzanes and his   
companions1 and said unto them1    #f3d 
,by whose appointment do ye build this  
house and this roof1 and  perform all   
the other things8 and who are the       
workmen that perform  these things8     
#f3e ,nevertheless the elders of the    
,jews obtained favour1 because the      
,lord had visited the captivity2    #f3f
 ,and they were not hindered from       
building1 until such time as            
signification was given unto ,darius    
concerning them1 and an answer          
received4    #f3g ,the copy of the      
letters which ,sisinnes1 governor of    
,syria and  ,phenice1 and               
,sathrabuzanes1 with their companions1  
rulers in ,syria and  ,phenice1 wrote   

and sent unto ,darius2 ,to king ,darius1
 greeting3    #f3h ,let all things be   
known unto our lord the king1 that being
 come  into the country of ,judea1 and  
entered into the city of ,jerusalem we  
found in the city of ,jerusalem the     
ancients of the ,jews that were of  the 
captivity    #f3i ,building an house    
unto the ,lord1 great and new1 of hewn  
and costly  stones1 and the timber      
already laid upon the walls4    #f3aj   
,and those works are done with great    
speed1 and the work goeth on            
prosperously in their hands1 and with   
all glory and diligence is it  made4    
#f3aa ,then asked we these elders1      
saying1 ,by whose commandment build ye  
this house1 and lay the foundations of  
these works8    #f3ab ,therefore to the 
intent that we might give knowledge unto
 thee by  writing1 we demanded of them  
who were the chief doers1 and we        
required  of them the names in writing  
of their principal men4    #f3ac ,so    
they gave us this answer1 ,we are the   

servants of the ,lord which  made heaven
 and earth4    #f3ad ,and as for this   
house1 it was builded many years ago by 
a king of  ,israel great and strong1 and
 was finished4    #f3ae ,but when our   
fathers provoked ,god unto wrath1 and   
sinned against  the ,lord of ,israel    
which is in heaven1 he gave them over   
into the power  of ,nabuchodonosor king 
of ,babylon1 of the ,chaldees2    #f3af 
,who pulled down the house1 and burned  
it1 and carried away the  people        
captives unto ,babylon4    #f3ag ,but in
 the first year that king ,cyrus reigned
 over the country of  ,babylon ,cyrus   
the king wrote to build up this house4  
#f3ah ,and the holy vessels of gold and 
of silver1 that ,nabuchodonosor  had    
carried away out of the house at        
,jerusalem1 and had set them in his  own
 temple those ,cyrus the king brought   
forth again out of the temple  at       
,babylon1 and they were delivered to    
,zorobabel and to ,sanabassarus  the    
ruler1    #f3ai ,with commandment that  

he should carry away the same vessels1  
and  put them in the temple at          
,jerusalem2 and that the temple of the  
,lord  should be built in his place4    
#f3bj ,then the same ,sanabassarus1     
being come hither1 laid the  foundations
 of the house of the ,lord at           
,jerusalem2 and from that time  to this 
being still a building1 it is not yet   
fully ended4    #f3ba ,now therefore1 if
 it seem good unto the king1 let search 
be made  among the records of king      
,cyrus3    #f3bb ,and if it be found    
that the building of the house of the   
,lord at  ,jerusalem hath been done with
 the consent of king ,cyrus1 and if our 
lord the king be so minded1 let him     
signify unto us thereof4    #f3bc ,then 
commanded king ,darius to seek among the
 records at ,babylon3  and so at        
,ecbatane the palace1 which is in the   
country of ,media1 there  was found a   
roll wherein these things were recorded4
    #f3bd ,in the first year of the     
reign of ,cyrus king ,cyrus commanded   

that  the house of the ,lord at         
,jerusalem should be built again1 where 
they do  sacrifice with continual fire3 
#f3be ,whose height shall be sixty      
cubits and the breadth sixty cubits1    
with three rows of hewn stones1 and one 
row of new wood of that  country2 and   
the expences thereof to be given out of 
the house of king  ,cyrus3    #f3bf ,and
 that the holy vessels of the house of  
the ,lord1 both of gold  and silver1    
that ,nabuchodonosor took out of the    
house at ,jerusalem1 and  brought to    
,babylon1 should be restored to the     
house at ,jerusalem1 and  be set in the 
place where they were before4    #f3bg  
,and also he commanded that ,sisinnes   
the governor of ,syria and  ,phenice1   
and ,sathrabuzanes1 and their           
companions1 and those which were        
appointed rulers in ,syria and ,phenice1
 should be careful not to meddle  with  
the place1 but suffer ,zorobabel1 the   
servant of the ,lord1 and  governor of  
,judea1 and the elders of the ,jews1 to 

build the house of  the ,lord in that   
place4    #f3bh ,i have commanded also  
to have it built up whole again2 and    
that  they look diligently to help those
 that be of the captivity of the  ,jews1
 till the house of the ,lord be         
finished3    #f3bi ,and out of the      
tribute of ,celosyria and ,phenice a    
portion  carefully to be given these men
 for the sacrifices of the ,lord1 that  
is1 to ,zorobabel the governor1 for     
bullocks1 and rams1 and lambs2    #f3cj 
,and also corn1 salt1 wine1 and oil1 and
 that continually every  year without   
further question1 according as the      
priests that be in  ,jerusalem shall    
signify to be daily spent3    #f3ca     
,that offerings may be made to the most 
high ,god for the king and  for his     
children1 and that they may pray for    
their lives4    #f3cb ,and he commanded 
that whosoever should transgress1 yea1  
or make  light of any thing afore spoken
 or written1 out of his own house should
  a tree be taken1 and he thereon be    

hanged1 and all his goods seized for    
the king4    #f3cc ,the ,lord therefore1
 whose name is there called upon1       
utterly  destroy every king and nation1 
that stretcheth out his hand to hinder  
or endamage that house of the ,lord in  
,jerusalem4    #f3cd ,i ,darius the king
 have ordained that according unto these
 things  it be done with diligence4     
#g3a ,then ,sisinnes the governor of    
,celosyria and ,phenice1 and            
,sathrabuzanes1 with their companions   
following the commandments of king      
,darius1    #g3b ,did very carefully    
oversee the holy works1 assisting the   
ancients  of the ,jews and governors of 
the temple4    #g3c ,and so the holy    
works prospered1 when ,aggeus and       
,zacharias the  prophets prophesied4    
#g3d ,and they finished these things by 
the commandment of the ,lord ,god  of   
,israel1 and with the consent of ,cyrus1
 ,darius1 and ,artexerxes1 kings  of    
,persia4    #g3e ,and thus was the holy 
house finished in the three and         

twentieth day  of the month ,adar1 in   
the sixth year of ,darius king of the   
,persians    #g3f ,and the children of  
,israel1 the priests1 and the ,levites1 
and  others that were of the captivity1 
that were added unto them1 did          
according to the things written in the  
book of ,moses4    #g3g ,and to the     
dedication of the temple of the ,lord   
they offered an  hundred bullocks two   
hundred rams1 four hundred lambs2       
#g3h ,and twelve goats for the sin of   
all ,israel1 according to the number  of
 the chief of the tribes of ,israel4    
#g3i ,the priests also and the ,levites 
stood arrayed in their vestments1       
according to their kindreds1 in the     
service of the ,lord ,god of ,israel1   
according to the book of ,moses3 and the
 porters at every gate4    #g3aj ,and   
the children of ,israel that were of the
 captivity held the  passover the       
fourteenth day of the first month1 after
 that the priests  and the ,levites were
 sanctified4    #g3aa ,they that were of

 the captivity were not all sanctified  
together3  but the ,levites were all    
sanctified together4    #g3ab ,and so   
they offered the passover for all them  
of the captivity1  and for their        
brethren the priests1 and for           
themselves4    #g3ac ,and the children  
of ,israel that came out of the         
captivity did eat1  even all they that  
had separated themselves from the       
abominations of  the people of the land1
 and sought the ,lord4    #g3ad ,and    
they kept the feast of unleavened bread 
seven days1 making  merry before the    
,lord1    #g3ae ,for that he had turned 
the counsel of the king of ,assyria     
toward  them1 to strengthen their hands 
in the works of the ,lord ,god of       
,israel4    #h3a ,and after these       
things1 when ,artexerxes the king of the
 ,persians  reigned came ,esdras the son
 of ,saraias1 the son of ,ezerias1 the  
son of  ,helchiah1 the son of ,salum1   
#h3b ,the son of ,sadduc1 the son of    
,achitob1 the son of ,amarias1 the son  

of ,ezias1 the son of ,meremoth1 the son
 of ,zaraias1 the son of ,savias1  the  
son of ,boccas1 the son of ,abisum1 the 
son of ,phinees1 the son of  ,eleazar1  
the son of ,aaron the chief priest4     
#h3c ,this ,esdras went up from         
,babylon1 as a scribe1 being very ready 
in  the law of ,moses1 that was given by
 the ,god of ,israel4    #h3d ,and the  
king did him honour3 for he found grace 
in his sight in all  his requests4      
#h3e ,there went up with him also       
certain of the children of ,israel1 of  
the priest of the ,levites1 of the holy 
singers1 porters1 and ministers  of the 
temple1 unto ,jerusalem1    #h3f ,in the
 seventh year of the reign of           
,artexerxes1 in the fifth month1  this  
was the king's seventh year2 for they   
went from ,babylon in the  first day of 
the first month1 and came to ,jerusalem1
 according to the  prosperous journey   
which the ,lord gave them4    #h3g ,for 
,esdras had very great skill1 so that he
 omitted nothing of the  law and        

commandments of the ,lord1 but taught   
all ,israel the ordinances  and         
judgments4    #h3h ,now the copy of the 
commission1 which was written from      
,artexerxes  the king1 and came to      
,esdras the priest and reader of the law
 of the  ,lord1 is this that followeth2 
#h3i ,king ,artexerxes unto ,esdras the 
priest and reader of the law of the     
,lord sendeth greeting3    #h3aj ,having
 determined to deal graciously1 ,i have 
given order1 that  such of the nation of
 the ,jews1 and of the priests and      
,levites being  within our realm1 as are
 willing and desirous should go with    
thee unto  ,jerusalem4    #h3aa ,as many
 therefore as have a mind thereunto1 let
 them depart with  thee1 as it hath     
seemed good both to me and my seven     
friends the  counsellors2    #h3ab ,that
 they may look unto the affairs of      
,judea and ,jerusalem1  agreeably to    
that which is in the law of the ,lord2  
#h3ac ,and carry the gifts unto the     
,lord of ,israel to ,jerusalem1 which ,i

  and my friends have vowed1 and all the
 gold and silver that in the  country of
 ,babylon can be found1 to the ,lord in 
,jerusalem1    #h3ad ,with that also    
which is given of the people for the    
temple of the  ,lord their ,god at      
,jerusalem3 and that silver and gold may
 be collected  for bullocks1 rams1 and  
lambs1 and things thereunto             
appertaining2    #h3ae ,to the end that 
they may offer sacrifices unto the ,lord
 upon the  altar of the ,lord their     
,god1 which is in ,jerusalem4    #h3af  
,and whatsoever thou and thy brethren   
will do with the silver and  gold1 that 
do1 according to the will of thy ,god4  
#h3ag ,and the holy vessels of the      
,lord1 which are given thee for the use 
of the temple of thy ,god1 which is in  
,jerusalem1 thou shalt set before  thy  
,god in ,jerusalem4    #h3ah ,and       
whatsoever thing else thou shalt        
remember for the use of the  temple of  
thy ,god1 thou shalt give it out of the 
king's treasury4    #h3ai ,and ,i king  

,artexerxes have also commanded the     
keepers of the  treasures in ,syria and 
,phenice1 that whatsoever ,esdras the   
priest and  the reader of the law of the
 most high ,god shall send for1 they    
should  give it him with speed1    #h3bj
 ,to the sum of an hundred talents of   
silver1 likewise also of wheat  even to 
an hundred cors1 and an hundred pieces  
of wine1 and other  things in abundance4
    #h3ba ,let all things be performed  
after the law of ,god diligently unto   
the most high ,god1 that wrath come not 
upon the kingdom of the king and  his   
sons4    #h3bb ,i command you also1 that
 ye require no tax1 nor any other       
imposition1 of any of the priests1 or   
,levites1 or holy singers1 or  porters1 
or ministers of the temple1 or of any   
that have doings in this  temple1 and   
that no man have authority to impose any
 thing upon them4    #h3bc ,and thou1   
,esdras1 according to the wisdom of ,god
 ordain judges and  justices1 that they 
may judge in all ,syria and ,phenice all

 those that  know the law of thy ,god2  
and those that know it not thou shalt   
teach4    #h3bd ,and whosoever shall    
transgress the law of thy ,god1 and of  
the  king1 shall be punished diligently1
 whether it be by death1 or other       
punishment1 by penalty of money1 or by  
imprisonment4    #h3be ,then said       
,esdras the scribe1 ,blessed be the only
 ,lord ,god of my  fathers1 who hath put
 these things into the heart of the     
king1 to  glorify his house that is in  
,jerusalem3    #h3bf ,and hath honoured 
me in the sight of the king1 and his    
counsellors1 and all his friends and    
nobles4    #h3bg ,therefore was ,i      
encouraged by the help of the ,lord my  
,god1 and  gathered together men of     
,israel to go up with me4    #h3bh ,and 
these are the chief according to their  
families and several  dignities1 that   
went up with me from ,babylon in the    
reign of king  ,artexerxes3    #h3bi ,of
 the sons of ,phinees1 ,gerson3 of the  
sons of ,ithamar1 ,gamael3 of  the sons 

of ,david1 ,lettus the son of           
,sechenias3    #h3cj ,of the sons of    
,pharez1 ,zacharias2 and with him were  
counted an  hundred and fifty men3      
#h3ca ,of the sons of ,pahath ,moab1    
,eliaonias1 the son of ,zaraias1 and    
with him two hundred men3    #h3cb ,of  
the sons of ,zathoe1 ,sechenias the son 
of ,jezelus1 and with him  three hundred
 men3 of the sons of ,adin1 ,obeth the  
son of ,jonathan1 and  with him two     
hundred and fifty men3    #h3cc ,of the 
sons of ,elam1 ,josias son of           
,gotholias1 and with him seventy  men3  
#h3cd ,of the sons of ,saphatias1       
,zaraias son of ,michael1 and with him  
threescore and ten men3    #h3ce ,of the
 sons of ,joab1 ,abadias son of         
,jezelus1 and with him two  hundred and 
twelve men3    #h3cf ,of the sons of    
,banid1 ,assalimoth son of ,josaphias1  
and with him an  hundred and threescore 
men3    #h3cg ,of the sons of ,babi1    
,zacharias son of ,bebai1 and with him  
twenty  and eight men3    #h3ch ,of the 

sons of ,astath1 ,johannes son of       
,acatan1 and with him an  hundred and   
ten men3    #h3ci ,of the sons of       
,adonikam the last1 and these are the   
names of them1  ,eliphalet1 ,jewel1 and 
,samaias1 and with them seventy men3    
#h3dj ,of the sons of ,bago1 ,uthi the  
son of ,istalcurus1 and with him        
seventy men4    #h3da ,and these ,i     
gathered together to the river called   
,theras1 where we  pitched our tents    
three days3 and then ,i surveyed them4  
#h3db ,but when ,i had found there none 
of the priests and ,levites1    #h3dc   
,then sent ,i unto ,eleazar1 and ,iduel1
 and ,masman1    #h3dd ,and ,alnathan1  
and ,mamaias1 and ,joribas1 and ,nathan1
 ,eunatan1  ,zacharias1 and ,mosollamon1
 principal men and learned4    #h3de    
,and ,i bade them that they should go   
unto ,saddeus the captain1 who  was in  
the place of the treasury3    #h3df ,and
 commanded them that they should speak  
unto ,daddeus1 and to his  brethren1 and
 to the treasurers in that place1 to    

send us such men as  might execute the  
priests' office in the house of the     
,lord4    #h3dg ,and by the mighty hand 
of our ,lord they brought unto us       
skilful  men of the sons of ,moli the   
son of ,levi1 the son of ,israel1       
,asebebia1  and his sons1 and his       
brethren1 who were eighteen4    #h3dh   
,and ,asebia1 and ,annus1 and ,osaias   
his brother1 of the sons of             
,channuneus1 and their sons1 were twenty
 men4    #h3di ,and of the servants of  
the temple whom ,david had ordained1 and
 the  principal men for the service of  
the ,levites to wit1 the servants of    
the temple two hundred and twenty1 the  
catalogue of whose names were  shewed4  
#h3ej ,and there ,i vowed a fast unto   
the young men before our ,lord1 to      
desire of him a prosperous journey both 
for us and them that were with  us1 for 
our children1 and for the cattle3       
#h3ea ,for ,i was ashamed to ask the    
king footmen1 and horsemen1 and  conduct
 for safeguard against our adversaries4 

#h3eb ,for we had said unto the king1   
that the power of the ,lord our ,god    
should be with them that seek him1 to   
support them in all ways4    #h3ec ,and 
again we besought our ,lord as touching 
these things1 and found  him favourable 
unto us4    #h3ed ,then ,i separated    
twelve of the chief of the priests1     
,esebrias1 and  ,assanias1 and ten men  
of their brethren with them3    #h3ee   
,and ,i weighed them the gold1 and the  
silver1 and the holy vessels  of the    
house of our ,lord1 which the king1 and 
his council1 and the  princes1 and all  
,israel1 had given4    #h3ef ,and when  
,i had weighed it1 ,i delivered unto    
them six hundred and  fifty talents of  
silver1 and silver vessels of an hundred
 talents1 and  an hundred talents of    
gold1    #h3eg ,and twenty golden       
vessels1 and twelve vessels of brass1   
even of  fine brass1 glittering like    
gold4    #h3eh ,and ,i said unto them1  
,both ye are holy unto the ,lord1 and   
the  vessels are holy1 and the gold and 

the silver is a vow unto the ,lord1  the
 ,lord of our fathers4    #h3ei ,watch  
ye1 and keep them till ye deliver them  
to the chief of the  priests and        
,levites1 and to the principal men of   
the families of  ,israel1 in ,jerusalem1
 into the chambers of the house of our  
,god4    #h3fj ,so the priests and the  
,levites1 who had received the silver   
and  the gold and the vessels1 brought  
them unto ,jerusalem1 into the temple   
of the ,lord4    #h3fa ,and from the    
river ,theras we departed the twelfth   
day of the first  month1 and came to    
,jerusalem by the mighty hand of our    
,lord1 which was  with us3 and from the 
beginning of our journey the ,lord      
delivered us  from every enemy1 and so  
we came to ,jerusalem4    #h3fb ,and    
when we had been there three days1 the  
gold and silver that  was weighed was   
delivered in the house of our ,lord on  
the fourth day  unto ,marmoth the priest
 the son of ,iri4    #h3fc ,and with him
 was ,eleazar the son of ,phinees1 and  

with them were  ,josabad the son of     
,jesu and ,moeth the son of ,sabban1    
,levites3 all was  delivered them by    
number and weight4    #h3fd ,and all the
 weight of them was written up the same 
hour4    #h3fe ,moreover they that were 
come out of the captivity offered       
sacrifice unto the ,lord ,god of        
,israel1 even twelve bullocks for all   
,israel1 fourscore and sixteen rams1    
#h3ff ,threescore and twelve lambs1     
goats for a peace offering1 twelve2  all
 of them a sacrifice to the ,lord4      
#h3fg ,and they delivered the king's    
commandments unto the king's  stewards' 
and to the governors of ,celosyria and  
,phenice2 and they  honoured the people 
and the temple of ,god4    #h3fh ,now   
when these things were done1 the rulers 
came unto me1 and  said1    #h3fi ,the  
nation of ,israel1 the princes1 the     
priests and ,levites1 have  not put away
 from them the strange people of the    
land1 nor the  pollutions of the        
,gentiles to wit1 of the ,canaanites1   

,hittites1  ,pheresites1 ,jebusites1 and
 the ,moabites1 ,egyptians1 and         
,edomites4    #h3gj ,for both they and  
their sons have married with their      
daughters1  and the holy seed is mixed  
with the strange people of the land2 and
  from the beginning of this matter the 
rulers and the great men have  been     
partakers of this iniquity4    #h3ga    
,and as soon as ,i had heard these      
things1 ,i rent my clothes1 and  the    
holy garment1 and pulled off the hair   
from off my head and beard1  and sat me 
down sad and very heavy4    #h3gb ,so   
all they that were then moved at the    
word of the ,lord ,god of  ,israel      
assembled unto me1 whilst ,i mourned for
 the iniquity3 but ,i sat  still full of
 heaviness until the evening sacrifice4 
#h3gc ,then rising up from the fast with
 my clothes and the holy garment  rent1 
and bowing my knees1 and stretching     
forth my hands unto the ,lord1    #h3gd 
,i said1 ,o ,lord1 ,i am confounded and 
ashamed before thy face2    #h3ge ,for  

our sins are multiplied above our heads1
 and our ignorances  have reached up    
unto heaven4    #h3gf ,for ever since   
the time of our fathers we have been and
 are in  great sin1 even unto this day4 
#h3gg ,and for our sins and our fathers'
 we with our brethren and our  kings and
 our priests were given up unto the     
kings of the earth1 to the  sword1 and  
to captivity1 and for a prey with shame1
 unto this day4    #h3gh ,and now in    
some measure hath mercy been shewed unto
 us from thee1  ,o ,lord1 that there    
should be left us a root and a name in  
the place of  thy sanctuary2    #h3gi   
,and to discover unto us a light in the 
house of the ,lord our ,god1  and to    
give us food in the time of our         
servitude4    #h3hj ,yea1 when we were  
in bondage1 we were not forsaken of our 
,lord2  but he made us gracious before  
the kings of ,persia1 so that they gave 
us food2    #h3ha ,yea1 and honoured the
 temple of our ,lord1 and raised up the 
desolate ,sion1 that they have given us 

a sure abiding in ,jewry and            
,jerusalem4    #h3hb ,and now1 ,o ,lord1
 what shall we say1 having these things8
 for we  have transgressed thy          
commandments1 which thou gavest by the  
hand of  thy servants the prophets1     
saying1    #h3hc ,that the land1 which  
ye enter into to possess as an heritage1
 is a  land polluted with the pollutions
 of the strangers of the land1 and  they
 have filled it with their uncleanness4 
#h3hd ,therefore now shall ye not join  
your daughters unto their sons1  neither
 shall ye take their daughters unto your
 sons4    #h3he ,moreover ye shall never
 seek to have peace with them1 that ye  
may  be strong1 and eat the good things 
of the land1 and that ye may leave  the 
inheritance of the land unto your       
children for evermore4    #h3hf ,and all
 that is befallen is done unto us for   
our wicked works and  great sins2 for   
thou1 ,o ,lord1 didst make our sins     
light1    #h3hg ,and didst give unto us 
such a root3 but we have turned back    

again  to transgress thy law1 and to    
mingle ourselves with the uncleanness of
  the nations of the land4    #h3hh     
,mightest not thou be angry with us to  
destroy us1 till thou hadst  left us    
neither root1 seed1 nor name8    #h3hi  
,o ,lord of ,israel1 thou art true3 for 
we are left a root this day4    #h3ij   
,behold1 now are we before thee in our  
iniquities1 for we cannot  stand any    
longer by reason of these things before 
thee4    #h3ia ,and as ,esdras in his   
prayer made his confession1 weeping1 and
  lying flat upon the ground before the 
temple1 there gathered unto him  from   
,jerusalem a very great multitude of men
 and women and children3  for there was 
great weeping among the multitude4      
#h3ib ,then ,jechonias the son of       
,jeelus1 one of the sons of ,israel1    
called out1 and said1 ,o ,esdras1 we    
have sinned against the ,lord ,god1 we  
have married strange women of the       
nations of the land1 and now is all     
,israel aloft4    #h3ic ,let us make an 

oath to the ,lord1 that we will put away
 all our  wives1 which we have taken of 
the heathen1 with their children1       
#h3id ,like as thou hast decreed1 and as
 many as do obey the law of the  ,lord4 
#h3ie ,arise and put in execution3 for  
to thee doth this matter  appertain1 and
 we will be with thee3 do valiantly4    
#h3if ,so ,esdras arose1 and took an    
oath of the chief of the priests and    
,levites of all ,israel to do after     
these things2 and so they sware4    #i3a
 ,then ,esdras rising from the court of 
the temple went to the chamber  of      
,joanan the son of ,eliasib1    #i3b    
,and remained there1 and did eat no meat
 nor drink water1 mourning  for the     
great iniquities of the multitude4      
#i3c ,and there was a proclamation in   
all ,jewry and ,jerusalem to all them   
that were of the captivity1 that they   
should be gathered together at          
,jerusalem3    #i3d ,and that whosoever 
met not there within two or three days  
according  as the elders that bare rule 

appointed1 their cattle should be seized
  to the use of the temple1 and himself 
cast out from them that were of  the    
captivity4    #i3e ,and in three days   
were all they of the tribe of ,judah and
 ,benjamin  gathered together at        
,jerusalem the twentieth day of the     
ninth month4    #i3f ,and all the       
multitude sat trembling in the broad    
court of the  temple because of the     
present foul weather4    #i3g ,so       
,esdras arose up1 and said unto them1   
,ye have transgressed the  law in       
marrying strange wives1 thereby to      
increase the sins of ,israel4    #i3h   
,and now by confessing give glory unto  
the ,lord ,god of our fathers1    #i3i  
,and do his will1 and separate          
yourselves from the heathen of the      
land1 and from the strange women4       
#i3aj ,then cried the whole multitude1  
and said with a loud voice1 ,like  as   
thou hast spoken1 so will we do4        
#i3aa ,but forasmuch as the people are  
many1 and it is foul weather1 so  that  

we cannot stand without1 and this is not
 a work of a day or two1  seeing our sin
 in these things is spread far3    #i3ab
 ,therefore let the rulers of the       
multitude stay1 and let all them  of our
 habitations that have strange wives    
come at the time appointed1    #i3ac    
,and with them the rulers and judges of 
every place1 till we turn  away the     
wrath of the ,lord from us for this     
matter4    #i3ad ,then ,jonathan the son
 of ,azael and ,ezechias the son of     
,theocanus  accordingly took this matter
 upon them3 and ,mosollam and ,levis and
  ,sabbatheus helped them4    #i3ae ,and
 they that were of the captivity did    
according to all these  things4    #i3af
 ,and ,esdras the priest chose unto him 
the principal men of their  families1   
all by name3 and in the first day of the
 tenth month they sat  together to      
examine the matter4    #i3ag ,so their  
cause that held strange wives was       
brought to an end in  the first day of  
the first month4    #i3ah ,and of the   

priests that were come together1 and had
 strange wives1  there were found3      
#i3ai ,of the sons of ,jesus the son of 
,josedec1 and his brethren2  ,matthelas 
and ,eleazar1 and ,joribus and          
,joadanus4    #i3bj ,and they gave their
 hands to put away their wives and to   
offer  rams to make reconcilement for   
their errors4    #i3ba ,and of the sons 
of ,emmer2 ,ananias1 and ,zabdeus1 and  
,eanes1 and  ,sameius1 and ,hiereel1 and
 ,azarias4    #i3bb ,and of the sons of 
,phaisur2 ,elionas1 ,massias ,israel1   
and  ,nathanael1 and ,ocidelus and      
,talsas4    #i3bc ,and of the ,levites2 
,jozabad1 and ,semis1 and ,colius1 who  
was called  ,calitas1 and ,patheus1 and 
,judas1 and ,jonas4    #i3bd ,of the    
holy singers2 ,eleazurus1 ,bacchurus4   
#i3be ,of the porters2 ,sallumus1 and   
,tolbanes4    #i3bf ,of them of ,israel1
 of the sons of ,phoros2 ,hiermas1 and  
,eddias1 and  ,melchias1 and ,maelus1   
and ,eleazar1 and ,asibias1 and         
,baanias4    #i3bg ,of the sons of ,ela2

 ,matthanias1 ,zacharias1 and           
,hierielus1 and  ,hieremoth1 and        
,aedias4    #i3bh ,and of the sons of   
,zamoth2 ,eliadas1 ,elisimus1 ,othonias1
 ,jarimoth1  and ,sabatus1 and ,sardeus4
    #i3bi ,of the sons of ,babai2       
,johannes1 and ,ananias and ,josabad1   
and  ,amatheis4    #i3cj ,of the sons of
 ,mani2 ,olamus1 ,mamuchus1 ,jedeus1    
,jasubus1 ,jasael1  and ,hieremoth4     
#i3ca ,and of the sons of ,addi2        
,naathus1 and ,moosias1 ,lacunus1 and   
,naidus1 and ,mathanias1 and ,sesthel1  
,balnuus1 and ,manasseas4    #i3cb ,and 
of the sons of ,annas2 ,elionas and     
,aseas1 and ,melchias1 and  ,sabbeus1   
and ,simon ,chosameus4    #i3cc ,and of 
the sons of ,asom2 ,altaneus1 and       
,matthias1 and ,baanaia1  ,eliphalet1   
and ,manasses1 and ,semei4    #i3cd ,and
 of the sons of ,maani2 ,jeremias1      
,momdis1 ,omaerus1 ,juel1 ,mabdai1  and 
,pelias1 and ,anos1 ,carabasion1 and    
,enasibus1 and ,mamnitanaimus1          
,eliasis1 ,bannus1 ,eliali1 ,samis1     

,selemias1 ,nathanias3 and of the sons  
of  ,ozora2 ,sesis1 ,esril1 ,azaelus1   
,samatus1 ,zambis1 ,josephus4    #i3ce  
,and of the sons of ,ethma2 ,mazitias1  
,zabadaias1 ,edes1 ,juel1  ,banaias4    
#i3cf ,all these had taken strange      
wives1 and they put them away with      
their children4    #i3cg ,and the       
priests and ,levites1 and they that were
 of ,israel1 dwelt  in ,jerusalem1 and  
in the country1 in the first day of the 
seventh  month3 so the children of      
,israel were in their habitations4      
#i3ch ,and the whole multitude came     
together with one accord into the  broad
 place of the holy porch toward the     
east3    #i3ci ,and they spake unto     
,esdras the priest and reader1 that he  
would  bring the law of ,moses1 that was
 given of the ,lord ,god of ,israel4    
#i3dj ,so ,esdras the chief priest      
brought the law unto the whole          
multitude from man to woman1 and to all 
the priests1 to hear law in the  first  
day of the seventh month4    #i3da ,and 

he read in the broad court before the   
holy porch from morning  unto midday1   
before both men and women2 and the      
multitude gave heed  unto the law4      
#i3db ,and ,esdras the priest and reader
 of the law stood up upon a pulpit  of  
wood1 which was made for that purpose4  
#i3dc ,and there stood up by him        
,mattathias1 ,sammus1 ,ananias1         
,azarias1  ,urias1 ,ezecias1 ,balasamus1
 upon the right hand3    #i3dd ,and upon
 his left hand stood ,phaldaius1        
,misael1 ,melchias1  ,lothasubus1 and   
,nabarias4    #i3de ,then took ,esdras  
the book of the law before the          
multitude3 for he  sat honourably in the
 first place in the sight of them all4  
#i3df ,and when he opened the law1 they 
stood all straight up4 ,so ,esdras      
blessed the ,lord ,god most ,high1 the  
,god of hosts1 ,almighty4    #i3dg ,and 
all the people answered1 ,amen2 and     
lifting up their hands they  fell to the
 ground1 and worshipped the ,lord4      
#i3dh ,also ,jesus1 ,anus1 ,sarabias1   

,adinus1 ,jacubus1 ,sabateas1 ,auteas1  
,maianeas1 and ,calitas1 ,asrias1 and   
,joazabdus1 and ,ananias1 ,biatas1 the  
,levites1 taught the law of the ,lord1  
making them withal to understand  it4   
#i3di ,then spake ,attharates unto      
,esdras the chief priest and reader1 and
  to the ,levites that taught the       
multitude1 even to all1 saying1    #i3ej
 ,this day is holy unto the ,lord2 7for 
they all wept when they heard  the law37
    #i3ea ,go then1 and eat the fat1 and
 drink the sweet1 and send part to  them
 that have nothing2    #i3eb ,for this  
day is holy unto the ,lord3 and be not  
sorrowful2 for the  ,lord will bring you
 to honour4    #i3ec ,so the ,levites   
published all things to the people1     
saying1 ,this  day is holy to the ,lord2
 be not sorrowful4    #i3ed ,then went  
they their way1 every one to eat and    
drink1 and make  merry1 and to give part
 to them that had nothing1 and to make  
great  cheer2    #i3ee ,because they    
understood the words wherein they were  

instructed1  and for the which they had 
been assembled4          ,the ,second   
,book of ,esdras      #a3a ,the second  
book of the prophet ,esdras1 the son of 
,saraias1 the son  of ,azarias1 the son 
of ,helchias1 the son of ,sadamias1 the 
sou of ,sadoc1  the son of ,achitob1    
#a3b ,the son of ,achias1 the son of    
,phinees1 the son of ,heli1 the son of  
,amarias1 the son of ,aziei1 the son of 
,marimoth1 the son of ,and he spake     
unto the of ,borith1 the son of ,abisei1
 the son of ,phinees1 the son of        
,eleazar1    #a3c ,the son of ,aaron1 of
 the tribe of ,levi2 which was captive  
in the  land of the ,medes1 in the reign
 of ,artexerxes king of the ,persians4  
#a3d ,and the word of the ,lord came    
unto me1 saying1    #a3e ,go thy way1   
and shew my people their sinful deeds1  
and their  children their wickedness    
which they have done against me2 that   
they  may tell their children's         
children3    #a3f ,because the sins of  
their fathers are increased in them3 for

 they  have forgotten me1 and have      
offered unto strange gods4    #a3g ,am  
not ,i even he that brought them out of 
the land of ,egypt1 from  the house of  
bondage8 but they have provoked me unto 
wrath1 and  despised my counsels4       
#a3h ,pull thou off then the hair of thy
 head1 and cast all evil upon  them1 for
 they have not been obedient unto my    
law1 but it is a  rebellious people4    
#a3i ,how long shall ,i forbear them1   
into whom ,i have done so much good8    
#a3aj ,many kings have ,i destroyed for 
their sakes2 ,pharaoh with his  servants
 and all his power have ,i smitten down4
    #a3aa ,all the nations have ,i      
destroyed before them1 and in the east  
,i  have scattered the people of two    
provinces1 even of ,tyrus and ,sidon1   
and have slain all their enemies4       
#a3ab ,speak thou therefore unto them1  
saying1 ,thus saith the ,lord1    #a3ac 
,i led you through the sea and in the   
beginning gave you a large  and safe    
passage2 ,i gave you ,moses for a       

leader1 and ,aaron for a  priest4       
#a3ad ,i gave you light in a pillar of  
fire1 and great wonders have ,i  done   
among you2 yet have ye forgotten me1    
saith the ,lord4    #a3ae ,thus saith   
the ,almighty ,lord1 ,the quails were as
 a token to you2 ,i  gave you tents for 
your safeguard3 nevertheless ye murmured
 there1    #a3af ,and triumphed not in  
my name for the destruction of your     
enemies1  but ever to this day do ye yet
 murmur4    #a3ag ,where are the        
benefits that ,i have done for you8 when
 ye were  hungry and thirsty in the     
wilderness1 did ye not cry unto me1     
#a3ah ,saying1 ,why hast thou brought us
 into this wilderness to kill us8  it   
had been better for us to have served   
the ,egyptians1 than to die in  this    
wilderness4    #a3ai ,then had ,i pity  
upon your mournings1 and gave you manna 
to eat2 so  ye did eat angels' bread4   
#a3bj ,when ye were thirsty1 did ,i not 
cleave the rock1 and waters flowed  out 
to your fill8 for the heat ,i covered   

you with the leaves of the  trees4      
#a3ba ,i divided among you a fruitful   
land1 ,i cast out the ,canaanites1  the 
,pherezites1 and the ,philistines1      
before you3 what shall ,i yet do  more  
for you8 saith the ,lord4    #a3bb ,thus
 saith the ,almighty ,lord1 ,when ye    
were in the wilderness1 in  the river of
 the ,amorites1 being athirst1 and      
blaspheming my name1    #a3bc ,i gave   
you not fire for your blasphemies1 but  
cast a tree in the  water1 and made the 
river sweet4    #a3bd ,what shall ,i do 
unto thee1 ,o ,jacob8 thou1 ,juda1      
wouldest not obey  me3 ,i will turn me  
to other nations1 and unto those will ,i
 give my  name1 that they may keep my   
statutes4    #a3be ,seeing ye have      
forsaken me1 ,i will forsake you also2  
when ye  desire me to be gracious unto  
you1 ,i shall have no mercy upon you4   
#a3bf ,whensoever ye shall call upon me1
 ,i will not hear you3 for ye have      
defiled your hands with blood1 and your 
feet are swift to commit  manslaughter4 

#a3bg ,ye have not as it were forsaken  
me1 but your own selves1 saith the      
,lord4    #a3bh ,thus saith the         
,almighty ,lord1 ,have ,i not prayed you
 as a father  his sons1 as a mother her 
daughters1 and a nurse her young babes1 
#a3bi ,that ye would be my people1 and  
,i should be your ,god2 that ye  would  
be my children1 and ,i should be your   
father8    #a3cj ,i gathered you        
together1 as a hen gathereth her        
chickens under her  wings3 but now1 what
 shall ,i do unto you8 ,i will cast you 
out from my  face4    #a3ca ,when ye    
offer unto me1 ,i will turn my face from
 you3 for your  solemn feastdays1 your  
new moons1 and your circumcisions1 have 
,i  forsaken4    #a3cb ,i sent unto you 
my servants the prophets1 whom ye have  
taken and  slain1 and torn their bodies 
in pieces1 whose blood ,i will require  
of  your hands1 saith the ,lord4        
#a3cc ,thus saith the ,almighty ,lord1  
,your house is desolate1 ,i will cast   
you out as the wind doth stubble4       

#a3cd ,and your children shall not be   
fruitful2 for they have despised my     
commandment1 and done the thing that is 
an evil before me4    #a3ce ,your houses
 will ,i give to a people that shall    
come2 which not  having heard of me yet 
shall believe me2 to whom ,i have shewed
 no  signs1 yet they shall do that ,i   
have commanded them4    #a3cf ,they have
 seen no prophets1 yet they shall call  
their sins to  remembrance1 and         
acknowledge them4    #a3cg ,i take to   
witness the grace of the people to come1
 whose little  ones rejoice in gladness3
 and though they have not seen me with  
bodily  eyes1 yet in spirit they believe
 the thing that ,i say4    #a3ch ,and   
now1 brother1 behold what glory2 and see
 the people that come  from the east3   
#a3ci ,unto whom ,i will give for       
leaders1 ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1  
,oseas1 ,amos1 and ,micheas1 ,joel1     
,abdias1 and ,jonas1    #a3dj ,nahum1   
and ,abacuc1 ,sophonias1 ,aggeus1       
,zachary1 and ,malachy1 which  is called

 also an angel of the ,lord4    #b3a    
,thus saith the ,lord1 ,i brought this  
people out of bondage1 and ,i  gave them
 my commandments by menservants the     
prophets2 whom they would  not hear1 but
 despised my counsels4    #b3b ,the     
mother that bare them saith unto them1  
,go your way1 ye  children2 for ,i am a 
widow and forsaken4    #b3c ,i brought  
you up with gladness2 but with sorrow   
and heaviness have  ,i lost you3 for ye 
have sinned before the ,lord your ,god1 
and done that  thing that is evil before
 him4    #b3d ,but what shall ,i now do 
unto you8 ,i am a widow and forsaken3 go
  your way1 ,o my children1 and ask     
mercy of the ,lord4    #b3e ,as for me1 
,o father1 ,i call upon thee for a      
witness over the mother  of these       
children1 which would not keep my       
covenant1    #b3f ,that thou bring them 
to confusion1 and their mother to a     
spoil1  that there may be no offspring  
of them4    #b3g ,let them be scattered 
abroad among the heathen1 let their     

names be  put out of the earth3 for they
 have despised my covenant4    #b3h ,woe
 be unto thee1 ,assur1 thou that hidest 
the unrighteous in thee6  ,o thou wicked
 people1 remember what ,i did unto      
,sodom and ,gomorrha2    #b3i ,whose    
land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps  
of ashes3 even so also  will ,i do unto 
them that hear me not1 saith the        
,almighty ,lord4    #b3aj ,thus saith   
the ,lord unto ,esdras1 ,tell my people 
that ,i will give  them the kingdom of  
,jerusalem1 which ,i would have given   
unto ,israel4    #b3aa ,their glory also
 will ,i take unto me1 and give these   
the  everlasting tabernacles1 which ,i  
had prepared for them4    #b3ab ,they   
shall have the tree of life for an      
ointment of sweet savour2  they shall   
neither labour1 nor be weary4    #b3ac  
,go1 and ye shall receive3 pray for few 
days unto you1 that they  may be        
shortened3 the kingdom is already       
prepared for you3 watch4    #b3ad ,take 
heaven and earth to witness2 for ,i have

 broken the evil in  pieces1 and created
 the good3 for ,i live1 saith the ,lord4
    #b3ae ,mother1 embrace thy children1
 and bring them up with gladness1  make 
their feet as fast as a pillar3 for ,i  
have chosen thee1 saith the  ,lord4     
#b3af ,and those that be dead will ,i   
raise up again from their places1  and  
bring them out of the graves3 for ,i    
have known my name in ,israel4    #b3ag 
,fear not1 thou mother of the children3 
for ,i have chosen thee1  saith the     
,lord4    #b3ah ,for thy help will ,i   
send my servants ,esau and ,jeremy1     
after whose  counsel ,i have sanctified 
and prepared for thee twelve trees laden
 with  divers fruits1    #b3ai ,and as  
many fountains flowing with milk and    
honey1 and seven  mighty mountains1     
whereupon there grow roses and lilies1  
whereby ,i will  fill thy children with 
joy4    #b3bj ,do right to the widow1   
judge for the fatherless1 give to the   
poor1  defend the orphan1 clothe the    
naked1    #b3ba ,heal the broken and the

 weak1 laugh not a lame man to scorn1   
defend the maimed1 and let the blind man
 come into the sight of my  clearness4  
#b3bb ,keep the old and young within thy
 walls4    #b3bc ,wheresoever thou      
findest the dead1 take them and bury    
them1 and ,i  will give thee the first  
place in my resurrection4    #b3bd      
,abide still1 ,o my people1 and take thy
 rest1 for thy quietness  still come4   
#b3be ,nourish thy children1 ,o thou    
good nurse2 stablish their feet4        
#b3bf ,as for the servants whom ,i have 
given thee1 there shall not one of  them
 perish2 for ,i will require them from  
among thy number4    #b3bg ,be not      
weary3 for when the day of trouble and  
heaviness cometh1  others shall weep and
 be sorrowful1 but thou shalt be merry  
and have  abundance4    #b3bh ,the      
heathen shall envy thee1 but they shall 
be able to do nothing  against thee1    
saith the ,lord4    #b3bi ,my hands     
shall cover thee1 so that thy children  
shall not see  hell4    #b3cj ,be       

joyful1 ,o thou mother1 with thy        
children2 for ,i will deliver  thee1    
saith the ,lord4    #b3ca ,remember thy 
children that sleep1 for ,i shall bring 
them out of  the sides of the earth1 and
 shew mercy unto them3 for ,i am        
merciful1  saith the ,lord ,almighty4   
#b3cb ,embrace thy children until ,i    
come and shew mercy unto them3 for my   
wells run over1 and my grace shall not  
fail4    #b3cc ,i ,esdras received a    
charge of the ,lord upon the mount      
,oreb1 that ,i  should go unto ,israel2 
but when ,i came unto them1 they set me 
at  nought1 and despised the commandment
 of the ,lord4    #b3cd ,and therefore  
,i say unto you1 ,o ye heathen1 that    
hear and  understand1 look for your     
,shepherd1 he shall give you everlasting
 rest2  for he is nigh at hand1 that    
shall come in the end of the world4     
#b3ce ,be ready to the reward of the    
kingdom1 for the everlasting light      
shall shine upon you for evermore4      
#b3cf ,flee the shadow of this world1   

receive the joyfulness of your  glory3  
,i testify my ,saviour openly4    #b3cg 
,o receive the gift that is given you1  
and be glad1 giving thanks  unto him    
that hath led you to the heavenly       
kingdom4    #b3ch ,arise up and stand1  
behold the number of those that be      
sealed in  the feast of the ,lord2      
#b3ci ,which are departed from the      
shadow of the world1 and have received  
glorious garments of the ,lord4    #b3dj
 ,take thy number1 ,o ,sion1 and shut up
 those of thine that are  clothed in    
white1 which have fulfilled the law of  
the ,lord4    #b3da ,the number of thy  
children1 whom thou longedst for1 is    
fulfilled3  beseech the power of the    
,lord1 that thy people1 which have been 
called  from the beginning1 may be      
hallowed4    #b3db ,i ,esdras saw upon  
the mount ,sion a great people1 whom ,i 
could not  number1 and they all praised 
the ,lord with songs4    #b3dc ,and in  
the midst of them there was a young man 
of a high stature1  taller than all the 

rest1 and upon every one of their heads 
he set  crowns1 and was more exalted2   
which ,i marvelled at greatly4    #b3dd 
,so ,i asked the angel1 and said1 ,sir1 
what are these8    #b3de ,he answered   
and said unto me1 ,these be they that   
have put off the  mortal clothing1 and  
put on the immortal1 and have confessed 
the name  of ,god3 now are they crowned1
 and receive palms4    #b3df ,then said 
,i unto the angel1 ,what young person is
 it that crowneth  them1 and giveth them
 palms in their hands8    #b3dg ,so he  
answered and said unto me1 ,it is the   
,son of ,god1 whom they  have confessed 
in the world4 ,then began ,i greatly to 
commend them that  stood so stiffly for 
the name of the ,lord4    #b3dh ,then   
the angel said unto me1 ,go thy way1 and
 tell my people what  manner of things1 
and how great wonders of the ,lord thy  
,god1 thou hast  seen4    #c3a ,in the  
thirtieth year after the ruin of the    
city ,i was in ,babylon1  and lay       
troubled upon my bed1 and my thoughts   

came up over my heart3    #c3b ,for ,i  
saw the desolation of ,sion1 and the    
wealth of them that dwelt  at ,babylon4 
#c3c ,and my spirit was sore moved1 so  
that ,i began to speak words full  of   
fear to the most ,high1 and said1       
#c3d ,o ,lord1 who bearest rule1 thou   
spakest at the beginning1 when thou     
didst plant the earth1 and that thyself 
alone1 and commandedst the  people1     
#c3e ,and gavest a body unto ,adam      
without soul1 which was the workmanship 
of thine hands1 and didst breathe into  
him the breath of life1 and he  was made
 living before thee4    #c3f ,and thou  
leadest him into paradise1 which thy    
right hand had  planted1 before ever the
 earth came forward4    #c3g ,and unto  
him thou gavest commandment to love thy 
way3 which he  transgressed1 and        
immediately thou appointedst death in   
him and in his  generations1 of whom    
came nations1 tribes1 people1 and       
kindreds1 out of  number4    #c3h ,and  
every people walked after their own     

will1 and did wonderful  things before  
thee1 and despised thy commandments4    
#c3i ,and again in process of time thou 
broughtest the flood upon those  that   
dwelt in the world1 and destroyedst     
them4    #c3aj ,and it came to pass in  
every of them1 that as death was to     
,adam1  so was the flood to these4      
#c3aa ,nevertheless one of them thou    
leftest1 namely1 ,noah with his         
household1 of whom came all righteous   
men4    #c3ab ,and it happened1 that    
when they that dwelt upon the earth     
began to  multiply1 and had gotten them 
many children1 and were a great people1 
they began again to be more ungodly than
 the first4    #c3ac ,now when they     
lived so wickedly before thee1 thou     
didst choose  thee a man from among     
them1 whose name was ,abraham4    #c3ad 
,him thou lovedst1 and unto him only    
thou shewedst thy will3    #c3ae ,and   
madest an everlasting covenant with him1
 promising him that  thou wouldest never
 forsake his seed4    #c3af ,and unto   

him thou gavest ,isaac1 and unto ,isaac 
also thou gavest  ,jacob and ,esau4 ,as 
for ,jacob1 thou didst choose him to    
thee1 and put by  ,esau3 and so ,jacob  
became a great multitude4    #c3ag ,and 
it came to pass1 that when thou leadest 
his seed out of ,egypt1  thou broughtest
 them up to the mount ,sinai4    #c3ah  
,and bowing the heavens1 thou didst set 
fast the earth1 movedst the  whole      
world1 and madest the depths to tremble1
 and troubledst the men  of that age4   
#c3ai ,and thy glory went through four  
gates1 of fire1 and of earthquake1  and 
of wind1 and of cold2 that thou mightest
 give the law unto the seed  of ,jacob1 
and diligence unto the generation of    
,israel4    #c3bj ,and yet tookest thou 
not away from them a wicked heart1 that 
thy  law might bring forth fruit in     
them4    #c3ba ,for the first ,adam     
bearing a wicked heart transgressed1 and
 was  overcome2 and so be all they that 
are born of him4    #c3bb ,thus         
infirmity was made permanent2 and the   

law 7also7 in the heart  of the people  
with the malignity of the root2 so that 
the good departed  away1 and the evil   
abode still4    #c3bc ,so the times     
passed away1 and the years were brought 
to an end3  then didst thou raise thee  
up a servant1 called ,david3    #c3bd   
,whom thou commandedst to build a city  
unto thy name1 and to offer  incense and
 oblations unto thee therein4    #c3be  
,when this was done many years1 then    
they that inhabited the city  forsook   
thee1    #c3bf ,and in all things did   
even as ,adam and all his generations   
had  done3 for they also had a wicked   
heart3    #c3bg ,and so thou gavest thy 
city over into the hands of thine       
enemies4    #c3bh ,are their deeds then 
any better that inhabit ,babylon1 that  
they  should therefore have the dominion
 over ,sion8    #c3bi ,for when ,i came 
thither1 and had seen impieties without 
number1  then my soul saw many evildoers
 in this thirtieth year1 so that my     
heart failed me4    #c3cj ,for ,i have  

seen how thou sufferest them sinning1   
and hast spared  wicked doers3 and hast 
destroyed thy people1 and hast preserved
 thine  enemies1 and hast not signified 
it4    #c3ca ,i do not remember how this
 way may be left3 ,are they then of     
,babylon better than they of ,sion8     
#c3cb ,or is there any other people that
 knoweth thee beside ,israel8 or  what  
generation hath so believed thy         
covenants as ,jacob8    #c3cc ,and yet  
their reward appeareth not1 and their   
labour hath no  fruit3 for ,i have gone 
here and there through the heathen1 and 
,i see  that they flow in wealth1 and   
think not upon thy commandments4        
#c3cd ,weigh thou therefore our         
wickedness now in the balance1 and      
theirs  also that dwell the world2 and  
so shall thy name no where be found but 
in ,israel4    #c3ce ,or when was it    
that they which dwell upon the earth    
have not  sinned in thy sight8 or what  
people have so kept thy commandments8   
#c3cf ,thou shalt find that ,israel by  

name hath kept thy precepts2 but  not   
the heathen4    #d3a ,and the angel that
 was sent unto me1 whose name was       
,uriel1 gave me  an answer1    #d3b ,and
 said1 ,thy heart hath gone to far in   
this world1 and thinkest  thou to       
comprehend the way of the most ,high8   
#d3c ,then said ,i1 ,yea1 my lord4 ,and 
he answered me1 and said1 ,i am sent  to
 shew thee three ways1 and to set forth 
three similitudes before  thee3    #d3d 
,whereof if thou canst declare me one1  
,i will shew thee also the way  that    
thou desirest to see1 and ,i shall shew 
thee from whence the wicked  heart      
cometh4    #d3e ,and ,i said1 ,tell on1 
my lord4 ,then said he unto me1 ,go thy 
way1  weigh me the weight of the fire1  
or measure me the blast of the wind1  or
 call me again the day that is past4    
#d3f ,then answered ,i and said1 ,what  
man is able to do that1 that thou       
shouldest ask such things of me8    #d3g
 ,and he said unto me1 ,if ,i should ask
 thee how great dwellings are  in the   

midst of the sea1 or how many springs   
are in the beginning of  the deep1 or   
how many springs are above the          
firmament1 or which are the  outgoings  
of paradise3    #d3h ,peradventure thou 
wouldest say unto me1 ,i never went down
 into the  deep1 nor as yet into hell1  
neither did ,i ever climb up into       
heaven4    #d3i ,nevertheless now have  
,i asked thee but only of the fire and  
wind1  and of the day wherethrough thou 
hast passed1 and of things from which   
thou canst not be separated1 and yet    
canst thou give me no answer of  them4  
#d3aj ,he said moreover unto me1 ,thine 
own things1 and such as are grown  up   
with thee1 canst thou not know2    #d3aa
 ,how should thy vessel then be able to 
comprehend the way of the  ,highest1    
and1 the world being now outwardly      
corrupted to understand the  corruption 
that is evident in my sight8    #d3ab   
,then said ,i unto him1 ,it were better 
that we were not at all1 than  that we  
should live still in wickedness1 and to 

suffer1 and not to know  wherefore4     
#d3ac ,he answered me1 and said1 ,i went
 into a forest into a plain1 and  the   
trees took counsel1    #d3ad ,and said1 
,come1 let us go and make war against   
the sea that it may  depart away before 
us1 and that we may make us more woods4 
#d3ae ,the floods of the sea also in    
like manner took counsel1 and said1     
,come1 let us go up and subdue the woods
 of the plain1 that there also  we may  
make us another country4    #d3af ,the  
thought of the wood was in vain1 for the
 fire came and  consumed it4    #d3ag   
,the thought of the floods of the sea   
came likewise to nought1 for  the sand  
stood up and stopped them4    #d3ah ,if 
thou wert judge now betwixt these two1  
whom wouldest thou begin  to justify8 or
 whom wouldest thou condemn8    #d3ai ,i
 answered and said1 ,verily it is a     
foolish thought that they both  have    
devised1 for the ground is given unto   
the wood1 and the sea also  hath his    
place to bear his floods4    #d3bj ,then

 answered he me1 and said1 ,thou hast   
given a right judgment1  but why judgest
 thou not thyself also8    #d3ba ,for   
like as the ground is given unto the    
wood1 and the sea to his  floods3 even  
so they that dwell upon the earth may   
understand nothing  but that which is   
upon the earth3 and he that dwelleth    
above the  heavens may only understand  
the things that are above the height of 
the  heavens4    #d3bb ,then answered ,i
 and said1 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord1   
let me have  understanding3    #d3bc    
,for it was not my mind to be curious of
 the high things1 but of  such as pass  
by us daily1 namely1 wherefore ,israel  
is given up as a  reproach to the       
heathen1 and for what cause the people  
whom thou hast  loved is given over unto
 ungodly nations1 and why the law of our
  forefathers is brought to nought1 and 
the written covenants come to  none     
effect1    #d3bd ,and we pass away out  
of the world as grasshoppers1 and our   
life is  astonishment and fear1 and we  

are not worthy to obtain mercy4    #d3be
 ,what will he then do unto his name    
whereby we are called8 of these  things 
have ,i asked4    #d3bf ,then answered  
he me1 and said1 ,the more thou         
searchest1 the more  thou shalt marvel2 
for the world hasteth fast to pass away1
    #d3bg ,and cannot comprehend the    
things that are promised to the         
righteous in time to come3 for this     
world is full of unrighteousness  and   
infirmities4    #d3bh ,but as concerning
 the things whereof thou askest me1 ,i  
will tell  thee2 for the evil is sown1  
but the destruction thereof is not yet  
come4    #d3bi ,if therefore that which 
is sown be not turned upside down1 and  
if  the place where the evil is sown    
pass not away1 then cannot it come  that
 is sown with good4    #d3cj ,for the   
grain of evil seed hath been sown in the
 heart of ,adam  from the beginning1 and
 how much ungodliness hath it brought up
 unto  this time8 and how much shall it 
yet bring forth until the time of       

threshing come8    #d3ca ,ponder now by 
thyself1 how great fruit of wickedness  
the grain of  evil seed hath brought    
forth4    #d3cb ,and when the ears shall
 be cut down1 which are without number1 
how  great a floor shall they fill8     
#d3cc ,then ,i answered and said1 ,how1 
and when shall these things come to     
pass8 wherefore are our years few and   
evil8    #d3cd ,and he answered me1     
saying1 ,do not thou hasten above the   
most  ,highest3 for thy haste is in vain
 to be above him1 for thou hast much    
exceeded4    #d3ce ,did not the souls   
also of the righteous ask question of   
these  things in their chambers1 saying1
 ,how long shall ,i hope on this        
fashion8 when cometh the fruit of the   
floor of our reward8    #d3cf ,and unto 
these things ,uriel the archangel gave  
them answer1 and  said1 ,even when the  
number of seeds is filled in you3 for he
 hath  weighed the world in the balance4
    #d3cg ,by measure hath he measured  
the times2 and by number hath he        

numbered the times2 and he doth not move
 nor stir them1 until the said  measure 
be fulfilled4    #d3ch ,then answered ,i
 and said1 ,o ,lord that bearest rule1  
even we all  are full of impiety4       
#d3ci ,and for our sakes peradventure it
 is that the floors of the  righteous   
are not filled1 because of the sins of  
them that dwell upon  the earth4        
#d3dj ,so he answered me1 and said1 ,go 
thy way to a woman with child1 and  ask 
of her when she hath fulfilled her nine 
months1 if her womb may  keep the birth 
any longer within her4    #d3da ,then   
said ,i1 ,no1 ,lord1 that can she not4  
,and he said unto me1 ,in  the grave the
 chambers of souls are like the womb of 
a woman3    #d3db ,for like as a woman  
that travaileth maketh haste to escape  
the  necessity of the travail3 even so  
do these places haste to deliver  those 
things that are committed unto them4    
#d3dc ,from the beginning1 look1 what   
thou desirest to see1 it shall be       
shewed thee4    #d3dd ,then answered ,i 

and said1 ,if ,i have found favour in   
thy sight1 and  if it be possible1 and  
if ,i be meet therefore1    #d3de ,shew 
me then whether there be more to come   
than is past1 or more  past than is to  
come4    #d3df ,what is past ,i know1   
but what is for to come ,i know not4    
#d3dg ,and he said unto me1 ,stand up   
upon the right side1 and ,i shall       
expound the similitude unto thee4       
#d3dh ,so ,i stood1 and saw1 and1       
behold1 an hot burning oven passed by   
before me3 and it happened that when the
 flame was gone by ,i looked1  and1     
behold1 the smoke remained still4       
#d3di ,after this there passed by before
 me a watery cloud1 and sent down  much 
rain with a storm2 and when the stormy  
rain was past1 the drops  remained      
still4    #d3ej ,then said he unto me1  
,consider with thyself2 as the rain is  
more  than the drops1 and as the fire is
 greater than the smoke2 but the  drops 
and the smoke remain behind3 so the     
quantity which is past did  more exceed4

    #d3ea ,then ,i prayed1 and said1    
,may ,i live1 thinkest thou1 until that 
time8 or what shall happen in those     
days8    #d3eb ,he answered me1 and     
said1 ,as for the tokens whereof thou   
askest  me1 ,i may tell thee of them in 
part3 but as touching thy life1 ,i am   
not  sent to shew thee2 for ,i do not   
know it4    #e3a ,nevertheless as coming
 the tokens1 behold1 the days shall     
come1  that they which dwell upon earth 
shall be taken in a great number1 and   
the way of truth shall be hidden1 and   
the land shall be barren of  faith4     
#e3b ,but iniquity shall be increased   
above that which now thou seest1 or     
that thou hast heard long ago4    #e3c  
,and the land1 that thou seest now to   
have root1 shalt thou see  wasted       
suddenly4    #e3d ,but if the most ,high
 grant thee to live1 thou shalt see     
after the  third trumpet that the sun   
shall suddenly shine again in the night1
 and  the moon thrice in the day3       
#e3e ,and blood shall drop out of wood1 

and the stone shall give his  voice1 and
 the people shall be troubled3    #e3f  
,and even he shall rule1 whom they look 
not for that dwell upon the  earth1 and 
the fowls shall take their flight away  
together3    #e3g ,and the ,sodomitish  
sea shall cast out fish1 and make a     
noise in the  night1 which many have not
 known3 but they shall all hear the     
voice  thereof4    #e3h ,there shall be 
a confusion also in many places1 and the
 fire shall  be oft sent out again1 and 
the wild beasts shall change their      
places1  and menstruous women shall     
bring forth monsters3    #e3i ,and salt 
waters shall be found in the sweet1 and 
all friends shall  destroy one another2 
then shall wit hide itself1 and         
understanding  withdraw itself into his 
secret chamber1    #e3aj ,and shall be  
sought of many1 and yet not be found3   
then shall  unrighteousness and         
incontinency be multiplied upon earth4  
#e3aa ,one land also shall ask another1 
and say1 ,is righteousness that  maketh 

a man righteous gone through thee8 ,and 
it shall say1 ,no4    #e3ab ,at the same
 time shall men hope1 but nothing       
obtain3 they shall  labour1 but their   
ways shall not prosper4    #e3ac ,to    
shew thee such tokens ,i have leave2 and
 if thou wilt pray  again1 and weep as  
now1 and fast even days1 thou shalt hear
 yet greater  things4    #e3ad ,then ,i 
awaked1 and an extreme fearfulness went 
through all my  body1 and my mind was   
troubled1 so that it fainted4    #e3ae  
,so the angel that was come to talk with
 me held me1 comforted me1  and set me  
up upon my feet4    #e3af ,and in the   
second night it came to pass1 that      
,salathiel the  captain of the people   
came unto me1 saying1 ,where hast thou  
been8 and  why is thy countenance so    
heavy8    #e3ag ,knowest thou not that  
,israel is committed unto thee in the   
land of  their captivity8    #e3ah ,up  
then1 and eat bread1 and forsake us not1
 as the shepherd that  leaveth his flock
 in the hands of cruel wolves4    #e3ai 

,then said ,i unto him1 ,go thy ways    
from me1 and come not nigh me4  ,and he 
heard what ,i said1 and went from me4   
#e3bj ,and so ,i fasted seven days1     
mourning and weeping1 like as ,uriel    
the angel commanded me4    #e3ba ,and   
after seven days so it was1 that the    
thoughts of my heart were  very grievous
 unto me again1    #e3bb ,and my soul   
recovered the spirit of understanding1  
and ,i began to  talk with the most     
,high again1    #e3bc ,and said1 ,o     
,lord that bearest rule1 of every wood  
of the earth1  and of all the trees     
thereof1 thou hast chosen thee one only 
vine3    #e3bd ,and of all lands of the 
whole world thou hast chosen thee one   
pit3  and of all the flowers thereof one
 lily3    #e3be ,and of all the depths  
of the sea thou hast filled thee one    
river3  and of all builded cities thou  
hast hallowed ,sion unto thyself3       
#e3bf ,and of all the fowls that are    
created thou hast named thee one  dove3 
and of all the cattle that are made thou

 hast provided thee one  sheep3    #e3bg
 ,and among all the multitudes of people
 thou hast gotten thee one  people3 and 
unto this people1 whom thou lovedst1    
thou gavest a law that  is approved of  
all4    #e3bh ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 why   
hast thou given this one people over    
unto  many8 and upon the one root hast  
thou prepared others1 and why hast  thou
 scattered thy only one people among    
many8    #e3bi ,and they which did      
gainsay thy promises1 and believed not  
thy  covenants1 have trodden them down4 
#e3cj ,if thou didst so much hate thy   
people1 yet shouldest thou punish  them 
with thine own hands4    #e3ca ,now when
 ,i had spoken these words1 the angel   
that came to me the  night afore was    
sent unto me1    #e3cb ,and said unto   
me1 ,hear me1 and ,i will instruct thee2
 hearken to  the thing that ,i say1 and 
,i shall tell thee more4    #e3cc ,and  
,i said1 ,speak on1 my ,lord4 ,then said
 he unto me1 ,thou art sore  troubled in
 mind for ,israel's sake3 lovest thou   

that people better than  he that made   
them8    #e3cd ,and ,i said1 ,no1 ,lord3
 but of very grief have ,i spoken3 for  
my  reins pain me every hour1 while ,i  
labour to comprehend the way of the     
most ,high1 and to seek out part of his 
judgment4    #e3ce ,and he said unto me1
 ,thou canst not4 ,and ,i said1         
,wherefore1 ,lord8  whereunto was ,i    
born then8 or why was not my mother's   
womb then my  grave1 that ,i might not  
have seen the travail of ,jacob1 and the
  wearisome toil of the stock of        
,israel8    #e3cf ,and he said unto me1 
,number me the things that are not yet  
come1  gather me together the dross that
 are scattered abroad1 make me the      
flowers green again that are withered1  
#e3cg ,open me the places that are      
closed1 and bring me forth the winds    
that in them are shut up1 shew me the   
image of a voice3 and then ,i will      
declare to thee the thing that thou     
labourest to know4    #e3ch ,and ,i     
said1 ,o ,lord that bearest rule1 who   

may know these things1  but he that hath
 not his dwelling with men8    #e3ci ,as
 for me1 ,i am unwise3 how may ,i then  
speak of these things  whereof thou     
askest me8    #e3dj ,then said he unto  
me1 ,like as thou canst do none of these
 things  that ,i have spoken of1 even so
 canst thou not find out my judgment1 or
  in the end the love that ,i have      
promised unto my people4    #e3da ,and  
,i said1 ,behold1 ,o ,lord1 yet art thou
 nigh unto them that be  reserved till  
the end3 and what shall they do that    
have been before me1  or we that be now1
 or they that shall come after us8      
#e3db ,and he said unto me1 ,i will     
liken my judgment unto a ring3 like as  
there is no slackness of the last1 even 
so there is no swiftness of the  first4 
#e3dc ,so ,i answered and said1         
,couldest thou not make those that have 
been made1 and be now1 and that are for 
to come1 at once2 that thou  mightest   
shew thy judgment the sooner8    #e3dd  
,then answered he me1 and said1 ,the    

creature may not haste above  the maker2
 neither may the world hold them at once
 that shall be  created therein4        
#e3de ,and ,i said1 ,as thou hast said  
unto thy servant1 that thou1 which      
givest life to all1 hast given life at  
once to the creature that thou  hast    
created1 and the creature bare it3 even 
so it might now also bear  them that now
 be present at once4    #e3df ,and he   
said unto me1 ,ask the womb of a woman1 
and say unto her1 ,if  thou bringest    
forth children1 why dost thou it not    
together1 but one  after another8 pray  
her therefore to bring forth ten        
children at once4    #e3dg ,and ,i said1
 ,she cannot3 but must do it by distance
 of time4    #e3dh ,then said he unto   
me1 ,even so have ,i given the womb of  
the earth  to those that be sown in it  
in their times4    #e3di ,for like as a 
young child may not bring forth the     
things that  belong to the aged1 even so
 have ,i disposed the world which ,i    
created4    #e3ej ,and ,i asked1 and    

said1 ,seeing thou hast now given me the
 way1 ,i  will proceed to speak before  
thee3 for our mother1 of whom thou hast 
told me that she is young1 draweth now  
nigh unto age4    #e3ea ,he answered me1
 and said1 ,ask a woman that beareth    
children1 and  she shall tell thee4     
#e3eb ,say unto her1 ,wherefore are unto
 they whom thou hast now brought  forth 
like those that were before1 but less of
 stature8    #e3ec ,and she shall answer
 thee1 ,they that be born in the        
strength of  youth are of one fashion1  
and they that are born in the time of   
age1  when the womb faileth1 are        
otherwise4    #e3ed ,consider thou      
therefore also1 how that ye are less of 
stature than  those that were before    
you4    #e3ee ,and so are they that come
 after you less than ye1 as the         
creatures  which now begin to be old1   
and have passed over the strength of    
youth4    #e3ef ,then said ,i1 ,lord1 ,i
 beseech thee1 if ,i have found favour  
in thy  sight1 shew thy servant by whom 

thou visitest thy creature4    #f3a ,and
 he said unto me1 ,in the beginning1    
when the earth was made1  before the    
borders of the world stood1 or ever the 
winds blew1    #f3b ,before it thundered
 and lightened1 or ever the foundations 
of  paradise were laid1    #f3c ,before 
the fair flowers were seen1 or ever the 
moveable powers were  established1      
before the innumerable multitude of     
angels were gathered  together1    #f3d 
,or ever the heights of the air were    
lifted up1 before the measures  of the  
firmament were named1 or ever the       
chimneys in ,sion were hot1    #f3e ,and
 ere the present years were sought out1 
and or ever the  inventions of them that
 now sin were turned1 before they were  
sealed  that have gathered faith for a  
treasure3    #f3f ,then did ,i consider 
these things1 and they all were made    
through me  alone1 and through none     
other3 by me also they shall be ended1  
and by  none other4    #f3g ,then       
answered ,i and said1 ,what shall be the

 parting asunder of the  times8 or when 
shall be the end of the first1 and the  
beginning of it  that followeth8    #f3h
 ,and he said unto me1 ,from ,abraham   
unto ,isaac1 when ,jacob and ,esau  were
 born of him1 ,jacob's hand held first  
the heel of ,esau4    #f3i ,for ,esau is
 the end of the world1 and ,jacob is the
 beginning of it  that followeth4       
#f3aj ,the hand of man is betwixt the   
heel and the hand3 other question1      
,esdras1 ask thou not4    #f3aa ,i      
answered then and said1 ,o ,lord that   
bearest rule1 if ,i have  found favour  
in thy sight1    #f3ab ,i beseech thee1 
shew thy servant the end of thy tokens1 
whereof  thou shewedst me part the last 
night4    #f3ac ,so he answered and said
 unto me1 ,stand up upon thy feet1 and  
hear  a mighty sounding voice4    #f3ad 
,and it shall be as it were a great     
motion2 but the place where  thou       
standest shall not be moved4    #f3ae   
,and therefore when it speaketh be not  
afraid3 for the word is of  the end1 and

 the foundation of the earth is         
understood4    #f3af ,and why8 because  
the speech of these things trembleth and
 is  moved3 for it knoweth that the end 
of these things must be changed4        
#f3ag ,and it happened1 that when ,i had
 heard it ,i stood up upon my feet1  and
 hearkened1 and1 behold1 there was a    
voice that spake1 and the sound  of it  
was like the sound of many waters4      
#f3ah ,and it said1 ,behold1 the days   
come1 that ,i will begin to draw  nigh1 
and to visit them that dwell upon the   
earth1    #f3ai ,and will begin to make 
inquisition of them1 what they be that  
have  hurt unjustly with their          
unrighteousness1 and when the affliction
 of  ,sion shall be fulfilled2    #f3bj 
,and when the world1 that shall begin to
 vanish away1 shall be  finished1 then  
will ,i shew these tokens3 the books    
shall be opened  before the firmament1  
and they shall see all together3        
#f3ba ,and the children of a year old   
shall speak with their voices1 the      

women with child shall bring forth      
untimely children of three or four      
months old1 and they shall live1 and be 
raised up4    #f3bb ,and suddenly shall 
the sown places appear unsown1 the full 
storehouses shall suddenly be found     
empty3    #f3bc ,and tha trumpet shall  
give a sound1 which when every man      
heareth1  they shall be suddenly afraid4
    #f3bd ,at that time shall friends   
fight one against another like enemies1 
and the earth shall stand in fear with  
those that dwell therein1 the  springs  
of the fountains shall stand still1 and 
in three hours they  shall not run4     
#f3be ,whosoever remaineth from all     
these that ,i have told thee shall      
escape1 and see my salvation1 and the   
end of your world4    #f3bf ,and the men
 that are received shall see it1 who    
have not tasted  death from their birth3
 and the heart of the inhabitants shall 
be  changed1 and turned into another    
meaning4    #f3bg ,for evil shall be put
 out1 and deceit shall be quenched4     

#f3bh ,as for faith1 it shall flourish1 
corruption shall be overcome1 and  the  
truth1 which hath been so long without  
fruit1 shall be declared4    #f3bi ,and 
when he talked with me1 behold1 ,i      
looked by little and little  upon him   
before whom ,i stood4    #f3cj ,and     
these words said he unto me2 ,i am come 
to shew thee the time  of the night to  
come4    #f3ca ,if thou wilt pray yet   
more1 and fast seven days again1 ,i     
shall  tell thee greater things by day  
than ,i have heard4    #f3cb ,for thy   
voice is heard before the most ,high3   
for the ,mighty hath  seen thy righteous
 dealing1 he hath seen also thy         
chastity1 which thou  hast had ever     
since thy youth4    #f3cc ,and therefore
 hath he sent me to shew thee all these 
things1 and  to say unto thee1 ,be of   
good comfort and fear not    #f3cd ,and 
hasten not with the times that are past1
 to think vain things1  that thou mayest
 not hasten from the latter times4      
#f3ce ,and it came to pass after this1  

that ,i wept again1 and fasted  seven   
days in like manner1 that ,i might      
fulfil the three weeks which he  told   
me4    #f3cf ,and in the eighth night   
was my heart vexed within me again1 and 
,i  began to speak before the most      
,high4    #f3cg ,for my spirit was      
greatly set on fire1 and my soul was in 
distress4    #f3ch ,and ,i said1 ,o     
,lord1 thou spakest from the beginning  
of the  creation1 even the first day1   
and saidst thus2 ,let heaven and earth  
be  made2 and thy word was a perfect    
work4    #f3ci ,and then was the spirit1
 and darkness and silence were on every 
side2 the sound of man's voice was not  
yet formed4    #f3dj ,then commandedst  
thou a fair light to come forth of thy  
treasures1  that thy work might appear4 
#f3da ,upon the second day thou madest  
the spirit of the firmament1 and        
commandedst it to part asunder1 and to  
make a division betwixt the  waters1    
that the one part might go up1 and the  
other remain beneath4    #f3db ,upon the

 third day thou didst command that the  
waters should be  gathered in the       
seventh part of the earth3 six pats hast
 thou dried up1  and kept them1 to the  
intent that of these some being planted 
of ,god  and tilled might serve thee4   
#f3dc ,for as soon as thy word went     
forth the work was made4    #f3dd ,for  
immediately there was great and         
innumerable fruit1 and many  and divers 
pleasures for the taste1 and flowers of 
unchangeable colour1  and odours of     
wonderful smell3 and this was done the  
third day4    #f3de ,upon the fourth day
 thou commandedst that the sun should   
shine1  and the moon give her light1 and
 the stars should be in order3    #f3df 
,and gavest them a charge to do service 
unto man1 that was to be  made4    #f3dg
 ,upon the fifth day thou saidst unto   
the seventh part1 where the  waters were
 gathered that it should bring forth    
living creatures1 fowls  and fishes3 and
 so it came to pass4    #f3dh ,for the  
dumb water and without life brought     

forth living things at  the commandment 
of ,god1 that all people might praise   
thy wondrous  works4    #f3di ,then     
didst thou ordain two living creatures1 
the one thou calledst  ,enoch1 and the  
other ,leviathan2    #f3ej ,and didst   
separate the one from the other3 for the
 seventh part1  namely1 where the water 
was gathered together1 might not hold   
them  both4    #f3ea ,unto ,enoch thou  
gavest one part1 which was dried up the 
third day1  that he should dwell in the 
same part1 wherein are a thousand hills3
    #f3eb ,but unto ,leviathan thou     
gavest the seventh part1 namely1 the    
moist2 and hast kept him to be devoured 
of whom thou wilt1 and when4    #f3ec   
,upon the sixth day thou gavest         
commandment unto the earth1 that  before
 thee it should bring forth beasts1     
cattle1 and creeping things3    #f3ed   
,and after these1 ,adam also1 whom thou 
madest lord of all thy  creatures3 of   
him come we all1 and the people also    
whom thou hast  chosen4    #f3ee ,all   

this have ,i spoken before thee1 ,o     
,lord1 because thou madest  the world   
for our sakes    #f3ef ,as for the other
 people1 which also come of ,adam1 thou 
hast said  that they are nothing1 but be
 like unto spittle3 and hast likened the
  abundance of them unto a drop that    
falleth from a vessel4    #f3eg ,and    
now1 ,o ,lord1 behold1 these heathen1   
which have ever been  reputed as        
nothing1 have begun to be lords over us1
 and to devour us4    #f3eh ,but we thy 
people1 whom thou hast called thy       
firstborn1 thy only  begotten1 and thy  
fervent lover1 are given into their     
hands4    #f3ei ,if the world now be    
made for our sakes1 why do we not       
possess an  inheritance with the world8 
how long shall this endure8    #g3a ,and
 when ,i had made an end of speaking    
these words1 there was sent  unto me the
 angel which had been sent unto me the  
nights afore3    #g3b ,and he said unto 
me1 ,up1 ,esdras1 and hear the words    
that ,i am come  to tell thee4    #g3c  

,and ,i said1 ,speak on1 my ,god4 ,then 
said he unto me1 ,the sea is set  in a  
wide place1 that it might be deep and   
great4    #g3d ,but put the case the    
entrance were narrow1 and like a river2 
#g3e ,who then could go into the sea to 
look upon it1 and to rule it8 if  he    
went not through the narrow1 how could  
he come into the broad8    #g3f ,there  
is also another thing2 ,a city is       
builded1 and set upon a  broad field1   
and is full of all good things3    #g3g 
,the entrance thereof is narrow1 and is 
set in a dangerous place to  fall1 like 
as if there were a fire on the right    
hand1 and on the left a  deep water3    
#g3h ,and one only path between them    
both1 even between the fire and the     
water1 so small that there could but one
 man go there at once4    #g3i ,if this 
city now were given unto a man for an   
inheritance1 if he  never shall pass the
 danger set before it1 how shall he     
receive this  inheritance8    #g3aj ,and
 ,i said1 ,it is so1 ,lord4 ,then said  

he unto me1 ,even so also is  ,israel's 
portion4    #g3aa ,because for their    
sakes ,i made the world3 and when ,adam 
transgressed my statutes1 then was      
decreed that now is done4    #g3ab ,then
 were the entrances of this world made  
narrow1 full of sorrow  and travail3    
they are but few and evil1 full of      
perils13 and very  painful4    #g3ac    
,for the entrances of the elder world   
were wide and sure1 and  brought        
immortal fruit4    #g3ad ,if then they  
that live labour not to enter these     
strait and vain  things1 they can never 
receive those that are laid up for them4
    #g3ae ,now therefore why disquietest
 thou thyself1 seeing thou art but a    
corruptible man8 and why art thou moved1
 whereas thou art but mortal8    #g3af  
,why hast thou not considered in thy    
mind this thing that is to  come1 rather
 than that which is present8    #g3ag   
,then answered ,i and said1 ,o ,lord    
that bearest rule1 thou hast  ordained  
in thy law1 that the righteous should   

inherit these things1  but that the     
ungodly should perish4    #g3ah         
,nevertheless the righteous shall suffer
 strait things1 and hope  for wide3 for 
they that have done wickedly have       
suffered the strait  things1 and yet    
shall not see the wide4    #g3ai ,and he
 said unto me4 ,there is no judge above 
,god1 and none that  hath understanding 
above the ,highest4    #g3bj ,for there 
be many that perish in this life1       
because they despise  the law of ,god   
that is set before them4    #g3ba ,for  
,god hath given strait commandment to   
such as came1 what they  should do to   
live1 even as they came1 and what they  
should observe to  avoid punishment4    
#g3bb ,nevertheless they were not       
obedient unto him2 but spake against    
him1 and imagined vain things2    #g3bc 
,and deceived themselves by their wicked
 deeds2 and said of the  most ,high1    
that he is not2 and knew not his ways3  
#g3bd ,but his law have they despised1  
and denied his covenants2 in his        

statutes have they not been faithful1   
and have not performed his works4       
#g3be ,and therefore1 ,esdras1 for the  
empty are empty things1 and for the     
full are the full things4    #g3bf      
,behold1 the time shall come1 that these
 tokens which ,i have told  thee shall  
come to pass1 and the bride shall       
appear1 and she coming  forth shall be  
seen1 that now is withdrawn from the    
earth4    #g3bg ,and whosoever is       
delivered from the foresaid evils shall 
see my  wonders4    #g3bh ,for my son   
,jesus shall be revealed with those that
 be with him1  and they that remain     
shall rejoice within four hundred years4
    #g3bi ,after these years shall my   
son ,christ die1 and all men that have  
life4    #g3cj ,and the world shall be  
turned into the old silence seven days1 
like as in the former judgments3 so that
 no man shall remain4    #g3ca ,and     
after seven days the world1 that yet    
awaketh not1 shall be  raised up1 and   
that shall die that is corrupt    #g3cb 

,and the earth shall restore those that 
are asleep in her1 and so  shall the    
dust those that dwell in silence1 and   
the secret places shall  deliver those  
souls that were committed unto them4    
#g3cc ,and the most ,high shall appear  
upon the seat of judgment1 and  misery  
shall pass away1 and the long suffering 
shall have an end3    #g3cd ,but        
judgment only shall remain1 truth shall 
stand1 and faith shall  wax strong3     
#g3ce ,and the work shall follow1 and   
the reward shall be shewed1 and the     
good deeds shall be of force1 and wicked
 deeds shall bear no rule4    #g3cf     
,then said ,i1 ,abraham prayed first for
 the ,sodomites1 and ,moses for  the    
fathers that sinned in the wilderness3  
#g3cg ,and ,jesus after him for ,israel 
in the time of ,achan3    #g3ch ,and    
,samuel and ,david for the destruction3 
and ,solomon for them  that should come 
to the sanctuary3    #g3ci ,and ,helias 
for those that received rain2 and for   
the dead1 that he  might live3    #g3dj 

,and ,ezechias for the people in the    
time of ,sennacherib3 and many  for     
many4    #g3da ,even so now1 seeing     
corruption is grown up1 and wickedness  
increased1 and the righteous have prayed
 for the ungodly3 wherefore  shall it   
not be so now also8    #g3db ,he        
answered me1 and said1 ,this present    
life is not the end where  much glory   
doth abide2 therefore have they prayed  
for the weak4    #g3dc ,but the day of  
doom shall be the end of this time1 and 
the  beginning of the immortality for to
 come1 wherein corruption is past1      
#g3dd ,intemperance is at an end1       
infidelity is cut off1 righteousness is 
grown1 and truth is sprung up4    #g3de 
,then shall no man be able to save him  
that is destroyed1 nor to  oppress him  
that hath gotten the victory4    #g3df  
,i answered then and said1 ,this is my  
first and last saying1 that  it had been
 better not to have given the earth unto
 ,adam3 or else1 when  it was given him1
 to have restrained him from sinning4   

#g3dg ,for what profit is it for men now
 in this present time to live in        
heaviness1 and after death to look for  
punishment8    #g3dh ,o thou ,adam1 what
 hast thou done8 for though it was thou 
that  sinned1 thou art not fallen alone1
 but we all that come of thee4    #g3di 
,for what profit is it unto us1 if there
 be promised us an immortal  time1      
whereas we have done the works that     
bring death8    #g3ej ,and that there is
 promised us an everlasting hope1       
whereas  ourselves being most wicked are
 made vain8    #g3ea ,and that there are
 laid up for us dwellings of health and 
safety1  whereas we have lived wickedly8
    #g3eb ,and that the glory of the    
most ,high is kept to defend them which 
have led a wary life1 whereas we have   
walked in the most wicked ways of  all8 
#g3ec ,and that there should be shewed a
 paradise1 whose fruit endureth  for    
ever1 wherein is security and medicine1 
since we shall not enter  into it8      
#g3ed 7,for we have walked in unpleasant

 places47    #g3ee ,and that the faces  
of them which have used abstinence shall
 shine  above the stars1 whereas our    
faces shall be blacker than darkness8   
#g3ef ,for while we lived and committed 
iniquity1 we considered not that  we    
should begin to suffer for it after     
death4    #g3eg ,then answered he me1   
and said1 ,this is the condition of the 
battle1 which man that is born upon the 
earth shall fight2    #g3eh ,that1 if he
 be overcome1 he shall suffer as thou   
hast said3 but if  he get the victory1  
he shall receive the thing that ,i say4 
#g3ei ,for this is the life whereof     
,moses spake unto the people while he   
lived1 saying1 ,choose thee life1 that  
thou mayest live4    #g3fj ,nevertheless
 they believed not him1 nor yet the     
prophets after  him1 no nor me which    
have spoken unto them1    #g3fa ,that   
there should not be such heaviness in   
their destruction1 as  shall be joy over
 them that are persuaded to salvation4  
#g3fb ,i answered then1 and said1 ,i    

know1 ,lord1 that the most ,high is     
called merciful1 in that he hath mercy  
upon them which are not yet come  into  
the world1    #g3fc ,and upon those also
 that turn to his law2    #g3fd ,and    
that he is patient1 and long suffereth  
those that have sinned1  as his         
creatures2    #g3fe ,and that he is     
bountiful1 for he is ready to give where
 it  needeth2    #g3ff ,and that he is  
of great mercy1 for he multiplieth more 
and more  mercies to them that are      
present1 and that are past1 and also to 
them  which are to come4    #g3fg ,for  
if he shall not multiply his mercies1   
the world would not  continue with them 
that inherit therein4    #g3fh ,and he  
pardoneth2 for if he did not so of his  
goodness1 that they  which have         
committed iniquities might be eased of  
them1 the ten  thousandth part of men   
should not remain living4    #g3fi ,and 
being judge1 if he should not forgive   
them that are cured with  his word1 and 
put out the multitude of contentions1   

#g3gj ,there should be very few left    
peradventure in an innumerable          
multitude4    #h3a ,and he answered me1 
saying1 ,the most ,high hath made this  
world for  many1 but the world to come  
for few4    #h3b ,i will tell thee a    
similitude1 ,esdras2 ,as when thou      
askest the  earth1 it shall say unto    
thee1 that it giveth much mould whereof 
earthen vessels are made1 but little    
dust that gold cometh of3 even so  is   
the course of this present world4       
#h3c ,there be many created1 but few    
shall be saved4    #h3d ,so answered ,i 
and said1 ,swallow then down1 ,o my     
soul1  understanding1 and devour wisdom4
    #h3e ,for thou hast agreed to give  
ear1 and art willing to prophesy3 for   
thou hast no longer space than only to  
live4    #h3f ,o ,lord1 if thou suffer  
not thy servant1 that we may pray before
  thee1 and thou give us seed unto our  
heart1 and culture to our               
understanding1 that there may come fruit
 of it2 how shall each man live  that is

 corrupt1 who beareth the place of a    
man8    #h3g ,for thou art alone1 and we
 all one workmanship of thine hands1    
like  as thou hast said4    #h3h ,for   
when the body is fashioned now in the   
mother's womb1 and thou  givest it      
members1 thy creature is preserved in   
fire and water1 and  nine months doth   
thy workmanship endure thy creature     
which is created  in her4    #h3i ,but  
that which keepeth and is kept shall    
both be preserved3 and  when the time   
cometh1 the womb preserved delivereth up
 the things that  grew in it4    #h3aj  
,for thou hast commanded out of the     
parts of the body1 that is to  say1 out 
of the breasts1 milk to be given1 which 
is the fruit of the  breasts1    #h3aa  
,that the thing which is fashioned may  
be nourished for a time1  till thou     
disposest it to thy mercy4    #h3ab     
,thou broughtest it up with thy         
righteousness1 and nurturedst it in  thy
 law1 and reformedst it with thy        
judgment4    #h3ac ,and thou shalt      

mortify it as thy creature1 and quicken 
it as thy  work4    #h3ad ,if therefore 
thou shalt destroy him which with so    
great labour was  fashioned1 it is an   
easy thing to be ordained by thy        
commandment1 that  the thing which was  
made might be preserved4    #h3ae ,now  
therefore1 ,lord1 ,i will speak2        
touching man in general1 thou  knowest  
best2 but touching thy people1 for whose
 sake ,i am sorry2    #h3af ,and for    
thine inheritance1 for whose cause ,i   
mourn2 and for  ,israel1 for whom ,i am 
heavy2 and for ,jacob1 for whose sake ,i
 am  troubled2    #h3ag ,therefore will 
,i begin to pray before thee for myself 
and for  them3 for ,i see the falls of  
us that dwell in the land4    #h3ah ,but
 ,i have heard the swiftness of the     
judge which is to come4    #h3ai        
,therefore hear my voice1 and understand
 my words1 and ,i shall  speak before   
thee4 ,this is the beginning of the     
words of ,esdras1 before  he was taken  
up3 and ,i said1    #h3bj ,o ,lord1 thou

 that dwellest in everlastingness which 
beholdest from  above things in the     
heaven and in the air2    #h3ba ,whose  
throne is inestimable2 whose glory may  
not be comprehended2  before whom the   
hosts of angels stand with trembling1   
#h3bb ,whose service is conversant in   
wind and fire2 whose word is true1  and 
sayings constant2 whose commandment is  
strong1 and ordinance  fearful2    #h3bc
 ,whose look drieth up the depths1 and  
indignation maketh the  mountains to    
melt away2 which the truth witnesseth3  
#h3bd ,o hear the prayer of thy servant1
 and give ear to the petition of  thy   
creature4    #h3be ,for while ,i live ,i
 will speak1 and so long as ,i have     
understanding  ,i will answer4    #h3bf 
,o look not upon the sins of thy people2
 but on them which serve  thee in truth4
    #h3bg ,regard not the wicked        
inventions of the heathen1 but the      
desire of  those that keep thy          
testimonies in afflictions4    #h3bh    
,think not upon those that have walked  

feignedly before thee3 but  remember    
them1 which according to thy will have  
known thy fear4    #h3bi ,let it not be 
thy will to destroy them which have     
lived like  beasts2 but to look upon    
them that have clearly taught thy law4  
#h3cj ,take thou no indignation at them 
which are deemed worse than  beasts2 but
 love them that always put their trust  
in thy righteousness  and glory4        
#h3ca ,for we and our fathers do        
languish of such diseases3 but because  
of us sinners thou shalt be called      
merciful4    #h3cb ,for if thou hast a  
desire to have mercy upon us1 thou shalt
 be  called merciful1 to us namely1 that
 have no works of righteousness4        
#h3cc ,for the just1 which have many    
good works laid up with thee1 shall  out
 of their own deeds receive reward4     
#h3cd ,for what is man1 that thou       
shouldest take displeasure at him8 or   
what is a corruptible generation1 that  
thou shouldest be so bitter  toward it8 
#h3ce ,for in truth them is no man among

 them that be born1 but he hath  dealt  
wickedly2 and among the faithful there  
is none which hath not  done amiss4     
#h3cf ,for in this1 ,o ,lord1 thy       
righteousness and thy goodness shall be 
declared1 if thou be merciful unto them 
which have not the confidence  of good  
works4    #h3cg ,then answered he me1   
and said1 ,some things hast thou spoken 
aright1 and according unto thy words it 
shall be4    #h3ch ,for indeed ,i will  
not think on the disposition of them    
which have  sinned before death1 before 
judgment1 before destruction3    #h3ci  
,but ,i will rejoice over the           
disposition of the righteous1 and ,i    
will remember also their pilgrimage1 and
 the salvation1 and the reward1  that   
they shall have4    #h3dj ,like as ,i   
have spoken now1 so shall it come to    
pass4    #h3da ,for as the husbandman   
soweth much seed upon the ground1 and   
planteth many trees1 and yet the thing  
that is sown good in his season  cometh 
not up1 neither doth all that is planted

 take root3 even so is  it of them that 
are sown in the world2 they shall not   
all be saved4    #h3db ,i answered then 
and said1 ,if ,i have found grace1 let  
me speak4    #h3dc ,like as the         
husbandman's seed perisheth1 if it come 
not up1 and  receive not thy rain in due
 season2 or if there come too much rain1
 and  corrupt it3    #h3dd ,even so     
perisheth man also1 which is formed with
 thy hands1 and is  called thine own    
image1 because thou art like unto him1  
for whose sake  thou hast made all      
things1 and likened him unto the        
husbandman's seed4    #h3de ,be not     
wroth with us but spare thy people1 and 
have mercy upon  thine own inheritance3 
for thou art merciful unto thy creature4
    #h3df ,then answered he me1 and     
said1 ,things present are for the       
present1  and things to cometh for such 
as be to come4    #h3dg ,for thou comest
 far short that thou shouldest be able  
to love my  creature more than ,i3 but  
,i have ofttimes drawn nigh unto thee1  

and  unto it1 but never to the          
unrighteous4    #h3dh ,in this also thou
 art marvellous before the most ,high3  
#h3di ,in that thou hast humbled        
thyself1 as it becometh thee1 and hast  
not judged thyself worthy to be much    
glorified among the righteous4    #h3ej 
,for many great miseries shall be done  
to them that in the latter  time shall  
dwell in the world1 because they have   
walked in great pride4    #h3ea ,but    
understand thou for thyself1 and seek   
out the glory for such  as be like thee4
    #h3eb ,for unto you is paradise     
opened1 the tree of life is planted1 the
  time to come is prepared1             
plenteousness is made ready1 a city is  
builded1 and rest is allowed1 yea1      
perfect goodness and wisdom4    #h3ec   
,the root of evil is sealed up from you1
 weakness and the moth is  hid from you1
 and corruption is fled into hell to be 
forgotten3    #h3ed ,sorrows are passed1
 and in the end is shewed the treasure  
of  immortality4    #h3ee ,and therefore

 ask thou no more questions concerning  
the multitude  of them that perish4     
#h3ef ,for when they had taken liberty1 
they despised the most ,high1  thought  
scorn of his law1 and forsook his ways4 
#h3eg ,moreover they have trodden down  
his righteous1    #h3eh ,and said in    
their heart1 that there is no ,god2 yea1
 and that  knowing they must die4       
#h3ei ,for as the things aforesaid shalt
 receive you1 so thirst and pain  are   
prepared for them3 for it was not his   
will that men should come to  nought3   
#h3fj ,but they which be created have   
defiled the name of him that made  them1
 and were unthankful unto him which     
prepared life for them4    #h3fa ,and   
therefore is my judgment now at hand4   
#h3fb ,these things have ,i not shewed  
unto all men1 but unto thee1 and a  few 
like thee4 ,then answered ,i and said1  
#h3fc ,behold1 ,o ,lord1 now hast thou  
shewed me the multitude of the  wonders1
 which thou wilt begin to do in the last
 times3 but at what  time1 thou hast not

 shewed me4    #i3a ,he answered me     
then1 and said1 ,measure thou the time  
diligently in  itself3 and when thou    
seest part of the signs past1 which ,i  
have told  thee before1    #i3b ,then   
shalt thou understand1 that it is the   
very same time1 wherein  the ,highest   
will begin to visit the world which he  
made4    #i3c ,therefore when there     
shall be seen earthquakes and uproars of
 the  people in the world3    #i3d ,then
 shalt thou well understand1 that the   
most ,high spake of those  things from  
the days that were before thee1 even    
from the beginning4    #i3e ,for like as
 all that is made in the world hath a   
beginning and an  end1 and the end is   
manifest3    #i3f ,even so the times    
also of the ,highest have plain         
beginnings in  wonder and powerful      
works1 and endings in effects and signs4
    #i3g ,and every one that shall be   
saved1 and shall be able to escape by   
his works1 and by faith1 whereby ye have
 believed1    #i3h ,shall be preserved  

from the said perils1 and shall see my  
salvation  in my land1 and within my    
borders3 for ,i have sanctified them for
 me  from the beginning4    #i3i ,then  
shall they be in pitiful case1 which now
 have abused my ways3  and they that    
have cast them away despitefully shall  
dwell in torments4    #i3aj ,for such as
 in their life have received benefits1  
and have not  known me2    #i3aa ,and   
they that have loathed my law1 while    
they had yet liberty1  and1 when as yet 
place of repentance was open unto them1 
understood  not1 but despised it2       
#i3ab ,the same must know it after death
 by pain4    #i3ac ,and therefore be    
thou not curious how the ungodly shall  
be  punished1 and when3 but enquire how 
the righteous shall be saved1 whose  the
 world is1 and for whom the world is    
created4    #i3ad ,then answered ,i and 
said1    #i3ae ,i have said before1 and 
now do speak1 and will speak it also    
hereafter1 that there be many more of   
them which perish1 than of them  which  

shall be saved3    #i3af ,like as a wave
 is greater than a drop4    #i3ag ,and  
he answered me1 saying1 ,like as the    
field is1 so is also the  seed2 as the  
flowers be1 such are the colours also2  
such as the workman  is1 such also is   
the work2 and as the husbandman is      
himself1 so is his  husbandry also3 for 
it was the time of the world4    #i3ah  
,and now when ,i prepared the world1    
which was not yet made1 even  for them  
to dwell in that now live1 no man spake 
against me4    #i3ai ,for then every one
 obeyed3 but now the manners of them    
which are  created in this world that is
 made are corrupted by a perpetual seed1
  and by a law which is unsearchable rid
 themselves4    #i3bj ,so ,i considered 
the world1 and1 behold1 there was peril 
because of  the devices that were come  
into it4    #i3ba ,and ,i saw1 and      
spared it greatly1 and have kept me a   
grape of the  cluster1 and a plant of a 
great people4    #i3bb ,let the         
multitude perish then1 which was born in

 vain2 and let my  grape be kept1 and my
 plant2 for with great labour have ,i   
made it  perfect4    #i3bc              
,nevertheless1 if thou wilt cease yet   
seven days more1 7but thou  shalt not   
fast in them1    #i3bd ,but go into a   
field of flowers1 where no house is     
builded1 and eat  only the flowers of   
the field2 taste no flesh1 drink no     
wine1 but eat  flowers only27    #i3be  
,and pray unto the ,highest continually1
 then will ,i come and talk  with thee4 
#i3bf ,so ,i went my way into the field 
which is called ,ardath1 like as he     
commanded me2 and there ,i sat among the
 flowers1 and did eat of the  herbs of  
the field1 and the meat of the same     
satisfied me4    #i3bg ,after seven days
 ,i sat upon the grass1 and my heart was
 vexed  within me1 like as before3      
#i3bh ,and ,i opened my mouth1 and began
 to talk before the most ,high1 and     
said1    #i3bi ,o ,lord1 thou that      
shewest thyself unto us1 thou wast      
shewed unto  our fathers in the         

wilderness1 in a place where no man     
treadeth1 in a  barren place1 when they 
came out of ,egypt4    #i3cj ,and thou  
spakest saying1 ,hear me1 ,o ,israel2   
and mark my words1  thou seed of ,jacob4
    #i3ca ,for1 behold1 ,i sow my law in
 you1 and it shall bring fruit in you1  
and ye shall be honoured in it for ever4
    #i3cb ,but our fathers1 which       
received the law1 kept it not1 and      
observed  not thy ordinances3 and though
 the fruit of thy law did not perish1   
neither could it1 for it was thine2     
#i3cc ,yet they that received it        
perished1 because they kept not the     
thing that was sown in them4    #i3cd   
,and1 lo1 it is a custom1 when the      
ground hath received seed1 or  the sea a
 ship1 or any vessel meat or drink1     
that1 that being perished  wherein it   
was sown or cast into1    #i3ce ,that   
thing also which was sown1 or cast      
therein1 or received1 doth  perish1 and 
remaineth not with us3 but with us it   
hath not happened so4    #i3cf ,for we  

that have received the law perish by    
sin1 and our heart  also which received 
it    #i3cg ,notwithstanding the law    
perisheth not1 but remaineth in his     
force4    #i3ch ,and when ,i spake these
 things in my heart1 ,i looked back with
 mine  eyes1 and upon the right side ,i 
saw a woman1 and1 behold1 she mourned   
and wept with a loud voice1 and was much
 grieved in heart1 and her  clothes were
 rent1 and she had ashes upon her head4 
#i3ci ,then let ,i my thoughts go that  
,i was in1 and turned me unto her1      
#i3dj ,and said unto her1 ,wherefore    
weepest thou8 why art thou so grieved   
in thy mind8    #i3da ,and she said unto
 me1 ,sir1 let me alone1 that ,i may    
bewail myself1  and add unto my sorrow1 
for ,i am sore vexed in my mind1 and    
brought  very low4    #i3db ,and ,i said
 unto her1 ,what aileth thee8 tell me4  
#i3dc ,she said unto me1 ,i thy servant 
have been barren1 and had no  child1    
though ,i had an husband thirty years1  
#i3dd ,and those thirty years ,i did    

nothing else day and night1 and every   
hour1 but make my1 prayer to the        
,highest4    #i3de ,after thirty years  
,god heard me thine handmaid1 looked    
upon my  misery1 considered my trouble1 
and gave me a son3 and ,i was very glad 
of him1 so was my husband also1 and all 
my neighbours3 and we gave  great honour
 unto the ,almighty4    #i3df ,and ,i   
nourished him with great travail4       
#i3dg ,so when he grew up1 and came to  
the time that he should have a  wife1 ,i
 made a feast4    #aj3a ,and it so came 
to pass1 that when my son was entered   
into his  wedding chamber1 he fell down1
 and died4    #aj3b ,then we all        
overthrew the lights1 and all my        
neighbours rose up to  comfort me3 so ,i
 took my rest unto the second day at    
night4    #aj3c ,and it came to pass1   
when they had all left off to comfort   
me1 to  the end ,i might be quiet2 then 
rose ,i up by night and fled1 and came  
hither into this field1 as thou seest4  
#aj3d ,and ,i do now purpose not to     

return into the city1 but here to  stay1
 and neither to eat nor drink1 but      
continually to mourn and to  fast until 
,i die4    #aj3e ,then left ,i the      
meditations wherein ,i was1 and spake to
 her in  anger1 saying1    #aj3f ,thou  
foolish woman above all other1 seest    
thou not our mourning1  and what        
happeneth unto us8    #aj3g ,how that   
,sion our mother is full of all         
heaviness1 and much  humbled1 mourning  
very sore8    #aj3h ,and now1 seeing we 
all mourn and are sad1 for we are all in
  heaviness1 art thou grieved for one   
son8    #aj3i ,for ask the earth1 and   
she shall tell thee1 that it is she     
which  ought to mourn for the fall of so
 many that grow upon her4    #aj3aj ,for
 out of her came all at the first1 and  
out of her shall all  others come1 and1 
behold1 they walk almost all into       
destruction1 and a  multitude of them is
 utterly rooted out4    #aj3aa ,who then
 should make more mourning than she1    
that hath lost so  great a multitude2   

and not thou1 which art sorry but for   
one8    #aj3ab ,but if thou sayest unto 
me1 ,my lamentation is not like the     
earth's1 because ,i have lost the fruit 
of my womb1 which ,i brought  forth with
 pains1 and bare with sorrows2    #aj3ac
 ,but the earth not so3 for the         
multitude present in it according  to   
the course of the earth is gone1 as it  
came3    #aj3ad ,then say ,i unto thee1 
,like as thou hast brought forth with   
labour2 even so the earth also hath     
given her fruit1 namely1 man1 ever      
since the beginning unto him that made  
her4    #aj3ae ,now therefore keep thy  
sorrow to thyself1 and bear with a good 
courage that which hath befallen thee4  
#aj3af ,for if thou shalt acknowledge   
the determination of ,god to be  just1  
thou shalt both receive thy son in time1
 and shalt be commended  among women4   
#aj3ag ,go thy way then into the city to
 thine husband4    #aj3ah ,and she said 
unto me1 ,that will ,i not do3 ,i will  
not go into the  city1 but here will ,i 

die4    #aj3ai ,so ,i proceeded to speak
 further unto her1 and said1    #aj3bj  
,do not so1 but be counselled by me3 for
 how many are the  adversities of ,sion8
 be comforted in regard of the sorrow of
 ,jerusalem4    #aj3ba ,for thou seest  
that our sanctuary is laid waste1 our   
altar broken  down1 our temple          
destroyed2    #aj3bb ,our psaltery is   
laid on the ground1 our song is put to  
silence1  our rejoicing is at an end1   
the light of our candlestick is put out1
  the ark of our covenant is spoiled1   
our holy things are defiled1 and  the   
name that is called upon us is almost   
profaned3 our children are  put to      
shame1 our priests are burnt1 our       
,levites are gone into  captivity1 our  
virgins are defiled1 and our wives      
ravished2 our  righteous men carried    
away1 our little ones destroyed1 our    
young men  are brought in bondage1 and  
our strong men are become weak2         
#aj3bc ,and1 which is the greatest of   
all1 the seal of ,sion hath now lost    

her honour2 for she is delivered into   
the hands of them that hate us4         
#aj3bd ,and therefore shake off thy     
great heaviness1 and put away the       
multitude of sorrows1 that the ,mighty  
may be merciful unto thee again1  and   
the ,highest shall give thee rest and   
ease from thy labour4    #aj3be ,and it 
came to pass while ,i was talking with  
her1 behold1 her  face upon a sudden    
shined exceedingly1 and her countenance 
glistered1  so that ,i was afraid of    
her1 and mused what it might be4        
#aj3bf ,and1 behold1 suddenly she made a
 great cry very fearful3 so that  the   
earth shook at the noise of the woman4  
#aj3bg ,and ,i looked1 and1 behold1 the 
woman appeared unto me no more1  but    
there was a city builded1 and a large   
place shewed itself from the            
foundations3 then was ,i afraid1 and    
cried with a loud voice1 and said1      
#aj3bh ,where is ,uriel the angel1 who  
came unto me at the first8 for he  hath 
caused me to fall into many trances1 and

 mine end is turned into  corruption1   
and my prayer to rebuke4    #aj3bi ,and 
as ,i was speaking these words behold1  
he came unto me1 and  looked upon me4   
#aj3cj ,and1 lo1 ,i lay as one that had 
been dead1 and mine understanding  was  
taken from me3 and he took me by the    
right hand1 and comforted me1  and set  
me upon my feet1 and said unto me1      
#aj3ca ,what aileth thee8 and why art   
thou so disquieted8 and why is  thine   
understanding troubled1 and the thoughts
 of thine heart8    #aj3cb ,and ,i said1
 ,because thou hast forsaken me1 and yet
 ,i did  according to thy words1 and ,i 
went into the field1 and1 lo1 ,i have   
seen1 and yet see1 that ,i am not able  
to express4    #aj3cc ,and he said unto 
me1 ,stand up manfully1 and ,i will     
advise thee4    #aj3cd ,then said ,i1   
,speak on1 my lord1 in me2 only forsake 
me not1 lest  ,i die frustrate of my    
hope4    #aj3ce ,for ,i have seen that  
,i knew not1 and hear that ,i do not    
know4    #aj3cf ,or is my sense         

deceived1 or my soul in a dream8        
#aj3cg ,now therefore ,i beseech thee   
that thou wilt shew thy servant of  this
 vision4    #aj3ch ,he answered me then1
 and said1 ,hear me1 and ,i shall inform
 thee1  and tell thee wherefore thou art
 afraid3 for the ,highest will reveal   
many secret things unto thee4    #aj3ci 
,he hath seen that thy way is right3 for
 that thou sorrowest  continually for   
thy people1 and makest great lamentation
 for ,sion4    #aj3dj ,this therefore is
 the meaning of the vision which thou   
lately  sawest3    #aj3da ,thou sawest a
 woman mourning1 and thou begannest to  
comfort her3    #aj3db ,but now seest   
thou the likeness of the woman no more1 
but there  appeared unto thee a city    
builded4    #aj3dc ,and whereas she told
 thee of the death of her son1 this is  
the  solution3    #aj3dd ,this woman1   
whom thou sawest is ,sion3 and whereas  
she said unto  thee1 even she whom thou 
seest as a city builded1    #aj3de      
,whereas1 ,i say1 she said unto thee1   

that she hath been thirty  years barren3
 those are the thirty years wherein     
there was no offering  made in her4     
#aj3df ,but after thirty years ,solomon 
builded the city and offered  offerings3
 and then bare the barren a son4        
#aj3dg ,and whereas she told thee that  
she nourished him with labour3  that was
 the dwelling in ,jerusalem4    #aj3dh  
,but whereas she said unto thee1 ,that  
my son coming into his  marriage chamber
 happened to have a fail1 and died3 this
 was the  destruction that came to      
,jerusalem4    #aj3di ,and1 behold1 thou
 sawest her likeness1 and because she   
mourned  for her son1 thou begannest to 
comfort her3 and of these things which  
have chanced1 these are to be opened    
unto thee4    #aj3ej ,for now the most  
,high seeth that thou art grieved       
unfeignedly1  and sufferest from thy    
whole heart for her1 so hath he shewed  
thee the  brightness of her glory1 and  
the comeliness of her beauty3    #aj3ea 
,and therefore ,i bade thee remain in   

the field where no house was  builded3  
#aj3eb ,for ,i knew that the ,highest   
would shew this unto thee4    #aj3ec    
,therefore ,i commanded thee to go into 
the field1 where no  foundation of any  
building was4    #aj3ed ,for in the     
place wherein the ,highest beginneth to 
shew his city1  there can no man's      
building be able to stand4    #aj3ee    
,and therefore fear not1 let not thine  
heart be affrighted1 but go  thy way in1
 and see the beauty and greatness of the
 building1 as much  as thine eyes be    
able to see3    #aj3ef ,and then shalt  
thou hear as much as thine ears may     
comprehend4    #aj3eg ,for thou art     
blessed above many other1 and art called
 with the  ,highest2 and so are but few4
    #aj3eh ,but to morrow at night thou 
shalt remain here2    #aj3ei ,and so    
shall the ,highest shew thee visions of 
the high things1  which the most ,high  
will do unto them that dwell upon the   
earth in the  last days4 ,so ,i slept   
that night and another1 like as he      

commanded me4    #aa3a ,then saw ,i a   
dream1 and1 behold1 there came up from  
the sea an  eagle1 which had twelve     
feathered wings1 and three heads4       
#aa3b ,and ,i saw1 and1 behold1 she     
spread her wings over all the earth1    
and all the winds of the air blew on    
her1 and were gathered together4        
#aa3c ,and ,i beheld1 and out of her    
feathers there grew other contrary      
feathers2 and they became little        
feathers and small4    #aa3d ,but her   
heads were at rest3 the head in the     
midst was greater than  the other1 yet  
rested it with the residue4    #aa3e    
,moreover ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 the eagle 
flew with her feathers1 and  reigned    
upon earth1 and over them that dwelt    
therein4    #aa3f ,and ,i saw that all  
things under heaven were subject unto   
her1 and  no man spake against her1 no1 
not one creature upon earth4    #aa3g   
,and ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 the eagle rose 
upon her talons1 and spake  to her      
feathers1 saying1    #aa3h ,watch not   

all at once3 sleep every one in his own 
place1 and watch  by course3    #aa3i   
,but let the heads be preserved for the 
last4    #aa3aj ,and ,i beheld1 and1 lo1
 the voice went not out of her heads1   
but  from the midst of her body4        
#aa3aa ,and ,i numbered her contrary    
feathers1 and1 behold1 there were  eight
 of them4    #aa3ab ,and ,i looked1 and1
 behold1 on the right side there arose  
one  feather1 and reigned over all the  
earth2    #aa3ac ,and so it was1 that   
when it reigned1 the end of it came1 and
 the  place thereof appeared no more3 so
 the next following stood up1 and       
reigned1 and had a great time2    #aa3ad
 ,and it happened1 that when it reigned1
 the end of it came also1  like as the  
first1 so that it appeared no more4     
#aa3ae ,then came there a voice unto it1
 and said1    #aa3af ,hear thou that    
hast borne rule over the earth so long3 
this ,i say  unto thee1 before thou     
beginnest to appear no more1    #aa3ag  
,there shall none after thee attain unto

 thy time1 neither unto  the half       
thereof4    #aa3ah ,then arose the      
third1 and reigned as the other before1 
and  appeared no more also4    #aa3ai   
,so went it with all the residue one    
after another1 as that every  one       
reigned1 and then appeared no more4     
#aa3bj ,then ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 in     
process of time the feathers that       
followed stood up upon the right side1  
that they might rule also2 and  some of 
them ruled1 but within a while they     
appeared no more3    #aa3ba ,for some of
 them were set up1 but ruled not4       
#aa3bb ,after this ,i looked1 and1      
behold1 the twelve feathers appeared no 
more1 nor the two little feathers3      
#aa3bc ,and there was no more upon the  
eagle's body1 but three heads that      
rested1 and six little wings4    #aa3bd 
,then saw ,i also that two little       
feathers divided themselves from  the   
six1 and remained under the head that   
was upon the right side3 for  the four  
continued in their place4    #aa3be ,and

 ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 the feathers that  
were under the wing  thought to set up  
themselves and to have the rule4        
#aa3bf ,and ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 there   
was one set up1 but shortly it  appeared
 no more4    #aa3bg ,and the second was 
sooner away than the first4    #aa3bh   
,and ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 the two that   
remained thought also in  themselves to 
reign3    #aa3bi ,and when they so      
thought1 behold1 there awaked one of the
 heads  that were at rest1 namely1 it   
that was in the midst2 for that was     
greater than the two other heads4       
#aa3cj ,and then ,i saw that the two    
other heads were joined with it4        
#aa3ca ,and1 behold1 the head was turned
 with them that were with it1 and  did  
eat up the two feathers under the wing  
that would have reigned4    #aa3cb ,but 
this head put the whole earth in fear1  
and bare rule in it  over all those that
 dwelt upon the earth with much         
oppression2 and it  had the governance  
of the world more than all the wings    

that had been4    #aa3cc ,and after this
 ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 the head that was  
in the midst  suddenly appeared no more1
 like as the wings4    #aa3cd ,but there
 remained the two heads1 which also in  
like sort ruled  upon the earth1 and    
over those that dwelt therein4    #aa3ce
 ,and ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 the head upon 
the right side devoured it  that was    
upon the left side4    #aa3cf ,then ,i  
head a voice1 which said unto me1 ,look 
before thee1 and  consider the thing    
that thou seest4    #aa3cg ,and ,i      
beheld1 and lo1 as it were a roaring    
lion chased out of the  wood3 and ,i saw
 that he sent out a man's voice unto the
 eagle1 and  said1    #aa3ch ,hear thou1
 ,i will talk with thee1 and the        
,highest shall say unto  thee1    #aa3ci
 ,art not thou it that remainest of the 
four beasts1 whom ,i made to  reign in  
my world1 that the end of their times   
might come through them8    #aa3dj ,and 
the fourth came1 and overcame all the   
beasts that were past1  and had power   

over the world with great fearfulness1  
and over the whole  compass of the earth
 with much wicked oppression2 and so    
long time  dwelt he upon the earth with 
deceit4    #aa3da ,for the earth hast   
thou not judged with truth4    #aa3db   
,for thou hast afflicted the meek1 thou 
hast hurt the peaceable1  thou hast     
loved liars1 and destroyed the dwellings
 of them that brought  forth fruit1 and 
hast cast down the walls of such as did 
thee no harm4    #aa3dc ,therefore is   
thy wrongful dealing come up unto the   
,highest1 and  thy pride unto the       
,mighty4    #aa3dd ,the ,highest also   
hath looked upon the proud times1 and1  
behold1  they are ended1 and his        
abominations are fulfilled4    #aa3de   
,and therefore appear no more1 thou     
eagle1 nor thy horrible wings1  nor thy 
wicked feathers nor thy malicious heads1
 nor thy hurtful claws1  nor all thy    
vain body3    #aa3df ,that all the earth
 may be refreshed1 and may return1 being
  delivered from thy violence1 and that 

she may hope for the judgment and  mercy
 of him that made her4    #ab3a ,and it 
came to pass1 whiles the lion spake     
these words unto the  eagle1 ,i saw1    
#ab3b ,and1 behold1 the head that       
remained and the four wings appeared no 
more1 and the two went unto it and set  
themselves up to reign1 and  their      
kingdom was small1 and fill of uproar4  
#ab3c ,and ,i saw1 and1 behold1 they    
appeared no more1 and the whole body  of
 the eagle was burnt so that the earth  
was in great fear3 then awaked  ,i out  
of the trouble and trance of my mind1   
and from great fear1 and  said unto my  
spirit1    #ab3d ,lo1 this hast thou    
done unto me1 in that thou searchest out
 the  ways of the ,highest4    #ab3e    
,lo1 yet am ,i weary in my mind1 and    
very weak in my spirit2 and  little     
strength is there in me1 for the great  
fear wherewith ,i was  afflicted this   
night4    #ab3f ,therefore will ,i now  
beseech the ,highest1 that he will      
comfort me  unto the end4    #ab3g ,and 

,i said1 ,lord that bearest rule1 if ,i 
have found grace before  thy sight1 and 
if ,i am justified with thee before many
 others1 and if  my prayer indeed be    
come up before thy face2    #ab3h       
,comfort me then1 and shew me thy       
servant the interpretation and  plain   
difference of this fearful vision1 that 
thou mayest perfectly  comfort my soul4 
#ab3i ,for thou hast judged me worthy to
 shew me the last times4    #ab3aj ,and 
he said unto me1 ,this is the           
interpretation of the vision3    #ab3aa 
,the eagle1 whom thou sawest come up    
from the sea1 is the kingdom  which was 
seen in the vision of thy brother       
,daniel4    #ab3ab ,but it was not      
expounded unto him1 therefore now ,i    
declare it  unto thee4    #ab3ac        
,behold1 the days will come1 that there 
shall rise up a kingdom  upon earth1 and
 it shall be feared above all the       
kingdoms that were  before it4    #ab3ad
 ,in the same shall twelve kings reign1 
one after another3    #ab3ae ,whereof   

the second shall begin to reign1 and    
shall have more time  than any of the   
twelve4    #ab3af ,and this do the      
twelve wings signify1 which thou sawest4
    #ab3ag ,as for the voice which thou 
heardest speak1 and that thou sawest    
not to go out from the heads but from   
the midst of the body thereof1  this is 
the interpretation3    #ab3ah ,that     
after the time of that kingdom there    
shall arise great  strivings1 and it    
shall stand in peril of failing3        
nevertheless it  shall not then fall1   
but shall be restored again to his      
beginning4    #ab3ai ,and whereas thou  
sawest the eight small under feathers   
sticking  to her wings1 this is the     
interpretation3    #ab3bj ,that in him  
there shall arise eight kings1 whose    
times shall be  but small1 and their    
years swift4    #ab3ba ,and two of them 
shall perish1 the middle time           
approaching3 four  shall be kept until  
their end begin to approach3 but two    
shall be kept  unto the end4    #ab3bb  

,and whereas thou sawest three heads    
resting1 this is the  interpretation3   
#ab3bc ,in his last days shall the most 
,high raise up three kingdoms1 and      
renew many things therein1 and they     
shall have the dominion of the  earth1  
#ab3bd ,and of those that dwell therein1
 with much oppression1 above all  those 
that were before them3 therefore are    
they called the heads of the  eagle4    
#ab3be ,for these are they that shall   
accomplish his wickedness1 and that     
shall finish his last end4    #ab3bf    
,and whereas thou sawest that the great 
head appeared no more1 it  signifieth   
that one of them shall die upon his bed1
 and yet with pain4    #ab3bg ,for the  
two that remain shall be slain with the 
sword4    #ab3bh ,for the sword of the  
one shall devour the other3 but at the  
last  shall he fall through the sword   
himself4    #ab3bi ,and whereas thou    
sawest two feathers under the wings     
passing over  the head that is on the   
right side2    #ab3cj ,it signifieth    

that these are they1 whom the ,highest  
hath kept  unto their end3 this is the  
small kingdom and full of trouble1 as   
thou  sawest4    #ab3ca ,and the lion1  
whom thou sawest rising up out of the   
wood1 and  roaring1 and speaking to the 
eagle1 and rebuking her for her         
unrighteousness with all the words which
 thou hast heard2    #ab3cb ,this is the
 anointed1 which the ,highest hath kept 
for them and  for their wickedness unto 
the end3 he shall reprove them1 and     
shall  upbraid them with their cruelty4 
#ab3cc ,for he shall set them before him
 alive in judgment1 and shall  rebuke   
them1 and correct them4    #ab3cd ,for  
the rest of my people shall he deliver  
with mercy1 those that  have been       
pressed upon my borders1 and he shall   
make them joyful until  the coming of   
the day of judgment1 whereof ,i have    
spoken unto thee from  the beginning4   
#ab3ce ,this is the dream that thou     
sawest1 and these are the               
interpretations4    #ab3cf ,thou only   

hast been meet to know this secret of   
the ,highest4    #ab3cg ,therefore write
 all these things that thou hast seen in
 a book1  and hide them3    #ab3ch ,and 
teach them to the wise of the people1   
whose hearts thou  knowest may          
comprehend and keep these secrets4      
#ab3ci ,but wait thou here thyself yet  
seven days more1 that it may be  shewed 
thee1 whatsoever it pleaseth the        
,highest to declare unto thee4  ,and    
with that he went his way4    #ab3dj    
,and it came to pass1 when all the      
people saw that the seven days  were    
past1 and ,i not come again into the    
city1 they gathered them all  together1 
from the least unto the greatest1 and   
came unto me1 and said1    #ab3da ,what 
have we offended thee8 and what evil    
have we done against  thee1 that thou   
forsakest us1 and sittest here in this  
place8    #ab3db ,for of all the        
prophets thou only art left us1 as a    
cluster of  the vintage1 and as a candle
 in a dark place1 and as a haven or ship

  preserved from the tempest4    #ab3dc 
,are not the evils which are come to us 
sufficient8    #ab3dd ,if thou shalt    
forsake us1 how much better had it been 
for us1 if  we also had been burned in  
the midst of ,sion8    #ab3de ,for we   
are not better than they that died      
there4 ,and they wept  with a loud      
voice4 ,then answered ,i them1 and said1
    #ab3df ,be of good comfort1 ,o      
,israel2 and be not heavy1 thou house of
  ,jacob3    #ab3dg ,for the ,highest   
hath you in remembrance1 and the ,mighty
 hath not  forgotten you in temptation4 
#ab3dh ,as for me1 ,i have not forsaken 
you1 neither am ,i departed from  you3  
but am come into this place1 to pray for
 the desolation of ,sion1  and that ,i  
might seek mercy for the low estate of  
your sanctuary4    #ab3di ,and now go   
your way home every man1 and after these
 days will ,i  come unto you4    #ab3ej 
,so the people went their way into the  
city1 like as ,i commanded  them3       
#ab3ea ,but ,i remained still in the    

field seven days1 as the angel          
commanded me2 and did eat only in those 
days of the flowers of the  field1 and  
had my meat of the herbs    #ac3a ,and  
it came to pass after seven days1 ,i    
dreamed a dream by night3    #ac3b ,and1
 lo1 there arose a wind from the sea1   
that it moved all the  waves thereof4   
#ac3c ,and ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 that man 
waxed strong with the thousands of      
heaven3 and when he turned his          
countenance to look1 all the things     
trembled that were seen under him4      
#ac3d ,and whensoever the voice went out
 of his mouth1 all they burned  that    
heard his voice1 like as the earth      
faileth when it feeleth the  fire4      
#ac3e ,and after this ,i beheld1 and1   
lo1 there was gathered together a       
multitude of men1 out of number1 from   
the four winds of the heaven1 to  subdue
 the man that came out of the sea       
#ac3f ,but ,i beheld1 and1 lo1 he had   
graved himself a great mountain1 and    
flew up upon it4    #ac3g ,but ,i would 

have seen the region or place whereout  
the hill was  graven1 and ,i could not4 
#ac3h ,and after this ,i beheld1 and1   
lo1 all they which were gathered        
together to subdue him were sore afraid1
 and yet durst fight4    #ac3i ,and1 lo1
 as he saw the violence of the multitude
 that came1 he  neither lifted up his   
hand1 nor held sword1 nor any instrument
 of war3    #ac3aj ,but only ,i saw that
 he sent out of his mouth as it had been
 a  blast of fire1 and out of his lips a
 flaming breath1 and out of his  tongue 
he cast out sparks and tempests4        
#ac3aa ,and they were all mixed         
together2 the blast of fire1 the flaming
  breath1 and the great tempest2 and    
fell with violence upon the  multitude  
which was prepared to fight1 and burned 
them up every one1 so  that upon a      
sudden of an innumerable multitude      
nothing was to be  perceived1 but only  
dust and smell of smoke3 when ,i saw    
this ,i was  afraid4    #ac3ab          
,afterward saw ,i the same man come down

 from the mountain1 and  call unto him  
another peaceable ,multitude4    #ac3ac 
,and there came much people unto him1   
whereof some were glad1 some  were      
sorry1 and some of them were bound1 and 
other some brought of them  that were   
offered3 then was ,i sick through great 
fear1 and ,i awaked1  and said1         
#ac3ad ,thou hast shewed thy servant    
these wonders from the beginning1  and  
hast counted me worthy that thou        
shouldest receive my prayer3    #ac3ae  
,shew me now yet the interpretation of  
this dream4    #ac3af ,for as ,i        
conceive in mine understanding1 woe unto
 them that shall  be left in those days 
and much more woe unto them that are not
 left  behind6    #ac3ag ,for they that 
were not left were in heaviness4        
#ac3ah ,now understand ,i the things    
that are laid up in the latter days1    
which shall happen unto them1 and to    
those that are left behind4    #ac3ai   
,therefore are they come into great     
perils and many necessities1  like as   

these dreams declare4    #ac3bj ,yet is 
it easier for him that is in danger to  
come into these  things1 than to pass   
away as a cloud out of the world1 and   
not to see  the things that happen in   
the last days4 ,and he answered unto me1
 and  said1    #ac3ba ,the              
interpretation of the vision shall ,i   
shew thee1 and ,i will  open unto thee  
the thing that thou hast required4      
#ac3bb ,whereas thou hast spoken of them
 that are left behind1 this is  the     
interpretation3    #ac3bc ,he that shall
 endure the peril in that time hath kept
 himself3  they that be fallen into     
danger are such as have works1 and faith
  toward the ,almighty4    #ac3bd ,know 
this therefore1 that they which be left 
behind are more  blessed than they that 
be dead4    #ac3be ,this is the meaning 
of the vision3 ,whereas thou sawest a   
man  coming up from the midst of the    
sea3    #ac3bf ,the same is he whom ,god
 the ,highest hath kept a great season1 
which by his own self shall deliver his 

creature3 and he shall order  them that 
are left behind4    #ac3bg ,and whereas 
thou sawest1 that out of his mouth there
 came as a  blast of wind1 and fire1 and
 storm2    #ac3bh ,and that he held     
neither sword1 nor any instrument of    
war1 but  that the rushing in of him    
destroyed the whole multitude that came 
to  subdue him2 this is the             
interpretation3    #ac3bi ,behold1 the  
days come1 when the most ,high will     
begin to deliver  them that are upon the
 earth4    #ac3cj ,and he shall come to 
the astonishment of them that dwell on  
the  earth4    #ac3ca ,and one shall    
undertake to fight against another1 one 
city  against another1 one place against
 another1 one people against another1   
and one realm against another4    #ac3cb
 ,and the time shall be when these      
things shall come to pass1 and  the     
signs shall happen which ,i shewed thee 
before1 and then shall my  ,son be      
declared1 whom thou sawest as a man     
ascending4    #ac3cc ,and when all the  

people hear his voice1 every man shall  
in their  own land leave the battle they
 have one against another4    #ac3cd    
,and an innumerable multitude shall be  
gathered together1 as thou  sawest them1
 willing to come1 and to overcome him by
 fighting4    #ac3ce ,but he shall stand
 upon the top of the mount ,sion4       
#ac3cf ,and ,sion shall come1 and shall 
be shewed to all men1 being  prepared   
and builded1 like as thou sawest the    
hill graven without  hands4    #ac3cg   
,and this my ,son shall rebuke the      
wicked inventions of those  nations1    
which for their wicked life are fallen  
into the tempest2    #ac3ch ,and shall  
lay before them their evil thoughts1 and
 the torments  wherewith they shall     
begin to be tormented1 which are like   
unto a  flame3 and he shall destroy them
 without labour by the law which is     
like unto me4    #ac3ci ,and whereas    
thou sawest that he gathered another    
peaceable  multitude unto him2    #ac3dj
 ,those are the ten tribes1 which were  

carried away prisoners out  of their own
 land in the time of ,osea the king1    
whom ,salmanasar the  king of ,assyria  
led away captive1 and he carried them   
over the waters1  and so came they into 
another land4    #ac3da ,but they took  
this counsel among themselves1 that they
 would  leave the multitude of the      
heathen1 and go forth into a further    
country1 where never mankind dwelt1     
#ac3db ,that they might there keep their
 statutes1 which they never kept  in    
their own land4    #ac3dc ,and they     
entered into ,euphrates by the narrow   
places of the  river4    #ac3dd ,for the
 most ,high then shewed signs for them1 
and held still the  flood1 till they    
were passed over4    #ac3de ,for through
 that country there was a great way to  
go1 namely1 of  a year and a half3 and  
the same region is called ,arsareth4    
#ac3df ,then dwelt they there until the 
latter time2 and now when they  shall   
begin to come1    #ac3dg ,the ,highest  
shall stay the springs of the stream    

again1 that they  may go through3       
therefore sawest thou the multitude with
 peace4    #ac3dh ,but those that be    
left behind of thy people are they that 
are  found within my borders4    #ac3di 
,now when he destroyeth the multitude of
 the nations that are  gathered         
together1 he shall defend his people    
that remain4    #ac3ej ,and then shall  
he shew them great wonders4    #ac3ea   
,then said ,i1 ,o ,lord that bearest    
rule1 shew me this3 ,wherefore  have ,i 
seen the man coming up from the midst of
 the sea8    #ac3eb ,and he said unto   
me1 ,like as thou canst neither seek out
 nor know  the things that are in the   
deep of the sea3 even so can no man upon
  earth see my ,son1 or those that be   
with him1 but in the day time4    #ac3ec
 ,this is the interpretation of the     
dream which thou sawest1 and  whereby   
thou only art here lightened4    #ac3ed 
,for thou hast forsaken thine own way1  
and applied thy diligence  unto my law1 
and sought it4    #ac3ee ,thy life hast 

thou ordered in wisdom1 and hast called 
understanding thy mother4    #ac3ef ,and
 therefore have ,i shewed thee the      
treasures of the ,highest3  after other 
three days ,i will speak other things   
unto thee1 and declare  unto thee mighty
 and wondrous things4    #ac3eg ,then   
went ,i forth into the field1 giving    
praise and thanks  greatly unto the most
 ,high because of his wonders which he  
did in time2    #ac3eh ,and because he  
governeth the same1 and such things as  
fall in  their seasons3 and there ,i sat
 three days4    #ad3a ,and it came to   
pass upon the third day1 ,i sat under an
 oak1 and1  behold1 there came a voice  
out of a bush over against me1 and said1
  ,esdras1 ,esdras4    #ad3b ,and ,i    
said1 ,here am ,i1 ,lord ,and ,i stood  
up upon my feet4    #ad3c ,then said he 
unto me1 ,in the bush ,i did manifestly 
reveal myself  unto ,moses1 and talked  
with him1 when my people served in      
,egypt3    #ad3d ,and ,i sent him and   
led my people out of ,egypt1 and brought

 him up  to the mount of where ,i held  
him by me a long season1    #ad3e ,and  
told him many wondrous things1 and      
shewed him the secrets of  the times1   
and the end2 and commanded him1 saying1 
#ad3f ,these words shalt thou declare1  
and these shalt thou hide4    #ad3g ,and
 now ,i say unto thee1    #ad3h ,that   
thou lay up in thy heart the signs that 
,i have shewed1 and  the dreams that    
thou hast seen1 and the interpretations 
which thou hast  heard3    #ad3i ,for   
thou shalt be taken away from all1 and  
from henceforth thou  shalt remain with 
my ,son1 and with such as be like thee1 
until the  times be ended4    #ad3aj    
,for the world hath lost his youth1 and 
the times begin to wax  old4    #ad3aa  
,for the world is divided into twelve   
parts1 and the ten parts of  it are gone
 already1 and half of a tenth part3     
#ad3ab ,and there remaineth that which  
is after the half of the tenth  part4   
#ad3ac ,now therefore set thine house in
 order1 and reprove thy people1  comfort

 such of them as be in trouble1 and now 
renounce corruption1    #ad3ad ,let go  
from thee mortal thoughts1 cast away the
 burdens of man1  put off now the weak  
nature1    #ad3ae ,and set aside the    
thoughts that are most heavy unto thee1 
and  haste thee to flee from these      
times4    #ad3af ,for yet greater evils 
than those which thou hast seen happen  
shall be done hereafter4    #ad3ag ,for 
look how much the world shall be weaker 
through age1 so much  the more shall    
evils increase upon them that dwell     
therein4    #ad3ah ,for the time is fled
 far away1 and leasing is hard at hand3 
for  now hasteth the vision to come1    
which thou hast seen4    #ad3ai ,then   
answered ,i before thee1 and said1      
#ad3bj ,behold1 ,lord1 ,i will go1 as   
thou hast commanded me1 and reprove  the
 people which are present3 but they that
 shall be born afterward1  who shall    
admonish them8 thus the world is set in 
darkness1 and they  that dwell therein  
are without light4    #ad3ba ,for thy   

law is burnt1 therefore no man knoweth  
the things that  are done of thee1 or   
the work that shall begin4    #ad3bb    
,but if ,i have found grace before thee1
 send the ,holy ,ghost into  me1 and ,i 
shall write all that hath been done in  
the world since the  beginning1 which   
were written in thy law1 that men may   
find thy path1  and that they which will
 live in the latter days may live4      
#ad3bc ,and he answered me1 saying1 ,go 
thy way1 gather the people  together1   
and say unto them1 that they seek thee  
not for forty days4    #ad3bd ,but look 
thou prepare thee many box trees1 and   
take with thee  ,sarea1 ,dabria1        
,selemia1 ,ecanus1 and ,asiel1 these    
five which are ready  to write swiftly2 
#ad3be ,and come hither1 and ,i shall   
light a candle of understanding in      
thine heart1 which shall not be put out1
 till the things be performed  which    
thou shalt begin to write4    #ad3bf    
,and when thou hast done1 some things   
shalt thou publish1 and some  things    

shalt thou shew secretly to the wise3 to
 morrow this hour shalt  thou begin to  
write4    #ad3bg ,then went ,i forth1 as
 he commanded1 and gathered all the     
people  together1 and said1    #ad3bh   
,hear these words1 ,o ,israel4    #ad3bi
 ,our fathers at the beginning were     
strangers in ,egypt1 from whence  they  
were delivered3    #ad3cj ,and received 
the law of life1 which they kept not1   
which ye also  have transgressed after  
them4    #ad3ca ,then was the land1 even
 the land of ,sion1 parted among you by 
lot3 but your fathers1 and ye           
yourselves1 have done unrighteousness1  
and have not kept the ways which the    
,highest commanded you4    #ad3cb ,and  
forasmuch as he is a righteous judge1 he
 took from you in  time the thing that  
he had given you4    #ad3cc ,and now are
 ye here1 and your brethren among you4  
#ad3cd ,therefore if so be that ye will 
subdue your own understanding1  and     
reform your hearts1 ye shall be kept    
alive and after death ye shall  obtain  

mercy4    #ad3ce ,for after death shall 
the judgment come1 when we shall live   
again3 and then shall the names of the  
righteous be manifest1 and the  works of
 the ungodly shall be declared4         
#ad3cf ,let no man therefore come unto  
me now1 nor seek after me these  forty  
days4    #ad3cg ,so ,i took the five    
men1 as he commanded me1 and we went    
into the  field1 and remained there4    
#ad3ch ,and the next day1 behold1 a     
voice called me1 saying1 ,esdras1 open  
thy mouth1 and drink that ,i give thee  
to drink4    #ad3ci ,then opened ,i my  
mouth1 and1 behold1 he reached me a full
 cup1  which was full as it were with   
water1 but the colour of it was like    
fire4    #ad3dj ,and ,i took it1 and    
drank3 and when ,i had drunk of it1 my  
heart  uttered understanding1 and wisdom
 grew in my breast1 for my spirit       
strengthened my memory3    #ad3da ,and  
my mouth was opened1 and shut no more4  
#ad3db ,the ,highest gave understanding 
unto the five men1 and they wrote  the  

wonderful visions of the night that were
 told1 which they knew not3  and they   
sat forty days1 and they wrote in the   
day1 and at night they  ate bread4      
#ad3dc ,as for me4 ,i spake in the day1 
and ,i held not my tongue by night4     
#ad3dd ,in forty days they wrote two    
hundred and four books4    #ad3de ,and  
it came to pass1 when the forty days    
were filled1 that the  ,highest spake1  
saying1 ,the first that thou hast       
written publish openly1  that the worthy
 and unworthy may read it3    #ad3df    
,but keep the seventy last1 that thou   
mayest deliver them only to  such as be 
wise among the people3    #ad3dg ,for in
 them is the spring of understanding1   
the fountain of  wisdom1 and the stream 
of knowledge4    #ad3dh ,and ,i did so4 
#ae3a ,behold1 speak thou in the ears of
 my people the words of prophecy1  which
 ,i will put in thy mouth1 saith the    
,lord3    #ae3b ,and cause them to be   
written in paper3 for they are faithful 
and  true4    #ae3c ,fear not the       

imaginations against thee1 let not the  
incredulity of  them trouble thee1 that 
speak against thee4    #ae3d ,for all   
the unfaithful shall die in their       
unfaithfulness4    #ae3e ,behold1 saith 
the ,lord1 ,i will bring plagues upon   
the world2 the  sword1 famine1 death1   
and destruction4    #ae3f ,for          
wickedness hath exceedingly polluted the
 whole earth1 and  their hurtful works  
are fulfilled4    #ae3g ,therefore saith
 the ,lord1    #ae3h ,i will hold my    
tongue no more as touching their        
wickedness1 which  they profanely       
commit1 neither will ,i suffer them in  
those things1 in  which they wickedly   
exercise themselves3 behold1 the        
innocent and  righteous blood crieth    
unto me1 and the souls of the just      
complain  continually4    #ae3i ,and    
therefore1 saith the ,lord1 ,i will     
surely avenge them1 and  receive unto me
 all the innocent blood from among them4
    #ae3aj ,behold1 my people is led as 
a flock to the slaughter3 ,i will not   

suffer them now to dwell in the land of 
,egypt3    #ae3aa ,but ,i will bring    
them with a mighty hand and a stretched 
out arm1  and smite ,egypt with plagues1
 as before1 and will destroy all the    
land  thereof4    #ae3ab ,egypt shall   
mourn1 and the foundation of it shall be
 smitten with  the plague and punishment
 that ,god shall bring upon it4         
#ae3ac ,they that till the ground shall 
mourn3 for their seeds shall fail       
through the blasting and hail1 and with 
a fearful constellation4    #ae3ad ,woe 
to the world and them that dwell        
therein6    #ae3ae ,for the sword and   
their destruction draweth nigh1 and one 
people  shall stand up and fight against
 another1 and swords in their hands4    
#ae3af ,for there shall be sedition     
among men1 and invading one another2    
they shall not regard their kings nor   
princes1 and the course of their        
actions shall stand in their power4     
#ae3ag ,a man shall desire to go into a 
city1 and shall not be able4    #ae3ah  

,for because of their pride the cities  
shall be troubled1 the  houses shall be 
destroyed1 and men shall be afraid4     
#ae3ai ,a man shall have no pity upon   
his neighbour1 but shall destroy  their 
houses with the sword1 and spoil their  
goods1 because of the lack  of bread1   
and for great tribulation4    #ae3bj    
,behold1 saith ,god1 ,i will call       
together all the kings of the  earth to 
reverence me1 which are from the rising 
of the sun1 from the  south1 from the   
east1 and ,libanus2 to turn themselves  
one against  another1 and repay the     
things that they have done to them4     
#ae3ba ,like as they do yet this day    
unto my chosen1 so will ,i do also1  and
 recompense in their bosom4 ,thus saith 
the ,lord ,god2    #ae3bb ,my right hand
 shall not spare the sinners1 and my    
sword shall not  cease over them that   
shed innocent blood upon the earth4     
#ae3bc ,the fire is gone forth from his 
wrath1 and hath consumed the            
foundations of the earth1 and the       

sinners1 like the straw that is         
kindled4    #ae3bd ,woe to them that    
sin1 and keep not my commandments6 saith
 the  ,lord4    #ae3be ,i will not spare
 them3 go your way1 ye children1 from   
the power1  defile not my sanctuary4    
#ae3bf ,for the ,lord knoweth all them  
that sin against him1 and therefore     
delivereth he them unto death and       
destruction4    #ae3bg ,for now are the 
plagues come upon the whole earth and ye
 shall  remain in them3 for ,god shall  
not deliver you1 because ye have sinned 
against him4    #ae3bh ,behold an       
horrible vision1 and the appearance     
thereof from the  east3    #ae3bi ,where
 the nations of the dragons of ,arabia  
shall come out with  many chariots1 and 
the multitude of them shall be carried  
as the wind  upon earth1 that all they  
which hear them may fear and tremble4   
#ae3cj ,also the ,carmanians raging in  
wrath shall go forth as the wild  boars 
of the wood1 and with great power shall 
they come1 and join  battle with them1  

and shall waste a portion of the land of
 the  ,assyrians4    #ae3ca ,and then   
shall the dragons have the upper hand1  
remembering their  nature2 and if they  
shall turn themselves1 conspiring       
together in great  power to persecute   
them1    #ae3cb ,then these shall be    
troubled bled1 and keep silence through 
their  power1 and shall flee4    #ae3cc 
,and from the land of the ,assyrians    
shall the enemy besiege them1  and      
consume some of them1 and in their host 
shall be fear and dread1  and strife    
among their kings4    #ae3cd ,behold    
clouds from the east and from the north 
unto the south1  and they are very      
horrible to look upon1 full of wrath and
 storm4    #ae3ce ,they shall smite one 
upon another1 and they shall smite down 
a  great multitude of stars upon the    
earth1 even their own star2 and blood   
shall be from the sword unto the belly1 
#ae3cf ,and dung of men unto the camel's
 hough4    #ae3cg ,and there shall be   
great fearfulness and trembling upon    

earth3  and they that see the wrath     
shall be afraid1 and trembling shall    
come  upon them4    #ae3ch ,and then    
shall there come great storms from the  
south1 and from  the north1 and another 
part from the west4    #ae3ci ,and      
strong winds shall arise from the east1 
and shall open it2  and the cloud which 
he raised up in wrath1 and the star     
stirred to  cause fear toward the east  
and west wind1 shall be destroyed4      
#ae3dj ,the great and mighty clouds     
shall be puffed up full of wrath1 and   
the star1 that they may make all the    
earth afraid1 and them that dwell       
therein2 and they shall pour out over   
every high and eminent place an         
horrible star1    #ae3da ,fire1 and     
hail1 and flying swords1 and many       
waters1 that all  fields may be full1   
and all rivers1 with the abundance of   
great waters4    #ae3db ,and they shall 
break down the cities and walls1        
mountains and  hills1 trees of the wood1
 and grass of the meadows1 and their    

corn4    #ae3dc ,and they shall go      
stedfastly unto ,babylon1 and make her  
afraid4    #ae3dd ,they shall come to   
her1 and besiege her1 the star and all  
wrath  shall they pour out upon her3    
then shall the dust and smoke go up unto
  the heaven1 and all they that be about
 her shall bewail her4    #ae3de ,and   
they that remain under her shall do     
service unto them that  have put her in 
fear4    #ae3df ,and thou1 ,asia1 that  
art partaker of the hope of ,babylon1   
and art  the glory of her person3       
#ae3dg ,woe be unto thee1 thou wretch1  
because thou hast made thyself  like    
unto her2 and hast decked thy daughters 
in whoredom1 that they  might please and
 glory in thy lovers1 which have always 
desired to  commit whoredom with thee4  
#ae3dh ,thou hast followed her that is  
hated in all her works and  inventions3 
therefore saith ,god1    #ae3di ,i will 
send plagues upon thee2 widowhood1      
poverty1 famine1 sword1  and pestilence1
 to waste thy houses with destruction   

and death4    #ae3ej ,and the glory of  
thy ,power shall be dried up as a       
flower1 the  heat shall arise that is   
sent over thee4    #ae3ea ,thou shalt be
 weakened as a poor woman with stripes1 
and as one  chastised with wounds1 so   
that the mighty and lovers shall not be 
able  to receive thee4    #ae3eb ,would 
,i with jealousy have so proceeded      
against thee1 saith the  ,lord1         
#ae3ec ,if thou hadst not always slain  
my chosen1 exalting the stroke of  thine
 hands1 and saying over their dead1 when
 thou wast drunken1    #ae3ed ,set forth
 the beauty of thy countenance8         
#ae3ee ,the reward of thy whoredom shall
 be in thy bosom1 therefore shalt  thou 
receive recompence4    #ae3ef ,like as  
thou hast done unto my chosen1 saith the
 ,lord1 even so  shall ,god do unto     
thee1 and shall deliver thee into       
mischief    #ae3eg ,thy children shall  
die of hunger1 and thou shalt fall      
through the  sword3 thy cities shall be 
broken down1 and all thine shall perish 

with  the sword in the field4    #ae3eh 
,they that be in the mountains shall die
 of hunger1 and eat their  own flesh1   
and drink their own blood1 for very     
hunger of bread1 and  thirst of water4  
#ae3ei ,thou as unhappy shalt come      
through the sea1 and receive plagues    
again4    #ae3fj ,and in the passage    
they shall rush on the idle city1 and   
shall  destroy some portion of thy land1
 and consume part of thy glory1 and     
shall return to ,babylon that was       
destroyed4    #ae3fa ,and thou shalt be 
cast down by them as stubble1 and they  
shall be  unto thee as fire2    #ae3fb  
,and shall consume thee1 and thy cities1
 thy land1 and thy  mountains2 all thy  
woods and thy fruitful trees shall they 
burn up with  fire4    #ae3fc ,thy      
children shall they carry away captive1 
and1 look1 what thou  hast1 they shall  
spoil it1 and mar the beauty of thy     
face4    #af3a ,woe be unto thee1       
,babylon1 and ,asia6 woe be unto thee1  
,egypt and  ,syria6    #af3b ,gird up   

yourselves with cloths of sack and hair1
 bewail your  children1 and be sorry2   
for your destruction is at hand4        
#af3c ,a sword is sent upon you1 and who
 may turn it back8    #af3d ,a fire is  
sent among you1 and who may quench it8  
#af3e ,plagues are sent unto you1 and   
what is he that may drive them  away8   
#af3f ,may any man drive away an hungry 
lion in the wood8 or may any one  quench
 the fire in stubble1 when it hath begun
 to burn8    #af3g ,may one turn again  
the arrow that is shot of a strong      
archer8    #af3h ,the mighty ,lord      
sendeth the plagues and who is he that  
can drive  them away8    #af3i ,a fire  
shall go forth from his wrath1 and who  
is he that may  quench it8    #af3aj ,he
 shall cast lightnings1 and who shall   
not fear8 he shall  thunder1 and who    
shall not be afraid8    #af3aa ,the     
,lord shall threaten1 and who shall not 
be utterly beaten to  powder at his     
presence8    #af3ab ,the earth quaketh1 
and the foundations thereof2 the sea    

ariseth  up with waves from the deep1   
and the waves of it are troubled1 and   
the  fishes thereof also1 before the    
,lord1 and before the glory of his      
power3    #af3ac ,for strong is his     
right hand that bendeth the bow1 his    
arrows  that he shooteth are sharp1 and 
shall not miss1 when they begin to be   
shot into the ends of the world4        
#af3ad ,behold1 the plagues are sent1   
and shall not return again1 until  they 
come upon the earth4    #af3ae ,the fire
 is kindled1 and shall not be put out1  
till it consume  the foundation of the  
earth4    #af3af ,like as an arrow which
 is shot of a mighty archer returneth   
not  backward3 even so the plagues that 
shall be sent upon earth shall not      
return again4    #af3ag ,woe is me6 woe 
is me6 who will deliver me in those     
days8    #af3ah ,the beginning of       
sorrows and great mournings2 the        
beginning of  famine and great death2   
the beginning of wars1 and the powers   
shall  stand in fear2 the beginning of  

evils6 what shall ,i do when these evils
  shall come8    #af3ai ,behold1 famine 
and plague1 tribulation and anguish1 are
 sent as  scourges for amendment4       
#af3bj ,but for all these things they   
shall not turn from their  wickedness1  
nor be always mindful of the scourges4  
#af3ba ,behold1 victuals shall be so    
good cheap upon earth1 that they  shall 
think themselves to be in good case1 and
 even then shall evils  grow upon earth1
 sword1 famine1 and great confusion4    
#af3bb ,for many of them that dwell upon
 earth shall perish of famine2  and the 
other1 that escape the hunger1 shall the
 sword destroy4    #af3bc ,and the dead 
shall be cast out as dung1 and there    
shall be no man  to comfort them3 for   
the earth shall be wasted1 and the      
cities shall be  cast down4    #af3bd   
,there shall be no man left to till the 
earth1 and to sow it    #af3be ,the     
trees shall give fruit1 and who shall   
gather them8    #af3bf ,the grapes shall
 ripen1 and who shall tread them8 for   

all places  shall be desolate of men3   
#af3bg ,so that one man shall desire to 
see another1 and to hear his  voice4    
#af3bh ,for of a city there shall be ten
 left1 and two of the field1  which     
shall hide themselves in the thick      
groves1 and in the clefts of  the rocks4
    #af3bi ,as in an orchard of ,olives 
upon every tree there are left three  or
 four olives2    #af3cj ,or as when a   
vineyard is gathered1 there are left    
some clusters  of them that diligently  
seek through the vineyard3    #af3ca    
,even so in those days there shall be   
three or four left by them  that search 
their houses with the sword4    #af3cb  
,and the earth shall be laid waste1 and 
the fields thereof shall  wax old1 and  
her ways and all her paths shall grow   
full of thorns1  because no man shall   
travel therethrough4    #af3cc ,the     
virgins shall mourn1 having no          
bridegrooms2 the women shall  mourn1    
having no husbands2 their daughters     
shall mourn1 having no  helpers4        

#af3cd ,in the wars shall their         
bridegrooms be destroyed1 and their     
husbands shall perish of famine4        
#af3ce ,hear now these things and       
understand them1 ye servants of the     
,lord4    #af3cf ,behold1 the word of   
the ,lord1 receive it3 believe not the  
gods of  whom the ,lord spake4    #af3cg
 ,behold1 the plagues draw nigh1 and are
 not slack4    #af3ch ,as when a woman  
with child in the ninth month bringeth  
forth her  son1 with two or three hours 
of her birth great pains compass her    
womb1  which pains1 when the child      
cometh forth1 they slack not a moment3  
#af3ci ,even so shall not the plagues be
 slack to come upon the earth1  and the 
world shall mourn1 and sorrows shall    
come upon it on every  side4    #af3dj  
,o my people1 hear my word3 make you    
ready to thy battle1 and in  those evils
 be even as pilgrims upon the earth4    
#af3da ,he that selleth1 let him be as  
he that fleeth away3 and he that        
buyeth1 as one that will lose3    #af3db

 ,he that occupieth merchandise1 as he  
that hath no profit by it3  and he that 
buildeth1 as he that shall not dwell    
therein3    #af3dc ,he that soweth1 as  
if he should not reap3 so also he that  
planteth the vineyard1 as he that shall 
not gather the grapes3    #af3dd ,they  
that marry1 as they that shall get no   
children2 and they  that marry not1 as  
the widowers4    #af3de ,and therefore  
they that labour labour in vain3        
#af3df ,for strangers shall reap their  
fruits1 and spoil their goods1          
overthrow their houses1 and take their  
children captives1 for in  captivity and
 famine shall they get children4        
#af3dg ,and they that occupy their      
merchandise with robbery1 the more  they
 deck their cities1 their houses1 their 
possessions1 and their own  persons3    
#af3dh ,the more will ,i be angry with  
them for their sin1 saith the ,lord4    
#af3di ,like as a whore envieth a right 
honest and virtuous woman3    #af3ej ,so
 shall righteousness hate iniquity1 when

 she decketh herself1  and shall accuse 
her to her face1 when he cometh that    
shall defend him  that diligently       
searcheth out every sin upon earth4     
#af3ea ,and therefore be ye not like    
thereunto1 nor to the works thereof4    
#af3eb ,for yet a little1 and iniquity  
shall be taken away out of the  earth1  
and righteousness shall reign among you4
    #af3ec ,let not the sinner say that 
he hath not sinned3 for ,god shall  burn
 coals of fire upon his head1 which     
saith before the ,lord ,god and  his    
glory1 ,i have not sinned4    #af3ed    
,behold1 the ,lord knoweth all the works
 of men1 their  imaginations1 their     
thoughts1 and their hearts3    #af3ee   
,which spake but the word1 ,let the     
earth be made2 and it was made3  ,let   
the heaven be made2 and it was created4 
#af3ef ,in his word were the stars made1
 and he knoweth the number of  them4    
#af3eg ,he searcheth the deep1 and the  
treasures thereof2 he hath  measured the
 sea1 and what it containeth4    #af3eh 

,he hath shut the sea in the midst of   
the waters1 and with his  word hath he  
hanged the earth upon the waters4       
#af3ei ,he spreadeth out the heavens    
like a vault2 upon the waters hath  he  
founded it4    #af3fj ,in the desert    
hath he made springs of water1 and pools
 upon the  tops of the mountains1 that  
the floods might pour down from the high
  rocks to water the earth4    #af3fa   
,he made man1 and put his heart in the  
midst of the body1 and gave  him breath1
 life1 and understanding4    #af3fb ,yea
 and the ,spirit of ,almighty ,god1     
which made all things1 and  searcheth   
out all hidden things in the secrets of 
the earth1    #af3fc ,surely he knoweth 
your inventions1 and what ye think in   
your  hearts1 even them that sin1 and   
would hide their sin4    #af3fd         
,therefore hath the ,lord exactly       
searched out all your works1 and  he    
will put you all to shame4    #af3fe    
,and when your sins are brought forth1  
ye shall be ashamed before  men1 and    

your own sins shall be your accusers in 
that day4    #af3ff ,what will ye do8 or
 how will ye hide your sins before ,god 
and his  angels8    #af3fg ,behold1 ,god
 himself is the judge1 fear him3 leave  
off from your  sins1 and forget your    
iniquities1 to meddle no more with them 
for ever3  so shall ,god lead you forth1
 and deliver you from all trouble4      
#af3fh ,for1 behold1 the burning wrath  
of a great multitude is kindled  over   
you1 and they shall take away certain of
 you1 and feed you1 being  idle1 with   
things offered unto idols4    #af3fi    
,and they that consent unto them shall  
be had in derision and in  reproach1 and
 trodden under foot4    #af3gj ,for     
there shall be in every place1 and in   
the next cities1 a  great insurrection  
upon those that fear the ,lord4         
#af3ga ,they shall be like mad men1     
sparing none1 but still spoiling and    
destroying those that fear the ,lord4   
#af3gb ,for they shall waste and take   
away their goods1 and cast them out  of 

their houses4    #af3gc ,then shall they
 be known1 who are my chosen2 and they  
shall be  tried as the gold in the fire4
    #af3gd ,hear1 ,o ye my beloved1     
saith the ,lord3 behold1 the days of    
trouble are at hand1 but ,i will deliver
 you from the same4    #af3ge ,be ye not
 afraid neither doubt2 for ,god is your 
guide1    #af3gf ,and the guide of them 
who keep my commandments and precepts1  
saith the ,lord ,god3 let not your sins 
weigh you down1 and let not your        
iniquities lift up themselves4    #af3gg
 ,woe be unto them that are bound with  
their sins1 and covered with  their     
iniquities like as a field is covered   
over with bushes1 and the  path thereof 
covered with thorns1 that no man may    
travel through6    #af3gh ,it is left   
undressed1 and is cast into the fire to 
be consumed  therewith4          ,the   
,book of ,tobit      #a3a ,the book of  
the words of ,tobit1 son of ,tobiel1 the
 son of ,ananiel1  the son of ,aduel1   
the son of ,gabael1 of the seed of      

,asael1 of the tribe  of ,nephthali2    
#a3b ,who in the time of ,enemessar king
 of the ,assyrians was led captive  out 
of ,thisbe1 which is at the right hand  
of that city1 which is called  properly 
,nephthali in ,galilee above ,aser4     
#a3c ,i ,tobit have walked all the days 
of my life in the ways of truth  and    
justice1 and ,i did many almsdeeds to my
 brethren1 and my nation1  who came with
 me to ,nineve1 into the land of the    
,assyrians4    #a3d ,and when ,i was in 
mine own country1 in the land of ,israel
 being but  young1 all the tribe of     
,nephthali my father fell from the house
 of  ,jerusalem1 which was chosen out of
 all the tribes of ,israel1 that all    
the tribes should sacrifice there1 where
 the temple of the habitation  of the   
most ,high was consecrated and built for
 all ages4    #a3e ,now all the tribes  
which together revolted1 and the house  
of my  father ,nephthali1 sacrificed    
unto the heifer ,baal4    #a3f ,but ,i  
alone went often to ,jerusalem at the   

feasts1 as it was  ordained unto all the
 people of ,israel by an everlasting    
decree1 having  the firstfruits and     
tenths of increase1 with that which was 
first  shorn2 and them gave ,i at the   
altar to the priests the children of    
,aaron4    #a3g ,the first tenth part of
 all increase ,i gave to the sons of    
,aaron1  who ministered at ,jerusalem3  
another tenth part ,i sold away1 and    
went1  and spent it every year at       
,jerusalem3    #a3h ,and the third ,i   
gave unto them to whom it was meet1 as  
,debora my  father's mother had         
commanded me1 because ,i was left an    
orphan by my  father4    #a3i           
,furthermore1 when ,i was come to the   
age of a man1 ,i married ,anna of  mine 
own kindred1 and of her ,i begat        
,tobias4    #a3aj ,and when we were     
carried away captives to ,nineve1 all my
 brethren  and those that were of my    
kindred did eat of the bread of the     
,gentiles4    #a3aa ,but ,i kept myself 
from eating2    #a3ab ,because ,i       

remembered ,god with all my heart4      
#a3ac ,and the most ,high gave me grace 
and favour before ,enemessar1 so  that  
,i was his purveyor4    #a3ad ,and ,i   
went into ,media1 and left in trust with
 ,gabael1 the brother  of ,gabrias1 at  
,rages a city of ,media ten talents of  
silver4    #a3ae ,now when ,enemessar   
was dead1 ,sennacherib his son reigned  
in his  stead2 whose estate was         
troubled1 that ,i could not go into     
,media4    #a3af ,and in the time of    
,enemessar ,i gave many alms to my      
brethren1 and  gave my bread to the     
hungry1    #a3ag ,and my clothes to the 
naked3 and if ,i saw any of my nation   
dead1  or cast about the walls of       
,nineve1 ,i buried him4    #a3ah ,and if
 the king ,sennacherib had slain any1   
when he was come1 and  fled from ,judea1
 ,i buried them privily2 for in his     
wrath he killed  many2 but the bodies   
were not found1 when they were sought   
for of the  king4    #a3ai ,and when one
 of the ,ninevites went and complained  

of me to the  king1 that ,i buried them1
 and hid myself2 understanding that ,i  
was  sought for to be put to death1 ,i  
withdrew myself for fear4    #a3bj ,then
 all my goods were forcibly taken away1 
neither was there any  thing left me1   
beside my wife ,anna and my son ,tobias4
    #a3ba ,and there passed not five and
 fifty days1 before two of his sons     
killed him1 and they fled into the      
mountains of ,ararath2 and  ,sarchedonus
 his son reigned in his stead2 who      
appointed over his  father's accounts1  
and over all his affairs1 ,achiacharus  
my brother  ,anael's son4    #a3bb ,and 
,achiacharus intreating for me1 ,i      
returned to ,nineve4 ,now  ,achiacharus 
was cupbearer1 and keeper of the signet1
 and steward1 and  overseer of the      
accounts3 and ,sarchedonus appointed him
 next unto him3  and he was my brother's
 son4    #b3a ,now when ,i was come home
 again1 and my wife ,anna was restored  
unto  me1 with my son ,tobias1 in the   
feast of ,pentecost1 which is the holy  

feast of the seven weeks1 there was a   
good dinner prepared me1 in the  which  
,i sat down to eat4    #b3b ,and when ,i
 saw abundance of meat1 ,i said to my   
son1 ,go and bring  what poor man soever
 thou shalt find out of our brethren1   
who is  mindful of the ,lord2 and1 lo1  
,i tarry for thee4    #b3c ,but he came 
again1 and said1 ,father1 one of our    
nation is  strangled1 and is cast out in
 the marketplace4    #b3d ,then before  
,i had tasted of any meat1 ,i started   
up1 and took him up  into a room until  
the going down of the sun4    #b3e ,then
 ,i returned1 and washed myself1 and ate
 my meat in heaviness1    #b3f          
,remembering that prophecy of ,amos1 as 
he said1 ,your feasts shall be  turned  
into mourning1 and all your mirth into  
lamentation4    #b3g ,therefore ,i wept3
 and after the going down of the sun ,i 
went and  made a grave1 and buried him4 
#b3h ,but my neighbours mocked me1 and  
said1 ,this man is not yet afraid  to be
 put to death for this matter3 who fled 

away2 and yet1 lo1 he  burieth the dead 
again4    #b3i ,the same night also ,i  
returned from the burial1 and slept by  
the  wall of my courtyard1 being        
polluted and my face was uncovered3     
#b3aj ,and ,i knew not that there were  
sparrows in the wall1 and mine eyes     
being open1 the sparrows muted warm dung
 into mine eyes1 and a  whiteness came  
in mine eyes3 and ,i went to the        
physicians1 but they  helped me not3    
moreover ,achiacharus did nourish me1   
until ,i went into  ,elymais4    #b3aa  
,and my wife ,anna did take women's     
works to do4    #b3ab ,and when she had 
sent them home to the owners1 they paid 
her  wages1 and gave her also besides a 
kid4    #b3ac ,and when it was in my    
house1 and began to cry1 ,i said unto   
her1  ,from whence is this kid8 is it   
not stolen8 render it to the owners2 for
  it is not lawful to eat any thing that
 is stolen4    #b3ad ,but she replied   
upon me1 ,it was given for a gift more  
than the  wages4 ,howbeit ,i did not    

believe her1 but bade her render it to  
the  owners3 and ,i was abashed at her4 
,but she replied upon me1 ,where are    
thine alms and thy righteous deeds8     
behold1 thou and all thy works are      
known4    #c3a ,then ,i being grieved   
did weep1 and in my sorrow prayed1      
saying1    #c3b ,o ,lord1 thou art just1
 and all thy works and all thy ways are 
mercy  and truth1 and thou judgest truly
 and justly for ever4    #c3c ,remember 
me1 and look on me1 punish me not for my
 sins and  ignorances1 and the sins of  
my fathers1 who have sinned before thee3
    #c3d ,for they obeyed not thy       
commandments3 wherefore thou hast       
delivered  us for a spoil1 and unto     
captivity1 and unto death1 and for a    
proverb  of reproach to all the nations 
among whom we are dispersed4    #c3e    
,and now thy judgments are many and     
true3 deal with me according to  my sins
 and my fathers'3 because we have not   
kept thy commandments1  neither have    
walked in truth before thee4    #c3f    

,now therefore deal with me as seemeth  
best unto thee1 and command  my spirit  
to be taken from me1 that ,i may be     
dissolved1 and become  earth3 for it is 
profitable for me to die rather than to 
live1 because  ,i have heard false      
reproaches1 and have much sorrow3       
command therefore  that ,i may now be   
delivered out of this distress1 and go  
into the  everlasting place3 turn not   
thy face away from me4    #c3g ,it came 
to pass the same day1 that in ,ecbatane 
a city of ,media ,sara  the daughter of 
,raguel was also reproached by her      
father's maids2    #c3h ,because that   
she had been married to seven husbands1 
whom ,asmodeus  the evil spirit had     
killed1 before they had lain with her4  
,dost thou  not know1 said they1 that   
thou hast strangled thine husbands8 thou
 hast  had already seven husbands1      
neither wast thou named after any of    
them4    #c3i ,wherefore dost thou beat 
us for them8 if they be dead1 go thy    
ways  after them1 let us never see of   

thee either son or daughter4    #c3aj   
,whe she heard these things1 she was    
very sorrowful1 so that she  thought to 
have strangled herself2 and she said1 ,i
 am the only daughter  of my father1 and
 if ,i do this1 it shall be a reproach  
unto him1 and ,i  shall bring his old   
age with sorrow unto the grave4    #c3aa
 ,then she prayed toward the window1 and
 said1 ,blessed art thou1 ,o  ,lord my  
,god1 and thine holy and glorious name  
is blessed and honourable  for ever3 let
 all thy works praise thee for ever4    
#c3ab ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 ,i set ,i mine
 eyes and my face toward thee1    #c3ac 
,and say1 ,take me out of the earth1    
that ,i may hear no more the  reproach4 
#c3ad ,thou knowest1 ,lord1 that ,i am  
pure from all sin with man1    #c3ae    
,and that ,i never polluted my name1 nor
 the name of my father1 in  the land of 
my captivity3 ,i am the only daughter of
 my father1 neither  hath he any child  
to be his heir1 neither any near        
kinsman1 nor any son  of his alive1 to  

whom ,i may keep myself for a wife3 my  
seven husbands  are already dead2 and   
why should ,i live8 but if it please not
 thee that  ,i should die1 command some 
regard to be had of me1 and pity taken  
of  me1 that ,i hear no more reproach4  
#c3af ,so the prayers of them both were 
heard before the majesty of the  great  
,god4    #c3ag ,and ,raphael was sent to
 heal them both1 that is1 to scale away 
the  whiteness of ,tobit's eyes1 and to 
give ,sara the daughter of ,raguel for  
a wife to ,tobias the son of ,tobit2 and
 to bind ,asmodeus the evil  spirit2    
because she belonged to ,tobias by right
 of inheritance4 ,the  selfsame time    
came ,tobit home1 and entered into his  
house1 and ,sara the  daughter of       
,raguel came down from her upper        
chamber4    #d3a ,in that day ,tobit    
remembered the money which he had       
committed to  ,gabael in ,rages of      
,media1    #d3b ,and said with himself1 
,i have wished for death2 wherefore do  
,i not  call for my son ,tobias that ,i 

may signify to him of the money before  
,i  die8    #d3c ,and when he had called
 him1 he said1 ,my son1 when ,i am dead1
 bury  me2 and despise not thy mother1  
but honour her all the days of thy      
life1 and do that which shall please    
her1 and grieve her not4    #d3d        
,remember1 my son1 that she saw many    
dangers for thee1 when thou  wast in her
 womb3 and when she is dead1 bury her by
 me in one grave4    #d3e ,my son1 be   
mindful of the ,lord our ,god all thy   
days1 and let not  thy will be set to   
sin1 or to transgress his commandments3 
do uprightly  all thy life long1 and    
follow not the ways of unrighteousness4 
#d3f ,for if thou deal truly1 thy doings
 shall prosperously succeed to  thee1   
and to all them that live justly4       
#d3g ,give alms of thy substance2 and   
when thou givest alms1 let not  thine   
eye be envious1 neither turn thy face   
from any poor1 and the face  of ,god    
shall not be turned away from thee4     
#d3h ,if thou hast abundance give alms  

accordingly3 if thou have but a  little1
 be not afraid to give according to that
 little3    #d3i ,for thou layest up a  
good treasure for thyself against the   
day of  necessity4    #d3aj ,because    
that alms do deliver from death1 and    
suffereth not to come  into darkness4   
#d3aa ,for alms is a good gift unto all 
that give it in the sight of the  most  
,high4    #d3ab ,beware of all whoredom1
 my son1 and chiefly take a wife of the 
seed of thy fathers1 and take not a     
strange woman to wife1 which is not  of 
thy father's tribe3 for we are the      
children of the prophets1 ,noe1         
,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob3 remember1 
my son1 that our fathers from the       
beginning1 even that they all married   
wives of their own kindred1 and  were   
blessed in their children1 and their    
seed shall inherit the land4    #d3ac   
,now therefore1 my son1 love thy        
brethren1 and despise not in thy  heart 
thy brethren1 the sons and daughters of 
thy people1 in not taking  a wife of    

them3 for in pride is destruction and   
much trouble1 and in  lewdness is decay 
and great want3 for lewdness is the     
mother of famine4    #d3ad ,let not the 
wages of any man1 which hath wrought for
 thee1 tarry  with thee1 but give him it
 out of hand3 for if thou serve ,god1 he
 will  also repay thee3 be circumspect  
my son1 in all things thou doest1 and   
be wise in all thy conversation4        
#d3ae ,do that to no man which thou     
hatest3 drink not wine to make thee     
drunken3 neither let drunkenness go with
 thee in thy journey4    #d3af ,give of 
thy bread to the hungry1 and of thy     
garments to them that  are naked2 and   
according to thine abundance give alms3 
and let not  thine eye be envious1 when 
thou givest alms4    #d3ag ,pour out thy
 bread on the burial of the just1 but   
give nothing to  the wicked4    #d3ah   
,ask counsel of all that are wise1 and  
despise not any counsel that  is        
profitable4    #d3ai ,bless the ,lord   
thy ,god alway1 and desire of him that  

thy ways may  be directed1 and that all 
thy paths and counsels may prosper3 for 
every  nation hath not counsel2 but the 
,lord himself giveth all good things1   
and he humbleth whom he will1 as he     
will2 now therefore1 my son1  remember  
my commandments1 neither let them be put
 out of thy mind4    #d3bj ,and now ,i  
signify this to they that ,i committed  
ten talents to  ,gabael the son of      
,gabrias at ,rages in ,media4    #d3ba  
,and fear not1 my son1 that we are made 
poor3 for thou hast much  wealth1 if    
thou fear ,god1 and depart from all sin1
 and do that which is  pleasing in his  
sight4    #e3a ,tobias then answered and
 said1 ,father1 ,i will do all things   
which  thou hast commanded me3    #e3b  
,but how can ,i receive the money1      
seeing ,i know him not8    #e3c ,then he
 gave him the handwriting1 and said unto
 him1 ,seek thee a  man which may go    
with thee1 whiles ,i yet live1 and ,i   
will give him  wages3 and go and receive
 the money4    #e3d ,therefore when he  

went to seek a man1 he found ,raphael   
that was an  angel4    #e3e ,but he knew
 not2 and he said unto him1 ,canst thou 
go with me to  ,rages8 and knowest thou 
those places well8    #e3f ,to whom the 
angel said1 ,i will go with thee1 and ,i
 know the way  well3 for ,i have lodged 
with our brother ,gabael4    #e3g ,then 
,tobias said unto him1 ,tarry for me1   
till ,i tell my father4    #e3h ,then he
 said unto him1 ,go and tarry not4 ,so  
he went in and said to  his father1     
,behold1 ,i have found one which will go
 with me4 ,then he  said1 ,call him unto
 me1 that ,i may know of what tribe he  
is1 and  whether he be a trusty man to  
go with thee4    #e3i ,so he called him1
 and he came in1 and they saluted one   
another4    #e3aj ,then ,tobit said unto
 him1 ,brother1 shew me of what tribe   
and  family thou art4    #e3aa ,to whom 
he said1 ,dost thou seek for a tribe or 
family1 or an hired  man to go with thy 
son8 ,then ,tobit said unto him1 ,i     
would know1  brother1 thy kindred and   

name4    #e3ab ,then he said1 ,i am     
,azarias1 the son of ,ananias the great1
 and of  thy brethren4    #e3ac ,then   
,tobit said1 ,thou art welcome1 brother2
 be not now angry with  me1 because ,i  
have enquired to know thy tribe and thy 
family2 for thou  art my brother1 of an 
honest and good stock3 for ,i know      
,ananias and  ,jonathas1 sons of that   
great ,samaias1 as we went together to  
,jerusalem  to worship1 and offered the 
firstborn1 and the tenths of the fruits2
  and they were not seduced with the    
error of our brethren3 my brother1  thou
 art of a good stock4    #e3ad ,but tell
 me1 what wages shall ,i give thee8 wilt
 thou a drachm a  day1 and things       
necessary1 as to mine own son8    #e3ae 
,yea1 moreover1 if ye return safe1 ,i   
will add something to thy  wages4       
#e3af ,so they were well pleased4 ,then 
said he to ,tobias1 ,prepare thyself    
for the journey1 and ,god send you a    
good journey4 ,and when his son had     
prepared all things far the journey1 his

 father said1 ,go thou with this  man1  
and ,god1 which dwelleth in heaven1     
prosper your journey1 and the  angel of 
,god keep you company4 ,so they went    
forth both1 and the young  man's dog    
with them4    #e3ag ,but ,anna his      
mother wept1 and said to ,tobit1 ,why   
hast thou sent  away our son8 is he not 
the staff of our hand1 in going in and  
out  before us8    #e3ah ,be not greedy 
to add money to money3 but let it be as 
refuse in  respect of our child4        
#e3ai ,for that which the ,lord hath    
given us to live with doth suffice  us4 
#e3bj ,then said ,tobit to her1 ,take no
 care1 my sister2 he shall return  in   
safety1 and thine eyes shall see him4   
#e3ba ,for the good angel will keep him 
company1 and his journey shall be       
prosperous1 and he shall return safe4   
#e3bb ,then she made an end of weeping4 
#f3a ,and as they went on their journey1
 they came in the evening to the  river 
,tigris1 and they lodged there4    #f3b 
,and when the young man went down to    

wash himself1 a fish leaped out  of the 
river1 and would have devoured him4     
#f3c ,then the angel said unto him1     
,take the fish4 ,and the young man laid 
hold of the fish1 and drew it to land4  
#f3d ,to whom the angel said1 ,open the 
fish1 and take the heart and the  liver 
and the gall1 and put them up safely4   
#f3e ,so the young man did as the angel 
commanded him2 and when they had        
roasted the fish1 they did eat it3 then 
they both went on their way1  till they 
drew near to ,ecbatane4    #f3f ,then   
the young man said to the angel1        
,brother ,azarias1 to what use  is the  
heart and the liver and the gal of the  
fish8    #f3g ,and he said unto him1    
,touching the heart and the liver1 if a 
devil  or an evil spirit trouble any1 we
 must make a smoke thereof before the   
man or the woman1 and the party shall be
 no more vexed4    #f3h ,as for the     
gall1 it is good to anoint a man that   
hath whiteness in  his eyes1 and he     
shall be healed4    #f3i ,and when they 

were come near to ,rages1    #f3aj ,the 
angel said to the young man1 ,brother1  
to day we shall lodge  with ,raguel1 who
 is thy cousin2 he also hath one only   
daughter1 named  ,sara2 ,i will speak   
for her1 that she may be given thee for 
a wife4    #f3aa ,for to thee doth the  
right of her appertain1 seeing thou only
 art  of her kindred4    #f3ab ,and the 
maid is fair and wise3 now therefore    
hear me1 and ,i will  speak to her      
father2 and when we return from ,rages  
we will celebrate  the marriage3 for ,i 
know that ,raguel cannot marry her to   
another  according to the law of ,moses1
 but he shall be guilty of death1       
because  the right of inheritance doth  
rather appertain to thee than to any    
other4    #f3ac ,then the young man     
answered the angel1 ,i have heard1      
brother  ,azarias that this maid hath   
been given to seven men1 who all died in
  the marriage chamber4    #f3ad ,and   
now ,i am the only son of my father1 and
 ,i am afraid1 lest if ,i  go in unto   

her1 ,i die1 as the other before3 for a 
wicked spirit loveth  her1 which hurteth
 no body1 but those which come unto her2
 wherefore ,i  also fear lest ,i die1   
and bring my father's and my mother's   
life  because of me to the grave with   
sorrow3 for they have no other son to   
bury them4    #f3ae ,then the angel said
 unto him1 ,dost thou not remember the  
precepts  which thy father gave thee1   
that thou shouldest marry a wife of     
thine  own kindred8 wherefore hear me1  
,o my brother2 for she shall be given   
thee to wife2 and make thou no reckoning
 of the evil spirit2 for this  same     
night shall she be given thee in        
marriage4    #f3af ,and when thou shalt 
come into the marriage chamber1 thou    
shalt  take the ashes of perfume1 and   
shalt lay upon them some of the heart   
and liver of the fish1 and shalt make a 
smoke with it3    #f3ag ,and the devil  
shall smell it1 and flee away1 and never
 come again  any more3 but when thou    
shalt come to her1 rise up both of you1 

and  pray to ,god which is merciful1 who
 will have pity on you1 and save you3   
fear not1 for she is appointed unto thee
 from the beginning2 and thou  shalt    
preserve her1 and she shall go with     
thee4 ,moreover ,i suppose that  she    
shall bear thee children4 ,now when     
,tobias had heard these things1  he     
loved her1 and his heart was effectually
 joined to her4    #g3a ,and when they  
were come to ,ecbatane1 they came to the
 house of  ,raguel1 and ,sara met them3 
and after they had saluted one another1 
she  brought them into the house4       
#g3b ,then said ,raguel to ,edna his    
wife1 ,how like is this young man to    
,tobit my cousin6    #g3c ,and ,raguel  
asked them1 ,from whence are ye1        
brethren8 ,to whom they  said1 ,we are  
of the sons of ,nephthalim1 which are   
captives in ,nineve4    #g3d ,then he   
said to them1 ,do ye know ,tobit our    
kinsman8 ,and they said1  ,we know him4 
,then said he1 ,is he in good health8   
#g3e ,and they said1 ,he is both alive1 

and in good health3 and ,tobias  said1  
,he is my father4    #g3f ,then ,raguel 
leaped up1 and kissed him1 and wept1    
#g3g ,and blessed him1 and said unto    
him1 ,thou art the son of an honest  and
 good man4 ,but when he had heard that  
,tobit was blind1 he was  sorrowful1 and
 wept4    #g3h ,and likewise ,edna his  
wife and ,sara his daughter wept4       
,moreover  they entertained them        
cheerfully2 and after that they had     
killed a ram  of the flock1 they set    
store of meat on the table4 ,then said  
,tobias to  ,raphael1 ,brother ,azarias1
 speak of those things of which thou    
didst  talk in the way1 and let this    
business be dispatched4    #g3i ,so he  
communicated the matter with ,raguel3   
and ,raguel said to  ,tobias1 ,eat and  
drink1 and make merry3    #g3aj ,for it 
is meet that thou shouldest marry my    
daughter3 nevertheless  ,i will declare 
unto thee the truth4    #g3aa ,i have   
given my daughter in marriage to seven  
men1 who died that  night they came in  

unto her3 nevertheless for the present  
be merry4 ,but  ,tobias said1 ,i will   
eat nothing here1 till we agree and     
swear one to  another4    #g3ab ,raguel 
said1 ,then take her from henceforth    
according to the  manner1 for thou art  
her cousin1 and she is thine1 and the   
merciful ,god  give you good success in 
all things4    #g3ac ,then he called his
 daughter ,sara1 and she came to her    
father1 and  he took her by the hand1   
and gave her to be wife to ,tobias1     
saying1  ,behold1 take her after the law
 of ,moses1 and lead her away to thy    
father4 ,and he blessed them2    #g3ad  
,and called ,edna his wife1 and took    
paper1 and did write an  instrument of  
covenants1 and sealed it4    #g3ae ,then
 they began to eat4    #g3af ,after     
,raguel called his wife ,edna1 and said 
unto her1 ,sister1  prepare another     
chamber1 and bring her in thither4      
#g3ag ,which when she had done as he had
 bidden her1 she brought her  thither3  
and she wept1 and she received the tears

 of her daughter1 and  said unto her1   
#g3ah ,be of good comfort1 my daughter2 
the ,lord of heaven and earth give  thee
 joy for this thy sorrow3 be of good    
comfort1 my daughter4    #h3a ,and when 
they had supped1 they brought ,tobias in
 unto her4    #h3b ,and as he went1 he  
remembered the words of ,raphael1 and   
took the  ashes of the perfumes1 and put
 the heart and the liver of the fish    
thereupon1 and made a smoke therewith4  
#h3c ,the which smell when the evil     
spirit had smelled1 he fled into the    
utmost parts of ,egypt1 and the angel   
bound him4    #h3d ,and after that they 
were both shut in together1 ,tobias rose
 out of  the bed1 and said1 ,sister1    
arise1 and let us pray that ,god would  
have  pity on us4    #h3e ,then began   
,tobias to say1 ,blessed art thou1 ,o   
,god of our fathers1  and blessed is thy
 holy and glorious name for ever2 let   
the heavens  bless thee1 and all thy    
creatures4    #h3f ,thou madest ,adam1  
and gavest him ,eve his wife for an     

helper and  stay3 of them came mankind3 
thou hast said1 ,it is not good that man
  should be alone2 let us make unto him 
an aid like unto himself4    #h3g ,and  
now1 ,o ,lord1 ,i take not this my      
sister for lust1 but uprightly3         
therefore mercifully ordain that we may 
become aged together4    #h3h ,and she  
said with him1 ,amen4    #h3i ,so they  
slept both that night4 ,and ,raguel     
arose1 and went and made  a grave1      
#h3aj ,saying1 ,i fear lest he also be  
dead4    #h3aa ,but when ,raguel was    
come into his house1    #h3ab ,he said  
unto his wife ,edna4 ,send one of the   
maids1 and let her see  whether he be   
alive3 if he be not1 that we may bury   
him1 and no man  know it4    #h3ac ,so  
the maid opened the door1 and went in1  
and found them both  asleep1    #h3ad   
,and came forth1 and told them that he  
was alive4    #h3ae ,then ,raguel       
praised ,god1 and said1 ,o ,god1 thou   
art worthy to be  praised with all pure 
and holy praise2 therefore let thy      

saints praise  thee with all thy        
creatures2 and let all thine angels and 
thine elect  praise thee for ever4      
#h3af ,thou art to be praised1 for thou 
hast made me joyful2 and that is  not   
come to me which ,i suspected2 but thou 
hast dealt with us according  to thy    
great mercy4    #h3ag ,thou art to be   
praised because thou hast had mercy of  
two that  were the only begotten        
children of their fathers3 grant them   
mercy1 ,o  ,lord1 and finish their life 
in health with joy and mercy4    #h3ah  
,then ,raguel bade his servants to fill 
the grave4    #h3ai ,and he kept the    
wedding feast fourteen days4    #h3bj   
,for before the days of the marriage    
were finished1 ,raguel had said  unto   
him by an oath1 that he should not      
depart till the fourteen days  of the   
marriage were expired2    #h3ba ,and    
then he should take the half of his     
goods1 and go in safety to  his father2 
and should have the rest when ,i and my 
wife be dead4    #i3a ,then ,tobias     

called ,raphael1 and said unto him1     
#i3b ,brother ,azarias1 take with thee a
 servant1 and two camels1 and go  to    
,rages of ,media to ,gabael1 and bring  
me the money1 and bring him to  the     
wedding4    #i3c ,for ,raguel hath sworn
 that ,i shall not depart4    #i3d ,but 
my father counteth the days2 and if ,i  
tarry long1 he will be  very sorry4     
#i3e ,so ,raphael went out1 and lodged  
with ,gabael1 and gave him the          
handwriting3 who brought forth bags     
which were sealed up1 and gave them  to 
him4    #i3f ,and early in the morning  
they went forth both together1 and came 
to  the wedding3 and ,tobias blessed his
 wife4    #aj3a ,now ,tobit his father  
counted every day3 and when the days of 
the  journey were expired1 and they came
 not1    #aj3b ,then ,tobit said1 ,are  
they detained8 or is ,gabael dead1 and  
there  is no man to give him the money8 
#aj3c ,therefore he was very sorry4     
#aj3d ,then his wife said unto him1 ,my 
son is dead1 seeing he stayeth  long2   

and she began to bewail him1 and said1  
#aj3e ,now ,i care for nothing1 my son1 
since ,i have let thee go1 the  light of
 mine eyes4    #aj3f ,to whom ,tobit    
said1 ,hold thy peace1 take no care1 for
 he is safe4    #aj3g ,but she said1    
,hold thy peace1 and deceive me not2 my 
son is dead4  ,and she went out every   
day into the way which they went1 and   
did eat no  meat on the daytime1 and    
ceased not whole nights to bewail her   
son  ,tobias1 until the fourteen days of
 the wedding were expired1 which        
,raguel had sworn that he should spend  
there4 ,then ,tobias said to  ,raguel1  
,let me go1 for my father and my mother 
look no more to see me4    #aj3h ,but   
his father in law said unto him1 ,tarry 
with me1 and ,i will  send to thy       
father1 and they shall declare unto him 
how things go with  thee4    #aj3i ,but 
,tobias said1 ,no2 but let me go to my  
father4    #aj3aj ,then ,raguel arose1  
and gave him ,sara his wife1 and half   
his  goods1 servants1 and cattle1 and   

money3    #aj3aa ,and he blessed them1  
and sent them away1 saying1 ,the ,god of
  heaven give you a prosperous journey1 
my children4    #aj3ab ,and he said to  
his daughter1 ,honour thy father and thy
 mother in  law1 which are now thy      
parents1 that ,i may hear good report of
 thee4  ,and he kissed her4 ,edna also  
said to ,tobias1 ,the ,lord of heaven   
restore  thee1 my dear brother1 and     
grant that ,i may see thy children of my
  daughter ,sara before ,i die1 that ,i 
may rejoice before the ,lord3 behold1   
,i commit my daughter unto thee of      
special trust2 where are do not  entreat
 her evil4    #aa3a ,after these things 
,tobias went his way1 praising ,god that
 he had  given him a prosperous journey1
 and blessed ,raguel and ,edna his wife1
  and went on his way till they drew    
near unto ,nineve4    #aa3b ,then       
,raphael said to ,tobias1 ,thou knowest1
 brother1 how thou didst  leave thy     
father3    #aa3c ,let us haste before   
thy wife1 and prepare the house4        

#aa3d ,and take in thine hand the gall  
of the fish4 ,so they went their  way1  
and the dog went after them4    #aa3e   
,now ,anna sat looking about toward the 
way for her son4    #aa3f ,and when she 
espied him coming1 she said to his      
father1 ,behold1  thy son cometh1 and   
the man that went with him4    #aa3g    
,then said ,raphael1 ,i know1 ,tobias1  
that thy father will open his  eyes4    
#aa3h ,therefore anoint thou his eyes   
with the gall1 and being pricked        
therewith1 he shall rub1 and the        
whiteness shall fall away1 and he  shall
 see thee4    #aa3i ,then ,anna ran     
forth1 and fell upon the neck of her    
son1 and said  unto him1 ,seeing ,i have
 seen thee1 my son1 from henceforth ,i  
am content  to die4 ,and they wept both4
    #aa3aj ,tobit also went forth toward
 the door1 and stumbled3 but his son    
ran unto him1    #aa3aa ,and took hold  
of his father3 and he strake of the gall
 on his  fathers' eyes1 saying1 ,be of  
good hope1 my father4    #aa3ab ,and    

when his eyes began to smart1 he rubbed 
them2    #aa3ac ,and the whiteness      
pilled away from the corners of his     
eyes3 and  when he saw his son1 he fell 
upon his neck4    #aa3ad ,and he wept1  
and said1 ,blessed art thou1 ,o ,god1   
and blessed is  thy name for ever2 and  
blessed are all thine holy angels3      
#aa3ae ,for thou hast scourged1 and hast
 taken pity on me3 for1 behold1 ,i  see 
my son ,tobias4 ,and his son went in    
rejoicing1 and told his father  the     
great things that had happened to him in
 ,media4    #aa3af ,then ,tobit went out
 to meet his daughter in law at the gate
 of  ,nineve1 rejoicing and praising    
,god3 and they which saw him go         
marvelled1 because he had received his  
sight4    #aa3ag ,but ,tobias gave      
thanks before them1 because ,god had    
mercy on him4  ,and when he came near to
 ,sara his daughter in law1 he blessed  
her1  saying1 ,thou art welcome1        
daughter3 ,god be blessed1 which hath   
brought  thee unto us1 and blessed be   

thy father and thy mother4 ,and there   
was  joy among all his brethren which   
were at ,nineve4    #aa3ah ,and         
,achiacharus1 and ,nasbas his brother's 
son1 came3    #aa3ai ,and ,tobias'      
wedding was kept seven days with great  
joy4    #ab3a ,then ,tobit called his   
son ,tobias1 and said unto him1 ,my son1
 see  that the man have his wages1 which
 went with thee1 and thou must give  him
 more4    #ab3b ,and ,tobias said unto  
him1 ,o father1 it is no harm to me to  
give  him half of those things which ,i 
have brought3    #ab3c ,for he hath     
brought me again to thee in safety1 and 
made whole my  wife1 and brought me the 
money1 and likewise healed thee4        
#ab3d ,then the old man said1 ,it is due
 unto him4    #ab3e ,so he called the   
angel1 and he said unto him1 ,take half 
of all  that ye have brought and go away
 in safety4    #ab3f ,then he took them 
both apart1 and said unto them1 ,bless  
,god1  praise him1 and magnify him1 and 
praise him for the things which he  hath

 done unto you in the sight of all that 
live4 ,it is good to praise  ,god1 and  
exalt his name1 and honourably to shew  
forth the works of ,god2  therefore be  
not slack to praise him4    #ab3g ,it is
 good to keep close the secret of a     
king1 but it is  honourable to reveal   
the works of ,god4 ,do that which is    
good1 and no  evil shall touch you4     
#ab3h ,prayer is good with fasting and  
alms and righteousness4 ,a little  with 
righteousness is better than much with  
unrighteousness4 ,it is  better to give 
alms than to lay up gold3    #ab3i ,for 
alms doth deliver from death1 and shall 
purge away all sin4  ,those that        
exercise alms and righteousness shall be
 filled with life3    #ab3aj ,but they  
that sin are enemies to their own life4 
#ab3aa ,surely ,i will keep close       
nothing from you4 ,for ,i said1 ,it was 
good to keep close the secret of a king1
 but that it was honourable to  reveal  
the works of ,god4    #ab3ab ,now       
therefore1 when thou didst pray1 and    

,sara thy daughter in  law1 ,i did bring
 the remembrance of your prayers before 
the ,holy ,one3  and when thou didst    
bury the dead1 ,i was with thee         
likewise4    #ab3ac ,and when thou didst
 not delay to rise up1 and leave thy    
dinner1  to go and cover the dead1 thy  
good deed was not hid from me3 but ,i   
was  with thee4    #ab3ad ,and now ,god 
hath sent me to heal thee and ,sara thy 
daughter in  law4    #ab3ae ,i am       
,raphael1 one of the seven holy angels1 
which present the  prayers of the       
saints1 and which go in and out before  
the glory of the  ,holy ,one4    #ab3af 
,then they were both troubled1 and fell 
upon their faces3 for they  feared4     
#ab3ag ,but he said unto them1 ,fear    
not1 for it shall go well with you2     
praise ,god therefore4    #ab3ah ,for   
not of any favour of mine1 but by the   
will of our ,god ,i came2  wherefore    
praise him for ever4    #ab3ai ,all     
these days ,i did appear unto you2 but  
,i did neither eat nor  drink1 but ye   

did see a vision4    #ab3bj ,now        
therefore give ,god thanks3 for ,i go up
 to him that sent me2  but write all    
things which are done in a book4        
#ab3ba ,and when they arose1 they saw   
him no more4    #ab3bb ,then they       
confessed the great and wonderful works 
of ,god1 and how  the angel of the ,lord
 had appeared unto them4    #ac3a ,then 
,tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing1 and 
said1 ,blessed be ,god  that liveth for 
ever1 and blessed be his kingdom4       
#ac3b ,for he doth scourge1 and hath    
mercy3 he leadeth down to hell1 and     
bringeth up again3 neither is there any 
that can avoid his hand4    #ac3c       
,confess him before the ,gentiles1 ye   
children of ,israel3 for he  hath       
scattered us among them4    #ac3d ,there
 declare his greatness1 and extol him   
before all the living3  for he is our   
,lord1 and he is the ,god our ,father   
for ever4    #ac3e ,and he will scourge 
us for our iniquities1 and will have    
mercy  again1 and will gather us out of 

all nations1 among whom he hath         
scattered us4    #ac3f ,if ye turn to   
him with your whole heart1 and with your
 whole mind1  and deal uprightly before 
him1 then will he turn unto you1 and    
will not  hide his face from you4       
,therefore see what he will do with you1
 and  confess him with your whole mouth1
 and praise the ,lord of might1 and     
extol the everlasting ,king4 ,in the    
land of my captivity do ,i praise  him1 
and declare his might and majesty to a  
sinful nation4 ,o ye  sinners1 turn and 
do justice before him3 who can tell if  
he will accept  you1 and have mercy on  
you8    #ac3g ,i will extol my ,god1 and
 my soul shall praise the ,king of      
heaven1  and shall rejoice in his       
greatness4    #ac3h ,let all men speak1 
and let all praise him for his          
righteousness4    #ac3i ,o ,jerusalem1  
the holy city1 he will scourge thee for 
thy  children's works1 and will have    
mercy again on the sons of the          
righteous4    #ac3aj ,give praise to the

 ,lord1 for he is good3 and praise the  
everlasting ,king1 that his tabernacle  
may be builded in thee again with  joy1 
and let him make joyful there in thee   
those that are captives1 and  love in   
thee for ever those that are miserable4 
#ac3aa ,many nations shall come from far
 to the name of the ,lord ,god with     
gifts in their hands1 even gifts to the 
,king of heaven2 all generations  shall 
praise thee with great joy4    #ac3ab   
,cursed are all they which hate thee1   
and blessed shall all be  which love    
thee for ever4    #ac3ac ,rejoice and be
 glad for the children of the just3 for 
they shall  be gathered together1 and   
shall bless the ,lord of the just4      
#ac3ad ,o blessed are they which love   
thee1 for they shall rejoice in thy     
peace3 blessed are they which have been 
sorrowful for all thy scourges2  for    
they shall rejoice for thee1 when they  
have seen all thy glory1 and  shall be  
glad for ever4    #ac3ae ,let my soul   
bless ,god the great ,king4    #ac3af   

,for ,jerusalem shall be built up with  
sapphires and emeralds1 and  precious   
stone3 thy walls and towers and         
battlements with pure gold4    #ac3ag   
,and the streets of ,jerusalem shall be 
paved with beryl and  carbuncle and     
stones of ,ophir4    #ac3ah ,and all her
 streets shall say1 ,alleluia2 and they 
shall praise  him1 saying1 ,blessed be  
,god1 which hath extolled it for ever4  
#ad3a ,so ,tobit made an end of praising
 ,god4    #ad3b ,and he was eight and   
fifty years old when he lost his sight1 
which  was restored to him after eight  
years3 and he gave alms1 and he         
increased in the fear of the ,lord ,god1
 and praised him4    #ad3c ,and when he 
was very aged he called his son1 and the
 sons of his  son1 and said to him1 ,my 
son1 take thy children2 for1 behold1 ,i 
am  aged1 and am ready to depart out of 
this life4    #ad3d ,go into ,media my  
son1 for ,i surely believe those things 
which  ,jonas the prophet spake of      
,nineve1 that it shall be overthrown2   

and  that for a time peace shall rather 
be in ,media2 and that our brethren     
shall lie scattered in the earth from   
that good land3 and ,jerusalem  shall be
 desolate1 and the house of ,god in it  
shall be burned1 and  shall be desolate 
for a time2    #ad3e ,and that again    
,god will have mercy on them1 and bring 
them again  into the land1 where they   
shall build a temple1 but not like to   
the  first1 until the time of that age  
be fulfilled2 and afterward they  shall 
return from all places of their         
captivity1 and build up ,jerusalem      
gloriously1 and the house of ,god shall 
be built in it for ever with a  glorious
 building1 as the prophets have spoken  
thereof4    #ad3f ,and all nations shall
 turn1 and fear the ,lord ,god truly1   
and shall  bury their idols4    #ad3g   
,so shall all nations praise the ,lord1 
and his people shall confess  ,god1 and 
the ,lord shall exalt his people2 and   
all those which love the  ,lord ,god in 
truth and justice shall rejoice1 shewing

 mercy to our  brethren4    #ad3h ,and  
now1 my son1 depart out of ,nineve1     
because that those things  which the    
prophet ,jonas spake shall surely come  
to pass4    #ad3i ,but keep thou the law
 and the commandments1 and shew thyself 
merciful and just1 that it may go well  
with thee4    #ad3aj ,and bury me       
decently1 and thy mother with me2 but   
tarry no longer  at ,nineve4 ,remember1 
my son1 how ,aman handled ,achiacharus  
that brought  him up1 how out of light  
he brought him into darkness1 and how he
  rewarded him again3 yet ,achiacharus  
was saved1 but the other had his        
reward3 for he went down into darkness4 
,manasses gave alms1 and escaped  the   
snares of death which they had set for  
him3 but ,aman fell into the  snare1 and
 perished4    #ad3aa ,wherefore now1 my 
son1 consider what alms doeth1 and how  
righteousness doth deliver4 ,when he had
 said these things1 he gave up  the     
ghost in the bed1 being an hundred and  
eight and fifty years old2  and he      

buried him honourably4    #ad3ab ,and   
when ,anna his mother was dead1 he      
buried her with his father4  ,but       
,tobias departed with his wife and      
children to ,ecbatane to ,raguel  his   
father in law1    #ad3ac ,where he      
became old with honour1 and he buried   
his father and  mother in law           
honourably1 and he inherited their      
substance1 and his  father ,tobit's4    
#ad3ad ,and he died at ,ecbatane in     
,media1 being an hundred and seven and  
twenty years old4    #ad3ae ,but before 
he died he heard of the destruction of  
,nineve1 which  was taken by            
,nabuchodonosor and ,assuerus3 and      
before his death he  rejoiced over      
,nineve4          ,the ,book of ,judith 
#a3a ,in the twelfth year of the reign  
of ,nabuchodonosor1 who reigned in      
,nineve1 the great city2 in the days of 
,arphaxad1 which reigned over the       
,medes in ,ecbatane1    #a3b ,and built 
in ,ecbatane walls round about of stones
 hewn three cubits  broad and six cubits

 long1 and made the height of the wall  
seventy  cubits1 and the breadth thereof
 fifty cubits3    #a3c ,and set the     
towers thereof upon the gates of it an  
hundred cubits  high1 and the breadth   
thereof in the foundation threescore    
cubits3    #a3d ,and he made the gates  
thereof1 even gates that were raised to 
the  height of seventy cubits1 and the  
breadth of them was forty cubits1 for   
the going forth of his mighty armies1   
and for the setting in array of  his    
footmen3    #a3e ,even in those days    
king ,nabuchodonosor made war with king 
,arphaxad  in the great plain1 which is 
the plain in the borders of ,ragau4     
#a3f ,and there came unto him all they  
that dwelt in the hill country1  and all
 that dwelt by ,euphrates1 and ,tigris  
and ,hydaspes1 and the plain  of ,arioch
 the king of the ,elymeans1 and very    
many nations of the sons  of ,chelod1   
assembled themselves to the battle4     
#a3g ,then ,nabuchodonosor king of the  
,assyrians sent unto all that dwelt  in 

,persia1 and to all that dwelt westward1
 and to those that dwelt in  ,cilicia1  
and ,damascus1 and ,libanus1 and        
,antilibanus1 and to all that  dwelt    
upon the sea coast1    #a3h ,and to     
those among the nations that were of    
,carmel1 and ,galaad1 and  the higher   
,galilee1 and the great plain of        
,esdrelom1    #a3i ,and to all that were
 in ,samaria and the cities thereof1 and
 beyond  ,jordan unto ,jerusalem1 and   
,betane1 and ,chelus1 and ,kades1 and   
the river  of ,egypt1 and ,taphnes1 and 
,ramesse1 and all the land of ,gesem1   
#a3aj ,until ye come beyond ,tanis and  
,memphis1 and to all the inhabitants  of
 ,egypt1 until ye come to the borders of
 ,ethiopia4    #a3aa ,but all the       
inhabitants of the land made light of   
the commandment  of ,nabuchodonosor king
 of the ,assyrians1 neither went they   
with him to  the battle2 for they were  
not afraid of him3 yea1 he was before   
them as  one man1 and they sent away his
 ambassadors from them without effect1  

and with disgrace4    #a3ab ,therefore  
,nabuchodonosor was very angry with all 
this country1 and  sware by his throne  
and kingdom1 that he would surely be    
avenged upon  all those coasts of       
,cilicia1 and ,damascus1 and ,syria1 and
 that he would  slay with the sword all 
the inhabitants of the land of ,moab1   
and the  children of ,ammon1 and all    
,judea1 and all that were in ,egypt1    
till ye  come to the borders of the two 
seas4    #a3ac ,then he marched in      
battle array with his power against king
  ,arphaxad in the seventeenth year1 and
 he prevailed in his battle3 for  he    
overthrew all the power of ,arphaxad1   
and all his horsemen1 and all  his      
chariots1    #a3ad ,and became lord of  
his cities1 and came unto ,ecbatane1 and
 took  the towers1 and spoiled the      
streets thereof1 and turned the beauty  
thereof into shame4    #a3ae ,he took   
also ,arphaxad in the mountains of      
,ragau1 and smote him  through with his 
darts1 and destroyed him utterly that   

day4    #a3af ,so he returned afterward 
to ,nineve1 both he and all his company 
of  sundry nations being a very great   
multitude of men of war1 and there he   
took his ease1 and banqueted1 both he   
and his army1 an hundred and  twenty    
days4    #b3a ,and in the eighteenth    
year1 the two and twentieth day of the  
first  month1 there was talk in the     
house of ,nabuchodonosor king of the    
,assyrians that he should1 as he said1  
avenge himself on all the earth4    #b3b
 ,so he called unto him all his         
officers1 and all his nobles1 and       
communicated with them his secret       
counsel1 and concluded the afflicting   
of the whole earth out of his own mouth4
    #b3c ,then they decreed to destroy  
all flesh1 that did not obey the        
commandment of his mouth4    #b3d ,and  
when he had ended his counsel1          
,nabuchodonosor king of the  ,assyrians 
called ,holofernes the chief captain of 
his army1 which was  next unto him1 and 
said unto him4    #b3e ,thus saith the  

great king1 the lord of the whole earth1
 ,behold1  thou shalt go forth from my  
presence1 and take with thee men that   
trust  in their own strength1 of footmen
 an hundred and twenty thousand2 and    
the number of horses with their riders  
twelve thousand4    #b3f ,and thou shalt
 go against all the west country1       
because they  disobeyed my commandment4 
#b3g ,and thou shalt declare unto that  
they prepare for me earth and  water3   
for ,i will go forth in my wrath against
 them and will cover the  whole face of 
the earth with the feet of mine army1   
and ,i will give  them for a spoil unto 
them3    #b3h ,so that their slain shall
 fill their valleys and brooks and the  
river shall be filled with their dead1  
till it overflow3    #b3i ,and ,i will  
lead them captives to the utmost parts  
of all the earth4    #b3aj ,thou        
therefore shalt go forth1 and take      
beforehand for me all  their coasts3 and
 if they will yield themselves unto     
thee1 thou shalt  reserve them for me   

till the day of their punishment4       
#b3aa ,but concerning them that rebel1  
let not thine eye spare them2 but  put  
them to the slaughter1 and spoil them   
wheresoever thou goest4    #b3ab ,for as
 ,i live1 and by the power of my        
kingdom1 whatsoever ,i have  spoken1    
that will ,i do by mine hand4    #b3ac  
,and take thou heed that thou transgress
 none of the commandments  of thy lord1 
but accomplish them fully1 as ,i have   
commanded thee1 and  defer not to do    
them4    #b3ad ,then ,holofernes went   
forth from the presence of his lord1 and
  called all the governors and captains1
 and the officers of the army of        
,assur2    #b3ae ,and he mustered the   
chosen men for the battle1 as his lord  
had  commanded him1 unto an hundred and 
twenty thousand1 and twelve thousand    
archers on horseback2    #b3af ,and he  
ranged them1 as a great army is ordered 
for the war4    #b3ag ,and he took      
camels and asses for their carriages1 a 
very great  number2 and sheep and oxen  

and goats without number for their      
provision3    #b3ah ,and plenty of      
victual for every man of the army1 and  
very much  gold and silver out of the   
king's house4    #b3ai ,then he went    
forth and all his power to go before    
king  ,nabuchodonosor in the voyage1 and
 to cover all the face of the earth     
westward with their chariots1 and       
horsemen1 and their chosen footmen4     
#b3bj ,a great number also sundry       
countries came with them like locusts1  
and like the sand of the earth3 for the 
multitude was without number4    #b3ba  
,and they went forth of ,nineve three   
days' journey toward the plain  of      
,bectileth1 and pitched from ,bectileth 
near the mountain which is at  the left 
hand of the upper ,cilicia4    #b3bb    
,then he took all his army1 his footmen1
 and horsemen and chariots1  and went   
from thence into the hill country2      
#b3bc ,and destroyed ,phud and ,lud1 and
 spoiled all the children of  ,rasses1  
and the children of ,ismael1 which were 

toward the wilderness at  the south of  
the land of the ,chellians4    #b3bd    
,then he went over ,euphrates1 and went 
through ,mesopotamia1 and  destroyed all
 the high cities that were upon the     
river ,arbonai1 till ye  come to the    
sea4    #b3be ,and he took the borders  
of ,cilicia1 and killed all that        
resisted  him1 and came to the borders  
of ,japheth1 which were toward the      
south1  over against ,arabia4    #b3bf  
,he compassed also all the children of  
,madian1 and burned up their            
tabernacles1 and spoiled their          
sheepcotes4    #b3bg ,then he went down 
into the plain of ,damascus in the time 
of wheat  harvest1 and burnt up all     
their fields1 and destroyed their flocks
 and  herds1 also he spoiled their      
cities1 and utterly wasted their        
countries1 and smote all their young men
 with the edge of the sword4    #b3bh   
,therefore the fear and dread of him    
fell upon all the inhabitants  of the   
sea coasts1 which were in ,sidon and    

,tyrus1 and them that dwelt  in ,sur and
 ,ocina1 and all that dwelt in ,jemnaan2
 and they that dwelt in  ,azotus and    
,ascalon feared him greatly4    #c3a ,so
 they sent ambassadors unto him to treat
 of peace1 saying1    #c3b ,behold1 we  
the servants of ,nabuchodonosor the     
great king lie before  thee2 use us as  
shall be good in thy sight4    #c3c     
,behold1 our houses1 and all our places1
 and all our fields of  wheat1 and      
flocks1 and herds1 and all the lodges of
 our tents lie  before thy face2 use    
them as it pleaseth thee4    #c3d       
,behold1 even our cities and the        
inhabitants thereof are thy  servants2  
come and deal with them as seemeth good 
unto thee4    #c3e ,so the men came to  
,holofernes1 and declared unto him after
 this  manner4    #c3f ,then came he    
down toward the sea coast1 both he and  
his army1 and  set garrisons in the high
 cities1 and took out of them chosen men
 for  aid4    #c3g ,so they and all the 
country round about received them with  

garlands1 with dances1 and with         
timbrels4    #c3h ,yet he did cast down 
their frontiers1 and cut down their     
groves3  for he had decreed to destroy  
all the gods of the land1 that all      
nations should worship ,nabuchodonosor  
only1 and that all tongues and  tribes  
should call upon him as god4    #c3i    
,also he came over against ,esdraelon   
near unto ,judea1 over against  the     
great strait of ,judea4    #c3aj ,and he
 pitched between ,geba and ,scythopolis1
 and there he tarried  a whole month1   
that he might gather together all the   
carriages of his  army4    #d3a ,now the
 children of ,israel1 that dwelt in     
,judea1 heard all that  ,holofernes the 
chief captain of ,nabuchodonosor king of
 the ,assyrians  had done to the        
nations1 and after what manner he had   
spoiled all their  temples1 and brought 
them to nought4    #d3b ,therefore they 
were exceedingly afraid of him1 and were
 troubled  for ,jerusalem1 and for the  
temple of the ,lord their ,god3    #d3c 

,for they were newly returned from the  
captivity1 and all the people  of ,judea
 were lately gathered together3 and the 
vessels1 and the altar1  and the house1 
were sanctified after the profanation4  
#d3d ,therefore they sent into all the  
coasts of ,samaria1 and the  villages   
and to ,bethoron1 and ,belmen1 and      
,jericho1 and to ,choba1 and  ,esora1   
and to the valley of ,salem3    #d3e    
,and possessed themselves beforehand of 
all the tops of the high  mountains1 and
 fortified the villages that were in    
them1 and laid up  victuals for the     
provision of war3 for their fields were 
of late  reaped4    #d3f ,also ,joacim  
the high priest1 which was in those days
 in ,jerusalem1  wrote to them that     
dwelt in ,bethulia1 and ,betomestham1   
which is over  against ,esdraelon toward
 the open country1 near to ,dothaim1    
#d3g ,charging them to keep the passages
 of the hill country3 for by them  there
 was an entrance into ,judea1 and it was
 easy to stop them that  would come up1 

because the passage was straight1 for   
two men at the  most4    #d3h ,and the  
children of ,israel did as ,joacim the  
high priest had  commanded them1 with   
the ancients of all the people of       
,israel1 which  dwelt at ,jerusalem4    
#d3i ,then every man of ,israel cried to
 ,god with great fervency1 and with     
great vehemency did they humble their   
souls3    #d3aj ,both they1 and their   
wives and their children1 and their     
cattle1  and every stranger and         
hireling1 and their servants bought with
 money1  put sackcloth upon their loins4
    #d3aa ,thus every man and women1 and
 the little children1 and the           
inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 fell before  
the temple1 and cast ashes upon  their  
heads1 and spread out their sackcloth   
before the face of the  ,lord3 also they
 put sackcloth about the altar1    #d3ab
 ,and cried to the ,god of ,israel all  
with one consent earnestly1  that he    
would not give their children for a     
prey1 and their wives for a  spoil1 and 

the cities of their inheritance to      
destruction1 and the  sanctuary to      
profanation and reproach1 and for the   
nations to rejoice  at4    #d3ac ,so    
,god heard their prayers1 and looked    
upon their afflictions3 for  the people 
fasted many days in all ,judea and      
,jerusalem before the  sanctuary of the 
,lord ,almighty4    #d3ad ,and ,joacim  
the high priest1 and all the priests    
that stood before  the ,lord1 and they  
which ministered unto the ,lord1 had    
their loins girt  with sackcloth1 and   
offered the daily burnt offerings1 with 
the vows  and free gifts of the people1 
#d3ae ,and had ashes on their mitres1   
and cried unto the ,lord with all  their
 power1 that he would look upon all the 
house of ,israel  graciously4    #e3a   
,then was it declared to ,holofernes1   
the chief captain of the army  of       
,assur1 that the children of ,israel had
 prepared for war1 and had  shut up the 
passages of the hill country1 and had   
fortified all the  tops of the high     

hills and had laid impediments in the   
champaign  countries3    #e3b ,wherewith
 he was very angry1 and called all the  
princes of ,moab1  and the captains of  
,ammon1 and all the governors of the sea
 coast1    #e3c ,and he said unto them1 
,tell me now1 ye sons of ,chanaan1 who  
this  people is1 that dwelleth in the   
hill country1 and what are the cities   
that they inhabit1 and what is the      
multitude of their army1 and wherein  is
 their power and strength1 and what king
 is set over them1 or captain  of their 
army2    #e3d ,and why have they        
determined not to come and meet me1 more
 than all  the inhabitants of the west4 
#e3e ,then said ,achior1 the captain of 
all the sons of ,ammon1 ,let my lord    
now hear a word from the mouth of thy   
servant1 and ,i will declare unto  thee 
the truth concerning this people1 which 
dwelleth near thee1 and  inhabiteth the 
hill countries3 and there shall no lie  
come out of the  mouth of thy servant4  
#e3f ,this people are descended of the  

,chaldeans3    #e3g ,and they sojourned 
heretofore in ,mesopotamia1 because they
 would  not follow the gods of their    
fathers1 which were in the land of      
,chaldea4    #e3h ,for they left the way
 of their ancestors1 and worshipped the 
,god of  heaven1 the ,god whom they     
knew3 so they cast them out from the    
face of  their gods1 and they fled into 
,mesopotamia1 and sojourned there many  
days4    #e3i ,then their ,god commanded
 them to depart from the place where    
they  sojourned1 and to go into the land
 of ,chanaan3 where they dwelt1 and     
were increased with gold and silver1 and
 with very much cattle4    #e3aj ,but   
when a famine covered all the land of   
,chanaan1 they went down  into ,egypt1  
and sojourned there1 while they were    
nourished1 and became  there a great    
multitude1 so that one could not number 
their nation4    #e3aa ,therefore the   
king of ,egypt rose up against them1 and
 dealt  subtilly with them1 and brought 
them low with labouring in brick1 and   

made them slaves4    #e3ab ,then they   
cried unto their ,god1 and he smote all 
the land of ,egypt  with incurable      
plagues3 so the ,egyptians cast them out
 of their sight4    #e3ac ,and ,god     
dried the ,red sea before them1    #e3ad
 ,and brought them to mount ,sina1 and  
,cades-,barne1 and cast forth  all that 
dwelt in the wilderness4    #e3ae ,so   
they dwelt in the land of the ,amorites1
 and they destroyed by  their strength  
all them of ,esebon1 and passing over   
,jordan they  possessed all the hill    
country4    #e3af ,and they cast forth  
before them the ,chanaanite1 the        
,pherezite1 the  ,jebusite1 and the     
,sychemite1 and all the ,gergesites1 and
 they dwelt in  that country many days4 
#e3ag ,and whilst they sinned not before
 their ,god1 they prospered1  because   
the ,god that hateth iniquity was with  
them4    #e3ah ,but when they departed  
from the way which he appointed them1   
they  were destroyed in many battles    
very sore1 and were led captives into a 

land that was not theirs1 and the temple
 of their ,god was cast to the  ground1 
and their cities were taken by the      
enemies4    #e3ai ,but now are they     
returned to their ,god1 and are come up 
from the  places where they were        
scattered1 and have possessed           
,jerusalem1 where  their sanctuary is1  
and are seated in the hill country2 for 
it was  desolate4    #e3bj ,now         
therefore1 my lord and governor1 if     
there be any error against  this people1
 and they sin against their ,god1 let us
 consider that this  shall be their     
ruin1 and let us go up1 and we shall    
overcome them4    #e3ba ,but if there be
 no iniquity in their nation1 let my    
lord now pass  by1 lest their ,lord     
defend them1 and their ,god be for them1
 and we  become a reproach before all   
the world4    #e3bb ,and when ,achior   
had finished these sayings1 all the     
people  standing round about the tent   
murmured1 and the chief men of          
,holofernes1 and all that dwelt by the  

sea side1 and in ,moab1 spake that  he  
should kill him4    #e3bc ,for1 say     
they1 we will not be afraid of the face 
of the children  of ,israel3 for1 lo1 it
 is a people that have no strength nor  
power for  a strong battle    #e3bd ,now
 therefore1 lord ,holofernes1 we will go
 up1 and they shall be a  prey to be    
devoured of all thine army4    #f3a ,and
 when the tumult of men that were about 
the council was ceased1  ,holofernes the
 chief captain of the army of ,assur    
said unto ,achior and  all the ,moabites
 before all the company of other        
nations1    #f3b ,and who art thou1     
,achior1 and the hirelings of ,ephraim1 
that thou  hast prophesied against us as
 to day1 and hast said1 that we should  
not  make war with the people of        
,israel1 because their ,god will defend 
them8  and who is ,god but              
,nabuchodonosor8    #f3c ,he will send  
his power1 and will destroy them from   
the face of the  earth1 and their ,god  
shall not deliver them3 but we his      

servants will  destroy them as one man2 
for they are not able to sustain the    
power of  our horses4    #f3d ,for with 
them we will tread them under foot1 and 
their mountains  shall be drunken with  
their blood1 and their fields shall be  
filled  with their dead bodies1 and     
their footsteps shall not be able to    
stand  before us1 for they shall utterly
 perish1 saith king ,nabuchodonosor1    
lord of all the earth3 for he said1     
,none of my words shall be in vain4     
#f3e ,and thou1 ,achior1 an hireling of 
,ammon1 which hast spoken these  words  
in the day of thine iniquity1 shalt see 
my face no more from this  day1 until ,i
 take vengeance of this nation that came
 out of ,egypt4    #f3f ,and then shall 
the sword of mine army1 and the         
multitude of them  that serve me1 pass  
through thy sides1 and thou shalt fall  
among their  slain1 when ,i return4     
#f3g ,now therefore my servants shall   
bring thee back into the hill  country1 
and shall set thee in one of the cities 

of the passages3    #f3h ,and thou shalt
 not perish1 till thou be destroyed with
 them4    #f3i ,and if thou persuade    
thyself in thy mind that they shall be  
taken1  let not thy countenance fall3 ,i
 have spoken it1 and none of my words   
shall be in vain4    #f3aj ,then        
,holofernes commanded his servants1 that
 waited in his tent1  to take ,achior1  
and bring him to ,bethulia1 and deliver 
him into the  hands of the children of  
,israel4    #f3aa ,so his servants took 
him1 and brought him out of the camp    
into the  plain1 and they went from the 
midst of the plain into the hill        
country1  and came unto the fountains   
that were under ,bethulia4    #f3ab ,and
 when the men of the city saw them1 they
 took up their weapons1  and went out of
 the city to the top of the hill3 and   
every man that  used a sling kept them  
from coming up by casting of stones     
against  them4    #f3ac ,nevertheless   
having gotten privily under the hill1   
they bound  ,achior1 and cast him down1 

and left him at the foot of the hill1   
and  returned to their lord4    #f3ad   
,but the ,israelites descended from     
their city1 and came unto him1  and     
loosed him1 and brought him to          
,bethulia1 and presented him to the     
governors of the city3    #f3ae ,which  
were in those days ,ozias the son of    
,micha1 of the tribe of  ,simeon1 and   
,chabris the son of ,gothoniel1 and     
,charmis the son of  ,melchiel4    #f3af
 ,and they called together all the      
ancients of the city1 and all  their    
youth ran together1 and their women1 to 
the assembly1 and they  set ,achior in  
the midst of all their people4 ,then    
,ozias asked him of  that which was     
done4    #f3ag ,and he answered and     
declared unto them the words of the     
council of  ,holofernes1 and all the    
words that he had spoken in the midst of
 the  princes of ,assur1 and whatsoever 
,holofernes had spoken proudly against  
the house of ,israel4    #f3ah ,then the
 people fell down and worshipped ,god1  

and cried unto ,god1  saying1    #f3ai  
,o ,lord ,god of heaven1 behold their   
pride1 and pity the low estate  of our  
nation1 and look upon the face of those 
that are sanctified unto  thee this day4
    #f3bj ,then they comforted ,achior1 
and praised him greatly4    #f3ba ,and  
,ozias took him out of the assembly unto
 his house1 and made a  feast to the    
elders2 and they called on the ,god of  
,israel all that  night for help4       
#g3a ,the next day ,holofernes commanded
 all his army1 and all his people  which
 were come to take his part1 that they  
should remove their camp  against       
,bethulia1 to take aforehand the ascents
 of the hill country1  and to make war  
against the children of ,israel4    #g3b
 ,then their strong men removed their   
camps in that day1 and the army  of the 
men of war was an hundred and seventy   
thousand footmen1 and  twelve thousand  
horsemen1 beside the baggage1 and other 
men that were  afoot among them1 a very 
great multitude4    #g3c ,and they      

camped in the valley near unto          
,bethulia1 by the fountain1  and they   
spread themselves in breadth over       
,dothaim even to ,belmaim1 and  in      
length from ,bethulia unto ,cynamon1    
which is over against ,esdraelon4       
#g3d ,now the children of ,israel1 when 
they saw the multitude of them1  were   
greatly troubled1 and said every one to 
his neighbour1 ,now will  these men lick
 up the face of the earth2 for neither  
the high  mountains1 nor the valleys1   
nor the hills1 are able to bear their   
weight4    #g3e ,then every man took up 
his weapons of war1 and when they had   
kindled fires upon their towers1 they   
remained and watched all that  night4   
#g3f ,but in the second day ,holofernes 
brought forth all his horsemen in  the  
sight of the children of ,israel which  
were in ,bethulia1    #g3g ,and viewed  
the passages up to the city1 and came to
 the fountains  of their waters1 and    
took them1 and set garrisons of men of  
war over  them1 and he himself removed  

toward his people4    #g3h ,then came   
unto him all the chief of the children  
of ,esau1 and all  the governors of the 
people of ,moab1 and the captains of the
 sea coast1  and said1    #g3i ,let our 
lord now hear a word1 that there be not 
an overthrow in  thine army4    #g3aj   
,for this people of the children of     
,israel do not trust in their  spears1  
but in the height of the mountains      
wherein they dwell1 because  it is not  
easy to come up to the tops of their    
mountains4    #g3aa ,now therefore1 my  
lord1 fight not against them in battle  
array1  and there shall not so much as  
one man of thy people perish4    #g3ab  
,remain in thy camp1 and keep all the   
men of thine army1 and let  thy servants
 get into their hands the fountain of   
water1 which issueth  forth of the foot 
of the mountain3    #g3ac ,for all the  
inhabitants of ,bethulia have their     
water thence2 so  shall thirst kill     
them1 and they shall give up their city1
 and we and  our people shall go up to  

the tops of the mountains that are near1
 and  will camp upon them1 to watch that
 none go out of the city4    #g3ad ,so  
they and their wives and their children 
shall be consumed with  famine1 and     
before the sword come against them1 they
 shall be  overthrown in the streets    
where they dwell4    #g3ae ,thus shalt  
thou render them an evil reward2 because
 they rebelled1  and met not thy person 
peaceably4    #g3af ,and these words    
pleased ,holofernes and all his         
servants1 and he  appointed to do as    
they had spoken4    #g3ag ,so the camp  
of the children of ,ammon departed1 and 
with them five  thousand of the         
,assyrians1 and they pitched in the     
valley1 and took the  waters1 and the   
fountains of the waters of the children 
of ,israel4    #g3ah ,then the children 
of ,esau went up with the children of   
,ammon1 and  camped in the hill country 
over against ,dothaim3 and they sent    
some of  them toward the south1 and     
toward the east over against ,ekrebel1  

which  is near unto ,chusi1 that is upon
 the brook ,mochmur2 and the rest of the
  army of the ,assyrians camped in the  
plain1 and covered the face of the      
whole land2 and their tents and         
carriages were pitched to a very great  
multitude4    #g3ai ,then the children  
of ,israel cried unto the ,lord their   
,god1 because  their heart failed1 for  
all their enemies had compassed them    
round  about1 and there was no way to   
escape out from among them4    #g3bj    
,thus all the company of ,assur remained
 about them1 both their  footmen1       
chariots1 and horsemen1 four and thirty 
days1 so that all  their vessels of     
water failed all the inhibitants of     
,bethulia4    #g3ba ,and the cisterns   
were emptied1 and they had not water to 
drink  their fill for one day2 for they 
gave them drink by measure4    #g3bb    
,therefore their young children were out
 of heart1 and their women  and young   
men fainted for thirst1 and fell down in
 the streets of the  city1 and by the   

passages of the gates1 and there was no 
longer any  strength in them4    #g3bc  
,then all the people assembled to       
,ozias1 and to the chief of the  city1  
both young men1 and women1 and children1
 and cried with a loud  voice1 and said 
before all the elders1    #g3bd ,god be 
judge between us and you3 for ye have   
done us great injury1  in that ye have  
not required peace of the children of   
,assur4    #g3be ,for now we have no    
helper3 but ,god hath sold us into their
 hands1  that we should be thrown down  
before them with thirst and great       
destruction4    #g3bf ,now therefore    
call them unto you1 and deliver the     
whole city for a  spoil to the people of
 ,holofernes1 and to all his army4      
#g3bg ,for it is better for us to be    
made a spoil unto them1 than to die  for
 thirst3 for we will be his servants1   
that our souls may live1 and  not see   
the death of our infants before our     
eyes1 nor our wives nor our  children to
 die4    #g3bh ,we take to witness      

against you the heaven and the earth1   
and our  ,god and ,lord of our fathers1 
which punisheth us according to our sins
  and the sins of our fathers1 that he  
do not according as we have said  this  
day4    #g3bi ,then there was great     
weeping with one consent in the midst of
 the  assembly2 and they cried unto the 
,lord ,god with a loud voice4    #g3cj  
,then said ,ozias to them1 ,brethren1 be
 of good courage1 let us yet  endure    
five days1 in the which space the ,lord 
our ,god may turn his  mercy toward us2 
for he will not forsake us utterly4     
#g3ca ,and if these days pass1 and there
 come no help unto us1 ,i will do       
according to your word4    #g3cb ,and he
 dispersed the people1 every one to     
their own charge2 and  they went unto   
the walls and towers of their city1 and 
sent the women  and children into their 
houses3 and they were very low brought  
in the  city4    #h3a ,now at that time 
,judith heard thereof1 which was the    
daughter of  ,merari1 the son of ,ox1   

the son of ,joseph1 the son of ,ozel1   
the son of  ,elcia1 the son of ,ananias1
 the son of ,gedeon1 the son of         
,raphaim1 the  son of ,acitho1 the son  
of ,eliu1 the son of ,eliab1 the son of 
,nathanael1  the son of ,samael1 the son
 of ,salasadal1 the son of ,israel4     
#h3b ,and ,manasses was her husband1 of 
her tribe and kindred1 who died in  the 
barley harvest4    #h3c ,for as he stood
 overseeing them that bound sheaves in  
the field1  the heat came upon his head1
 and he fell on his bed1 and died in the
  city of ,bethulia3 and they buried him
 with his fathers in the field  between 
,dothaim and ,balamo4    #h3d ,so       
,judith was a widow in her house three  
years and four months4    #h3e ,and she 
made her a tent upon the top of her     
house1 and put on  sackcloth upon her   
loins and ware her widow's apparel4     
#h3f ,and she fasted all the days of her
 widowhood1 save the eves of the        
sabbaths1 and the sabbaths1 and the eves
 of the new moons1 and the new  moons   

and the feasts and solemn days of the   
house of ,israel4    #h3g ,she was also 
of a goodly countenance1 and very       
beautiful to behold3  and her husband   
,manasses had left her gold1 and silver1
 and menservants  and maidservants1 and 
cattle1 and lands2 and she remained upon
 them4    #h3h ,and there was none that 
gave her an ill word2 for she feared    
,god  greatly4    #h3i ,now when she    
heard the evil words of the people      
against the  governor1 that they fainted
 for lack of water2 for ,judith had     
heard all  the words that ,ozias had    
spoken unto them1 and that he had sworn 
to  deliver the city unto the ,assyrians
 after five days2    #h3aj ,then she    
sent her waitingwoman1 that had the     
government of all  things that she had1 
to call ,ozias and ,chabris and         
,charmis1 the  ancients of the city4    
#h3aa ,and they came unto her1 and she  
said unto them1 ,hear me now1 ,o ye     
governors of the inhabitants of         
,bethulia3 for your words that ye have  

spoken before the people this day are   
not right1 touching this oath  which ye 
made and pronounced between ,god and    
you1 and have promised to  deliver the  
city to our enemies1 unless within these
 days the ,lord turn  to help you4      
#h3ab ,and now who are ye that have     
tempted ,god this day1 and stand        
instead of ,god among the children of   
men8    #h3ac ,and now try the ,lord    
,almighty1 but ye shall never know any  
thing4    #h3ad ,for ye cannot find the 
depth of the heart of man1 neither can  
ye  perceive the things that he         
thinketh3 then how can ye search out    
,god1  that hath made all these things1 
and know his mind1 or comprehend his    
purpose8 ,nay1 my brethren1 provoke not 
the ,lord our ,god to anger4    #h3ae   
,for if he will not help us within these
 five days1 he hath power  to defend us 
when he will1 even every day1 or to     
destroy us before our  enemies4    #h3af
 ,do not bind the counsels of the ,lord 
our ,god3 for ,god is not as  man1 that 

he may be threatened2 neither is he as  
the son of man1 that  he should be      
wavering4    #h3ag ,therefore let us    
wait for salvation of him1 and call upon
 him to  help us1 and he will hear our  
voice1 if it please him4    #h3ah ,for  
there arose none in our age1 neither is 
there any now in these  days neither    
tribe1 nor family1 nor people1 nor city 
among us1 which  worship gods made with 
hands1 as hath been aforetime4    #h3ai 
,for the which cause our fathers were   
given to the sword1 and for a  spoil1   
and had a great fall before our enemies4
    #h3bj ,but we know none other god1  
therefore we trust that he will not     
dispise us1 nor any of our nation4      
#h3ba ,for if we be taken so1 all ,judea
 shall lie waste1 and our  sanctuary    
shall be spoiled2 and he will require   
the profanation thereof  at our mouth4  
#h3bb ,and the slaughter of our         
brethren1 and the captivity of the      
country1 and the desolation of our      
inheritance1 will he turn upon our      

heads among the ,gentiles1 wheresoever  
we shall be in bondage2 and we  shall be
 an offence and a reproach to all them  
that possess us4    #h3bc ,for our      
servitude shall not be directed to      
favour3 but the ,lord  our ,god shall   
turn it to dishonour4    #h3bd ,now     
therefore1 ,o brethren1 let us shew an  
example to our brethren1  because their 
hearts depend upon us1 and the          
sanctuary1 and the house1  and the      
altar1 rest upon us4    #h3be ,moreover 
let us give thanks to the ,lord our     
,god1 which trieth us1  even as he did  
our fathers4    #h3bf ,remember what    
things he did to ,abraham1 and how he   
tried ,isaac1  and what happened to     
,jacob in ,mesopotamia of ,syria1 when  
he kept the  sheep of ,laban his        
mother's brother4    #h3bg ,for he hath 
not tried us in the fire1 as he did     
them1 for the  examination of their     
hearts1 neither hath he taken vengeance 
on us3 but  the ,lord doth scourge them 
that come near unto him1 to admonish    

them4    #h3bh ,then said ,ozias to her1
 ,all that thou hast spoken hast thou   
spoken  with a good heart1 and there is 
none that may gainsay thy words4        
#h3bi ,for this is not the first day    
wherein thy wisdom is manifested2  but  
from the beginning of thy days all the  
people have known thy  understanding1   
because the disposition of thine heart  
is good4    #h3cj ,but the people were  
very thirsty1 and compelled us to do    
unto them  as we have spoken1 and to    
bring an oath upon ourselves1 which we  
will  not break4    #h3ca ,therefore now
 pray thou for us1 because thou art a   
godly woman1  and the ,lord will send us
 rain to fill our cisterns1 and we shall
 faint  no more4    #h3cb ,then said    
,judith unto them1 ,hear me1 and ,i will
 do a thing1 which  shall go throughout 
all generations to the children of our  
nation4    #h3cc ,ye shall stand this   
night in the gate1 and ,i will go forth 
with my  waitingwoman3 and within the   
days that ye have promised to deliver   

the  city to our enemies the ,lord will 
visit ,israel by mine hand4    #h3cd    
,but enquire not ye of mine act3 for ,i 
will not declare it unto  you1 till the 
things be finished that ,i do4    #h3ce 
,then said ,ozias and the princes unto  
her1 ,go in peace1 and the  ,lord ,god  
be before thee1 to take vengeance on our
 enemies4    #h3cf ,so they returned    
from the tent1 and went to their wards4 
#i3a ,then ,judith fell upon her face1  
and put ashes upon her head1 and        
uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she   
was clothed2 and about the time  that   
the incense of that evening was offered 
in ,jerusalem in the house  of the ,lord
 ,judith cried with a loud voice1 and   
said1    #i3b ,o ,lord ,god of my father
 ,simeon1 to whom thou gavest a sword to
 take  vengeance of the strangers1 who  
loosened the girdle of a maid to defile 
her1 and discovered the thigh to her    
shame1 and polluted her virginity  to   
her reproach2 for thou saidst1 ,it shall
 not be so2 and yet they did  so3       

#i3c ,wherefore thou gavest their rulers
 to be slain1 so that they dyed  their  
bed in blood1 being deceived1 and       
smotest the servants with their  lords1 
and the lords upon their thrones2       
#i3d ,and hast given their wives for a  
prey1 and their daughters to be         
captives1 and all their spoils to be    
divided among thy dear children2  which 
were moved with thy zeal1 and abhorred  
the pollution of their  blood1 and      
called upon thee for aid3 ,o ,god1 ,o my
 ,god1 hear me also a  widow4    #i3e   
,for thou hast wrought not only those   
things1 but also the things  which fell 
out before1 and which ensued after2 thou
 hast thought upon  the things which are
 now1 and which are to come4    #i3f    
,yea1 what things thou didst determine  
were ready at hand1 and said1  ,lo1 we  
are here3 for all thy ways are prepared1
 and thy judgments are  in thy          
foreknowledge4    #i3g ,for1 behold1 the
 ,assyrians are multiplied in their     
power2 they are  exalted with horse and 

man2 they glory in the strength of their
  footmen2 they trust in shield1 and    
spear1 and bow1 and sling2 and know  not
 that thou art the ,lord that breakest  
the battles3 the ,lord is thy  name4    
#i3h ,throw down their strength in thy  
power1 and bring down their force  in   
thy wrath3 for they have purposed to    
defile thy sanctuary1 and to  pollute   
the tabernacle where thy glorious name  
resteth and to cast down  with sword the
 horn of thy altar4    #i3i ,behold     
their pride1 and send thy wrath upon    
their heads3 give into  mine hand1 which
 am a widow1 the power that ,i have     
conceived4    #i3aj ,smite by the deceit
 of my lips the servant with the prince1
 and  the prince with the servant3 break
 down their stateliness by the hand  of 
a woman4    #i3aa ,for thy power        
standeth not in multitude nor thy might 
in strong  men3 for thou art a ,god of  
the afflicted1 an helper of the         
oppressed1  an upholder of the weak1 a  
protector of the forlorn1 a saviour of  

them  that are without hope4    #i3ab ,i
 pray thee1 ,i pray thee1 ,o ,god of my 
father1 and ,god of the  inheritance of 
,israel1 ,lord of the heavens and earth1
 ,creator of the  waters1 king of every 
creature1 hear thou my prayer3    #i3ac 
,and make my speech and deceit to be    
their wound and stripe1 who  have       
purposed cruel things against thy       
covenant1 and thy hallowed  house1 and  
against the top of ,sion1 and against   
the house of the  possession of thy     
children4    #i3ad ,and make every      
nation and tribe to acknowledge that    
thou art the  ,god of all power and     
might1 and that there is none other that
  protecteth the people of ,israel but  
thou4    #aj3a ,now after that she had  
ceased to cry unto the ,god of ,israel1 
and  had made an end of all these words4
    #aj3b ,she rose where she had fallen
 down1 and called her maid1 and went    
down into the house in the which she    
abode in the sabbath days1 and in  her  
feast days1    #aj3c ,and pulled off the

 sackcloth which she had on1 and put off
 the  garments of her widowhood1 and    
washed her body all over with water1 and
  anointed herself with precious        
ointment1 and braided the hair of her   
head1 and put on a tire upon it1 and put
 on her garments of gladness1  wherewith
 she was clad during the life of        
,manasses her husband4    #aj3d ,and she
 took sandals upon her feet1 and put    
about her her  bracelets1 and her       
chains1 and her rings1 and her earrings1
 and all her  ornaments1 and decked     
herself bravely1 to allure the eyes of  
all men  that should see her4    #aj3e  
,then she gave her maid a bottle of     
wine1 and a cruse of oil1 and  filled a 
bag with parched corn1 and lumps of     
figs1 and with fine bread2  so she      
folded all these things together1 and   
laid them upon her4    #aj3f ,thus they 
went forth to the gate of the city of   
,bethulia1 and  found standing there    
,ozias and the ancients of the city1    
,chabris and  ,charmis4    #aj3g ,and   

when they saw her1 that her countenance 
was altered1 and her  apparel was       
changed1 they wondered at her beauty    
very greatly1 and said  unto her4       
#aj3h ,the ,god1 the ,god of our fathers
 give thee favour1 and accomplish  thine
 enterprizes to the glory of the        
children of ,israel1 and to the         
exaltation of ,jerusalem4 ,then they    
worshipped ,god4    #aj3i ,and she said 
unto them1 ,command the gates of the    
city to be opened  unto me1 that ,i may 
go forth to accomplish the things       
whereof ye have  spoken with me4 ,so    
they commanded the young men to open    
unto her1 as  she had spoken4    #aj3aj 
,and when they had done so1 ,judith went
 out1 she1 and her maid  with her2 and  
the men of the city looked after her1   
until she was gone  down the mountain1  
and till she had passed the valley1 and 
could see  her no more4    #aj3aa ,thus 
they went straight forth in the valley3 
and the first watch  of the ,assyrians  
met her1    #aj3ab ,and took her1 and   

asked her1 ,of what people art thou8 and
 whence  comest thou8 and whither goest 
thou8 ,and she said1 ,i am a woman of   
the  ,hebrews1 and am fled from them3   
for they shall be given you to be       
consumed3    #aj3ac ,and ,i am coming   
before ,holofernes the chief captain of 
your army1  to declare words of truth2  
and ,i will shew him a way1 whereby he  
shall  go1 and win all the hill country1
 without losing the body or life of  any
 one of his men4    #aj3ad ,now when the
 men heard her words1 and beheld her    
countenance1  they wondered greatly at  
her beauty1 and said unto her1    #aj3ae
 ,thou hast saved thy life1 in that thou
 hast hasted to come down  to the       
presence of our lord3 now therefore come
 to his tent1 and some  of us shall     
conduct thee1 until they have delivered 
thee to his hands4    #aj3af ,and when  
thou standest before him1 be not afraid 
in thine heart1  but shew unto him      
according to thy word2 and he will      
entreat thee well4    #aj3ag ,then they 

chose out of them an hundred men to     
accompany her and  her maid2 and they   
brought her to the tent of ,holofernes4 
#aj3ah ,then was there a concourse      
throughout all the camp3 for her  coming
 was noised among the tents1 and they   
came about her1 as she  stood without   
the tent of ,holofernes1 till they told 
him of her4    #aj3ai ,and they wondered
 at her beauty1 and admired the children
 of  ,israel because of her1 and every  
one said to his neighbour1 ,who would   
despise this people1 that have among    
them such women8 surely it is not  good 
that one man of them be left who being  
let go might deceive the  whole earth4  
#aj3bj ,and they that lay near          
,holofernes went out1 and all his       
servants  and they brought her into the 
tent4    #aj3ba ,now ,holofernes rested 
upon his bed under a canopy1 which was  
woven with purple1 and gold1 and        
emeralds1 and precious stones4    #aj3bb
 ,so they shewed him of her2 and he came
 out before his tent with  silver lamps 

going before him4    #aj3bc ,and when   
,judith was come before him and his     
servants they all  marvelled at the     
beauty of her countenance2 and she fell 
down upon her  face1 and did reverence  
unto him3 and his servants took her up4 
#aa3a ,then said ,holofernes unto her1  
,woman1 be of good comfort1 fear not  in
 thine heart3 for ,i never hurt any that
 was willing to serve  ,nabuchodonosor1 
the king of all the earth4    #aa3b ,now
 therefore1 if thy people that dwelleth 
in the mountains had  not set light by  
me1 ,i would not have lifted up my spear
 against them3  but they have done these
 things to themselves4    #aa3c ,but now
 tell me wherefore thou art fled from   
them1 and art come  unto us3 for thou   
art come for safeguard2 be of good      
comfort1 thou  shalt live this night1   
and hereafter3    #aa3d ,for none shall 
hurt thee1 but entreat thee well1 as    
they do the  servants of king           
,nabuchodonosor my lord4    #aa3e ,then 
,judith said unto him1 ,receive the     

words of thy servant1 and  suffer thine 
handmaid to speak in thy presence1 and  
,i will declare no  lie to my lord this 
night4    #aa3f ,and if thou wilt follow
 the words of thine handmaid1 ,god will 
bring the thing perfectly to pass by    
thee2 and my lord shall not fail  of his
 purposes4    #aa3g ,as ,nabuchodonosor 
king of all the earth liveth1 and as his
 power  liveth1 who hath sent thee for  
the upholding of every living thing3 for
  not only men shall serve him by thee1 
but also the beasts of the field1  and  
the cattle1 and the fowls of the air1   
shall live by thy power under           
,nabuchodonosor and all his house4      
#aa3h ,for we have heard of thy wisdom  
and thy policies1 and it is  reported in
 all the earth1 that thou only art      
excellent in all the  kingdom1 and      
mighty in knowledge1 and wonderful in   
feats of war4    #aa3i ,now as          
concerning the matter1 which ,achior did
 speak in thy  council1 we have heard   
his words2 for the men of ,bethulia     

saved him1  and he declared unto them   
all that he had spoken unto thee4       
#aa3aj ,therefore1 ,o lord and governor1
 respect not his word2 but lay it  up in
 thine heart1 for it is true3 for our   
nation shall not be  punished1 neither  
can sword prevail against them1 except  
they sin  against their ,god4    #aa3aa 
,and now1 that my lord be not defeated  
and frustrate of his  purpose1 even     
death is now fallen upon them1 and their
 sin hath  overtaken them1 wherewith    
they will provoke their ,god to anger   
whensoever they shall do that which is  
not fit to be done3    #aa3ab ,for their
 victuals fail them1 and all their water
 is scant1 and  they have determined to 
lay hands upon their cattle1 and        
purposed to  consume all those things1  
that ,god hath forbidden them to eat by 
his  laws3    #aa3ac ,and are resolved  
to spend the firstfruits of the corn1   
and the  tenths of wine and oil1 which  
they had sanctified1 and reserved for   
the  priests that serve in ,jerusalem   

before the face of our ,god2 the which  
things it is not lawful for any of the  
people so much as to touch with  their  
hands4    #aa3ad ,for they have sent    
some to ,jerusalem1 because they also   
that  dwell there have done the like1 to
 bring them a licence from the  senate4 
#aa3ae ,now when they shall bring them  
word1 they will forthwith do it1  and   
they shall be given to thee to be       
destroyed the same day4    #aa3af       
,wherefore ,i thine handmaid1 knowing   
all this1 am fled from their  presence2 
and ,god hath sent me to work things    
with thee1 whereat all  the earth shall 
be astonished1 and whosoever shall hear 
it4    #aa3ag ,for thy servant is       
religious1 and serveth the ,god of      
heaven day  and night3 now therefore1 my
 lord1 ,i will remain with thee1 and thy
  servant will go out by night into the 
valley1 and ,i will pray unto ,god1  and
 he will tell me when they have         
committed their sins3    #aa3ah ,and ,i 
will come and shew it unto thee3 then   

thou shalt go forth  with all thine     
army1 and there shall be none of them   
that shall resist  thee4    #aa3ai ,and 
,i will lead thee through the midst of  
,judea1 until thou come  before         
,jerusalem2 and ,i will set thy throne  
in the midst thereof2 and  thou shalt   
drive them as sheep that have no        
shepherd1 and a dog shall  not so much  
as open his mouth at thee3 for these    
things were told me  according to my    
foreknowledge1 and they were declared   
unto me1 and ,i am  sent to tell thee4  
#aa3bj ,then her words pleased          
,holofernes and all his servants2 and   
they  marvelled at her wisdom1 and said1
    #aa3ba ,there is not such a woman   
from one end of the earth to the other1 
both for beauty of face1 and wisdom of  
words4    #aa3bb ,likewise ,holofernes  
said unto her4 ,god hath done well to   
send  thee before the people1 that      
strength might be in our hands and      
destruction upon them that lightly      
regard my lord4    #aa3bc ,and now thou 

art both beautiful in thy countenance1  
and witty in  thy words3 surely if thou 
do as thou hast spoken thy ,god shall be
 my  ,god1 and thou shalt dwell in the  
house of king ,nabuchodonosor1 and      
shalt be renowned through the whole     
earth4    #ab3a ,then he commanded to   
bring her in where his plate was set2   
and  bade that they should prepare for  
her of his own meats1 and that she      
should drink of his own wine4    #ab3b  
,and ,judith said1 ,i will not eat      
thereof1 lest there be an offence3  but 
provision shall be made for me of the   
things that ,i have brought4    #ab3c   
,then ,holofernes said unto her1 ,if thy
 provision should fail1 how  should we  
give thee the like8 for there be none   
with us of thy nation4    #ab3d ,then   
said ,judith unto him ,as thy soul      
liveth1 my lord1 thine  handmaid shall  
not spend those things that ,i have1    
before the ,lord work  by mine hand the 
things that he hath determined4    #ab3e
 ,then the servants of ,holofernes      

brought her into the tent1 and she      
slept till midnight1 and she arose when 
it was toward the morning  watch1       
#ab3f ,and sent to ,holofernes1 saving1 
,let my lord now command that thine     
handmaid may go forth unto prayer4      
#ab3g ,then ,holofernes commanded his   
guard that they should not stay her3    
thus she abode in the camp three days1  
and went out in the night into  the     
valley of ,bethulia1 and washed herself 
in a fountain of water by  the camp4    
#ab3h ,and when she came out1 she       
besought the ,lord ,god of ,israel to   
direct her way to the raising up of the 
children of her people4    #ab3i ,so she
 came in clean1 and remained in the     
tent1 until she did eat  her meat at    
evening4    #ab3aj ,and in the fourth   
day ,holofernes made a feast to his own 
servants  only1 and called none of the  
officers to the banquet4    #ab3aa ,then
 said he to ,bagoas the eunuch1 who had 
charge over all that  he had1 ,go now1  
and persuade this ,hebrew woman which is

 with thee1 that  she come unto us1 and 
eat and drink with us4    #ab3ab ,for1  
lo1 it will be a shame for our person1  
if we shall let such  a woman go1 not   
having had her company2 for if we draw  
her not unto us1  she will laugh us to  
scorn4    #ab3ac ,then went ,bagoas from
 the presence of ,holofernes1 and came  
to  her1 and he said1 ,let not this fair
 damsel fear to come to my lord1 and  to
 be honoured in his presence1 and drink 
wine1 and be merry with us  and be made 
this day as one of the daughters of the 
,assyrians1 which  serve in the house of
 ,nabuchodonosor4    #ab3ad ,then said  
,judith unto him1 ,who am ,i now1 that  
,i should gainsay my  lord8 surely      
whatsoever pleaseth him ,i will do      
speedily1 and it shall  be my joy unto  
the day of my death4    #ab3ae ,so she  
arose1 and decked herself with her      
apparel and all her  woman's attire1 and
 her maid went and laid soft skins on   
the ground for  her over against        
,holofernes1 which she had received of  

,bagoas far her  daily use1 that she    
might sit and eat upon them4    #ab3af  
,now when ,judith came in and sat down1 
,holofernes his heart was  ravished with
 her1 and his mind was moved1 and he    
desired greatly her  company2 for he    
waited a time to deceive her1 from the  
day that he had  seen her4    #ab3ag    
,then said ,holofernes unto her1 ,drink 
now1 and be merry with us4    #ab3ah ,so
 ,judith said1 ,i will drink now1 my    
lord1 because my life is  magnified in  
me this day more than all the days since
 ,i was born4    #ab3ai ,then she took  
and ate and drank before him what her   
maid had  prepared4    #ab3bj ,and      
,holofernes took great delight in her1  
and drank more wine  than he had drunk  
at any time in one day since he was     
born4    #ac3a ,now when the evening was
 come1 his servants made haste to       
depart1  and ,bagoas shut his tent      
without1 and dismissed the waiters from 
the  presence of his lord2 and they went
 to their beds3 for they were all       

weary1 because the feast had been long4 
#ac3b ,and ,judith was left along in the
 tent1 and ,holofernes lying along  upon
 his bed3 for he was filled with wine4  
#ac3c ,now ,judith had commanded her    
maid to stand without her bedchamber1   
and to wait for her coming forth1 as she
 did daily3 for she said she  would go  
forth to her prayers1 and she spake to  
,bagoas according to the  same purpose4 
#ac3d ,so all went forth and none was   
left in the bedchamber1 neither  little 
nor great4 ,then ,judith1 standing by   
his bed1 said in her heart1  ,o ,lord   
,god of all power1 look at this present 
upon the works of mine  hands for the   
exaltation of ,jerusalem4    #ac3e ,for 
now is the time to help thine           
inheritance1 and to execute mine        
enterprizes to the destruction of the   
enemies which are risen against  us4    
#ac3f ,then she came to the pillar of   
the bed1 which was at ,holofernes'      
head1 and took down his fauchion from   
thence1    #ac3g ,and approached to his 

bed1 and took hold of the hair of his   
head1  and said1 ,strengthen me1 ,o     
,lord ,god of ,israel1 this day4        
#ac3h ,and she smote twice upon his neck
 with all her might1 and she took  away 
his head from him4    #ac3i ,and tumbled
 his body down from the bed1 and pulled 
down the canopy  from the pillars2 and  
anon after she went forth1 and gave     
,holofernes  his head to her maid2      
#ac3aj ,and she put it in her bag of    
meat3 so they twain went together       
according to their custom unto prayer3  
and when they passed the camp1  they    
compassed the valley1 and went up the   
mountain of ,bethulia1 and  came to the 
gates thereof4    #ac3aa ,then said     
,judith afar off1 to the watchmen at the
 gate1 ,open1  open now the gate3 ,god1 
even our ,god1 is with us1 to shew his  
power yet  in ,jerusalem1 and his forces
 against the enemy1 as he hath even done
  this day4    #ac3ab ,now when the men 
of her city heard her voice1 they made  
haste to  go down to the gate of their  

city1 and they called the elders of the 
city4    #ac3ac ,and then they ran all  
together1 both small and great1 for it  
was  strange unto them that she was     
come3 so they opened the gate1 and      
received them1 and made a fire for a    
light1 and stood round about them4      
#ac3ad ,then she said to them with a    
loud voice1 ,praise1 praise ,god1       
praise ,god1 ,i say1 for he hath not    
taken away his mercy from the house  of 
,israel1 but hath destroyed our enemies 
by mine hands this night4    #ac3ae ,so 
she took the head out of the bag1 and   
shewed it1 and said unto  them1 behold  
the head of ,holofernes1 the chief      
captain of the army of  ,assur1 and     
behold the canopy1 wherein he did lie in
 his drunkenness2  and the ,lord hath   
smitten him by the hand of a woman4     
#ac3af ,as the ,lord liveth1 who hath   
kept me in my way that ,i went1 my      
countenance hath deceived him to his    
destruction1 and yet hath he not        
committed sin with me1 to defile and    

shame me4    #ac3ag ,then all the people
 were wonderfully astonished1 and bowed 
themselves and worshipped ,god1 and said
 with one accord1 ,blessed be  thou1 ,o 
our ,god1 which hast this day brought to
 nought the enemies of  thy people4     
#ac3ah ,then said ,ozias unto her1 ,o   
daughter1 blessed art thou of the  most 
high ,god above all the women upon the  
earth2 and blessed be the  ,lord ,god1  
which hath created the heavens and the  
earth1 which hath  directed thee to the 
cutting off of the head of the chief of 
our  enemies4    #ac3ai ,for this thy   
confidence shall not depart from the    
heart of men1  which remember the power 
of ,god for ever4    #ac3bj ,and ,god   
turn these things to thee for a         
perpetual praise1 to  visit thee in good
 things because thou hast not spared thy
 life for the  affliction of our nation1
 but hast revenged our ruin1 walking a  
straight way before our ,god4 ,and all  
the people said2 ,so be it1 so be  it4  
#ad3a ,then said ,judith unto them1     

,hear me now1 my brethren1 and take     
this head1 and hang it upon the highest 
place of your walls4    #ad3b ,and so   
soon as the morning shall appear1 and   
the sun shall come  forth upon the      
earth1 take ye every one his weapons1   
and go forth every  valiant man out of  
the city1 and set ye a captain over     
them1 as though  ye would go down into  
the field toward the watch of the       
,assyrians2 but  go not down4    #ad3c  
,then they shall take their armour1 and 
shall go into their camp1  and raise up 
the captains of the army of ,assur1 and 
shall run to the  tent of ,holofernes1  
but shall not find him3 then fear shall 
fall upon  them1 and they shall flee    
before your face4    #ad3d ,so ye1 and  
all that inhabit the coast of ,israel1  
shall pursue  them1 and overthrow them  
as they go4    #ad3e ,but before ye do  
these things1 call me ,achior the       
,ammonite1 that  he may see and know him
 that despised the house of ,israel1 and
 that  sent him to us as it were to his 

death4    #ad3f ,then they called       
,achior out of the house of ,ozias2 and 
when he was  come1 and saw the head of  
,holofernes in a man's hand in the      
assembly of  the people1 he fell down on
 his face1 and his spirit failed4       
#ad3g ,but when they had recovered him1 
he fell at ,judith's feet1 and          
reverenced her1 and said1 ,blessed art  
thou in all the tabernacles of  ,juda1  
and in all nations1 which hearing thy   
name shall be astonished4    #ad3h ,now 
therefore tell me all the things that   
thou hast done in these  days4 ,then    
,judith declared unto him in the midst  
of the people all that  she had done1   
from the day that she went forth until  
that hour she  spake unto them4    #ad3i
 ,and when she had left off speaking1   
the people shouted with a loud  voice1  
and made a joyful noise in their city4  
#ad3aj ,and when ,achior had seen all   
that the ,god of ,israel had done1 he   
believed in ,god greatly1 and           
circumcised the flesh of his foreskin1  

and  was joined unto the house of       
,israel unto this day4    #ad3aa ,and as
 soon as the morning arose1 they hanged 
the head of  ,holofernes upon the wall1 
and every man took his weapons1 and they
 went  forth by bands unto the straits  
of the mountain4    #ad3ab ,but when the
 ,assyrians saw them1 they sent to their
 leaders1  which came to their captains 
and tribunes1 and to every one of their 
rulers4    #ad3ac ,so they came to      
,holofernes' tent1 and said to him that 
had the  charge of all his things1      
,waken now our lord3 for the slaves have
 been  bold to come down against us to  
battle1 that they may be utterly        
destroyed4    #ad3ad ,then went in      
,bagoas1 and knocked at the door of the 
tent2 for he  thought that he had slept 
with ,judith4    #ad3ae ,but because    
none answered1 he opened it1 and went   
into the  bedchamber1 and found him cast
 upon the floor dead1 and his head was  
taken from him4    #ad3af ,therefore he 
cried with a loud voice1 with weeping1  

and sighing1  and a mighty cry1 and rent
 his garments4    #ad3ag ,after he went 
into the tent where ,judith lodged3 and 
when he  found her not1 he leaped out to
 the people1 and cried1    #ad3ah ,these
 slaves have dealt treacherously2 one   
woman of the ,hebrews  hath brought     
shame upon the house of king            
,nabuchodonosor3 for1 behold1           
,holofernes lieth upon the ground       
without a head4    #ad3ai ,when the     
captains of the ,assyrians' army heard  
these words1 they  rent their coats and 
their minds were wonderfully troubled1  
and there  was a cry and a very great   
noise throughout the camp4    #ae3a ,and
 when they that were in the tents heard1
 they were astonished  at the thing that
 was done4    #ae3b ,and fear and       
trembling fell upon them1 so that there 
was no man  that durst abide in the     
sight of his neighbour1 but rushing out 
all  together1 they fled into every way 
of the plain1 and of the hill  country4 
#ae3c ,they also that had camped in the 

mountains round about ,bethulia  fled   
away4 ,then the children of ,israel1    
every one that was a warrior  among     
them1 rushed out upon them4    #ae3d    
,then sent ,ozias to ,betomasthem1 and  
to ,bebai1 and ,chobai1 and ,cola  and  
to all the coasts of ,israel1 such as   
should tell the things that  were done1 
and that all should rush forth upon     
their enemies to destroy  them4    #ae3e
 ,now when the children of ,israel heard
 it1 they all fell upon them  with one  
consent1 and slew them unto ,chobai3    
likewise also they that  came from      
,jerusalem1 and from all the hill       
country1 7for men had told  them what   
things were done in the camp of their   
enemies7 and they that  were in ,galaad1
 and in ,galilee1 chased them with a    
great slaughter1  until they were past  
,damascus and the borders thereof4      
#ae3f ,and the residue that dwelt at    
,bethulia1 fell upon the camp of        
,assur1 and spoiled them1 and were      
greatly enriched4    #ae3g ,and the     

children of ,israel that returned from  
the slaughter had  that which remained2 
and the villages and the cities1 that   
were in the  mountains and in the plain1
 gat many spoils3 for the multitude was 
very  great4    #ae3h ,then ,joacim the 
high priest1 and the ancients of the    
children of  ,israel that dwelt in      
,jerusalem1 came to behold the good     
things that ,god  had shewed to ,israel1
 and to see ,judith1 and to salute her4 
#ae3i ,and when they came unto her1 they
 blessed her with one accord1 and  said 
unto her1 ,thou art the exaltation of   
,jerusalem1 thou art the great  glory of
 ,israel1 thou art the great rejoicing  
of our nation3    #ae3aj ,thou hast done
 all these things by thine hand3 thou   
hast done  much good to ,israel1 and    
,god is pleased therewith3 blessed be   
thou of  the ,almighty ,lord for        
evermore4 ,and all the people said1 ,so 
be it4    #ae3aa ,and the people spoiled
 the camp the space of thirty days3 and 
they gave unto ,judith ,holofernes his  

tent1 and all his plate1 and beds1  and 
vessels1 and all his stuff3 and she took
 it and laid it on her  mule2 and made  
ready her carts1 and laid them thereon4 
#ae3ab ,then all the women of ,israel   
ran together to see her1 and blessed    
her1 and made a dance among them for    
her3 and she took branches in her  hand1
 and gave also to the women that were   
with her4    #ae3ac ,and they put a     
garland of olive upon her and her maid  
that was  with her1 and she went before 
all the people in the dance1 leading all
  the women3 and all the men of ,israel 
followed in their armour with  garlands1
 and with songs in their mouths4        
#af3a ,then ,judith began to sing this  
thanksgiving in all ,israel1 and all    
the people sang after her this song of  
praise4    #af3b ,and ,judith said1     
,begin unto my ,god with timbrels1 sing 
unto my  ,lord with cymbals3 tune unto  
him a new psalm3 exalt him1 and call    
upon  his name4    #af3c ,for ,god      
breaketh the battles3 for among the     

camps in the midst of  the people he    
hath delivered me out of the hands of   
them that  persecuted me4    #af3d      
,assur came out of the mountains from   
the north1 he came with ten  thousands  
of his army1 the multitude whereof      
stopped the torrents1 and  their        
horsemen have covered the hills4        
#af3e ,he bragged that he would burn up 
my borders1 and kill my young men  with 
the sword1 and dash the sucking children
 against the ground1 and  make mine     
infants as a prey1 and my virgins as a  
spoil4    #af3f ,but the ,almighty ,lord
 hath disappointed them by the hand of a
  woman4    #af3g ,for the mighty one   
did not fall by the young men1 neither  
did the  sons of the ,titans smite him1 
nor high giants set upon him3 but       
,judith  the daughter of ,merari        
weakened him with the beauty of her     
countenance4    #af3h ,for she put off  
the garment of her widowhood for the    
exaltation of  those that were oppressed
 in ,israel1 and anointed her face with 

ointment1 and bound her hair in a tire1 
and took a linen garment to  deceive    
him4    #af3i ,her sandals ravished his 
eyes1 her beauty took his mind prisoner1
  and the fauchion passed through his   
neck4    #af3aj ,the ,persians quaked at
 her boldness1 and the ,medes were      
daunted  at her hardiness4    #af3aa    
,then my afflicted shouted for joy1 and 
my weak ones cried aloud2  but they were
 astonished3 these lifted up their      
voices1 but they were  overthrown4      
#af3ab ,the sons of the damsels have    
pierced them through1 and wounded  them 
as fugatives' children3 they perished by
 the battle of the ,lord4    #af3ac ,i  
will sing unto the ,lord a new song3 ,o 
,lord1 thou art great and  glorious1    
wonderful in strength1 and invincible4  
#af3ad ,let all creatures serve thee3   
for thou spakest1 and they were  made1  
thou didst send forth thy spirit1 and it
 created them1 and there  is none that  
can resist thy voice4    #af3ae ,for the
 mountains shall be moved from their    

foundations with the  waters1 the rocks 
shall melt as wax at thy presence3 yet  
thou art  merciful to them that fear    
thee4    #af3af ,for all sacrifice is   
too little for a sweet savour unto thee1
 and  all the fat is not sufficient for 
thy burnt offering3 but he that  feareth
 the ,lord is great at all times4       
#af3ag ,woe to the nations that rise up 
against my kindred6 the ,lord  ,almighty
 will take vengeance of them in the day 
of judgment1 in putting  fire and worms 
in their flesh2 and they shall feel     
them1 and weep for  ever4    #af3ah ,now
 as soon as they entered into           
,jerusalem1 they worshipped the  ,lord2 
and as soon as the people were purified1
 they offered their burnt  offerings1   
and their free offerings1 and their     
gifts4    #af3ai ,judith also dedicated 
all the stuff of ,holofernes1 which the 
people had given her1 and gave the      
canopy1 which she had taken out of  his 
bedchamber1 for a gift unto the ,lord4  
#af3bj ,so the people continued feasting

 in ,jerusalem before the  sanctuary for
 the space of three months and ,judith  
remained with them4    #af3ba ,after    
this time every one returned to his own 
inheritance1 and  ,judith went to       
,bethulia1 and remained in her own      
possession1 and was in  her time        
honourable in all the country4    #af3bb
 ,and many desired her1 but none knew   
her all the days of her life1  after    
that ,manasses her husband was dead1 and
 was gathered to his  people4    #af3bc 
,but she increased more and more in     
honour1 and waxed old in her  husband's 
house1 being an hundred and five years  
old1 and made her maid  free2 so she    
died in ,bethulia3 and they buried her  
in the cave of her  husband ,manasses4  
#af3bd ,and the house of ,israel        
lamented her seven days3 and before she 
died1 she did distribute her goods to   
all them that were nearest of  kindred  
to ,manasses her husband1 and to them   
that were the nearest of  her kindred4  
#af3be ,and there was none that made the

 children of ,israel any more  afraid in
 the days of ,judith1 nor a long time   
after her death4          ,the ,greek   
,additions to ,esther  ,the ,rest of the
 ,chapters of the ,book of ,esther      
#aj3d ,then ,mardocheus said1 ,god hath 
done these things4    #aj3e ,for ,i     
remember a dream which ,i saw concerning
 these matters1 and  nothing thereof    
hath failed4    #aj3f ,a little fountain
 became a river1 and there was light1   
and the  sun1 and much water3 this river
 is ,esther1 whom the king married1 and 
made queen3    #aj3g ,and the two       
dragons are ,i and ,aman4    #aj3h ,and 
the nations were those that were        
assembled to destroy the name  of the   
,jews3    #aj3i ,and my nation is this  
,israel1 which cried to ,god1 and were  
saved3  for the ,lord hath saved his    
people1 and the ,lord hath delivered us 
from  all those evils1 and ,god hath    
wrought signs and great wonders1 which  
have not been done among the ,gentiles4 
#aj3aj ,therefore hath he made two lots1

 one for the people of ,god1 and        
another for all the ,gentiles4    #aj3aa
 ,and these two lots came at the hour1  
and time1 and day of  judgment1 before  
,god among all nations4    #aj3ab ,so   
,god remembered his people1 and         
justified his inheritance4    #aj3ac    
,therefore those days shall be unto them
 in the month ,adar1 the  fourteenth and
 fifteenth day of the same month1 with  
an assembly1 and  joy1 and with gladness
 before ,god1 according to the          
generations for  ever among his people4 
#aa3a ,in the fourth year of the reign  
of ,ptolemeus and ,cleopatra1           
,dositheus1 who said he was a priest and
 ,levite1 and ,ptolemeus his son1       
brought this epistle of ,phurim1 which  
they said was the same1 and that        
,lysimachus the son of ,ptolemeus1 that 
was in ,jerusalem1 had interpreted  it4 
#aa3b ,in the second year of the reign  
of ,artexerxes the great1 in the  first 
day of the month ,nisan1 ,mardocheus the
 son of ,jairus1 the son of  ,semei1 the

 son of ,cisai1 of the tribe of         
,benjamin1 had a dream2    #aa3c ,who   
was a ,jew1 and dwelt in the city of    
,susa1 a great man1 being a  servitor in
 the king's court4    #aa3d ,he was also
 one of the captives1 which             
,nabuchodonosor the king of  ,babylon   
carried from ,jerusalem with ,jechonias 
king of ,judea2 and this  was his dream3
    #aa3e ,behold a noise of a tumult1  
with thunder1 and earthquakes1 and      
uproar in the land3    #aa3f ,and1      
behold1 two great dragons came forth    
ready to fight1 and  their cry was      
great4    #aa3g ,and at their cry all   
nations were prepared to battle1 that   
they  might fight against the righteous 
people4    #aa3h ,and lo a day of       
darkness and obscurity1 tribulation and 
anguish1  affliction and great uproar1  
upon earth4    #aa3i ,and the whole     
righteous nation was troubled1 fearing  
their own  evils1 and were ready to     
perish4    #aa3aj ,then they cried unto 
,god1 and upon their cry1 as it were    

from a  little fountain1 was made a     
great flood1 even much water4    #aa3aa 
,the light and the sun rose up1 and the 
lowly were exalted1 and  devoured the   
glorious4    #aa3ab ,now when           
,mardocheus1 who had seen this dream1   
and what ,god had  determined to do1 was
 awake1 he bare this dream in mind1 and 
until  night by all means was desirous  
to know it4    #ab3a ,and ,mardocheus   
took his rest in the court with ,gabatha
 and ,tharra1  the two eunuchs of the   
king1 and keepers of the palace4        
#ab3b ,and he heard their devices1 and  
searched out their purposes1 and        
learned that they were about to lay     
hands upon ,artexerxes the king2 and  so
 he certified the king of them4    #ab3c
 ,then the king examined the two        
eunuchs1 and after that they had        
confessed it1 they were strangled4      
#ab3d ,and the king made a record of    
these things1 and ,mardocheus also      
wrote thereof4    #ab3e ,so the king    
commanded ,mardocheus to serve in the   

court1 and for  this he rewarded him4   
#ab3f ,howbeit ,aman the son of         
,amadathus the ,agagite1 who was in     
great  honour with the king1 sought to  
molest ,mardocheus and his people       
because of the two eunuchs of the king4 
#ac3a ,the copy of the letters was this3
 ,the great king ,artexerxes  writeth   
these things to the princes and         
governors that are under him  from      
,india unto ,ethiopia in an hundred and 
seven and twenty provinces4    #ac3b    
,after that ,i became lord over many    
nations and had dominion over  the whole
 world1 not lifted up with presumption  
of my authority1 but  carrying myself   
always with equity and mildness1 ,i     
purposed to settle  my subjects         
continually in a quiet life1 and making 
my kingdom  peaceable1 and open for     
passage to the utmost coasts1 to renew  
peace1  which is desired of all men4    
#ac3c ,now when ,i asked my counsellors 
how this might be brought to pass1      
,aman1 that excelled in wisdom among us1

 and was approved for his  constant good
 will and steadfast fidelity1 and had   
the honour of the  second place in the  
kingdom1    #ac3d ,declared unto us1    
that in all nations throughout the world
 there  was scattered a certain         
malicious people1 that had laws contrary
 to all  nations1 and continually       
despised the commandments of kings1 so  
as the  uniting of our kingdoms1        
honourably intended by us cannot go     
forward4    #ac3e ,seeing then we       
understand that this people alone is    
continually in  opposition unto all men1
 differing in the strange manner of     
their laws1  and evil affected to our   
state1 working all the mischief they can
 that  our kingdom may not be firmly    
established3    #ac3f ,therefore have we
 commanded1 that all they that are      
signified in  writing unto you by ,aman1
 who is ordained over the affairs1 and  
is next  unto us1 shall all1 with their 
wives and children1 be utterly destroyed
  by the sword of their enemies1 without

 all mercy and pity1 the  fourteenth day
 of the twelfth month ,adar of this     
present year3    #ac3g ,that they1 who  
of old and now also are malicious1 may  
in one day  with violence go into the   
grave1 and so ever hereafter cause our  
affairs to be well settled1 and without 
trouble4    #ac3h ,then ,mardocheus     
thought upon all the works of the ,lord1
 and made  his prayer unto him1    #ac3i
 ,saying1 ,o ,lord1 ,lord1 the ,king    
,almighty3 for the whole world is in    
thy power1 and if thou hast appointed to
 save ,israel1 there is no man  that can
 gainsay thee3    #ac3aj ,for thou hast 
made heaven and earth1 and all the      
wondrous things  under the heaven4      
#ac3aa ,thou art ,lord of all things1   
and there is no man that can resist     
thee1 which art the ,lord4    #ac3ab    
,thou knowest all things1 and thou      
knowest1 ,lord1 that it was  neither in 
contempt nor pride1 nor for any desire  
of glory1 that ,i did  not bow down to  
proud ,aman4    #ac3ac ,for ,i could    

have been content with good will for the
 salvation of  ,israel to kiss the soles
 of his feet4    #ac3ad ,but ,i did     
this1 that ,i might not prefer the glory
 of man above  the glory of ,god3       
neither will ,i worship any but thee1 ,o
 ,god1 neither  will ,i do it in pride4 
#ac3ae ,and now1 ,o ,lord ,god and      
,king1 spare thy people3 for their eyes 
are upon us to bring us to nought2 yea1 
they desire to destroy the  inheritance1
 that hath been thine from the          
beginning4    #ac3af ,despise not the   
portion1 which thou hast delivered out  
of ,egypt  for thine own self4    #ac3ag
 ,hear my prayer1 and be merciful unto  
thine inheritance3 turn our  sorrow into
 joy1 that we may live1 ,o ,lord1 and   
praise thy name3 and  destroy not the   
mouths of them that praise thee1 ,o     
,lord4    #ac3ah ,all ,israel in like   
manner cried most earnestly unto the    
,lord1  because their death was before  
their eyes4    #ad3a ,queen ,esther     
also1 being in fear of death1 resorted  

unto the ,lord3    #ad3b ,and laid away 
her glorious apparel1 and put on the    
garments of  anguish and mourning3 and  
instead of precious ointments1 she      
covered  her head with ashes and dung1  
and she humbled her body greatly1 and   
all  the places of her joy she filled   
with her torn hair4    #ad3c ,and she   
prayed unto the ,lord ,god of ,israel1  
saying1 ,o my ,lord1  thou only art our 
,king3 help me1 desolate woman1 which   
have no helper  but thee3    #ad3d ,for 
my danger is in mine hand4    #ad3e     
,from my youth up ,i have heard in the  
tribe of my family that thou1  ,o ,lord1
 tookest ,israel from among all people1 
and our fathers from all  their         
predecessors1 for a perpetual           
inheritance1 and thou hast  performed   
whatsoever thou didst promise them4     
#ad3f ,and now we have sinned before    
thee3 therefore hast thou given us  into
 the hands of our enemies1    #ad3g     
,because we worshipped their gods3 ,o   
,lord1 thou art righteous4    #ad3h     

,nevertheless it satisfieth them not1   
that we are in bitter  captivity3 but   
they have stricken hands with their     
idols1    #ad3i ,that they will abolish 
the thing that thou with thy mouth hast 
ordained1 and destroy thine inheritance1
 and stop the mouth of them  that praise
 thee1 and quench the glory of thy      
house1 and of thine  altar1    #ad3aj   
,and open the mouths of the heathen to  
set forth the praises of  the idols1 and
 to magnify a fleshly king for ever4    
#ad3aa ,o ,lord1 give not thy sceptre   
unto them that be nothing1 and let  them
 not laugh at our fall2 but turn their  
device upon themselves1 and  make him an
 example1 that hath begun this against  
us4    #ad3ab ,remember1 ,o ,lord1 make 
thyself known in time of our affliction1
  and give me boldness1 ,o ,king of the 
nations1 and ,lord of all power4        
#ad3ac ,give me eloquent speech in my   
mouth before the lion3 turn his  heart  
to hate him that fighteth against us1   
that there may be an end of  him1 and of

 all that are likeminded to him3        
#ad3ad ,but deliver us with thine hand1 
and help me that am desolate1 and  which
 have no other help but thee4    #ad3ae 
,thou knowest all things1 ,o ,lord2 thou
 knowest that ,i hate the  glory of the 
unrighteous1 and abhor the bed of the   
uncircumcised1 and  of all the heathen4 
#ad3af ,thou knowest my necessity3 for  
,i abhor the sign of my high  estate1   
which is upon mine head in the days     
wherein ,i shew myself1 and  that ,i    
abhor it as a menstruous rag1 and that  
,i wear it not when ,i am  private by   
myself4    #ad3ag ,and that thine       
handmaid hath not eaten at ,aman's      
table1 and that  ,i have not greatly    
esteemed the king's feast1 nor drunk the
 wine of the  drink offerings4    #ad3ah
 ,neither had thine handmaid any joy    
since the day that ,i was  brought      
hither to this present1 but in thee1 ,o 
,lord ,god of ,abraham4    #ad3ai ,o    
thou mighty ,god above all1 hear the    
voice of the forlorn and  deliver us out

 of the hands of the mischievous1 and   
deliver me out of  my fear4    #ae3a    
,and upon the third day1 when she had   
ended her prayers1 she laid  away her   
mourning garments1 and put on her       
glorious apparel4    #ae3b ,and being   
gloriously adorned1 after she had called
 upon ,god1 who  is the beholder and    
saviour of all things1 she took two     
maids with her3    #ae3c ,and upon the  
one she leaned1 as carrying herself     
daintily2    #ae3d ,and the other       
followed1 bearing up her train4    #ae3e
 ,and she was ruddy through the         
perfection of her beauty1 and her       
countenance was cheerful and very       
amiable3 but her heart was in anguish   
for fear4    #ae3f ,then having passed  
through all the doors1 she stood before 
the  king1 who sat upon his royal       
throne1 and was clothed with all his    
robes  of majesty1 all glittering with  
gold and precious stones2 and he was    
very dreadful4    #ae3g ,then lifting up
 his countenance that shone with        

majesty1 he looked  very fiercely upon  
her3 and the queen fell down1 and was   
pale1 and  fainted1 and bowed herself   
upon the head of the maid that went     
before  her4    #ae3h ,then ,god changed
 the spirit of the king into mildness1  
who in a  fear leaped from his throne1  
and took her in his arms1 till she came 
to  herself again1 and comforted her    
with loving words and said unto her1    
#ae3i ,esther1 what is the matter8 ,i am
 thy brother1 be of good cheer3         
#ae3aj ,thou shalt not die1 though our  
commandment be general3 come near4      
#ae3aa ,and so be held up his golden    
sceptre1 and laid it upon her neck1     
#ae3ab ,and embraced her1 and said1     
,speak unto me4    #ae3ac ,then said she
 unto him1 ,i saw thee1 my lord1 as an  
angel of ,god1  and my heart was        
troubled for fear of thy majesty4       
#ae3ad ,for wonderful art thou1 lord1   
and thy countenance is full of  grace4  
#ae3ae ,and as she was speaking1 she    
fell down for faintness4    #ae3af ,then

 the king was troubled1 and all his     
servants comforted her4    #af3a ,the   
great king ,artexerxes unto the princes 
and governors of an  hundred and seven  
and twenty provinces from ,india unto   
,ethiopia1 and  unto all our faithful   
subjects1 greeting4    #af3b ,many1 the 
more often they are honoured with the   
great bounty of  their gracious princes1
 the more proud they are waxen1    #af3c
 ,and endeavour to hurt not our subjects
 only1 but not being able to  bear      
abundance1 do take in hand to practise  
also against those that do  them good3  
#af3d ,and take not only thankfulness   
away from among men1 but also  lifted up
 with the glorious words of lewd        
persons1 that were never  good1 they    
think to escape the justice of ,god1    
that seeth all things  and hateth evil4 
#af3e ,oftentimes also fair speech of   
those1 that are put in trust to  manage 
their friends' affairs1 hath caused many
 that are in authority  to be partakers 
of innocent blood1 and hath enwrapped   

them in  remediless calamities3    #af3f
 ,beguiling with the falsehood and      
deceit of their lewd disposition  the   
innocency and goodness of princes4      
#af3g ,now ye may see this1 as we have  
declared1 not so much by ancient        
histories1 as ye may1 if ye search what 
hath been wickedly done of late  through
 the pestilent behaviour of them that   
are unworthily placed in  authority4    
#af3h ,and we must take care for the    
time to come1 that our kingdom may  be  
quiet and peaceable for all men1        
#af3i ,both by changing our purposes1   
and always judging things that are      
evident with more equal proceeding4     
#af3aj ,for ,aman1 a ,macedonian1 the   
son of ,amadatha1 being indeed a        
stranger from the ,persian blood1 and   
far distant from our goodness1 and  as a
 stranger received of us1    #af3aa ,had
 so far forth obtained the favour that  
we shew toward every  nation1 as that he
 was called our father1 and was         
continually honoured  of all the next   

person unto the king4    #af3ab ,but he1
 not bearing his great dignity1 went    
about to deprive us  of our kingdom and 
life3    #af3ac ,having by manifold and 
cunning deceits sought of us the        
destruction1 as well of ,mardocheus1 who
 saved our life1 and continually        
procured our good1 as also of blameless 
,esther1 partaker of our  kingdom1 with 
their whole nation4    #af3ad ,for by   
these means he thought1 finding us      
destitute of friends to  have translated
 the kingdom of the ,persians to the    
,macedonians4    #af3ae ,but we find    
that the ,jews1 whom this wicked wretch 
hath delivered  to utter destruction1   
are no evildoers1 but live by most just 
laws3    #af3af ,and that they be       
children of the most high and most      
mighty1  living ,god1 who hath ordered  
the kingdom both unto us and to our     
progenitors in the most excellent       
manner4    #af3ag ,wherefore ye shall do
 well not to put in execution the       
letters  sent unto you by ,aman the son 

of ,amadatha4    #af3ah ,for he that was
 the worker of these things1 is hanged  
at the  gates of ,susa with all his     
family3 ,god1 who ruleth all things1    
speedily  rendering vengeance to him    
according to his deserts4    #af3ai     
,therefore ye shall publish the copy of 
this letter in all places1  that the    
,jews may freely live after their own   
laws4    #af3bj ,and ye shall aid them1 
that even the same day1 being the       
thirteenth day of the twelfth month     
,adar1 they may be avenged on them1  who
 in the time of their affliction shall  
set upon them4    #af3ba ,for ,almighty 
,god hath turned to joy unto them the   
day1 wherein  the chosen people should  
have perished4    #af3bb ,ye shall      
therefore among your solemn feasts keep 
it an high day  with all feasting3      
#af3bc ,that both now and hereafter     
there may be safety to us and the  well 
affected ,persians2 but to those which  
do conspire against us a  memorial of   
destruction4    #af3bd ,therefore every 

city and country whatsoever1 which shall
 not do  according to these things1     
shall be destroyed without mercy with   
fire  and sword1 and shall be made not  
only unpassable for men1 but also most  
hateful to wild beasts and fowls for    
ever4          ,the ,book of ,wisdom    
,the ,wisdom of ,solomon      #a3a ,love
 righteousness1 ye that be judges of the
 earth3 think of the  ,lord with a good 
7heart17 and in simplicity of heart seek
 him4    #a3b ,for he will be found of  
them that tempt him not2 and sheweth    
himself unto such as do not distrust    
him4    #a3c ,for froward thoughts      
separate from ,god3 and his power1 when 
it is  tried1 reproveth the unwise4     
#a3d ,for into a malicious soul wisdom  
shall not enter2 nor dwell in the  body 
that is subject unto sin4    #a3e ,for  
the holy spirit of discipline will flee 
deceit1 and remove from  thoughts that  
are without understanding1 and will not 
abide when  unrighteousness cometh in4  
#a3f ,for wisdom is a loving spirit2 and

 will not acquit a blasphemer of  his   
words3 for ,god is witness of his reins1
 and a true beholder of his  heart1 and 
a hearer of his tongue4    #a3g ,for the
 ,spirit of the ,lord filleth the world3
 and that which  containeth all things  
hath knowledge of the voice4    #a3h    
,therefore he that speaketh unrighteous 
things cannot be hid3  neither shall    
vengeance1 when it punisheth1 pass by   
him4    #a3i ,for inquisition shall be  
made into the counsels of the ungodly3  
and  the sound of his words shall come  
unto the ,lord for the manifestation  of
 his wicked deeds4    #a3aj ,for the ear
 of jealousy heareth all things3 and the
 noise of  murmurings is not hid4       
#a3aa ,therefore beware of murmuring1   
which is unprofitable2 and refrain  your
 tongue from backbiting3 for there is no
 word so secret1 that shall  go for     
nought3 and the mouth that belieth      
slayeth the soul4    #a3ab ,seek not    
death in the error of your life3 and    
pull not upon  yourselves destruction   

with the works of your hands4    #a3ac  
,for ,god made not death3 neither hath  
he pleasure in the  destruction of the  
living4    #a3ad ,for he created all    
things1 that they might have their      
being3 and  the generations of the world
 were healthful2 and there is no poison 
of  destruction in them1 nor the kingdom
 of death upon the earth3    #a3ae 7,for
 righteousness is immortal37    #a3af   
,but ungodly men with their works and   
words called it to them3 for  when they 
thought to have it their friend1 they   
consumed to nought1 and  made a covenant
 with it1 because they are worthy to    
take part with it4    #b3a ,for the     
ungodly said1 reasoning with themselves1
 but not aright1  ,our life is short and
 tedious1 and in the death of a man     
there is no  remedy3 neither was there  
any man known to have returned from the 
grave4    #b3b ,for we are born at all  
adventure3 and we shall be hereafter as 
though we had never been3 for the breath
 in our nostrils is as smoke1  and a    

little spark in the moving of our heart3
    #b3c ,which being extinguished1 our 
body shall be turned into ashes1 and    
our spirit shall vanish as the soft air1
    #b3d ,and our name shall be         
forgotten in time1 and no man shall have
 our  works in remembrance1 and our life
 shall pass away as the trace of a      
cloud1 and shall be dispersed as a mist1
 that is driven away with the  beams of 
the sun1 and overcome with the heat     
thereof4    #b3e ,for our time is a very
 shadow that passeth away2 and after our
 end  there is no returning3 for it is  
fast sealed1 so that no man cometh      
again4    #b3f ,come on therefore1 let  
us enjoy the good things that are       
present3  and let us speedily use the   
creatures like as in youth4    #b3g ,let
 us fill ourselves with costly wine and 
ointments3 and let no  flower of the    
spring pass by us3    #b3h ,let us crown
 ourselves with rosebuds1 before they be
 withered3    #b3i ,let none of us go   
without his part of our voluptuousness3 

let us  leave tokens of our joyfulness  
in every place3 for this is our portion1
  and our lot is this4    #b3aj ,let us 
oppress the poor righteous man1 let us  
not spare the widow1  nor reverence the 
ancient gray hairs of the aged4    #b3aa
 ,let our strength be the law of        
justice3 for that which is feeble  is   
found to be nothing worth4    #b3ab     
,therefore let us lie in wait for the   
righteous2 because he is not  for our   
turn1 and he is clean contrary to our   
doings3 he upbraideth us  with our      
offending the law1 and objecteth to our 
infamy the  transgressings of our       
education4    #b3ac ,he professeth to   
have the knowledge of ,god3 and he      
calleth himself  the child of the ,lord4
    #b3ad ,he was made to reprove our   
thoughts4    #b3ae ,he is grievous unto 
us even to behold3 for his life is not  
like  other men's1 his ways are of      
another fashion4    #b3af ,we are       
esteemed of him as counterfeits3 he     
abstaineth from our  ways as from       

filthiness3 he pronounceth the end of   
the just to be  blessed1 and maketh his 
boast that ,god is his father4    #b3ag 
,let us see if his words be true3 and   
let us prove what shall  happen in the  
end of him4    #b3ah ,for if the just   
man be the son of ,god1 he will help    
him1 and  deliver him from the hand of  
his enemies4    #b3ai ,let us examine   
him with despitefulness and torture1    
that we may  know his meekness1 and     
prove his patience4    #b3bj ,let us    
condemn him with a shameful death3 for  
by his own saying he  shall be          
respected4    #b3ba ,such things they   
did imagine1 and were deceived3 for     
their own  wickedness hath blinded them4
    #b3bb ,as for the mysteries of ,god1
 they knew them not3 neither hoped  they
 for the wages of righteousness1 nor    
discerned a reward for  blameless souls4
    #b3bc ,for ,god created man to be   
immortal1 and made him to be an image of
  his own eternity4    #b3bd            
,nevertheless through envy of the devil 

came death into the world3  and they    
that do hold of his side do find it4    
#c3a ,but the souls of the righteous are
 in the hand of ,god1 and there  shall  
no torment touch them4    #c3b ,in the  
sight of the unwise they seemed to die3 
and their departure  is taken for       
misery1    #c3c ,and their going from us
 to be utter destruction3 but they are  
in  peace4    #c3d ,for though they be  
punished in the sight of men1 yet is    
their hope  full of immortality4    #c3e
 ,and having been a little chastised1   
they shall be greatly rewarded3  for    
,god proved them1 and found them worthy 
for himself4    #c3f ,as gold in the    
furnace hath he tried them1 and received
 them as a  burnt offering4    #c3g ,and
 in the time of their visitation they   
shall shine1 and run to  and fro like   
sparks among the stubble4    #c3h ,they 
shall judge the nations1 and have       
dominion over the people1  and their    
,lord shall reign for ever4    #c3i     
,they that put their trust in him shall 

understand the truth3 and  such as be   
faithful in love shall abide with him3  
for grace and mercy  is to his saints1  
and he hath care for his elect4    #c3aj
 ,but the ungodly shall be punished     
according to their own  imaginations1   
which have neglected the righteous1 and 
forsaken the  ,lord4    #c3aa ,for whoso
 despiseth wisdom and nurture1 he is    
miserable1 and their  hope is vain1     
their labours unfruitful1 and their     
works unprofitable3    #c3ab ,their     
wives are foolish1 and their children   
wicked3    #c3ac ,their offspring is    
cursed4 ,wherefore blessed is the barren
 that is  undefiled1 which hath not     
known the sinful bed3 she shall have    
fruit in  the visitation of souls4      
#c3ad ,and blessed is the eunuch1 which 
with his hands hath wrought no          
iniquity1 nor imagined wicked things    
against ,god3 for unto him shall be     
given the special gift of faith1 and an 
inheritance in the temple of  the ,lord 
more acceptable to his mind4    #c3ae   

,for glorious is the fruit of good      
labours3 and the root of wisdom  shall  
never fall away4    #c3af ,as for the   
children of adulterers1 they shall not  
come to their  perfection1 and the seed 
of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted   
out4    #c3ag ,for though they live     
long1 yet shall they be nothing         
regarded3 and  their last age shall be  
without honour4    #c3ah ,or1 if they   
die quickly1 they have no hope1 neither 
comfort in the  day of trial4    #c3ai  
,for horrible is the end of the         
unrighteous generation4    #d3a ,better 
it is to have no children1 and to have  
virtue3 for the  memorial thereof is    
immortal3 because it is known with ,god1
 and with  men4    #d3b ,when it is     
present1 men take example at it2 and    
when it is gone1  they desire it3 it    
weareth a crown1 and triumpheth for     
ever1 having  gotten the victory1       
striving for undefiled rewards4    #d3c 
,but the multiplying brood of the       
ungodly shall not thrive1 nor take  deep

 rooting from bastard slips1 nor lay any
 fast foundation4    #d3d ,for though   
they flourish in branches for a time2   
yet standing not  last1 they shall be   
shaken with the wind1 and through the   
force of  winds they shall be rooted    
out4    #d3e ,the imperfect branches    
shall be broken off1 their fruit        
unprofitable1 not ripe to eat1 yea1 meet
 for nothing4    #d3f ,for children     
begotten of unlawful beds are witnesses 
of wickedness  against their parents in 
their trial4    #d3g ,but though the    
righteous be prevented with death1 yet  
shall he be  in rest4    #d3h ,for      
honourable age is not that which        
standeth in length of time1  nor that is
 measured by number of years4    #d3i   
,but wisdom is the gray hair unto men1  
and an unspotted life is old  age4      
#d3aj ,he pleased ,god1 and was beloved 
of him3 so that living among  sinners he
 was translated4    #d3aa ,yea speedily 
was he taken away1 lest that wickedness 
should alter  his understanding1 or     

deceit beguile his soul4    #d3ab ,for  
the bewitching of naughtiness doth      
obscure things that are  honest2 and the
 wandering of concupiscence doth        
undermine the simple  mind4    #d3ac    
,he1 being made perfect in a short time1
 fulfilled a long time3    #d3ad ,for   
his soul pleased the ,lord3 therefore   
hasted he to take him  away from among  
the wicked4    #d3ae ,this the people   
saw1 and understood it not1 neither laid
 they up  this in their minds1 ,that his
 grace and mercy is with his saints1 and
  that he hath respect unto his chosen4 
#d3af ,thus the righteous that is dead  
shall condemn the ungodly which  are    
living2 and youth that is soon perfected
 the many years and old age  of the     
unrighteous4    #d3ag ,for they shall   
see the end of the wise1 and shall not  
understand  what ,god in his counsel    
hath decreed of him1 and to what end the
 ,lord  hath set him in safety4    #d3ah
 ,they shall see him1 and despise him2  
but ,god shall laugh them to  scorn3 and

 they shall hereafter be a vile carcase1
 and a reproach among  the dead for     
evermore4    #d3ai ,for he shall rend   
them1 and cast them down headlong1 that 
they  shall be speechless2 and he shall 
shake them from the foundation2 and     
they shall be utterly laid waste1 and be
 in sorrow2 and their memorial  shall   
perish4    #d3bj ,and when they cast up 
the accounts of their sins1 they shall  
come  with fear3 and their own          
iniquities shall convince them to their 
face4    #e3a ,then shall the righteous 
man stand in great boldness before the  
face of such as have afflicted him1 and 
made no account of his labours4    #e3b 
,when they see it1 they shall be        
troubled with terrible fear1 and  shall 
be amazed at the strangeness of his     
salvation1 so far beyond all  that they 
looked for4    #e3c ,and they repenting 
and groaning for anguish of spirit shall
 say  within themselves1 ,this was he1  
whom we had sometimes in derision1 and  
a proverb of reproach3    #e3d ,we fools

 accounted his life madness1 and his end
 to be without  honour3    #e3e ,how is 
he numbered among the children of ,god1 
and his lot is among  the saints6       
#e3f ,therefore have we erred from the  
way of truth1 and the light of          
righteousness hath not shined unto us1  
and the sun of righteousness  rose not  
upon us4    #e3g ,we wearied ourselves  
in the way of wickedness and            
destruction3 yea1  we have gone through 
deserts1 where there lay no way3 but as 
for the  way of the ,lord1 we have not  
known it4    #e3h ,what hath pride      
profited us8 or what good hath riches   
with our  vaunting brought us8    #e3i  
,all those things are passed away like a
 shadow1 and as a post that  hasted by2 
#e3aj ,and as a ship that passeth over  
the waves of the water1 which when  it  
is gone by1 the trace thereof cannot be 
found1 neither the pathway  of the keel 
in the waves2    #e3aa ,or as when a    
bird hath flown through the air1 there  
is no token of  her way to be found1 but

 the light air being beaten with the    
stroke of  her wings and parted with the
 violent noise and motion of them1 is   
passed through1 and therein afterwards  
no sign where she went is to be  found2 
#e3ab ,or like as when an arrow is shot 
at a mark1 it parteth the air1  which   
immediately cometh together again1 so   
that a man cannot know  where it went   
through3    #e3ac ,even so we in like   
manner1 as soon as we were born1 began  
to draw  to our end1 and had no sign of 
virtue to shew2 but were consumed in our
  own wickedness4    #e3ad ,for the hope
 of the ungodly is like dust that is    
blown away with  the wind2 like a thin  
froth that is driven away with the      
storm2 like as  the smoke which is      
dispersed here and there with a tempest1
 and passeth  away as the remembrance of
 a guest that tarrieth but a day4       
#e3ae ,but the righteous live for       
evermore2 their reward also is with the 
,lord1 and the care of them is with the 
most ,high4    #e3af ,therefore shall   

they receive a glorious kingdom1 and a  
beautiful  crown from the ,lord's hand3 
for with his right hand shall he cover  
them1 and with his arm shall he protect 
them4    #e3ag ,he shall take to him his
 jealousy for complete armour1 and make 
the creature his weapon for the revenge 
of his enemies4    #e3ah ,he shall put  
on righteousness as a breastplate1 and  
true judgment  instead of an helmet4    
#e3ai ,he shall take holiness for an    
invincible shield4    #e3bj ,his severe 
wrath shall he sharpen for a sword1 and 
the world shall  fight with him against 
the unwise4    #e3ba ,then shall the    
right aiming thunderbolts go abroad2 and
 from the  clouds1 as from a well drawn 
bow1 shall they fly to the mark4        
#e3bb ,and hailstones full of wrath     
shall be cast as out of a stone bow1    
and the water of the sea shall rage     
against them1 and the floods shall      
cruelly drown them4    #e3bc ,yea1 a    
mighty wind shall stand up against them1
 and like a storm  shall blow them away3

 thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole
 earth1  and ill dealing shall overthrow
 the thrones of the mighty4    #f3a     
,hear therefore1 ,o ye kings1 and       
understand2 learn1 ye that be  judges of
 the ends of the earth4    #f3b ,give   
ear1 ye that rule the people1 and glory 
in the multitude of  nations4    #f3c   
,for power is given you of the ,lord1   
and sovereignty from the  ,highest1 who 
shall try your works1 and search out    
your counsels4    #f3d ,because1 being  
ministers of his kingdom1 ye have not   
judged aright1  nor kept the law1 nor   
walked after the counsel of ,god2       
#f3e ,horribly and speedily shall he    
come upon you3 for a sharp judgment     
shall be to them that be in high places4
    #f3f ,for mercy will soon pardon the
 meanest3 but mighty men shall be       
mightily tormented4    #f3g ,for he     
which is ,lord over all shall fear no   
man's person1 neither  shall he stand in
 awe of any man's greatness3 for he hath
 made the  small and great1 and careth  

for all alike4    #f3h ,but a sore trial
 shall come upon the mighty4    #f3i    
,unto you therefore1 ,o kings1 do ,i    
speak1 that ye may learn wisdom1  and   
not fall away4    #f3aj ,for they that  
keep holiness holily shall be judged    
holy3 and they  that have learned such  
things shall find what to answer4       
#f3aa ,wherefore set your affection upon
 my words2 desire them1 and ye  shall be
 instructed4    #f3ab ,wisdom is        
glorious1 and never fadeth away3 yea1   
she is easily seen  of them that love   
her1 and found of such as seek her4     
#f3ac ,she preventeth them that desire  
her1 in making herself first known  unto
 them4    #f3ad ,whoso seeketh her early
 shall have no great travail3 for he    
shall  find her sitting at his doors4   
#f3ae ,to think therefore upon her is   
perfection of wisdom3 and whoso         
watcheth for her shall quickly be       
without care4    #f3af ,for she goeth   
about seeking such as are worthy of her1
 sheweth  herself favourably unto them  

in the ways1 and meeteth them in every  
thought4    #f3ag ,for the very true    
beginning of her is the desire of       
discipline2  and the care of discipline 
is love2    #f3ah ,and love is the      
keeping of her laws2 and the giving heed
 unto her  laws is the assurance of     
incorruption2    #f3ai ,and incorruption
 maketh us near unto ,god3    #f3bj     
,therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth
 to a kingdom4    #f3ba ,if your delight
 be then in thrones and sceptres1 ,o ye 
kings of the  people1 honour wisdom1    
that ye may reign for evermore4    #f3bb
 ,as for wisdom1 what she is1 and how   
she came up1 ,i will tell you1  and will
 not hide mysteries from you3 but will  
seek her out from the  beginning of her 
nativity1 and bring the knowledge of her
 into light1  and will not pass over the
 truth4    #f3bc ,neither will ,i go    
with consuming envy2 for such a man     
shall have  no fellowship with wisdom4  
#f3bd ,but the multitude of the wise is 
the welfare of the world3 and a  wise   

king is the upholding of the people4    
#f3be ,receive therefore instruction    
through my words1 and it shall do  you  
good4    #g3a ,i myself also am a mortal
 man1 like to all1 and the offspring of 
him that was first made of the earth1   
#g3b ,and in my mother's womb was       
fashioned to be flesh in the time of    
ten months1 being compacted in blood1 of
 the seed of man1 and the  pleasure that
 came with sleep4    #g3c ,and when ,i  
was born1 ,i drew in the common air1 and
 fell upon the  earth1 which is of like 
nature1 and the first voice which ,i    
uttered was  crying1 as all others do4  
#g3d ,i was nursed in swaddling clothes1
 and that with cares4    #g3e ,for there
 is no king that had any other beginning
 of birth4    #g3f ,for all men have one
 entrance into life1 and the like going 
out4    #g3g ,wherefore ,i prayed1 and  
understanding was given me3 ,i called   
upon  ,god1 and the spirit of wisdom    
came to me4    #g3h ,i preferred her    
before sceptres and thrones1 and        

esteemed riches  nothing in comparison  
of her4    #g3i ,neither compared ,i    
unto her any precious stone1 because all
 gold in  respect of her is as a little 
sand1 and silver shall be counted as    
clay  before her4    #g3aj ,i loved her 
above health and beauty1 and chose to   
have her instead  of light3 for the     
light that cometh from her never goeth  
out4    #g3aa ,all good things together 
came to me with her1 and innumerable    
riches in her hands4    #g3ab ,and ,i   
rejoiced in them all1 because wisdom    
goeth before them3 and  ,i knew not that
 she was the mother of them4    #g3ac ,i
 learned diligently1 and do communicate 
her liberally3 ,i do not  hide her      
riches4    #g3ad ,for she is a treasure 
unto men that never faileth3 which they 
that  use become the friends of ,god1   
being commended for the gifts that come 
from learning4    #g3ae ,god hath       
granted me to speak as ,i would1 and to 
conceive as is  meet for the things that
 are given me3 because it is he that    

leadeth  unto wisdom1 and directeth the 
wise4    #g3af ,for in his hand are both
 we and our words2 all wisdom also1 and 
knowledge of workmanship4    #g3ag ,for 
he hath given me certain knowledge of   
the things that are1  namely1 to know   
how the world was made1 and the         
operation of the  elements3    #g3ah    
,the beginning1 ending1 and midst of the
 times3 the alterations of  the turning 
of the sun1 and the change of seasons3  
#g3ai ,the circuits of years1 and the   
positions of stars3    #g3bj ,the       
natures of living creatures1 and the    
furies of wild beasts3  the violence of 
winds1 and the reasonings of men3 the   
diversities of  plants and the virtues  
of roots3    #g3ba ,and all such things 
as are either secret or manifest1 them  
,i know4    #g3bb ,for wisdom1 which is 
the worker of all things1 taught me3 for
 in  her is an understanding spirit     
holy1 one only1 manifold1 subtil1       
lively1 clear1 undefiled1 plain1 not    
subject to hurt1 loving the thing  that 

is good1 quick1 which cannot be letted1 
ready to do good1    #g3bc ,kind to man1
 steadfast1 sure1 free from care1 having
 all power1  overseeing all things1 and 
going through all understanding1 pure1  
and  most subtil1 spirits4    #g3bd ,for
 wisdom is more moving than any motion3 
she passeth and goeth  through all      
things by reason of her pureness4       
#g3be ,for she is the breath of the     
power of ,god1 and a pure influence     
flowing from the glory of the ,almighty3
 therefore can no defiled thing  fall   
into her4    #g3bf ,for she is the      
brightness of the everlasting light1 the
 unspotted  mirror of the power of ,god1
 and the image of his goodness4    #g3bg
 ,and being but one1 she can do all     
things3 and remaining in  herself1 she  
maketh all things new3 and in all ages  
entering into holy  souls1 she maketh   
them friends of ,god1 and prophets4     
#g3bh ,for ,god loveth none but him that
 dwelleth with wisdom4    #g3bi ,for she
 is more beautiful than the sun1 and    

above all the order of  stars3 being    
compared with the light1 she is found   
before it4    #g3cj ,for after this     
cometh night3 but vice shall not prevail
 against  wisdom4    #h3a ,wisdom       
reacheth from one end to another        
mightily3 and sweetly doth  she order   
all things4    #h3b ,i loved her1 and   
sought her out from my youth1 ,i desired
 to make  her my spouse1 and ,i was a   
lover of her beauty4    #h3c ,in that   
she is conversant with ,god1 she        
magnifieth her nobility3  yea1 the ,lord
 of all things himself loved her4       
#h3d ,for she is privy to the mysteries 
of the knowledge of ,god1 and a  lover  
of his works4    #h3e ,if riches be a   
possession to be desired in this life2  
what is  richer than wisdom1 that       
worketh all things8    #h3f ,and if     
prudence work2 who of all that are is a 
more cunning workman  than she8    #h3g 
,and if a man love righteousness her    
labours are virtues3 for she  teacheth  
temperance and prudence1 justice and    

fortitude3 which are such  things1 as   
men can have nothing more profitable in 
their life4    #h3h ,if a man desire    
much experience1 she knoweth things of  
old1 and  conjectureth aright what is to
 come3 she knoweth the subtilties of    
speeches1 and can expound dark          
sentences3 she foreseeth signs and      
wonders1 and the events of seasons and  
times4    #h3i ,therefore ,i purposed to
 take her to me to live with me1 knowing
  that she would be a counsellor of good
 things1 and a comfort in cares  and    
grief4    #h3aj ,for her sake ,i shall  
have estimation among the multitude1 and
  honour with the elders1 though ,i be  
young4    #h3aa ,i shall be found of a  
quick conceit in judgment1 and shall be 
admired in the sight of great men4      
#h3ab ,when ,i hold my tongue1 they     
shall bide my leisure1 and when ,i      
speak1 they shall give good ear unto me3
 if ,i talk much1 they shall lay  their 
hands upon their mouth4    #h3ac        
,moreover by the means of her ,i shall  

obtain immortality1 and leave  behind me
 an everlasting memorial to them that   
come after me4    #h3ad ,i shall set the
 people in order1 and the nations shall 
be subject  unto me4    #h3ae ,horrible 
tyrants shall be afraid1 when they do   
but hear of me2 ,i  shall be found good 
among the multitude1 and valiant in war4
    #h3af ,after ,i am come into mine   
house1 ,i will repose myself with her3  
for her conversation hath no bitterness2
 and to live with her hath no  sorrow1  
but mirth and joy4    #h3ag ,now when ,i
 considered these things in myself1 and 
pondered them in  my heart1 how that to 
be allied unto wisdom is immortality2   
#h3ah ,and great pleasure it is to have 
her friendship2 and in the works  of her
 hands are infinite riches2 and in the  
exercise of conference  with her1       
prudence2 and in talking with her1 a    
good report2 ,i went  about seeking how 
to take her to me4    #h3ai ,for ,i was 
a witty child1 and had a good spirit4   
#h3bj ,yea rather1 being good1 ,i came  

into a body undefiled4    #h3ba         
,nevertheless1 when ,i perceived that ,i
 could not otherwise obtain  her1 except
 ,god gave her me2 and that was a point 
of wisdom also to  know whose gift she  
was2 ,i prayed unto the ,lord1 and      
besought him1 and  with my whole heart  
,i said1    #i3a ,o ,god of my fathers1 
and ,lord of mercy1 who hast made all   
things  with thy word1    #i3b ,and     
ordained man through thy wisdom1 that he
 should have dominion  over the         
creatures which thou hast made1    #i3c 
,and order the world according to equity
 and righteousness1 and  execute        
judgment with an upright heart3    #i3d 
,give me wisdom1 that sitteth by thy    
throne2 and reject me not from  among   
thy children3    #i3e ,for ,i thy       
servant and son of thine handmaid am a  
feeble person1 and  of a short time1 and
 too young for the understanding of     
judgment and  laws4    #i3f ,for though 
a man be never so perfect among the     
children of men1 yet  if thy wisdom be  

not with him1 he shall be nothing       
regarded4    #i3g ,thou hast chosen me  
to be a king of thy people1 and a judge 
of thy  sons and daughters3    #i3h     
,thou hast commanded me to build a      
temple upon thy holy mount1 and  an     
altar in the city wherein thou dwellest1
 a resemblance of the holy  tabernacle1 
which thou hast prepared from the       
beginning4    #i3i ,and wisdom was with 
thee3 which knoweth thy works1 and was  
present  when thou madest the world1 and
 knew what was acceptable in thy sight1 
and right in thy commandments4    #i3aj 
,o send her out of thy holy heavens1 and
 from the throne of thy  glory1 that    
being present she may labour with me1   
that ,i may know what  is pleasing unto 
thee4    #i3aa ,for she knoweth and     
understandeth all things1 and she shall 
lead  me soberly in my doings1 and      
preserve me in her power4    #i3ab ,so  
shall my works be acceptable1 and then  
shall ,i judge thy people  righteously1 
and be worthy to sit in my father's     

seat4    #i3ac ,for what man is he that 
can know the counsel of ,god8 or who can
  think what the will of the ,lord is8  
#i3ad ,for the thoughts of mortal men   
are miserable1 and our devices are  but 
uncertain4    #i3ae ,for the corruptible
 body presseth down the soul1 and the   
earthy  tabernacle weigheth down the    
mind that museth upon many things4      
#i3af ,and hardly do we guess aright at 
things that are upon earth1 and  with   
labour do we find the things that are   
before us3 but the things  that are in  
heaven who hath searched out8    #i3ag  
,and thy counsel who hath known1 except 
thou give wisdom1 and send  thy ,holy   
,spirit from above8    #i3ah ,for so the
 ways of them which lived on the earth  
were reformed1  and men were taught the 
things that are pleasing unto thee1 and 
were  saved through wisdom4    #aj3a    
,she preserved the first formed father  
of the world1 that was  created alone1  
and brought him out of his fall1        
#aj3b ,and gave him power to rule all   

things4    #aj3c ,but when the          
unrighteous went away from her in his   
anger1 he  perished also in the fury    
wherewith he murdered his brother4      
#aj3d ,for whose cause the earth being  
drowned with the flood1 wisdom  again   
preserved it1 and directed the course of
 the righteous in a piece  of wood of   
small value4    #aj3e ,moreover1 the    
nations in their wicked conspiracy being
 confounded1  she found out the         
righteous1 and preserved him blameless  
unto ,god1 and  kept him strong against 
his tender compassion toward his son4   
#aj3f ,when the ungodly perished1 she   
delivered the righteous man1 who  fled  
from the fire which fell down upon the  
five cities4    #aj3g ,of whose         
wickedness even to this day the waste   
land that smoketh  is a testimony1 and  
plants bearing fruit that never come to 
ripeness3  and a standing pillar of salt
 is a monument of an unbelieving soul4  
#aj3h ,for regarding not wisdom1 they   
gat not only this hurt1 that they  knew 

not the things which were good2 but also
 left behind them to the  world a       
memorial of their foolishness3 so that  
in the things wherein  they offended    
they could not so much as be hid4       
#aj3i ,but wisdom delivered from pain   
those that attended upon her4    #aj3aj 
,when the righteous fled from his       
brother's wrath she guided him  in right
 paths1 shewed him the kingdom of ,god1 
and gave him knowledge  of holy things1 
made him rich in his travels1 and       
multiplied the fruit  of his labours4   
#aj3aa ,in the covetousness of such as  
oppressed him she stood by him1  and    
made him rich4    #aj3ab ,she defended  
him from his enemies1 and kept him safe 
from those  that lay in wait1 and in a  
sore conflict she gave him the victory2 
that  he might know that goodness is    
stronger than all4    #aj3ac ,when the  
righteous was sold1 she forsook him not1
 but delivered  him from sin3 she went  
down with him into the pit1    #aj3ad   
,and left him not in bonds1 till she    

brought him the sceptre of  the kingdom1
 and power against those that oppressed 
him3 as for them  that had accused him1 
she shewed them to be liars1 and gave   
him  perpetual glory4    #aj3ae ,she    
delivered the righteous people and      
blameless seed from the  nation that    
oppressed them4    #aj3af ,she entered  
into the soul of the servant of the     
,lord1 and  withstood dreadful kings in 
wonders and signs2    #aj3ag ,rendered  
to the righteous a reward of their      
labours1 guided them  in a marvellous   
way1 and was unto them for a cover by   
day1 and a light  of stars in the night 
season2    #aj3ah ,brought them through 
the ,red sea1 and led them through much 
water3    #aj3ai ,but she drowned their 
enemies1 and cast them up out of the    
bottom  of the deep4    #aj3bj          
,therefore the righteous spoiled the    
ungodly1 and praised thy holy  name1 ,o 
,lord1 and magnified with one accord    
thine hand1 that fought for  them4      
#aj3ba ,for wisdom opened the mouth of  

the dumb1 and made the tongues of  them 
that cannot speak eloquent4    #aa3a    
,she prospered their works in the hand  
of the holy prophet4    #aa3b ,they went
 through the wilderness that was not    
inhabited1 and  pitched tents in places 
where there lay no way4    #aa3c ,they  
stood against their enemies1 and were   
avenged of their  adversaries4    #aa3d 
,when they were thirsty1 they called    
upon thee1 and water was given  them out
 of the flinty rock1 and their thirst   
was quenched out of the  hard stone4    
#aa3e ,for by what things their enemies 
were punished1 by the same they  in     
their need were benefited4    #aa3f ,for
 instead of a fountain of a perpetual   
running river troubled  with foul blood1
    #aa3g ,for a manifest reproof of    
that commandment1 whereby the infants   
were slain1 thou gavest unto them       
abundance of water by a means which     
they hoped not for3    #aa3h ,declaring 
by that thirst then how thou hadst      
punished their  adversaries4    #aa3i   

,for when they were tried albeit but in 
mercy chastised1 they knew  how the     
ungodly were judged in wrath and        
tormented1 thirsting in  another manner 
than the just4    #aa3aj ,for these thou
 didst admonish and try1 as a father3   
but the  other1 as a severe king1 thou  
didst condemn and punish4    #aa3aa     
,whether they were absent or present1   
they were vexed alike4    #aa3ab ,for a 
double grief came upon them1 and a      
groaning for the  remembrance of things 
past4    #aa3ac ,for when they heard by 
their own punishments the other to be   
benefited1 they had some feeling of the 
,lord4    #aa3ad ,for whom they rejected
 with scorn1 when he was long before    
thrown  out at the casting forth of the 
infants1 him in the end1 when they saw  
what came to pass1 they admired4        
#aa3ae ,but for the foolish devices of  
their wickedness1 wherewith being       
deceived they worshipped serpents void  
of reason1 and vile beasts1 thou  didst 
send a multitude of unreasonable beasts 

upon them for vengeance2    #aa3af ,that
 they might know1 that wherewithal a man
 sinneth1 by the same  also shall he be 
punished4    #aa3ag ,for thy ,almighty  
hand1 that made the world of matter     
without  form1 wanted not means to send 
among them a multitude of bears or      
fierce lions1    #aa3ah ,or unknown wild
 beasts1 full of rage1 newly created1   
breathing  out either a fiery vapour1 or
 filthy scents of scattered smoke1 or   
shooting horrible sparkles out of their 
eyes3    #aa3ai ,whereof not only the   
harm might dispatch them at once1 but   
also  the terrible sight utterly destroy
 them4    #aa3bj ,yea1 and without these
 might they have fallen down with one   
blast1 being persecuted of vengeance1   
and scattered abroad through the  breath
 of thy power3 but thou hast ordered all
 things in measure and  number and      
weight4    #aa3ba ,for thou canst shew  
thy great strength at all times when    
thou  wilt2 and who may withstand the   
power of thine arm8    #aa3bb ,for the  

whole world before thee is as a little  
grain of the  balance1 yea1 as a drop of
 the morning dew that falleth down upon 
the  earth4    #aa3bc ,but thou hast    
mercy upon all2 for thou canst do all   
things1 and  winkest at the sins of men1
 because they should amend4    #aa3bd   
,for thou lovest all the things that    
are1 and abhorrest nothing  which thou  
hast made3 for never wouldest thou have 
made any thing1 if  thou hadst hated it4
    #aa3be ,and how could any thing have
 endured1 if it had not been thy  will8 
or been preserved1 if not called by     
thee8    #aa3bf ,but thou sparest all3  
for they are thine1 ,o ,lord1 thou lover
 of  souls4    #ab3a ,for thine         
incorruptible ,spirit is in all things4 
#ab3b ,therefore chastenest thou them by
 little and little that offend1  and    
warnest them by putting them in         
remembrance wherein they have  offended1
 that leaving their wickedness they may 
believe on thee1 ,o  ,lord4    #ab3c    
,for it was thy will to destroy by the  

hands of our fathers both  those old    
inhabitants of thy holy land1    #ab3d  
,whom thou hatedst for doing most odious
 works of witchcrafts1 and  wicked      
sacrifices2    #ab3e ,and also those    
merciless murderers of children1 and    
devourers of  man's flesh1 and the      
feasts of blood1    #ab3f ,with their   
priests out of the midst of their       
idolatrous crew1 and  the parents1 that 
killed with their own hands souls       
destitute of help3    #ab3g ,that the   
land1 which thou esteemedst above all   
other1 might  receive a worthy colony of
 ,god's children4    #ab3h ,nevertheless
 even those thou sparedst as men1 and   
didst send  wasps1 forerunners of thine 
host1 to destroy them by little and     
little4    #ab3i ,not that thou wast    
unable to bring the ungodly under the   
hand of  the righteous in battle1 or to 
destroy them at once with cruel beasts1 
or with one rough word3    #ab3aj ,but  
executing thy judgments upon them by    
little and little1 thou  gavest them    

place of repentance1 not being ignorant 
that they were a  naughty generation1   
and that their malice was bred in them1 
and that  their cogitation would never  
be changed4    #ab3aa ,for it was a     
cursed seed from the beginning2 neither 
didst thou  for fear of any man give    
them pardon for those things wherein    
they  sinned4    #ab3ab ,for who shall  
say1 ,what hast thou done8 or who shall 
withstand  thy judgment8 or who shall   
accuse thee for the nations that perish1
  whom thou made8 or who shall come to  
stand against thee1 to be revenged  for 
the unrighteous men8    #ab3ac ,for     
neither is there any ,god but thou that 
careth for all1 to  whom thou mightest  
shew that thy judgment is not unright4  
#ab3ad ,neither shall king or tyrant be 
able to set his face against thee  for  
any whom thou hast punished4    #ab3ae  
,forsomuch then as thou art righteous   
thyself1 thou orderest all  things      
righteously3 thinking it not agreeable  
with thy power to condemn  him that hath

 not deserved to be punished4    #ab3af 
,for thy power is the beginning of      
righteousness1 and because thou  art the
 ,lord of all1 it maketh thee to be     
gracious unto all4    #ab3ag ,for when  
men will not believe that thou art of a 
full power1 thou  shewest thy strength1 
and among them that know it thou makest 
their  boldness manifest4    #ab3ah ,but
 thou1 mastering thy power1 judgest with
 equity1 and orderest  us with great    
favour3 for thou mayest use power when  
thou wilt4    #ab3ai ,but by such works 
hast thou taught thy people that the    
just man  should be merciful1 and hast  
made thy children to be of a good hope  
that thou givest repentance for sins4   
#ab3bj ,for if thou didst punish the    
enemies of thy children1 and the        
condemned to death1 with such           
deliberation1 giving them time and      
place1  whereby they might be delivered 
from their malice3    #ab3ba ,with how  
great circumspection didst thou judge   
thine own sons1  unto whose fathers thou

 hast sworn1 and made covenants of good 
promises8    #ab3bb ,therefore1 whereas 
thou dost chasten us1 thou scourgest our
  enemies a thousand times more1 to the 
intent that1 when we judge1 we  should  
carefully think of thy goodness1 and    
when we ourselves are  judged1 we should
 look for mercy4    #ab3bc ,wherefore1  
whereas men have lived dissolutely and  
unrighteously1  thou hast tormented them
 with their own abominations4    #ab3bd 
,for they went astray very far in the   
ways of error1 and held them  for gods1 
which even among the beasts of their    
enemies were despised1  being deceived1 
as children of no understanding4        
#ab3be ,therefore unto them1 as to      
children without the use of reason1     
thou didst send a judgment to mock them4
    #ab3bf ,but they that would not be  
reformed by that correction1 wherein  he
 dallied with them1 shall feel a        
judgment worthy of ,god4    #ab3bg ,for1
 look1 for what things they grudged1    
when they were punished1  that is1 for  

them whom they thought to be gods2 now  
being punished in  them1 when they saw  
it1 they acknowledged him to be the true
 ,god1 whom  before they denied to know3
 and therefore came extreme damnation   
upon  them4    #ac3a ,surely vain are   
all men by nature1 who are ignorant of  
,god1 and  could not out of the good    
things that are seen know him that is3  
neither by considering the works did    
they acknowledge the workmaster2        
#ac3b ,but deemed either fire1 or wind1 
or the swift air1 or the circle  of the 
stars1 or the violent water1 or the     
lights of heaven1 to be the  gods which 
govern the world4    #ac3c ,with whose  
beauty if they being delighted took them
 to be gods2  let them know how much    
better the ,lord of them is3 for the    
first author  of beauty hath created    
them4    #ac3d ,but if they were        
astonished at their power and virtue1   
let them  understand by them1 how much  
mightier he is that made them4    #ac3e 
,for by the greatness and beauty of the 

creatures proportionably  the maker of  
them is seen4    #ac3f ,but yet for this
 they are the less to be blamed3 for    
they  peradventure err1 seeking ,god1   
and desirous to find him4    #ac3g ,for 
being conversant in his works they      
search him diligently1 and  believe     
their sight3 because the things are     
beautiful that are seen4    #ac3h       
,howbeit neither are they to be         
pardoned4    #ac3i ,for if they were    
able to know so much1 that they could   
aim at the  world2 how did they not     
sooner find out the ,lord thereof8      
#ac3aj ,but miserable are they1 and in  
dead things is their hope1 who  call    
them gods1 which are the works of men's 
hands1 gold and silver1 to  shew art in1
 and resemblances of beasts1 or a stone 
good for nothing1  the work of an       
ancient hand4    #ac3aa ,now a carpenter
 that felleth timber1 after he hath sawn
 down a  tree meet for the purpose1 and 
taken off all the bark skilfully round  
about1 and hath wrought it handsomely1  

and made a vessel thereof fit  for the  
service of man's life2    #ac3ab ,and   
after spending the refuse of his work to
 dress his meat1 hath  filled himself2  
#ac3ac ,and taking the very refuse among
 those which served to no use1  being a 
crooked piece of wood1 and full of      
knots1 hath carved it  diligently1 when 
he had nothing else to do1 and formed it
 by the skill  of his understanding1 and
 fashioned it to the image of a man2    
#ac3ad ,or made it like some vile beast1
 laying it over with vermilion1  and    
with paint colouring it red1 and        
covering every spot therein2    #ac3ae  
,and when he had made a convenient room 
for it1 set it in a wall1  and made it  
fast with iron3    #ac3af ,for he       
provided for it that it might not fall1 
knowing that it  was unable to help     
itself2 for it is an image1 and hath    
need of help3    #ac3ag ,then maketh he 
prayer for his goods1 for his wife and  
children1  and is not ashamed to speak  
to that which hath no life4    #ac3ah   

,for health he calleth upon that which  
is weak3 for life prayeth  to that which
 is dead2 for aid humbly beseecheth that
 which hath least  means to help3 and   
for a good journey he asketh of that    
which cannot  set a foot forward3       
#ac3ai ,and for gaining and getting1 and
 for good success of his hands1  asketh 
ability to do of him1 that is most      
unable to do any thing4    #ad3a ,again1
 one preparing himself to sail1 and     
about to pass through  the raging waves1
 calleth upon a piece of wood more      
rotten than the  vessel that carrieth   
him4    #ad3b ,for verily desire of gain
 devised that1 and the workman built it 
by his skill4    #ad3c ,but thy         
providence1 ,o ,father1 governeth it3   
for thou hast made a  way in the sea1   
and a safe path in the waves2    #ad3d  
,shewing that thou canst save from all  
danger3 yea1 though a man  went to sea  
without art4    #ad3e ,nevertheless thou
 wouldest not that the works of thy     
wisdom should  be idle1 and therefore do

 men commit their lives to a small piece
 of  wood1 and passing the rough sea in 
a weak vessel are saved4    #ad3f ,for  
in the old time also1 when the proud    
giants perished1 the hope  of the world 
governed by thy hand escaped in a weak  
vessel1 and left to  all ages a seed of 
generation4    #ad3g ,for blessed is the
 wood whereby righteousness cometh4     
#ad3h ,but that which is made with hands
 is cursed1 as well it1 as he  that made
 it3 he1 because he made it2 and it1    
because1 being  corruptible1 it was     
called god4    #ad3i ,for the ungodly   
and his ungodliness are both alike      
hateful unto  ,god4    #ad3aj ,for that 
which is made shall be punished together
 with him that  made it4    #ad3aa      
,therefore even upon the idols of the   
,gentiles shall there be a  visitation3 
because in the creature of ,god they are
 become an  abomination1 and            
stumblingblocks to the souls of men1 and
 a snare to  the feet of the unwise4    
#ad3ab ,for the devising of idols was   

the beginning of spiritual  fornication1
 and the invention of them the          
corruption of life4    #ad3ac ,for      
neither were they from the beginning1   
neither shall they be  for ever4        
#ad3ad ,for by the vain glory of men    
they entered into the world1 and        
therefore shall they come shortly to an 
end4    #ad3ae ,for a father afflicted  
with untimely mourning1 when he hath    
made  an image of his child soon taken  
away1 now honoured him as a god1 which  
was then a dead man1 and delivered to   
those that were under him  ceremonies   
and sacrifices4    #ad3af ,thus in      
process of time an ungodly custom grown 
strong was kept  as a law1 and graven   
images were worshipped by the           
commandments of  kings4    #ad3ag ,whom 
men could not honour in presence1       
because they dwelt far  off1 they took  
the counterfeit of his visage from far1 
and made an  express image of a king    
whom they honoured1 to the end that by  
this  their forwardness they might      

flatter him that was absent1 as if he   
were  present4    #ad3ah ,also the      
singular diligence of the artificer did 
help to set  forward the ignorant to    
more superstition4    #ad3ai ,for he1   
peradventure willing to please one in   
authority1 forced  all his skill to make
 the resemblance of the best fashion4   
#ad3bj ,and so the multitude1 allured by
 the grace of the work1 took him  now   
for a god1 which a little before was but
 honoured as a man4    #ad3ba ,and this 
was an occasion to deceive the world3   
for men1 serving  either calamity or    
tyranny1 did ascribe unto stones and    
stocks the  incommunicable name4        
#ad3bb ,moreover this was not enough for
 them1 that they erred in the  knowledge
 of ,god2 but whereas they lived in the 
great war of ignorance1  those so great 
plagues called they peace4    #ad3bc    
,for whilst they slew their children in 
sacrifices1 or used secret  ceremonies1 
or made revellings of strange rites2    
#ad3bd ,they kept neither lives nor     

marriages any longer undefiled3 but     
either one slew another traiterously1 or
 grieved him by adultery4    #ad3be ,so 
that there reigned in all men without   
exception blood1  manslaughter1 theft1  
and dissimulation1 corruption1          
unfaithfulness1  tumults1 perjury1      
#ad3bf ,disquieting of good men1        
forgetfulness of good turns1 defiling of
  souls1 changing of kind1 disorder in  
marriages1 adultery1 and shameless      
uncleanness4    #ad3bg ,for the         
worshipping of idols not to be named is 
the beginning1  the cause1 and the end1 
of all evil4    #ad3bh ,for either they 
are mad when they be merry1 or prophesy 
lies1 or  live unjustly1 or else lightly
 forswear themselves4    #ad3bi ,for    
insomuch as their trust is in idols1    
which have no life2  though they swear  
falsely1 yet they look not to be hurt4  
#ad3cj ,howbeit for both causes shall   
they be justly punished3 both  because  
they thought not well of ,god1 giving   
heed unto idols1 and also  unjustly     

swore in deceit1 despising holiness4    
#ad3ca ,for it is not the power of them 
by whom they swear3 but it is the  just 
vengeance of sinners1 that punisheth    
always the offence of the  ungodly4     
#ae3a ,but thou1 ,o ,god1 art gracious  
and true1 longsuffering1 and in  mercy  
ordering all things1    #ae3b ,for if we
 sin1 we are thine1 knowing thy power3  
but we will not  sin1 knowing that we   
are counted thine4    #ae3c ,for to know
 thee is perfect righteousness3 yea1 to 
know thy power  is the root of          
immortality4    #ae3d ,for neither did  
the mischievous invention of men deceive
 us1 nor  an image spotted with divers  
colours1 the painter's fruitless labour2
    #ae3e ,the sight whereof enticeth   
fools to lust after it1 and so they     
desire the form of a dead image1 that   
hath no breath4    #ae3f ,both they that
 make them1 they that desire them1 and  
they that  worship them1 are lovers of  
evil things1 and are worthy to have such
  things to trust upon4    #ae3g ,for   

the potter1 tempering soft earth1       
fashioneth every vessel with  much      
labour for our service3 yea1 of the same
 clay he maketh both the  vessels that  
serve for clean uses1 and likewise also 
all such as serve  to the contrary3 but 
what is the use of either sort1 the     
potter himself  is the judge4    #ae3h  
,and employing his labours lewdly1 he   
maketh a vain god of the same  clay1    
even he which a little before was made  
of earth himself1 and  within a little  
while after returneth to the same1 out  
when his life  which was lent him shall 
be demanded4    #ae3i ,notwithstanding  
his care is1 not that he shall have much
 labour1  nor that his life is short3   
but striveth to excel goldsmiths and    
silversmiths1 and endeavoureth to do    
like the workers in brass1 and  counteth
 it his glory to make counterfeit       
things4    #ae3aj ,his heart is ashes1  
his hope is more vile than earth1 and   
his  life of less value than clay3      
#ae3aa ,forasmuch as he knew not his    

,maker1 and him that inspired into  him 
an active soul1 and breathed in a living
 spirit4    #ae3ab ,but they counted our
 life a pastime1 and our time here a    
market  for gain3 for1 say they1 we must
 be getting every way1 though it be by  
evil means4    #ae3ac ,for this man1    
that of earthly matter maketh brittle   
vessels and  graven images1 knoweth     
himself to offend above all others4     
#ae3ad ,and all the enemies of thy      
people1 that hold them in subjection1   
are most foolish1 and are more miserable
 than very babes4    #ae3ae ,for they   
counted all the idols of the heathen to 
be gods3 which  neither have the use of 
eyes to see1 nor noses to draw breath1  
nor ears  to hear1 nor fingers of hands 
to handle2 and as for their feet1 they  
are slow to go4    #ae3af ,for man made 
them1 and he that borrowed his own      
spirit fashioned  them3 but no man can  
make a god like unto himself4    #ae3ag 
,for being mortal1 he worketh a dead    
thing with wicked hands3 for  he himself

 is better than the things which he     
worshippeth3 whereas he  lived once1 but
 they never4    #ae3ah ,yea1 they       
worshipped those beasts also that are   
most hateful3 for  being compared       
together1 some are worse than others4   
#ae3ai ,neither are they beautiful1 so  
much as to be desired in respect  of    
beasts3 but they went without the praise
 of ,god and his blessing4    #af3a     
,therefore by the like were they        
punished worthily1 and by the  multitude
 of beasts tormented4    #af3b ,instead 
of which punishment1 dealing graciously 
with thine own  people1 thou preparedst 
for them meat of a strange taste1 even  
quails  to stir up their appetite3      
#af3c ,to the end that they1 desiring   
food1 might for the ugly sight of  the  
beasts sent among them lothe even that1 
which they must needs  desire2 but      
these1 suffering penury for a short     
space1 might be made  partakers of a    
strange taste4    #af3d ,for it was     
requisite1 that upon them exercising    

tyranny should  come penury1 which they 
could not avoid3 but to these it should 
only be  shewed how their enemies were  
tormented4    #af3e ,for when the       
horrible fierceness of beasts came upon 
these1 and  they perished with the      
stings of crooked serpents1 thy wrath   
endured  not for ever3    #af3f ,but    
they were troubled for a small season1  
that they might be  admonished1 having a
 sign of salvation1 to put them in      
remembrance of  the commandment of thy  
law4    #af3g ,for he that turned       
himself toward it was not saved by the  
thing  that he saw1 but by thee1 that   
art the ,saviour of all4    #af3h ,and  
in this thou madest thine enemies       
confess1 that it is thou who  deliverest
 from all evil3    #af3i ,for them the  
bitings of grasshoppers and flies       
killed1 neither was  there found any    
remedy for their life3 for they were    
worthy to be  punished by such4         
#af3aj ,but thy sons not the very teeth 
of venomous dragons overcame3 for  thy  

mercy was ever by them1 and healed them4
    #af3aa ,for they were pricked1 that 
they should remember thy words2 and     
were quickly saved1 that not falling    
into deep forgetfulness1 they  might be 
continually mindful of thy goodness4    
#af3ab ,for it was neither herb1 nor    
mollifying plaister1 that restored  them
 to health3 but thy word1 ,o ,lord1     
which healeth all things4    #af3ac ,for
 thou hast power of life and death3 thou
 leadest to the gates  of hell1 and     
bringest up again4    #af3ad ,a man     
indeed killeth through his malice3 and  
the spirit1 when it  is gone forth1     
returneth not2 neither the soul received
 up cometh  again4    #af3ae ,but it is 
not possible to escape thine hand4      
#af3af ,for the ungodly1 that denied to 
know thee1 were scourged by the         
strength of thine arm3 with strange     
rains1 hails1 and showers1 were  they   
persecuted1 that they could not avoid1  
and through fire were they  consumed4   
#af3ag ,for1 which is most to be        

wondered at1 the fire had more force in 
the water1 that quencheth all things3   
for the world fighteth for the          
righteous4    #af3ah ,for sometime the  
flame was mitigated1 that it might not  
burn up  the beasts that were sent      
against the ungodly2 but themselves     
might see  and perceive that they were  
persecuted with the judgment of ,god4   
#af3ai ,and at another time it burneth  
even in the midst of water above  the   
power of fire1 that it might destroy the
 fruits of an unjust land4    #af3bj    
,instead whereof thou feddest thine own 
people with angels' food1  and didst    
send them from heaven bread prepared    
without their labour1  able to content  
every man's delight1 and agreeing to    
every taste4    #af3ba ,for thy         
sustenance declared thy sweetness unto  
thy children1 and  serving to the       
appetite of the eater1 tempered itself  
to every man's  liking4    #af3bb ,but  
snow and ice endured the fire1 and      
melted not1 that they  might know that  

fire burning in the hail1 and sparkling 
in the rain1  did destroy the fruits of 
the enemies4    #af3bc ,but this again  
did even forget his own strength1 that  
the  righteous might be nourished4      
#af3bd ,for the creature that serveth   
thee1 who art the ,maker increaseth  his
 strength against the unrighteous for   
their punishment1 and abateth  his      
strength for the benefit of such as put 
their trust in thee4    #af3be          
,therefore even then was it altered into
 all fashions1 and was  obedient to thy 
grace1 that nourisheth all things1      
according to the  desire of them that   
had need3    #af3bf ,that thy children1 
,o ,lord1 whom thou lovest1 might know1 
that it  is not the growing of fruits   
that nourisheth man3 but that it is thy 
word1 which preserveth them that put    
their trust in thee4    #af3bg ,for that
 which was not destroyed of the fire1   
being warmed with a  little sunbeam1    
soon melted away3    #af3bh ,that it    
might be known1 that we must prevent the

 sun to give thee  thanks1 and at the   
dayspring pray unto thee4    #af3bi ,for
 the hope of the unthankful shall melt  
away as the winter's  hoar frost1 and   
shall run away as unprofitable water4   
#ag3a ,for great are thy judgments1 and 
cannot be expressed3 therefore          
unnurtured souls have erred4    #ag3b   
,for when unrighteous men thought to    
oppress the holy nation2 they  being    
shut up in their houses1 the prisoners  
of darkness1 and fettered  with the     
bonds of a long night1 lay there exiled 
from the eternal  providence4    #ag3c  
,for while they supposed to lie hid in  
their secret sins1 they were  scattered 
under a dark veil of forgetfulness1     
being horribly  astonished1 and troubled
 with strange apparitions4    #ag3d ,for
 neither might the corner that held them
 keep them from fear3  but noises as of 
waters falling down sounded about them1 
and sad  visions appeared unto them with
 heavy countenances4    #ag3e ,no power 
of the fire might give them light3      

neither could the  bright flames of the 
stars endure to lighten that horrible   
night4    #ag3f ,only there appeared    
unto them a fire kindled of itself1 very
  dreadful3 for being much terrified1   
they thought the things which they  saw 
to be worse than the sight they saw not4
    #ag3g ,as for the illusions of art  
magick1 they were put down1 and their   
vaunting in wisdom was reproved with    
disgrace4    #ag3h ,for they1 that      
promised to drive away terrors and      
troubles from a  sick soul1 were sick   
themselves of fear1 worthy to be laughed
 at4    #ag3i ,for though no terrible   
thing did fear them2 yet being scared   
with  beasts that passed by1 and hissing
 of serpents1    #ag3aj ,they died for  
fear1 denying that they saw the air1    
which could of  no side be avoided4     
#ag3aa ,for wickedness1 condemned by her
 own witness1 is very timorous1  and    
being pressed with conscience1 always   
forecasteth grievous things4    #ag3ab  
,for fear is nothing else but a         

betraying of the succours which  reason 
offereth4    #ag3ac ,and the expectation
 from within1 being less1 counteth the  
ignorance more than the cause which     
bringeth the torment4    #ag3ad ,but    
they sleeping the same sleep that night1
 which was indeed  intolerable1 and     
which came upon them out of the bottoms 
of inevitable  hell1    #ag3ae ,were    
partly vexed with monstrous apparitions1
 and partly fainted1  their heart       
failing them3 for a sudden fear1 and not
 looked for1 came  upon them4    #ag3af 
,so then whosoever there fell down was  
straitly kept1 shut up in a  prison     
without iron bars1    #ag3ag ,for       
whether he were husbandman1 or shepherd1
 or a labourer in the  field1 he was    
overtaken1 and endured that necessity1  
which could not be  avoided3 for they   
were all bound with one chain of        
darkness4    #ag3ah ,whether it were a  
whistling wind1 or a melodious noise of 
birds  among the spreading branches1 or 
a pleasing fall of water running        

violently1    #ag3ai ,or a terrible     
sound of stones cast down1 or a running 
that could  not be seen of skipping     
beasts1 or a roaring voice of most      
savage wild  beasts1 or a rebounding    
echo from the hollow mountains2 these   
things  made them to swoon for fear4    
#ag3bj ,for the whole world shined with 
clear light1 and none were  hindered in 
their labour3    #ag3ba ,over them only 
was spread an heavy night1 an image of  
that  darkness which should afterward   
receive them3 but yet were they unto    
themselves more grievous than the       
darkness4    #ah3a ,nevertheless thy    
saints had a very great light1 whose    
voice they  hearing1 and not seeing     
their shape1 because they also had not  
suffered  the same things1 they counted 
them happy4    #ah3b ,but for that they 
did not hurt them now1 of whom they had 
been  wronged before1 they thanked them1
 and besought them pardon for that  they
 had been enemies4    #ah3c ,instead    
whereof thou gavest them a burning      

pillar of fire1 both to  be a guide of  
the unknown journey1 and an harmless sun
 to entertain  them honourably4    #ah3d
 ,for they were worthy to be deprived of
 light and imprisoned in  darkness1 who 
had kept thy sons shut up1 by whom the  
uncorrupt light of  the law was to be   
given unto the world4    #ah3e ,and when
 they had determined to slay the babes  
of the saints1 one  child being cast    
forth1 and saved1 to reprove them1 thou 
tookest away  the multitude of their    
children1 and destroyedst them          
altogether in a  mighty water4    #ah3f 
,of that night were our fathers         
certified afore1 that assuredly  knowing
 unto what oaths they had given         
credence1 they might afterwards  be of  
good cheer4    #ah3g ,so of thy people  
was accepted both the salvation of the  
righteous1  and destruction of the      
enemies4    #ah3h ,for wherewith thou   
didst punish our adversaries1 by the    
same thou  didst glorify us1 whom thou  
hadst called4    #ah3i ,for the         

righteous children of good men did      
sacrifice secretly1 and  with one       
consent made a holy law1 that the saints
 should be like  partakers of the same  
good and evil1 the fathers now singing  
out the  songs of praise4    #ah3aj ,but
 on the other side there sounded an ill 
according cry of the  enemies1 and a    
lamentable noise was carried abroad for 
children that  were bewailed4    #ah3aa 
,the master and the servant were        
punished after one manner2 and  like as 
the king1 so suffered the common person4
    #ah3ab ,so they all together had    
innumerable dead with one kind of death2
  neither were the living sufficient to 
bury them3 for in one moment the        
noblest offspring of them was destroyed4
    #ah3ac ,for whereas they would not  
believe any thing by reason of the      
enchantments2 upon the destruction of   
the firstborn1 they acknowledged  this  
people to be the sons of ,god4    #ah3ad
 ,for while all things were in quiet    
silence1 and that night was in  the     

midst of her swift course1    #ah3ae    
,thine ,almighty word leaped down from  
heaven out of thy royal  throne1 as a   
fierce man of war into the midst of a   
land of destruction1    #ah3af ,and     
brought thine unfeigned commandment as a
 sharp sword1 and  standing up filled   
all things with death2 and it touched   
the heaven1  but it stood upon the      
earth4    #ah3ag ,then suddenly visions 
of horrible dreams troubled them sore1  
and  terrors came upon them unlooked    
for4    #ah3ah ,and one thrown here1 and
 another there1 half dead1 shewed the   
cause of his death4    #ah3ai ,for the  
dreams that troubled them did foreshew  
this1 lest they  should perish1 and not 
know why they were afflicted4    #ah3bj 
,yea1 the tasting of death touched the  
righteous also1 and there  was a        
destruction of the multitude in the     
wilderness3 but the wrath  endured not  
long4    #ah3ba ,for then the blameless 
man made haste1 and stood forth to      
defend  them2 and bringing the shield of

 his proper ministry1 even prayer1 and  
the propitiation of incense1 set himself
 against the wrath1 and so  brought the 
calamity to an end1 declaring that he   
was thy servant4    #ah3bb ,so he       
overcame the destroyer1 not with        
strength of body1 nor  force of arms1   
but with a word subdued him that        
punished1 alleging the  oaths and       
covenants made with the fathers4        
#ah3bc ,for when the dead were now      
fallen down by heaps one upon another1  
standing between1 he stayed the wrath1  
and parted the way to the  living4      
#ah3bd ,for in the long garment was the 
whole world1 and in the four rows  of   
the stones was the glory of the fathers 
graven1 and thy ,majesty upon  the      
daidem4    #ah3be ,unto these the       
destroyer gave place1 and was afraid of 
them3 for  it was enough that they only 
tasted of the wrath4    #ai3a ,as for   
the ungodly1 wrath came upon them       
without mercy unto the  end3 for he knew
 before what they would do2    #ai3b    

,how that having given them leave to    
depart1 and sent them hastily  away1    
they would repent and pursue them4      
#ai3c ,for whilst they were yet mourning
 and making lamentation at the  graves  
of the dead1 they added another foolish 
device1 and pursued them  as fugitives1 
whom they had intreated to be gone4     
#ai3d ,for the destiny1 whereof they    
were worthy1 drew them unto this  end1  
and made them forget the things that had
 already happened1 that  they might     
fulfil the punishment which was wanting 
to their torments3    #ai3e ,and that   
thy people might pass a wonderful way3  
but they might  find a strange death4   
#ai3f ,for the whole creature in his    
proper kind was fashioned again  anew1  
serving the peculiar commandments that  
were given unto them1 that  thy children
 might be kept without hurt3    #ai3g   
,as namely1 a cloud shadowing the camp2 
and where water stood  before1 dry land 
appeared2 and out of the ,red sea a way 
without  impediment2 and out of the     

violent stream a green field3    #ai3h  
,wherethrough all the people went that  
were defended with thy hand1  seeing thy
 marvellous strange wonders4    #ai3i   
,for they went at large like horses1 and
 leaped like lambs1  praising thee1 ,o  
,lord1 who hadst delivered them4        
#ai3aj ,for they were yet mindful of the
 things that were done while they       
sojourned in the strange land1 how the  
ground brought forth flies  instead of  
cattle1 and how the river cast up a     
multitude of frogs  instead of fishes4  
#ai3aa ,but afterwards they saw a new   
generation of fowls1 when1 being  led   
with their appetite1 they asked delicate
 meats4    #ai3ab ,for quails came up   
unto them from the sea for their        
contentment4    #ai3ac ,and punishments 
came upon the sinners not without former
 signs by  the force of thunders3 for   
they suffered justly according to their 
own  wickedness1 insomuch as they used a
 more hard and hateful behaviour  toward
 strangers4    #ai3ad ,for the          

,sodomites did not receive those1 whom  
they knew not when  they came3 but these
 brought friends into bondage1 that had 
well  deserved of them4    #ai3ae ,and  
not only so1 but peradventure some      
respect shall be had of  those1 because 
they used strangers not friendly3       
#ai3af ,but these very grievously       
afflicted them1 whom they had received  
with feastings1 and were already made   
partakers of the same laws with  them4  
#ai3ag ,therefore even with blindness   
were these stricken1 as those were  at  
the doors of the righteous man3 when1   
being compassed about with  horrible    
great darkness1 every one sought the    
passage of his own doors4    #ai3ah ,for
 the elements were changed in themselves
 by a kind of harmony1  like as in a    
psaltery notes change the name of the   
tune1 and yet are  always sounds2 which 
may well be perceived by the sight of   
the things  that have been done4        
#ai3ai ,for earthly things were turned  
into watery1 and the things1 that       

before swam in the water1 now went upon 
the ground4    #ai3bj ,the fire had     
power in the water1 forgetting his own  
virtue3 and  the water forgat his own   
quenching nature4    #ai3ba ,on the     
other side1 the flames wasted not the   
flesh of the  corruptible living things1
 though they walked therein2 neither    
melted  they the icy kind of heavenly   
meat that was of nature apt to melt4    
#ai3bb ,for in all things1 ,o ,lord1    
thou didst magnify thy people1 and      
glorify them1 neither didst thou lightly
 regard them3 but didst assist  them in 
every time and place4          ,the     
,book of ,sirach 7or ,ecclesiasticus7   
,the ,wisdom of ,jesus the ,son of      
,sirach1 or ,ecclesiasticus      ,a     
,prologue made by an uncertain ,author  
,this ,jesus was the son of ,sirach1 and
 grandchild to ,jesus of the same  name 
with him3 this man therefore lived in   
the latter times1 after the  people had 
been led away captive1 and called home  
again1 and almost  after all the        

prophets4 ,now his grandfather ,jesus1  
as he himself  witnesseth1 was a man of 
great diligence and wisdom among the    
,hebrews1  who did not only gather the  
grave and short sentences of wise men1  
that  had been before him1 but himself  
also uttered some of his own1 full of   
much understanding and wisdom4 ,when as 
therefore the first ,jesus died1        
leaving this book almost perfected1     
,sirach his son receiving it after  him 
left it to his own son ,jesus1 who1     
having gotten it into his hands1        
compiled it all orderly into one volume1
 and called it ,wisdom1  intituling it  
both by his own name1 his father's name1
 and his  grandfather's2 alluring the   
hearer by the very name of ,wisdom to   
have a  greater love to the study of    
this book4 ,it containeth therefore wise
  sayings1 dark sentences1 and parables1
 and certain particular ancient  godly  
stories of men that pleased ,god2 also  
his prayer and song2  moreover1 what    
benefits ,god had vouchsafed his people1

 and what plagues  he had heaped upon   
their enemies4 ,this ,jesus did imitate 
,solomon1 and  was no less famous for   
wisdom and learning1 both being indeed a
 man of  great learning1 and so reputed 
also4    ,the ,prologue of the ,wisdom  
of ,jesus the ,son of ,sirach4          
,whereas many and great things have been
 delivered unto us by the law  and the  
prophets1 and by others that have       
followed their steps1 for the  which    
things ,israel ought to be commended for
 learning and wisdom2 and  whereof not  
only the readers must needs become      
skilful themselves1 but  also they that 
desire to learn be able to profit them  
which are  without1 both by speaking and
 writing3 my grandfather ,jesus1 when he
  had much given himself to the reading 
of the law1 and the prophets1 and  other
 books of our fathers1 and had gotten   
therein good judgment1 was  drawn on    
also himself to write something         
pertaining to learning and  wisdom2 to  
the intent that those which are desirous

 to learn1 and are  addicted to these   
things1 might profit much more in living
 according to  the law4 ,wherefore let  
me intreat you to read it with favour   
and  attention1 and to pardon us1       
wherein we may seem to come short of    
some  words1 which we have laboured to  
interpret4 ,for the same things uttered 
in ,hebrew1 and translated into another 
tongue1 have not the same force  in     
them3 and not only these things1 but the
 law itself1 and the  prophets1 and the 
rest of the books1 have no small        
difference1 when  they are spoken in    
their own language4 ,for in the eight   
and thirtieth  year coming into ,egypt1 
when ,euergetes was king1 and continuing
 there  some time1 ,i found a book of no
 small learning3 therefore ,i thought it
  most necessary for me to bestow some  
diligence and travail to interpret  it2 
using great watchfulness and skill in   
that space to bring the book  to an end1
 and set it forth for them also1 which  
in a strange country  are willing to    

learn1 being prepared before in manners 
to live after  the law4    #a3a ,all    
wisdom cometh from the ,lord1 and is    
with him for ever4    #a3b ,who can     
number the sand of the sea1 and the     
drops of rain1 and the  days of         
eternity8    #a3c ,who can find out the 
height of heaven1 and the breadth of the
  earth1 and the deep1 and wisdom8      
#a3d ,wisdom hath been created before   
all things1 and the understanding  of   
prudence from everlasting4    #a3e ,the 
word of ,god most high is the fountain  
of wisdom2 and her ways  are everlasting
 commandments4    #a3f ,to whom hath the
 root of wisdom been revealed8 or who   
hath known  her wise counsels8    #a3g  
,unto whom hath the knowledge of wisdom 
been made manifest8 and who  hath       
understood her great experience8    #a3h
 ,there is one wise and greatly to be   
feared1 the ,lord sitting upon  his     
throne4    #a3i ,he created her1 and saw
 her1 and numbered her1 and poured her  
out  upon all his works4    #a3aj ,she  

is with all flesh according to his gift1
 and he hath given her  to them that    
love him4    #a3aa ,the fear of the     
,lord is honour1 and glory1 and         
gladness1 and a  crown of rejoicing4    
#a3ab ,the fear of the ,lord maketh a   
merry heart1 and giveth joy1 and        
gladness1 and a long life4    #a3ac     
,whoso feareth the ,lord1 it shall go   
well with him at the last1 and  he shall
 find favour in the day of his death4   
#a3ad ,to fear the ,lord is the         
beginning of wisdom3 and it was created 
with the faithful in the womb4    #a3ae 
,she hath built an everlasting          
foundation with men1 and she shall      
continue with their seed4    #a3af ,to  
fear the ,lord is fulness of wisdom1 and
 filleth men with her  fruits4    #a3ag 
,she filleth all their house with things
 desirable1 and the garners  with her   
increase4    #a3ah ,the fear of the     
,lord is a crown of wisdom1 making peace
 and  perfect health to flourish2 both  
which are the gifts of ,god3 and it     

enlargeth their rejoicing that love him4
    #a3ai ,wisdom raineth down skill and
 knowledge of understanding standing1   
and exalteth them to honour that hold   
her fast4    #a3bj ,the root of wisdom  
is to fear the ,lord1 and the branches  
thereof  are long life4    #a3ba ,the   
fear of the ,lord driveth away sins3 and
 where it is present1  it turneth away  
wrath4    #a3bb ,a furious man cannot be
 justified2 for the sway of his fury    
shall  be his destruction4    #a3bc ,a  
patient man will bear for a time1 and   
afterward joy shall spring  up unto him4
    #a3bd ,he will hide his words for a 
time1 and the lips of many shall        
declare his wisdom4    #a3be ,the       
parables of knowledge are in the        
treasures of wisdom3 but  godliness is  
an abomination to a sinner4    #a3bf ,if
 thou desire wisdom1 keep the           
commandments1 and the ,lord shall  give 
her unto thee4    #a3bg ,for the fear of
 the ,lord is wisdom and instruction3   
and faith and  meekness are his delight4

    #a3bh ,distrust not the fear of the 
,lord when thou art poor3 and come not  
unto him with a double heart4    #a3bi  
,be not an hypocrite in the sight of    
men1 and take good heed what  thou      
speakest4    #a3cj ,exalt not thyself1  
lest thou fall1 and bring dishonour upon
 thy  soul1 and so ,god discover thy    
secrets1 and cast thee down in the midst
  of the congregation1 because thou     
camest not in truth to the fear of  the 
,lord1 but thy heart is full of deceit4 
#b3a ,my son1 if thou come to serve the 
,lord1 prepare thy soul for  temptation4
    #b3b ,set thy heart aright1 and     
constantly endure1 and make not haste in
  time of trouble4    #b3c ,cleave unto 
him1 and depart not away1 that thou     
mayest be increased  at thy last end4   
#b3d ,whatsoever is brought upon thee   
take cheerfully1 and be patient  when   
thou art changed to a low estate4       
#b3e ,for gold is tried in the fire1 and
 acceptable men in the furnace of       
adversity4    #b3f ,believe in him1 and 

he will help thee2 order thy way aright1
 and  trust in him4    #b3g ,ye that    
fear the ,lord1 wait for his mercy2 and 
go not aside1 lest  ye fall4    #b3h ,ye
 that fear the ,lord1 believe him2 and  
your reward shall not fail4    #b3i ,ye 
that fear the ,lord1 hope for good1 and 
for everlasting joy and  mercy4    #b3aj
 ,look at the generations of old1 and   
see2 did ever any trust in the  ,lord1  
and was confounded8 or did any abide in 
his fear1 and was  forsaken8 or whom did
 he ever despise1 that called upon him8 
#b3aa ,for the ,lord is full of         
compassion and mercy1 longsuffering1 and
  very pitiful1 and forgiveth sins1 and 
saveth in time of affliction4    #b3ab  
,woe be to fearful hearts1 and faint    
hands1 and the sinner that  goeth two   
ways6    #b3ac ,woe unto him that is    
fainthearted6 for he believeth not2     
therefore  shall he not be defended4    
#b3ad ,woe unto you that have lost      
patience6 and what will ye do when the  
,lord shall visit you8    #b3ae ,they   

that fear the ,lord will not disobey his
 ,word2 and they that  love him will    
keep his ways4    #b3af ,they that fear 
the ,lord will seek that which is well1 
pleasing  unto him2 and they that love  
him shall be filled with the law4       
#b3ag ,they that fear the ,lord will    
prepare their hearts1 and humble  their 
souls in his sight1    #b3ah ,saying1   
,we will fall into the hands of the     
,lord1 and not into the  hands of men3  
for as his majesty is1 so is his mercy4 
#c3a ,hear me your father1 ,o children1 
and do thereafter1 that ye may be  safe4
    #c3b ,for the ,lord hath given the  
father honour over the children1 and    
hath confirmed the authority of the     
mother over the sons4    #c3c ,whoso    
honoureth his father maketh an atonement
 for his sins3    #c3d ,and he that     
honoureth his mother is as one that     
layeth up treasure4    #c3e ,whoso      
honoureth his father shall have joy of  
his own children2 and  when he maketh   
his prayer1 he shall be heard4    #c3f  

,he that honoureth his father shall have
 a long life2 and he that is  obedient  
unto the ,lord shall be a comfort to his
 mother4    #c3g ,he that feareth the   
,lord will honour his father1 and will  
do  service unto his parents1 as to his 
masters4    #c3h ,honour thy father and 
mother both in word and deed1 that a    
blessing  may come upon thee from them4 
#c3i ,for the blessing of the father    
establisheth the houses of children2    
but the curse of the mother rooteth out 
foundations4    #c3aj ,glory not in the 
dishonour of thy father2 for thy        
father's  dishonour is no glory unto    
thee4    #c3aa ,for the glory of a man  
is from the honour of his father2 and a 
mother in dishonour is a reproach to the
 children4    #c3ab ,my son1 help thy   
father in his age1 and grieve him not as
 long as  he liveth4    #c3ac ,and if   
his understanding fail1 have patience   
with him2 and despise  him not when thou
 art in thy full strength4    #c3ad ,for
 the relieving of thy father shall not  

be forgotten3 and  instead of sins it   
shall be added to build thee up4        
#c3ae ,in the day of thine affliction it
 shall be remembered2 thy sins  also    
shall melt away1 as the ice in the fair 
warm weather4    #c3af ,he that         
forsaketh his father is as a blasphemer2
 and he that  angereth his mother is    
cursed3 of ,god4    #c3ag ,my son1 go on
 with thy business in meekness2 so shalt
 thou be  beloved of him that is        
approved4    #c3ah ,the greater thou    
art1 the more humble thyself1 and thou  
shalt find  favour before the ,lord4    
#c3ai ,many are in high place1 and of   
renown3 but mysteries are revealed  unto
 the meek4    #c3bj ,for the power of   
the ,lord is great1 and he is honoured  
of the  lowly4    #c3ba ,seek not out   
things that are too hard for thee1      
neither search the  things that are     
above thy strength4    #c3bb ,but what  
is commanded thee1 think thereupon with 
reverence1 for it  is not needful for   
thee to see with thine eyes the things  

that are in  secret4    #c3bc ,be not   
curious in unnecessary matters3 for more
 things are shewed  unto thee than men  
understand4    #c3bd ,for many are      
deceived by their own vain opinion2 and 
an evil  suspicion hath overthrown their
 judgment4    #c3be ,without eyes thou  
shalt want light3 profess not the       
knowledge  therefore that thou hast not4
    #c3bf ,a stubborn heart shall fare  
evil at the last2 and he that loveth    
danger shall perish therein4    #c3bg   
,an obstinate heart shall be laden with 
sorrows2 and the wicked man  shall heap 
sin upon sin4    #c3bh ,in the          
punishment of the proud there is no     
remedy2 for the plant  of wickedness    
hath taken root in him4    #c3bi ,the   
heart of the prudent will understand a  
parable2 and an  attentive ear is the   
desire of a wise man4    #c3cj ,water   
will quench a flaming fire2 and alms    
maketh an atonement for  sins4    #c3ca 
,and he that requiteth good turns is    
mindful of that which may come          

hereafter2 and when he falleth1 he shall
 find a stay4    #d3a ,my son1 defraud  
not the poor of his living1 and make not
 the needy  eyes to wait long4    #d3b  
,make not an hungry soul sorrowful2     
neither provoke a man in his  distress4 
#d3c ,add not more trouble to an heart  
that is vexed2 and defer not to  give to
 him that is in need4    #d3d ,reject   
not the supplication of the afflicted2  
neither turn away thy  face from a poor 
man4    #d3e ,turn not away thine eye   
from the needy1 and give him none       
occasion  to curse thee3    #d3f ,for if
 he curse thee in the bitterness of his 
soul1 his prayer  shall be heard of him 
that made him4    #d3g ,get thyself the 
love of the congregation1 and bow thy   
head to a  great man4    #d3h ,let it   
not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to
 the poor1 and give  him a friendly     
answer with meekness4    #d3i ,deliver  
him that suffereth wrong from the hand  
of the oppressor2  and be not           
fainthearted when thou sittest in       

judgment4    #d3aj ,be as a father unto 
the fatherless1 and instead of an       
husband unto  their mother3 so shalt    
thou be as the son of the most ,high1   
and he  shall love thee more than thy   
mother doth4    #d3aa ,wisdom exalteth  
her children1 and layeth hold of them   
that seek  her4    #d3ab ,he that loveth
 her loveth life2 and they that seek to 
her early  shall be filled with joy4    
#d3ac ,he that holdeth her fast shall   
inherit glory2 and wheresoever she      
entereth1 the ,lord will bless4    #d3ad
 ,they that serve her shall minister to 
the ,holy ,one3 and them that  love her 
the ,lord doth love4    #d3ae ,whoso    
giveth ear unto her shall judge the     
nations3 and he that  attendeth unto her
 shall dwell securely4    #d3af ,if a   
man commit himself unto her1 he shall   
inherit her2 and his  generation shall  
hold her in possession4    #d3ag ,for at
 the first she will walk with him by    
crooked ways1 and bring  fear and dread 
upon him1 and torment him with her      

discipline1 until she  may trust his    
soul1 and try him by her laws4    #d3ah 
,then will she return the straight way  
unto him1 and comfort him1  and shew him
 her secrets4    #d3ai ,but if he go    
wrong1 she will forsake him1 and give   
him over to his  own ruin4    #d3bj     
,observe the opportunity1 and beware of 
evil2 and be not ashamed  when it       
concerneth thy soul4    #d3ba ,for there
 is a shame that bringeth sin2 and there
 is a shame which  is glory and grace4  
#d3bb ,accept no person against thy     
soul1 and let not the reverence of  any 
man cause thee to fall4    #d3bc ,and   
refrain not to speak1 when there is     
occasion to do good1 and  hide not thy  
wisdom in her beauty4    #d3bd ,for by  
speech wisdom shall be known3 and       
learning by the word of  the tongue4    
#d3be ,in no wise speak against the     
truth2 but be abashed of the error of   
thine ignorance4    #d3bf ,be not       
ashamed to confess thy sins2 and force  
not the course of  the river4    #d3bg  

,make not thyself an underling to a     
foolish man2 neither accept the  person 
of the mighty4    #d3bh ,strive for the 
truth unto death1 and the ,lord shall   
fight for  thee4    #d3bi ,be not hasty 
in thy tongue1 and in thy deeds slack   
and remiss4    #d3cj ,be not as a lion  
in thy house1 nor frantick among thy    
servants4    #d3ca ,let not thine hand  
be stretched out to receive1 and shut   
when thou  shouldest repay4    #e3a ,set
 thy heart upon thy goods2 and say not1 
,i have enough for my  life4    #e3b    
,follow not thine own mind and thy      
strength1 to walk in the ways of  thy   
heart3    #e3c ,and say not1 ,who shall 
controul me for my works8 for the ,lord 
will  surely revenge thy pride4    #e3d 
,say not1 ,i have sinned1 and what harm 
hath happened unto me8 for  the ,lord is
 longsuffering1 he will in no wise let  
thee go4    #e3e ,concerning            
propitiation1 be not without fear to add
 sin unto sin3    #e3f ,and say not ,his
 mercy is great2 he will be pacified for

 the  multitude of my sins3 for mercy   
and wrath come from him1 and his        
indignation resteth upon sinners4       
#e3g ,make no tarrying to turn to the   
,lord1 and put not off from day to  day3
 for suddenly shall the wrath of the    
,lord come forth1 and in thy  security  
thou shalt be destroyed1 and perish in  
the day of vengeance4    #e3h ,set not  
thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten1 
for they shall not  profit thee in the  
day of calamity4    #e3i ,winnow not    
with every wind1 and go not into every  
way3 for so doth  the sinner that hath a
 double tongue4    #e3aj ,be stedfast in
 thy understanding2 and let thy word be 
the same4    #e3aa ,be swift to hear2   
and let thy life be sincere2 and with   
patience  give answer4    #e3ab ,if thou
 hast understanding1 answer thy         
neighbour2 if not1 lay thy  hand upon   
thy mouth4    #e3ac ,honour and shame is
 in talk3 and the tongue of man is his  
fall4    #e3ad ,be not called a         
whisperer1 and lie not in wait with thy 

tongue3  for a foul shame is upon the   
thief1 and an evil condemnation upon the
  double tongue4    #e3ae ,be not       
ignorant of any thing in a great matter 
or a small4    #f3a ,instead of a friend
 become not an enemy2 for thereby thou  
shalt  inherit an ill name1 shame1 and  
reproach3 even so shall a sinner that   
hath a double tongue4    #f3b ,extol not
 thyself in the counsel of thine own    
heart2 that thy soul  be not torn in    
pieces as a bull straying alone4    #f3c
 ,thou shalt eat up thy leaves1 and lose
 thy fruit1 and leave thyself  as a dry 
tree4    #f3d ,a wicked soul shall      
destroy him that hath it1 and shall make
 him to  be laughed to scorn of his     
enemies4    #f3e ,sweet language will   
multiply friends3 and a fairspeaking    
tongue  will increase kind greetings4   
#f3f ,be in peace with many3            
nevertheless have but one counsellor of 
a  thousand4    #f3g ,if thou wouldest  
get a friend1 prove him first and be not
 hasty to  credit him4    #f3h ,for some

 man is a friend for his own occasion1  
and will not abide  in the day of thy   
trouble4    #f3i ,and there is a friend1
 who being turned to enmity1 and strife 
will  discover thy reproach4    #f3aj   
,again1 some friend is a companion at   
the table1 and will not  continue in the
 day of thy affliction4    #f3aa ,but in
 thy prosperity he will be as thyself1  
and will be bold over  thy servants4    
#f3ab ,if thou be brought low1 he will  
be against thee1 and will hide  himself 
from thy face4    #f3ac ,separate       
thyself from thine enemies1 and take    
heed of thy friends4    #f3ad ,a        
faithfull friend is a strong defence3   
and he that hath found  such an one hath
 found a treasure4    #f3ae ,nothing    
doth countervail a faithful friend1 and 
his excellency is  invaluable4    #f3af 
,a faithful friend is the medicine of   
life2 and they that fear the  ,lord     
shall find him4    #f3ag ,whoso feareth 
the ,lord shall direct his friendship   
aright3 for as  he is1 so shall his     

neighbour be also4    #f3ah ,my son1    
gather instruction from thy youth up3 so
 shalt thou find  wisdom till thine old 
age4    #f3ai ,come unto her as one that
 ploweth and soweth1 and wait for her   
good fruits3 for thou shalt not toil    
much in labouring about her1 but  thou  
shalt eat of her fruits right soon4     
#f3bj ,she is very unpleasant to the    
unlearned3 he that is without           
understanding will not remain with her4 
#f3ba ,she will lie upon him as a mighty
 stone of trial2 and he will cast  her  
from him ere it be long4    #f3bb ,for  
wisdom is according to her name1 and she
 is not manifest unto  many4    #f3bc   
,give ear1 my son1 receive my advice1   
and refuse not my counsel1    #f3bd ,and
 put thy feet into her fetters1 and thy 
neck into her chain4    #f3be ,bow down 
thy shoulder1 and bear her1 and be not  
grieved with her  bonds4    #f3bf ,come 
unto her with thy whole heart1 and keep 
her ways with all thy  power4    #f3bg  
,search1 and seek1 and she shall be made

 known unto thee3 and when  thou hast   
got hold of her1 let her not go4        
#f3bh ,for at the last thou shalt find  
her rest1 and that shall be turned  to  
thy joy4    #f3bi ,then shall her       
fetters be a strong defence for thee1   
and her  chains a robe of glory4        
#f3cj ,for there is a golden ornament   
upon her1 and her bands are purple      
lace4    #f3ca ,thou shalt put her on as
 a robe of honour1 and shalt put her    
about  thee as a crown of joy4    #f3cb 
,my son1 if thou wilt1 thou shalt be    
taught3 and if thou wilt apply  thy     
mind1 thou shalt be prudent4    #f3cc   
,if thou love to hear1 thou shalt       
receive understanding3 and if  thou bow 
thine ear1 thou shalt be wise1    #f3cd 
,stand in the multitude of the elders2  
and cleave unto him that is  wise4      
#f3ce ,be willing to hear every godly   
discourse2 and let not the parables  of 
understanding escape thee4    #f3cf ,and
 if thou seest a man of understanding1  
get thee betimes unto  him1 and let thy 

foot wear the steps of his door4        
#f3cg ,let thy mind be upon the         
ordinances of the ,lord and meditate    
continually in his commandments3 he     
shall establish thine heart1 and  give  
thee wisdom at thine own desire4    #g3a
 ,do no evil1 so shall no harm come unto
 thee4    #g3b ,depart from the unjust1 
and iniquity shall turn away from thee4 
#g3c ,my son1 sow not upon the furrows  
of unrighteousness1 and thou shalt  not 
reap them sevenfold4    #g3d ,seek not  
of the ,lord preeminence1 neither of the
 king the seat of  honour4    #g3e      
,justify not thyself before the ,lord2  
and boast not of thy wisdom  before the 
king4    #g3f ,seek not to be judge1    
being not able to take away iniquity2   
lest at  any time thou fear the person  
of the mighty1 an stumblingblock in the 
way of thy uprightness4    #g3g ,offend 
not against the multitude of a city1 and
 then thou shalt not  cast thyself down 
among the people4    #g3h ,bind not one 
sin upon another2 for in one thou shalt 

not be  unpunished4    #g3i ,say not1   
,god will look upon the multitude of my 
oblations1 and when  ,i offer to the    
most high ,god1 he will accept it4      
#g3aj ,be not fainthearted when thou    
makest thy prayer1 and neglect not  to  
give alms4    #g3aa ,laugh no man to    
scorn in the bitterness of his soul3 for
 there is  one which humbleth and       
exalteth4    #g3ab ,devise not a lie    
against thy brother2 neither do the like
 to thy  friend4    #g3ac ,use not to   
make any manner of lie3 for the custom  
thereof is not  good4    #g3ad ,use not 
many words in a multitude of elders1 and
 make not much  babbling when thou      
prayest4    #g3ae ,hate not laborious   
work1 neither husbandry1 which the most 
,high  hath ordained4    #g3af ,number  
not thyself among the multitude of      
sinners1 but remember  that wrath will  
not tarry long4    #g3ag ,humble thyself
 greatly3 for the vengeance of the      
ungodly is fire  and worms4    #g3ah    
,change not a friend for any good by no 

means2 neither a faithful  brother for  
the gold of ,ophir4    #g3ai ,forego not
 a wise and good woman3 for her grace is
 above gold4    #g3bj ,whereas thy      
servant worketh truly1 entreat him not  
evil1 nor the  hireling that bestoweth  
himself wholly for thee4    #g3ba ,let  
thy soul love a good servant1 and       
defraud him not of liberty4    #g3bb    
,hast thou cattle8 have an eye to them3 
and if they be for thy  profit1 keep    
them with thee4    #g3bc ,hast thou     
children8 instruct them1 and bow down   
their neck from  their youth4    #g3bd  
,hast thou daughters8 have a care of    
their body1 and shew not  thyself       
cheerful toward them4    #g3be ,marry   
thy daughter1 and so shalt thou have    
performed a weighty  matter3 but give   
her to a man of understanding4    #g3bf 
,hast thou a wife after thy mind8       
forsake her not3 but give not  thyself  
over to a light woman4    #g3bg ,honour 
thy father with thy whole heart1 and    
forget not the sorrows  of thy mother4  

#g3bh ,remember that thou wast begotten 
of them2 and how canst thou  recompense 
them the things that they have done for 
thee8    #g3bi ,fear the ,lord with all 
thy soul1 and reverence his priests4    
#g3cj ,love him that made thee with all 
thy strength1 and forsake not his       
ministers4    #g3ca ,fear the ,lord1 and
 honor the priest2 and give him his     
portion1 as  it is commanded thee2 the  
firstfruits1 and the trespass offering1 
and  the gift of the shoulders1 and the 
sacrifice of sanctification1 and the    
firstfruits of the holy things4    #g3cb
 ,and stretch thine hand unto the poor1 
that thy blessing may be  perfected4    
#g3cc ,a gift hath grace in the sight of
 every man living2 and for the  dead    
detain it not4    #g3cd ,fail not to be 
with them that weep1 and mourn with them
 that  mourn4    #g3ce ,be not slow to  
visit the sick3 for that shall make thee
 to be  beloved4    #g3cf ,whatsoever   
thou takest in hand1 remember the end1  
and thou shalt  never do amiss4    #h3a 

,strive not with a mighty man1 lest thou
 fall into his hands4    #h3b ,be not at
 variance with a rich man1 lest he      
overweigh thee3 for  gold hath destroyed
 many1 and perverted the hearts of      
kings4    #h3c ,strive not with a man   
that is full of tongue1 and heap not    
wood  upon his fire4    #h3d ,jest not  
with a rude man1 lest thy ancestors be  
disgraced4    #h3e ,reproach not a man  
that turneth from sin1 but remember that
 we are  all worthy of punishment4      
#h3f ,dishonour not a man in his old    
age3 for even some of us wax old4       
#h3g ,rejoice not over thy greatest     
enemy being dead1 but remember that  we 
die all4    #h3h ,despise not the       
discourse of the wise1 but acquaint     
thyself with  their proverbs3 for of    
them thou shalt learn instruction1 and  
how to  serve great men with ease4      
#h3i ,miss not the discourse of the     
elders3 for they also learned of  their 
fathers1 and of them thou shalt learn   
understanding1 and to give  answer as   

need requireth4    #h3aj ,kindle not the
 coals of a sinner1 lest thou be burnt  
with the  flame of his fire4    #h3aa   
,rise not up in anger at the presence of
 an injurious person1  lest he lie in   
wait to entrap thee in thy words        
#h3ab ,lend not unto him that is        
mightier than thyself2 for if thou      
lendest him1 count it but lost4    #h3ac
 ,be not surety above thy power3 for if 
thou be surety1 take care to  pay it4   
#h3ad ,go not to law with a judge2 for  
they will judge for him according  to   
his honour4    #h3ae ,travel not by the 
way with a bold fellow1 lest he become  
grievous  unto thee3 for he will do     
according to his own will1 and thou     
shalt  perish with him through his      
folly4    #h3af ,strive not with an     
angry man1 and go not with him into a   
solitary  place3 for blood is as nothing
 in his sight1 and where there is no    
help1 he will overthrow thee4    #h3ag  
,consult not with a fool2 for he cannot 
keep counsel4    #h3ah ,do no secret    

thing before a stranger2 for thou       
knowest not what he  will bring forth4  
#h3ai ,open not thine heart to every    
man1 lest he requite thee with a  shrewd
 turn4    #i3a ,be not jealous over the 
wife of thy bosom1 and teach her not an 
evil lesson against thyself4    #i3b    
,give not thy soul unto a woman to set  
her foot upon thy substance4    #i3c    
,meet not with an harlot1 lest thou fall
 into her snares4    #i3d ,use not much 
the company of a woman that is a singer1
 lest thou be  taken with her attempts4 
#i3e ,gaze not on a maid1 that thou fall
 not by those things that are  precious 
in her4    #i3f ,give not thy soul unto 
harlots1 that thou lose not thine       
inheritance4    #i3g ,look not round    
about thee in the streets of the city1  
neither  wander thou in the solitary    
place thereof4    #i3h ,turn away thine 
eye from a beautiful woman1 and look not
 upon  another's beauty2 for many have  
been deceived by the beauty of a woman2 
for herewith love is kindled as a fire4 

#i3i ,sit not at all with another man's 
wife1 nor sit down with her in  thine   
arms1 and spend not thy money with her  
at the wine2 lest thine  heart incline  
unto her1 and so through thy desire thou
 fall into  destruction4    #i3aj       
,forsake not an old friend2 for the new 
is not comparable to him3 a  new friend 
is as new wine2 when it is old1 thou    
shalt drink it with  pleasure4    #i3aa 
,envy not the glory of a sinner3 for    
thou knowest not what shall be  his end4
    #i3ab ,delight not in the thing that
 the ungodly have pleasure in2 but      
remember they shall not go unpunished   
unto their grave4    #i3ac ,keep thee   
far from the man that hath power to     
kill2 so shalt thou  not doubt the fear 
of death3 and if thou come unto him1    
make no fault1  lest he take away thy   
life presently3 remember that thou goest
 in the  midst of snares1 and that thou 
walkest upon the battlements of the     
city4    #i3ad ,as near as thou canst1  
guess at thy neighbour1 and consult with

  the wise4    #i3ae ,let thy talk be   
with the wise1 and all thy communication
 in the  law of the most ,high4    #i3af
 ,and let just men eat and drink with   
thee2 and let thy glorying be  in the   
fear of the ,lord4    #i3ag ,for the    
hand of the artificer the work shall be 
commended3 and the  wise ruler of the   
people for his speech4    #i3ah ,a man  
of an ill tongue is dangerous in his    
city2 and he that is  rash in his talk  
shall be hated4    #aj3a ,a wise judge  
will instruct his people2 and the       
government of a  prudent man is well    
ordered4    #aj3b ,as the judge of the  
people is himself1 so are his officers2 
and  what manner of man the ruler of the
 city is1 such are all they that  dwell 
therein4    #aj3c ,an unwise king       
destroyeth his people2 but through the  
prudence of  them which are in authority
 the city shall be inhabited4    #aj3d  
,the power of the earth is in the hand  
of the ,lord1 and in due time  he will  
set over it one that is profitable4     

#aj3e ,in the hand of ,god is the       
prosperity of man3 and upon the person  
of the scribe shall he lay his honour4  
#aj3f ,bear not hatred to thy neighbour 
for every wrong2 and do nothing  at all 
by injurious practices4    #aj3g ,pride 
is hateful before ,god and man3 and by  
both doth one commit  iniquity4    #aj3h
 ,because of unrighteous dealings1      
injuries1 and riches got by  deceit1 the
 kingdom is translated from one people  
to another4    #aj3i ,why is earth and  
ashes proud8 ,there is not a more wicked
 thing  than a covetous man3 for such an
 one setteth his own soul to sale2      
because while he liveth he casteth away 
his bowels4    #aj3aj ,the physician    
cutteth off a long disease2 and he that 
is to day a  king to morrow shall die4  
#aj3aa ,for when a man is dead1 he shall
 inherit creeping things1 beasts1  and  
worms4    #aj3ab ,the beginning of pride
 is when one departeth from ,god1 and   
his  heart is turned away from his      
,maker4    #aj3ac ,for pride is the     

beginning of sin1 and he that hath it   
shall pour  out abomination3 and        
therefore the ,lord brought upon them   
strange  calamities1 and overthrew them 
utterly4    #aj3ad ,the ,lord hath cast 
down the thrones of proud princes1 and  
set up  the meek in their stead4        
#aj3ae ,the ,lord hath plucked up the   
roots of the proud nations1 and  planted
 the lowly in their place4    #aj3af    
,the ,lord overthrew countries of the   
heathen1 and destroyed them  to the     
foundations of the earth4    #aj3ag ,he 
took some of them away1 and destroyed   
them1 and hath made  their memorial to  
cease from the earth4    #aj3ah ,pride  
was not made for men1 nor furious anger 
for them that are  born of a woman4     
#aj3ai ,they that fear the ,lord are a  
sure seed1 and they that love him  an   
honourable plant3 they that regard not  
the law are a dishonourable  seed2 they 
that transgress the commandments are a  
deceivable seed4    #aj3bj ,among       
brethren he that is chief is honorable2 

so are they that  fear the ,lord in his 
eyes4    #aj3ba ,the fear of the ,lord  
goeth before the obtaining of authority3
 but  roughness and pride is the losing 
thereof4    #aj3bb ,whether he be rich1 
noble1 or poor1 their glory is the fear 
of  the ,lord4    #aj3bc ,it is not meet
 to despise the poor man that hath      
understanding2  neither is it convenient
 to magnify a sinful man4    #aj3bd     
,great men1 and judges1 and potentates1 
shall be honoured2 yet is  there none of
 them greater than he that feareth the  
,lord4    #aj3be ,unto the servant that 
is wise shall they that are free do     
service3 and he that hath knowledge will
 not grudge when he is  reformed4       
#aj3bf ,be not overwise in doing thy    
business2 and boast not thyself in  the 
time of thy distress4    #aj3bg ,better 
is he that laboureth1 and aboundeth in  
all things1 than he  that boasteth      
himself1 and wanteth bread4    #aj3bh   
,my son1 glorify thy soul in meekness1  
and give it honour  according to the    

dignity thereof4    #aj3bi ,who will    
justify him that sinneth against his own
 soul8 and who  will honour him that    
dishonoureth his own life8    #aj3cj    
,the poor man is honoured for his skill1
 and the rich man is  honoured for his  
riches4    #aj3ca ,he that is honoured  
in poverty1 how much more in riches8 and
 he  that is dishonourable in riches1   
how much more in poverty8    #aa3a      
,wisdom lifteth up the head of him that 
is of low degree1 and  maketh him to sit
 among great men4    #aa3b ,commend not 
a man for his beauty2 neither abhor a   
man for his  outward appearance4        
#aa3c ,the bee is little among such as  
fly2 but her fruit is the chief of      
sweet things4    #aa3d ,boast not of thy
 clothing and raiment1 and exalt not    
thyself in  the day of honour3 for the  
works of the ,lord are wonderful1 and   
his  works among men are hidden4        
#aa3e ,many kings have sat down upon the
 ground2 and one that was never  thought
 of hath worn the crown4    #aa3f ,many 

mighty men have been greatly disgraced2 
and the honourable  delivered into other
 men's hands4    #aa3g ,blame not before
 thou hast examined the truth3          
understand first1  and then rebuke4     
#aa3h ,answer not before thou hast heard
 the cause3 neither interrupt men  in   
the midst of their talk4    #aa3i       
,strive not in a matter that concerneth 
thee not2 and sit not in  judgment with 
sinners4    #aa3aj ,my son1 meddle not  
with many matters3 for if thou meddle   
much1  thou shalt not be innocent2 and  
if thou follow after1 thou shalt not    
obtain1 neither shalt thou escape by    
fleeing4    #aa3aa ,there is one that   
laboureth1 and taketh pains1 and maketh 
haste1  and is so much the more behind4 
#aa3ab ,again1 there is another that is 
slow1 and hath need of help1  wanting   
ability1 and full of poverty2 yet the   
eye of the ,lord looked  upon him for   
good1 and set him up from his low       
estate1    #aa3ac ,and lifted up his    
head from misery2 so that many that saw 

it  marvelled at him4    #aa3ad         
,prosperity and adversity1 life and     
death1 poverty and riches1  come of the 
,lord4    #aa3ae ,wisdom1 knowledge1 and
 understanding of the law1 are of the   
,lord3  love1 and the way of good works1
 are from him4    #aa3af ,error and     
darkness had their beginning together   
with sinners3 and  evil shall wax old   
with them that glory therein4    #aa3ag 
,the gift of the ,lord remaineth with   
the godly1 and his favour  bringeth     
prosperity for ever4    #aa3ah ,there is
 that waxeth rich by his wariness and   
pinching1 and this  is the portion of   
his reward3    #aa3ai ,whereas he saith1
 ,i have found rest1 and now will eat   
continually  of my goods2 and yet he    
knoweth not what time shall come upon   
him1 and  that he must leave those      
things to others1 and die4    #aa3bj ,be
 stedfast in thy covenant1 and be       
conversant therein1 and wax  old in thy 
work4    #aa3ba ,marvel not at the works
 of sinners2 but trust in the ,lord1 and

  abide in thy labour3 for it is an easy
 thing in the sight of the ,lord  on the
 sudden to make a poor man rich4        
#aa3bb ,the blessing of the ,lord is in 
the reward of the godly1 and  suddenly  
he maketh his blessing flourish4        
#aa3bc ,say not1 ,what profit is there  
of my service8 and what good things     
shall ,i have hereafter8    #aa3bd      
,again1 say not1 ,i have enough1 and    
possess many things1 and what  evil can 
come to me hereafter8    #aa3be ,in the 
day of prosperity there is a            
forgetfulness of affliction3  and in the
 day of affliction there is no more     
remembrance of  prosperity4    #aa3bf   
,for it is an easy thing unto the ,lord 
in the day of death to  reward a man    
according to his ways4    #aa3bg ,the   
affliction of an hour maketh a man      
forget pleasure3 and in  his end his    
deeds shall be discovered4    #aa3bh    
,judge none blessed before his death3   
for a man shall be known in  his        
children4    #aa3bi ,bring not every man

 into thine house3 for the deceitful man
 hath  many trains4    #aa3cj ,like as a
 partridge taken and kept in a cage1 so 
is the heart  of the proud2 and like as 
a spy1 watcheth he for thy fall3        
#aa3ca ,for he lieth in wait1 and       
turneth good into evil1 and in things   
worthy praise will lay blame upon thee4 
#aa3cb ,of a spark of fire a heap of    
coals is kindled3 and a sinful man      
layeth wait for blood4    #aa3cc ,take  
heed of a mischievous man1 for he       
worketh wickedness2 lest  he bring upon 
thee a perpetual blot4    #aa3cd        
,receive a stranger into thine house1   
and he will disturb thee1  and turn thee
 out of thine own4    #ab3a ,when thou  
wilt do good know to whom thou doest it2
 so shalt thou  be thanked for thy      
benefits4    #ab3b ,do good to the godly
 man1 and thou shalt find a recompence2 
and if  not from him1 yet from the most 
,high4    #ab3c ,there can no good come 
to him that is always occupied in evil1 
nor  to him that giveth no alms4        

#ab3d ,give to the godly man1 and help  
not a sinner4    #ab3e ,do well unto him
 that is lowly1 but give not to the     
ungodly3 hold  back thy bread1 and give 
it not unto him1 lest he overmaster thee
  thereby3 for else thou shalt receive  
twice as much evil for all the  good    
thou shalt have done unto him4    #ab3f 
,for the most ,high hateth sinners1 and 
will repay vengeance unto  the ungodly1 
and keepeth them against the mighty day 
of their  punishment4    #ab3g ,give    
unto the good1 and help not the sinner4 
#ab3h ,a friend cannot be known in      
prosperity3 and an enemy cannot be      
hidden in adversity4    #ab3i ,in the   
prosperity of a man enemies will be     
grieved3 but in his  adversity even a   
friend will depart4    #ab3aj ,never    
trust thine enemy3 for like as iron     
rusteth1 so is his  wickedness4         
#ab3aa ,though he humble himself1 and go
 crouching1 yet take good heed  and     
beware of him1 and thou shalt be unto   
him as if thou hadst wiped a            

lookingglass1 and thou shalt know that  
his rust hath not been  altogether wiped
 away4    #ab3ab ,set him not by thee1  
lest1 when he hath overthrown thee1 he  
stand  up in thy place2 neither let him 
sit at thy right hand1 lest he seek to  
take thy seat1 and thou at the last     
remember my words1 and be pricked       
therewith4    #ab3ac ,who will pity a   
charmer that is bitten with a serpent1  
or any  such as come nigh wild beasts8  
#ab3ad ,so one that goeth to a sinner1  
and is defiled with him in his  sins1   
who will pity8    #ab3ae ,for a while he
 will abide with thee1 but if thou begin
 to fall1  he will not tarry4    #ab3af 
,an enemy speaketh sweetly with his     
lips1 but in his heart he  imagineth how
 to throw thee into a pit3 he will weep 
with his eyes1 but  if he find          
opportunity1 he will not be satisfied   
with blood4    #ab3ag ,if adversity come
 upon thee1 thou shalt find him there   
first2 and  though he pretend to help   
thee1 yet shall he undermine thee4      

#ab3ah ,he will shake his head1 and clap
 his hands1 and whisper much1 and       
change his countenance4    #ac3a ,he    
that toucheth pitch shall be defiled    
therewith2 and he that  hath fellowship 
with a proud man shall be like unto him4
    #ac3b ,burden not thyself above thy 
power while thou livest2 and have no    
fellowship with one that is mightier and
 richer than thyself3 for how  agree the
 kettle and the earthen pot together8   
for if the one be  smitten against the  
other1 it shall be broken4    #ac3c ,the
 rich man hath done wrong1 and yet he   
threateneth withal3 the  poor is        
wronged1 and he must intreat also4      
#ac3d ,if thou be for his profit1 he    
will use thee3 but if thou have         
nothing1 he will forsake thee4    #ac3e 
,if thou have any thing1 he will live   
with thee3 yea1 he will make  thee bare1
 and will not be sorry for it4    #ac3f 
,if he have need of thee1 he will       
deceive thee1 and smile upon  thee1 and 
put thee in hope2 he will speak thee    

fair1 and say1 ,what  wantest thou8     
#ac3g ,and he will shame thee by his    
meats1 until he have drawn thee dry     
twice or thrice1 and at the last he will
 laugh thee to scorn afterward1  when he
 seeth thee1 he will forsake thee1 and  
shake his head at thee4    #ac3h ,beware
 that thou be not deceived and brought  
down in thy jollity4    #ac3i ,if thou  
be invited of a mighty man1 withdraw    
thyself1 and so much  the more will he  
invite thee4    #ac3aj ,press thou not  
upon him1 lest thou be put back2 stand  
not far  off1 lest thou be forgotten4   
#ac3aa ,affect not to be made equal unto
 him in talk1 and believe not his  many 
words3 for with much communication will 
he tempt thee1 and smiling  upon thee   
will get out thy secrets3    #ac3ab ,but
 cruelly he will lay up thy words1 and  
will not spare to do  thee hurt1 and to 
put thee in prison4    #ac3ac ,observe1 
and take good heed1 for thou walkest in 
peril of thy  overthrowing3 when thou   
hearest these things1 awake in thy      

sleep4    #ac3ad ,love the ,lord all thy
 life1 and call upon him for thy        
salvation4    #ac3ae ,every beast loveth
 his like1 and every man loveth his     
neighbor4    #ac3af ,all flesh          
consorteth according to kind1 and a man 
will cleave to  his like4    #ac3ag     
,what fellowship hath the wolf with the 
lamb8 so the sinner with  the godly4    
#ac3ah ,what agreement is there between 
the hyena and a dog8 and what  peace    
between the rich and the poor8    #ac3ai
 ,as the wild ass is the lion's prey in 
the wilderness3 so the rich  eat up the 
poor4    #ac3bj ,as the proud hate      
humility3 so doth the rich abhor the    
poor4    #ac3ba ,a rich man beginning to
 fall is held up of his friends3 but a  
poor man being down is thrust away by   
his friends4    #ac3bb ,when a rich man 
is fallen1 he hath many helpers3 he     
speaketh  things not to be spoken1 and  
yet men justify him3 the poor man       
slipped1  and yet they rebuked him too2 
he spake wisely1 and could have no      

place4    #ac3bc ,when a rich man       
speaketh1 every man holdeth his tongue1 
and1  look1 what he saith1 they extol it
 to the clouds3 but if the poor man     
speak1 they say1 ,what fellow is this8  
and if he stumble1 they will help  to   
overthrow him4    #ac3bd ,riches are    
good unto him that hath no sin1 and     
poverty is evil in  the mouth of the    
ungodly4    #ac3be ,the heart of a man  
changeth his countenance1 whether it be 
for  good or evil3 and a merry heart    
maketh a cheerful countenance4    #ac3bf
 ,a cheerful countenance is a token of a
 heart that is in  prosperity2 and the  
finding out of parables is a wearisome  
labour of  the mind4    #ad3a ,blessed  
is the man that hath not slipped with   
his mouth1 and is  not pricked with the 
multitude of sins4    #ad3b ,blessed is 
he whose conscience hath not condemned  
him1 and who is  not fallen from his    
hope in the ,lord4    #ad3c ,riches are 
not comely for a niggard3 and what      
should an envious  man do with money8   

#ad3d ,he that gathereth by defrauding  
his own soul gathereth for others1  that
 shall spend his goods riotously4       
#ad3e ,he that is evil to himself1 to   
whom will he be good8 he shall not  take
 pleasure in his goods4    #ad3f ,there 
is none worse than he that envieth      
himself2 and this is a  recompence of   
his wickedness4    #ad3g ,and if he     
doeth good1 he doeth it unwillingly2 and
 at the last he  will declare his       
wickedness4    #ad3h ,the envious man   
hath a wicked eye2 he turneth away his  
face1 and  despiseth men4    #ad3i ,a   
covetous man's eye is not satisfied with
 his portion2 and the  iniquity of the  
wicked drieth up his soul4    #ad3aj ,a 
wicked eye envieth his bread1 and he is 
a niggard at his  table4    #ad3aa ,my  
son1 according to thy ability do good to
 thyself1 and give the  ,lord his due   
offering4    #ad3ab ,remember that death
 will not be long in coming1 and that   
the  covenant of the grave is not shewed
 unto thee4    #ad3ac ,do good unto thy 

friend before thou die1 and according to
 thy  ability stretch out thy hand and  
give to him4    #ad3ad ,defraud not     
thyself of the good day1 and let not the
 part of a  good desire overpass thee4  
#ad3ae ,shalt thou not leave thy        
travails unto another8 and thy labours  
to be divided by lot8    #ad3af ,give1  
and take1 and sanctify thy soul2 for    
there is no seeking of  dainties in the 
grave4    #ad3ag ,all flesh waxeth old  
as a garment3 for the covenant from the 
beginning is1 ,thou shalt die the death4
    #ad3ah ,as of the green leaves on a 
thick tree1 some fall1 and some grow2   
so is the generation of flesh and blood1
 one cometh to an end1 and  another is  
born4    #ad3ai ,every work rotteth and 
consumeth away1 and the worker thereof  
shall go withal4    #ad3bj ,blessed is  
the man that doth meditate good things  
in wisdom1 and  that reasoneth of holy  
things by his understanding4    #ad3ba  
,he that considereth her ways in his    
heart shall also have  understanding in 

her secrets4    #ad3bb ,go after her as 
one that traceth1 and lie in wait in her
 ways4    #ad3bc ,he that prieth in at  
her windows shall also hearken at her   
doors4    #ad3bd ,he that doth lodge    
near her house shall also fasten a pin  
in her  walls4    #ad3be ,he shall pitch
 his tent nigh unto her1 and shall lodge
 in a  lodging where good things are4   
#ad3bf ,he shall set his children under 
her shelter1 and shall lodge  under her 
branches4    #ad3bg ,by her he shall be 
covered from heat1 and in her glory     
shall he  dwell4    #ae3a ,he that      
feareth the ,lord will do good1 and he  
that hath the  knowledge of the law     
shall obtain her4    #ae3b ,and as a    
mother shall she meet him1 and receive  
him as a wife  married of a virgin4     
#ae3c ,with the bread of understanding  
shall she feed him1 and give him  the   
water of wisdom to drink4    #ae3d ,he  
shall be stayed upon her1 and shall not 
be moved2 and shall  rely upon her1 and 
shall not be confounded4    #ae3e ,she  

shall exalt him above his neighbours1   
and in the midst of the  congregation   
shall she open his mouth4    #ae3f ,he  
shall find joy and a crown of gladness1 
and she shall cause him  to inherit an  
everlasting name4    #ae3g ,but foolish 
men shall not attain unto her1 and      
sinners shall not  see her4    #ae3h    
,for she is far from pride1 and men that
 are liars cannot remember  her4        
#ae3i ,praise is not seemly in the mouth
 of a sinner1 for it was not sent  him  
of the ,lord4    #ae3aj ,for praise     
shall be uttered in wisdom1 and the     
,lord will prosper  it4    #ae3aa ,say  
not thou1 ,it is through the ,lord that 
,i fell away3 for thou  oughtest not to 
do the things that he hateth4    #ae3ab 
,say not thou1 ,he hath caused me to    
err3 for he hath no need of  the sinful 
man4    #ae3ac ,the ,lord hateth all    
abomination2 and they that fear ,god    
love it  not4    #ae3ad ,he himself made
 man from the beginning1 and left him in
 the hand  of his counsel2    #ae3ae ,if

 thou wilt1 to keep the commandments1   
and to perform acceptable  faithfulness4
    #ae3af ,he hath set fire and water  
before thee3 stretch forth thy hand     
unto whether thou wilt4    #ae3ag       
,before man is life and death2 and      
whether him liketh shall be  given him4 
#ae3ah ,for the wisdom of the ,lord is  
great1 and he is mighty in power1  and  
beholdeth all things3    #ae3ai ,and his
 eyes are upon them that fear him1 and  
he knoweth every  work of man4    #ae3bj
 ,he hath commanded no man to do        
wickedly1 neither hath he given  any man
 licence to sin4    #af3a ,desire not a 
multitude of unprofitable children1     
neither delight  in ungodly sons4       
#af3b ,though they multiply1 rejoice not
 in them1 except the fear of the  ,lord 
be with them4    #af3c ,trust not thou  
in their life1 neither respect their    
multitude3 for  one that is just is     
better than a thousand2 and better it is
 to die  without children1 than to have 
them that are ungodly4    #af3d ,for by 

one that hath understanding shall the   
city be replenished3  but the kindred of
 the wicked shall speedily become       
desolate4    #af3e ,many such things    
have ,i seen with mine eyes1 and mine   
ear hath  heard greater things than     
these4    #af3f ,in the congregation of 
the ungodly shall a fire be kindled2 and
 in  a rebellious nation wrath is set on
 fire4    #af3g ,he was not pacified    
toward the old giants1 who fell away in 
the  strength of their foolishness4     
#af3h ,neither spared he the place where
 ,lot sojourned1 but abhorred them  for 
their pride4    #af3i ,he pitied not the
 people of perdition1 who were taken    
away in  their sins3    #af3aj ,nor the 
six hundred thousand footmen1 who were  
gathered together  in the hardness of   
their hearts4    #af3aa ,and if there be
 one stiffnecked among the people1 it is
 marvel if  he escape unpunished3 for   
mercy and wrath are with him2 he is     
mighty to  forgive1 and to pour out     
displeasure4    #af3ab ,as his mercy is 

great1 so is his correction also3 he    
judgeth a  man according to his works4  
#af3ac ,the sinner shall not escape with
 his spoils3 and the patience of  the   
godly shall not be frustrate4    #af3ad 
,make way for every work of mercy3 for  
every man shall find  according to his  
works4    #af3ae ,the ,lord hardened    
,pharaoh1 that he should not know him1  
that his  powerful works might be known 
to the world4    #af3af ,his mercy is   
manifest to every creature2 and he hath 
separated  his light from the darkness  
with an adamant4    #af3ag ,say not     
thou1 ,i will hide myself from the      
,lord3 shall any  remember me from      
above8 ,i shall not be remembered among 
so many people3  for what is my soul    
among such an infinite number of        
creatures8    #af3ah ,behold1 the       
heaven1 and the heaven of heavens1 the  
deep1 and the  earth1 and all that      
therein is1 shall be moved when he shall
 visit4    #af3ai ,the mountains also   
and foundations of the earth be shaken  

with  trembling1 when the ,lord looketh 
upon them4    #af3bj ,no heart can think
 upon these things worthily3 and who is 
able to  conceive his ways8    #af3ba   
,it is a tempest which no man can see3  
for the most part of his  works are hid4
    #af3bb ,who can declare the works of
 his justice8 or who can endure them8   
for his covenant is afar off1 and the   
trial of all things is in the  end4     
#af3bc ,he that wanteth understanding   
will think upon vain things3 and a      
foolish man erring imagineth follies4   
#af3bd ,my son1 hearken unto me1 and    
learn knowledge1 and mark my words  with
 thy heart4    #af3be ,i will shew forth
 doctrine in weight1 and declare his    
knowledge  exactly4    #af3bf ,the works
 of the ,lord are done in judgment from 
the beginning3  and from the time he    
made them he disposed the parts thereof4
    #af3bg ,he garnished his works for  
ever1 and in his hand are the chief of  
them unto all generations3 they neither 
labour1 nor are weary1 nor  cease from  

their works4    #af3bh ,none of them    
hindereth another1 and they shall never 
disobey his  word4    #af3bi ,after this
 the ,lord looked upon the earth1 and   
filled it with his  blessings4    #af3cj
 ,with all manner of living things hath 
he covered the face  thereof2 and they  
shall return into it again4    #ag3a    
,the ,lord created man of the earth1 and
 turned him into it again4    #ag3b ,he 
gave them few days1 and a short time1   
and power also over the  things therein4
    #ag3c ,he endued them with strength 
by themselves1 and made them  according 
to his image1    #ag3d ,and put the fear
 of man upon all flesh1 and gave him    
dominion over  beasts and fowls4        
#ag3e ,they received the use of the five
 operations of the ,lord1 and in  the   
sixth place he imparted them            
understanding1 and in the seventh       
speech1 an interpreter of the           
cogitations thereof4    #ag3f ,counsel1 
and a tongue1 and eyes1 ears1 and a     
heart1 gave he them  to understand4     

#ag3g ,withal he filled them with the   
knowledge of understanding1 and  shewed 
them good and evil4    #ag3h ,he set his
 eye upon their hearts1 that he might   
shew them the  greatness of his works4  
#ag3i ,he gave them to glory in his     
marvellous acts for ever1 that they     
might declare his works with            
understanding4    #ag3aj ,and the elect 
shall praise his holy name4    #ag3aa   
,beside this he gave them knowledge1 and
 the law of life for an  heritage4      
#ag3ab ,he made an everlasting covenant 
with them1 and shewed them his          
judgments4    #ag3ac ,their eyes saw the
 majesty of his glory1 and their ears   
heard his  glorious voice4    #ag3ad    
,and he said unto them1 ,beware of all  
unrighteousness2 and he gave  every man 
commandment concerning his neighbour4   
#ag3ae ,their ways are ever before him1 
and shall not be hid from his  eyes4    
#ag3af ,every man from his youth is     
given to evil2 neither could they  make 
to themselves fleshy hearts for stony4  

#ag3ag ,for in the division of the      
nations of the whole earth he set a     
ruler over every people2 but ,israel is 
the ,lord's portion3    #ag3ah ,whom1   
being his firstborn1 he nourisheth with 
discipline1 and  giving him the light of
 his love doth not forsake him4         
#ag3ai ,therefore all their works are as
 the sun before him1 and his eyes  are  
continually upon their ways4    #ag3bj  
,none of their unrighteous deeds are hid
 from him1 but all their  sins are      
before the ,lord    #ag3ba ,but the     
,lord being gracious and knowing his    
workmanship1 neither  left nor forsook  
them1 but spared them4    #ag3bb ,the   
alms of a man is as a signet with him1  
and he will keep the  good deeds of man 
as the apple of the eye1 and give       
repentance to his  sons and daughters4  
#ag3bc ,afterwards he will rise up and  
reward them1 and render their           
recompence upon their heads4    #ag3bd  
,but unto them that repent1 he granted  
them return1 and comforted  those that  

failed in patience4    #ag3be ,return   
unto the ,lord1 and forsake thy sins1   
make thy prayer  before his face1 and   
offend less4    #ag3bf ,turn again to   
the most ,high1 and turn away from      
iniquity3 for he  will lead thee out of 
darkness into the light of health1 and  
hate thou  abomination vehemently4      
#ag3bg ,who shall praise the most ,high 
in the grave1 instead of them  which    
live and give thanks8    #ag3bh         
,thanksgiving perisheth from the dead1  
as from one that is not3  the living and
 sound in heart shall praise the ,lord4 
#ag3bi ,how great is the lovingkindness 
of the ,lord our ,god1 and his          
compassion unto such as turn unto him in
 holiness6    #ag3cj ,for all things    
cannot be in men1 because the son of man
 is not  immortal4    #ag3ca ,what is   
brighter than the sun8 yet the light    
thereof faileth2 and  flesh and blood   
will imagine evil4    #ag3cb ,he vieweth
 the power of the height of heaven2 and 
all men are but  earth and ashes4       

#ah3a ,he that liveth for ever created  
all things in general4    #ah3b ,the    
,lord only is righteous1 and there is   
none other but he1    #ah3c ,who        
governeth the world with the palm of his
 hand1 and all things  obey his will3   
for he is the ,king of all1 by his power
 dividing holy  things among them from  
profane4    #ah3d ,to whom hath he given
 power to declare his works8 and who    
shall  find out his noble acts8    #ah3e
 ,who shall number the strength of his  
majesty8 and who shall also  tell out   
his mercies8    #ah3f ,as for the       
wondrous works of the ,lord1 there may  
nothing be taken  from them1 neither may
 any thing be put unto them1 neither can
 the  ground of them be found out4      
#ah3g ,when a man hath done1 then he    
beginneth2 and when he leaveth off1     
then he shall be doubtful4    #ah3h     
,what is man1 and whereto serveth he8   
what is his good1 and what is  his evil8
    #ah3i ,the number of a man's days at
 the most are an hundred years4         

#ah3aj ,as a drop of water unto the sea1
 and a gravelstone in comparison  of the
 sand2 so are a thousand years to the   
days of eternity4    #ah3aa ,therefore  
is ,god patient with them1 and poureth  
forth his mercy  upon them4    #ah3ab   
,he saw and perceived their end to be   
evil2 therefore he  multiplied his      
compassion4    #ah3ac ,the mercy of man 
is toward his neighbour2 but the mercy  
of the  ,lord is upon all flesh3 he     
reproveth1 and nurtureth1 and teacheth  
and  bringeth again1 as a shepherd his  
flock4    #ah3ad ,he hath mercy on them 
that receive discipline1 and that       
diligently seek after his judgments4    
#ah3ae ,my son1 blemish not thy good    
deeds1 neither use uncomfortable  words 
when thou givest any thing4    #ah3af   
,shall not the dew asswage the heat8 so 
is a word better than a  gift4    #ah3ag
 ,lo1 is not a word better than a gift8 
but both are with a  gracious man4      
#ah3ah ,a fool will upbraid churlishly1 
and a gift of the envious  consumeth the

 eyes4    #ah3ai ,learn before thou     
speak1 and use physick or ever thou be  
sick4    #ah3bj ,before judgment examine
 thyself1 and in the day of visitation  
thou shalt find mercy4    #ah3ba ,humble
 thyself before thou be sick1 and in the
 time of sins shew  repentance4         
#ah3bb ,let nothing hinder thee to pay  
thy vow in due time1 and defer not      
until death to be justified4    #ah3bc  
,before thou prayest1 prepare thyself2  
and be not as one that  tempteth the    
,lord4    #ah3bd ,think upon the wrath  
that shall be at the end1 and the time  
of  vengeance1 when he shall turn away  
his face4    #ah3be ,when thou hast     
enough1 remember the time of hunger3 and
 when thou  art rich1 think upon poverty
 and need4    #ah3bf ,from the morning  
until the evening the time is changed1  
and all  things are soon done before the
 ,lord4    #ah3bg ,a wise man will fear 
in every thing1 and in the day of       
sinning he  will beware of offence3 but 
a fool will not observe time4    #ah3bh 

,every man of understanding knoweth     
wisdom1 and will give praise  unto him  
that found her4    #ah3bi ,they that    
were of understanding in sayings became 
also wise  themselves1 and poured forth 
exquisite parables4    #ah3cj ,go not   
after thy lusts1 but refrain thyself    
from thine appetites4    #ah3ca ,if thou
 givest thy soul the desires that please
 her1 she will  make thee a             
laughingstock to thine enemies that     
malign thee4    #ah3cb ,take not        
pleasure in much good cheer1 neither be 
tied to the  expence thereof4    #ah3cc 
,be not made a beggar by banqueting upon
 borrowing1 when thou hast  nothing in  
thy purse3 for thou shalt lie in wait   
for thine own life1  and be talked on4  
#ai3a ,a labouring man that is given to 
drunkenness shall not be rich3  and he  
that contemneth small things shall fall 
by little and little4    #ai3b ,wine and
 women will make men of understanding to
 fall away3 and he  that cleaveth to    
harlots will become impudent4    #ai3c  

,moths and worms shall have him to      
heritage1 and a bold man shall  be taken
 away4    #ai3d ,he that is hasty to    
give credit is lightminded2 and he that 
sinneth shall offend against his own    
soul4    #ai3e ,whoso taketh pleasure in
 wickedness shall be condemned3 but he  
that resisteth pleasures crowneth his   
life4    #ai3f ,he that can rule his    
tongue shall live without strife2 and he
 that  hateth babbling shall have less  
evil4    #ai3g ,rehearse not unto       
another that which is told unto thee1   
and thou  shalt fare never the worse4   
#ai3h ,whether it be to friend or foe1  
talk not of other men's lives2 and  if  
thou canst without offence1 reveal them 
not4    #ai3i ,for he heard and observed
 thee1 and when time cometh he will hate
  thee4    #ai3aj ,if thou hast heard a 
word1 let it die with thee2 and be bold1
 it  will not burst thee4    #ai3aa ,a  
fool travaileth with a word1 as a woman 
in labour of a child4    #ai3ab ,as an  
arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh1 so

 is a word within a  fool's belly4      
#ai3ac ,admonish a friend1 it may be he 
hath not done it3 and if he have  done  
it1 that he do it no more4    #ai3ad    
,admonish thy friend1 it may be he hath 
not said it3 and if he  have1 that he   
speak it not again4    #ai3ae ,admonish 
a friend3 for many times it is a        
slander1 and believe  not every tale4   
#ai3af ,there is one that slippeth in   
his speech1 but not from his heart2  and
 who is he that hath not offended with  
his tongue8    #ai3ag ,admonish thy     
neighbour before thou threaten him2 and 
not being  angry1 give place to the law 
of the most ,high4    #ai3ah ,the fear  
of the ,lord is the first step to be    
accepted of him1  and wisdom obtaineth  
his love4    #ai3ai ,the knowledge of   
the commandments of the ,lord is the    
doctrine of  life3 and they that do     
things that please him shall receive the
 fruit  of the tree of immortality4     
#ai3bj ,the fear of the ,lord is all    
wisdom2 and in all wisdom is the        

performance of the law1 and the         
knowledge of his omnipotency4    #ai3ba 
,if a servant say to his master1 ,i will
 not do as it pleaseth  thee2 though    
afterward he do it1 he angereth him that
 nourisheth him4    #ai3bb ,the         
knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom1  
neither at any time  the counsel of     
sinners prudence4    #ai3bc ,there is a 
wickedness1 and the same an abomination2
 and there is  a fool wanting in wisdom4
    #ai3bd ,he that hath small          
understanding1 and feareth ,god1 is     
better than  one that hath much wisdom1 
and transgresseth the law of the most   
,high4    #ai3be ,there is an exquisite 
subtilty1 and the same is unjust2 and   
there  is one that turneth aside to make
 judgment appear2 and there is a wise   
man that justifieth in judgment4        
#ai3bf ,there is a wicked man that      
hangeth down his head sadly2 but        
inwardly he is full of deceit1    #ai3bg
 ,casting down his countenance1 and     
making as if he heard not3  where he is 

not known1 he will do thee a mischief   
before thou be aware4    #ai3bh ,and if 
for want of power he be hindered from   
sinning1 yet when he  findeth           
opportunity he will do evil4    #ai3bi  
,a man may be known by his look1 and one
 that hath understanding  by his        
countenance1 when thou meetest him4     
#ai3cj ,a man's attire1 and excessive   
laughter1 and gait1 shew what he  is4   
#bj3a ,there is a reproof that is not   
comely3 again1 some man holdeth his     
tongue1 and he is wise4    #bj3b ,it is 
much better to reprove1 than to be angry
 secretly3 and he  that confesseth his  
fault shall be preserved from hurt4     
#bj3c ,how good is it1 when thou art    
reproved1 to shew repentance6 for so    
shalt thou escape wilful sin4    #bj3d  
,as is the lust of an eunuch to deflower
 a virgin2 so is he that  executeth     
judgment with violence4    #bj3e ,there 
is one that keepeth silence1 and is     
found wise3 and another  by much        
babbling becometh hateful4    #bj3f     

,some man holdeth his tongue1 because he
 hath not to answer3 and  some keepeth  
silence1 knowing his time4    #bj3g ,a  
wise man will hold his tongue till he   
see opportunity3 but a  babbler and a   
fool will regard no time4    #bj3h ,he  
that useth many words shall be abhorred2
 and he that taketh to  himself         
authority therein shall be hated4       
#bj3i ,there is a sinner that hath good 
success in evil things2 and there  is a 
gain that turneth to loss4    #bj3aj    
,there is a gift that shall not profit  
thee2 and there is a gift  whose        
recompence is double4    #bj3aa ,there  
is an abasement because of glory2 and   
there is that lifteth  up his head from 
a low estate4    #bj3ab ,there is that  
buyeth much for a little1 and repayeth  
it  sevenfold4    #bj3ac ,a wise man by 
his words maketh him beloved3 but the   
graces of  fools shall be poured out4   
#bj3ad ,the gift of a fool shall do thee
 no good when thou hast it2  neither yet
 of the envious for his necessity3 for  

he looketh to receive  many things for  
one4    #bj3ae ,he giveth little1 and   
upbraideth much2 he openeth his mouth   
like  a crier2 to day he lendeth1 and to
 morrow will he ask it again3 such an   
one is to be hated of ,god and man4     
#bj3af ,the fool saith1 ,i have no      
friends1 ,i have no thank for all my    
good deeds1 and they that eat my bread  
speak evil of me4    #bj3ag ,how oft1   
and of how many shall he be laughed to  
scorn6 for he  knoweth not aright what  
it is to have2 and it is all one unto   
him as if  he had it not4    #bj3ah ,to 
slip upon a pavement is better than to  
slip with the tongue3  so the fall of   
the wicked shall come speedily4         
#bj3ai ,an unseasonable tale will always
 be in the mouth of the unwise4         
#bj3bj ,a wise sentence shall be        
rejected when it cometh out of a fool's 
mouth2 for he will not speak it in due  
season4    #bj3ba ,there is that is     
hindered from sinning through want3 and 
when he  taketh rest1 he shall not be   

troubled4    #bj3bb ,there is that      
destroyeth his own soul through         
bashfulness1 and by  accepting of       
persons overthroweth himself4    #bj3bc 
,there is that for bashfulness promiseth
 to his friend1 and maketh  him his     
enemy for nothing4    #bj3bd ,a lie is a
 foul blot in a man1 yet it is          
continually in the mouth  of the        
untaught4    #bj3be ,a thief is better  
than a man that is accustomed to lie3   
but they  both shall have destruction to
 heritage4    #bj3bf ,the disposition of
 a liar is dishonourable1 and his shame 
is ever  with him4    #bj3bg ,a wise man
 shall promote himself to honour with   
his words3 and he  that hath            
understanding will please great men4    
#bj3bh ,he that tilleth his land shall  
increase his heap3 and he that  pleaseth
 great men shall get pardon for         
iniquity4    #bj3bi ,presents and gifts 
blind the eyes of the wise1 and stop up 
his  mouth that he cannot reprove4      
#bj3cj ,wisdom that is hid1 and treasure

 that is hoarded up1 what profit  is in 
them both8    #bj3ca ,better is he that 
hideth his folly than a man that hideth 
his  wisdom4    #bj3cb ,necessary       
patience in seeking the ,lord is better 
than he that  leadeth his life without a
 guide4    #ba3a ,my son1 hast thou     
sinned8 do so no more1 but ask pardon   
for thy  former sins4    #ba3b ,flee    
from sin as from the face of a serpent3 
for if thou comest  too near it1 it will
 bite thee3 the teeth thereof are as the
 teeth of a  lion1 slaying the souls of 
men4    #ba3c ,all iniquity is as a two 
edged sword1 the wounds whereof cannot  
be  healed4    #ba3d ,to terrify and do 
wrong will waste riches3 thus the house 
of proud  men shall be made desolate4   
#ba3e ,a prayer out of a poor man's     
mouth reacheth to the ears of ,god1  and
 his judgment cometh speedily4    #ba3f 
,he that hateth to be reproved is in the
 way of sinners3 but he  that feareth   
the ,lord will repent from his heart4   
#ba3g ,an eloquent man is known far and 

near2 but a man of understanding        
knoweth when he slippeth4    #ba3h ,he  
that buildeth his house with other men's
 money is like one that  gathereth      
himself stones for the tomb of his      
burial4    #ba3i ,the congregation of   
the wicked is like tow wrapped together3
 and  the end of them is a flame of fire
 to destroy them4    #ba3aj ,the way of 
sinners is made plain with stones1 but  
at the end  thereof is the pit of hell4 
#ba3aa ,he that keepeth the law of the  
,lord getteth the understanding         
thereof3 and the perfection of the fear 
of the ,lord is wisdom4    #ba3ab ,he   
that is not wise will not be taught3 but
 there is a wisdom  which multiplieth   
bitterness4    #ba3ac ,the knowledge of 
a wise man shall abound like a flood3   
and his  counsel is like a pure fountain
 of life4    #ba3ad ,the inner parts of 
a fool are like a broken vessel1 and he 
will  hold no knowledge as long as he   
liveth4    #ba3ae ,if a skilful man hear
 a wise word1 he will commend it1 and   

add  unto it3 but as soon as one of no  
understanding heareth it1 it            
displeaseth him1 and he casteth it      
behind his back4    #ba3af ,the talking 
of a fool is like a burden in the way3  
but grace  shall be found in the lips of
 the wise4    #ba3ag ,they enquire at   
the mouth of the wise man in the        
congregation1  and they shall ponder his
 words in their heart4    #ba3ah ,as is 
a house that is destroyed1 so is wisdom 
to a fool3 and the  knowledge of the    
unwise is as talk without sense4        
#ba3ai ,doctrine unto fools is as       
fetters on the feet1 and like manacles  
on the right hand4    #ba3bj ,a fool    
lifteth up his voice with laughter2 but 
a wise man doth  scarce smile a little4 
#ba3ba ,learning is unto a wise man as  
an ornament of gold1 and like a         
bracelet upon his right arm4    #ba3bb  
,a foolish man's foot is soon in his    
neighbour's house3 but a  man of        
experience is ashamed of him4    #ba3bc 
,a fool will peep in at the door into   

the house3 but he that is  well nurtured
 will stand without4    #ba3bd ,it is   
the rudeness of a man to hearken at the 
door3 but a wise  man will be grieved   
with the disgrace4    #ba3be ,the lips  
of talkers will be telling such things  
as pertain not  unto them3 but the words
 of such as have understanding are      
weighed in  the balance4    #ba3bf ,the 
heart of fools is in their mouth3 but   
the mouth of the wise  is in their      
heart4    #ba3bg ,when the ungodly      
curseth ,satan1 he curseth his own soul4
    #ba3bh ,a whisperer defileth his own
 soul1 and is hated wheresoever he      
dwelleth4    #bb3a ,a slothful man is   
compared to a filthy stone1 and every   
one will  hiss him out to his disgrace4 
#bb3b ,a slothful man is compared to the
 filth of a dunghill3 every man  that   
takes it up will shake his hand4        
#bb3c ,an evilnurtured son is the       
dishonour of his father that begat him3 
and a foolish daughter is born to his   
loss4    #bb3d ,a wise daughter shall   

bring an inheritance to her husband3 but
 she  that liveth dishonestly is her    
father's heaviness4    #bb3e ,she that  
is bold dishonoureth both her father and
 her husband1 but  they both shall      
despise her4    #bb3f ,a tale out of    
season is as musick in mourning3 but    
stripes and  correction of wisdom are   
never out of time4    #bb3g ,whoso      
teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a 
potsherd together1  and as he that      
waketh one from a sound sleep4    #bb3h 
,he that telleth a tale to a fool       
speaketh to one in a slumber3  when he  
hath told his tale1 he will say1 ,what  
is the matter8    #bb3i ,if children    
live honestly1 and have wherewithal1    
they shall cover  the baseness of their 
parents4    #bb3aj ,but children1 being 
haughty1 through disdain and want of    
nurture  do stain the nobility of their 
kindred4    #bb3aa ,weep for the dead1  
for he hath lost the light3 and weep for
 the  fool1 for he wanteth              
understanding3 make little weeping for  

the dead1  for he is at rest3 but the   
life of the fool is worse than death4   
#bb3ab ,seven days do men mourn for him 
that is dead2 but for a fool and  an    
ungodly man all the days of his life4   
#bb3ac ,talk not much with a fool1 and  
go not to him that hath no              
understanding3 beware of him1 lest thou 
have trouble1 and thou shalt  never be  
defiled with his fooleries3 depart from 
him1 and thou shalt  find rest1 and     
never be disquieted with madness4       
#bb3ad ,what is heavier than lead8 and  
what is the name thereof1 but a  fool8  
#bb3ae ,sand1 and salt1 and a mass of   
iron1 is easier to bear1 than a man     
without understanding4    #bb3af ,as    
timber girt and bound together in a     
building cannot be loosed  with shaking3
 so the heart that is stablished by     
advised counsel shall  fear at no time4 
#bb3ag ,a heart settled upon a thought  
of understanding is as a fair           
plaistering on the wall of a gallery4   
#bb3ah ,pales set on an high place will 

never stand against the wind3 so  a     
fearful heart in the imagination of a   
fool cannot stand against any  fear4    
#bb3ai ,he that pricketh the eye will   
make tears to fall3 and he that         
pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her
 knowledge4    #bb3bj ,whoso casteth a  
stone at the birds frayeth them away3   
and he that  upbraideth his friend      
breaketh friendship4    #bb3ba ,though  
thou drewest a sword at thy friend1 yet 
despair not3 for  there may be a        
returning to favour4    #bb3bb ,if thou 
hast opened thy mouth against thy       
friend1 fear not2 for  there may be a   
reconciliation3 except for upbraiding1  
or pride1 or  disclosing of secrets1 or 
a treacherous wound3 for these things   
every  friend will depart4    #bb3bc ,be
 faithful to thy neighbour in his       
poverty1 that thou mayest  rejoice in   
his prosperity3 abide stedfast unto him 
in the time of his  trouble1 that thou  
mayest be heir with him in his heritage3
 for a mean  estate is not always to be 

contemned3 nor the rich that is foolish 
to  be had in admiration4    #bb3bd ,as 
the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth 
before the fire2 so  reviling before    
blood4    #bb3be ,i will not be ashamed 
to defend a friend2 neither will ,i hide
  myself from him4    #bb3bf ,and if any
 evil happen unto me by him1 every one  
that heareth it  will beware of him4    
#bb3bg ,who shall set a watch before my 
mouth1 and a seal of wisdom upon  my    
lips1 that ,i fall not suddenly by them1
 and that my tongue destroy  me not8    
#bc3a ,o ,lord1 ,father and ,governor of
 all my whole life1 leave me not to     
their counsels1 and let me not fall by  
them4    #bc3b ,who will set scourges   
over my thoughts1 and the discipline of 
wisdom over mine heart8 that they spare 
me not for mine ignorances1 and  it pass
 not by my sins3    #bc3c ,lest mine    
ignorances increase1 and my sins abound 
to my  destruction1 and ,i fall before  
mine adversaries1 and mine enemy rejoice
  over me1 whose hope is far from thy   

mercy4    #bc3d ,o ,lord1 ,father and   
,god of my life1 give me not a proud    
look1 but  turn away from thy servants  
always a haughty mind4    #bc3e ,turn   
away from me vain hopes and             
concupiscence1 and thou shalt  hold him 
up that is desirous always to serve     
thee4    #bc3f ,let not the greediness  
of the belly nor lust of the flesh take 
hold of me2 and give not over me thy    
servant into an impudent mind4    #bc3g 
,hear1 ,o ye children1 the discipline of
 the mouth3 he that keepeth  it shall   
never be taken in his lips4    #bc3h    
,the sinner shall be left in his        
foolishness3 both the evil speaker  and 
the proud shall fall thereby4    #bc3i  
,accustom not thy mouth to swearing2    
neither use thyself to the  naming of   
the ,holy ,one4    #bc3aj ,for as a     
servant that is continually beaten shall
 not be without  a blue mark3 so he that
 sweareth and nameth ,god continually   
shall not  be faultless4    #bc3aa ,a   
man that useth much swearing shall be   

filled with iniquity1 and  the plague   
shall never depart from his house3 if he
 shall offend1 his  sin shall be upon   
him3 and if he acknowledge not his sin1 
he maketh a  double offence3 and if he  
swear in vain1 he shall not be innocent1
 but  his house shall be full of        
calamities4    #bc3ab ,there is a word  
that is clothed about with death3 ,god  
grant that  it be not found in the      
heritage of ,jacob2 for all such things 
shall be  far from the godly1 and they  
shall not wallow in their sins4         
#bc3ac ,use not thy mouth to intemperate
 swearing1 for therein is the  word of  
sin4    #bc3ad ,remember thy father and 
thy mother1 when thou sittest among     
great  men4 ,be not forgetful before    
them1 and so thou by thy custom become a
  fool1 and wish that thou hadst not    
been born1 and curse the day of thy     
nativity4    #bc3ae ,the man that is    
accustomed to opprobrious words will    
never be  reformed all the days of his  
life4    #bc3af ,two sorts of men       

multiply sin1 and the third will bring  
wrath3 a  hot mind is as a burning fire1
 it will never be quenched till it be   
consumed3 a fornicator in the body of   
his flesh will never cease till  he hath
 kindled a fire4    #bc3ag ,all bread is
 sweet to a whoremonger1 he will not    
leave off till  he die4    #bc3ah ,a man
 that breaketh wedlock1 saying thus in  
his heart1 ,who seeth  me8 ,i am        
compassed about with darkness1 the walls
 cover me1 and no body  seeth me2 what  
need ,i to fear8 the most ,high will not
 remember my sins3    #bc3ai ,such a man
 only feareth the eyes of men1 and      
knoweth not that the  eyes of the ,lord 
are ten thousand times brighter than the
 sun1  beholding all the ways of men1   
and considering the most secret parts4  
#bc3bj ,he knew all things ere ever they
 were created2 so also after they  were 
perfected he looked upon them all4      
#bc3ba ,this man shall be punished in   
the streets of the city1 and where  he  
suspecteth not he shall be taken4       

#bc3bb ,thus shall it go also with the  
wife that leaveth her husband1 and      
bringeth in an heir by another4         
#bc3bc ,for first1 she hath disobeyed   
the law of the most ,high2 and          
secondly1 she hath trespassed against   
her own husband2 and thirdly1 she  hath 
played the whore in adultery1 and       
brought children by another man4        
#bc3bd ,she shall be brought out into   
the congregation1 and inquisition  shall
 be made of her children4    #bc3be ,her
 children shall not take root1 and her  
branches shall bring  forth no fruit4   
#bc3bf ,she shall leave her memory to be
 cursed1 and her reproach shall  not be 
blotted out4    #bc3bg ,and they that   
remain shall know that there is nothing 
better than  the fear of the ,lord1 and 
that there is nothing sweeter than to   
take  heed unto the commandments of the 
,lord4    #bc3bh ,it is great glory to  
follow the ,lord1 and to be received of 
him  is long life4    #bd3a ,wisdom     
shall praise herself1 and shall glory in

 the midst of her  people4    #bd3b ,in 
the congregation of the most ,high shall
 she open her mouth1 and  triumph before
 his power4    #bd3c ,i came out of the 
mouth of the most ,high1 and covered the
 earth as  a cloud4    #bd3d ,i dwelt in
 high places1 and my throne is in a     
cloudy pillar4    #bd3e ,i alone        
compassed the circuit of heaven1 and    
walked in the bottom  of the deep4      
#bd3f ,in the waves of the sea and in   
all the earth1 and in every people  and 
nation1 ,i got a possession4    #bd3g   
,with all these ,i sought rest3 and in  
whose inheritance shall ,i  abide8      
#bd3h ,so the ,creator of all things    
gave me a commandment1 and he that  made
 me caused my tabernacle to rest1 and   
said1 ,let thy dwelling be in  ,jacob1  
and thine inheritance in ,israel4       
#bd3i ,he created me from the beginning 
before the world1 and ,i shall  never   
fail4    #bd3aj ,in the holy tabernacle 
,i served before him2 and so was ,i     
established in ,sion4    #bd3aa         

,likewise in the beloved city he gave me
 rest1 and in ,jerusalem  was my power4 
#bd3ab ,and ,i took root in an          
honourable people1 even in the portion  
of  the ,lord's inheritance4    #bd3ac  
,i was exalted like a cedar in ,libanus1
 and as a cypress tree upon  the        
mountains of ,hermon4    #bd3ad ,i was  
exalted like a palm tree in ,en-gaddi1  
and as a rose plant  in ,jericho1 as a  
fair olive tree in a pleasant field1 and
 grew up as a  plane tree by the water4 
#bd3ae ,i gave a sweet smell like       
cinnamon and aspalathus1 and ,i yielded 
a pleasant odour like the best myrrh1 as
 galbanum1 and onyx1 and sweet  storax1 
and as the fume of frankincense in the  
tabernacle4    #bd3af ,as the turpentine
 tree ,i stretched out my branches1 and 
my  branches are the branches of honour 
and grace4    #bd3ag ,as the vine       
brought ,i forth pleasant savour1 and my
 flowers are  the fruit of honour and   
riches4    #bd3ah ,i am the mother of   
fair love1 and fear1 and knowledge1 and 

holy  hope3 ,i therefore1 being eternal1
 am given to all my children which are  
named of him4    #bd3ai ,come unto me1  
all ye that be desirous of me1 and fill 
yourselves  with my fruits4    #bd3bj   
,for my memorial is sweeter than honey1 
and mine inheritance than  the          
honeycomb4    #bd3ba ,they that eat me  
shall yet be hungry1 and they that drink
 me  shall yet be thirsty4    #bd3bb ,he
 that obeyeth me shall never be         
confounded1 and they that work  by me   
shall not do amiss4    #bd3bc ,all these
 things are the book of the covenant of 
the most high  ,god1 even the law which 
,moses commanded for an heritage unto   
the  congregations of ,jacob4    #bd3bd 
,faint not to be strong in the ,lord2   
that he may confirm you1  cleave unto   
him3 for the ,lord ,almighty is ,god    
alone1 and beside him  there is no other
 ,saviour4    #bd3be ,he filleth all    
things with his wisdom1 as ,phison and  
as ,tigris in  the time of the new      
fruits4    #bd3bf ,he maketh the        

understanding to abound like ,euphrates1
 and as  ,jordan in the time of the     
harvest4    #bd3bg ,he maketh the       
doctrine of knowledge appear as the     
light1 and as  ,geon in the time of     
vintage4    #bd3bh ,the first man knew  
her not perfectly3 no more shall the    
last find  her out4    #bd3bi ,for her  
thoughts are more than the sea1 and her 
counsels  profounder than the great     
deep4    #bd3cj ,i also came out as a   
brook from a river1 and as a conduit    
into a  garden4    #bd3ca ,i said1 ,i   
will water my best garden1 and will     
water abundantly my  garden bed3 and1   
lo1 my brook became a river1 and my     
river became a  sea4    #bd3cb ,i will  
yet make doctrine to shine as the       
morning1 and will send  forth her light 
afar off4    #bd3cc ,i will yet pour out
 doctrine as prophecy1 and leave it to  
all  ages for ever4    #bd3cd ,behold   
that ,i have not laboured for myself    
only1 but for all them  that seek       
wisdom4    #be3a ,in three things ,i was

 beautified1 and stood up beautiful both
  before ,god and men3 the unity of     
brethren1 the love of neighbours1 a  man
 and a wife that agree together4        
#be3b ,three sorts of men my soul       
hateth1 and ,i am greatly offended at   
their life3 a poor man that is proud1 a 
rich man that is a liar1 and an  old    
adulterer that doateth4    #be3c ,if    
thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth1
 how canst thou find  any thing in thine
 age8    #be3d ,o how comely a thing is 
judgment for gray hairs1 and for ancient
  men to know counsel6    #be3e ,o how  
comely is the wisdom of old men1 and    
understanding and  counsel to men of    
honour4    #be3f ,much experience is the
 crown of old men1 and the fear of ,god 
is  their glory4    #be3g ,there be nine
 things which ,i have judged in mine    
heart to be  happy1 and the tenth ,i    
will utter with my tongue3 ,a man that  
hath joy  of his children2 and he that  
liveth to see the fall of his enemy3    
#be3h ,well is him that dwelleth with a 

wife of understanding1 and that  hath   
not slipped with his tongue1 and that   
hath not served a man more  unworthy    
than himself3    #be3i ,well is him that
 hath found prudence1 and he that       
speaketh in the  ears of them that will 
hear3    #be3aj ,o how great is he that 
findeth wisdom6 yet is there none above 
him that feareth the ,lord4    #be3aa   
,but the love of the ,lord passeth all  
things for illumination3 he  that       
holdeth it1 whereto shall he be likened8
    #be3ab ,the fear of the ,lord is the
 beginning of his love3 and faith is    
the beginning of cleaving unto him4     
#be3ac ,give me any plague1 but the     
plague of the heart3 and any            
wickedness1 but the wickedness of a     
woman3    #be3ad ,and any affliction1   
but the affliction from them that hate  
me3  and any revenge1 but the revenge of
 enemies4    #be3ae ,there is no head   
above the head of a serpent2 and there  
is no  wrath above the wrath of an      
enemy4    #be3af ,i had rather dwell    

with a lion and a dragon1 than to keep  
house  with a wicked woman4    #be3ag   
,the wickedness of a woman changeth her 
face1 and darkeneth her  countenance    
like sackcloth4    #be3ah ,her husband  
shall sit among his neighbours2 and when
 he heareth  it shall sigh bitterly4    
#be3ai ,all wickedness is but little to 
the wickedness of a woman3 let  the     
portion of a sinner fall upon her4      
#be3bj ,as the climbing up a sandy way  
is to the feet of the aged1 so is  a    
wife full of words to a quiet man4      
#be3ba ,stumble not at the beauty of a  
woman1 and desire her not for  pleasure4
    #be3bb ,a woman1 if she maintain her
 husband1 is full of anger1  impudence1 
and much reproach4    #be3bc ,a wicked  
woman abateth the courage1 maketh an    
heavy countenance  and a wounded heart3 
a woman that will not comfort her       
husband in  distress maketh weak hands  
and feeble knees4    #be3bd ,of the     
woman came the beginning of sin1 and    
through her we all  die4    #be3be ,give

 the water no passage2 neither a wicked 
woman liberty to gad  abroad4    #be3bf 
,if she go not as thou wouldest have    
her1 cut her off from thy  flesh1 and   
give her a bill of divorce1 and let her 
go4    #bf3a ,blessed is the man that   
hath a virtuous wife1 for the number of 
his days shall be double4    #bf3b ,a   
virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband1   
and he shall fulfil the  years of his   
life in peace4    #bf3c ,a good wife is 
a good portion1 which shall be given in 
the portion  of them that fear the      
,lord4    #bf3d ,whether a man be rich  
or poor1 if he have a good heart toward 
the  ,lord1 he shall at all times       
rejoice with a cheerful countenance4    
#bf3e ,there be three things that mine  
heart feareth2 and for the fourth  ,i   
was sore afraid3 the slander of a city1 
the gathering together of an  unruly    
multitude1 and a false accusation3 all  
these are worse than  death4    #bf3f   
,but a grief of heart and sorrow is a   
woman that is jealous over  another     

woman1 and a scourge of the tongue which
 communicateth with  all4    #bf3g ,an  
evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro3  
he that hath hold of her  is as though  
he held a scorpion4    #bf3h ,a drunken 
woman and a gadder abroad causeth great 
anger1 and she  will not cover her own  
shame4    #bf3i ,the whoredom of a woman
 may be known in her haughty looks and  
eyelids4    #bf3aj ,if thy daughter be  
shameless1 keep her in straitly1 lest   
she  abuse herself through overmuch     
liberty4    #bf3aa ,watch over an       
impudent eye3 and marvel not if she     
trespass  against thee4    #bf3ab ,she  
will open her mouth1 as a thirsty       
traveller when he hath  found a         
fountain1 and drink of every water near 
her3 by every hedge  will she sit down1 
and open her quiver against every arrow4
    #bf3ac ,the grace of a wife         
delighteth her husband1 and her         
discretion  will fatten his bones4      
#bf3ad ,a silent and loving woman is a  
gift of the ,lord2 and there is  nothing

 so much worth as a mind well           
instructed4    #bf3ae ,a shamefaced and 
faithful woman is a double grace1 and   
her  continent mind cannot be valued4   
#bf3af ,as the sun when it ariseth in   
the high heaven2 so is the beauty  of a 
good wife in the ordering of her house4 
#bf3ag ,as the clear light is upon the  
holy candlestick2 so is the beauty  of  
the face in ripe age4    #bf3ah ,as the 
golden pillars are upon the sockets of  
silver2 so are the  fair feet with a    
constant heart4    #bf3ai ,my son1 keep 
the flower of thine age sound2 and give 
not thy  strength to strangers4         
#bf3bj ,when thou hast gotten a fruitful
 possession through all the  field1 sow 
it with thine own seed1 trusting in the 
goodness of thy  stock4    #bf3ba ,so   
thy race which thou leavest shall be    
magnified1 having the  confidence of    
their good descent4    #bf3bb ,an harlot
 shall be accounted as spittle2 but a   
married woman is a  tower against death 
to her husband4    #bf3bc ,a wicked     

woman is given as a portion to a wicked 
man3 but a godly  woman is given to him 
that feareth the ,lord4    #bf3bd ,a    
dishonest woman contemneth shame3 but an
 honest woman will  reverence her       
husband4    #bf3be ,a shameless woman   
shall be counted as a dog2 but she that 
is  shamefaced will fear the ,lord4     
#bf3bf ,a woman that honoureth her      
husband shall be judged wise of all2    
but she that dishonoureth him in her    
pride shall be counted ungodly of  all4 
#bf3bg ,a loud crying woman and a scold 
shall be sought out to drive away  the  
enemies4    #bf3bh ,there be two things 
that grieve my heart2 and the third     
maketh me  angry3 a man of war that     
suffereth poverty2 and men of           
understanding  that are not set by2 and 
one that returneth from righteousness to
 sin2  the ,lord prepareth such an one  
for the sword4    #bf3bi ,a merchant    
shall hardly keep himself from doing    
wrong2 and an  huckster shall not be    
freed from sin4    #bg3a ,many have     

sinned for a small matter2 and he that  
seeketh for  abundance will turn his    
eyes away4    #bg3b ,as a nail sticketh 
fast between the joinings of the stones2
 so  doth sin stick close between buying
 and selling4    #bg3c ,unless a man    
hold himself diligently in the fear of  
the ,lord1 his  house shall soon be     
overthrown4    #bg3d ,as when one       
sifteth with a sieve1 the refuse        
remaineth2 so the  filth of man in his  
talk4    #bg3e ,the furnace proveth the 
potter's vessels2 so the trial of man is
  in his reasoning4    #bg3f ,the fruit 
declareth if the tree have been dressed2
 so is the  utterance of a conceit in   
the heart of man4    #bg3g ,praise no   
man before thou hearest him speak2 for  
this is the trial  of men4    #bg3h ,if 
thou followest righteousness1 thou shalt
 obtain her1 and put  her on1 as a      
glorious long robe4    #bg3i ,the birds 
will resort unto their like2 so will    
truth return unto  them that practise in
 her4    #bg3aj ,as the lion lieth in   

wait for the prey2 so sin for them that 
work  iniquity4    #bg3aa ,the discourse
 of a godly man is always with wisdom2  
but a fool  changeth as the moon4       
#bg3ab ,if thou be among the indiscreet1
 observe the time2 but be  continually  
among men of understanding4    #bg3ac   
,the discourse of fools is irksome1 and 
their sport is the  wantonness of sin4  
#bg3ad ,the talk of him that sweareth   
much maketh the hair stand upright2  and
 their brawls make one stop his ears4   
#bg3ae ,the strife of the proud is      
bloodshedding1 and their revilings are  
grievous to the ear4    #bg3af ,whoso   
discovereth secrets loseth his credit2  
and shall never find  friend to his     
mind4    #bg3ag ,love thy friend1 and be
 faithful unto him3 but if thou         
betrayest  his secrets1 follow no more  
after him4    #bg3ah ,for as a man hath 
destroyed his enemy2 so hast thou lost  
the love  of thy neighbor4    #bg3ai ,as
 one that letteth a bird go out of his  
hand1 so hast thou let  thy neighbour   

go1 and shalt not get him again         
#bg3bj ,follow after him no more1 for he
 is too far off2 he is as a roe  escaped
 out of the snare4    #bg3ba ,as for a  
wound1 it may be bound up2 and after    
reviling there may  be reconcilement3   
but he that betrayeth secrets is without
 hope4    #bg3bb ,he that winketh with  
the eyes worketh evil3 and he that      
knoweth  him will depart from him4      
#bg3bc ,when thou art present1 he will  
speak sweetly1 and will admire thy      
words3 but at the last he will writhe   
his mouth1 and slander thy  sayings4    
#bg3bd ,i have hated many things1 but   
nothing like him2 for the ,lord will    
hate him4    #bg3be ,whoso casteth a    
stone on high casteth it on his own     
head2 and a  deceitful stroke shall make
 wounds4    #bg3bf ,whoso diggeth a pit 
shall fall therein3 and he that setteth 
a  trap shall be taken therein4         
#bg3bg ,he that worketh mischief1 it    
shall fall upon him1 and he shall  not  
know whence it cometh4    #bg3bh        

,mockery and reproach are from the      
proud2 but vengeance1 as a  lion1 shall 
lie in wait for them4    #bg3bi ,they   
that rejoice at the fall of the         
righteous shall be taken in  the snare2 
and anguish shall consume them before   
they die4    #bg3cj ,malice and wrath1  
even these are abominations2 and the    
sinful man  shall have them both4       
#bh3a ,he that revengeth shall find     
vengeance from the ,lord1 and he will   
surely keep his sins in remembrance4    
#bh3b ,forgive thy neighbour the hurt   
that he hath done unto thee1 so  shall  
thy sins also be forgiven when thou     
prayest4    #bh3c ,one man beareth      
hatred against another1 and doth he seek
 pardon  from the ,lord8    #bh3d ,he   
sheweth no mercy to a man1 which is like
 himself3 and doth he  ask forgiveness  
of his own sins8    #bh3e ,if he that is
 but flesh nourish hatred1 who will     
intreat for  pardon of his sins8        
#bh3f ,remember thy end1 and let enmity 
cease2 remember corruption and  death1  

and abide in the commandments4    #bh3g 
,remember the commandments1 and bear no 
malice to thy neighbour3  remember the  
covenant of the ,highest1 and wink at   
ignorance4    #bh3h ,abstain from       
strife1 and thou shalt diminish thy     
sins3 for a  furious man will kindle    
strife1    #bh3i ,a sinful man          
disquieteth friends1 and maketh debate  
among them  that be at peace4    #bh3aj 
,as the matter of the fire is1 so it    
burneth3 and as a man's  strength is1 so
 is his wrath2 and according to his     
riches his anger  riseth2 and the       
stronger they are which contend1 the    
more they will be  inflamed4    #bh3aa  
,an hasty contention kindleth a fire3   
and an hasty fighting  sheddeth blood4  
#bh3ab ,if thou blow the spark1 it shall
 burn3 if thou spit upon it1 it  shall  
be quenched3 and both these come out of 
thy mouth4    #bh3ac ,curse the         
whisperer and doubletongued3 for such   
have destroyed  many that were at peace4
    #bh3ad ,a backbiting tongue hath    

disquieted many1 and driven them from   
nation to nation3 strong cities hath it 
pulled down1 and overthrown the  houses 
of great men4    #bh3ae ,a backbiting   
tongue hath cast out virtuous women1 and
 deprived  them of their labours4       
#bh3af ,whoso hearkeneth unto it shall  
never find rest1 and never dwell        
quietly4    #bh3ag ,the stroke of the   
whip maketh marks in the flesh3 but the 
stroke  of the tongue breaketh the      
bones4    #bh3ah ,many have fallen by   
the edge of the sword3 but not so many  
as  have fallen by the tongue4    #bh3ai
 ,well is he that is defended through   
the venom thereof2 who hath  not drawn  
the yoke thereof1 nor hath been bound in
 her bands4    #bh3bj ,for the yoke     
thereof is a yoke of iron1 and the bands
 thereof are  bands of brass4    #bh3ba 
,the death thereof is an evil death1 the
 grave were better than  it4    #bh3bb  
,it shall not have rule over them that  
fear ,god1 neither shall  they be burned
 with the flame thereof4    #bh3bc ,such

 as forsake the ,lord shall fall into   
it2 and it shall burn in  them1 and not 
be quenched2 it shall be sent upon them 
as a lion1 and  devour them as a        
leopard4    #bh3bd ,look that thou hedge
 thy possession about with thorns1 and  
bind  up thy silver and gold1    #bh3be 
,and weigh thy words in a balance1 and  
make a door and bar for thy  mouth4     
#bh3bf ,beware thou slide not by it1    
lest thou fall before him that lieth  in
 wait4    #bi3a ,he that is merciful    
will lend unto his neighbour2 and he    
that  strengtheneth his hand keepeth the
 commandments4    #bi3b ,lend to thy    
neighbour in time of his need1 and pay  
thou thy  neighbour again in due season4
    #bi3c ,keep thy word1 and deal      
faithfully with him1 and thou shalt     
always  find the thing that is necessary
 for thee4    #bi3d ,many1 when a thing 
was lent them1 reckoned it to be found1 
and put  them to trouble that helped    
them4    #bi3e ,till he hath received1  
he will kiss a man's hand2 and for his  

neighbour's money he will speak         
submissly3 but when he should repay1 he 
will prolong the time1 and return words 
of grief1 and complain of the  time4    
#bi3f ,if he prevail1 he shall hardly   
receive the half1 and he will count  as 
if he had found it3 if not1 he hath     
deprived him of his money1 and  he hath 
gotten him an enemy without cause3 he   
payeth him with cursings  and railings2 
and for honour he will pay him disgrace4
    #bi3g ,many therefore have refused  
to lend for other men's ill dealing1    
fearing to be defrauded4    #bi3h ,yet  
have thou patience with a man in poor   
estate1 and delay not to  shew him      
mercy4    #bi3i ,help the poor for the  
commandment's sake1 and turn him not    
away  because of his poverty4    #bi3aj 
,lose thy money for thy brother and thy 
friend1 and let it not  rust under a    
stone to be lost4    #bi3aa ,lay up thy 
treasure according to the commandments  
of the most  ,high1 and it shall bring  
thee more profit than gold4    #bi3ab   

,shut up alms in thy storehouses3 and it
 shall deliver thee from  all           
affliction4    #bi3ac ,it shall fight   
for thee against thine enemies better   
than a  mighty shield and strong spear4 
#bi3ad ,an honest man is surety for his 
neighbour3 but he that is  impudent will
 forsake him4    #bi3ae ,forget not the 
friendship of thy surety1 for he hath   
given his  life for thee4    #bi3af ,a  
sinner will overthrow the good estate of
 his surety3    #bi3ag ,and he that is  
of an unthankful mind will leave him in 
danger  that delivered him4    #bi3ah   
,suretiship hath undone many of good    
estate1 and shaken them as a  wave of   
the sea3 mighty men hath it driven from 
their houses1 so that  they wandered    
among strange nations4    #bi3ai ,a     
wicked man transgressing the            
commandments of the ,lord shall  fall   
into suretiship3 and he that undertaketh
 and followeth other men's  business for
 gain shall fall into suits4    #bi3bj  
,help thy neighbour according to thy    

power1 and beware that thou  thyself    
fall not into the same4    #bi3ba ,the  
chief thing for life is water1 and      
bread1 and clothing1 and  an house to   
cover shame4    #bi3bb ,better is the   
life of a poor man in a mean cottage1   
than delicate  fare in another man's    
house4    #bi3bc ,be it little or much1 
hold thee contented1 that thou hear not 
the  reproach of thy house4    #bi3bd   
,for it is a miserable life to go from  
house to house3 for where  thou art a   
stranger1 thou darest not open thy      
mouth4    #bi3be ,thou shalt entertain1 
and feast1 and have no thanks3 moreover 
thou shalt hear bitter words3    #bi3bf 
,come1 thou stranger1 and furnish a     
table1 and feed me of that  thou hast   
ready4    #bi3bg ,give place1 thou      
stranger1 to an honourable man2 my      
brother  cometh to be lodged1 and ,i    
have need of mine house4    #bi3bh      
,these things are grievous to a man of  
understanding2 the  upbraiding of       
houseroom1 and reproaching of the       

lender4    #cj3a ,he that loveth his son
 causeth him oft to feel the rod1 that  
he  may have joy of him in the end4     
#cj3b ,he that chastiseth his son shall 
have joy in him1 and shall  rejoice of  
him among his acquaintance4    #cj3c ,he
 that teacheth his son grieveth the     
enemy3 and before his  friends he shall 
rejoice of him4    #cj3d ,though his    
father die1 yet he is as though he were 
not dead3 for  he hath left one behind  
him that is like himself4    #cj3e      
,while he lived1 he saw and rejoiced in 
him3 and when he died1 he  was not      
sorrowful4    #cj3f ,he left behind him 
an avenger against his enemies1 and one 
that  shall requite kindness to his     
friends4    #cj3g ,he that maketh too   
much of his son shall bind up his       
wounds2 and  his bowels will be troubled
 at every cry4    #cj3h ,an horse not   
broken becometh headstrong3 and a child 
left to  himself will be wilful4        
#cj3i ,cocker thy child1 and he shall   
make thee afraid3 play with him1  and he

 will bring thee to heaviness4    #cj3aj
 ,laugh not with him1 lest thou have    
sorrow with him1 and lest thou  gnash   
thy teeth in the end4    #cj3aa ,give   
him no liberty in his youth1 and wink   
not at his follies4    #cj3ab ,bow down 
his neck while he is young1 and beat him
 on the sides  while he is a child1 lest
 he wax stubborn1 and be disobedient    
unto  thee1 and so bring sorrow to thine
 heart4    #cj3ac ,chastise thy son1 and
 hold him to labour1 lest his lewd      
behaviour  be an offence unto thee4     
#cj3ad ,better is the poor1 being sound 
and strong of constitution1 than  a rich
 man that is afflicted in his body4     
#cj3ae ,health and good estate of body  
are above all gold1 and a strong  body  
above infinite wealth4    #cj3af ,there 
is no riches above a sound body1 and no 
joy above the joy  of the heart4        
#cj3ag ,death is better than a bitter   
life or continual sickness4    #cj3ah   
,delicates poured upon a mouth shut up  
are as messes of meat set  upon a grave4

    #cj3ai ,what good doeth the offering
 unto an idol8 for neither can it eat   
nor smell3 so is he that is persecuted  
of the ,lord4    #cj3bj ,he seeth with  
his eyes and groaneth1 as an eunuch that
 embraceth  a virgin and sigheth4       
#cj3ba ,give not over thy mind to       
heaviness1 and afflict not thyself in   
thine own counsel4    #cj3bb ,the       
gladness of the heart is the life of    
man1 and the joyfulness  of a man       
prolongeth his days4    #cj3bc ,love    
thine own soul1 and comfort thy heart1  
remove sorrow far  from thee3 for sorrow
 hath killed many1 and there is no      
profit therein4    #cj3bd ,envy and     
wrath shorten the life1 and carefulness 
bringeth age  before the time4    #cj3be
 ,a cheerful and good heart will have a 
care of his meat and diet4    #ca3a     
,watching for riches consumeth the      
flesh1 and the care thereof  driveth    
away sleep4    #ca3b ,watching care will
 not let a man slumber1 as a sore       
disease  breaketh sleep1    #ca3c ,the  

rich hath great labour in gathering     
riches together2 and when  he resteth1  
he is filled with his delicates4        
#ca3d ,the poor laboureth in his poor   
estate2 and when he leaveth off1 he  is 
still needy4    #ca3e ,he that loveth   
gold shall not be justified1 and he that
 followeth  corruption shall have enough
 thereof4    #ca3f ,gold hath been the  
ruin of many1 and their destruction was 
present4    #ca3g ,it is a              
stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice 
unto it1 and every  fool shall be taken 
therewith4    #ca3h ,blessed is the rich
 that is found without blemish1 and hath
 not  gone after gold4    #ca3i ,who is 
he8 and we will call him blessed3 for   
wonderful things hath  he done among his
 people4    #ca3aj ,who hath been tried 
thereby1 and found perfect8 then let him
  glory4 ,who might offend1 and hath not
 offended8 or done evil1 and hath  not  
done it8    #ca3aa ,his goods shall be  
established1 and the congregation shall 
declare his alms4    #ca3ab ,if thou sit

 at a bountiful table1 be not greedy    
upon it1 and say  not1 ,there is much   
meat on it4    #ca3ac ,remember that a  
wicked eye is an evil thing3 and what is
 created  more wicked than an eye8      
therefore it weepeth upon every         
occasion4    #ca3ad ,stretch not thine  
hand whithersoever it looketh1 and      
thrust it  not with him into the dish4  
#ca3ae ,judge not thy neighbour by      
thyself3 and be discreet in every       
point4    #ca3af ,eat as it becometh a  
man1 those things which are set before  
thee2  and devour not1 lest thou be     
hated4    #ca3ag ,leave off first for   
manners' sake2 and be not unsatiable1   
lest  thou offend4    #ca3ah ,when thou 
sittest among many1 reach not thine hand
 out first of  all4    #ca3ai ,a very   
little is sufficient for a man well     
nurtured1 and he  fetcheth not his wind 
short upon his bed4    #ca3bj ,sound    
sleep cometh of moderate eating3 he     
riseth early1 and his  wits are with    
him3 but the pain of watching1 and      

choler1 and pangs of  the belly1 are    
with an unsatiable man4    #ca3ba ,and  
if thou hast been forced to eat1 arise1 
go forth1 vomit1 and  thou shalt have   
rest4    #ca3bb ,my son1 hear me1 and   
despise me not1 and at the last thou    
shalt  find as ,i told thee3 in all thy 
works be quick1 so shall there no       
sickness come unto thee4    #ca3bc      
,whoso is liberal of his meat1 men shall
 speak well of him2 and  the report of  
his good housekeeping will be believed4 
#ca3bd ,but against him that is a       
niggard of his meat the whole city      
shall murmur2 and the testimonies of his
 niggardness shall not be  doubted of4  
#ca3be ,shew not thy valiantness in     
wine2 for wine hath destroyed many4     
#ca3bf ,the furnace proveth the edge by 
dipping3 so doth wine the hearts  of the
 proud by drunkeness4    #ca3bg ,wine is
 as good as life to a man1 if it be     
drunk moderately3 what  life is then to 
a man that is without wine8 for it was  
made to make men  glad4    #ca3bh ,wine 

measurably drunk and in season bringeth 
gladness of the  heart1 and cheerfulness
 of the mind3    #ca3bi ,but wine       
drunken with excess maketh bitterness of
 the mind1 with  brawling and           
quarrelling4    #ca3cj ,drunkenness     
increaseth the rage of a fool till he   
offend3 it  diminisheth strength1 and   
maketh wounds4    #ca3ca ,rebuke not thy
 neighbour at the wine1 and despise him 
not in his  mirth3 give him no          
despiteful words1 and press not upon him
 with urging  him to drink4    #cb3a ,if
 thou be made the master of a feast1    
lift not thyself up1 but  be among them 
as one of the rest2 take diligent care  
for them1 and so  sit down4    #cb3b    
,and when thou hast done all thy office1
 take thy place1 that thou  mayest be   
merry with them1 and receive a crown for
 thy well ordering of  the feast4       
#cb3c ,speak1 thou that art the elder1  
for it becometh thee1 but with  sound   
judgment2 and hinder not musick4        
#cb3d ,pour not out words where there is

 a musician1 and shew not forth  wisdom 
out of time4    #cb3e ,a concert of     
musick in a banquet of wine is as a     
signet of  carbuncle set in gold4       
#cb3f ,as a signet of an emerald set in 
a work of gold1 so is the melody  of    
musick with pleasant wine4    #cb3g     
,speak1 young man1 if there be need of  
thee3 and yet scarcely when  thou art   
twice asked4    #cb3h ,let thy speech be
 short1 comprehending much in few words2
 be as  one that knoweth and yet holdeth
 his tongue4    #cb3i ,if thou be among 
great men1 make not thyself equal with  
them2 and  when ancient men are in      
place1 use not many words4    #cb3aj    
,before the thunder goeth lightning2 and
 before a shamefaced man  shall go      
favour4    #cb3aa ,rise up betimes1 and 
be not the last2 but get thee home      
without  delay4    #cb3ab ,there take   
thy pastime1 and do what thou wilt3 but 
sin not by  proud speech4    #cb3ac ,and
 for these things bless him that made   
thee1 and hath  replenished thee with   

his good things4    #cb3ad ,whoso       
feareth the ,lord will receive his      
discipline2 and they that  seek him     
early shall find favour4    #cb3ae ,he  
that seeketh the law shall be filled    
therewith3 but the  hypocrite will be   
offended thereat4    #cb3af ,they that  
fear the ,lord shall find judgment1 and 
shall kindle  justice as a light4       
#cb3ag ,a sinful man will not be        
reproved1 but findeth an excuse         
according to his will4    #cb3ah ,a man 
of counsel will be considerate2 but a   
strange and proud man  is not daunted   
with fear1 even when of himself he hath 
done without  counsel4    #cb3ai ,do    
nothing without advice2 and when thou   
hast once done1 repent  not4    #cb3bj  
,go not in a way wherein thou mayest    
fall1 and stumble not among  the stones4
    #cb3ba ,be not confident in a plain 
way4    #cb3bb ,and beware of thine own 
children4    #cb3bc ,in every good work 
trust thy own soul2 for this is the     
keeping of  the commandments4    #cb3bd 

,he that believeth in the ,lord taketh  
heed to the commandment2 and  he that   
trusteth in him shall fare never the    
worse4    #cc3a ,there shall no evil    
happen unto him that feareth the ,lord2 
but in  temptation even again he will   
deliver him4    #cc3b ,a wise man hateth
 not the law2 but he that is an         
hypocrite therein  is as a ship in a    
storm4    #cc3c ,a man of understanding 
trusteth in the law2 and the law is     
faithful unto him1 as an oracle4        
#cc3d ,prepare what to say1 and so thou 
shalt be heard3 and bind up             
instruction1 and then make answer4      
#cc3e ,the heart of the foolish is like 
a cartwheel2 and his thoughts are  like 
a rolling axletree4    #cc3f ,a stallion
 horse is as a mocking friend1 he       
neigheth under every  one that sitteth  
upon him4    #cc3g ,why doth one day    
excel another1 when as all the light of 
every day  in the year is of the sun8   
#cc3h ,by the knowledge of the ,lord    
they were distinguished3 and he  altered

 seasons and feasts4    #cc3i ,some of  
them hath he made high days1 and        
hallowed them1 and some  of them hath he
 made ordinary days4    #cc3aj ,and all 
men are from the ground1 and ,adam was  
created of earth3    #cc3aa ,in much    
knowledge the ,lord hath divided them1  
and made their ways  diverse4    #cc3ab 
,some of them hath he blessed and       
exalted and some of them he  sanctified1
 and set near himself3 but some of them 
hath he cursed and  brought low1 and    
turned out of their places4    #cc3ac   
,as the clay is in the potter's hand1 to
 fashion it at his  pleasure3 so man is 
in the hand of him that made him1 to    
render to them  as liketh him best4     
#cc3ad ,good is set against evil1 and   
life against death3 so is the godly     
against the sinner1 and the sinner      
against the godly4    #cc3ae ,so look   
upon all the works of the most ,high2   
and there are two  and two1 one against 
another4    #cc3af ,i awaked up last of 
all1 as one that gathereth after the    

grapegatherers3 by the blessing of the  
,lord ,i profited1 and filled my        
winepress like a gatherer of grapes4    
#cc3ag ,consider that ,i laboured not   
for myself only1 but for all them  that 
seek learning4    #cc3ah ,hear me1 ,o ye
 great men of the people1 and hearken   
with your  ears1 ye rulers of the       
congregation4    #cc3ai ,give not thy   
son and wife1 thy brother and friend1   
power over  thee while thou livest1 and 
give not thy goods to another3 lest it  
repent thee1 and thou intreat for the   
same again4    #cc3bj ,as long as thou  
livest and hast breath in thee1 give not
 thyself  over to any4    #cc3ba ,for   
better it is that thy children should   
seek to thee1 than that  thou shouldest 
stand to their courtesy4    #cc3bb ,in  
all thy works keep to thyself the       
preeminence2 leave not a  stain in thine
 honour4    #cc3bc ,at the time when    
thou shalt end thy days1 and finish thy 
life1  distribute thine inheritance4    
#cc3bd ,fodder1 a wand1 and burdens1 are

 for the ass2 and bread1  correction1   
and work1 for a servant4    #cc3be ,if  
thou set thy servant to labour1 thou    
shalt find rest3 but if  thou let him go
 idle1 he shall seek liberty4    #cc3bf 
,a yoke and a collar do bow the neck3 so
 are tortures and torments  for an evil 
servant4    #cc3bg ,send him to labour1 
that he be not idle2 for idleness       
teacheth  much evil4    #cc3bh ,set him 
to work1 as is fit for him3 if he be not
 obedient1 put on  more heavy fetters4  
#cc3bi ,but be not excessive toward any2
 and without discretion do  nothing4    
#cc3cj ,if thou have a servant1 let him 
be unto thee as thyself1 because  thou  
hast bought him with a price4    #cc3ca 
,if thou have a servant1 entreat him as 
a brother3 for thou hast  need of him1  
as of thine own soul3 if thou entreat   
him evil1 and he run  from thee1 which  
way wilt thou go to seek him8    #cd3a  
,the hopes of a man void of             
understanding are vain and false3 and   
dreams lift up fools4    #cd3b ,whoso   

regardeth dreams is like him that       
catcheth at a shadow1 and  followeth    
after the wind4    #cd3c ,the vision of 
dreams is the resemblance of one thing  
to another1  even as the likeness of a  
face to a face4    #cd3d ,of an unclean 
thing what can be cleansed8 and from    
that thing  which is false what truth   
can come8    #cd3e ,divinations1 and    
soothsayings1 and dreams1 are vain3 and 
the heart  fancieth1 as a woman's heart 
in travail4    #cd3f ,if they be not    
sent from the most ,high in thy         
visitation1 set not  thy heart upon     
them4    #cd3g ,for dreams have deceived
 many1 and they have failed that put    
their  trust in them4    #cd3h ,the law 
shall be found perfect without lies3 and
 wisdom is  perfection to a faithful    
mouth4    #cd3i ,a man that hath        
travelled knoweth many things2 and he   
that hath  much experience will declare 
wisdom4    #cd3aj ,he that hath no      
experience knoweth little3 but he that  
hath  travelled is full of prudence4    

#cd3aa ,when ,i travelled1 ,i saw many  
things2 and ,i understand more than ,i  
can express4    #cd3ab ,i was ofttimes  
in danger of death3 yet ,i was delivered
 because of  these things4    #cd3ac    
,the spirit of those that fear the ,lord
 shall live2 for their hope  is in him  
that saveth them4    #cd3ad ,whoso      
feareth the ,lord shall not fear nor be 
afraid2 for he is  his hope4    #cd3ae  
,blessed is the soul of him that feareth
 the ,lord3 to whom doth he  look8 and  
who is his strength8    #cd3af ,for the 
eyes of the ,lord are upon them that    
love him1 he is their  mighty protection
 and strong stay1 a defence from heat1  
and a cover  from the sun at noon1 a    
preservation from stumbling1 and an help
 from  falling4    #cd3ag ,he raiseth up
 the soul1 and lighteneth the eyes3 he  
giveth  health1 life1 and blessing4     
#cd3ah ,he that sacrificeth of a thing  
wrongfully gotten1 his offering is      
ridiculous2 and the gifts of unjust men 
are not accepted4    #cd3ai ,the most   

,high is not pleased with the offerings 
of the wicked2  neither is he pacified  
for sin by the multitude of sacrifices4 
#cd3bj ,whoso bringeth an offering of   
the goods of the poor doeth as one  that
 killeth the son before his father's    
eyes4    #cd3ba ,the bread of the needy 
is their life3 he that defraudeth him   
thereof is a man of blood4    #cd3bb ,he
 that taketh away his neighbour's living
 slayeth him2 and he  that defraudeth   
the labourer of his hire is a           
bloodshedder4    #cd3bc ,when one       
buildeth1 and another pulleth down1 what
 profit have  they then but labour8     
#cd3bd ,when one prayeth1 and another   
curseth1 whose voice will the ,lord     
hear8    #cd3be ,he that washeth himself
 after the touching of a dead body1 if  
he  touch it again1 what availeth his   
washing8    #cd3bf ,so is it with a man 
that fasteth for his sins1 and goeth    
again1  and doeth the same3 who will    
hear his prayer8 or what doth his       
humbling  profit him8    #ce3a ,he that 

keepeth the law bringeth offerings      
enough3 he that taketh  heed to the     
commandment offereth a peace offering4  
#ce3b ,he that requiteth a good turn    
offereth fine flour2 and he that  giveth
 alms sacrificeth praise4    #ce3c ,to  
depart from wickedness is a thing       
pleasing to the ,lord2 and to  forsake  
unrighteousness is a propitiation4      
#ce3d ,thou shalt not appear empty      
before the ,lord4    #ce3e ,for all     
these things are to be done because of  
the commandment4    #ce3f ,the offering 
of the righteous maketh the altar fat1  
and the sweet  savour thereof is before 
the most ,high4    #ce3g ,the sacrifice 
of a just man is acceptable1 and the    
memorial  thereof shall never be        
forgotten4    #ce3h ,give the ,lord his 
honour with a good eye1 and diminish not
 the  firstfruits of thine hands4       
#ce3i ,in all thy gifts shew a cheerful 
countenance1 and dedicate thy  tithes   
with gladness4    #ce3aj ,give unto the 
most ,high according as he hath enriched

 thee2 and  as thou hast gotten1 give   
with a cheerful eye4    #ce3aa ,for the 
,lord recompenseth1 and will give thee  
seven times as  much4    #ce3ab ,do not 
think to corrupt with gifts2 for such he
 will not receive3  and trust not to    
unrighteous sacrifices2 for the ,lord is
 judge1 and  with him is no respect of  
persons4    #ce3ac ,he will not accept  
any person against a poor man1 but will 
hear  the prayer of the oppressed4      
#ce3ad ,he will not despise the         
supplication of the fatherless2 nor the 
widow1 when she poureth out her         
complaint4    #ce3ae ,do not the tears  
run down the widow's cheeks8 and is not 
her cry  against him that causeth them  
to fall8    #ce3af ,he that serveth the 
,lord shall be accepted with favour1 and
 his  prayer shall reach unto the       
clouds4    #ce3ag ,the prayer of the    
humble pierceth the clouds3 and till it 
come  nigh1 he will not be comforted2   
and will not depart1 till the most ,high
  shall behold to judge righteously1 and

 execute judgment4    #ce3ah ,for the   
,lord will not be slack1 neither will   
the ,mighty be  patient toward them1    
till he have smitten in sunder the loins
 of the  unmerciful1 and repayed        
vengeance to the heathen2 till he have  
taken  away the multitude of the proud1 
and broken the sceptre of the           
unrighteous2    #ce3ai ,till he have    
rendered to every man according to his  
deeds1 and to  the works of men         
according to their devices2 till he have
 judged the  cause of his people1 and   
made them to rejoice in his mercy4      
#ce3bj ,mercy is seasonable in the time 
of affliction1 as clouds of rain  in the
 time of drought4    #cf3a ,have mercy  
upon us1 ,o ,lord ,god of all1 and      
behold us3    #cf3b ,and send thy fear  
upon all the nations that seek not after
 thee4    #cf3c ,lift up thy hand       
against the strange nations1 and let    
them see thy  power4    #cf3d ,as thou  
wast sanctified in us before them3 so be
 thou magnified  among them before us4  

#cf3e ,and let them know thee1 as we    
have known thee1 that there is no  ,god 
but only thou1 ,o ,god4    #cf3f ,shew  
new signs1 and make other strange       
wonders3 glorify thy hand  and thy right
 arm1 that they may set forth thy       
wondrous works4    #cf3g ,raise up      
indignation1 and pour out wrath3 take   
away the adversary1  and destroy the    
enemy4    #cf3h ,sake the time short1   
remember the covenant1 and let them     
declare  thy wonderful works4    #cf3i  
,let him that escapeth be consumed by   
the rage of the fire2 and let  them     
perish that oppress the people4         
#cf3aj ,smite in sunder the heads of the
 rulers of the heathen1 that say1       
,there is none other but we4    #cf3aa  
,gather all the tribes of ,jacob        
together1 and inherit thou them1  as    
from the beginning4    #cf3ab ,o ,lord1 
have mercy upon the people that is      
called by thy name1  and upon ,israel1  
whom thou hast named thy firstborn4     
#cf3ac ,o be merciful unto ,jerusalem1  

thy holy city1 the place of thy  rest4  
#cf3ad ,fill ,sion with thine           
unspeakable oracles1 and thy people with
 thy  glory3    #cf3ae ,give testimony  
unto those that thou hast possessed from
 the  beginning1 and raise up prophets  
that have been in thy name4    #cf3af   
,reward them that wait for thee1 and let
 thy prophets be found  faithful4       
#cf3ag ,o ,lord1 hear the prayer of thy 
servants1 according to the  blessing of 
,aaron over thy people1 that all they   
which dwell upon the  earth may know    
that thou art the ,lord1 the eternal    
,god4    #cf3ah ,the belly devoureth all
 meats1 yet is one meat better than     
another4    #cf3ai ,as the palate       
tasteth divers kinds of venison3 so doth
 an heart  of understanding false       
speeches4    #cf3bj ,a froward heart    
causeth heaviness3 but a man of         
experience will  recompense him4        
#cf3ba ,a woman will receive every man1 
yet is one daughter better than         
another4    #cf3bb ,the beauty of a     

woman cheereth the countenance1 and a   
man loveth  nothing better4    #cf3bc   
,if there be kindness1 meekness1 and    
comfort1 in her tongue1 then  is not her
 husband like other men4    #cf3bd ,he  
that getteth a wife beginneth a         
possession1 a help like unto  himself1  
and a pillar of rest4    #cf3be ,where  
no hedge is1 there the possession is    
spoiled3 and he that  hath no wife will 
wander up and down mourning4    #cf3bf  
,who will trust a thief well appointed1 
that skippeth from city to  city8 so who
 will believe a man that hath no house1 
and lodgeth  wheresoever the night      
taketh him8    #cg3a ,every friend      
saith1 ,i am his friend also3 but there 
is a friend1  which is only a friend in 
name4    #cg3b ,is it not a grief unto  
death1 when a companion and friend is   
turned to an enemy8    #cg3c ,o wicked  
imagination1 whence camest thou in to   
cover the earth  with deceit8    #cg3d  
,there is a companion1 which rejoiceth  
in the prosperity of a  friend1 but in  

the time of trouble will be against him4
    #cg3e ,there is a companion1 which  
helpeth his friend for the belly1 and   
taketh up the buckler against the enemy4
    #cg3f ,forget not thy friend in thy 
mind1 and be not unmindful of him in    
thy riches4    #cg3g ,every counsellor  
extolleth counsel2 but there is some    
that  counselleth for himself4    #cg3h 
,beware of a counsellor1 and know before
 what need he hath2 for he  will counsel
 for himself2 lest he cast the lot upon 
thee1    #cg3i ,and say unto thee1 ,thy 
way is good3 and afterward he stand on  
the  other side1 to see what shall      
befall thee4    #cg3aj ,consult not with
 one that suspecteth thee3 and hide thy 
counsel  from such as envy thee4        
#cg3aa ,neither consult with a woman    
touching her of whom she is jealous2    
neither with a coward in matters of war2
 nor with a merchant concerning         
exchange2 nor with a buyer of selling2  
nor with an envious man of              
thankfulness2 nor with an unmerciful man

 touching kindness2 nor with  the       
slothful for any work2 nor with an      
hireling for a year of finishing  work2 
nor with an idle servant of much        
business3 hearken not unto these  in any
 matter of counsel4    #cg3ab ,but be   
continually with a godly man1 whom thou 
knowest to keep  the commandments of the
 ,lord1 whose mind is according to thy  
mind1 and  will sorrow with thee1 if    
thou shalt miscarry4    #cg3ac ,and let 
the counsel of thine own heart stand3   
for there is no man  more faithful unto 
thee than it4    #cg3ad ,for a man's    
mind is sometime wont to tell him more  
than seven  watchmen1 that sit above in 
an high tower4    #cg3ae ,and above all 
this pray to the most ,high1 that he    
will direct thy  way in truth4    #cg3af
 ,let reason go before every enterprize1
 and counsel before every  action4      
#cg3ag ,the countenance is a sign of    
changing of the heart4    #cg3ah ,four  
manner of things appear3 good and evil1 
life and death3 but  the tongue ruleth  

over them continually4    #cg3ai ,there 
is one that is wise and teacheth many1  
and yet is  unprofitable to himself4    
#cg3bj ,there is one that sheweth wisdom
 in words1 and is hated3 he shall  be   
destitute of all food4    #cg3ba ,for   
grace is not given1 him from the ,lord1 
because he is deprived  of all wisdom4  
#cg3bb ,another is wise to himself2 and 
the fruits of understanding are         
commendable in his mouth4    #cg3bc ,a  
wise man instructeth his people2 and the
 fruits of his  understanding fail not4 
#cg3bd ,a wise man shall be filled with 
blessing2 and all they that see  him    
shall count him happy4    #cg3be ,the   
days of the life of man may be numbered3
 but the days of  ,israel are           
innumerable4    #cg3bf ,a wise man shall
 inherit glory among his people1 and his
 name  shall be perpetual4    #cg3bg ,my
 son1 prove thy soul in thy life1 and   
see what is evil for it1  and give not  
that unto it4    #cg3bh ,for all things 
are not profitable for all men1 neither 

hath every  soul pleasure in every      
thing4    #cg3bi ,be not unsatiable in  
any dainty thing1 nor too greedy upon   
meats3    #cg3cj ,for excess of meats   
bringeth sickness1 and surfeiting will  
turn  into choler4    #cg3ca ,by        
surfeiting have many perished2 but he   
that taketh heed  prolongeth his life4  
#ch3a ,honour a physician with the      
honour due unto him for the uses which  
ye may have of him3 for the ,lord hath  
created him4    #ch3b ,for of the most  
,high cometh healing1 and he shall      
receive honour  of the king4    #ch3c   
,the skill of the physician shall lift  
up his head3 and in the  sight of great 
men he shall be in admiration4    #ch3d 
,the ,lord hath created medicines out of
 the earth2 and he that is  wise will   
not abhor them4    #ch3e ,was not the   
water made sweet with wood1 that the    
virtue thereof  might be known8    #ch3f
 ,and he hath given men skill1 that he  
might be honoured in his  marvellous    
works4    #ch3g ,with such doth he heal 

men1 and taketh away their pains4       
#ch3h ,of such doth the apothecary make 
a confection2 and of his works  there is
 no end2 and from him is peace over all 
the earth1    #ch3i ,my son1 in thy     
sickness be not negligent3 but pray unto
 the ,lord1  and he will make thee      
whole4    #ch3aj ,leave off from sin1   
and order thine hands aright1 and       
cleanse thy  heart from all wickedness4 
#ch3aa ,give a sweet savour1 and a      
memorial of fine flour2 and make a fat  
offering1 as not being4    #ch3ab ,then 
give place to the physician1 for the    
,lord hath created him3  let him not go 
from thee1 for thou hast need of him4   
#ch3ac ,there is a time when in their   
hands there is good success4    #ch3ad  
,for they shall also pray unto the      
,lord1 that he would prosper  that1     
which they give for ease and remedy to  
prolong life4    #ch3ae ,he that sinneth
 before his ,maker1 let him fall into   
the hand of  the physician4    #ch3af   
,my son1 let tears fall down over the   

dead1 and begin to lament1  as if thou  
hadst suffered great harm thyself2 and  
then cover his body  according to the   
custom1 and neglect not his burial4     
#ch3ag ,weep bitterly1 and make great   
moan1 and use lamentation1 as he is     
worthy1 and that a day or two1 lest thou
 be evil spoken of3 and then  comfort   
thyself for thy heaviness4    #ch3ah    
,for of heaviness cometh death1 and the 
heaviness of the heart  breaketh        
strength4    #ch3ai ,in affliction also 
sorrow remaineth3 and the life of the   
poor is  the curse of the heart4        
#ch3bj ,take no heaviness to heart3     
drive it away1 and member the last  end4
    #ch3ba ,forget it not1 for there is 
no turning again3 thou shalt not do  him
 good1 but hurt thyself4    #ch3bb      
,remember my judgment3 for thine also   
shall be so2 yesterday for  me1 and to  
day for thee4    #ch3bc ,when the dead  
is at rest1 let his remembrance rest2   
and be  comforted for him1 when his     
,spirit is departed from him4    #ch3bd 

,the wisdom of a learned man cometh by  
opportunity of leisure3 and  he that    
hath little business shall become wise4 
#ch3be ,how can he get wisdom that      
holdeth the plough1 and that glorieth   
in the goad1 that driveth oxen1 and is  
occupied in their labours1 and  whose   
talk is of bullocks8    #ch3bf ,he      
giveth his mind to make furrows2 and is 
diligent to give the  kine fodder4      
#ch3bg ,so every carpenter and          
workmaster1 that laboureth night and    
day3  and they that cut and grave seals1
 and are diligent to make great         
variety1 and give themselves to         
counterfeit imagery1 and watch to       
finish a work3    #ch3bh ,the smith also
 sitting by the anvil1 and considering  
the iron  work1 the vapour of the fire  
wasteth his flesh1 and he fighteth with 
the heat of the furnace3 the noise of   
the hammer and the anvil is ever  in his
 ears1 and his eyes look still upon the 
pattern of the thing that  he maketh2 he
 setteth his mind to finish his work1   

and watcheth to  polish it perfectly3   
#ch3bi ,so doth the potter sitting at   
his work1 and turning the wheel  about  
with his feet1 who is alway carefully   
set at his work1 and maketh  all his    
work by number2    #ch3cj ,he fashioneth
 the clay with his arm1 and boweth down 
his strength  before his feet2 he       
applieth himself to lead it over2 and he
 is  diligent to make clean the furnace3
    #ch3ca ,all these trust to their    
hands3 and every one is wise in his     
work4    #ch3cb ,without these cannot a 
city be inhabited3 and they shall not   
dwell where they will1 nor go up and    
down3    #ch3cc ,they shall not be      
sought for in publick counsel1 nor sit  
high in  the congregation3 they shall   
not sit on the judges' seat1 nor        
understand the sentence of judgment3    
they cannot declare justice and         
judgment2 and they shall not be found   
where parables are spoken4    #ch3cd    
,but they will maintain the state of the
 world1 and all their  desire is in the 

work of their craft4    #ci3a ,but he   
that giveth his mind to the law of the  
most ,high1 and is  occupied in the     
meditation thereof1 will seek out the   
wisdom of all the  ancient1 and be      
occupied in prophecies4    #ci3b ,he    
will keep the sayings of the renowned   
men3 and where subtil  parables are1 he 
will be there also4    #ci3c ,he will   
seek out the secrets of grave sentences1
 and be conversant  in dark parables4   
#ci3d ,he shall serve among great men1  
and appear before princes3 he will      
travel through strange countries2 for he
 hath tried the good and the  evil among
 men4    #ci3e ,he will give his heart  
to resort early to the ,lord that made  
him1  and will pray before the most     
,high1 and will open his mouth in       
prayer1  and make supplication for his  
sins4    #ci3f ,when the great ,lord    
will1 he shall be filled with the spirit
 of  understanding3 he shall pour out   
wise sentences1 and give thanks unto    
the ,lord in his prayer4    #ci3g ,he   

shall direct his counsel and knowledge1 
and in his secrets  shall he meditate4  
#ci3h ,he shall shew forth that which he
 hath learned1 and shall glory in  the  
law of the covenant of the ,lord4       
#ci3i ,many shall commend his           
understanding2 and so long as the world 
endureth1 it shall not be blotted out2  
his memorial shall not depart  away1 and
 his name shall live from generation to 
generation4    #ci3aj ,nations shall    
shew forth his wisdom1 and the          
congregation shall  declare his praise4 
#ci3aa ,if he die1 he shall leave a     
greater name than a thousand3 and if  he
 live1 he shall increase it4    #ci3ab  
,yet have ,i more to say1 which ,i have 
thought upon2 for ,i am  filled as the  
moon at the full4    #ci3ac ,hearken    
unto me1 ye holy children1 and bud forth
 as a rose  growing by the brook of the 
field3    #ci3ad ,and give ye a sweet   
savour as frankincense1 and flourish as 
a  lily1 send forth a smell1 and sing a 
song of praise1 bless the ,lord in  all 

his works4    #ci3ae ,magnify his name1 
and shew forth his praise with the songs
 of  your lips1 and with harps1 and in  
praising him ye shall say after this    
manner3    #ci3af ,all the works of the 
,lord are exceeding good1 and whatsoever
 he  commandeth shall be accomplished in
 due season4    #ci3ag ,and none may    
say1 ,what is this8 wherefore is that8  
for at time  convenient they shall all  
be sought out3 at his commandment the   
waters  stood as an heap1 and at the    
words of his mouth the receptacles of   
waters4    #ci3ah ,at his commandment is
 done whatsoever pleaseth him2 and none 
can  hinder1 when he will save4         
#ci3ai ,the works of all flesh are      
before him1 and nothing can be hid  from
 his eyes4    #ci3bj ,he seeth from     
everlasting to everlasting2 and there is
 nothing  wonderful before him4         
#ci3ba ,a man need not to say1 ,what is 
this8 wherefore is that8 for he  hath   
made all things for their uses4         
#ci3bb ,his blessing covered the dry    

land as a river1 and watered it as a    
flood4    #ci3bc ,as he hath turned the 
waters into saltness3 so shall the      
heathen  inherit his wrath4    #ci3bd   
,as his ways are plain unto the holy2 so
 are they stumblingblocks  unto the     
wicked4    #ci3be ,for the good are good
 things created from the beginning3 so  
evil  things for sinners4    #ci3bf ,the
 principal things for the whole use of  
man's life are water1  fire1 iron1 and  
salt1 flour of wheat1 honey1 milk1 and  
the blood of the  grape1 and oil1 and   
clothing4    #ci3bg ,all these things   
are for good to the godly3 so to the    
sinners  they are turned into evil4     
#ci3bh ,there be spirits that are       
created for vengeance1 which in their   
fury lay on sore strokes2 in the time of
 destruction they pour out  their force1
 and appease the wrath of him that made 
them4    #ci3bi ,fire1 and hail1 and    
famine1 and death1 all these were       
created for  vengeance2    #ci3cj ,teeth
 of wild beasts1 and scorpions1         

serpents1 and the sword  punishing the  
wicked to destruction4    #ci3ca ,they  
shall rejoice in his commandment1 and   
they shall be ready  upon earth1 when   
need is2 and when their time is come1   
they shall not  transgress his word4    
#ci3cb ,therefore from the beginning ,i 
was resolved1 and thought upon  these   
things1 and have left them in writing4  
#ci3cc ,all the works of the ,lord are  
good3 and he will give every  needful   
thing in due season4    #ci3cd ,so that 
a man cannot say1 ,this is worse than   
that3 for in time  they shall all be    
well approved4    #ci3ce ,and therefore 
praise ye the ,lord with the whole heart
 and mouth1  and bless the name of the  
,lord4    #dj3a ,great travail is       
created for every man1 and an heavy yoke
 is upon  the sons of ,adam1 from the   
day that they go out of their mother's  
womb1  till the day that they return to 
the mother of all things4    #dj3b      
,their imagination of things to come1   
and the day of death1  trouble their    

thoughts1 and cause fear of heart2      
#dj3c ,from him that sitteth on a throne
 of glory1 unto him that is  humbled in 
earth and ashes2    #dj3d ,from him that
 weareth purple and a crown1 unto him   
that is clothed  with a linen frock4    
#dj3e ,wrath1 and envy1 trouble1 and    
unquietness1 fear of death1 and  anger1 
and strife1 and in the time of rest upon
 his bed his night  sleep1 do change his
 knowledge4    #dj3f ,a little or       
nothing is his rest1 and afterward he is
 in his sleep1  as in a day of keeping  
watch1 troubled in the vision of his    
heart1 as  if he were escaped out of a  
battle4    #dj3g ,when all is safe1 he  
awaketh1 and marvelleth that the fear   
was  nothing4    #dj3h ,such things     
happen unto all flesh1 both man and     
beast1 and that  is sevenfold more upon 
sinners4    #dj3i ,death1 and bloodshed1
 strife1 and sword1 calamities1 famine1 
tribulation1 and the scourge2    #dj3aj 
,these things are created for the       
wicked1 and for their sakes came  the   

flood4    #dj3aa ,all things that are of
 the earth shall turn to the earth      
again3  and that which is of the waters 
doth return into the sea4    #dj3ab ,all
 bribery and injustice shall be blotted 
out3 but true dealing  shall endure for 
ever4    #dj3ac ,the goods of the unjust
 shall be dried up like a river1 and    
shall  vanish with noise1 like a great  
thunder in rain4    #dj3ad ,while he    
openeth his hand he shall rejoice3 so   
shall  transgressors come to nought4    
#dj3ae ,the children of the ungodly     
shall not bring forth many branches3    
but are as unclean roots upon a hard    
rock4    #dj3af ,the weed growing upon  
every water and bank of a river shall be
  pulled up before all grass4    #dj3ag 
,bountifulness is as a most fruitful    
garden1 and mercifulness  endureth for  
ever4    #dj3ah ,to labour1 and to be   
content with that a man hath1 is a sweet
  life3 but he that findeth a treasure  
is above them both4    #dj3ai ,children 
and the building of a city continue a   

man's name3 but a  blameless wife is    
counted above them both4    #dj3bj ,wine
 and musick rejoice the heart3 but the  
love of wisdom is  above them both4     
#dj3ba ,the pipe and the psaltery make  
sweet melody3 but a pleasant  tongue is 
above them both4    #dj3bb ,thine eye   
desireth favour and beauty3 but more    
than both corn  while it is green4      
#dj3bc ,a friend and companion never    
meet amiss3 but above both is a wife    
with her husband4    #dj3bd ,brethren   
and help are against time of trouble3   
but alms shall  deliver more than them  
both4    #dj3be ,gold and silver make   
the foot stand sure3 but counsel is     
esteemed  above them both4    #dj3bf    
,riches and strength lift up the heart3 
but the fear of the ,lord  is above them
 both3 there is no want in the fear of  
the ,lord1 and it  needeth not to seek  
help4    #dj3bg ,the fear of the ,lord  
is a fruitful garden1 and covereth him  
above  all glory4    #dj3bh ,my son1    
lead not a beggar's life2 for better it 

is to die than to  beg4    #dj3bi ,the  
life of him that dependeth on another   
man's table is not to  be counted for a 
life2 for he polluteth himself with     
other men's meat3  but a wise man well  
nurtured will beware thereof4    #dj3cj 
,begging is sweet in the mouth of the   
shameless3 but in his belly  there shall
 burn a fire4    #da3a ,o death1 how    
bitter is the remembrance of thee to a  
man that  liveth at rest in his         
possessions1 unto the man that hath     
nothing to  vex him1 and that hath      
prosperity in all things3 yea1 unto him 
that is  yet able to receive meat6      
#da3b ,o death1 acceptable is thy       
sentence unto the needy1 and unto him   
whose strength faileth1 that is now in  
the last age1 and is vexed with  all    
things1 and to him that despaireth1 and 
hath lost patience6    #da3c ,fear not  
the sentence of death1 remember them    
that have been  before thee1 and that   
come after2 for this is the sentence of 
the ,lord  over all flesh4    #da3d ,and

 why art thou against the pleasure of   
the most ,high8 there is  no inquisition
 in the grave1 whether thou have lived  
ten1 or an  hundred1 or a thousand      
years4    #da3e ,the children of sinners
 are abominable children1 and they that 
are  conversant in the dwelling of the  
ungodly4    #da3f ,the inheritance of   
sinners' children shall perish1 and     
their  posterity shall have a perpetual 
reproach4    #da3g ,the children will   
complain of an ungodly father1 because  
they  shall be reproached for his sake4 
#da3h ,woe be unto you1 ungodly men1    
which have forsaken the law of the  most
 high ,god6 for if ye increase1 it shall
 be to your destruction3    #da3i ,and  
if ye be born1 ye shall be born to a    
curse3 and if ye die1 a  curse shall be 
your portion4    #da3aj ,all that are of
 the earth shall turn to earth again3 so
 the  ungodly shall go from a curse to  
destruction4    #da3aa ,the mourning of 
men is about their bodies3 but an ill   
name of  sinners shall be blotted out4  

#da3ab ,have regard to thy name2 for    
that shall continue with thee above  a  
thousand great treasures of gold4       
#da3ac ,a good life hath but few days3  
but a good name endureth for ever4      
#da3ad ,my children1 keep discipline in 
peace3 for wisdom that is hid1  and a   
treasure that is not seen1 what profit  
is in them both8    #da3ae ,a man that  
hideth his foolishness is better than a 
man that  hideth his wisdom4    #da3af  
,therefore be shamefaced according to my
 word3 for it is not good  to retain all
 shamefacedness2 neither is it          
altogether approved in  every thing4    
#da3ag ,be ashamed of whoredom before   
father and mother3 and of a lie  before 
a prince and a mighty man2    #da3ah ,of
 an offence before a judge and ruler2 of
 iniquity before a  congregation and    
people2 of unjust dealing before thy    
partner and  friend2    #da3ai ,and of  
theft in regard of the place where thou 
sojournest1 and in  regard of the truth 
of ,god and his covenant2 and to lean   

with thine  elbow upon the meat2 and of 
scorning to give and take2    #da3bj    
,and of silence before them that salute 
thee2 and to look upon an  harlot2      
#da3ba ,and to turn away thy face from  
thy kinsman2 or to take away a  portion 
or a gift2 or to gaze upon another man's
 wife4    #da3bb ,or to be overbusy with
 his maid1 and come not near her bed2 or
 of  upbraiding speeches before friends2
 and after thou hast given1 upbraid     
not2    #da3bc ,or of iterating and     
speaking again that which thou hast     
heard2  and of revealing of secrets4    
#da3bd ,so shalt thou be truly          
shamefaced and find favour before all   
men4    #db3a ,of these things be not   
thou ashamed1 and accept no person to   
sin  thereby3    #db3b ,of the law of   
the most ,high1 and his covenant2 and of
 judgment to  justify the ungodly2      
#db3c ,of reckoning with thy partners   
and travellers2 or of the gift of  the  
heritage of friends2    #db3d ,of       
exactness of balance and weights2 or of 

getting much or little2    #db3e ,and of
 merchants' indifferent selling2 of much
 correction of  children2 and to make   
the side of an evil servant to bleed4   
#db3f ,sure keeping is good1 where an   
evil wife is2 and shut up1 where  many  
hands are4    #db3g ,deliver all things 
in number and weight2 and put all in    
writing  that thou givest out1 or       
receivest in4    #db3h ,be not ashamed  
to inform the unwise and foolish1 and   
the extreme  aged that contendeth with  
those that are young3 thus shalt thou be
  truly learned1 and approved of all men
 living4    #db3i ,the father waketh for
 the daughter1 when no man knoweth2 and 
the  care for her taketh away sleep3    
when she is young1 lest she pass away   
the flower of her age2 and being        
married1 lest she should be hated3      
#db3aj ,in her virginity1 lest she      
should be defiled and gotten with  child
 in her father's house2 and having an   
husband1 lest she should  misbehave     
herself2 and when she is married1 lest  

she should be barren4    #db3aa ,keep a 
sure watch over a shameless daughter1   
lest she make thee a  laughingstock to  
thine enemies1 and a byword in the city1
 and a  reproach among the people1 and  
make thee ashamed before the multitude4 
#db3ab ,behold not every body's beauty1 
and sit not in the midst of  women4     
#db3ac ,for from garments cometh a moth1
 and from women wickedness4    #db3ad   
,better is the churlishness of a man    
than a courteous woman1 a  woman1 ,i    
say1 which bringeth shame and reproach4 
#db3ae ,i will now remember the works of
 the ,lord1 and declare the things  that
 ,i have seen3 ,in the words of the     
,lord are his works4    #db3af ,the sun 
that giveth light looketh upon all      
things1 and the work  thereof is full of
 the glory of the ,lord4    #db3ag ,the 
,lord hath not given power to the saints
 to declare all his  marvellous works1  
which the ,almighty ,lord firmly        
settled1 that  whatsoever is might be   
established for his glory4    #db3ah ,he

 seeketh out the deep1 and the heart1   
and considereth their  crafty devices3  
for the ,lord knoweth all that may be   
known1 and he  beholdeth the signs of   
the world4    #db3ai ,he declareth the  
things that are past1 and for to come1  
and  revealeth the steps of hidden      
things4    #db3bj ,no thought escapeth  
him1 neither any word is hidden from    
him4    #db3ba ,he hath garnished the   
excellent works of his wisdom1 and he is
  from everlasting to everlasting3 unto 
him may nothing be added1 neither  can  
he be diminished1 and he hath no need of
 any counsellor4    #db3bb ,oh how      
desirable are all his works6 and that a 
man may see even  to a spark4    #db3bc 
,all these things live and remain for   
ever for all uses1 and they  are all    
obedient4    #db3bd ,all things are     
double one against another3 and he hath 
made  nothing imperfect4    #db3be ,one 
thing establisheth the good or another3 
and who shall be  filled with beholding 
his glory8    #dc3a ,the pride of the   

height1 the clear firmament1 the beauty 
of  heaven1 with his glorious shew2     
#dc3b ,the sun when it appeareth1       
declaring at his rising a marvellous    
instrument1 the work of the most ,high3 
#dc3c ,at noon it parcheth the country1 
and who can abide the burning  heat     
thereof8    #dc3d ,a man blowing a      
furnace is in works of heat1 but the sun
 burneth  the mountains three times     
more2 breathing out fiery vapours1 and  
sending forth bright beams1 it dimmeth  
the eyes4    #dc3e ,great is the ,lord  
that made it2 and at his commandment    
runneth  hastily4    #dc3f ,he made the 
moon also to serve in her season for a  
declaration of  times1 and a sign of the
 world4    #dc3g ,from the moon is the  
sign of feasts1 a light that decreaseth 
in  her perfection4    #dc3h ,the month 
is called after her name1 increasing    
wonderfully in her  changing1 being an  
instrument of the armies above1 shining 
in the  firmament of heaven2    #dc3i   
,the beauty of heaven1 the glory of the 

stars1 an ornament giving  light in the 
highest places of the ,lord4    #dc3aj  
,at the commandment of the ,holy ,one   
they will stand in their  order1 and    
never faint in their watches4    #dc3aa 
,look upon the rainbow1 and praise him  
that made it2 very  beautiful it is in  
the brightness thereof4    #dc3ab ,it   
compasseth the heaven about with a      
glorious circle1 and the  hands of the  
most ,high have bended it4    #dc3ac ,by
 his commandment he maketh the snow to  
fall apace1 and sendeth  swiftly the    
lightnings of his judgment4    #dc3ad   
,through this the treasures are opened3 
and clouds fly forth as  fowls4         
#dc3ae ,by his great power he maketh the
 clouds firm1 and the hailstones  are   
broken small4    #dc3af ,at his sight   
the mountains are shaken1 and at his    
will the south  wind bloweth4    #dc3ag 
,the noise of the thunder maketh the    
earth to tremble3 so doth the  northern 
storm and the whirlwind3 as birds flying
 he scattereth the  snow1 and the       

falling down thereof is as the lighting 
of grasshoppers3    #dc3ah ,the eye     
marvelleth at the beauty of the         
whiteness thereof1 and  the heart is    
astonished at the raining of it4        
#dc3ai ,the hoarfrost also as salt he   
poureth on the earth1 and being         
congealed1 it lieth on the top of sharp 
stakes4    #dc3bj ,when the cold north  
wind bloweth1 and the water is congealed
 into  ice1 it abideth upon every       
gathering together of water1 and        
clotheth  the water as with a           
breastplate4    #dc3ba ,it devoureth the
 mountains1 and burneth the wilderness1 
and  consumeth the grass as fire4       
#dc3bb ,a present remedy of all is a    
mist coming speedily1 a dew coming      
after heat refresheth4    #dc3bc ,by his
 counsel he appeaseth the deep1 and     
planteth islands  therein4    #dc3bd    
,they that sail on the sea tell of the  
danger thereof2 and when we  hear it    
with our ears1 we marvel thereat4       
#dc3be ,for therein be strange and      

wondrous works1 variety of all kinds  of
 beasts and whales created4    #dc3bf   
,by him the end of them hath prosperous 
success1 and by his word  all things    
consist4    #dc3bg ,we may speak much1  
and yet come short3 wherefore in sum1 he
 is  all4    #dc3bh ,how shall we be    
able to magnify him8 for he is great    
above all  his works4    #dc3bi ,the    
,lord is terrible and very great1 and   
marvellous is his power4    #dc3cj ,when
 ye glorify the ,lord1 exalt him as much
 as ye can2 for even  yet will he far   
exceed3 and when ye exalt him1 put forth
 all your  strength1 and be not weary2  
for ye can never go far enough4         
#dc3ca ,who hath seen him1 that he might
 tell us8 and who can magnify him  as he
 is8    #dc3cb ,there are yet hid       
greater things than these be1 for we    
have seen  but a few of his works4      
#dc3cc ,for the ,lord hath made all     
things2 and to the godly hath he given  
wisdom4    #dd3a ,let us now praise     
famous men1 and our fathers that begat  

us4    #dd3b ,the ,lord hath wrought    
great glory by them through his great   
power  from the beginning4    #dd3c     
,such as did bear rule in their         
kingdoms1 men renowned for their  power1
 giving counsel by their understanding1 
and declaring prophecies3    #dd3d      
,leaders of the people by their         
counsels1 and by their knowledge of     
learning meet for the people1 wise and  
eloquent are their instructions3        
#dd3e ,such as found out musical tunes1 
and recited verses in writing3    #dd3f 
,rich men furnished with ability1 living
 peaceably in their  habitations3       
#dd3g ,all these were honoured in their 
generations1 and were the glory  of     
their times4    #dd3h ,there be of them1
 that have left a name behind them1 that
 their  praises might be reported4      
#dd3i ,and some there be1 which have no 
memorial2 who are perished1 as  though  
they had never been2 and are become as  
though they had never  been born2 and   
their children after them4    #dd3aj    

,but these were merciful men1 whose     
righteousness hath not been  forgotten4 
#dd3aa ,with their seed shall           
continually remain a good inheritance1  
and  their children are within the      
covenant4    #dd3ab ,their seed standeth
 fast1 and their children for their     
sakes4    #dd3ac ,their seed shall      
remain for ever1 and their glory shall  
not be  blotted out4    #dd3ad ,their   
bodies are buried in peace2 but their   
name liveth for  evermore4    #dd3ae    
,the people will tell of their wisdom1  
and the congregation will  shew forth   
their praise4    #dd3af ,enoch pleased  
the ,lord1 and was translated1 being an 
example of  repentance to all           
generations4    #dd3ag ,noah was found  
perfect and righteous2 in the time of   
wrath he was  taken in exchange for the 
world2 therefore was he left as a       
remnant  unto the earth1 when the flood 
came4    #dd3ah ,an everlasting covenant
 was made with him1 that all flesh      
should  perish no more by the flood4    

#dd3ai ,abraham was a great father of   
many people3 in glory was there  none   
like unto him2    #dd3bj ,who kept the  
law of the most ,high1 and was in       
covenant with him3  he established the  
covenant in his flesh2 and when he was  
proved1 he  was found faithful4         
#dd3ba ,therefore he assured him by an  
oath1 that he would bless the  nations  
in his seed1 and that he would multiply 
him as the dust of the  earth1 and exalt
 his seed as the stars1 and cause them  
to inherit from  sea to sea1 and from   
the river unto the utmost part of the   
land4    #dd3bb ,with ,isaac did he     
establish likewise for ,abraham his     
father's  sake the blessing of all men1 
and the covenant1 ,and made it rest upon
  the head of ,jacob4 ,he acknowledged  
him in his blessing1 and gave him an    
heritage1 and divided his portions2     
among the twelve tribes did he part     
them4    #de3a ,and he brought out of   
him a merciful man1 which found favour  
in  the sight of all flesh1 even ,moses1

 beloved of ,god and men1 whose         
memorial is blessed4    #de3b ,he made  
him like to the glorious saints1 and    
magnified him1 so  that his enemies     
stood in fear of him4    #de3c ,by his  
words he caused the wonders to cease1   
and he made him  glorious in the sight  
of kings1 and gave him a commandment for
 his  people1 and shewed him part of his
 glory4    #de3d ,he sanctified him in  
his faithfuless and meekness1 and chose 
him  out of all men4    #de3e ,he made  
him to hear his voice1 and brought him  
into the dark  cloud1 and gave him      
commandments before his face1 even the  
law of life  and knowledge1 that he     
might teach ,jacob his covenants1 and   
,israel his  judgments4    #de3f ,he    
exalted ,aaron1 an holy man like unto   
him1 even his brother1 of  the tribe of 
,levi4    #de3g ,an everlasting covenant
 he made with him and gave him the      
priesthood among the people2 he         
beautified him with comely ornaments1   
and clothed him with a robe of glory4   

#de3h ,he put upon him perfect glory2   
and strengthened him with rich          
garments1 with breeches1 with a long    
robe1 and the ephod4    #de3i ,and he   
compassed him with pomegranates1 and    
with many golden bells  round about1    
that as he went there might be a sound1 
and a noise made  that might be heard in
 the temple1 for a memorial to the      
children of  his people2    #de3aj ,with
 an holy garment1 with gold1 and blue   
silk1 and purple1 the  work of the      
embroiderer1 with a breastplate of      
judgment1 and with ,urim  and ,thummim2 
#de3aa ,with twisted scarlet1 the work  
of the cunning workman1 with  precious  
stones graven like seals1 and set in    
gold1 the work of the  jeweller1 with a 
writing engraved for a memorial1 after  
the number of  the tribes of ,israel4   
#de3ab ,he set a crown of gold upon the 
mitre1 wherein was engraved  ,holiness1 
an ornament of honour1 a costly work1   
the desires of the  eyes1 goodly and    
beautiful4    #de3ac ,before him there  

were none such1 neither did ever any    
stranger  put them on1 but only his     
children and his children's children    
perpetually4    #de3ad ,their sacrifices
 shall be wholly consumed every day     
twice  continually4    #de3ae ,moses    
consecrated him1 and anointed him with  
holy oil3 this was  appointed unto him  
by an everlasting covenant1 and to his  
seed1 so long  as the heavens should    
remain1 that they should minister unto  
him1 and  execute the office of the     
priesthood1 and bless the people in his 
name4    #de3af ,he chose him out of all
 men living to offer sacrifices to the  
,lord1 incense1 and a sweet savour1 for 
a memorial1 to make  reconciliation for 
his people4    #de3ag ,he gave unto him 
his commandments1 and authority in the  
statutes  of judgments1 that he should  
teach ,jacob the testimonies1 and inform
  ,israel in his laws4    #de3ah        
,strangers conspired together against   
him1 and maligned him in the            
wilderness1 even the men that were of   

,dathan's and ,abiron's side1 and  the  
congregation of ,core1 with fury and    
wrath4    #de3ai ,this the ,lord saw1   
and it displeased him1 and in his       
wrathful  indignation were they         
consumed3 he did wonders upon them1 to  
consume  them with the fiery flame4     
#de3bj ,but he made ,aaron more         
honourable1 and gave him an heritage1   
and  divided unto him the firstfruits of
 the increase2 especially he  prepared  
bread in abundance3    #de3ba ,for they 
eat of the sacrifices of the ,lord1     
which he gave unto  him and his seed4   
#de3bb ,howbeit in the land of the      
people he had no inheritance1 neither   
had he any portion among the people3 for
 the ,lord himself is his  portion and  
inheritance4    #de3bc ,the third in    
glory is ,phinees the son of ,eleazar1  
because he had  zeal in the fear of the 
,lord1 and stood up with good courage of
 heart3  when the people were turned    
back1 and made reconciliation for       
,israel4    #de3bd ,therefore was there 

a covenant of peace made with him1 that 
he  should be the chief of the sanctuary
 and of his people1 and that he and  his
 posterity should have the dignity of   
the priesthood for ever3    #de3be      
,according to the covenant made with    
,david son of ,jesse1 of the  tribe of  
,juda1 that the inheritance of the king 
should be to his  posterity alone3 so   
the inheritance of ,aaron should also be
 unto his  seed4    #de3bf ,god give you
 wisdom in your heart to judge his      
people in  righteousness1 that their    
good things be not abolished1 and that  
their  glory may endure for ever4       
#df3a ,jesus the son a ,nave was valiant
 in the wars1 and was the  successor of 
,moses in prophecies1 who according to  
his name was made  great for the saving 
of the elect of ,god1 and taking        
vengeance of the  enemies that rose up  
against them1 that he might set ,israel 
in their  inheritance4    #df3b ,how    
great glory gat he1 when he did lift up 
his hands1 and  stretched out his sword 

against the cities6    #df3c ,who before
 him so stood to it8 for the ,lord      
himself brought his  enemies unto him4  
#df3d ,did not the sun go back by his   
means8 and was not one day as long  as  
two8    #df3e ,he called upon the most  
high ,lord1 when the enemies pressed    
upon  him on every side2 and the great  
,lord heard him4    #df3f ,and with     
hailstones of mighty power he made the  
battle to fall  violently upon the      
nations1 and in the descent of          
,beth-horon he  destroyed them that     
resisted1 that the nations might know   
all their  strength1 because he fought  
in the sight of the ,lord1 and he       
followed  the ,mighty ,one4    #df3g ,in
 the time of ,moses also he did a work  
of mercy1 he and ,caleb the  son of     
,jephunne1 in that they withstood the   
congregation1 and withheld  the people  
from sin1 and appeased the wicked       
murmuring4    #df3h ,and of six hundred 
thousand people on foot1 they two were  
preserved to bring them in to the       

heritage1 even unto the land that       
floweth with milk and honey4    #df3i   
,the ,lord gave strength also unto      
,caleb1 which remained with him  unto   
his old age3 so that he entered upon the
 high places of the land1  and his seed 
obtained it for an heritage3    #df3aj  
,that all the children of ,israel might 
see that it is good to  follow the      
,lord4    #df3aa ,and concerning the    
judges1 every one by name1 whose heart  
went  not a whoring1 nor departed from  
the ,lord1 let their memory be blessed4 
#df3ab ,let their bones flourish out of 
their place1 and let the name of  them  
that were honoured be continued upon    
their children4    #df3ac ,samuel1 the  
prophet of the ,lord1 beloved of his    
,lord1 established  a kingdom1 and      
anointed princes over his people4       
#df3ad ,by the law of the ,lord he      
judged the congregation1 and the ,lord  
had respect unto ,jacob4    #df3ae ,by  
his faithfulness he was found a true    
prophet1 and by his word  he was known  

to be faithful in vision4    #df3af ,he 
called upon the mighty ,lord1 when his  
enemies pressed upon him  on every side1
 when he offered the sucking lamb4      
#df3ag ,and the ,lord thundered from    
heaven1 and with a great noise made  his
 voice to be heard4    #df3ah ,and he   
destroyed the rulers of the ,tyrians1   
and all the princes  cf the             
,philistines4    #df3ai ,and before his 
long sleep he made protestations in the 
sight of  the ,lord and his anointed1 ,i
 have not taken any man's goods1 so much
 as  a shoe3 and no man did accuse him4 
#df3bj ,and after his death he          
prophesied1 and shewed the king his end1
  and lifted up his voice from the earth
 in prophecy1 to blot out the           
wickedness of the people4    #dg3a ,and 
after him rose up ,nathan to prophesy in
 the time of ,david4    #dg3b ,as is the
 fat taken away from the peace offering1
 so was ,david  chosen out of the       
children of ,israel4    #dg3c ,he played
 with lions as with kids1 and with bears

 as with lambs4    #dg3d ,slew he not a 
giant1 when he was yet but young8 and   
did he not  take away reproach from the 
people1 when he lifted up his hand with 
the  stone in the sling1 and beat down  
the boasting of ,goliath8    #dg3e ,for 
he called upon the most high ,lord2 and 
he gave him strength in  his right hand 
to slay that mighty warrior1 and set up 
the horn of his  people4    #dg3f ,so   
the people honoured him with ten        
thousands1 and praised him in  the      
blessings of the ,lord1 in that he gave 
him a crown of glory4    #dg3g ,for he  
destroyed the enemies on every side1 and
 brought to nought  the ,philistines his
 adversaries1 and brake their horn in   
sunder unto  this day4    #dg3h ,in all 
his works he praised the ,holy ,one most
 high with words of  glory2 with his    
whole heart he sung songs1 and loved him
 that made him4    #dg3i ,he set singers
 also before the altar1 that by their   
voices they  might make sweet melody1   
and daily sing praises in their songs4  

#dg3aj ,he beautified their feasts1 and 
set in order the solemn times  until the
 end1 that they might praise his holy   
name1 and that the  temple might sound  
from morning4    #dg3aa ,the ,lord took 
away his sins1 and exalted his horn for 
ever3 he  gave him a covenant of kings1 
and a throne of glory in ,israel4       
#dg3ab ,after him rose up a wise son1   
and for his sake he dwelt at large4     
#dg3ac ,solomon reigned in a peaceable  
time1 and was honoured2 for ,god  made  
all quiet round about him1 that he might
 build an house in his  name1 and       
prepare his sanctuary for ever4         
#dg3ad ,how wise wast thou in thy youth 
and1 as a flood1 filled with            
understanding6    #dg3ae ,thy soul      
covered the whole earth1 and thou       
filledst it with dark  parables4        
#dg3af ,thy name went far unto the      
islands2 and for thy peace thou wast    
beloved4    #dg3ag ,the countries       
marvelled at thee for thy songs1 and    
proverbs1 and  parables1 and            

interpretations4    #dg3ah ,by the name 
of the ,lord ,god1 which is called the  
,lord ,god of  ,israel1 thou didst      
gather gold as tin and didst multiply   
silver as  lead4    #dg3ai ,thou didst  
bow thy loins unto women1 and by thy    
body thou wast  brought into subjection4
    #dg3bj ,thou didst stain thy honour1
 and pollute thy seed3 so that thou     
broughtest wrath upon thy children1 and 
wast grieved for thy folly4    #dg3ba   
,so the kingdom was divided1 and out of 
,ephraim ruled a rebellious  kingdom4   
#dg3bb ,but the ,lord will never leave  
off his mercy1 neither shall any of  his
 works perish1 neither will he abolish  
the posterity of his elect1  and the    
seed of him that loveth him he will not 
take away3 wherefore he  gave a remnant 
unto ,jacob1 and out of him a root unto 
,david4    #dg3bc ,thus rested ,solomon 
with his fathers1 and of his seed he    
left  behind him ,roboam1 even the      
foolishness of the people1 and one that 
had  no understanding1 who turned away  

the people through his counsel4 ,there  
was also ,jeroboam the son of ,nebat1   
who caused ,israel to sin1 and  shewed  
,ephraim the way of sin3    #dg3bd ,and 
their sins were multiplied exceedingly1 
that they were driven  out of the land4 
#dg3be ,for they sought out all         
wickedness1 till the vengeance came upon
  them4    #dh3a ,then stood up ,elias  
the prophet as fire1 and his word burned
 like  a lamp4    #dh3b ,he brought a   
sore famine upon them1 and by his zeal  
he diminished  their number4    #dh3c   
,by the word of the ,lord he shut up the
 heaven1 and also three  times brought  
down fire4    #dh3d ,o ,elias1 how wast 
thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds6 and
 who may  glory like unto thee6    #dh3e
 ,who didst raise up a dead man from    
death1 and his soul from the  place of  
the dead1 by the word of the most ,high3
    #dh3f ,who broughtest kings to      
destruction1 and honorable men from     
their  bed3    #dh3g ,who heardest the  
rebuke of the ,lord in ,sinai1 and in   

,horeb the  judgment of vengeance3      
#dh3h ,who annointedst kings to take    
revenge1 and prophets to succeed  after 
him3    #dh3i ,who was taken up in a    
whirlwind of fire1 and in a chariot of  
fiery  horses3    #dh3aj ,who wast      
ordained for reproofs in their times1 to
 pacify the  wrath of the ,lord's       
judgment1 before it brake forth into    
fury1 and to  turn the heart of the     
father unto the son1 and to restore the 
tribes of  ,jacob4    #dh3aa ,blessed   
are they that saw thee1 and slept in    
love2 for we shall  surely live4        
#dh3ab ,elias it was1 who was covered   
with a whirlwind3 and ,eliseus was      
filled with his spirit3 whilst he lived1
 he was not moved with the  presence of 
any prince1 neither could any bring him 
into subjection4    #dh3ac ,no word     
could overcome him2 and after his death 
his body  prophesied4    #dh3ad ,he did 
wonders in his life1 and at his death   
were his works  marvellous4    #dh3ae   
,for all this the people repented not1  

neither departed they from  their sins1 
till they were spoiled and carried out  
of their land1 and  were scattered      
through all the earth3 yet there        
remained a small  people1 and a ruler in
 the house of ,david3    #dh3af ,of whom
 some did that which was pleasing to    
,god1 and some  multiplied sins4        
#dh3ag ,ezekias fortified his city1 and 
brought in water into the midst         
thereof3 he digged the hard rock with   
iron1 and made wells for waters4        
#dh3ah ,in his time ,sennacherib came   
up1 and sent ,rabsaces1 and lifted up   
his hand against ,sion1 and boasted     
proudly4    #dh3ai ,then trembled their 
hearts and hands1 and they were in pain1
 as  women in travail4    #dh3bj ,but   
they called upon the ,lord which is     
merciful1 and stretched  out their hands
 toward him3 and immediately the ,holy  
,one heard them out  of heaven1 and     
delivered them by the ministry of ,esay4
    #dh3ba ,he smote the host of the    
,assyrians1 and his angel destroyed     

them4    #dh3bb ,for ,ezekias had done  
the thing that pleased the ,lord1 and   
was  strong in the ways of ,david his   
father1 as ,esay the prophet1 who was   
great and faithful in his vision1 had   
commanded him4    #dh3bc ,in his time   
the sun went backward1 and he lengthened
 the king's  life4    #dh3bd ,he saw by 
an excellent spirit what should come to 
pass at the  last1 and he comforted them
 that mourned in ,sion4    #dh3be ,he   
shewed what should come to pass for     
ever1 and secret things or  ever they   
came4    #di3a ,the remembrance of      
,josias is like the composition of the  
perfume  that is made by the art of the 
apothecary3 it is sweet as honey in all 
mouths1 and as musick at a banquet of   
wine4    #di3b ,he behaved himself      
uprightly in the conversion of the      
people1 and  took away the abominations 
of iniquity4    #di3c ,he directed his  
heart unto the ,lord1 and in the time of
 the  ungodly he established the worship
 of ,god4    #di3d ,all1 except ,david  

and ,ezekias and ,josias1 were          
defective3 for they  forsook the law of 
the most ,high1 even the kings of ,juda 
failed4    #di3e ,therefore he gave     
their power unto others1 and their glory
 to a  strange nation4    #di3f ,they   
burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary1 
and made the streets  desolate1         
according to the prophecy of ,jeremias4 
#di3g ,for they entreated him evil1 who 
nevertheless was a prophet1  sanctified 
in his mother's womb1 that he might root
 out1 and afflict1  and destroy2 and    
that he might build up also1 and plant4 
#di3h ,it was ,ezekiel who saw the      
glorious vision1 which was shewed him   
upon the chariot of the cherubims4      
#di3i ,for he made mention of the       
enemies under the figure of the rain1   
and directed them that went right4      
#di3aj ,and of the twelve prophets let  
the memorial be blessed1 and let  their 
bones flourish again out of their place3
 for they comforted  ,jacob1 and        
delivered them by assured hope4         

#di3aa ,how shall we magnify ,zorobabel8
 even he was as a signet on the  right  
hand3    #di3ab ,so was ,jesus the son  
of ,josedec3 who in their time builded  
the  house1 and set up an holy temple to
 the ,lord1 which was prepared for      
everlasting glory4    #di3ac ,and among 
the elect was ,neemias1 whose renown is 
great1 who  raised up for us the walls  
that were fallen1 and set up the gates  
and  the bars1 and raised up our ruins  
again4    #di3ad ,but upon the earth was
 no man created like ,enoch2 for he was 
taken from the earth4    #di3ae ,neither
 was there a young man born like        
,joseph1 a governor of his  brethren1 a 
stay of the people1 whose bones were    
regarded of the ,lord4    #di3af ,sem   
and ,seth were in great honour among    
men1 and so was ,adam  above every      
living thing in creation4    #ej3a      
,simon the high priest1 the son of      
,onias1 who in his life repaired  the   
house again1 and in his days fortified  
the temple3    #ej3b ,and by him was    

built from the foundation the double    
height1 the  high fortress of the wall  
about the temple3    #ej3c ,in his days 
the cistern to receive water1 being in  
compass as the  sea1 was covered with   
plates of brass3    #ej3d ,he took care 
of the temple that it should not fall1  
and fortified  the city against         
besieging3    #ej3e ,how was he honoured
 in the midst of the people in his      
coming out  of the sanctuary6    #ej3f  
,he was as the morning star in the midst
 of a cloud1 and as the  moon at the    
full3    #ej3g ,as the sun shining upon 
the temple of the most ,high1 and as the
  rainbow giving light in the bright    
clouds3    #ej3h ,and as the flower of  
roses in the spring of the year1 as     
lilies by  the rivers of waters1 and as 
the branches of the frankincense tree in
  the time of summer3    #ej3i ,as fire 
and incense in the censer1 and as a     
vessel of beaten gold  set with all     
manner of precious stones3    #ej3aj    
,and as a fair olive tree budding forth 

fruit1 and as a cypress  tree which     
groweth up to the clouds4    #ej3aa     
,when he put on the robe of honour1 and 
was clothed with the  perfection of     
glory1 when he went up to the holy      
altar1 he made the  garment of holiness 
honourable4    #ej3ab ,when he took the 
portions out of the priests' hands1 he  
himself  stood by the hearth of the     
altar1 compassed about1 as a young cedar
 in  ,libanus2 and as palm trees        
compassed they him round about4         
#ej3ac ,so were all the sons of ,aaron  
in their glory1 and the oblations  of   
the ,lord in their hands1 before all the
 congregation of ,israel4    #ej3ad ,and
 finishing the service at the altar1    
that he might adorn the  offering of the
 most high ,almighty1    #ej3ae ,he     
stretched out his hand to the cup1 and  
poured of the blood of  the grape1 he   
poured out at the foot of the altar a   
sweetsmelling  savour unto the most high
 ,king of all4    #ej3af ,then shouted  
the sons of ,aaron1 and sounded the     

silver trumpets1  and made a great noise
 to be heard1 for a remembrance before  
the most  ,high4    #ej3ag ,then all the
 people together hasted1 and fell down  
to the earth  upon their faces to       
worship their ,lord ,god ,almighty1 the 
most ,high4    #ej3ah ,the singers also 
sang praises with their voices1 with    
great  variety of sounds was there made 
sweet melody4    #ej3ai ,and the people 
besought the ,lord1 the most ,high1 by  
prayer before  him that is merciful1    
till the solemnity of the ,lord was     
ended1 and  they had finished his       
service4    #ej3bj ,then he went down1  
and lifted up his hands over the whole  
congregation of the children of ,israel1
 to give the blessing of the  ,lord with
 his lips1 and to rejoice in his name4  
#ej3ba ,and they bowed themselves down  
to worship the second time1 that  they  
might receive a blessing from the most  
,high4    #ej3bb ,now therefore bless ye
 the ,god of all1 which only doeth      
wondrous  things every where1 which     

exalteth our days from the womb1 and    
dealeth  with us according to his mercy4
    #ej3bc ,he grant us joyfulness of   
heart1 and that peace may be in our     
days in ,israel for ever3    #ej3bd     
,that he would confirm his mercy with   
us1 and deliver us at his  time6        
#ej3be ,there be two manner of nations  
which my heart abhorreth1 and the  third
 is no nation3    #ej3bf ,they that sit 
upon the mountain of ,samaria1 and they 
that dwell  among the ,philistines1 and 
that foolish people that dwell in       
,sichem4    #ej3bg ,jesus the son of    
,sirach of ,jerusalem hath written in   
this book  the instruction of           
understanding and knowledge1 who out of 
his heart  poured forth wisdom4         
#ej3bh ,blessed is he that shall be     
exercised in these things2 and he  that 
layeth them up in his heart shall become
 wise4    #ej3bi ,for if he do them1 he 
shall be strong to all things3 for the  
light of the ,lord leadeth him1 who     
giveth wisdom to the godly4 ,blessed  be

 the name of the ,lord for ever4 ,amen1 
,amen4    ,a ,prayer of ,jesus the son  
of ,sirach4    #ea3a ,i will thank thee1
 ,o ,lord and ,king1 and praise thee1 ,o
 ,god my  ,saviour3 ,i do give praise   
unto thy name3    #ea3b ,for thou art my
 defender and helper1 and has preserved 
my body  from destruction1 and from the 
snare of the slanderous tongue1 and from
  the lips that forge lies1 and has been
 mine helper against mine  adversaries3 
#ea3c ,and hast delivered me1 according 
to the multitude of thy mercies  and    
greatness of thy name1 from the teeth of
 them that were ready to  devour me1 and
 out of the hands of such as sought     
after my life1 and  from the manifold   
afflictions which ,i had2    #ea3d ,from
 the choking of fire on every side1 and 
from the midst of the  fire which ,i    
kindled not2    #ea3e ,from the depth of
 the belly of hell1 from an unclean     
tongue1 and  from lying words4    #ea3f 
,by an accusation to the king from an   
unrighteous tongue my soul  drew near   

even unto death1 my life was near to the
 hell beneath4    #ea3g ,they compassed 
me on every side1 and there was no man  
to help me3  ,i looked for the succour  
of men1 but there was none4    #ea3h    
,then thought ,i upon thy mercy1 ,o     
,lord1 and upon thy acts of old1  how   
thou deliverest such as wait for thee1  
and savest them out of the  hands of the
 enemies4    #ea3i ,then lifted ,i up my
 supplications from the earth1 and      
prayed for  deliverance from death4     
#ea3aj ,i called upon the ,lord1 the    
,father of my ,lord1 that he would not  
leave me in the days of my trouble1 and 
in the time of the proud1 when  there   
was no help4    #ea3aa ,i will praise   
thy name continually1 and will sing     
praises with  thanksgiving2 and so my   
prayer was heard3    #ea3ab ,for thou   
savedst me from destruction1 and        
deliveredst me from the  evil time3     
therefore will ,i give thanks1 and      
praise thee1 and bless thy  name1 ,o    
,lord4    #ea3ac ,when ,i was yet young1

 or ever ,i went abroad1 ,i desired     
wisdom  openly in my prayer4    #ea3ad  
,i prayed for her before the temple1 and
 will seek her out even to  the end4    
#ea3ae ,even from the flower till the   
grape was ripe hath my heart  delighted 
in her3 my foot went the right way1 from
 my youth up sought ,i  after her4      
#ea3af ,i bowed down mine ear a little1 
and received her1 and gat much          
learning4    #ea3ag ,i profited therein1
 therefore will ,i ascribe glory unto   
him that  giveth me wisdom4    #ea3ah   
,for ,i purposed to do after her1 and   
earnestly ,i followed that  which is    
good2 so shall ,i not be confounded4    
#ea3ai ,my soul hath wrestled with her1 
and in my doings ,i was exact3 ,i       
stretched forth my hands to the heaven  
above1 and bewailed my  ignorances of   
her4    #ea3bj ,i directed my soul unto 
her1 and ,i found her in pureness3 ,i   
have  had my heart joined with her from 
the beginning1 therefore shall ,i not   
be foresaken4    #ea3ba ,my heart was   

troubled in seeking her3 therefore have 
,i gotten a  good possession4    #ea3bb 
,the ,lord hath given me a tongue for my
 reward1 and ,i will praise  him        
therewith4    #ea3bc ,draw near unto me1
 ye unlearned1 and dwell in the house of
  learning4    #ea3bd ,wherefore are ye 
slow1 and what say ye to these things1  
seeing  your souls are very thirsty8    
#ea3be ,i opened my mouth1 and said1    
,buy her for yourselves without  money4 
#ea3bf ,put your neck under the yoke1   
and let your soul receive  instruction3 
she is hard at hand to find4    #ea3bg  
,behold with your eyes1 how that ,i have
 but little labour1 and  have gotten    
unto me much rest4    #ea3bh ,get       
learning with a great sum of money1 and 
get much gold by her4    #ea3bi ,let    
your soul rejoice in his mercy1 and be  
not ashamed of his  praise4    #ea3cj   
,work your work betimes1 and in his time
 he will give you your  reward4         
,the ,book of ,baruch      #a3a ,and    
these are the words of the book1 which  

,baruch the son of  ,nerias1 the son of 
,maasias1 the son of ,sedecias1 the son 
of ,asadias1  the son of ,chelcias1     
wrote in ,babylon1    #a3b ,in the fifth
 year1 and in the seventh day of the    
month1 what time  as the ,chaldeans took
 ,jerusalem1 and burnt it with fire4    
#a3c ,and ,baruch did read the words of 
this book in the hearing of  ,jechonias 
the son of ,joachim king of ,juda1 and  
in the ears of all the  people that came
 to hear the book1    #a3d ,and in the  
hearing of the nobles1 and of the king's
 sons1 and in  the hearing of the       
elders1 and of all the people1 from the 
lowest unto  the highest1 even of all   
them that dwelt at ,babylon by the river
 ,sud4    #a3e ,whereupon they wept1    
fasted1 and prayed before the ,lord4    
#a3f ,they made also a collection of    
money according to every man's  power3  
#a3g ,and they sent it to ,jerusalem    
unto ,joachim the high priest1 the son  
of ,chelcias1 son of ,salom1 and to the 
priests1 and to all the people  which   

were found with him at ,jerusalem1      
#a3h ,at the same time when he received 
the vessels of the house of the  ,lord1 
that were carried out of the temple1 to 
return them into the land  of ,juda1 the
 tenth day of the month ,sivan1 namely1 
silver vessels1  which ,sedecias the son
 of ,josias king of ,jada had made1     
#a3i ,after that ,nabuchodonosor king of
 ,babylon had carried away  ,jechonias1 
and the princes1 and the captives1 and  
the mighty men1 and  the people of the  
land1 from ,jerusalem1 and brought them 
unto ,babylon4    #a3aj ,and they said1 
,behold1 we have sent you money to buy  
you burnt  offerings1 and sin offerings1
 and incense1 and prepare ye manna1 and 
offer upon the altar of the ,lord our   
,god2    #a3aa ,and pray for the life of
 ,nabuchodonosor king of ,babylon1 and  
for  the life of ,balthasar his son1    
that their days may be upon earth as the
  days of heaven3    #a3ab ,and the     
,lord will give us strength1 and lighten
 our eyes1 and we  shall live under the 

shadow of ,nabuchodonosor king of       
,babylon1 and  under the shadow of      
,balthasar his son1 and we shall serve  
them many  days1 and find favour in     
their sight4    #a3ac ,pray for us also 
unto the ,lord our ,god1 for we have    
sinned against  the ,lord our ,god2 and 
unto this day the fury of the ,lord and 
his wrath  is not turned from us4       
#a3ad ,and ye shall read this book which
 we have sent unto you1 to make         
confession in the house of the ,lord1   
upon the feasts and solemn days4        
#a3ae ,and ye shall say1 ,to the ,lord  
our ,god belongeth righteousness1 but   
unto us the confusion of faces1 as it is
 come to pass this day1 unto  them of   
,juda1 and to the inhabitants of        
,jerusalem1    #a3af ,and to our kings1 
and to our princes1 and to our priests1 
and to  our prophets1 and to our        
fathers3    #a3ag ,for we have sinned   
before the ,lord1    #a3ah ,and         
disobeyed him1 and have not hearkened   
unto the voice of the  ,lord our ,god1  

to walk in the commandments that he gave
 us openly3    #a3ai ,since the day that
 the ,lord brought our forefathers out  
of the  land of ,egypt1 unto this       
present day1 we have been disobedient   
unto the  ,lord our ,god1 and we have   
been negligent in not hearing his voice4
    #a3bj ,wherefore the evils cleaved  
unto us1 and the curse1 which the ,lord 
appointed by ,moses his servant at the  
time that he brought our fathers  out of
 the land of ,egypt1 to give us a land  
that floweth with milk and  honey1 like 
as it is to see this day4    #a3ba      
,nevertheless we have not hearkened unto
 the voice of the ,lord our  ,god1      
according unto all the words of the     
prophets1 whom he sent unto  us3        
#a3bb ,but every man followed the       
imagination of his own wicked heart1 to 
serve strange gods1 and to do evil in   
the sight of the ,lord our ,god4    #b3a
 ,therefore the ,lord hath made good his
 word1 which he pronounced  against us1 
and against our judges that judged      

,israel1 and against our  kings1 and    
against our princes1 and against the men
 of ,israel and ,juda1    #b3b ,to bring
 upon us great plagues1 such as never   
happened under the  whole heaven1 as it 
came to pass in ,jerusalem1 according to
 the things  that were written in the   
law of ,moses2    #b3c ,that a man      
should eat the flesh of his own son1 and
 the flesh of  his own daughter4    #b3d
 ,moreover he hath delivered them to be 
in subjection to all the  kingdoms that 
are round about us1 to be as a reproach 
and desolation  among all the people    
round about1 where the ,lord hath       
scattered them4    #b3e ,thus we were   
cast down1 and not exalted1 because we  
have sinned  against the ,lord our ,god1
 and have not been obedient unto his    
voice4    #b3f ,to the ,lord our ,god   
appertaineth righteousness3 but unto us 
and to  our fathers open shame1 as      
appeareth this day4    #b3g ,for all    
these plagues are come upon us1 which   
the ,lord hath  pronounced against us   

#b3h ,yet have we not prayed before the 
,lord1 that we might turn every  one    
from the imaginations of his wicked     
heart4    #b3i ,wherefore the ,lord     
watched over us for evil1 and the ,lord 
hath  brought it upon us3 for the ,lord 
is righteous in all his works which he  
hath commanded us4    #b3aj ,yet we have
 not hearkened unto his voice1 to walk  
in the  commandments of the ,lord1 that 
he hath set before us4    #b3aa ,and    
now1 ,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 that hast
 brought thy people out of  the land of 
,egypt with a mighty hand1 and high arm1
 and with signs1 and  with wonders1 and 
with great power1 and hast gotten       
thyself a name1 as  appeareth this day3 
#b3ab ,o ,lord our ,god1 we have sinned1
 we have done ungodly1 we have  dealt   
unrighteously in all thine ordinances4  
#b3ac ,let thy wrath turn from us3 for  
we are but a few left among the         
heathen1 where thou hast scattered us4  
#b3ad ,hear our prayers1 ,o ,lord1 and  
our petitions1 and deliver us for  thine

 own sake1 and give us favour in the    
sight of them which have led  us away3  
#b3ae ,that all the earth may know that 
thou art the ,lord our ,god1  because   
,israel and his posterity is called by  
thy name4    #b3af ,o ,lord1 look down  
from thine holy house1 and consider us3 
bow down  thine ear1 ,o ,lord1 to hear  
us4    #b3ag ,open thine eyes1 and      
behold2 for the dead that are in the    
graves1  whose souls are taken from     
their bodies1 will give unto the ,lord  
neither praise nor righteousness3       
#b3ah ,but the soul that is greatly     
vexed1 which goeth stooping and  feeble1
 and the eyes that fail1 and the hungry 
soul1 will give thee  praise and        
righteousness1 ,o ,lord4    #b3ai       
,therefore we do not make our humble    
supplication before thee1 ,o  ,lord our 
,god1 for the righteousness of our      
fathers1 and of our kings4    #b3bj ,for
 thou hast sent out thy wrath and       
indignation upon us1 as thou  hast      
spoken by thy servants the prophets1    

saying1    #b3ba ,thus saith the ,lord1 
,bow down your shoulders to serve the   
king of  ,babylon3 so shall ye remain in
 the land that ,i gave unto your        
fathers4    #b3bb ,but if ye will not   
hear the voice of the ,lord1 to serve   
the king  of ,babylon1    #b3bc ,i will 
cause to cease out of the cites of      
,judah1 and from without  ,jerusalem1   
the voice of mirth1 and the voice of    
joy1 the voice of the  bridegroom1 and  
the voice of the bride3 and the whole   
land shall be  desolate of inhabitants4 
#b3bd ,but we would not hearken unto thy
 voice1 to serve the king of  ,babylon3 
therefore hast thou made good the words 
that thou spakest by  thy servants the  
prophets1 namely1 that the bones of our 
kings1 and the  bones of our fathers1   
should be taken out of their place4     
#b3be ,and1 lo1 they are cast out to the
 heat of the day1 and to the  frost of  
the night1 and they died in great       
miseries by famine1 by  sword1 and by   
pestilence4    #b3bf ,and the house     

which is called by thy name hast thou   
laid waste1 as  it is to be seen this   
day1 for the wickedness of the house of 
,israel  and the house of ,juda4        
#b3bg ,o ,lord our ,god1 thou hast dealt
 with us after all thy goodness1  and   
according to all that great mercy of    
thine1    #b3bh ,as thou spakest by thy 
servant ,moses in the day when thou     
didst  command him to write the law     
before the children of ,israel1 saying1 
#b3bi ,if ye will not hear my voice1    
surely this very great multitude  shall 
be turned into a small number among the 
nations1 where ,i will  scatter them4   
#b3cj ,for ,i knew that they would not  
hear me1 because it is a  stiffnecked   
people3 but in the land of their        
captivities they shall  remember        
themselves4    #b3ca ,and shall know    
that ,i am the ,lord their ,god3 for ,i 
will give them  an heart1 and ears to   
hear3    #b3cb ,and they shall praise me
 in the land of their captivity1 and    
think  upon my name1    #b3cc ,and      

return from their stiff neck1 and from  
their wicked deeds3 for  they shall     
remember the way of their fathers1 which
 sinned before the  ,lord4    #b3cd ,and
 ,i will bring them again into the land 
which ,i promised with an  oath unto    
their fathers1 ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and    
,jacob1 and they shall be  lords of it3 
and ,i will increase them1 and they     
shall not be  diminished4    #b3ce ,and 
,i will make an everlasting covenant    
with them to be their ,god1  and they   
shall be my people3 and ,i will no more 
drive my people of  ,israel out of the  
land that ,i have given them4    #c3a ,o
 ,lord ,almighty1 ,god of ,israel1 the  
soul in anguish the troubled  spirit1   
crieth unto thee4    #c3b ,hear1 ,o     
,lord1 and have mercy2 as thou art      
merciful3 and have pity  upon us1       
because we have sinned before thee4     
#c3c ,for thou endurest for ever1 and we
 perish utterly4    #c3d ,o ,lord       
,almighty1 thou ,god of ,israel1 hear   
now the prayers of the  dead            

,israelites1 and of their children1     
which have sinned before thee1  and not 
hearkened unto the voice of thee their  
,god3 for the which cause  these plagues
 cleave unto us4    #c3e ,remember not  
the iniquities of our forefathers3 but  
think upon thy  power and thy name now  
at this time4    #c3f ,for thou art the 
,lord our ,god1 and thee1 ,o ,lord1 will
 we praise4    #c3g ,and for this cause 
thou hast put thy fear in our hearts1 to
 the  intent that we should call upon   
thy name1 and praise thee in our        
captivity3 for we have called to mind   
all the iniquity of our  forefathers1   
that sinned before thee4    #c3h        
,behold1 we are yet this day in our     
captivity1 where thou hast  scattered   
us1 for a reproach and a curse1 and to  
be subject to  payments1 according to   
all the iniquities of our fathers1 which
  departed from the ,lord our ,god4     
#c3i ,hear1 ,israel1 the commandments of
 life3 give ear to understand  wisdom4  
#c3aj ,how happeneth it ,israel1 that   

thou art in thine enemies' land1  that  
thou art waxen old in a strange country1
 that thou art defiled  with the dead1  
#c3aa ,that thou art counted with them  
that go down into the grave8    #c3ab   
,thou hast forsaken the fountain of     
wisdom4    #c3ac ,for if thou hadst     
walked in the way of ,god1 thou         
shouldest have  dwelled in peace for    
ever4    #c3ad ,learn where is wisdom1  
where is strength1 where is             
understanding2  that thou mayest know   
also where is length of days1 and life1 
where is  the light of the eyes1 and    
peace4    #c3ae ,who hath found out her 
place8 or who hath come into her        
treasures8    #c3af ,where are the      
princes of the heathen become1 and such 
as ruled the  beasts upon the earth2    
#c3ag ,they that had their pastime with 
the fowls of the air1 and they  that    
hoarded up silver and gold1 wherein men 
trust1 and made no end of  their        
getting8    #c3ah ,for they that wrought
 in silver1 and were so careful1 and    

whose  works are unsearchable1    #c3ai 
,they are vanished and gone down to the 
grave1 and others are come  up in their 
steads4    #c3bj ,young men have seen   
light1 and dwelt upon the earth3 but the
 way  of knowledge have they not known1 
#c3ba ,nor understood the paths thereof1
 nor laid hold of it3 their  children   
were far off from that way4    #c3bb ,it
 hath not been heard of in ,chanaan1    
neither hath it been seen in  ,theman4  
#c3bc ,the ,agarenes that seek wisdom   
upon earth1 the merchants of ,meran  and
 of ,theman1 the authors of fables1 and 
searchers out of  understanding2 none of
 these have known the way of wisdom1 or 
remember  her paths4    #c3bd ,o        
,israel1 how great is the house of ,god6
 and how large is the  place of his     
possession6    #c3be ,great1 and hath   
none end2 high1 and unmeasurable4       
#c3bf ,there were the giants famous from
 the beginning1 that were of so  great  
stature1 and so expert in war4    #c3bg 
,those did not the ,lord choose1 neither

 gave he the way of  knowledge unto     
them3    #c3bh ,but they were destroyed1
 because they had no wisdom1 and        
perished  through their own foolishness4
    #c3bi ,who hath gone up into heaven1
 and taken her1 and brought her down    
from the clouds8    #c3cj ,who hath gone
 over the sea1 and found her1 and will  
bring her for  pure gold8    #c3ca ,no  
man knoweth her way1 nor thinketh of her
 path4    #c3cb ,but he that knoweth all
 things knoweth her1 and hath found her 
out  with his understanding3 he that    
prepared the earth for evermore hath    
filled it with fourfooted beasts3       
#c3cc ,he that sendeth forth light1 and 
it goeth1 calleth it again1 and  it     
obeyeth him with fear4    #c3cd ,the    
stars shined in their watches1 and      
rejoiced3 when he calleth  them1 they   
say1 ,here we be2 and so with           
cheerfulness they shewed light  unto him
 that made them4    #c3ce ,this is our  
,god1 and there shall none other be     
accounted of in  comparison of him      

#c3cf ,he hath found out all the way of 
knowledge1 and hath given it unto       
,jacob his servant1 and to ,israel his  
beloved4    #c3cg ,afterward did he shew
 himself upon earth1 and conversed with 
men4    #d3a ,this is the book of the   
commandments of ,god1 and the law that  
endureth for ever3 all they that keep it
 shall come to life2 but such  as leave 
it shall die4    #d3b ,turn thee1 ,o    
,jacob1 and take hold of it3 walk in the
 presence of  the light thereof1 that   
thou mayest be illuminated4    #d3c     
,give not thine honour to another1 nor  
the things that are  profitable unto    
thee to a strange nation4    #d3d ,o    
,israel1 happy are we3 for things that  
are pleasing to ,god are  made known    
unto us4    #d3e ,be of good cheer1 my  
people1 the memorial of ,israel4    #d3f
 ,ye were sold to the nations1 not for  
your destruction3 but  because ye moved 
,god to wrath1 ye were delivered unto   
the enemies4    #d3g ,for ye provoked   
him that made you by sacrificing unto   

devils1 and  not to ,god4    #d3h ,ye   
have forgotten the everlasting ,god1    
that brought you up2 and ye  have       
grieved ,jerusalem1 that nursed you4    
#d3i ,for when she saw the wrath of ,god
 coming upon you1 she said1  ,hearken1  
,o ye that dwell about ,sion3 ,god hath 
brought upon me great  mourning2        
#d3aj ,for ,i saw the captivity of my   
sons and daughters1 which the           
,everlasting brought upon them4    #d3aa
 ,with joy did ,i nourish them2 but sent
 them away with weeping and  mourning4  
#d3ab ,let no man rejoice over me1 a    
widow1 and forsaken of many1 who for    
the sins of my children am left         
desolate2 because they departed from    
the law of ,god4    #d3ac ,they knew not
 his statutes1 nor walked in the ways of
 his  commandments1 nor trod in the     
paths of discipline in his              
righteousness4    #d3ad ,let them that  
dwell about ,sion come1 and remember ye 
the captivity  of my sons and daughters1
 which the ,everlasting hath brought    

upon them4    #d3ae ,for he hath brought
 a nation upon them from far1 a         
shameless  nation1 and of a strange     
language1 who neither reverenced old    
man1 nor  pitied child4    #d3af ,these 
have carried away the dear beloved      
children of the widow1  and left her    
that was alone desolate without         
daughters4    #d3ag ,but what can ,i    
help you8    #d3ah ,for he that brought 
these plagues upon you will deliver you 
from  the hands of your enemies4        
#d3ai ,go your way1 ,o my children1 go  
your way3 for ,i am left desolate4      
#d3bj ,i have put off the clothing of   
peace1 and put upon me the  sackcloth of
 my prayer3 ,i will cry unto the        
,everlasting in my days4    #d3ba ,be of
 good cheer1 ,o my children1 cry unto   
the ,lord1 and he will  deliver you from
 the power and hand of the enemies4     
#d3bb ,for my hope is in the            
,everlasting1 that he will save you2 and
 joy  is come unto me from the ,holy    
,one1 because of the mercy which shall  

soon come unto you from the ,everlasting
 our ,saviour4    #d3bc ,for ,i sent you
 out with mourning and weeping3 but ,god
 will give  you to me again with joy and
 gladness for ever4    #d3bd ,like as   
now the neighbours of ,sion have seen   
your captivity3 so  shall they see      
shortly your salvation from our ,god    
which shall come  upon you with great   
glory1 and brightness of the            
,everlasting4    #d3be ,my children1    
suffer patiently the wrath that is come 
upon you from  ,god3 for thine enemy    
hath persecuted thee2 but shortly thou  
shalt see  his destruction1 and shalt   
tread upon his neck4    #d3bf ,my       
delicate ones have gone rough ways1 and 
were taken away as a  flock caught of   
the enemies4    #d3bg ,be of good       
comfort1 ,o my children1 and cry unto   
,god3 for ye shall  be remembered of him
 that brought these things upon you4    
#d3bh ,for as it was your mind to go    
astray from ,god3 so1 being returned1   
seek him ten times more4    #d3bi ,for  

he that hath brought these plagues upon 
you shall bring you  everlasting joy    
with your salvation4    #d3cj ,take a   
good heart1 ,o ,jerusalem3 for he that  
gave thee that name  will comfort thee4 
#d3ca ,miserable are they that afflicted
 thee1 and rejoiced at thy fall4        
#d3cb ,miserable are the cities which   
thy children served3 miserable is  she  
that received thy sons4    #d3cc ,for as
 she rejoiced at thy ruin1 and was glad 
of thy fall3 so  shall she be grieved   
for her own desolation4    #d3cd ,for ,i
 will take away the rejoicing of her    
great multitude1 and her  pride shall be
 turned into mourning4    #d3ce ,for    
fire shall come upon her from the       
,everlasting1 long to endure2  and she  
shall be inhabited of devils for a great
 time4    #d3cf ,o ,jerusalem1 look     
about thee toward the east1 and behold  
the joy  that cometh unto thee from     
,god4    #d3cg ,lo1 thy sons come1 whom 
thou sentest away1 they come gathered   
together from the east to the west by   

the word of the ,holy ,one1  rejoicing  
in the glory of ,god4    #e3a ,put off1 
,o ,jerusalem1 the garment of mourning  
and affliction1 and  put on the         
comeliness of the glory that cometh from
 ,god for ever4    #e3b ,cast about thee
 a double garment of the righteousness  
which cometh  from ,god2 and set a      
diadem on thine head of the glory of the
  ,everlasting4    #e3c ,for ,god will  
shew thy brightness unto every country  
under heaven4    #e3d ,for thy name     
shall be called of ,god for ever ,the   
peace of  righteousness1 and ,the glory 
of ,god's worship4    #e3e ,arise1 ,o   
,jerusalem1 and stand on high1 and look 
about toward the  east1 and behold thy  
children gathered from the west unto the
 east by  the word of the ,holy ,one1   
rejoicing in the remembrance of ,god4   
#e3f ,for they departed from thee on    
foot1 and were led away of their        
enemies3 but ,god bringeth them unto    
thee exalted with glory1 as  children of
 the kingdom4    #e3g ,for ,god hath    

appointed that every high hill1 and     
banks of long  continuance1 should be   
cast down1 and valleys filled up1 to    
make even  the ground1 that ,israel may 
go safely in the glory of ,god1    #e3h 
,moreover even the woods and every      
sweetsmelling tree shall  overshadow    
,israel by the commandment of ,god4     
#e3i ,for ,god shall lead ,israel with  
joy in the light of his glory with  the 
mercy and righteousness that cometh from
 him4          ,the ,epistle or ,letter 
of ,jeremiah ,jeremy  ,the ,epistle of  
,jeremy sometimes ,chapter ,six of      
,baruch      #f3a ,a copy of an epistle1
 which ,jeremy sent unto them which were
 to be  led captives into ,babylon by   
the king of the ,babylonians1 to certify
  them1 as it was commanded him of ,god4
    #f3b ,because of the sins which ye  
have committed before ,god1 ye shall be 
led away captives into ,babylon by      
,nabuchodonosor king of the             
,babylonians4    #f3c ,so when ye be    
come unto ,babylon1 ye shall remain     

there many years1  and for a long       
season1 namely1 seven generations3 and  
after that ,i will  bring you away      
peaceably from thence4    #f3d ,now     
shall ye see in ,babylon gods of silver1
 and of gold1 and of  wood1 borne upon  
shoulders1 which cause the nations to   
fear4    #f3e ,beware therefore that ye 
in no wise be like to strangers1 neither
  be ye afraid of them1 when ye see the 
multitude before them and behind  them1 
worshipping them4    #f3f ,but say ye in
 your hearts1 ,o ,lord1 we must worship 
thee4    #f3g ,for mine angel is with   
you1 and ,i myself caring for your      
souls4    #f3h ,as for their tongue1 it 
is polished by the workman1 and they    
themselves are gilded and laid over with
 silver2 yet are they but  false1 and   
cannot speak4    #f3i ,and taking gold1 
as it were for a virgin that loveth to  
go gay1  they make crowns for the heads 
of their gods4    #f3aj ,sometimes also 
the priests convey from their gods gold 
and silver1  and bestow it upon         

themselves4    #f3aa ,yea1 they will    
give thereof to the common harlots1 and 
deck them  as men with garments1 being  
gods of silver1 and gods of gold1 and   
wood4    #f3ab ,yet cannot these gods   
save themselves from rust and moth1     
though  they be covered with purple     
raiment4    #f3ac ,they wipe their faces
 because of the dust of the temple1 when
  there is much upon them4    #f3ad ,and
 he that cannot put to death one that   
offendeth him holdeth a  sceptre1 as    
though he were a judge of the country4  
#f3ae ,he hath also in his right hand a 
dagger and an ax3 but cannot  deliver   
himself from war and thieves4    #f3af  
,whereby they are known not to be gods3 
therefore fear them not4    #f3ag ,for  
like as a vessel that a man useth is    
nothing worth when it is  broken2 even  
so it is with their gods3 when they be  
set up in the  temple1 their eyes be    
full of dust through the feet of them   
that come  in4    #f3ah ,and as the     
doors are made sure on every side upon  

him that  offendeth the king1 as being  
committed to suffer death3 even so the  
priests make fast their temples with    
doors1 with locks1 and bars1 lest  their
 gods be spoiled with robbers4    #f3ai 
,they light them candles1 yea1 more than
 for themselves1 whereof  they cannot   
see one4    #f3bj ,they are as one of   
the beams of the temple1 yet they say   
their  hearts are gnawed upon by things 
creeping out of the earth2 and when     
they eat them and their clothes1 they   
feel it not4    #f3ba ,their faces are  
blacked through the smoke that cometh   
out of the  temple4    #f3bb ,upon their
 bodies and heads sit bats1 swallows1   
and birds1 and the  cats also4    #f3bc 
,by this ye may know that they are no   
gods3 therefore fear them  not4    #f3bd
 ,notwithstanding the gold that is about
 them to make them  beautiful1 except   
they wipe off the rust1 they will not   
shine3 for  neither when they were      
molten did they feel it4    #f3be ,the  
things wherein there is no breath are   

bought for a most high  price4    #f3bf 
,they are borne upon shoulders1 having  
no feet whereby they declare  unto men  
that they be nothing worth4    #f3bg    
,they also that serve them are ashamed3 
for if they fall to the  ground at any  
time1 they cannot rise up again of      
themselves3 neither1  if one set them   
upright1 can they move of themselves3   
neither1 if they  be bowed down1 can    
they make themselves straight3 but they 
set gifts  before them as unto dead men4
    #f3bh ,as for the things that are   
sacrificed unto them1 their priests     
sell and abuse2 in like manner their    
wives lay up part thereof in salt2  but 
unto the poor and impotent they give    
nothing of it4    #f3bi ,menstruous     
women and women in childbed eat their   
sacrifices3 by  these things ye may know
 that they are no gods3 fear them not4  
#f3cj ,for how can they be called gods8 
because women set meat before the  gods 
of silver1 gold1 and wood4    #f3ca ,and
 the priests sit in their temples1      

having their clothes rent1  and their   
heads and beards shaven1 and nothing    
upon their heads4    #f3cb ,they roar   
and cry before their gods1 as men do at 
the feast when  one is dead4    #f3cc   
,the priests also take off their        
garments1 and clothe their wives  and   
children4    #f3cd ,whether it be evil  
that one doeth unto them1 or good1 they 
are not  able to recompense it3 they can
 neither set up a king1 nor put him     
down4    #f3ce ,in like manner1 they can
 neither give riches nor money3 though a
  man make a vow unto them1 and keep it 
not1 they will not require it4    #f3cf 
,they can save no man from death1       
neither deliver the weak from the       
mighty4    #f3cg ,they cannot restore a 
blind man to his sight1 nor help any man
 in  his distress4    #f3ch ,they can   
shew no mercy to the widow1 nor do good 
to the  fatherless4    #f3ci ,their gods
 of wood1 and which are overlaid with   
gold and silver1  are like the stones   
that be hewn out of the mountain3 they  

that worship  them shall be confounded4 
#f3dj ,how should a man then think and  
say that they are gods1 when even  the  
,chaldeans themselves dishonour them8   
#f3da ,who if they shall see one dumb   
that cannot speak1 they bring him1  and 
intreat ,bel that he may speak1 as      
though he were able to  understand4     
#f3db ,yet they cannot understand this  
themselves1 and leave them3 for  they   
have no knowledge4    #f3dc ,the women  
also with cords about them1 sitting in  
the ways1 burn  bran for perfume3 but if
 any of them1 drawn by some that passeth
 by1  lie with him1 she reproacheth her 
fellow1 that she was not thought as     
worthy as herself1 nor her cord broken4 
#f3dd ,whatsoever is done among them is 
false3 how may it then be thought  or   
said that they are gods8    #f3de ,they 
are made of carpenters and goldsmiths3  
they can be nothing  else than the      
workmen will have them to be4    #f3df  
,and they themselves that made them can 
never continue long2 how  should then   

the things that are made of them be     
gods8    #f3dg ,for they left lies and  
reproaches to them that come after4     
#f3dh ,for when there cometh any war or 
plague upon them1 the priests  consult  
with themselves1 where they may be      
hidden with them4    #f3di ,how then    
cannot men perceive that they be no     
gods1 which can  neither save themselves
 from war1 nor from plague8    #f3ej    
,for seeing they be but of wood1 and    
overlaid with silver and gold1  it shall
 be known hereafter that they are false3
    #f3ea ,and it shall manifestly      
appear to all nations and kings that    
they  are no gods1 but the works of     
men's hands1 and that there is no work  
of  ,god in them4    #f3eb ,who then may
 not know that they are no gods8        
#f3ec ,for neither can they set up a    
king in the land1 nor give rain unto    
men4    #f3ed ,neither can they judge   
their own cause1 nor redress a wrong1   
being  unable3 for they are as crows    
between heaven and earth4    #f3ee      

,whereupon when fire falleth upon the   
house of gods of wood1 or  laid over    
with gold or silver1 their priests will 
flee away1 and  escape2 but they        
themselves shall be burned asunder like 
beams4    #f3ef ,moreover they cannot   
withstand any king or enemies3 how can  
it  then be thought or said that they be
 gods8    #f3eg ,neither are those gods 
of wood1 and laid over with silver or   
gold1  able to escape either from       
thieves or robbers4    #f3eh ,whose     
gold1 and silver1 and garments wherewith
 they are clothed1  they that are strong
 do take1 and go away withal3 neither   
are they able  to help themselves4      
#f3ei ,therefore it is better to be a   
king that sheweth his power1 or  else a 
profitable vessel in an house1 which the
 owner shall have use  of1 than such    
false gods2 or to be a door in an house1
 to keep such  things therein1 than such
 false gods1 or a pillar of wood in a   
palace1  than such false gods4    #f3fj 
,for sun1 moon1 and stars1 being bright 

and sent to do their  offices1 are      
obedient4    #f3fa ,in like manner the  
lightning when it breaketh forth is easy
 to be  seen2 and after the same manner 
the wind bloweth in every country4      
#f3fb ,and when ,god commandeth the     
clouds to go over the whole world1  they
 do as they are bidden4    #f3fc ,and   
the fire sent from above to consume     
hills and woods doeth as  it is         
commanded3 but these are like unto them 
neither in shew nor  power4    #f3fd    
,wherefore it is neither to be supposed 
nor said that they are  gods1 seeing1   
they are able neither to judge causes1  
nor to do good  unto men4    #f3fe      
,knowing therefore that they are no     
gods1 fear them not1    #f3ff ,for they 
can neither curse nor bless kings3      
#f3fg ,neither can they shew signs in   
the heavens among the heathen1 nor      
shine as the sun1 nor give light as the 
moon4    #f3fh ,the beasts are better   
than they3 for they can get under a     
cover  and help themselves4    #f3fi ,it

 is then by no means manifest unto us   
that they are gods3  therefore fear them
 not4    #f3gj ,for as a scarecrow in a 
garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing3 so 
are their gods of wood1 and laid over   
with silver and gold4    #f3ga ,and     
likewise their gods of wood1 and laid   
over with silver and  gold1 are like to 
a white thorn in an orchard1 that every 
bird sitteth  upon2 as also to a dead   
body1 that is cast into the dark4       
#f3gb ,and ye shall know them to be no  
gods by the bright purple that  rotteth 
upon them3 and they themselves afterward
 shall be eaten1 and  shall be a        
reproach in the country4    #f3gc       
,better therefore is the just man that  
hath none idols3 for he  shall be far   
from reproach4          ,the ,song of   
the ,three ,holy ,children      ,which  
followeth in the third ,chapter of      
,,daniel after this place1--fell  down  
bound into the midst of the burning     
fiery furnace4--,verse #bc4 ,that  which
 followeth is not in the ,hebrew1 to    

wit1 ,and they walked--unto  these      
words4 ,then ,nebuchadnezzar--verse #bd4
    #a ,and they walked in the midst of 
the fire1 praising ,god1 and blessing   
the ,lord4    #b ,then ,azarias stood   
up1 and prayed on this manner2 and      
opening his  mouth in the midst of the  
fire said1    #c ,blessed art thou1 ,o  
,lord ,god of our fathers3 thy name is  
worthy to be  praised and glorified for 
evermore3    #d ,for thou art righteous 
in all the things that thou hast done to
 us3  yea1 true are all thy works1 thy  
ways are right1 and all thy judgments   
truth4    #e ,in all the things that    
thou hast brought upon us1 and upon the 
holy  city of our fathers1 even         
,jerusalem1 thou hast executed true     
judgment3  for according to truth and   
judgment didst thou bring all these     
things  upon us because of our sins4    
#f ,for we have sinned and committed    
iniquity1 departing from thee4    #g ,in
 all things have we trespassed1 and not 
obeyed thy commandments1  nor kept them1

 neither done as thou hast commanded us1
 that it might go  well with us4    #h  
,wherefore all that thou hast brought   
upon us1 and every thing that  thou hast
 done to us1 thou hast done in true     
judgment4    #i ,and thou didst deliver 
us into the hands of lawless enemies1   
most  hateful forsakers of ,god1 and to 
an unjust king1 and the most wicked in  
all the world4    #aj ,and now we cannot
 open our mouths1 we are become a shame 
and  reproach to thy servants1 and to   
them that worship thee4    #aa ,yet     
deliver us not up wholly1 for thy name's
 sake1 neither disannul  thou thy       
covenant3    #ab ,and cause not thy     
mercy to depart from us1 for thy beloved
 ,abraham's  sake1 for thy servant      
,isaac's sake1 and for thy holy         
,israel's sake2    #ac ,to whom thou    
hast spoken and promised1 that thou     
wouldest multiply  their seed as the    
stars of heaven1 and as the sand that   
lieth upon the  seashore4    #ad ,for   
we1 ,o ,lord1 are become less than any  

nation1 and be kept under  this day in  
all the world because of our sins4      
#ae ,neither is there at this time      
prince1 or prophet1 or leader1 or  burnt
 offering1 or sacrifice1 or oblation1 or
 incense1 or place to  sacrifice before 
thee1 and to find mercy4    #af         
,nevertheless in a contrite heart and an
 humble spirit let us be  accepted4     
#ag ,like as in the burnt offerings of  
rams and bullocks1 and like as in  ten  
thousands of fat lambs3 so let our      
sacrifice be in thy sight this  day1 and
 grant that we may wholly go after thee3
 for they shall not be  confounded that 
put their trust in thee4    #ah ,and now
 we follow thee with all our heart1 we  
fear thee1 and seek  thy face4    #ai   
,put us not to shame3 but deal with us  
after thy lovingkindness1 and  according
 to the multitude of thy mercies4    #bj
 ,deliver us also according to thy      
marvellous works1 and give glory to  thy
 name1 ,o ,lord3 and let all them that  
do thy servants hurt be  ashamed2    #ba

 ,and let them be confounded in all     
their power and might1 and let  their   
strength be broken2    #bb ,and let them
 know that thou art ,lord1 the only     
,god1 and glorious  over the whole      
world4    #bc ,and the king's servants1 
that put them in1 ceased not to make the
  oven hot with rosin1 pitch1 tow1 and  
small wood2    #bd ,so that the flame   
streamed forth above the furnace forty  
and nine  cubits4    #be ,and it passed 
through1 and burned those ,chaldeans it 
found about the  furnace4    #bf ,but   
the angel of the ,lord came down into   
the oven together with  ,azarias and his
 fellows1 and smote the flame of the    
fire out of the  oven2    #bg ,and made 
the midst of the furnace as it had been 
a moist whistling  wind1 so that the    
fire touched them not at all1 neither   
hurt nor  troubled them4    #bh ,then   
the three1 as out of one mouth1 praised1
 glorified1 and  blessed1 ,god in the   
furnace1 saying1    #bi ,blessed art    
thou1 ,o ,lord ,god of our fathers3 and 

to be praised and  exalted above all for
 ever4    #cj ,and blessed is thy       
glorious and holy name3 and to be       
praised and  exalted above all for ever4
    #ca ,blessed art thou in the temple 
of thine holy glory3 and to be  praised 
and glorified above all for ever4    #cb
 ,blessed art thou that beholdest the   
depths1 and sittest upon the  cherubims3
 and to be praised and exalted above all
 for ever4    #cc ,blessed art thou on  
the glorious throne of thy kingdom3 and 
to be  praised and glorified above all  
for ever4    #cd ,blessed art thou in   
the firmament of heaven3 and above all  
to be  praised and glorified for ever4  
#ce ,o all ye works of the ,lord1 bless 
ye the ,lord3 praise and exalt him      
above all for ever4    #cf ,o ye        
heavens1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise and 
exalt him above all for  ever4    #cg ,o
 ye angels of the ,lord1 bless ye the   
,lord3 praise and exalt him  above all  
for ever4    #ch ,o all ye waters that  
be above the heaven1 bless ye the ,lord3

 praise  and exalt him above all for    
ever4    #ci ,o all ye powers of the    
,lord1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise and   
exalt him  above all for ever4    #dj ,o
 ye sun and moon1 bless ye the ,lord3   
praise and exalt him above all  for     
ever4    #da ,o ye stars of heaven1     
bless ye the ,lord3 praise and exalt him
 above  all for ever4    #db ,o every   
shower and dew1 bless ye the ,lord3     
praise and exalt him  above all for     
ever4    #dc ,o all ye winds1 bless ye  
the ,lord3 praise and exalt him above   
all  for ever4    #dd ,o ye fire and    
heat1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise and    
exalt him above  all for ever4    #de ,o
 ye winter and summer1 bless ye the     
,lord3 praise and exalt him  above all  
for ever4    #df ,o ye dews and storms  
of snow1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise and 
exalt  him above all for ever4    #dg ,o
 ye nights and days1 bless ye the ,lord3
 praise and exalt him above  all for    
ever4    #dh ,o ye light and darkness1  
bless ye the ,lord3 praise and exalt him

  above all for ever4    #di ,o ye ice  
and cold1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise and
 exalt him above all  for ever4    #ej  
,o ye frost and snow1 bless ye the      
,lord3 praise and exalt him above  all  
for ever4    #ea ,o ye lightnings and   
clouds1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise and  
exalt him  above all for ever4    #eb ,o
 let the earth bless the ,lord3 praise  
and exalt him above all for  ever4      
#ec ,o ye mountains and little hills1   
bless ye the ,lord3 praise and exalt    
him above all for ever4    #ed ,o all ye
 things that grow on the earth1 bless ye
 the ,lord3 praise  and exalt him above 
all for ever4    #ee ,o ye fountains1   
bless ye the ,lord3 praise and exalt him
 above all  for ever4    #ef ,o ye seas 
and rivers1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise  
and exalt him above  all for ever4      
#eg ,o ye whales1 and all that move in  
the waters1 bless ye the ,lord3  praise 
and exalt him above all for ever4    #eh
 ,o all ye fowls of the air1 bless ye   
the ,lord3 praise and exalt him  above  

all for ever4    #ei ,o all ye beasts   
and cattle1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise  
and exalt him  above all for ever4      
#fj ,o ye children of men1 bless ye the 
,lord3 praise and exalt him above  all  
for ever4    #fa ,o ,israel1 bless ye   
the ,lord3 praise and exalt him above   
all for  ever4    #fb ,o ye priests of  
the ,lord1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise   
and exalt him  above all for ever4      
#fc ,o ye servants of the ,lord1 bless  
ye the ,lord3 praise and exalt him      
above all for ever4    #fd ,o ye spirits
 and souls of the righteous1 bless ye   
the ,lord3 praise  and exalt him above  
all for ever4    #fe ,o ye holy and     
humble men of heart1 bless ye the ,lord3
 praise and  exalt him above all for    
ever4    #ff ,o ,ananias1 ,azarias1 and 
,misael1 bless ye the ,lord3 praise and 
exalt  him above all for ever3 for he   
hath delivered us from hell1 and saved  
us from the hand of death1 and delivered
 us out of the midst of the  furnace and
 burning flame3 even out of the midst of

 the fire hath he  delivered us4    #fg 
,o give thanks unto the ,lord1 because  
he is gracious3 for his mercy  endureth 
for ever4    #fh ,o all ye that worship 
the ,lord bless the ,god of gods1 praise
 him1  and give him thanks3 for his     
mercy endureth for ever4          ,the  
,book of ,susanna in ,daniel  ,the      
,history of ,susanna in ,daniel         
,set apart from the beginning of        
,daniel1 because it is not in the       
,hebrew1 as neither the ,narration of   
,bel and the ,dragon4    #a3a ,there    
dwelt a man in ,babylon1 called ,joacim3
    #a3b ,and he took a wife1 whose name
 was ,susanna1 the daughter of          
,chelcias1 a very fair woman1 and one   
that feared the ,lord4    #a3c ,her     
parents also were righteous1 and taught 
their daughter  according to the law of 
,moses4    #a3d ,now ,joacim was a great
 rich man1 and had a fair garden joining
 unto  his house3 and to him resorted   
the ,jews2 because he was more          
honourable  than all others4    #a3e    

,the same year were appointed two of the
 ancients of the people to  be judges1  
such as the ,lord spake of1 that        
wickedness came from ,babylon  from     
ancient judges1 who seemed to govern the
 people4    #a3f ,these kept much at    
,joacim's house3 and all that had any   
suits in  law came unto them4    #a3g   
,now when the people departed away at   
noon1 ,susanna went into her  husband's 
garden to walk4    #a3h ,and the two    
elders saw her going in every day1 and  
walking2 so that  their lust was        
inflamed toward her4    #a3i ,and they  
perverted their own mind1 and turned    
away their eyes1 that  they might not   
look unto heaven1 nor remember just     
judgments4    #a3aj ,and albeit they    
both were wounded with her love1 yet    
durst not one  shew another his grief4  
#a3aa ,for they were ashamed to declare 
their lust1 that they desired to  have  
to do with her4    #a3ab ,yet they      
watched diligently from day to day to   
see her4    #a3ac ,and the one said to  

the other1 ,let us now go home3 for it  
is  dinner time4    #a3ad ,so when they 
were gone out1 they parted the one from 
the other1  and turning back again they 
came to the same place2 and after that  
they  had asked one another the cause1  
they acknowledged their lust3 then      
appointed they a time both together1    
when they might find her alone4    #a3ae
 ,and it fell out1 as they watched a fit
 time1 she went in as before  with two  
maids only1 and she was desirous to wash
 herself in the  garden3 for it was hot4
    #a3af ,and there was no body there  
save the two elders1 that had hid       
themselves1 and watched her4    #a3ag   
,then she said to her maids1 ,bring me  
oil and washing balls1 and  shut the    
garden doors1 that ,i may wash me4      
#a3ah ,and they did as she bade them1   
and shut the garden doors1 and went  out
 themselves at privy doors to fetch the 
things that she had  commanded them3 but
 they saw not the elders1 because they  
were hid4    #a3ai ,now when the maids  

were gone forth1 the two elders rose up1
 and  ran unto her1 saying1    #a3bj    
,behold1 the garden doors are shut1 that
 no man can see us1 and we  are in love 
with thee2 therefore consent unto us1   
and lie with us4    #a3ba ,if thou wilt 
not1 we will bear witness against thee1 
that a young  man was with thee3 and    
therefore thou didst send away thy maids
 from  thee4    #a3bb ,then ,susanna    
sighed1 and said1 ,i am straitened on   
every side3 for  if ,i do this thing1 it
 is death unto me3 and if ,i do it not  
,i cannot  escape your hands4    #a3bc  
,it is better for me to fall into your  
hands1 and not do it1 than  to sin in   
the sight of the ,lord4    #a3bd ,with  
that ,susanna cried with a loud voice3  
and the two elders  cried out against   
her4    #a3be ,then ran the one1 and    
opened the garden door4    #a3bf ,so    
when the servants of the house heard the
 cry in the garden1  they rushed in at  
the privy door1 to see what was done    
unto her4    #a3bg ,but when the elders 

had declared their matter1 the servants 
were  greatly ashamed3 for there was    
never such a report made of ,susanna4   
#a3bh ,and it came to pass the next day1
 when the people were assembled  to her 
husband ,joacim1 the two elders came    
also full of mischievous  imagination   
against ,susanna to put her to death2   
#a3bi ,and said before the people1 ,send
 for ,susanna1 the daughter of          
,chelcias1 ,joacim's wife4 ,and so they 
sent4    #a3cj ,so she came with her    
father and mother1 her children1 and all
 her  kindred4    #a3ca ,now ,susanna   
was a very delicate woman1 and beauteous
 to behold4    #a3cb ,and these wicked  
men commanded to uncover her face1 7for 
she was  covered7 that they might be    
filled with her beauty4    #a3cc        
,therefore her friends and all that saw 
her wept4    #a3cd ,then the two elders 
stood up in the midst of the people1 and
 laid  their hands upon her head4       
#a3ce ,and she weeping looked up toward 
heaven3 for her heart trusted in  the   

,lord4    #a3cf ,and the elders said1   
,as we walked in the garden alone1 this 
woman  came in with two maids1 and shut 
the garden doors1 and sent the maids    
away4    #a3cg ,then a young man1 who   
there was hid1 came unto her1 and lay   
with  her4    #a3ch ,then we that stood 
in a corner of the garden1 seeing this  
wickedness1 ran unto them4    #a3ci ,and
 when we saw them together1 the man we  
could not hold3 for he  was stronger    
than we1 and opened the door1 and leaped
 out4    #a3dj ,but having taken this   
woman1 we asked who the young man was1  
but  she would not tell us3 these things
 do we testify4    #a3da ,then the      
assembly believed them as those that    
were the elders and  judges of the      
people3 so they condemned her to death4 
#a3db ,then ,susanna cried out with a   
loud voice1 and said1 ,o everlasting    
,god1 that knowest the secrets1 and     
knowest all things before they be3      
#a3dc ,thou knowest that they have borne
 false witness against me1 and1  behold1

 ,i must die2 whereas ,i never did such 
things as these men have  maliciously   
invented against me4    #a3dd ,and the  
,lord heard her voice4    #a3de         
,therefore when she was led to be put to
 death1 the ,lord raised up  the holy   
spirit of a young youth whose name was  
,daniel3    #a3df ,who cried with a loud
 voice1 ,i am clear from the blood of   
this  woman4    #a3dg ,then all the     
people turned them toward him1 and said1
 ,what mean  these words that thou hast 
spoken8    #a3dh ,so he standing in the 
midst of them said1 ,are ye such fools1 
ye  sons of ,israel1 that without       
examination or knowledge of the truth ye
  have condemned a daughter of ,israel8 
#a3di ,return again to the place of     
judgment3 for they have borne false     
witness against her4    #a3ej ,wherefore
 all the people turned again in haste1  
and the elders  said unto him1 ,come1   
sit down among us1 and shew it us1      
seeing ,god hath  given thee the honour 
of an elder4    #a3ea ,then said ,daniel

 unto them1 ,put these two aside one far
 from  another1 and ,i will examine     
them4    #a3eb ,so when they were put   
asunder one from another1 he called one 
of  them1 and said unto him1 ,o thou    
that art waxen old in wickedness1 now   
thy sins which thou hast committed      
aforetime are come to light4    #a3ec   
,for thou hast pronounced false judgment
 and hast condemned the  innocent and   
hast let the guilty go free2 albeit the 
,lord saith1 ,the  innocent and         
righteous shalt thou not slay4    #a3ed 
,now then1 if thou hast seen her1 tell  
me1 ,under what tree sawest  thou them  
companying together8 ,who answered1     
,under a mastick tree4    #a3ee ,and    
,daniel said1 ,very well2 thou hast lied
 against thine own head2  for even now  
the angel of ,god hath received the     
sentence of ,god to cut  thee in two4   
#a3ef ,so he put him aside1 and         
commanded to bring the other1 and said  
unto him1 ,o thou seed of ,chanaan1 and 
not of ,juda1 beauty hath deceived      

thee1 and lust hath perverted thine     
heart4    #a3eg ,thus have ye dealt with
 the daughters of ,israel1 and they for 
fear  companied with you3 but the       
daughter of ,juda would not abide your  
wickedness4    #a3eh ,now therefore tell
 me1 ,under what tree didst thou take   
them  companying together8 ,who         
answered1 ,under an holm tree4    #a3ei 
,then said ,daniel unto him1 ,well2 thou
 hast also lied against thine  own head3
 for the angel of ,god waiteth with the 
sword to cut thee in  two1 that he may  
destroy you4    #a3fj ,with that all the
 assembly cried out with a loud voice1  
and  praised ,god1 who saveth them that 
trust in him4    #a3fa ,and they arose  
against the two elders1 for ,daniel had 
convicted  them of false witness by     
their own mouth3    #a3fb ,and according
 to the law of ,moses they did unto them
 in such sort  as they maliciously      
intended to do to their neighbour3 and  
they put  them to death4 ,thus the      
innocent blood was saved the same day4  

#a3fc ,therefore ,chelcias and his wife 
praised ,god for their daughter         
,susanna1 with ,joacim her husband1 and 
all the kindred1 because there  was no  
dishonesty found in her4    #a3fd ,from 
that day forth was ,daniel had in great 
reputation in the  sight of the people4 
,the ,history of the ,destruction of    
,bel and the ,dragon      ,cut off from 
the end of ,daniel4      #a3a ,and king 
,astyages was gathered to his fathers1  
and ,cyrus of ,persia  received his     
kingdom4    #a3b ,and ,daniel conversed 
with the king1 and was honoured above   
all his  friends4    #a3c ,now the      
,babylons had an idol1 called ,bel1 and 
there were spent upon  him every day    
twelve great measures of fine flour1 and
 forty sheep1 and  six vessels of wine4 
#a3d ,and the king worshipped it and    
went daily to adore it3 but ,daniel     
worshipped his own ,god4 ,and the king  
said unto him1 ,why dost not thou       
worship ,bel8    #a3e ,who answered and 
said1 ,because ,i may not worship idols 

made with  hands1 but the living ,god1  
who hath created the heaven and the     
earth1  and hath sovereignty over all   
flesh4    #a3f ,then said the king unto 
him1 ,thinkest thou not that ,bel is a  
living  ,god8 seest thou not how much he
 eateth and drinketh every day8    #a3g 
,then ,daniel smiled1 and said1 ,o king1
 be not deceived3 for this is  but clay 
within1 and brass without1 and did never
 eat or drink any  thing4    #a3h ,so   
the king was wroth1 and called for his  
priests1 and said unto  them1 ,if ye    
tell me not who this is that devoureth  
these expences1 ye  shall die4    #a3i  
,but if ye can certify me that ,bel     
devoureth them1 then ,daniel shall  die3
 for he hath spoken blasphemy against   
,bel4 ,and ,daniel said unto the  king1 
,let it be according to thy word4       
#a3aj ,now the priests of ,bel were     
threescore and ten1 beside their wives  
and children4 ,and the king went with   
,daniel into the temple of ,bel4        
#a3aa ,so ,bel's priests said1 ,lo1 we  

go out3 but thou1 ,o king1 set on the   
meat1 and make ready the wine1 and shut 
the door fast and seal it with  thine   
own signet2    #a3ab ,and to morrow when
 thou comest in1 if thou findest not    
that ,bel  hath eaten up all1 we will   
suffer death3 or else ,daniel1 that     
speaketh  falsely against us4    #a3ac  
,and they little regarded it3 for under 
the table they had made a  privy        
entrance1 whereby they entered in       
continually1 and consumed those  things4
    #a3ad ,so when they were gone forth1
 the king set meats before ,bel4 ,now   
,daniel had commanded his servants to   
bring ashes1 and those they  strewed    
throughout all the temple in the        
presence of the king alone3  then went  
they out1 and shut the door1 and sealed 
it with the king's  signet1 and so      
departed4    #a3ae ,now in the night    
came the priests with their wives and   
children1  as they were wont to do1 and 
did eat and drinck up all4    #a3af ,in 
the morning betime the king arose1 and  

,daniel with him4    #a3ag ,and the king
 said1 ,daniel1 are the seals whole8    
,and he said1 ,yea1  ,o king1 they be   
whole4    #a3ah ,and as soon as he had  
opened the dour1 the king looked upon   
the  table1 and cried with a loud voice1
 ,great art thou1 ,o ,bel1 and with     
thee is no deceit at all4    #a3ai ,then
 laughed ,daniel1 and held the king that
 he should not go in1  and said1 ,behold
 now the pavement1 and mark well whose  
footsteps are  these4    #a3bj ,and the 
king said1 ,i see the footsteps of men1 
women1 and  children4 ,and then the king
 was angry1    #a3ba ,and took the      
priests with their wives and children1  
who shewed him  the privy doors1 where  
they came in1 and consumed such things  
as were  upon the table4    #a3bb       
,therefore the king slew them1 and      
delivered ,bel into ,daniel's  power1   
who destroyed him and his temple4       
#a3bc ,and in that same place there was 
a great dragon1 which they of  ,babylon 
worshipped4    #a3bd ,and the king said 

unto ,daniel1 ,wilt thou also say that  
this is of  brass8 lo1 he liveth1 he    
eateth and drinketh2 thou canst not say 
that  he is no living god3 therefore    
worship him4    #a3be ,then said ,daniel
 unto the king1 ,i will worship the     
,lord my ,god3  for he is the living    
,god4    #a3bf ,but give me leave1 ,o   
king1 and ,i shall slay this dragon     
without  sword or staff4 ,the king said1
 ,i give thee leave4    #a3bg ,then     
,daniel took pitch1 and fat1 and hair1  
and did seethe them  together1 and made 
lumps thereof3 this he put in the       
dragon's mouth1  and so the dragon burst
 in sunder3 and ,daniel said1 ,lo1 these
 are the  gods ye worship4    #a3bh     
,when they of ,babylon heard that1 they 
took great indignation1 and  conspired  
against the king1 saying1 ,the king is  
become a ,jew1 and he  hath destroyed   
,bel1 he hath slain the dragon1 and put 
the priests to  death4    #a3bi ,so they
 came to the king1 and said1 ,deliver us
 ,daniel1 or else we  will destroy thee 

and thine house4    #a3cj ,now when the 
king saw that they pressed him sore1    
being  constrained1 he delivered ,daniel
 unto them3    #a3ca ,who cast him into 
the lions' den3 where he was six days4  
#a3cb ,and in the den there were seven  
lions1 and they had given them  every   
day two carcases1 and two sheep3 which  
then were not given to  them1 to the    
intent they might devour ,daniel4       
#a3cc ,now there was in ,jewry a        
prophet1 called ,habbacuc1 who had made 
pottage1 and had broken bread in a bowl1
 and was going into the field1  for to  
bring it to the reapers4    #a3cd ,but  
the angel of the ,lord said unto        
,habbacuc1 ,go1 carry the dinner  that  
thou hast into ,babylon unto ,daniel1   
who is in the lions' den4    #a3ce ,and 
,habbacuc said1 ,lord1 ,i never saw     
,babylon2 neither do ,i know  where the 
den is4    #a3cf ,then the angel of the 
,lord took him by the crown1 and bare   
him by  the hair of his head1 and       
through the vehemency of his spirit set 

him  in ,babylon over the den4    #a3cg 
,and ,habbacuc cried1 saying1 ,o        
,daniel1 ,daniel1 take the dinner  which
 ,god hath sent thee4    #a3ch ,and     
,daniel said1 ,thou hast remembered me1 
,o ,god3 neither hast thou  forsaken    
them that seek thee and love thee4      
#a3ci ,so ,daniel arose1 and did eat3   
and the angel of the ,lord set          
,habbacuc in his own place again        
immediately4    #a3dj ,upon the seventh 
day the king went to bewail ,daniel3 and
 when he  came to the den1 he looked in1
 and behold1 ,daniel was sitting4       
#a3da ,then cried the king with a loud  
voice1 saying1 ,great art ,lord ,god  of
 ,daniel1 and there is none other beside
 thee4    #a3db ,and he drew him out1   
and cast those that were the cause of   
his  destruction into the den3 and they 
were devoured in a moment before his    
face4          ,the ,prayer of ,manasses
  ,king of ,judah      ,o ,lord1        
,almighty ,god of our fathers1 ,abraham1
 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 and of  their      

righteous seed2 who hast made heaven and
 earth1 with all the  ornament thereof2 
who hast bound the sea by the word of   
thy  commandment2 who hast shut up the  
deep1 and sealed it by thy terrible  and
 glorious name2 whom all men fear1 and  
tremble before thy power2 for  the      
majesty of thy glory cannot be borne1   
and thine angry threatening  toward     
sinners is importable3 but thy merciful 
promise is unmeasurable  and            
unsearchable2 for thou art the most high
 ,lord1 of great compassion1            
longsuffering1 very merciful1 and       
repentest of the evils of men4 ,thou1   
,o ,lord1 according to thy great        
goodness hast promised repentance and   
forgiveness to them that have sinned    
against thee3 and of thine  infinite    
mercies hast appointed repentance unto  
sinners1 that they may  be saved4 ,thou 
therefore1 ,o ,lord1 that art the ,god  
of the just1 hast  not appointed        
repentance to the just1 as to ,abraham1 
and ,isaac1 and  ,jacob1 which have not 

sinned against thee2 but thou hast      
appointed  repentance unto me that am a 
sinner3 for ,i have sinned above the    
number  of the sands of the sea4 ,my    
transgressions1 ,o ,lord1 are           
multiplied3 my  transgressions are      
multiplied1 and ,i am not worthy to     
behold and see  the height of heaven for
 the multitude of mine iniquities4 ,i am
 bowed  down with many iron bands1 that 
,i cannot life up mine head1 neither    
have any release3 for ,i have provoked  
thy wrath1 and done evil before  thee3  
,i did not thy will1 neither kept ,i thy
 commandments3 ,i have set  up          
abominations1 and have multiplied       
offences4 ,now therefore ,i bow the     
knee of mine heart1 beseeching thee of  
grace4 ,i have sinned1 ,o ,lord1 ,i     
have sinned1 and ,i acknowledge mine    
iniquities3 wherefore1 ,i humbly        
beseech thee1 forgive me1 ,o ,lord1     
forgive me1 and destroy me not with     
mine iniquites4 ,be not angry with me   
for ever1 by reserving evil for  me2    

neither condemn me to the lower parts of
 the earth4 ,for thou art  the ,god1    
even the ,god of them that repent2 and  
in me thou wilt shew all  thy goodness3 
for thou wilt save me1 that am unworthy1
 according to thy  great mercy4         
,therefore ,i will praise thee for ever 
all the days of my  life3 for all the   
powers of the heavens do praise thee1   
and thine is  the glory for ever and    
ever4 ,amen4          ,the ,first ,book 
of the ,maccabees      #a3a ,and it     
happened1 after that ,alexander son of  
,philip1 the  ,macedonian1 who came out 
of the land of ,chettim1 had smitten    
,darius  king of the ,persians and      
,medes1 that he reigned in his stead1   
the first  over ,greece1    #a3b ,and   
made many wars1 and won many strong     
holds1 and slew the kings  of the earth1
    #a3c ,and went through to the ends  
of the earth1 and took spoils of many   
nations1 insomuch that the earth was    
quiet before him2 whereupon he was      
exalted and his heart was lifted up4    

#a3d ,and he gathered a mighty strong   
host and ruled over countries1 and      
nations1 and kings1 who became          
tributaries unto him4    #a3e ,and after
 these things he fell sick1 and         
perceived that he should  die4    #a3f  
,wherefore he called his servants1 such 
as were honourable1 and had  been       
brought up with him from his youth1 and 
parted his kingdom among  them1 while he
 was yet alive4    #a3g ,so ,alexander  
reigned twelve years1 and then died4    
#a3h ,and his servants bare rule every  
one in his place4    #a3i ,and after his
 death they all put crowns upon         
themselves2 so did  their sons after    
them many years3 and evils were         
multiplied in the  earth4    #a3aj ,and 
there came out of them a wicked root    
,antiochus surnamed  ,epiphanes1 son of 
,antiochus the king1 who had been an    
hostage at ,rome1  and he reigned in the
 hundred and thirty and seventh year of 
the  kingdom of the ,greeks4    #a3aa   
,in those days went there out of ,israel

 wicked men1 who persuaded  many1       
saying1 ,let us go and make a covenant  
with the heathen that are  round about  
us3 for since we departed from them we  
have had much  sorrow4    #a3ab ,so this
 device pleased them well4    #a3ac     
,then certain of the people were so     
forward herein1 that they went  to the  
king1 who gave them licence to do after 
the ordinances of the  heathen3    #a3ad
 ,whereupon they built a place of       
exercise at ,jerusalem according to  the
 customs of the heathen3    #a3ae ,and  
made themselves uncircumcised1 and      
forsook the holy covenant1  and joined  
themselves to the heathen1 and were sold
 to do mischief4    #a3af ,now when the 
kingdom was established before          
,antiochus1 he thought  to reign over   
,egypt that he might have the dominion  
of two realms4    #a3ag ,wherefore he   
entered into ,egypt with a great        
multitude1 with  chariots1 and          
elephants1 and horsemen1 and a great    
navy1    #a3ah ,and made war against    

,ptolemee king of ,egypt3 but ,ptolemee 
was  afraid of him1 and fled2 and many  
were wounded to death4    #a3ai ,thus   
they got the strong cities in the land  
of ,egypt and he took  the spoils       
thereof4    #a3bj ,and after that       
,antiochus had smitten ,egypt1 he       
returned again in  the hundred forty and
 third year1 and went up against ,israel
 and  ,jerusalem with a great multitude1
    #a3ba ,and entered proudly into the 
sanctuary1 and took away the golden     
altar1 and the candlestick of light1 and
 all the vessels thereof1    #a3bb ,and 
the table of the shewbread1 and the     
pouring vessels1 and the  vials1 and the
 censers of gold1 and the veil1 and the 
crown1 and the  golden ornaments that   
were before the temple1 all which he    
pulled off4    #a3bc ,he took also the  
silver and the gold1 and the precious   
vessels3  also he took the hidden       
treasures which he found4    #a3bd ,and 
when he had taken all away1 he went into
 his own land1 having  made a great     

massacre1 and spoken very proudly4      
#a3be ,therefore there was a great      
mourning in ,israel1 in every place     
where they were2    #a3bf ,so that the  
princes and elders mourned1 the virgins 
and young men  were made feeble1 and the
 beauty of women was changed4    #a3bg  
,every bridegroom took up lamentation1  
and she that sat in the  marriage       
chamber was in heaviness1    #a3bh ,the 
land also was moved for the inhabitants 
thereof1 and all the  house of ,jacob   
was covered with confusion4    #a3bi    
,and after two years fully expired the  
king sent his chief  collector of       
tribute unto the cities of ,juda1 who   
came unto ,jerusalem  with a great      
multitude1    #a3cj ,and spake peaceable
 words unto them1 but all was deceit3   
for when  they had given him credence1  
he fell suddenly upon the city1 and     
smote  it very sore1 and destroyed much 
people of ,israel4    #a3ca ,and when he
 had taken the spoils of the city1 he   
set it on fire1  and pulled down the    

houses and walls thereof on every side4 
#a3cb ,but the women and children took  
they captive1 and possessed the  cattle4
    #a3cc ,then builded they the city of
 ,david with a great and strong wall1   
and with mighty towers1 and made it a   
strong hold for them4    #a3cd ,and they
 put therein a sinful nation1 wicked    
men1 and fortified  themselves therein4 
#a3ce ,they stored it also with armour  
and victuals1 and when they had         
gathered together the spoils of         
,jerusalem1 they laid them up there1 and
  so they became a sore snare3    #a3cf 
,for it was a place to lie in wait      
against the sanctuary1 and an  evil     
adversary to ,israel4    #a3cg ,thus    
they shed innocent blood on every side  
of the sanctuary1 and  defiled it3      
#a3ch ,insomuch that the inhabitants of 
,jerusalem fled because of them3        
whereupon the city was made an          
habitation of strangers1 and became     
strange to those that were born in her2 
and her own children left her4    #a3ci 

,her sanctuary was laid waste like a    
wilderness1 her feasts were  turned into
 mourning1 her sabbaths into reproach   
her honour into  contempt4    #a3dj ,as 
had been her glory1 so was her dishonour
 increased1 and her  excellency was     
turned into mourning4    #a3da ,moreover
 king ,antiochus wrote to his whole     
kingdom1 that all  should be one people1
    #a3db ,and every one should leave   
his laws3 so all the heathen agreed     
according to the commandment of the     
king4    #a3dc ,yea1 many also of the   
,israelites consented to his religion1  
and  sacrificed unto idols1 and profaned
 the sabbath4    #a3dd ,for the king had
 sent letters by messengers unto        
,jerusalem and the  cities of ,juda that
 they should follow the strange laws of 
the land1    #a3de ,and forbid burnt    
offerings1 and sacrifice1 and drink     
offerings1 in  the temple2 and that they
 should profane the sabbaths and        
festival  days3    #a3df ,and pollute   
the sanctuary and holy people3    #a3dg 

,set up altars1 and groves1 and chapels 
of idols1 and sacrifice  swine's flesh1 
and unclean beasts3    #a3dh ,that they 
should also leave their children        
uncircumcised1 and make  their souls    
abominable with all manner of           
uncleanness and profanation3    #a3di   
,to the end they might forget the law1  
and change all the  ordinances4    #a3ej
 ,and whosoever would not do according  
to the commandment of the  king1 he     
said1 he should die4    #a3ea ,in the   
selfsame manner wrote he to his whole   
kingdom1 and  appointed overseers over  
all the people1 commanding the cities of
 ,juda  to sacrifice1 city by city4     
#a3eb ,then many of the people were     
gathered unto them1 to wit every one    
that forsook the law2 and so they       
committed evils in the land2    #a3ec   
,and drove the ,israelites into secret  
places1 even wheresoever they  could    
flee for succour4    #a3ed ,now the     
fifteenth day of the month ,casleu1 in  
the hundred forty  and fifth year1 they 

set up the abomination of desolation    
upon the  altar1 and builded idol altars
 throughout the cities of ,juda on every
  side2    #a3ee ,and burnt incense at  
the doors of their houses1 and in the   
streets4    #a3ef ,and when they had    
rent in pieces the books of the law     
which they  found1 they burnt them with 
fire4    #a3eg ,and whosoever was found 
with any the book of the testament1 or  
if  any consented to the law1 the king's
 commandment was1 that they should  put 
him to death4    #a3eh ,thus did they by
 their authority unto the ,israelites   
every month1  to as many as were found  
in the cities4    #a3ei ,now the five   
and twentieth day of the month they did 
sacrifice  upon the idol altar1 which   
was upon the altar of ,god4    #a3fj ,at
 which time according to the commandment
 they put to death  certain women1 that 
had caused their children to be         
circumcised4    #a3fa ,and they hanged  
the infants about their necks1 and      
rifled their  houses1 and slew them that

 had circumcised them4    #a3fb ,howbeit
 many in ,israel were fully resolved and
 confirmed in  themselves not to eat any
 unclean thing4    #a3fc ,wherefore the 
rather to die1 that they might not be   
defiled with  meats1 and that they might
 not profane the holy covenant3 so then 
they  died4    #a3fd ,and there was very
 great wrath upon ,israel4    #b3a ,in  
those days arose ,mattathias the son of 
,john1 the son of ,simeon1  a priest of 
the sons of ,joarib1 from ,jerusalem1   
and dwelt in ,modin4    #b3b ,and he had
 five sons1 ,joannan1 called ,caddis3   
#b3c ,simon2 called ,thassi3    #b3d    
,judas1 who was called ,maccabeus3      
#b3e ,eleazar1 called ,avaran3 and      
,jonathan1 whose surname was ,apphus4   
#b3f ,and when he saw the blasphemies   
that were committed in ,juda and        
,jerusalem1    #b3g ,he said1 ,woe is   
me6 wherefore was ,i born to see this   
misery of my  people1 and of the holy   
city1 and to dwell there1 when it was   
delivered  into the hand of the enemy1  

and the sanctuary into the hand of      
strangers8    #b3h ,her temple is become
 as a man without glory4    #b3i ,her   
glorious vessels are carried away into  
captivity1 her infants  are slain in the
 streets1 her young men with the sword  
of the enemy4    #b3aj ,what nation hath
 not had a part in her kingdom and      
gotten of her  spoils8    #b3aa ,all her
 ornaments are taken away2 of a free    
woman she is become a  bondslave4       
#b3ab ,and1 behold1 our sanctuary1 even 
our beauty and our glory1 is laid       
waste1 and the ,gentiles have profaned  
it4    #b3ac ,to what end therefore     
shall we live any longer8    #b3ad ,then
 ,mattathias and his sons rent their    
clothes1 and put on  sackcloth1 and     
mourned very sore4    #b3ae ,in the mean
 while the king's officers1 such as     
compelled the  people to revolt1 came   
into the city ,modin1 to make them      
sacrifice4    #b3af ,and when many of   
,israel came unto them1 ,mattathias also
 and his  sons came together4    #b3ag  

,then answered the king's officers1 and 
said to ,mattathias on this  wise1 ,thou
 art a ruler1 and an honourable and     
great man in this city1  and            
strengthened with sons and brethren3    
#b3ah ,now therefore come thou first1   
and fulfil the king's commandment1  like
 as all the heathen have done1 yea1 and 
the men of ,juda also1 and  such as     
remain at ,jerusalem3 so shalt thou and 
thy house be in the  number of the      
king's friends1 and thou and thy        
children shall be  honoured with silver 
and gold1 and many rewards4    #b3ai    
,then ,mattathias answered and spake    
with a loud voice1 ,though all  the     
nations that are under the king's       
dominion obey him1 and fall away  every 
one from the religion of their fathers1 
and give consent to his  commandments3  
#b3bj ,yet will ,i and my sons and my   
brethren walk in the covenant of our    
fathers4    #b3ba ,god forbid that we   
should forsake the law and the          
ordinances4    #b3bb ,we will not       

hearken to the king's words1 to go from 
our religion1  either on the right hand1
 or the left4    #b3bc ,now when he had 
left speaking these words1 there came   
one of the  ,jews in the sight of all to
 sacrifice on the altar which was at    
,modin1  according to the king's        
commandment4    #b3bd ,which thing when 
,mattathias saw1 he was inflamed with   
zeal1 and  his reins trembled1 neither  
could he forbear to shew his anger      
according to judgment3 wherefore he ran1
 and slew him upon the altar4    #b3be  
,also the king's commissioner1 who      
compelled men to sacrifice1 he  killed  
at that time1 and the altar he pulled   
down4    #b3bf ,thus dealt he zealously 
for the law of ,god like as ,phinees did
  unto ,zambri the son of ,salom4       
#b3bg ,and ,mattathias cried throughout 
the city with a loud voice1  saying1    
,whosoever is zealous of the law1 and   
maintaineth the covenant1  let him      
follow me4    #b3bh ,so he and his sons 
fled into the mountains1 and left all   

that ever  they had in the city4        
#b3bi ,then many that sought after      
justice and judgment went down into  the
 wilderness1 to dwell there3    #b3cj   
,both they1 and their children1 and     
their wives2 and their cattle2  because 
afflictions increased sore upon them4   
#b3ca ,now when it was told the king's  
servants1 and the host that was at      
,jerusalem1 in the city of ,david1 that 
certain men1 who had broken the  king's 
commandment1 were gone down into the    
secret places in the  wilderness1       
#b3cb ,they pursued after them a great  
number1 and having overtaken them1  they
 camped against them1 and made war      
against them on the sabbath day4        
#b3cc ,and they said unto them1 ,let    
that which ye have done hitherto        
suffice2 come forth1 and do according to
 the commandment of the king1  and ye   
shall live4    #b3cd ,but they said1 ,we
 will not come forth1 neither will we do
 the  king's commandment1 to profane the
 sabbath day4    #b3ce ,so then they    

gave them the battle with all speed4    
#b3cf ,howbeit they answered them not1  
neither cast they a stone at them1  nor 
stopped the places where they lay hid2  
#b3cg ,but said1 ,let us die all in our 
innocency3 heaven and earth will        
testify for us1 that ye put us to death 
wrongfully4    #b3ch ,so they rose up   
against them in battle on the sabbath1  
and they  slew them1 with their wives   
and children and their cattle1 to the   
number of a thousand people4    #b3ci   
,now when ,mattathias and his friends   
understood hereof1 they  mourned for    
them right sore4    #b3dj ,and one of   
them said to another1 ,if we all do as  
our brethren have  done1 and fight not  
for our lives and laws against the      
heathen1 they  will now quickly root us 
out of the earth4    #b3da ,at that time
 therefore they decreed1 saying1        
,whosoever shall come  to make battle   
with us on the sabbath day1 we will     
fight against him2  neither will we die 
all1 as our brethren that were murdered 

in the  secret places4    #b3db ,then   
came there unto him a company of        
,assideans who were mighty  men of      
,israel1 even all such as were          
voluntarily devoted unto the law4       
#b3dc ,also all they that fled for      
persecution joined themselves unto      
them1 and were a stay unto them4        
#b3dd ,so they joined their forces1 and 
smote sinful men in their anger1  and   
wicked men in their wrath3 but the rest 
fled to the heathen for  succour4       
#b3de ,then ,mattathias and his friends 
went round about1 and pulled down  the  
altars3    #b3df ,and what children     
soever they found within the coast of   
,israel  uncircumcised1 those they      
circumcised valiantly4    #b3dg ,they   
pursued also after the proud men1 and   
the work prospered in  their hand4      
#b3dh ,so they recovered the law out of 
the hand of the ,gentiles1 and out  of  
the hand of kings1 neither suffered they
 the sinner to triumph4    #b3di ,now   
when the time drew near that ,mattathias

 should die1 he said  unto his sons1    
,now hath pride and rebuke gotten       
strength1 and the time  of destruction1 
and the wrath of indignation3    #b3ej  
,now therefore1 my sons1 be ye zealous  
for the law1 and give your  lives for   
the covenant of your fathers4    #b3ea  
,call to remembrance what acts our      
fathers did in their time2 so  shall ye 
receive great honour and an everlasting 
name4    #b3eb ,was not ,abraham found  
faithful in temptation1 and it was      
imputed  unto him for righteousness8    
#b3ec ,joseph in the time of his        
distress kept the commandment and was   
made lord of ,egypt4    #b3ed ,phinees  
our father in being zealous and fervent 
obtained the  covenant of an everlasting
 priesthood4    #b3ee ,jesus for        
fulfilling the word was made a judge in 
,israel4    #b3ef ,caleb for bearing    
witness before the congregation received
 the  heritage of the land4    #b3eg    
,david for being merciful possessed the 
throne of an everlasting  kingdom4      

#b3eh ,elias for being zealous and      
fervent for the law was taken up into   
heaven4    #b3ei ,ananias1 ,azarias1 and
 ,misael1 by believing were saved out of
 the  flame4    #b3fj ,daniel for his   
innocency was delivered from the mouth  
of lions4    #b3fa ,and thus consider ye
 throughout all ages1 that none that put
 their  trust in him shall be overcome4 
#b3fb ,fear not then the words of a     
sinful man3 for his glory shall be  dung
 and worms4    #b3fc ,to day he shall be
 lifted up and to morrow he shall not be
 found1  because he is returned into his
 dust1 and his thought is come to       
nothing4    #b3fd ,wherefore1 ye my     
sons1 be valiant and shew yourselves men
 in the  behalf of the law2 for by it   
shall ye obtain glory4    #b3fe ,and    
behold1 ,i know that your brother ,simon
 is a man of counsel1  give ear unto him
 alway3 he shall be a father unto you4  
#b3ff ,as for ,judas ,maccabeus1 he hath
 been mighty and strong1 even from  his 
youth up3 let him be your captain1 and  

fight the battle of the  people4        
#b3fg ,take also unto you all those that
 observe the law1 and avenge ye  the    
wrong of your people4    #b3fh          
,recompense fully the heathen1 and take 
heed to the commandments of  the law4   
#b3fi ,so he blessed them1 and was      
gathered to his fathers4    #b3gj ,and  
he died in the hundred forty and sixth  
year1 and his sons  buried him in the   
sepulchres of his fathers at ,modin1 and
 all ,israel  made great lamentation for
 him4    #c3a ,then his son ,judas1     
called ,maccabeus1 rose up in his stead4
    #c3b ,and all his brethren helped   
him1 and so did all they that held with 
his father1 and they fought with        
cheerfulness the battle of ,israel4     
#c3c ,so he gat his people great honour1
 and put on a breastplate as a  giant1  
and girt his warlike harness about him1 
and he made battles1  protecting the    
host with his sword4    #c3d ,in his    
acts he was like a lion1 and like a     
lion's whelp roaring for  his prey4     

#c3e ,for ,he pursued the wicked1 and   
sought them out1 and burnt up those     
that vexed his people4    #c3f          
,wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of
 him1 and all the workers of  iniquity  
were troubled1 because salvation        
prospered in his hand4    #c3g ,he      
grieved also many kings1 and made ,jacob
 glad with his acts1 and  his memorial  
is blessed for ever4    #c3h ,moreover  
he went through the cities of ,juda1    
destroying the ungodly  out of them1 and
 turning away wrath from ,israel3       
#c3i ,so that he was renowned unto the  
utmost part of the earth1 and he        
received unto him such as were ready to 
perish4    #c3aj ,then ,apollonius      
gathered the ,gentiles together1 and a  
great host  out of ,samaria1 to fight   
against ,israel4    #c3aa ,which thing  
when ,judas perceived1 he went forth to 
meet him1 and  so he smote him1 and slew
 him3 many also fell down slain1 but the
 rest  fled4    #c3ab ,wherefore ,judas 
took their spoils1 and ,apollonius'     

sword also1 and  therewith he fought all
 his life long4    #c3ac ,now when      
,seron1 a prince of the army of ,syria1 
heard say that  ,judas had gathered unto
 him a multitude and company of the     
faithful to  go out with him to war2    
#c3ad ,he said1 ,i will get me a name   
and honour in the kingdom2 for ,i  will 
go fight with ,judas and them that are  
with him1 who despise the  king's       
commandment4    #c3ae ,so he made him   
ready to go up1 and there went with him 
a mighty  host of the ungodly to help   
him1 and to be avenged of the children  
of  ,israel4    #c3af ,and when he came 
near to the going up of ,bethhoron1     
,judas went  forth to meet him with a   
small company3    #c3ag ,who1 when they 
saw the host coming to meet them1 said  
unto ,judas1  ,how shall we be able1    
being so few1 to fight against so great 
a  multitude and so strong1 seeing we   
are ready to faint with fasting all     
this day8    #c3ah ,unto whom ,judas    
answered1 ,it is no hard matter for many

 to be shut  up in the hands of a few2  
and with the ,god of heaven it is all   
one1 to  deliver with a great multitude1
 or a small company3    #c3ai ,for the  
victory of battle standeth not in the   
multitude of an  host2 but strength     
cometh from heaven4    #c3bj ,they come 
against us in much pride and iniquity to
 destroy us1 and  our wives and         
children1 and to spoil us3    #c3ba ,but
 we fight for our lives and our laws4   
#c3bb ,wherefore the ,lord himself will 
overthrow them before our face3  and as 
for you1 be ye not afraid of them4      
#c3bc ,now as soon as he had left off   
speaking1 he leapt suddenly upon  them1 
and so ,seron and his host was          
overthrown before him4    #c3bd ,and    
they pursued them from the going down of
 ,bethhoron unto the  plain1 where were 
slain about eight hundred men of them2  
and the  residue fled into the land of  
the ,philistines4    #c3be ,then began  
the fear of ,judas and his brethren1 and
 an exceeding  great dread1 to fall upon

 the nations round about them3    #c3bf 
,insomuch as his fame came unto the     
king1 and all nations talked of  the    
battles of ,judas4    #c3bg ,now when   
king ,antiochus heard these things1 he  
was full of  indignation3 wherefore he  
sent and gathered together all the      
forces of  his realm1 even a very strong
 army4    #c3bh ,he opened also his     
treasure1 and gave his soldiers pay for 
a year1  commanding them to be ready    
whensoever he should need them4    #c3bi
 ,nevertheless1 when he saw that the    
money of his treasures failed  and that 
the tributes in the country were small1 
because of the  dissension and plague1  
which he had brought upon the land in   
taking  away the laws which had been of 
old time2    #c3cj ,he feared that he   
should not be able to bear the charges  
any  longer1 nor to have such gifts to  
give so liberally as he did before3  for
 he had abounded above the kings that   
were before him4    #c3ca ,wherefore1   
being greatly perplexed in his mind1 he 

determined to  go into ,persia1 there to
 take the tributes of the countries1 and
 to  gather much money4    #c3cb ,so he 
left ,lysias1 a nobleman1 and one of the
 blood royal1 to  oversee the affairs of
 the king from the river ,euphrates unto
 the  borders of ,egypt3    #c3cc ,and  
to bring up his son ,antiochus1 until he
 came again4    #c3cd ,moreover he      
delivered unto him the half of his      
forces1 and the  elephants1 and gave him
 charge of all things that he would have
 done1  as also concerning them that    
dwelt in ,juda and ,jerusalem3    #c3ce 
,to wit1 that he should send an army    
against them1 to destroy and  root out  
the strength of ,israel1 and the remnant
 of ,jerusalem1 and to  take away their 
memorial from that place2    #c3cf ,and 
that he should place strangers in all   
their quarters1 and  divide their land  
by lot4    #c3cg ,so the king took the  
half of the forces that remained1 and   
departed from ,antioch1 his royal city1 
the hundred forty and seventh  year2 and

 having passed the river ,euphrates1 he 
went through the high  countries4       
#c3ch ,then ,lysias chose ,ptolemee the 
son of ,dorymenes1 ,nicanor1 and        
,gorgias1 mighty men of the king's      
friends3    #c3ci ,and with them he sent
 forty thousand footmen1 and seven      
thousand  horsemen1 to go into the land 
of ,juda1 and to destroy it1 as the king
  commanded4    #c3dj ,so they went     
forth with all their power1 and came and
 pitched by  ,emmaus in the plain       
country4    #c3da ,and the merchants of 
the country1 hearing the fame of them1  
took  silver and gold very much1 with   
servants1 and came into the camp to buy 
the children of ,israel for slaves3 a   
power also of ,syria and of the  land of
 the ,philistines joined themselves unto
 them4    #c3db ,now when ,judas and his
 brethren saw that miseries were        
multiplied1  and that the forces did    
encamp themselves in their borders3 for 
they  knew how the king had given       
commandment to destroy the people1 and  

utterly abolish them2    #c3dc ,they    
said one to another1 ,let us restore the
 decayed estate of our  people1 and let 
us fight for our people and the         
sanctuary4    #c3dd ,then was the       
congregation gathered together1 that    
they might be  ready for battle1 and    
that they might pray1 and ask mercy and 
compassion4    #c3de ,now ,jerusalem lay
 void as a wilderness1 there was none of
 her  children that went in or out3 the 
sanctuary also was trodden down1 and    
aliens kept the strong hold2 the heathen
 had their habitation in that  place2   
and joy was taken from ,jacob1 and the  
pipe with the harp ceased4    #c3df     
,wherefore the ,israelites assembled    
themselves together1 and came  to       
,maspha1 over against ,jerusalem2 for in
 ,maspha was the place where  they      
prayed aforetime in ,israel4    #c3dg   
,then they fasted that day1 and put on  
sackcloth1 and cast ashes  upon their   
heads1 and rent their clothes1    #c3dh 
,and laid open the book of the law1     

wherein the heathen had sought  to paint
 the likeness of their images4    #c3di 
,they brought also the priests'         
garments1 and the firstfruits1 and  the 
tithes3 and the ,nazarites they stirred 
up1 who had accomplished  their days4   
#c3ej ,then cried they with a loud voice
 toward heaven1 saying1 ,what  shall we 
do with these1 and whither shall we     
carry them away8    #c3ea ,for thy      
sanctuary is trodden down and profaned1 
and thy priests  are in heaviness1 and  
brought low4    #c3eb ,and lo1 the      
heathen are assembled together against  
us to destroy  us3 what things they     
imagine against us1 thou knowest4       
#c3ec ,how shall we be able to stand    
against them1 except thou1 ,o ,god1 be  
our help8    #c3ed ,then sounded they   
with trumpets1 and cried with a loud    
voice4    #c3ee ,and after this ,judas  
ordained captains over the people1 even 
captains over thousands1 and over       
hundreds1 and over fifties1 and over    
tens4    #c3ef ,but as for such as were 

building houses1 or had betrothed wives1
  or were planting vineyards1 or were   
fearful1 those he commanded that  they  
should return1 every man to his own     
house1 according to the law4    #c3eg   
,so the camp removed1 and pitched upon  
the south side of ,emmaus4    #c3eh ,and
 ,judas said1 arm yourselves1 and be    
valiant men1 and see that  ye be in     
readiness against the morning1 that ye  
may fight with these  nations1 that are 
assembled together against us to destroy
 us and our  sanctuary3    #c3ei ,for it
 is better for us to die in battle1 than
 to behold the  calamities of our people
 and our sanctuary4    #c3fj            
,nevertheless1 as the will of ,god is in
 heaven1 so let him do4    #d3a ,then   
took ,gorgias five thousand footmen1 and
 a thousand of the best  horsemen1 and  
removed out of the camp by night2       
#d3b ,to the end he might rush in upon  
the camp of the ,jews1 and smite  them  
suddenly4 ,and the men of the fortress  
were his guides4    #d3c ,now when      

,judas heard thereof he himself removed1
 and the valiant  men with him1 that he 
might smite the king's army which was at
 ,emmaus1    #d3d ,while as yet the     
forces were dispersed from the camp4    
#d3e ,in the mean season came ,gorgias  
by night into the camp of ,judas3  and  
when he found no man there1 he sought   
them in the mountains3 for  said he1    
,these fellows flee from us    #d3f ,but
 as soon as it was day1 ,judas shewed   
himself in the plain with  three        
thousand men1 who nevertheless had      
neither armour nor swords to  their     
minds4    #d3g ,and they saw the camp of
 the heathen1 that it was strong and    
well  harnessed1 and compassed round    
about with horsemen2 and these were     
expert of war4    #d3h ,then said ,judas
 to the men that were with him1 ,fear ye
 not their  multitude1 neither be ye    
afraid of their assault4    #d3i        
,remember how our fathers were delivered
 in the ,red sea1 when  ,pharaoh pursued
 them with an army4    #d3aj ,now       

therefore let us cry unto heaven1 if    
peradventure the ,lord  will have mercy 
upon us1 and remember the covenant of   
our fathers1 and  destroy this host     
before our face this day3    #d3aa ,that
 so all the heathen may know that there 
is one who delivereth  and saveth       
,israel4    #d3ab ,then the strangers   
lifted up their eyes1 and saw them      
coming over  against them4    #d3ac     
,wherefore they went out of the camp to 
battle2 but they that were  with ,judas 
sounded their trumpets4    #d3ad ,so    
they joined battle1 and the heathen     
being discomfited fled into  the plain4 
#d3ae ,howbeit all the hindmost of them 
were slain with the sword3 for  they    
pursued them unto ,gazera1 and unto the 
plains of ,idumea1 and  ,azotus1 and    
,jamnia1 so that there were slain of    
them upon a three  thousand men4        
#d3af ,this done1 ,judas returned again 
with his host from pursuing them1       
#d3ag ,and said to the people1 ,be not  
greedy of the spoil inasmuch as  there  

is a battle before us1    #d3ah ,and    
,gorgias and his host are here by us in 
the mountain3 but stand  ye now against 
our enemies1 and overcome them1 and     
after this ye may  boldly take the      
spoils4    #d3ai ,as ,judas was yet     
speaking these words1 there appeared a  
part of  them looking out of the        
mountain3    #d3bj ,who when they       
perceived that the ,jews had put their  
host to flight  and were burning the    
tents2 for the smoke that was seen      
declared what  was done3    #d3ba ,when 
therefore they perceived these things1  
they were sore afraid1  and seeing also 
the host of ,judas in the plain ready to
 fight1    #d3bb ,they fled every one   
into the land of strangers4    #d3bc    
,then ,judas returned to spoil the      
tents1 where they got much gold1  and   
silver1 and blue silk1 and purple of the
 sea1 and great riches4    #d3bd ,after 
this they went home1 and sung a song of 
thanksgiving1 and  praised the ,lord in 
heaven3 because it is good1 because his 

mercy  endureth forever4    #d3be ,thus 
,israel had a great deliverance that    
day4    #d3bf ,now all the strangers    
that had escaped came and told ,lysias  
what  had happened3    #d3bg ,who1 when 
he heard thereof1 was confounded and    
discouraged1  because neither such      
things as he would were done unto       
,israel1 nor such  things as the king   
commanded him were come to pass4        
#d3bh ,the next year therefore following
 ,lysias gathered together  threescore  
thousand choice men of foot1 and five   
thousand horsemen1  that he might subdue
 them4    #d3bi ,so they came into      
,idumea1 and pitched their tents at     
,bethsura1 and  ,judas met them with ten
 thousand men4    #d3cj ,and when he saw
 that mighty army1 he prayed and said1  
,blessed art  thou1 ,o ,saviour of      
,israel1 who didst quell the violence of
 the mighty  man by the hand of thy     
servant ,david1 and gavest the host of  
strangers  into the hands of ,jonathan  
the son of ,saul1 and his armourbearer2 

#d3ca ,shut up this army in the hand of 
thy people ,israel1 and let them  be    
confounded in their power and horsemen3 
#d3cb ,make them to be of no courage1   
and cause the boldness of their         
strength to fall away1 and let them     
quake at their destruction3    #d3cc    
,cast them down with the sword of them  
that love thee1 and let all  those that 
know thy name praise thee with          
thanksgiving4    #d3cd ,so they joined  
battle2 and there were slain of the host
 of ,lysias  about five thousand men1   
even before them were they slain4       
#d3ce ,now when ,lysias saw his army put
 to flight1 and the manliness of        
,judas' soldiers1 and how they were     
ready either to live or die  valiantly1 
he went into ,antiochia1 and gathered   
together a company of  strangers1 and   
having made his army greater than it    
was1 he purposed to  come again into    
,judea4    #d3cf ,then said ,judas and  
his brethren1 ,behold1 our enemies are  
discomfited3 let us go up to cleanse and

 dedicate the sanctuary4    #d3cg ,upon 
this all the host assembled themselves  
together1 and went up  into mount ,sion4
    #d3ch ,and when they saw the        
sanctuary desolate1 and the altar       
profaned1  and the gates burned up1 and 
shrubs growing in the courts as in a    
forest1 or in one of the mountains1 yea1
 and the priests' chambers  pulled down2
    #d3ci ,they rent their clothes1 and 
made great lamentation1 and cast  ashes 
upon their heads1    #d3dj ,and fell    
down flat to the ground upon their      
faces1 and blew an  alarm with the      
trumpets1 and cried toward heaven4      
#d3da ,then ,judas appointed certain men
 to fight against those that were  in   
the fortress1 until he had cleansed the 
sanctuary4    #d3db ,so he chose priests
 of blameless conversation1 such as had 
pleasure in the law3    #d3dc ,who      
cleansed the sanctuary1 and bare out the
 defiled stones into  an unclean place4 
#d3dd ,and when as they consulted what  
to do with the altar of burnt           

offerings1 which was profaned2    #d3de 
,they thought it best to pull it down1  
lest it should be a reproach  to them1  
because the heathen had defiled it3     
wherefore they pulled it  down1    #d3df
 ,and laid up the stones in the mountain
 of the temple in a  convenient place1  
until there should come a prophet to    
shew what should  be done with them4    
#d3dg ,then they took whole stones      
according to the law1 and built a new   
altar according to the former2    #d3dh 
,and made up the sanctuary1 and the     
things that were within the  temple1 and
 hallowed the courts4    #d3di ,they    
made also new holy vessels1 and into the
 temple they brought  the candlestick1  
and the altar of burnt offerings1 and of
 incense1 and  the table4    #d3ej ,and 
upon the altar they burned incense1 and 
the lamps that were  upon the           
candlestick they lighted1 that they     
might give light in the  temple4        
#d3ea ,furthermore they set the loaves  
upon the table1 and spread out the      

veils1 and finished all the works which 
they had begun to make4    #d3eb ,now on
 the five and twentieth day of the ninth
 month1 which is  called the month      
,casleu1 in the hundred forty and eighth
 year1 they  rose up betimes in the     
morning1    #d3ec ,and offered sacrifice
 according to the law upon the new altar
 of  burnt offerings1 which they had    
made4    #d3ed ,look1 at what time and  
what day the heathen had profaned it1   
even  in that was it dedicated with     
songs1 and citherns1 and harps1 and     
cymbals4    #d3ee ,then all the people  
fell upon their faces1 worshipping and  
praising the ,god of heaven1 who had    
given them good success4    #d3ef ,and  
so they kept the dedication of the altar
 eight days and  offered burnt offerings
 with gladness1 and sacrificed the      
sacrifice of  deliverance and praise4   
#d3eg ,they decked also the forefront of
 the temple with crowns of gold1  and   
with shields2 and the gates and the     
chambers they renewed1 and  hanged doors

 upon them4    #d3eh ,thus was there    
very great gladness among the people1   
for that the  reproach of the heathen   
was put away4    #d3ei ,moreover ,judas 
and his brethren with the whole         
congregation of  ,israel ordained1 that 
the days of the dedication of the altar 
should be  kept in their season from    
year to year by the space of eight days1
 from  the five and twentieth day of the
 month ,casleu1 with mirth and          
gladness4    #d3fj ,at that time also   
they builded up the mount ,sion with    
high walls  and strong towers round     
about1 lest the ,gentiles should come   
and tread  it down as they had done     
before4    #d3fa ,and they set there a  
garrison to keep it1 and fortified      
,bethsura  to preserve it2 that the     
people might have a defence against     
,idumea4    #e3a ,now when the nations  
round about heard that the altar was    
built and  the sanctuary renewed as     
before1 it displeased them very much4   
#e3b ,wherefore they thought to destroy 

the generation of ,jacob that was  among
 them1 and thereupon they began to slay 
and destroy the people4    #e3c ,then   
,judas fought against the children of   
,esau in ,idumea at  ,arabattine1       
because they besieged ,israel3 and he   
gave them a great  overthrow1 and abated
 their courage1 and took their spoils4  
#e3d ,also he remembered the injury of  
the children of ,bean1 who had been  a  
snare and an offence unto the people1 in
 that they lay in wait for  them in the 
ways4    #e3e ,he shut them up therefore
 in the towers1 and encamped against    
them1  and destroyed them utterly1 and  
burned the towers of that place with    
fire1 and all that were therein4    #e3f
 ,afterward he passed over to the       
children of ,ammon1 where he found a    
mighty power1 and much people1 with     
,timotheus their captain4    #e3g ,so he
 fought many battles with them1 till at 
length they were  discomfited before    
him2 and he smote them4    #e3h ,and    
when he had taken ,jazar1 with the towns

 belonging thereto1 he  returned into   
,judea4    #e3i ,then the heathen that  
were at ,galaad assembled themselves    
together  against the ,israelites that  
were in their quarters1 to destroy them2
  but they fled to the fortress of      
,dathema4    #e3aj ,and sent letters    
unto ,judas and his brethren1 ,the      
heathen that are  round about us are    
assembled together against us to destroy
 us3    #e3aa ,and they are preparing to
 come and take the fortress whereunto we
  are fled1 ,timotheus being captain of 
their host4    #e3ab ,come now          
therefore1 and deliver us from their    
hands1 for many of  us are slain3       
#e3ac ,yea1 all our brethren that were  
in the places of ,tobie are put to      
death3 their wives and their children   
also they have carried away  captives1  
and borne away their stuff2 and they    
have destroyed there  about a thousand  
men4    #e3ad ,while these letters were 
yet reading1 behold1 there came other   
messengers from ,galilee with their     

clothes rent1 who reported on this      
wise1    #e3ae ,and said1 ,they of      
,ptolemais1 and of ,tyrus1 and ,sidon1  
and all  ,galilee of the ,gentiles1 are 
assembled together against us to consume
  us4    #e3af ,now when ,judas and the 
people heard these words1 there         
assembled a  great congregation         
together1 to consult what they should do
 for their  brethren1 that were in      
trouble1 and assaulted of them4    #e3ag
 ,then said ,judas unto ,simon his      
brother1 ,choose thee out men1 and  go  
and deliver thy brethren that are in    
,galilee1 for ,i and ,jonathan my       
brother will go into the country of     
,galaad4    #e3ah ,so he left ,joseph   
the son of ,zacharias1 and ,azarias1    
captains of  the people1 with the       
remnant of the host in ,judea to keep   
it4    #e3ai ,unto whom he gave         
commandment1 saying1 ,take ye the charge
 of this  people1 and see that ye make  
not war against the heathen until the   
time  that we come again4    #e3bj ,now 

unto ,simon were given three thousand   
men to go into ,galilee1  and unto      
,judas eight thousand men for the       
country of ,galaad4    #e3ba ,then went 
,simon into ,galilee1 where he fought   
many battles with  the heathen1 so that 
the heathen were discomfited by him4    
#e3bb ,and he pursued them unto the gate
 of ,ptolemais2 and there were  slain of
 the heathen about three thousand men1  
whose spoils he took4    #e3bc ,and     
those that were in ,galilee1 and in     
,arbattis1 with their wives  and their  
children1 and all that they had1 took he
 away with him1 and  brought them into  
,judea with great joy4    #e3bd ,judas  
,maccabeus also and his brother         
,jonathan went over ,jordan1  and       
travelled three days' journey in the    
wilderness1    #e3be ,where they met    
with the ,nabathites1 who came unto them
 in a  peaceable manner1 and told them  
every thing that had happened to their  
brethren in the land of ,galaad3        
#e3bf ,and how that many of them were   

shut up in ,bosora1 and ,bosor1 and     
,alema1 ,casphor1 ,maked1 and ,carnaim2 
all these cities are strong and  great3 
#e3bg ,and that they were shut up in the
 rest of the cities of the  country of  
,galaad1 and that against to morrow they
 had appointed to  bring their host     
against the forts1 and to take them1 and
 to destroy  them all in one day4       
#e3bh ,hereupon ,judas and his host     
turned suddenly by the way of the       
wilderness unto ,bosora2 and when he had
 won the city1 he slew all the  males   
with the edge of the sword1 and took all
 their spoils1 and burned  the city with
 fire1    #e3bi ,from whence he removed 
by night1 and went till he came to the  
fortress4    #e3cj ,and betimes in the  
morning they looked up1 and1 behold1    
there was  an innumerable people bearing
 ladders and other engines of war1 to   
take  the fortress3 for they assaulted  
them4    #e3ca ,when ,judas therefore   
saw that the battle was begun1 and that 
the  cry of the city went up to heaven1 

with trumpets1 and a great sound1       
#e3cb ,he said unto his host1 ,fight    
this day for your brethren4    #e3cc ,so
 he went forth behind them in three     
companies1 who sounded their  trumpets1 
and cried with prayer4    #e3cd ,then   
the host of ,timotheus1 knowing that it 
was ,maccabeus1 fled  from him3         
wherefore he smote them with a great    
slaughter2 so that there  were killed of
 them that day about eight thousand men4
    #e3ce ,this done1 ,judas turned     
aside to ,maspha2 and after he had      
assaulted it he took and slew all the   
males therein1 and received the  spoils 
thereof1 and burnt it with fire4        
#e3cf ,from thence went he1 and took    
,casphon1 ,maged1 ,bosor1 and the other 
cities of the country of ,galaad4       
#e3cg ,after these things gathered      
,timotheus another host and encamped    
against ,raphon beyond the brook4       
#e3ch ,so ,judas sent men to espy the   
host1 who brought him word1 saying1     
,all the heathen that be round about us 

are assembled unto them1 even a  very   
great host4    #e3ci ,he hath also hired
 the ,arabians to help them and they    
have pitched  their tents beyond the    
brook1 ready to come and fight against  
thee4  ,upon this ,judas went to meet   
them4    #e3dj ,then ,timotheus said    
unto the captains of his host1 ,when    
,judas and  his host come near the      
brook1 if he pass over first unto us1 we
 shall  not be able to withstand him2   
for he will mightily prevail against us3
    #e3da ,but if he be afraid1 and camp
 beyond the river1 we shall go over     
unto him1 and prevail against him4      
#e3db ,now when ,judas came near the    
brook1 he caused the scribes of the     
people to remain by the brook3 unto whom
 he gave commandment1 saying1  ,suffer  
no man to remain in the camp1 but let   
all come to the battle4    #e3dc ,so he 
went first over unto them1 and all the  
people after him3  then all the heathen1
 being discomfited before him1 cast away
 their  weapons1 and fled unto the      

temple that was at ,carnaim4    #e3dd   
,but they took the city1 and burned the 
temple with all that were  therein4     
,thus was ,carnaim subdued1 neither     
could they stand any longer  before     
,judas4    #e3de ,then ,judas gathered  
together all the ,israelites that were  
in the  country of ,galaad1 from the    
least unto the greatest1 even their     
wives1  and their children1 and their   
stuff1 a very great host1 to the end    
they  might come into the land of       
,judea4    #e3df ,now when they came    
unto ,ephron1 7this was a great city in 
the way  as they should go1 very well   
fortified7 they could not turn from it1 
either on the right hand or the left1   
but must needs pass through the  midst  
of it4    #e3dg ,then they of the city  
shut them out1 and stopped up the gates 
with  stones4    #e3dh ,whereupon ,judas
 sent unto them in peaceable manner1    
saying1 ,let us  pass through your land 
to go into our own country1 and none    
shall do  you any hurt2 we will only    

pass through on foot3 howbeit they would
 not  open unto him4    #e3di ,wherefore
 ,judas commanded a proclamation to be  
made throughout the  host1 that every   
man should pitch his tent in the place  
where he was4    #e3ej ,so the soldiers 
pitched1 and assaulted the city all that
 day and  all that night1 till at the   
length the city was delivered into his  
hands3    #e3ea ,who then slew all the  
males with the edge of the sword1 and   
rased  the city1 and took the spoils    
thereof1 and passed through the city    
over  them that were slain4    #e3eb    
,after this went they over ,jordan into 
the great plain before  ,bethsan4       
#e3ec ,and ,judas gathered together     
those that came behind1 and exhorted    
the people all the way through1 till    
they came into the land of ,judea4      
#e3ed ,so they went up to mount ,sion   
with joy and gladness1 where they       
offered burnt offerings1 because not one
 of them were slain until they  had     
returned in peace4    #e3ee ,now what   

time as ,judas and ,jonathan were in the
 land of ,galaad1  and ,simon his       
brother in ,galilee before ,ptolemais1  
#e3ef ,joseph the son of ,zacharias1 and
 ,azarias1 captains of the  garrisons1  
heard of the valiant acts and warlike   
deeds which they had  done4    #e3eg    
,wherefore they said1 ,let us also get  
us a name1 and go fight  against the    
heathen that are round about us4        
#e3eh ,so when they had given charge    
unto the garrison that was with  them1  
they went toward ,jamnia4    #e3ei ,then
 came ,gorgias and his men out of the   
city to fight against  them4    #e3fj   
,and so it was1 that ,joseph and ,azaras
 were put to flight1 and  pursued unto  
the borders of ,judea3 and there were   
slain that day of the  people of ,israel
 about two thousand men4    #e3fa ,thus 
was there a great overthrow among the   
children of ,israel1  because they were 
not obedient unto ,judas and his        
brethren1 but thought  to do some       
valiant act4    #e3fb ,moreover these   

men came not of the seed of those1 by   
whose hand  deliverance was given unto  
,israel4    #e3fc ,howbeit the man      
,judas and his brethren were greatly    
renowned in  the sight of all ,israel1  
and of all the heathen1 wheresoever     
their name  was heard of2    #e3fd      
,insomuch as the people assembled unto  
them with joyful  acclamations4    #e3fe
 ,afterward went ,judas forth with his  
brethren1 and fought against  the       
children of ,esau in the land toward the
 south1 where he smote  ,hebron1 and the
 towns thereof1 and pulled down the     
fortress of it1 and  burned the towers  
thereof round about4    #e3ff ,from     
thence he removed to go into the land of
 the ,philistines1 and  passed through  
,samaria4    #e3fg ,at that time certain
 priests1 desirous to shew their valour1
 were  slain in battle1 for that they   
went out to fight unadvisedly4    #e3fh 
,so ,judas turned to ,azotus in the land
 of the ,philistines1 and when  he had  
pulled down their altars1 and burned    

their carved images with  fire1 and     
spoiled their cities1 he returned into  
the land of ,judea4    #f3a ,about that 
time king ,antiochus travelling through 
the high  countries heard say1 that     
,elymais in the country of ,persia was a
 city  greatly renowned for riches1     
silver1 and gold2    #f3b ,and that     
there was in it a very rich temple1     
wherein were coverings  of gold1 and    
breastplates1 and shields1 which        
,alexander1 son of ,philip1  the        
,macedonian king1 who reigned first     
among the ,grecians1 had left  there4   
#f3c ,wherefore he came and sought to   
take the city1 and to spoil it2 but  he 
was not able1 because they of the city1 
having had warning thereof1    #f3d     
,rose up against him in battle3 so he   
fled1 and departed thence with  great   
heaviness1 and returned to ,babylon4    
#f3e ,moreover there came one who       
brought him tidings into ,persia1 that  
the armies1 which went against the land 
of ,judea1 were put to flight3    #f3f  

,and that ,lysias1 who went forth first 
with a great power was driven  away of  
the ,jews2 and that they were made      
strong by the armour1 and  power1 and   
store of spoils1 which they had gotten  
of the armies1 whom  they had destroyed3
    #f3g ,also that they had pulled down
 the abomination1 which he had set up   
upon the altar in ,jerusalem1 and that  
they had compassed about the  sanctuary 
with high walls1 as before1 and his city
 ,bethsura4    #f3h ,now when the king  
heard these words1 he was astonished and
 sore  moved3 whereupon he laid him down
 upon his bed1 and fell sick for  grief1
 because it had not befallen him as he  
looked for4    #f3i ,and there he       
continued many days3 for his grief was  
ever more and  more1 and he made account
 that he should die4    #f3aj ,wherefore
 he called for all his friends1 and said
 unto them1 ,the  sleep is gone from    
mine eyes1 and my heart faileth for very
 care4    #f3aa ,and ,i thought with    
myself1 ,into what tribulation am ,i    

come1 and  how great a flood of misery  
is it1 wherein now ,i am6 for ,i was    
bountiful and beloved in my power4      
#f3ab ,but now ,i remember the evils    
that ,i did at ,jerusalem1 and that ,i  
took all the vessels of gold and silver 
that were therein1 and sent to  destroy 
the inhabitants of ,judea without a     
cause4    #f3ac ,i perceive therefore   
that for this cause these troubles are  
come  upon me1 and1 behold1 ,i perish   
through great grief in a strange land4  
#f3ad ,then called he for ,philip1 one  
of his friends1 who he made ruler  over 
all his realm1    #f3ae ,and gave him   
the crown1 and his robe1 and his signet1
 to the end  he should bring up his son 
,antiochus1 and nourish him up for the  
kingdom4    #f3af ,so king ,antiochus   
died there in the hundred forty and     
ninth year4    #f3ag ,now when ,lysias  
knew that the king was dead1 he set up  
,antiochus  his son1 whom he had brought
 up being young1 to reign in his stead1 
and  his name he called ,eupator4       

#f3ah ,about this time they that were in
 the tower shut up the ,israelites      
round about the sanctuary1 and sought   
always their hurt1 and the              
strengthening of the heathen4    #f3ai  
,wherefore ,judas1 purposing to destroy 
them1 called all the people  together to
 besiege them4    #f3bj ,so they came   
together1 and besieged them in the      
hundred and  fiftieth year1 and he made 
mounts for shot against them1 and other 
engines4    #f3ba ,howbeit certain of   
them that were besieged got forth1 unto 
whom  some ungodly men of ,israel joined
 themselves3    #f3bb ,and they went    
unto the king1 and said1 ,how long will 
it be ere  thou execute judgment1 and   
avenge our brethren8    #f3bc ,we have  
been willing to serve thy father1 and to
 do as he would  have us1 and to obey   
his commandments2    #f3bd ,for which   
cause they of our nation besiege the    
tower1 and are  alienated from us3      
moreover as many of us as they could    
light on they  slew1 and spoiled our    

inheritance4    #f3be ,neither have they
 stretched out their hand against us    
only1 but  also against their borders4  
#f3bf ,and1 behold1 this day are they   
besieging the tower at ,jerusalem1  to  
take it3 the sanctuary also and         
,bethsura have they fortified4    #f3bg 
,wherefore if thou dost not prevent them
 quickly1 they will do the  greater     
things than these1 neither shalt thou be
 able to rule them4    #f3bh ,now when  
the king heard this1 he was angry1 and  
gathered together  all his friends1 and 
the captains of his army1 and those that
 had  charge of the horse4    #f3bi     
,there came also unto him from other    
kingdoms1 and from isles of  the sea1   
bands of hired soldiers4    #f3cj ,so   
that the number of his army was an      
hundred thousand footmen1  and twenty   
thousand horsemen1 and two and thirty   
elephants exercised in  battle4    #f3ca
 ,these went through ,idumea1 and       
pitched against ,bethsura1 which  they  
assaulted many days1 making engines of  

war2 but they of ,bethsura  came out1   
and burned them with fire1 and fought   
valiantly4    #f3cb ,upon this ,judas   
removed from the tower1 and pitched in  
,bathzacharias1 over against the king's 
camp4    #f3cc ,then the king rising    
very early marched fiercely with his    
host  toward ,bathzacharias1 where his  
armies made them ready to battle1 and   
sounded the trumpets4    #f3cd ,and to  
the end they might provoke the elephants
 to fight1 they  shewed them the blood  
of grapes and mulberries4    #f3ce      
,moreover they divided the beasts among 
the armies1 and for every  elephant they
 appointed a thousand men1 armed with   
coats of mail1 and  with helmets of     
brass on their heads2 and beside this1  
for every beast  were ordained five     
hundred horsemen of the best4    #f3cf  
,these were ready at every occasion3    
wheresoever the beast was1 and          
whithersoever the beast went1 they went 
also1 neither departed they  from him4  
#f3cg ,and upon the beasts were there   

strong towers of wood1 which  covered   
every one of them1 and were girt fast   
unto them with devices3  there were also
 upon every one two and thirty strong   
men1 that fought  upon them1 beside the 
,indian that ruled him4    #f3ch ,as for
 the remnant of the horsemen1 they set  
them on this side and  that side at the 
two parts of the host giving them signs 
what to do1  and being harnessed all    
over amidst the ranks4    #f3ci ,now    
when the sun shone upon the shields of  
gold and brass1 the  mountains glistered
 therewith1 and shined like lamps of    
fire4    #f3dj ,so part of the king's   
army being spread upon the high         
mountains1  and part on the valleys     
below1 they marched on safely and in    
order4    #f3da ,wherefore all that     
heard the noise of their multitude1 and 
the  marching of the company1 and the   
rattling of the harness1 were moved3    
for the army was very great and mighty4 
#f3db ,then ,judas and his host drew    
near1 and entered into battle1 and      

there were slain of the king's army six 
hundred men4    #f3dc ,eleazar also1    
surnamed ,savaran1 perceiving that one  
of the beasts1  armed with royal        
harness1 was higher than all the rest1  
and supposing  that the king was upon   
him1    #f3dd ,put himself in jeopardy1 
to the end he might deliver his people1 
and get him a perpetual name3    #f3de  
,wherefore he ran upon him courageously 
through the midst of the  battle1       
slaying on the right hand and on the    
left1 so that they were  divided from   
him on both sides4    #f3df ,which done1
 he crept under the elephant1 and thrust
 him under1 and  slew him3 whereupon the
 elephant fell down upon him1 and there 
he died4    #f3dg ,howbeit the rest of  
the ,jews seeing the strength of the    
king1 and  the violence of his forces1  
turned away from them4    #f3dh ,then   
the king's army went up to ,jerusalem to
 meet them1 and the  king pitched his   
tents against ,judea1 and against mount 
,sion4    #f3di ,but with them that were

 in ,bethsura he made peace3 for they   
came  out of the city1 because they had 
no victuals there to endure the  siege1 
it being a year of rest to the land4    
#f3ej ,so the king took ,bethsura1 and  
set a garrison there to keep it4        
#f3ea ,as for the sanctuary1 he besieged
 it many days3 and set there  artillery 
with engines and instruments to cast    
fire and stones1 and  pieces to cast    
darts and slings4    #f3eb ,whereupon   
they also made engines against their    
engines1 and held  them battle a long   
season4    #f3ec ,yet at the last1 their
 vessels being without victuals1 7for   
that  it was the seventh year1 and they 
in ,judea that were delivered from the  
,gentiles1 had eaten up the residue of  
the store27    #f3ed ,there were but a  
few left in the sanctuary1 because the  
famine did  so prevail against them1    
that they were fain to disperse         
themselves1  every man to his own place4
    #f3ee ,at that time ,lysias heard   
say1 that ,philip1 whom ,antiochus the  

king1 whiles he lived1 had appointed to 
bring up his son ,antiochus1  that he   
might be king1    #f3ef ,was returned   
out of ,persia and ,media1 and the      
king's host also  that went with him1   
and that he sought to take unto him the 
ruling of  the affairs4    #f3eg        
,wherefore he went in all haste1 and    
said to the king and the  captains of   
the host and the company1 ,we decay     
daily1 and our victuals  are but small1 
and the place we lay siege unto is      
strong1 and the  affairs of the kingdom 
lie upon us3    #f3eh ,now therefore let
 us be friends with these men1 and make 
peace  with them1 and with all their    
nation2    #f3ei ,and covenant with     
them1 that they shall live after their  
laws1 as  they did before3 for they are 
therefore displeased1 and have done all 
these things1 because we abolished their
 laws4    #f3fj ,so the king and the    
princes were content3 wherefore he sent 
unto  them to make peace2 and they      
accepted thereof4    #f3fa ,also the    

king and the princes made an oath unto  
them3 whereupon  they went out of the   
strong hold4    #f3fb ,then the king    
entered into mount ,sion2 but when he   
saw the  strength of the place1 he broke
 his oath that he had made1 and gave    
commandment to pull down the wall round 
about4    #f3fc ,afterward departed he  
in all haste1 and returned unto         
,antiochia1  where he found ,philip to  
be master of the city3 so he fought     
against  him1 and took the city by      
force4    #g3a ,in the hundred and one  
and fiftieth year ,demetrius the son of 
,seleucus departed from ,rome1 and came 
up with a few men unto a city of  the   
sea coast1 and reigned there4    #g3b   
,and as he entered into the palace of   
his ancestors1 so it was1 that  his     
forces had taken ,antiochus and ,lysias1
 to bring them unto him4    #g3c        
,wherefore1 when he knew it1 he said1   
,let me not see their faces4    #g3d ,so
 his host slew them4 ,now when          
,demetrius was set upon the throne  of  

his kingdom1    #g3e ,there came unto   
him all the wicked and ungodly men of   
,israel1  having ,alcimus1 who was      
desirous to be high priest1 for their   
captain3    #g3f ,and they accused the  
people to the king1 saying1 ,judas and  
his  brethren have slain all thy        
friends1 and driven us out of our own   
land4    #g3g ,now therefore send some  
man whom thou trustest1 and let him go  
and  see what havock he hath made among 
us1 and in the king's land1 and let  him
 punish them with all them that aid     
them4    #g3h ,then the king chose      
,bacchides1 a friend of the king1 who   
ruled  beyond the flood1 and was a great
 man in the kingdom1 and faithful to    
the king1    #g3i ,and him he sent with 
that wicked ,alcimus1 whom he made high 
priest1  and commanded that he should   
take vengeance of the children of       
,israel4    #g3aj ,so they departed1 and
 came with a great power into the land  
of  ,judea1 where they sent messengers  
to ,judas and his brethren with         

peaceable words deceitfully4    #g3aa   
,but they gave no heed to their words2  
for they saw that they were  come with a
 great power4    #g3ab ,then did there  
assemble unto ,alcimus and ,bacchides a 
company of  scribes1 to require justice4
    #g3ac ,now the ,assideans were the  
first among the children of ,israel that
  sought peace of them3    #g3ad ,for   
said they1 ,one that is a priest of the 
seed of ,aaron is come  with this army1 
and he will do us no wrong4    #g3ae ,so
 he spake unto them1 peaceably1 and     
sware unto them1 saying1 we  will       
procure the harm neither of you nor your
 friends4    #g3af ,whereupon they      
believed him3 howbeit he took of them   
threescore  men1 and slew them in one   
day1 according to the words which he    
wrote1    #g3ag ,the flesh of thy saints
 have they cast out1 and their blood    
have  they shed round about ,jerusalem1 
and there was none to bury them4        
#g3ah ,wherefore the fear and dread of  
them fell upon all the people1 who      

said1 ,there is neither truth nor       
righteousness in them2 for they have    
broken the covenant and oath that they  
made4    #g3ai ,after this1 removed     
,bacchides from ,jerusalem1 and pitched 
his  tents in ,bezeth1 where he sent and
 took many of the men that had  forsaken
 him1 and certain of the people also1   
and when he had slain  them1 he cast    
them into the great pit4    #g3bj ,then 
committed he the country to ,alcimus1   
and left with him a  power to aid him3  
so ,bacchides went to the king4    #g3ba
 ,but ,alcimus contended for the high   
priesthood4    #g3bb ,and unto him      
resorted all such as troubled the       
people1 who1 after  they had gotten the 
land of ,juda into their power1 did much
 hurt in  ,israel4    #g3bc ,now when   
,judas saw all the mischief that        
,alcimus and his company  had done among
 the ,israelites1 even above the        
heathen1    #g3bd ,he went out into all 
the coasts of ,judea round about1 and   
took  vengeance of them that had        

revolted from him1 so that they durst no
  more go forth into the country4       
#g3be ,on the other side1 when ,alcimus 
saw that ,judas and his company had     
gotten the upper hand1 and knew that he 
was not able to abide their  force1 he  
went again to the king1 and said all the
 worst of them that  he could4    #g3bf 
,then the king sent ,nicanor1 one of his
 honourable princes1 a man  that bare   
deadly hate unto ,israel1 with          
commandment to destroy the  people4     
#g3bg ,so ,nicanor came to ,jerusalem   
with a great force2 and sent unto       
,judas and his brethren deceitfully with
 friendly words1 saying1    #g3bh ,let  
there be no battle between me and you2  
,i will come with a few  men1 that ,i   
may see you in peace4    #g3bi ,he came 
therefore to ,judas1 and they saluted   
one another  peaceably4 ,howbeit the    
enemies were prepared to take away      
,judas by  violence4    #g3cj ,which    
thing after it was known to ,judas1 to  
wit1 that he came unto  him with deceit1

 he was sore afraid of him1 and would   
see his face no  more4    #g3ca ,nicanor
 also1 when he saw that his counsel was 
discovered1 went  out to fight against  
,judas beside ,capharsalama3    #g3cb   
,where there were slain of ,nicanor's   
side about five thousand men1  and the  
rest fled into the city of ,david4      
#g3cc ,after this went ,nicanor up to   
mount ,sion1 and there came out of  the 
sanctuary certain of the priests and    
certain of the elders of the  people1 to
 salute him peaceably1 and to shew him  
the burnt sacrifice  that was offered   
for the king4    #g3cd ,but he mocked   
them1 and laughed at them1 and abused   
them  shamefully1 and spake proudly1    
#g3ce ,and sware in his wrath1 saying1  
,unless ,judas and his host be now      
delivered into my hands1 if ever ,i come
 again in safety1 ,i will burn up  this 
house3 and with that he went out in a   
great rage4    #g3cf ,then the priests  
entered in1 and stood before the altar  
and the  temple1 weeping1 and saying1   

#g3cg ,thou1 ,o ,lord1 didst choose this
 house to be called by thy name1  and to
 be a house of prayer and petition for  
thy people3    #g3ch ,be avenged of this
 man and his host1 and let them fall by 
the  sword3 remember their blasphemies1 
and suffer them not to continue any     
longer4    #g3ci ,so ,nicanor went out  
of ,jerusalem1 and pitched his tents in 
,bethhoron1 where an host out of ,syria 
met him4    #g3dj ,but ,judas pitched in
 ,adasa with three thousand men1 and    
there he  prayed1 saying1    #g3da ,o   
,lord1 when they that were sent from the
 king of the ,assyrians  blasphemed1    
thine angel went out1 and smote an      
hundred fourscore and  five thousand of 
them4    #g3db ,even so destroy thou    
this host before us this day1 that the  
rest  may know that he hath spoken      
blasphemously against thy sanctuary1 and
  judge thou him according to his       
wickedness4    #g3dc ,so the thirteenth 
day of the month ,adar the hosts joined 
battle3  but ,nicanor's host was        

discomfited1 and he himself was first   
slain in  the battle4    #g3dd ,now when
 ,nicanor's host saw that he was slain1 
they cast away  their weapons1 and fled4
    #g3de ,then they pursued after them 
a day's journey1 from ,adasa unto       
,gazera1 sounding an alarm after them   
with their trumpets4    #g3df ,whereupon
 they came forth out of all the towns of
 ,judea round  about1 and closed them   
in2 so that they1 turning back upon them
 that  pursued them1 were all slain with
 the sword1 and not one of them was     
left4    #g3dg ,afterwards they took the
 spoils1 and the prey1 and smote off    
,nicanors head1 and his right hand1     
which he stretched out so proudly1  and 
brought them away1 and hanged them up   
toward ,jerusalem4    #g3dh ,for this   
cause the people rejoiced greatly1 and  
they kept that day  a day of great      
gladness4    #g3di ,moreover they       
ordained to keep yearly this day1 being 
the  thirteenth of ,adar4    #g3ej ,thus
 the land of ,juda was in rest a little 

while4    #h3a ,now ,judas had heard of 
the fame of the ,romans1 that they were 
mighty and valiant men1 and such as     
would lovingly accept all that  joined  
themselves unto them1 and make a league 
of amity with all that  came unto them2 
#h3b ,and that they were men of great   
valour4 ,it was told him also of  their 
wars and noble acts which they had done 
among the ,galatians1 and  how they had 
conquered them1 and brought them under  
tribute2    #h3c ,and what they had done
 in the country of ,spain1 for the      
winning of  the mines of the silver and 
gold which is there2    #h3d ,and that  
by their policy and patience they had   
conquered all the  place1 though it were
 very far from them2 and the kings also 
that came  against them from the        
uttermost part of the earth1 till they  
had  discomfited them1 and given them a 
great overthrow1 so that the rest  did  
give them tribute every year3    #h3e   
,beside this1 how they had discomfited  
in battle ,philip1 and  ,perseus1 king  

of the ,citims1 with others that lifted 
up themselves  against them1 and had    
overcome them3    #h3f ,how also        
,antiochus the great king of ,asia1 that
 came against them  in battle1 having an
 hundred and twenty elephants1 with     
horsemen1 and  chariots1 and a very     
great army1 was discomfited by them2    
#h3g ,and how they took him alive1 and  
covenanted that he and such as  reigned 
after him should pay a great tribute1   
and give hostages1 and  that which was  
agreed upon1    #h3h ,and the country of
 ,india1 and ,media and ,lydia and of   
the goodliest  countries1 which they    
took of him1 and gave to king ,eumenes3 
#h3i ,moreover how the ,grecians had    
determined to come and destroy them2    
#h3aj ,and that they1 having knowledge  
thereof sent against them a  certain    
captain1 and fighting with them slew    
many of them1 and carried  away captives
 their wives and their children1 and    
spoiled them1 and  took possession of   
their lands1 and pulled down their      

strong holds1 and  brought them to be   
their servants unto this day3    #h3aa  
,it was told him besides1 how they      
destroyed and brought under  their      
dominion all other kingdoms and isles   
that at any time resisted  them2        
#h3ab ,but with their friends and such  
as relied upon them they kept  amity3   
and that they had conquered kingdoms    
both far and nigh1 insomuch  as all that
 heard of their name were afraid of     
them3    #h3ac ,also that1 whom they    
would help to a kingdom1 those reign2   
and  whom again they would1 they        
displace3 finally1 that they were       
greatly  exalted3    #h3ad ,yet for all 
this none of them wore a crown or was   
clothed in  purple1 to be magnified     
thereby3    #h3ae ,moreover how they had
 made for themselves a senate house1    
wherein  three hundred and twenty men   
sat in council daily1 consulting alway  
for  the people1 to the end they might  
be well ordered3    #h3af ,and that they
 committed their government to one man  

every year1  who ruled over all their   
country1 and that all were obedient to  
that  one1 and that there was neither   
envy nor emmulation among them4    #h3ag
 ,in consideration of these things1     
,judas chose ,eupolemus the son of      
,john1 the son of ,accos1 and ,jason the
 son of ,eleazar1 and sent them to      
,rome1 to make a league of amity and    
confederacy with them1    #h3ah ,and to 
intreat them that they would take the   
yoke from them2 for  they saw that the  
kingdom of the ,grecians did oppress    
,israel with  servitude4    #h3ai ,they 
went therefore to ,rome1 which was a    
very great journey1 and  came into the  
senate1 where they spake and said4      
#h3bj ,judas ,maccabeus with his        
brethren1 and the people of the ,jews1  
have sent us unto you1 to make a        
confederacy and peace with you1 and     
that we might be registered your        
confederates and friends4    #h3ba ,so  
that matter pleased the ,romans well4   
#h3bb ,and this is the copy of the      

epistle which the senate wrote back     
again in tables of brass1 and sent to   
,jerusalem1 that there they might  have 
by them a memorial of peace and         
confederacy3    #h3bc ,good success be  
to the ,romans1 and to the people of the
 ,jews1 by  sea and by land for ever3   
the sword also and enemy be far from    
them1    #h3bd ,if there come first any 
war upon the ,romans or any of their    
confederates throughout all their       
dominion1    #h3be ,the people of the   
,jews shall help them1 as the time shall
 be  appointed1 with all their heart3   
#h3bf ,neither shall they give any thing
 unto them that make war upon  them1 or 
aid them with victuals1 weapons1 money1 
or ships1 as it hath  seemed good unto  
the ,romans2 but they shall keep their  
covenants  without taking any thing     
therefore4    #h3bg ,in the same manner 
also1 if war come first upon the nation 
of the  ,jews1 the ,romans shall help   
them with all their heart1 according as 
the  time shall be appointed them3      

#h3bh ,neither shall victuals be given  
to them that take part against  them1 or
 weapons1 or money1 or ships1 as it hath
 seemed good to the  ,romans2 but they  
shall keep their covenants1 and that    
without deceit4    #h3bi ,according to  
these articles did the ,romans make a   
covenant with  the people of the ,jews4 
#h3cj ,howbeit if hereafter the one     
party or the other shall think to  meet 
to add or diminish any thing1 they may  
do it at their pleasures1  and          
whatsoever they shall add or take away  
shall be ratified4    #h3ca ,and as     
touching the evils that ,demetrius doeth
 to the ,jews1 we  have written unto    
him1 saying1 ,wherefore thou made thy   
yoke heavy upon  our friends and        
confederates the ,jews8    #h3cb ,if    
therefore they complain any more against
 thee1 we will do them  justice1 and    
fight with thee by sea and by land4     
#i3a ,furthermore1 when ,demetrius heard
 that ,nicanor and his host were  slain 
in battle1 he sent ,bacchides and       

,alcimus into the land of ,judea  the   
second time1 and with them the chief    
strength of his host3    #i3b ,who went 
forth by the way that leadeth to        
,galgala1 and pitched  their tents      
before ,masaloth1 which is in ,arbela1  
and after they had won  it1 they slew   
much people4    #i3c ,also the first    
month of the hundred fifty and second   
year they  encamped before ,jerusalem3  
#i3d ,from whence they removed1 and went
 to ,berea1 with twenty thousand        
footmen and two thousand horsemen4      
#i3e ,now ,judas had pitched his tents  
at ,eleasa1 and three thousand  chosen  
men with him3    #i3f ,who seeing the   
multitude of the other army to be so    
great were sore  afraid2 whereupon many 
conveyed themselves out of the host1    
insomuch as  there abode of them no more
 but eight hundred men4    #i3g ,when   
,judas therefore saw that his host slipt
 away1 and that the  battle pressed upon
 him1 he was sore troubled in mind1 and 
much  distressed1 for that he had no    

time to gather them together4    #i3h   
,nevertheless unto them that remained he
 said1 ,let us arise and go  up against 
our enemies1 if peradventure we may be  
able to fight with  them4    #i3i ,but  
they dehorted him1 saying1 ,we shall    
never be able3 let us now  rather save  
our lives1 and hereafter we will return 
with our brethren1  and fight against   
them3 for we are but few4    #i3aj ,then
 ,judas said1 ,god forbid that ,i should
 do this thing1 and flee  away from     
them3 if our time be come1 let us die   
manfully for our  brethren1 and let us  
not stain our honour4    #i3aa ,with    
that the host of ,bacchides removed out 
of their tents1 and  stood over against 
them1 their horsemen being divided into 
two troops1  and their slingers and     
archers going before the host and they  
that  marched in the foreward were all  
mighty men4    #i3ab ,as for ,bacchides1
 he was in the right wing3 so the host  
drew near  on the two parts1 and sounded
 their trumpets4    #i3ac ,they also of 

,judas' side1 even they sounded their   
trumpets also1  so that the earth shook 
at the noise of the armies1 and the     
battle  continued from morning till     
night4    #i3ad ,now when ,judas        
perceived that ,bacchides and the       
strength of his  army were on the right 
side1 he took with him all the hardy    
men1    #i3ae ,who discomfited the right
 wing1 and pursued them unto the mount  
,azotus4    #i3af ,but when they of the 
left wing saw that they of the right    
wing  were discomfited1 they followed   
upon ,judas and those that were with him
  hard at the heels from behind3        
#i3ag ,whereupon there was a sore       
battle1 insomuch as many were slain on  
both parts4    #i3ah ,judas also was    
killed1 and the remnant fled4    #i3ai  
,then ,jonathan and ,simon took ,judas  
their brother1 and buried him  in the   
sepulchre of his fathers in ,modin4     
#i3bj ,moreover they bewailed him1 and  
all ,israel made great lamentation  for 
him1 and mourned many days1 saying1     

#i3ba ,how is the valiant man fallen1   
that delivered ,israel6    #i3bb ,as for
 the other things concerning ,judas and 
his wars1 and the  noble acts which he  
did1 and his greatness1 they are not    
written3 for  they were very many4      
#i3bc ,now after the death of ,judas the
 wicked began to put forth their  heads 
in all the coasts of ,israel1 and there 
arose up all such as  wrought iniquity4 
#i3bd ,in those days also was there a   
very great famine1 by reason  whereof   
the country revolted1 and went with     
them4    #i3be ,then ,bacchides chose   
the wicked men1 and made them lords of  
the  country4    #i3bf ,and they made   
enquiry and search for ,judas' friends1 
and brought  them unto ,bacchides1 who  
took vengeance of them1 and used them   
despitefully4    #i3bg ,so was there a  
great affliction in ,israel1 the like   
whereof was  not since the time that a  
prophet was not seen among them4        
#i3bh ,for this cause all ,judas'       
friends came together1 and said unto    

,jonathan1    #i3bi ,since thy brother  
,judas died1 we have no man like him to 
go forth  against our enemies1 and      
,bacchides1 and against them of our     
nation that  are adversaries to us4     
#i3cj ,now therefore we have chosen thee
 this day to be our prince and  captain 
in his stead1 that thou mayest fight our
 battles4    #i3ca ,upon this ,jonathan 
took the governance upon him at that    
time1 and  rose up instead of his       
brother ,judas4    #i3cb ,but when      
,bacchides gat knowledge thereof1 he    
sought for to slay  him4    #i3cc ,then 
,jonathan1 and ,simon his brother1 and  
all that were with him1  perceiving     
that1 fled into the wilderness of       
,thecoe1 and pitched their  tents by the
 water of the pool ,asphar4    #i3cd    
,which when ,bacchides understood1 he   
came near to ,jordan with all  his host 
upon the sabbath day4    #i3ce ,now     
,jonathan had sent his brother ,john1 a 
captain of the people1  to pray his     
friends the ,nabathites1 that they might

 leave with them  their carriage1 which 
was much4    #i3cf ,but the children of 
,jambri came out of ,medaba1 and took   
,john1 and  all that he had1 and went   
their way with it4    #i3cg ,after this 
came word to ,jonathan and ,simon his   
brother1 that the  children of ,jambri  
made a great marriage1 and were bringing
 the bride  from ,nadabatha with a great
 train1 as being the daughter of one of 
the  great princes of ,chanaan4    #i3ch
 ,therefore they remembered ,john their 
brother1 and went up1 and hid           
themselves under the covert of the      
mountain3    #i3ci ,where they lifted up
 their eyes1 and looked1 and1 behold1   
there  was much ado and great carriage3 
and the bridegroom came forth1 and his  
friends and brethren1 to meet them with 
drums1 and instruments of  musick1 and  
many weapons4    #i3dj ,then ,jonathan  
and they that were with him rose up     
against them  from the place where they 
lay in ambush1 and made a slaughter of  
them  in such sort1 as many fell down   

dead1 and the remnant fled into the     
mountain1 and they took all their       
spoils4    #i3da ,thus was the marriage 
turned into mourning1 and the noise of  
their  melody into lamentation4    #i3db
 ,so when they had avenged fully the    
blood of their brother1 they  turned    
again to the marsh of ,jordan4    #i3dc 
,now when ,bacchides heard hereof1 he   
came on the sabbath day unto  the banks 
of ,jordan with a great power4    #i3dd 
,then ,jonathan said to his company1    
,let us go up now and fight for  our    
lives1 for it standeth not with us to   
day1 as in time past3    #i3de ,for1    
behold1 the battle is before us and     
behind us1 and the water  of ,jordan on 
this side and that side1 the marsh      
likewise and wood1  neither is there    
place for us to turn aside4    #i3df    
,wherefore cry ye now unto heaven1 that 
ye may be delivered from  the hand of   
your enemies4    #i3dg ,with that they  
joined battle1 and ,jonathan stretched  
forth his  hand to smite ,bacchides1 but

 he turned back from him4    #i3dh ,then
 ,jonathan and they that were with him  
leapt into ,jordan1 and  swam over unto 
the other bank3 howbeit the other passed
 not over ,jordan  unto them4    #i3di  
,so there were slain of ,bacchides' side
 that day about a thousand  men4        
#i3ej ,afterward returned ,bacchides to 
,jerusalem and repaired the strong      
cites in ,judea2 the fort in ,jericho1  
and ,emmaus1 and ,bethhoron1 and        
,bethel1 and ,thamnatha1 ,pharathoni1   
and ,taphon1 these did he strengthen    
with high walls1 with gates and with    
bars4    #i3ea ,and in them he set a    
garrison1 that they might work malice   
upon  ,israel4    #i3eb ,he fortified   
also the city ,bethsura1 and ,gazera1   
and the tower1  and put forces in them1 
and provision of victuals4    #i3ec     
,besides1 he took the chief men's sons  
in the country for hostages1  and put   
them into the tower at ,jerusalem to be 
kept4    #i3ed ,moreover in the hundred 
fifty and third year1 in the second     

month1  ,alcimus commanded that the wall
 of the inner court of the sanctuary    
should be pulled down2 he pulled down   
also the works of the prophets    #i3ee 
,and as he began to pull down1 even at  
that time was ,alcimus  plagued1 and his
 enterprizes hindered3 for his mouth was
 stopped1 and  he was taken with a      
palsy1 so that he could no more speak   
any thing1  nor give order concerning   
his house4    #i3ef ,so ,alcimus died at
 that time with great torment4    #i3eg 
,now when ,bacchides saw that ,alcimus  
was dead1 he returned to the  king3     
whereupon the land of ,judea was in rest
 two years4    #i3eh ,then all the      
ungodly men held a council1 saying1     
,behold1 ,jonathan  and his company are 
at ease1 and dwell without care3 now    
therefore we  will bring ,bacchides     
hither1 who shall take them all in one  
night4    #i3ei ,so they went and       
consulted with him4    #i3fj ,then      
removed he1 and came with a great host1 
and sent letters  privily to his        

adherents in ,judea1 that they should   
take ,jonathan and  those that were with
 him3 howbeit they could not1 because   
their counsel  was known unto them4     
#i3fa ,wherefore they took of the men of
 the country1 that were authors  of that
 mischief1 about fifty persons1 and slew
 them4    #i3fb ,afterward ,jonathan1   
and ,simon1 and they that were with him1
 got  them away to ,bethbasi1 which is  
in the wilderness1 and they repaired    
the decays thereof1 and made it strong4 
#i3fc ,which thing when ,bacchides knew1
 he gathered together all his  host1 and
 sent word to them that were of ,judea4 
#i3fd ,then went he and laid siege      
against ,bethbasi2 and they fought      
against it a long season and made       
engines of war4    #i3fe ,but ,jonathan 
left his brother ,simon in the city1 and
 went forth  himself into the country1  
and with a certain number went he forth4
    #i3ff ,and he smote ,odonarkes and  
his brethren1 and the children of       
,phasiron in their tent4    #i3fg ,and  

when he began to smite them1 and came up
 with his forces1  ,simon and his       
company went out of the city1 and burned
 up the engines  of war1    #i3fh ,and  
fought against ,bacchides1 who was      
discomfited by them1 and  they afflicted
 him sore3 for his counsel and travail  
was in vain4    #i3fi ,wherefore he was 
very wroth at the wicked men that gave  
him  counsel to come into the country1  
inasmuch as he slew many of them1 and   
purposed to return into his own country4
    #i3gj ,whereof when ,jonathan had   
knowledge1 he sent ambassadors unto him1
  to the end he should make peace with  
him1 and deliver them the  prisoners4   
#i3ga ,which thing he accepted1 and did 
according to his demands1 and  sware    
unto him that he would never do him harm
 all the days of his  life4    #i3gb    
,when therefore he had restored unto him
 the prisoners that he had  taken       
aforetime out of the land of ,judea1 he 
returned and went his way  into his own 
land1 neither came he any more into     

their borders4    #i3gc ,thus the sword 
ceased from ,israel3 but ,jonathan dwelt
 at ,machmas1  and began to govern the  
people2 and he destroyed the ungodly men
 out of  ,israel4    #aj3a ,in the      
hundred and sixtieth year ,alexander1   
the son of ,antiochus  surnamed         
,epiphanes1 went up and took ,ptolemais3
 for the people had  received him1 by   
means whereof he reigned there1    #aj3b
 ,now when king ,demetrius heard        
thereof1 he gathered together an        
exceeding great host1 and went forth    
against him to fight4    #aj3c ,moreover
 ,demetrius sent letters unto ,jonathan 
with loving words1  so as he magnified  
him4    #aj3d ,for said he1 ,let us     
first make peace with him1 before he    
join with  ,alexander against us3       
#aj3e ,else he will remember all the    
evils that we have done against him1    
and against his brethren and his people4
    #aj3f ,wherefore he gave him        
authority to gather together an host1   
and to  provide weapons1 that he might  

aid him in battle3 he commanded also    
that the hostages that were in the tower
 should be delivered him4    #aj3g ,then
 came ,jonathan to ,jerusalem1 and read 
the letters in the  audience of all the 
people1 and of them that were in the    
tower3    #aj3h ,who were sore afraid1  
when they heard that the king had given 
him  authority to gather together an    
host4    #aj3i ,whereupon they of the   
tower delivered their hostages unto     
,jonathan1 and he delivered them unto   
their parents4    #aj3aj ,this done1    
,jonathan settled himself in ,jerusalem1
 and began to  build and repair the     
city4    #aj3aa ,and he commanded the   
workmen to build the walls and the mount
  ,sion and about with square stones for
 fortification2 and they did so4        
#aj3ab ,then the strangers1 that were in
 the fortresses which ,bacchides  had   
built1 fled away2    #aj3ac ,insomuch as
 every man left his place1 and went into
 his own  country4    #aj3ad ,only at   
,bethsura certain of those that had     

forsaken the law and  the commandments  
remained still3 for it was their place  
of refuge4    #aj3ae ,now when king     
,alexander had heard what promises      
,demetrius had  sent unto ,jonathan3    
when also it was told him of the battles
 and noble  acts which he and his       
brethren had done1 and of the pains that
 they had  endured1    #aj3af ,he said1 
,shall we find such another man8 now    
therefore we will  make him our friend  
and confederate4    #aj3ag ,upon this he
 wrote a letter1 and sent it unto him1  
according to  these words1 saying1      
#aj3ah ,king ,alexander to his brother  
,jonathan sendeth greeting3    #aj3ai   
,we have heard of thee1 that thou art a 
man of great power1 and  meet to be our 
friend4    #aj3bj ,wherefore now this   
day we ordain thee to be the high priest
 of  thy nation1 and to be called the   
king's friend2 7and therewithal he  sent
 him a purple robe and a crown of gold37
 and require thee to take  our part1 and
 keep friendship with us4    #aj3ba ,so 

in the seventh month of the hundred and 
sixtieth year1 at the  feast of the     
tabernacles1 ,jonathan put on the holy  
robe1 and gathered  together forces1 and
 provided much armour4    #aj3bb        
,whereof when ,demetrius heard1 he was  
very sorry1 and said1    #aj3bc ,what   
have we done1 that ,alexander hath      
prevented us in making  amity with the  
,jews to strengthen himself8    #aj3bd  
,i also will write unto them words of   
encouragement1 and promise  them        
dignities and gifts1 that ,i may have   
their aid4    #aj3be ,he sent unto them 
therefore to this effect3 ,king         
,demetrius unto  the people of the ,jews
 sendeth greeting3    #aj3bf ,whereas ye
 have kept covenants with us1 and       
continued in our  friendship1 not       
joining yourselves with our enemies1 we 
have heard  hereof1 and are glad4       
#aj3bg ,wherefore now continue ye still 
to be faithful unto us1 and we  will    
well recompense you for the things ye do
 in our behalf1    #aj3bh ,and will     

grant you many immunities1 and give you 
rewards4    #aj3bi ,and now do ,i free  
you1 and for your sake ,i release all   
the ,jews1  from tributes1 and from the 
customs of salt1 and from crown taxes1  
#aj3cj ,and from that which appertaineth
 unto me to receive for the third  part 
or the seed1 and the half of the fruit  
of the trees1 ,i release it  from this  
day forth1 so that they shall not be    
taken of the land of  ,judea1 nor of the
 three governments which are added      
thereunto out of  the country of        
,samaria and ,galilee1 from this day    
forth for evermore4    #aj3ca ,let      
,jerusalem also be holy and free1 with  
the borders thereof1  both from tenths  
and tributes4    #aj3cb ,and as for the 
tower which is at ,jerusalem1 ,i yield  
up authority  over it1 and give it to   
the high priest1 that he may set in it  
such men  as he shall choose to keep it4
    #aj3cc ,moreover ,i freely set at   
liberty every one of the ,jews1 that    
were  carried captives out of the land  

of ,judea into any part of my kingdom1  
and ,i will that all my officers remit  
the tributes even of their  cattle4     
#aj3cd ,furthermore ,i will that all the
 feasts1 and sabbaths1 and new  moons1  
and solemn days1 and the three days     
before the feast1 and the  three days   
after the feast shall be all of immunity
 and freedom for all  the ,jews in my   
realm4    #aj3ce ,also no man shall have
 authority to meddle with or to molest  
any  of them in any matter4    #aj3cf ,i
 will further1 that there be enrolled   
among the king's forces  about thirty   
thousand men of the ,jews1 unto whom pay
 shall be given1 as  belongeth to all   
king's forces4    #aj3cg ,and of them   
some shall be placed in the king's      
strong holds1 of  whom also some shall  
be set over the affairs of the kingdom1 
which are  of trust3 and ,i will that   
their overseers and governors be of     
themselves1 and that they live after    
their own laws1 even as the king  hath  
commanded in the land of ,judea4        

#aj3ch ,and concerning the three        
governments that are added to ,judea    
from  the country of ,samaria1 let them 
be joined with ,judea1 that they may be 
reckoned to be under one1 nor bound to  
obey other authority than the  high     
priest's4    #aj3ci ,as for ,ptolemais1 
and the land pertaining thereto1 ,i give
 it as a  free gift to the sanctuary at 
,jerusalem for the necessary expences of
  the sanctuary4    #aj3dj ,moreover ,i 
give every year fifteen thousand shekels
 of silver out  of the king's accounts  
from the places appertaining4    #aj3da 
,and all the overplus1 which the        
officers payed not in as in  former     
time1 from henceforth shall be given    
toward the works of the  temple4        
#aj3db ,and beside this1 the five       
thousand shekels of silver1 which they  
took from the uses of the temple out of 
the accounts year by year1 even  those  
things shall be released1 because they  
appertain to the priests  that minister4
    #aj3dc ,and whosoever they be that  

flee unto the temple at ,jerusalem1 or  
be within the liberties hereof1 being   
indebted unto the king1 or for  any     
other matter1 let them be at liberty1   
and all that they have in my  realm4    
#aj3dd ,for the building also and       
repairing of the works of the sanctuary 
expences shall be given of the king's   
accounts4    #aj3de ,yea1 and for the   
building of the walls of ,jerusalem1 and
 the  fortifying thereof round about1   
expences shall be given out of the      
king's accounts1 as also for the        
building of the walls in ,judea4        
#aj3df ,now when ,jonathan and the      
people heard these words1 they gave no  
credit unto them1 nor received them1    
because they remembered the great  evil 
that he had done in ,israel2 for he had 
afflicted them very sore4    #aj3dg ,but
 with ,alexander they were well pleased1
 because he was the  first that         
entreated of true peace with them1 and  
they were confederate  with him always4 
#aj3dh ,then gathered king ,alexander   

great forces1 and camped over  against  
,demetrius4    #aj3di ,and after the two
 kings had joined battle1 ,demetrius'   
host fled3  but ,alexander followed     
after him1 and prevailed against them4  
#aj3ej ,and he continued the battle very
 sore until the sun went down3  and that
 day was ,demetrius slain4    #aj3ea    
,afterward ,alexander sent ambassadors  
to ,ptolemee king of ,egypt  with a     
message to this effect3    #aj3eb       
,forasmuch as ,i am come again to my    
realm1 and am set in the  throne of my  
progenitors1 and have gotten the        
dominion1 and overthrown  ,demetrius1   
and recovered our country2    #aj3ec    
,for after ,i had joined battle with    
him1 both he and his host was           
discomfited by us1 so that we sit in the
 throne of his kingdom3    #aj3ed ,now  
therefore let us make a league of amity 
together1 and give me  now thy daughter 
to wife3 and ,i will be thy son in law1 
and will give  both thee and her gifts  
according to thy dignity4    #aj3ee     

,then ,ptolemee the king gave answer1   
saying1 ,happy be the day  wherein thou 
didst return into the land of thy       
fathers1 and satest in  the throne of   
their kingdom4    #aj3ef ,and now will  
,i do to thee1 as thou hast written3    
meet me  therefore at ,ptolemais1 that  
we may see one another2 for ,i will     
marry  my daughter to thee according to 
thy desire4    #aj3eg ,so ,ptolemee went
 out of ,egypt with his daughter        
,cleopatra1 and  they came unto         
,ptolemais in the hundred threescore and
 second year3    #aj3eh ,where king     
,alexander meeting him1 he gave unto him
 his daughter  ,cleopatra1 and          
celebrated her marriage at ,ptolemais   
with great glory1  as the manner of     
kings is4    #aj3ei ,now king ,alexander
 had written unto ,jonathan1 that he    
should come  and meet him4    #aj3fj    
,who thereupon went honourably to       
,ptolemais1 where he met the two  kings1
 and gave them and their friends silver 
and gold1 and many  presents1 and found 

favour in their sight4    #aj3fa ,at    
that time certain pestilent fellows of  
,israel1 men of a wicked  life1         
assembled themselves against him1 to    
accuse him3 but the king  would not hear
 them4    #aj3fb ,yea more than that1   
the king commanded to take off his      
garments1  and clothe him in purple3 and
 they did so4    #aj3fc ,and he made him
 sit by himself1 and said into his      
princes1 ,go  with him into the midst of
 the city1 and make proclamation1 that  
no man  complain against him of any     
matter1 and that no man trouble him for 
any  manner of cause4    #aj3fd ,now    
when his accusers saw that he was       
honored according to the  proclamation1 
and clothed in purple1 they fled all    
away4    #aj3fe ,so the king honoured   
him1 and wrote him among his chief      
friends1  and made him a duke1 and      
partaker of his dominion4    #aj3ff     
,afterward ,jonathan returned to        
,jerusalem with peace and gladness4     
#aj3fg ,furthermore in the hundred      

threescore and fifth year came          
,demetrius son of ,demetrius out of     
,crete into the land of his fathers3    
#aj3fh ,whereof when king ,alexander    
heard tell1 he was right sorry1 and     
returned into ,antioch4    #aj3fi ,then 
,demetrius made ,apollonius the governor
 of ,celosyria his  general1 who        
gathered together a great host1 and     
camped in ,jamnia1 and  sent unto       
,jonathan the high priest1 saying1      
#aj3gj ,thou alone liftest up thyself   
against us1 and ,i am laughed to  scorn 
for thy sake1 and reproached3 and why   
dost thou vaunt thy power  against us in
 the mountains8    #aj3ga ,now          
therefore1 if thou trustest in thine own
 strength1 come down  to us into the    
plain field1 and there let us try the   
matter together3  for with me is the    
power of the cities4    #aj3gb ,ask and 
learn who ,i am1 and the rest that take 
our part1 and they  shall tell thee that
 thy foot is not able to to flight in   
their own  land4    #aj3gc ,wherefore   

now thou shalt not be able to abide the 
horsemen and so  great a power in the   
plain1 where is neither stone nor flint1
 nor place  to flee unto4    #aj3gd ,so 
when ,jonathan heard these words of     
,apollonius1 he was moved in  his mind1 
and choosing ten thousand men he went   
out of ,jerusalem1 where  ,simon his    
brother met him for to help him4        
#aj3ge ,and he pitched his tents against
 ,joppa3 but2 they of ,joppa shut  him  
out of the city1 because ,apollonius had
 a garrison there4    #aj3gf ,then      
,jonathan laid siege unto it3 whereupon 
they of the city let  him in for fear3  
and so ,jonathan won ,joppa4    #aj3gg  
,whereof when ,apollonius heard1 he took
 three thousand horsemen1  with a great 
host of footmen1 and went to ,azotus as 
one that journeyed1  and therewithal    
drew him forth into the plain1 because  
he had a great  number of horsemen1 in  
whom he put his trust4    #aj3gh ,then  
,jonathan followed after him to ,azotus1
 where the armies  joined battle4       

#aj3gi ,now ,apollonius had left a      
thousand horsemen in ambush4    #aj3hj  
,and ,jonathan knew that there was an   
ambushment behind him2 for  they had    
compassed in his host1 and cast darts at
 the people1 from  morning till evening4
    #aj3ha ,but the people stood still1 
as ,jonathan had commanded them3 and  so
 the enemies' horses were tired4        
#aj3hb ,then brought ,simon forth his   
host1 and set them against the  footmen1
 7for the horsemen were spent7 who were 
discomfited by him1 and  fled4    #aj3hc
 ,the horsemen also1 being scattered in 
the field1 fled to ,azotus1  and went   
into ,bethdagon1 their idol's temple1   
for safety4    #aj3hd ,but ,jonathan set
 fire on ,azotus1 and the cities round  
about it1  and took their spoils2 and   
the temple of ,dagon1 with them that    
were  fled into it1 he burned with fire4
    #aj3he ,thus there were burned and  
slain with the sword well nigh eight    
thousand men4    #aj3hf ,and from thence
 ,jonathan removed his host1 and camped 

against  ,ascalon1 where the men of the 
city came forth1 and met him with great 
pomp4    #aj3hg ,after this returned    
,jonathan and his host unto ,jerusalem1 
having  many spoils4    #aj3hh ,now when
 king ,alexander heard these things1 he 
honoured ,jonathan  yet more4    #aj3hi 
,and sent him a buckle of gold1 as the  
use is to be given to such  as are of   
the king's blood3 he gave him also      
,accaron with the borders  thereof in   
possession4    #aa3a ,and the king of   
,egypt gathered together a great host1  
like the  sand that lieth upon the sea  
shore1 and many ships1 and went about   
through deceit to get ,alexander's      
kingdom1 and join it to his own4        
#aa3b ,whereupon he took his journey    
into ,syria in peaceable manner1 so  as 
they of the cities opened unto him1 and 
met him3 for king ,alexander  had       
commanded them so to do1 because he was 
his brother in law4    #aa3c ,now as    
,ptolemee entered into the cities1 he   
set in every one of  them a garrison of 

soldiers to keep it4    #aa3d ,and when 
he came near to ,azotus1 they shewed him
 the temple of  ,dagon that was burnt1  
and ,azotus and the suburbs thereof that
 were  destroyed1 and the bodies that   
were cast abroad and them that he had   
burnt in the battle2 for they had made  
heaps of them by the way where  he      
should pass4    #aa3e ,also they told   
the king whatsoever ,jonathan had done1 
to the  intent he might blame him3 but  
the king held his peace4    #aa3f ,then 
,jonathan met the king with great pomp  
at ,joppa1 where they  saluted one      
another1 and lodged4    #aa3g ,afterward
 ,jonathan1 when he had gone with the   
king to the river  called ,eleutherus1  
returned again to ,jerusalem4    #aa3h  
,king ,ptolemee therefore1 having gotten
 the dominion of the cities  by the sea 
unto ,seleucia upon the sea coast1      
imagined wicked counsels  against       
,alexander4    #aa3i ,whereupon he sent 
ambasadors unto king ,demetrius1 saying1
 ,come1  let us make a league betwixt   

us1 and ,i will give thee my daughter   
whom  ,alexander hath1 and thou shalt   
reign in thy father's kingdom3    #aa3aj
 ,for ,i repent that ,i gave my daughter
 unto him1 for he sought to  slay me4   
#aa3aa ,thus did he slander him1 because
 he was desirous of his kingdom4        
#aa3ab ,wherefore he took his daughter  
from him1 and gave her to  ,demetrius1  
and forsook ,alexander1 so that their   
hatred was openly  known4    #aa3ac     
,then ,ptolemee entered into ,antioch1  
where he set two crowns upon  his head1 
the crown of ,asia1 and of ,egypt4      
#aa3ad ,in the mean season was king     
,alexander in ,cilicia1 because those   
that dwelt in those parts had revolted  
from him4    #aa3ae ,but when ,alexander
 heard of this1 he came to war against  
him3  whereupon king ,ptolemee brought  
forth his host1 and met him with a      
mighty power1 and put him to flight4    
#aa3af ,so ,alexander fled into ,arabia 
there to be defended2 but king          
,ptolemee was exalted3    #aa3ag ,for   

,zabdiel the ,arabian took off          
,alexander's head1 and sent it  unto    
,ptolemee4    #aa3ah ,king ,ptolemee    
also died the third day after1 and they 
that were  in the strong holds were     
slain one of another4    #aa3ai ,by this
 means ,demetrius reigned in the hundred
 threescore and  seventh year4    #aa3bj
 ,at the same time ,jonathan gathered   
together them that were in  ,judea to   
take the tower that was in ,jerusalem3  
and he made many engines  of war against
 it4    #aa3ba ,then certain ungodly    
persons1 who hated their own people1    
went  unto the king1 and told him that  
,jonathan besieged the tower1    #aa3bb 
,whereof when he heard1 he was angry1   
and immediately removing1 he  came to   
,ptolemais1 and wrote unto ,jonathan1   
that he should not lay  siege to the    
tower1 but come and speak with him at   
,ptolemais in great  haste4    #aa3bc   
,nevertheless ,jonathan1 when he heard  
this1 commanded to besiege  it still3   
and he chose certain of the elders of   

,israel and the priests1  and put       
himself in peril2    #aa3bd ,and took   
silver and gold1 and raiment1 and divers
 presents  besides1 and went to         
,ptolemais unto the king1 where he found
 favour in  his sight4    #aa3be ,and   
though certain ungodly men of the people
 had made complaints  against him1      
#aa3bf ,yet the king entreated him as   
his predecessors had done before1  and  
promoted him in the sight of all his    
friends1    #aa3bg ,and confirmed him in
 the high priesthood1 and in all the    
honours  that he had before1 and gave   
him preeminence among his chief friends4
    #aa3bh ,then ,jonathan desired the  
king1 that he would make ,judea free    
from tribute1 as also the three         
governments1 with the country of        
,samaria2 and he promised him three     
hundred talents4    #aa3bi ,so the king 
consented1 and wrote letters unto       
,jonathan of all  these things after    
this manner3    #aa3cj ,king ,demetrius 
unto his brother ,jonathan1 and unto the

 nation of  the ,jews1 sendeth greeting3
    #aa3ca ,we send you here a copy of  
the letter which we did write unto our  
cousin ,lasthenes concerning you1 that  
ye might see it4    #aa3cb ,king        
,demetrius unto his father ,lasthenes   
sendeth greeting3    #aa3cc ,we are     
determined to do good to the people of  
the ,jews1 who are  our friends1 and    
keep covenants with us1 because of their
 good will  toward us4    #aa3cd        
,wherefore we have ratified unto them   
the borders of ,judea1 with  the three  
governments of ,apherema and ,lydda and 
,ramathem1 that are  added unto ,judea  
from the country of ,samaria1 and all   
things  appertaining unto them1 for all 
such as do sacrifice in ,jerusalem1     
instead of the payments which the king  
received of them yearly  aforetime out  
of the fruits of the earth and of trees4
    #aa3ce ,and as for other things that
 belong unto us1 of the tithes and      
customs pertaining unto us1 as also the 
saltpits1 and the crown taxes1  which   

are due unto us1 we discharge them of   
them all for their relief4    #aa3cf    
,and nothing hereof shall be revoked    
from this time forth for  ever4         
#aa3cg ,now therefore see that thou make
 a copy of these things1 and let  it be 
delivered unto ,jonathan1 and set upon  
the holy mount in a  conspicuous place4 
#aa3ch ,after this1 when king ,demetrius
 saw that the land was quiet  before    
him1 and that no resistance was made    
against him1 he sent away  all his      
forces1 every one to his own place1     
except certain bands of  strangers1 whom
 he had gathered from the isles of the  
heathen3  wherefore all the forces of   
his fathers hated him4    #aa3ci        
,moreover there was one ,tryphon1 that  
had been of ,alexander's part  afore1   
who1 seeing that all the host murmured  
against ,demetrius1 went  to ,simalcue  
the ,arabian that brought up ,antiochus 
the young son of  ,alexander1    #aa3dj 
,and lay sore upon him to deliver him   
this young ,antiochus1 that  he might   

reign in his father's stead3 he told him
 therefore all that  ,demetrius had     
done1 and how his men of war were at    
enmity with him1 and  there he remained 
a long season4    #aa3da ,in the mean   
time ,jonathan sent unto king           
,demetrius1 that he would  cast those of
 the tower out of ,jerusalem1 and those 
also in the  fortresses3 for they fought
 against ,israel4    #aa3db ,so         
,demetrius sent unto ,jonathan1 saying1 
,i will not only do this  for thee and  
thy people1 but ,i will greatly honour  
thee and thy nation1  if opportunity    
serve4    #aa3dc ,now therefore thou    
shalt do well1 if thou send me men to   
help me2  for all my forces are gone    
from me4    #aa3dd ,upon this ,jonathan 
sent him three thousand strong men unto 
,antioch3 and when they came to the     
king1 the king was very glad of  their  
coming4    #aa3de ,howbeit they that    
were of the city gathered themselves    
together  into the midst of the city1 to
 the number of an hundred and twenty    

thousand men1 and would have slain the  
king4    #aa3df ,wherefore the king fled
 into the court1 but they of the city   
kept  the passages of the city1 and     
began to fight4    #aa3dg ,then the king
 called to the ,jews for help1 who came 
unto him all  at once1 and dispersing   
themselves through the city slew that   
day in  the city to the number of an    
hundred thousand4    #aa3dh ,also they  
set fire on the city1 and gat many      
spoils that day1 and  delivered the     
king4    #aa3di ,so when they of the    
city saw that the ,jews had got the city
 as  they would1 their courage was      
abated3 wherefore they made supplication
  to the king1 and cried1 saying1       
#aa3ej ,grant us peace1 and let the     
,jews cease from assaulting us and the  
city4    #aa3ea ,with that they cast    
away their weapons1 and made peace2 and 
the  ,jews were honoured in the sight of
 the king1 and in the sight of all  that
 were in his realm2 and they returned to
 ,jerusalem1 having great  spoils4      

#aa3eb ,so king ,demetrius sat on the   
throne of his kingdom1 and the land  was
 quiet before him4    #aa3ec            
,nevertheless he dissembled in all that 
ever he spake1 and  estranged himself   
from ,jonathan1 neither rewarded he him 
according to  the benefits which he had 
received of him1 but troubled him very  
sore4    #aa3ed ,after this returned    
,tryphon1 and with him the young child  
,antiochus1 who reigned1 and was        
crowned4    #aa3ee ,then there gathered 
unto him all the men of war1 whom       
,demetrius  had put away1 and they      
fought against ,demetrius1 who turned   
his back  and fled4    #aa3ef ,moreover 
,tryphon took the elephants1 and won    
,antioch4    #aa3eg ,at that time young 
,antiochus wrote unto ,jonathan1 saying1
 ,i  confirm thee in the high           
priesthood1 and appoint thee ruler over 
the  four governments1 and to be one of 
the king's friends4    #aa3eh ,upon this
 he sent him golden vessels to be served
 in1 and gave  him leave to drink in    

gold1 and to be clothed in purple1 and  
to wear a  golden buckle4    #aa3ei ,his
 brother ,simon also he made captain    
from the place called ,the  ladder of   
,tyrus unto the borders of ,egypt4      
#aa3fj ,then ,jonathan went forth1 and  
passed through the cities beyond  the   
water1 and all the forces of ,syria     
gathered themselves unto him for  to    
help him3 and when he came to ,ascalon1 
they of the city met him  honourably4   
#aa3fa ,from whence he went to ,gaza1   
but they of ,gaza shut him out2         
wherefore he laid siege unto it1 and    
burned the suburbs thereof with  fire1  
and spoiled them4    #aa3fb ,afterward1 
when they of ,gaza made supplication    
unto ,jonathan1 he  made peace with     
them1 and took the sons of their chief  
men for  hostages1 and sent them to     
,jerusalem1 and passed through the      
country  unto ,damascus4    #aa3fc ,now 
when ,jonathan heard that ,demetrius'   
princes were come to  ,cades1 which is  
in ,galilee1 with a great power1        

purposing to remove him  out of the     
country1    #aa3fd ,he went to meet     
them1 and left ,simon his brother in the
 country4    #aa3fe ,then ,simon        
encamped against ,bethsura and fought   
against it a long  season1 and shut it  
up3    #aa3ff ,but they desired to have 
peace with him1 which he granted them1  
and then put them out from thence1 and  
took the city1 and set a  garrison in   
it4    #aa3fg ,as for ,jonathan and his 
host1 they pitched at the water of      
,gennesar1 from whence betimes in the   
morning they gat them to the plain  of  
,nasor4    #aa3fh ,and1 behold1 the host
 of strangers met them in the plain1    
who1  having laid men in ambush for him 
in the mountains1 came themselves  over 
against him4    #aa3fi ,so when they    
that lay in ambush rose out of their    
places and  joined battle1 all that were
 of ,jonathan's side fled2    #aa3gj    
,insomuch as there was not one of them  
left1 except ,mattathias the  son of    
,absalom1 and ,judas the son of ,calphi1

 the captains of the host4    #aa3ga    
,then ,jonathan rent his clothes1 and   
cast earth upon his head1 and  prayed4  
#aa3gb ,afterwards turning again to     
battle1 he put them to flight1 and so   
they ran away4    #aa3gc ,now when his  
own men that were fled saw this1 they   
turned again  unto him1 and with him    
pursued them to ,cades1 even unto their 
own  tents1 and there they camped4      
#aa3gd ,so there were slain of the      
heathen that day about three thousand   
men3 but ,jonathan returned to          
,jerusalem4    #ab3a ,now when ,jonathan
 saw that time served him1 he chose     
certain men1  and sent them to ,rome1   
for to confirm and renew the friendship 
that  they had with them4    #ab3b ,he  
sent letters also to the ,lacedemonians1
 and to other places1  for the same     
purpose4    #ab3c ,so they went unto    
,rome1 and entered into the senate1 and 
said1  ,jonathan the high priest1 and   
the people of the ,jews1 sent us unto   
you1  to the end ye should renew the    

friendship1 which ye had with them1 and 
league1 as in former time4    #ab3d     
,upon this the ,romans gave them letters
 unto the governors of every  place that
 they should bring them into the land of
 ,judea peaceably4    #ab3e ,and this is
 the copy of the letters which ,jonathan
 wrote to the  ,lacedemonians3    #ab3f 
,jonathan the high priest1 and the      
elders of the nation1 and the  priests1 
and the other of the ,jews1 unto the    
,lacedemonians their  brethren send     
greeting3    #ab3g ,there were letters  
sent in times past unto ,onias the high 
priest  from ,darius1 who reigned then  
among you1 to signify that ye are our   
brethren1 as the copy here underwritten 
doth specify4    #ab3h ,at which time   
,onias entreated the ambassador that was
 sent  honourably1 and received the     
letters1 wherein declaration was made of
  the league and friendship4    #ab3i   
,therefore we also1 albeit we need none 
of these things1 that we  have the holy 
books of scripture in our hands to      

comfort us1    #ab3aj ,have nevertheless
 attempted to send unto you for the     
renewing of  brotherhood and friendship1
 lest we should become strangers unto   
you  altogether3 for there is a long    
time passed since ye sent unto us4      
#ab3aa ,we therefore at all times       
without ceasing1 both in our feasts1    
and other convenient days1 do remember  
you in the sacrifices which we  offer1  
and in our prayers1 as reason is1 and as
 it becometh us to think  upon our      
brethren3    #ab3ab ,and we are right   
glad of your honour4    #ab3ac ,as for  
ourselves1 we have had great troubles   
and wars on every  side1 forsomuch as   
the kings that are round about us have  
fought  against us4    #ab3ad ,howbeit  
we would not be troublesome unto you1   
nor to others of  our confederates and  
friends1 in these wars3    #ab3ae ,for  
we have help from heaven that succoureth
 us1 so as we are  delivered from our   
enemies1 and our enemies are brought    
under foot4    #ab3af ,for this cause we

 chose ,numenius the son of ,antiochus1 
and  ,antipater he son of ,jason1 and   
sent them unto the ,romans1 to renew the
  amity that we had with them1 and the  
former league4    #ab3ag ,we commanded  
them also to go unto you1 and to salute 
and to  deliver you our letters         
concerning the renewing of our          
brotherhood4    #ab3ah ,wherefore now ye
 shall do well to give us an answer     
thereto4    #ab3ai ,and this is the copy
 of the letters which ,oniares sent4    
#ab3bj ,areus king of the ,lacedemonians
 to ,onias the high priest1  greeting3  
#ab3ba ,it is found in writing1 that the
 ,lacedemonians and ,jews are  brethren1
 and that they are of the stock of      
,abraham3    #ab3bb ,now therefore1     
since this is come to our knowledge1 ye 
shall do  well to write unto us of your 
prosperity4    #ab3bc ,we do write back 
again to you1 that your cattle and goods
 are  ours1 and ours are yours4 ,we do  
command therefore our ambassadors to    
make report unto you on this wise4      

#ab3bd ,now when ,jonathan heard that   
,demebius' princes were come to fight   
against him with a greater host than    
afore1    #ab3be ,he removed from       
,jerusalem1 and met them in the land of 
,amathis3  for he gave them no respite  
to enter his country4    #ab3bf ,he sent
 spies also unto their tents1 who came  
again1 and told him  that they were     
appointed to come upon them in the night
 season4    #ab3bg ,wherefore so soon as
 the sun was down1 ,jonathan commanded  
his men  to watch1 and to be in arms1   
that all the night long they might be   
ready to fight3 also he sent forth      
sentinels round about the host4         
#ab3bh ,but when the adversaries heard  
that ,jonathan and his men were  ready  
for battle1 they feared1 and trembled in
 their hearts1 and they  kindled fires  
in their camp4    #ab3bi ,howbeit       
,jonathan and his company knew it not   
till the morning3  for they saw the     
lights burning4    #ab3cj ,then         
,jonathan pursued after them1 but       

overtook them not3 for they  were gone  
over the river ,eleutherus4    #ab3ca   
,wherefore ,jonathan turned to the      
,arabians1 who were called  ,zabadeans1 
and smote them1 and took their spoils4  
#ab3cb ,and removing thence1 he came to 
,damascus1 and so passed through  all   
the country1    #ab3cc ,simon also went 
forth1 and passed through the country   
unto  ,ascalon1 and the holds there     
adjoining1 from whence he turned aside  
to  ,joppa1 and won it4    #ab3cd ,for  
he had heard that they would deliver the
 hold unto them that  took ,demetrius'  
part2 wherefore he set a garrison there 
to keep it4    #ab3ce ,after this came  
,jonathan home again1 and calling the   
elders of  the people together1 he      
consulted with them about building      
strong holds  in ,judea1    #ab3cf ,and 
making the walls of ,jerusalem higher1  
and raising a great  mount between the  
tower and the city1 for to separate it  
from the city1  that so it might be     
alone1 that men might neither sell nor  

buy in it4    #ab3cg ,upon this they    
came together to build up the city1     
forasmuch as  part of the wall toward   
the brook on the east side was fallen   
down1 and  they repaired that which was 
called ,caphenatha4    #ab3ch ,simon    
also set up ,adida in ,sephela1 and made
 it strong with gates  and bars4        
#ab3ci ,now ,tryphon went about to get  
the kingdom of ,asia1 and to kill       
,antiochus the king1 that he might set  
the crown upon his own head4    #ab3dj  
,howbeit he was afraid that ,jonathan   
would not suffer him1 and  that he would
 fight against him2 wherefore he sought 
a way how to take  ,jonathan1 that he   
might kill him4 ,so he removed1 and came
 to ,bethsan4    #ab3da ,then ,jonathan 
went out to meet him with forty thousand
 men chosen  for the battle1 and came to
 ,bethsan4    #ab3db ,now when ,tryphon 
saw ,jonathan came with so great a      
force1 he  durst not stretch his hand   
against him2    #ab3dc ,but received him
 honourably1 and commended him unto all 

his  friends1 and gave him gifts1 and   
commanded his men of war to be as       
obedient unto him1 as to himself4       
#ab3dd ,unto ,jonathan also he said1    
,why hast thou brought all this people  
to so great trouble1 seeing there is no 
war betwixt us8    #ab3de ,therefore    
send them now home again1 and choose a  
few men to wait  on thee1 and come thou 
with me to ,ptolemais1 for ,i will give 
it thee1  and the rest of the strong    
holds and forces1 and all that have any 
charge3 as for me1 ,i will return and   
depart3 for this is the cause of  my    
coming4    #ab3df ,so ,jonathan         
believing him did as he bade him1 and   
sent away his  host1 who went into the  
land of ,judea4    #ab3dg ,and with     
himself he retained but three thousand  
men1 of whom he  sent two thousand into 
,galilee1 and one thousand went with    
him4    #ab3dh ,now as soon as ,jonathan
 entered into ,ptolemais1 they of       
,ptolemais  shut the gates and took him1
 and all them that came with him they   

slew  with the sword4    #ab3di ,then   
sent ,tryphon an host of footmen and    
horsemen into ,galilee1  and into the   
great plain1 to destroy all ,jonathan's 
company4    #ab3ej ,but when they knew  
that ,jonathan and they that were with  
him were  taken and slain1 they         
encouraged one another2 and went close  
together1  prepared to fight4    #ab3ea 
,they therefore that followed upon them1
 perceiving that they were  ready to    
fight for their lives1 turned back      
again4    #ab3eb ,whereupon they all    
came into the land of ,judea peaceably1 
and  there they bewailed ,jonathan1 and 
them that were with him1 and they  were 
sore afraid2 wherefore all ,israel made 
great lamentation4    #ab3ec ,then all  
the heathen that were round about then  
sought to destroy  them3 for said they1 
,they have no captain1 nor any to help  
them3 now  therefore let us make war    
upon them1 and take away their memorial 
from  among men4    #ac3a ,now when     
,simon heard that ,tryphon had gathered 

together a great  host to invade the    
land of ,judea1 and destroy it1    #ac3b
 ,and saw that the people was in great  
trembling and fear1 he went  up to      
,jerusalem1 and gathered the people     
together1    #ac3c ,and gave them       
exhortation1 saying1 ,ye yourselves know
 what great  things ,i1 and my brethren1
 and my father's house1 have done for   
the  laws and the sanctuary1 the battles
 also and troubles which we have  seen4 
#ac3d ,by reason whereof all my brethren
 are slain for ,israel's sake1 and  ,i  
am left alone4    #ac3e ,now therefore  
be it far from me1 that ,i should spare 
mine own life  in any time of trouble3  
for ,i am no better than my brethren4   
#ac3f ,doubtless ,i will avenge my      
nation1 and the sanctuary1 and our      
wives1 and our children3 for all the    
heathen are gathered to destroy us  of  
very malice4    #ac3g ,now as soon as   
the people heard these words1 their     
spirit revived4    #ac3h ,and they      
answered with a loud voice1 saying1     

,thou shalt be our  leader instead of   
,judas and ,jonathan thy brother4       
#ac3i ,fight thou our battles1 and      
whatsoever1 thou commandest us1 that    
will we do4    #ac3aj ,so then he       
gathered together all the men of war1   
and made haste  to finish the walls of  
,jerusalem1 and he fortified it round   
about4    #ac3aa ,also he sent ,jonathan
 the son of ,absolom1 and with him a    
great  power1 to ,joppa3 who casting out
 them that were therein remained there  
in it4    #ac3ab ,so ,tryphon removed   
from ,ptolemaus with a great power to   
invade  the land of ,judea1 and         
,jonathan was with him in ward4         
#ac3ac ,but ,simon pitched his tents at 
,adida1 over against the plain4         
#ac3ad ,now when ,tryphon knew that     
,simon was risen up instead of his      
brother ,jonathan1 and meant to join    
battle with him1 he sent messengers     
unto him1 saying1    #ac3ae ,whereas we 
have ,jonathan thy brother in hold1 it  
is for money  that he is owing unto the 

king's treasure1 concerning the business
 that  was committed unto him4    #ac3af
 ,wherefore now send an hundred talents 
of silver1 and two of his  sons for     
hostages1 that when he is at liberty he 
may not revolt from  us1 and we will let
 him go4    #ac3ag ,hereupon ,simon1    
albeit he perceived that they spake     
deceitfully  unto him yet sent he the   
money and the children1 lest            
peradventure he  should procure to      
himself great hatred of the people3     
#ac3ah ,who might have said1 ,because ,i
 sent him not the money and the         
children1 therefore is ,jonathan dead4  
#ac3ai ,so he sent them the children and
 the hundred talents3 howbeit  ,tryphon 
dissembled neither would he let         
,jonathan go4    #ac3bj ,and after this 
came ,tryphon to invade the land1 and   
destroy it1  going round about by the   
way that leadeth unto ,adora3 but ,simon
 and his  host marched against him in   
every place1 wheresoever he went4       
#ac3ba ,now they that were in the tower 

sent messengers unto ,tryphon1 to  the  
end that he should hasten his coming    
unto them by the wilderness1  and send  
them victuals4    #ac3bb ,wherefore     
,tryphon made ready all his horsemen to 
come that night3  but there fell a very 
great snow1 by reason whereof he came   
not4 ,so he  departed1 and came into the
 country of ,galaad4    #ac3bc ,and when
 he came near to ,bascama he slew       
,jonathan1 who was buried  there4       
#ac3bd ,afterward ,tryphon returned and 
went into his own land4    #ac3be ,then 
sent ,simon1 and took the bones of      
,jonathan his brother1 and  buried them 
in ,modin1 the city of his fathers4     
#ac3bf ,and all ,israel made great      
lamentation for him1 and bewailed him   
many days4    #ac3bg ,simon also built a
 monument upon the sepulchre of his     
father and  his brethren1 and raised it 
aloft to the sight1 with hewn stone     
behind  and before4    #ac3bh ,moreover 
he set up seven pyramids1 one against   
another1 for his  father1 and his       

mother1 and his four brethren4    #ac3bi
 ,and in these he made cunning devices1 
about the which he set  great pillars1  
and upon the pillars he made all their  
armour for a  perpetual memory1 and by  
the armour ships carved1 that they might
 be  seen of all that sail on the sea4  
#ac3cj ,this is the sepulchre which he  
made at ,modin1 and it standeth yet     
unto this day4    #ac3ca ,now ,tryphon  
dealt deceitfully with the young king   
,antiochus1 and  slew him4    #ac3cb    
,and he reigned in his stead1 and       
crowned himself king of ,asia1  and     
brought a great calamity upon the land4 
#ac3cc ,then ,simon built up the strong 
holds in ,judea1 and fenced them  about 
with high towers1 and great walls1 and  
gates1 and bars1 and laid  up victuals  
therein4    #ac3cd ,moreover ,simon     
chose men1 and sent to king ,demetrius1 
to the end  he should give the land an  
immunity1 because all that ,tryphon did 
was  to spoil4    #ac3ce ,unto whom king
 ,demetrius answered and wrote after    

this manner3    #ac3cf ,king ,demetrius 
unto ,simon the high priest1 and friend 
of kings1  as also unto the elders and  
nation of the ,jews1 sendeth greeting3  
#ac3cg ,the golden crown1 and the       
scarlet robe1 which ye sent unto us1 we 
have received3 and we are ready to make 
a stedfast peace with you1 yea1  and to 
write unto our officers1 to confirm the 
immunities which we have  granted4      
#ac3ch ,and whatsoever covenants we have
 made with you shall stand2 and  the    
strong holds1 which ye have builded1    
shall be your own4    #ac3ci ,as for any
 oversight or fault committed unto this 
day1 we forgive  it1 and the crown tax  
also1 which ye owe us3 and if there were
 any  other tribute paid in ,jerusalem1 
it shall no more be paid4    #ac3dj ,and
 look who are meet among you to be in   
our court1 let then be  enrolled1 and   
let there be peace betwixt us4    #ac3da
 ,thus the yoke of the heathen was taken
 away from ,israel in the  hundred and  
seventieth year4    #ac3db ,then the    

people of ,israel began to write in     
their instruments and  contracts1 ,in   
the first year of ,simon the high       
priest1 the governor and  leader of the 
,jews4    #ac3dc ,in those days ,simon  
camped against ,gaza and besieged it    
round  about2 he made also an engine of 
war1 and set it by the city1 and        
battered a certain tower1 and took it4  
#ac3dd ,and they that were in the engine
 leaped into the city2 whereupon  there 
was a great uproar in the city3         
#ac3de ,insomuch as the people of the   
city rent their clothes1 and  climbed   
upon the walls with their wives and     
children1 and cried with a  loud voice1 
beseeching ,simon to grant them peace4  
#ac3df ,and they said1 ,deal not with us
 according to our wickedness1 but       
according to thy mercy4    #ac3dg ,so   
,simon was appeased toward them1 and    
fought no more against  them1 but put   
them out of the city1 and cleansed the  
houses wherein the  idols were1 and so  
entered into it with songs and          

thanksgiving4    #ac3dh ,yea1 he put all
 uncleanness out of it1 and placed such 
men there  as would keep the law1 and   
made it stronger than it was before1 and
  built therein a dwellingplace for     
himself4    #ac3di ,they also of the    
tower in ,jerusalem were kept so strait1
 that  they could neither come forth1   
nor go into the country1 nor buy1 nor   
sell3 wherefore they were in great      
distress for want of victuals1 and a    
great number of them perished through   
famine4    #ac3ej ,then cried they to   
,simon1 beseeching him to be at one with
 them3  which thing he granted them2 and
 when he had put them out from thence1  
he cleansed the tower from pollutions3  
#ac3ea ,and entered into it the three   
and twentieth day of the second  month  
in the hundred seventy and first year1  
with thanksgiving1 and  branches of palm
 trees1 and with harps1 and cymbals1 and
 with viols1  and hymns1 and songs3     
because there was destroyed a great     
enemy out of  ,israel4    #ac3eb ,he    

ordained also that that day should be   
kept every year with  gladness4         
,moreover the hill of the temple that   
was by the tower he made  stronger than 
it was1 and there he dwelt himself with 
his company4    #ac3ec ,and when ,simon 
saw that ,john his son was a valiant    
man1 he made  him captain of all the    
hosts2 and he dwelt in ,gazera4    #ad3a
 ,now in the hundred threescore and     
twelfth year king ,demetrius  gathered  
his forces together1 and went into      
,media to get him help to  fight against
 ,tryphone4    #ad3b ,but when ,arsaces1
 the king of ,persia and ,media1 heard  
that  ,demetrius was entered within his 
borders1 he sent one of his princes to  
take him alive3    #ad3c ,who went and  
smote the host of ,demetrius1 and took  
him1 and  brought him to ,arsaces1 by   
whom he was put in ward4    #ad3d ,as   
for the land of ,judea1 that was quiet  
all the days of ,simon2  for he sought  
the good of his nation in such wise1 as 
that evermore his  authority and honour 

pleased them well4    #ad3e ,and as he  
was honourable in all his acts1 so in   
this1 that he took  ,joppa for an haven1
 and made an entrance to the isles of   
the sea1    #ad3f ,and enlarged the     
bounds of his nation1 and recovered the 
country1    #ad3g ,and gathered together
 a great number of captives1 and had the
  dominion of ,gazera1 and ,bethsura1   
and the tower1 out of the which he  took
 all uncleaness1 neither was there any  
that resisted him4    #ad3h ,then did   
they till their ground in peace1 and the
 earth gave her  increase1 and the trees
 of the field their fruit4    #ad3i ,the
 ancient men sat all in the streets1    
communing together of good  things1 and 
the young men put on glorious and       
warlike apparel4    #ad3aj ,he provided 
victuals for the cities1 and set in them
 all manner  of munition1 so that his   
honourable name was renowned unto the   
end of  the world4    #ad3aa ,he made   
peace in the land1 and ,israel rejoiced 
with great joy3    #ad3ab ,for every man

 sat under his vine and his fig tree1   
and there was  none to fray them3       
#ad3ac ,neither was there any left in   
the land to fight against them3  yea1   
the kings themselves were overthrown in 
those days4    #ad3ad ,moreover he      
strengthened all those of his people    
that were  brought low3 the law he      
searched out2 and every contemner of the
 law  and wicked person he took away4   
#ad3ae ,he beautified the sanctuary1 and
 multiplied vessels of the  temple4     
#ad3af ,now when it was heard at ,rome1 
and as far as ,sparta1 that  ,jonathan  
was dead1 they were very sorry4         
#ad3ag ,but as soon as they heard that  
his brother ,simon was made high  priest
 in his stead1 and ruled the country1   
and the cities therein3    #ad3ah ,they 
wrote unto him in tables of brass1 to   
renew the friendship  and league which  
they had made with ,judas and ,jonathan 
his brethren3    #ad3ai ,which writings 
were read before the congregation at    
,jerusalem4    #ad3bj ,and this is the  

copy of the letters that the            
,lacedemonians sent2  ,the rulers of the
 ,lacedemonians1 with the city1 unto    
,simon the high  priest1 and the elders1
 and priests1 and residue of the people 
of the  ,jews1 our brethren1 send       
greeting3    #ad3ba ,the ambassadors    
that were sent unto our people certified
 us of  your glory and honour3 wherefore
 we were glad of their coming1    #ad3bb
 ,and did register the things that they 
spake in the council of the  people in  
this manner2 ,numenius son of           
,antiochus1 and ,antipater son of       
,jason1 the ,jews' ambassadors1 came    
unto us to renew the friendship they    
had with us4    #ad3bc ,and it pleased  
the people to entertain the men         
honourably1 and to  put the copy of     
their ambassage in publick records1 to  
the end the  people of the              
,lacedemonians might have a memorial    
thereof3 furthermore  we have written a 
copy thereof unto ,simon the high       
priest4    #ad3bd ,after this ,simon    

sent ,numenius to ,rome with a great    
shield of  gold of a thousand pound     
weight to confirm the league with them4 
#ad3be ,whereof when the people heard1  
they said1 ,what thanks shall we  give  
to ,simon and his sons8    #ad3bf ,for  
he and his brethren and the house of his
 father have  established ,israel1 and  
chased away in fight their enemies from 
them1  and confirmed their liberty4     
#ad3bg ,so then they wrote it in tables 
of brass1 which they set upon  pillars  
in mount ,sion3 and this is the copy of 
the writing2 ,the  eighteenth day of the
 month ,elul1 in the hundred threescore 
and twelfth  year1 being the third year 
of ,simon the high priest1    #ad3bh ,at
 ,saramel in the great congregation of  
the priests1 and people1  and rulers of 
the nation1 and elders of the country1  
were these things  notified unto us4    
#ad3bi ,forasmuch as oftentimes there   
have been wars in the country1  wherein 
for the maintenance of their sanctuary1 
and the law1 ,simon the  son of         

,mattathias1 of the posterity of ,jarib1
 together with his  brethren1 put       
themselves in jeopardy1 and resisting   
the enemies of  their nation did their  
nation great honour3    #ad3cj 7,for    
after that ,jonathan1 having gathered   
his nation together1  and been their    
high priest1 was added to his people1   
#ad3ca ,their enemies prepared to invade
 their country1 that they might  destroy
 it1 and lay hands on the sanctuary3    
#ad3cb ,at which time ,simon rose up1   
and fought for his nation1 and spent    
much of his own substance1 and armed the
 valiant men of his nation and  gave    
them wages1    #ad3cc ,and fortified the
 cities of ,judea1 together with        
,bethsura1 that  lieth upon the borders 
of ,judea1 where the armour of the      
enemies had  been before2 but he set a  
garrison of ,jews there3    #ad3cd      
,moreover he fortified ,joppa1 which    
lieth upon the sea1 and  ,gazera1 that  
bordereth upon ,azotus1 where the       
enemies had dwelt before3  but he placed

 ,jews there1 and furnished them with   
all things convenient  for the          
reparation thereof47    #ad3ce ,the     
people therefore seeing the acts of     
,simon1 and unto what  glory he thought 
to bring his nation1 made him their     
governor and chief  priest1 because he  
had done all these things1 and for the  
justice and  faith which he kept to his 
nation1 and for that he sought by all   
means  to exalt his people4    #ad3cf   
,for in his time things prospered in his
 hands1 so that the  heathen were taken 
out of their country1 and they also that
 were in the  city of ,david in         
,jerusalem1 who had made themselves a   
tower1 out of  which they issued1 and   
polluted all about the sanctuary1 and   
did much  hurt in the holy place3       
#ad3cg ,but he placed ,jews therein1 and
 fortified it for the safety of  the    
country and the city1 and raised up the 
walls of ,jerusalem4    #ad3ch ,king    
,demetrius also confirmed him in the    
high priesthood  according to those     

things1    #ad3ci ,and made him one of  
his friends1 and honoured him with great
  honour4    #ad3dj ,for he had heard   
say1 that the ,romans had called the    
,jews their  friends and confederates   
and brethren2 and that they had         
entertained  the ambassadors of ,simon  
honourably2    #ad3da ,also that the    
,jews and priests were well pleased that
 ,simon  should be their governor and   
high priest for ever1 until there should
  arise a faithful prophet2    #ad3db   
,moreover that he should be their       
captain1 and should take charge  of the 
sanctuary1 to set them over their works1
 and over the country1  and over the    
armour1 and over the fortresses1 that1  
,i say1 he should  take charge of the   
sanctuary2    #ad3dc ,beside this1 that 
he should be obeyed of every man1 and   
that all  the writings in the country   
should be made in his name1 and that he 
should be clothed in purple1 and wear   
gold3    #ad3dd ,also that it should be 
lawful for none of the people or priests

  to break any of these things1 or to   
gainsay his words1 or to gather an      
assembly in the country without him1 or 
to be clothed in purple1 or  wear a     
buckle of gold2    #ad3de ,and whosoever
 should do otherwise1 or break any of   
these things1  he should be punished4   
#ad3df ,thus it liked all the people to 
deal with ,simon1 and to do as  hath    
been said4    #ad3dg ,then ,simon       
accepted hereof1 and was well pleased to
 be high  priest1 and captain and       
governor of the ,jews and priests1 and  
to defend  them all4    #ad3dh ,so they 
commanded that this writing should be   
put in tables of  brass1 and that they  
should be set up within the compass of  
the  sanctuary in a conspicuous place2  
#ad3di ,also that the copies thereof    
should be laid up in the treasury1  to  
the end that ,simon and his sons might  
have them4    #ae3a ,moreover ,antiochus
 son of ,demetrius the king sent letters
 from the  isles of the sea unto ,simon 
the priest and prince of the ,jews1 and 

to  all the people2    #ae3b ,the       
contents whereof were these3 ,king      
,antiochus to ,simon the high  priest   
and prince of his nation1 and to the    
people of the ,jews1  greeting3    #ae3c
 ,forasmuch as certain pestilent men    
have usurped the kingdom of our         
fathers1 and my purpose is to challenge 
it again1 that ,i may restore it  to the
 old estate1 and to that end have       
gathered a multitude of foreign         
soldiers together1 and prepared ships of
 war2    #ae3d ,my meaning also being to
 go through the country1 that ,i may be 
avenged of them that have destroyed it1 
and made many cities in the  kingdom    
desolate3    #ae3e ,now therefore ,i    
confirm unto thee all the oblations     
which the  kings before me granted thee1
 and whatsoever gifts besides they      
granted4    #ae3f ,i give thee leave    
also to coin money for thy country with 
thine  own stamp4    #ae3g ,and as      
concerning ,jerusalem and the sanctuary1
 let them be free2  and all the armour  

that thou hast made1 and fortresses that
 thou hast  built1 and keepest in thine 
hands1 let them remain unto thee4       
#ae3h ,and if any thing be1 or shall be1
 owing to the king1 let it be  forgiven 
thee from this time forth for evermore4 
#ae3i ,furthermore1 when we have        
obtained our kingdom1 we will honour    
thee1 and thy nation1 and thy temple1   
with great honour1 so that your  honour 
shall be known throughout the world4    
#ae3aj ,in the hundred threescore and   
fourteenth year went ,antiochus into    
the land of his fathers3 at which time  
all the forces came together  unto him1 
so that few were left with ,tryphon4    
#ae3aa ,wherefore being pursued by king 
,antiochus1 he fled unto ,dora1  which  
lieth by the sea side3    #ae3ab ,for he
 saw that troubles came upon him all at 
once1 and that his  forces had forsaken 
him4    #ae3ac ,then camped ,antiochus  
against ,dora1 having with him an       
hundred  and twenty thousand men of war1
 and eight thousand horsemen4    #ae3ad 

,and when he had compassed the city     
round about1 and joined ships  close to 
the town on the sea side1 he vexed the  
city by land and by  sea1 neither       
suffered he any to go out or in4        
#ae3ae ,in the mean season came         
,numenius and his company from ,rome1   
having letters to the kings and         
countries2 wherein were written these   
things3    #ae3af ,lucius1 consul of the
 ,romans unto king ,ptolemee1 greeting3 
#ae3ag ,the ,jews' ambassadors1 our     
friends and confederates1 came unto us  
to renew the old friendship and league1 
being sent from ,simon the high  priest1
 and from the people of the ,jews3      
#ae3ah ,and they brought a shield of    
gold of a thousand pound4    #ae3ai ,we 
thought it good therefore to write unto 
the kings and  countries1 that they     
should do them no harm1 nor fight       
against them1  their cities1 or         
countries1 nor yet aid their enemies    
against them4    #ae3bj ,it seemed also 
good to us to receive the shield of     

them4    #ae3ba ,if therefore there be  
any pestilent fellows1 that have fled   
from  their country unto you1 deliver   
them unto ,simon the high priest1 that  
he may punish them according to their   
own law4    #ae3bb ,the same things     
wrote he likewise unto ,demetrius the   
king1 and  ,attalus1 to ,ariarathes1 and
 ,arsaces1    #ae3bc ,and to all the    
countries and to ,sampsames1 and the    
,lacedemonians1  and to ,delus1 and     
,myndus1 and ,sicyon1 and ,caria1 and   
,samos1 and  ,pamphylia1 and ,lycia1 and
 ,halicarnassus1 and ,rhodus1 and       
,phaselis1 and  ,cos1 and ,side1 and    
,aradus1 and ,gortyna1 and ,cnidus1 and 
,cyprus1 and  ,cyrene4    #ae3bd ,and   
the copy hereof they wrote to ,simon the
 high priest4    #ae3be ,so ,antiochus  
the king camped against ,dora the second
 day1  assaulting it continually1 and   
making engines1 by which means he shut  
up ,tryphon1 that he could neither go   
out nor in4    #ae3bf ,at that time     
,simon sent him two thousand chosen men 

to aid him2  silver also1 and gold1 and 
much armour4    #ae3bg ,nevertheless he 
would not receive them1 but brake all   
the  covenants which he had made with   
him afore1 and became strange unto  him4
    #ae3bh ,furthermore he sent unto him
 ,athenobius1 one of his friends1 to    
commune with him1 and say1 ,ye withhold 
,joppa and ,gazera2 with the tower  that
 is in ,jerusalem1 which are cities of  
my realm4    #ae3bi ,the borders thereof
 ye have wasted1 and done great hurt in 
the  land1 and got the dominion of many 
places within my kingdom4    #ae3cj ,now
 therefore deliver the cities which ye  
have taken1 and the  tributes of the    
places1 whereof ye have gotten dominion 
without the  borders of ,judea3         
#ae3ca ,or else give me for them five   
hundred talents of silver2 and for  the 
harm that ye have done1 and the tributes
 of the cities1 other five  hundred     
talents3 if not1 we will come and fight 
against you4    #ae3cb ,so ,athenobius  
the king's friend came to ,jerusalem3   

and when he  saw the glory of ,simon1   
and the cupboard of gold and silver     
plate1 and  his great attendance1 he was
 astonished1 and told him the king's    
message4    #ae3cc ,then answered       
,simon1 and said unto him1 ,we have     
neither taken  other men's land1 nor    
holden that which appertaineth to       
others1 but the  inheritance of our     
fathers1 which our enemies had          
wrongfully in  possession a certain     
time4    #ae3cd ,wherefore we1 having   
opportunity1 hold the inheritance of our
  fathers4    #ae3ce ,and whereas thou  
demandest ,joppa and ,gazera1 albeit    
they did  great harm unto the people in 
our country1 yet will we give thee an   
hundred talents for them4 ,hereunto     
,athenobius answered him not a word2    
#ae3cf ,but returned in a rage to the   
king1 and made report unto him of  these
 speeches1 and of the glory of ,simon1  
and of all that he had seen3  whereupon 
the king was exceeding wroth4    #ae3cg 
,in the mean time fled ,tryphon by ship 

unto ,orthosias4    #ae3ch ,then the    
king made ,cendebeus captain of the sea 
coast1 and gave  him an host of footmen 
and horsemen1    #ae3ci ,and commanded  
him to remove his host toward ,judea2   
also he  commanded him to build up      
,cedron1 and to fortify the gates1 and  
to war  against the people2 but as for  
the king himself1 he pursued ,tryphon4  
#ae3dj ,so ,cendebeus came to ,jamnia   
and began to provoke the people and  to 
invade ,judea1 and to take the people   
prisoners1 and slay them4    #ae3da ,and
 when he had built up ,cedrou1 he set   
horsemen there1 and an  host of footmen1
 to the end that issuing out they might 
make outroads  upon the ways of ,judea1 
as the king had commanded him4    #af3a 
,then came up ,john from ,gazera1 and   
told ,simon his father what  ,cendebeus 
had done4    #af3b ,wherefore ,simon    
called his two eldest sons1 ,judas and  
,john1 and  said unto them1 ,i1 and my  
brethren1 and my father's house1 have   
ever  from our youth unto this day      

fought against the enemies of ,israel2  
and  things have prospered so well in   
our hands1 that we have delivered       
,israel oftentimes4    #af3c ,but now ,i
 am old1 and ye1 by ,god's mercy1 are of
 a sufficient age3  be ye instead of me 
and my brother1 and go and fight for our
 nation1  and the help from heaven be   
with you4    #af3d ,so he chose out of  
the country twenty thousand men of war  
with  horsemen1 who went out against    
,cendebeus1 and rested that night at    
,modin4    #af3e ,and when as they rose 
in the morning1 and went into the plain1
  behold1 a mighty great host both of   
footmen and horsemen came against  them3
 howbeit there was a water brook betwixt
 them4    #af3f ,so he and his people   
pitched over against them3 and when he  
saw  that the people were afraid to go  
over the water brook1 he went first     
over himself1 and then the men seeing   
him passed through after him4    #af3g  
,that done1 he divided his men1 and set 
the horsemen in the midst  of the       

footmen3 for the enemies' horsemen were 
very many4    #af3h ,then sounded they  
with the holy trumpets3 whereupon       
,cendebeus and  his host were put to    
flight1 so that many of them were slain1
 and the  remnant gat them to the strong
 hold4    #af3i ,at that time was ,judas
 ,john's brother wounded2 but ,john     
still  followed after them1 until he    
came to ,cedron1 which ,cendebeus had   
built4    #af3aj ,so they fled even unto
 the towers in the fields of ,azotus2   
wherefore he burned it with fire3 so    
that there were slain of them  about two
 thousand men4 ,afterward he returned   
into the land of ,judea in  peace4      
#af3aa ,moreover in the plain of        
,jericho was ,ptolemeus the son of      
,abubus  made captain1 and he had       
abundance of silver and gold3    #af3ab 
,for he was the high priest's son in    
law4    #af3ac ,wherefore his heart     
being lifted up1 he thought to get the  
country to himself1 and thereupon       
consulted deceitfully against ,simon    

and his sons to destroy them4    #af3ad 
,now ,simon was visiting the cities that
 were in the country1 and  taking care  
for the good ordering of them2 at which 
time he came down  himself to ,jericho  
with his sons1 ,mattathias and ,judas1  
in the hundred  threescore and          
seventeenth year1 in the eleventh month1
 called ,sabat3    #af3ae ,where the son
 of ,abubus receiving them deceitfully  
into a little  hold1 called ,docus1     
which he had built1 made them a great   
banquet3  howbeit he had hid men there4 
#af3af ,so when ,simon and his sons had 
drunk largely1 ,ptolemee and his  men   
rose up1 and took their weapons1 and    
came upon ,simon into the  banqueting   
place1 and slew him1 and his two sons1  
and certain of his  servants4    #af3ag 
,in which doing he committed a great    
treachery1 and recompensed  evil for    
good4    #af3ah ,then ,ptolemee wrote   
these things1 and sent to the king1 that
 he  should send him an host to aid him1
 and he would deliver him the  country  

and cities4    #af3ai ,he sent others   
also to ,gazera to kill ,john3 and unto 
the tribunes  he sent letters to come   
unto him1 that he might give them       
silver1 and  gold1 and rewards4         
#af3bj ,and others he sent to take      
,jerusalem1 and the mountain of the     
temple4    #af3ba ,now one had run afore
 to ,gazera and told ,john that his     
father and  brethren were slain1 and1   
quoth he1 ,ptolemee hath sent to slay   
thee  also4    #af3bb ,hereof when he   
heard1 he was sore astonished3 so he    
laid hands on  them that were come to   
destroy him1 and slew them2 for he knew 
that  they sought to make him away4     
#af3bc ,as concerning the rest of the   
acts of ,john1 and his wars1 and  worthy
 deeds which he did1 and the building of
 the walls which he made1  and his      
doings1    #af3bd ,behold1 these are    
written in the chronicles of his        
priesthood1  from the time he was made  
high priest after his father4           
,the ,second ,book of the ,maccabees    

#a3a ,the brethren1 the ,jews that be at
 ,jerusalem and in the land of  ,judea1 
wish unto the brethren1 the ,jews that  
are throughout ,egypt  health and peace3
    #a3b ,god be gracious unto you1 and 
remember his covenant that he made  with
 ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 his      
faithful servants2    #a3c ,and give you
 all an heart to serve him1 and to do   
his will1 with a  good courage and a    
willing mind2    #a3d ,and open your    
hearts in his law and commandments1 and 
send you  peace1    #a3e ,and hear your 
prayers1 and be at one with you1 and    
never forsake  you in time of trouble4  
#a3f ,and now we be here praying for    
you4    #a3g ,what time as ,demetrius   
reigned1 in the hundred threescore and  
ninth  year1 we the ,jews wrote unto you
 in the extremity of trouble that came  
upon us in those years1 from the time   
that ,jason and his company  revolted   
from the holy land and kingdom1    #a3h 
,and burned the porch1 and shed innocent
 blood3 then we prayed unto  the ,lord1 

and were heard2 we offered also         
sacrifices and fine flour1  and lighted 
the lamps1 and set forth the loaves4    
#a3i ,and now see that ye keep the feast
 of tabernacles in the month  ,casleu4  
#a3aj ,in the hundred fourscore and     
eighth year1 the people that were at    
,jerusalem and in ,judea1 and the       
council1 and ,judas1 sent greeting and  
health unto ,aristobulus1 king          
,ptolemeus' master1 who was of the stock
  of the anointed priests1 and to the   
,jews that were in ,egypt3    #a3aa     
,insomuch as ,god hath delivered us from
 great perils1 we thank him  highly1 as 
having been in battle against a king4   
#a3ab ,for he cast them out that fought 
within the holy city4    #a3ac ,for when
 the leader was come into ,persia1 and  
the army with him  that seemed          
invincible1 they were slain in the      
temple of ,nanea by the  deceit of      
,nanea's priests4    #a3ad ,for         
,antiochus1 as though he would marry    
her1 came into the place1  and his      

friends that were with him1 to receive  
money in name of a  dowry4    #a3ae     
,which when the priests of ,nanea had   
set forth1 and he was entered  with a   
small company into the compass of the   
temple1 they shut the  temple as soon as
 ,antiochus was come in3    #a3af ,and  
opening a privy door of the roof1 they  
threw stones like  thunderbolts1 and    
struck down the captain1 hewed them in  
pieces1 smote  off their heads and cast 
them to those that were without4        
#a3ag ,blessed be our ,god in all       
things1 who hath delivered up the       
ungodly4    #a3ah ,therefore whereas we 
are now purposed to keep the            
purification of  the temple upon the    
five and twentieth day of the month     
,casleu1 we  thought it necessary to    
certify you thereof1 that ye also might 
keep  it1 as the feast of the           
tabernacles1 and of the fire1 which was 
given  us when ,neemias offered         
sacrifice1 after that he had builded the
 temple  and the altar4    #a3ai ,for   

when our fathers were led into ,persia1 
the priests that were  then devout took 
the fire of the altar privily1 and hid  
it in an hollow  place of a pit without 
water1 where they kept it sure1 so that 
the  place was unknown to all men4      
#a3bj ,now after many years1 when it    
pleased ,god1 ,neemias1 being sent  from
 the king of ,persia1 did send of the   
posterity of those priests  that had hid
 it to the fire3 but when they told us  
they found no fire1  but thick water2   
#a3ba ,then commanded he them to draw it
 up1 and to bring it2 and when  the     
sacrifices were laid on1 ,neemias       
commanded the priests to sprinkle  the  
wood and the things laid thereupon with 
the water4    #a3bb ,when this was done1
 and the time came that the sun shone1  
which  afore was hid in the cloud1 there
 was a great fire kindled1 so that      
every man marvelled4    #a3bc ,and the  
priests made a prayer whilst the        
sacrifice was consuming1  ,i say1 both  
the priests1 and all the rest1 ,jonathan

 beginning1 and the  rest answering     
thereunto1 as ,neemias did4    #a3bd    
,and the prayer was after this manner2  
,o ,lord1 ,lord ,god1 ,creator of  all  
things1 who art fearful and strong1 and 
righteous1 and merciful1  and the only  
and gracious ,king1    #a3be ,the only  
giver of all things1 the only just1     
almighty1 and  everlasting1 thou that   
deliverest ,israel from all trouble1 and
 didst  choose the fathers1 and sanctify
 them3    #a3bf ,receive the sacrifice  
for thy whole people ,israel1 and       
preserve  thine own portion1 and        
sanctify it4    #a3bg ,gather those     
together that are scattered from us1    
deliver them  that serve among the      
heathen1 look upon them that are        
despised and  abhorred1 and let the     
heathen know that thou art our ,god4    
#a3bh ,punish them that oppress us1 and 
with pride do us wrong4    #a3bi ,plant 
thy people again in thy holy place1 as  
,moses hath spoken4    #a3cj ,and the   
priests sung psalms of thanksgiving4    

#a3ca ,now when the sacrifice was       
consumed1 ,neemias commanded the water  
that was left to be poured on the great 
stones4    #a3cb ,when this was done1   
there was kindled a flame3 but it was   
consumed  by the light that shined from 
the altar4    #a3cc ,so when this matter
 was known1 it was told the king of     
,persia1  that in the place1 where the  
priests that were led away had hid the  
fire1 there appeared water1 and that    
,neemias had purified the  sacrifices   
therewith4    #a3cd ,then the king1     
inclosing the place1 made it holy1 after
 he had  tried the matter4    #a3ce ,and
 the king took many gifts1 and bestowed 
thereof on those whom  he would gratify4
    #a3cf ,and ,neemias called this     
thing ,naphthar1 which is as much as to 
say1 a cleansing3 but many men call it  
,nephi4    #b3a ,it is also found in the
 records1 that ,jeremy the prophet      
commanded  them that were carried away  
to take of the fire1 as it hath been    
signified3    #b3b ,and how that the    

prophet1 having given them the law1     
charged them  not to forget the         
commandments of the ,lord1 and that they
 should not  err in their minds1 when   
they see images of silver and gold1 with
 their  ornaments4    #b3c ,and with    
other such speeches exhorted he them1   
that the law should  not depart from    
their hearts4    #b3d ,it was also      
contained in the same writing1 that the 
prophet1 being  warned of ,god1         
commanded the tabernacle and the ark to 
go with him1 as  he went forth into the 
mountain1 where ,moses climbed up1 and  
saw the  heritage of ,god4    #b3e ,and 
when ,jeremy came thither1 he found an  
hollow cave1 wherein he  laid the       
tabernacle1 and the ark1 and the altar  
of incense1 and so  stopped the door4   
#b3f ,and some of those that followed   
him came to mark the way1 but they      
could not find it4    #b3g ,which when  
,jeremy perceived1 he blamed them1      
saying1 ,as for that  place1 it shall be
 unknown until the time that ,god gather

 his people  again together1 and receive
 them unto mercy4    #b3h ,then shall   
the ,lord shew them these things1 and   
the glory of the  ,lord shall appear1   
and the cloud also1 as it was shewed    
under ,moses1  and as when ,solomon     
desired that the place might be         
honourably  sanctified4    #b3i ,it was 
also declared1 that he being wise       
offered the sacrifice of  dedication1   
and of the finishing of the temple4     
#b3aj ,and as when ,moses prayed unto   
the ,lord1 the fire came down from      
heaven1 and consumed the sacrifices3    
even so prayed ,solomon also1 and  the  
fire came down from heaven1 and consumed
 the burnt offerings4    #b3aa ,and     
,moses said1 ,because the sin offering  
was not to be eaten1 it  was consumed4  
#b3ab ,so ,solomon kept those eight     
days4    #b3ac ,the same things also    
were reported in the writings and       
commentaries of ,neemias2 and how he    
founding a library gathered  together   
the acts of the kings1 and the prophets1

 and of ,david1 and the  epistles of the
 kings concerning the holy gifts4       
#b3ad ,in like manner also ,judas       
gathered together all those things that 
were lost by reason of the war we had1  
and they remain with us1    #b3ae       
,wherefore if ye have need thereof1 send
 some to fetch them unto  you4    #b3af 
,whereas we then are about to celebrate 
the purification1 we have  written unto 
you1 and ye shall do well1 if ye keep   
the same days4    #b3ag ,we hope also1  
that the ,god1 that delivered all his   
people1 and  gave them all an heritage1 
and the kingdom1 and the priesthood1 and
 the  sanctuary1    #b3ah ,as he        
promised in the law1 will shortly have  
mercy upon us1 and  gather us together  
out of every land under heaven into the 
holy place3  for he hath delivered us   
out of great troubles1 and hath purified
 the  place4    #b3ai ,now as concerning
 ,judas ,maccabeus1 and his brethren1   
and the  purification of the great      
temple1 and the dedication of the altar1

    #b3bj ,and the wars against         
,antiochus ,epiphanes1 and ,eupator his 
son1    #b3ba ,and the manifest signs   
that came from heaven unto those that   
behaved themselves manfully to their    
honour for ,judaism3 so that1 being  but
 a few1 they overcame the whole country1
 and chased barbarous  multitudes1      
#b3bb ,and recovered again the temple   
renowned all the world over1 and  freed 
the city1 and upheld the laws which were
 going down1 the ,lord  being gracious  
unto them with all favour3    #b3bc ,all
 these things1 ,i say1 being declared by
 ,jason of ,cyrene in five  books1 we   
will assay to abridge in one volume4    
#b3bd ,for considering the infinite     
number1 and the difficulty which they   
find that desire to look into the       
narrations of the story1 for the        
variety of the matter1    #b3be ,we have
 been careful1 that they that will read 
may have delight1  and that they that   
are desirous to commit to memory might  
have ease1  and that all into whose     

hands it comes might have profit4       
#b3bf ,therefore to us1 that have taken 
upon us this painful labour of          
abridging1 it was not easy1 but a matter
 of sweat and watching2    #b3bg ,even  
as it is no ease unto him that prepareth
 a banquet1 and  seeketh the benefit of 
others3 yet for the pleasuring of many  
we will  undertake gladly this great    
pains2    #b3bh ,leaving to the author  
the exact handling of every particular1 
and  labouring to follow the rules of an
 abridgement4    #b3bi ,for as the      
master builder of a new house must care 
for the whole  building2 but he that    
undertaketh to set it out1 and paint it1
 must  seek out fit things for the      
adorning thereof3 even so ,i think it is
  with us4    #b3cj ,to stand upon every
 point1 and go over things at large1 and
 to be  curious in particulars1         
belongeth to the first author of the    
story3    #b3ca ,but to use brevity1 and
 avoid much labouring of the work1 is to
 be  granted to him that will make an   

abridgment4    #b3cb ,here then will we 
begin the story3 only adding thus much  
to that  which hath been said1 that it  
is a foolish thing to make a long       
prologue1 and to be short in the story  
itself4    #c3a ,now when the holy city 
was inhabited with all peace1 and the   
laws  were kept very well1 because of   
the godliness of ,onias the high priest1
  and his hatred of wickedness1    #c3b 
,it came to pass that even the kings    
themselves did honour the  place1 and   
magnify the temple with their best      
gifts2    #c3c ,insomuch that ,seleucus 
of ,asia of his own revenues bare all   
the  costs belonging to the service of  
the sacrifices4    #c3d ,but one ,simon 
of the tribe of ,benjamin1 who was made 
governor of  the temple1 fell out with  
the high priest about disorder in the   
city4    #c3e ,and when he could not    
overcome ,onias1 he gat him to          
,apollonius the  son of ,thraseas1 who  
then was governor of ,celosyria and     
,phenice1    #c3f ,and told him that the

 treasury in ,jerusalem was full of     
infinite  sums of money1 so that the    
multitude of their riches1 which did not
  pertain to the account of the         
sacrifices1 was innumerable1 and that it
  was possible to bring all into the    
king's hand4    #c3g ,now when          
,apollonius came to the king1 and had   
shewed him of the  money whereof he was 
told1 the king chose out ,heliodorus his
 treasurer1  and sent him with a        
commandment to bring him the foresaid   
money4    #c3h ,so forthwith ,heliodorus
 took his journey2 under a colour of    
visiting the cities of ,celosyria and   
,phenice1 but indeed to fulfil the      
king's purpose4    #c3i ,and when he was
 come to ,jerusalem1 and had been       
courteously  received of the high priest
 of the city1 he told him what          
intelligence  was given of the money1   
and declared wherefore he came1 and     
asked if  these things were so indeed4  
#c3aj ,then the high priest told him    
that there was such money laid up  for  

the relief of widows and fatherless     
children3    #c3aa ,and that some of it 
belonged to ,hircanus son of ,tobias1 a 
man of  great dignity1 and not as that  
wicked ,simon had misinformed3 the sum  
whereof in all was four hundred talents 
of silver1 and two hundred of  gold3    
#c3ab ,and that it was altogether       
impossible that such wrongs should be   
done unto them1 that had committed it to
 the holiness of the place1 and  to the 
majesty and inviolable sanctity of the  
temple1 honoured over all  the world4   
#c3ac ,but ,heliodorus1 because of the  
king's commandment given him1 said1     
,that in any wise it must be brought    
into the king's treasury4    #c3ad ,so  
at the day which he appointed he entered
 in to order this  matter3 wherefore    
there was no small agony throughout the 
whole city4    #c3ae ,but the priests1  
prostrating themselves before the altar 
in their  priests' vestments1 called    
unto heaven upon him that made a law    
concerning things given to be kept1 that

 they should safely be  preserved for   
such as had committed them to be kept4  
#c3af ,then whoso had looked the high   
priest in the face1 it would have       
wounded his heart3 for his countenance  
and the changing of his colour  declared
 the inward agony of his mind4    #c3ag 
,for the man was so compassed with fear 
and horror of the body1  that it was    
manifest to them that looked upon him1  
what sorrow he had  now in his heart4   
#c3ah ,others ran flocking out of their 
houses to the general  supplication1    
because the place was like to come into 
contempt4    #c3ai ,and the women1 girt 
with sackcloth under their breasts1     
abounded  in the streets1 and the       
virgins that were kept in ran1 some to  
the  gates1 and some to the walls1 and  
others looked out of the windows4       
#c3bj ,and all1 holding their hands     
toward heaven1 made supplication4       
#c3ba ,then it would have pitied a man  
to see the falling down of the          
multitude of all sorts1 and the fear of 

the high priest being in such  an agony4
    #c3bb ,they then called upon the    
,almighty ,lord to keep the things      
committed of trust safe and sure for    
those that had committed them4    #c3bc 
,nevertheless ,heliodorus executed that 
which was decreed4    #c3bd ,now as he  
was there present himself with his guard
 about the  treasury1 the ,lord of      
spirits1 and the ,prince of all power1  
caused a  great apparition1 so that all 
that presumed to come in with him were  
astonished at the power of ,god1 and    
fainted1 and were sore afraid4    #c3be 
,for there appeared unto them an horse  
with a terrible rider upon  him1 and    
adorned with a very fair covering1 and  
he ran fiercely1 and  smote at          
,heliodorus with his forefeet1 and it   
seemed that he that sat  upon the horse 
had complete harness of gold4    #c3bf  
,moreover two other young men appeared  
before him1 notable in  strength1       
excellent in beauty1 and comely in      
apparel1 who stood by him  on either    

side2 and scourged him continually1 and 
gave him many sore  stripes4    #c3bg   
,and ,heliodorus fell suddenly unto the 
ground1 and was compassed  with great   
darkness3 but they that were with him   
took him up1 and put  him into a litter4
    #c3bh ,thus him1 that lately came   
with a great train and with all his     
guard into the said treasury1 they      
carried out1 being unable to help       
himself with his weapons3 and manifestly
 they acknowledged the power of  ,god4  
#c3bi ,for he by the hand of ,god was   
cast down1 and lay speechless  without  
all hope of life4    #c3cj ,but they    
praised the ,lord1 that had miraculously
 honoured his own  place3 for the       
temple2 which a little afore was full of
 fear and  trouble1 when the ,almighty  
,lord appeared1 was filled with joy and 
gladness4    #c3ca ,then straightways   
certain of ,heliodorus' friends prayed  
,onias1  that he would call upon the    
most ,high to grant him his life1 who   
lay  ready to give up the ghost4        

#c3cb ,so the high priest1 suspecting   
lest the king should misconceive  that  
some treachery had been done to         
,heliodorus by the ,jews1 offered a     
sacrifice for the health of the man4    
#c3cc ,now as the high priest was making
 an atonement1 the same young men  in   
the same clothing appeared and stood    
beside ,heliodorus1 saying1 ,give       
,onias the high priest great thanks1    
insomuch as for his sake the ,lord  hath
 granted thee life3    #c3cd ,and seeing
 that thou hast been scourged from      
heaven1 declare unto  all men the mighty
 power of ,god4 ,and when they had      
spoken these words1  they appeared no   
more4    #c3ce ,so ,heliodorus1 after he
 had offered sacrifice unto the ,lord1  
and  made great vows unto him that had  
saved his life1 and saluted ,onias1     
returned with his host to the king4     
#c3cf ,then testified he to all men the 
works of the great ,god1 which he  had  
seen with his eyes4    #c3cg ,and when  
the king asked ,heliodorus1 who might be

 a fit man to be  sent yet once again to
 ,jerusalem1 he said1    #c3ch ,if thou 
hast any enemy or traitor1 send him     
thither1 and thou  shalt receive him    
well scourged1 if he escape with his    
life3 for in  that place1 no doubt2     
there is an especial power of ,god4     
#c3ci ,for he that dwelleth in heaven   
hath his eye on that place1 and         
defendeth it2 and he beateth and        
destroyeth them that come to hurt it4   
#c3dj ,and the things concerning        
,heliodorus1 and the keeping of the     
treasury1 fell out on this sort4    #d3a
 ,this ,simon now1 of whom we spake     
afore1 having been a betrayer of  the   
money1 and of his country1 slandered    
,onias1 as if he had terrified          
,heliodorus1 and been the worker of     
these evils4    #d3b ,thus was he bold  
to call him a traitor1 that had deserved
 well of  the city1 and tendered his own
 nation1 and was so zealous of the laws4
    #d3c ,but when their hatred went so 
far1 that by one of ,simon's faction    

murders were committed1    #d3d ,onias  
seeing the danger of this contention1   
and that ,apollonius1 as  being the     
governor of ,celosyria and ,phenice1 did
 rage1 and increase  ,simon's malice1   
#d3e ,he went to the king1 not to be an 
accuser of his countrymen1 but  seeking 
the good of all1 both publick and       
private3    #d3f ,for he saw that it was
 impossible that the state should       
continue  quiet1 and ,simon leave his   
folly1 unless the king did look         
thereunto4    #d3g ,but after the death 
of ,seleucus1 when ,antiochus1 called   
,epiphanes1  took the kingdom1 ,jason   
the brother of ,onias laboured underhand
 to be  high priest1    #d3h ,promising 
unto the king by intercession three     
hundred and  threescore talents of      
silver1 and of another revenue eighty   
talents3    #d3i ,beside this1 he       
promised to assign an hundred and fifty 
more1 if he  might have licence to set  
him up a place for exercise1 and for the
  training up of youth in the fashions  

of the heathen1 and to write them  of   
,jerusalem by the name of ,antiochians4 
#d3aj ,which when the king had granted1 
and he had gotten into his hand  the    
rule he forthwith brought his own nation
 to the ,greekish fashion4    #d3aa ,and
 the royal privileges granted of special
 favour to the ,jews by  the means of   
,john the father of ,eupolemus1 who went
 ambassador to ,rome  for amity and aid1
 he took away2 and putting down the     
governments which  were according to the
 law1 he brought up new customs against 
the law3    #d3ab ,for he built gladly a
 place of exercise under the tower      
itself1  and brought the chief young men
 under his subjection1 and made them    
wear a hat4    #d3ac ,now such was the  
height of ,greek fashions1 and increase 
of  heathenish manners1 through the     
exceeding profaneness of ,jason1 that   
ungodly wretch1 and no high priest2     
#d3ad ,that the priests had no courage  
to serve any more at the altar1  but    
despising the temple1 and neglecting the

 sacrifices1 hastened to be  partakers  
of the unlawful allowance in the place  
of exercise1 after the  game of ,discus 
called them forth2    #d3ae ,not setting
 by the honours of their fathers1 but   
liking the glory  of the ,grecians best 
of all4    #d3af ,by reason whereof sore
 calamity came upon them3 for they had  
them  to be their enemies and avengers1 
whose custom they followed so           
earnestly1 and unto whom they desired to
 be like in all things4    #d3ag ,for it
 is not a light thing to do wickedly    
against the laws of  ,god3 but the time 
following shall declare these things4   
#d3ah ,now when the game that was used  
every fifth year was kept at  ,tyrus1   
the king being present1    #d3ai ,this  
ungracious ,jason sent special          
messengers from ,jerusalem1 who  were   
,antiochians1 to carry three hundred    
drachms of silver to the  sacrifice of  
,hercules1 which even the bearers       
thereof thought fit not  to bestow upon 
the sacrifice1 because it was not       

convenient1 but to be  reserved for     
other charges4    #d3bj ,this money     
then1 in regard of the sender1 was      
appointed to  ,hercules' sacrifice2 but 
because of the bearers thereof1 it was  
employed to the making of gallies4      
#d3ba ,now when ,apollonius the son of  
,menestheus was sent into ,egypt for    
the coronation of king ,ptolemeus       
,philometor1 ,antiochus1 understanding  
him not to be well affected to his      
affairs1 provided for his own  safety3  
whereupon he came to ,joppa1 and from   
thence to ,jerusalem3    #d3bb ,where he
 was honourably received of ,jason1 and 
of the city1 and  was brought in with   
torch alight1 and with great shoutings3 
and so  afterward went with his host    
unto ,phenice4    #d3bc ,three years    
afterward ,jason sent ,menelaus1 the    
aforesaid ,simon's  brother1 to bear the
 money unto the king1 and to put him in 
mind of  certain necessary matters4     
#d3bd ,but he being brought to the      
presence of the king1 when he had       

magnified him for the glorious          
appearance of his power1 got the        
priesthood to himself1 offering more    
than ,jason by three hundred  talents of
 silver4    #d3be ,so he came with the  
king's mandate1 bringing nothing worthy 
the  high priesthood1 but having the    
fury of a cruel tyrant1 and the rage of 
a savage beast4    #d3bf ,then ,jason1  
who had undermined his own brother1     
being undermined  by another1 was       
compelled to flee into the country of   
the ,ammonites4    #d3bg ,so ,menelaus  
got the principality3 but as for the    
money that he had  promised unto the    
king1 he took no good order for it1     
albeit ,sostratis  the ruler of the     
castle required it3    #d3bh ,for unto  
him appertained the gathering of the    
customs4 ,wherefore  they were both     
called before the king4    #d3bi ,now   
,menelaus left his brother ,lysimachus  
in his stead in the  priesthood2 and    
,sostratus left ,crates1 who was        
governor of the  ,cyprians4    #d3cj    

,while those things were in doing1 they 
of ,tarsus and ,mallos made             
insurrection1 because they were given to
 the king's concubine1 called           
,antiochus4    #d3ca ,then came the king
 in all haste to appease matters1       
leaving  ,andronicus1 a man in          
authority1 for his deputy4    #d3cb ,now
 ,menelaus1 supposing that he had gotten
 a convenient time1  stole certain      
vessels of gold out of the temple1 and  
gave some of them  to ,andronicus1 and  
some he sold into ,tyrus and the cities 
round about4    #d3cc ,which when ,onias
 knew of a surety1 he reproved him1 and 
withdrew  himself into a sanctuary at   
,daphne1 that lieth by ,antiochia4      
#d3cd ,wherefore ,menelaus1 taking      
,andronicus apart1 prayed him to get    
,onias into his hands2 who being        
persuaded thereunto1 and coming to      
,onias in deceit1 gave him his right    
hand with oaths2 and though he were     
suspected by him1 yet persuaded he him  
to come forth of the sanctuary3  whom   

forthwith he shut up without regard of  
justice4    #d3ce ,for the which cause  
not only the ,jews1 but many also of    
other  nations1 took great indignation1 
and were much grieved for the unjust    
murder of the man4    #d3cf ,and when   
the king was come again from the places 
about ,cilicia1  the ,jews that were in 
the city1 and certain of the ,greeks    
that abhorred  the fact also1 complained
 because ,onias was slain without cause4
    #d3cg ,therefore ,antiochus was     
heartily sorry1 and moved to pity1 and  
wept1 because of the sober and modest   
behaviour of him that was dead4    #d3ch
 ,and being kindled with anger1         
forthwith he took away ,andronicus  his 
purple1 and rent off his clothes1 and   
leading him through the whole  city unto
 that very place1 where he had committed
 impiety against  ,onias1 there slew he 
the cursed murderer4 ,thus the ,lord    
rewarded him  his punishment1 as he had 
deserved4    #d3ci ,now when many       
sacrileges had been committed in the    

city by  ,lysimachus with the consent of
 ,menelaus1 and the bruit thereof was   
spread abroad1 the multitude gathered   
themselves together against             
,lysimachus1 many vessels of gold being 
already carried away4    #d3dj          
,whereupon the common people rising1 and
 being filled with rage1  ,lysimachus   
armed about three thousand men1 and     
began first to offer  violence2 one     
,auranus being the leader1 a man far    
gone in years1 and no  less in folly4   
#d3da ,they then seeing the attempt of  
,lysimachus1 some of them caught        
stones1 some clubs1 others taking       
handfuls of dust1 that was next at      
hand1 cast them all together upon       
,lysimachus1 and those that set upon    
them4    #d3db ,thus many of them they  
wounded1 and some they struck to the    
ground1 and all of them they forced to  
flee3 but as for the  churchrobber      
himself1 him they killed beside the     
treasury4    #d3dc ,of these matters    
therefore there was an accusation laid  

against  ,menelaus4    #d3dd ,now when  
the king came to ,tyrus1 three men that 
were sent from the  senate pleaded the  
cause before him3    #d3de ,but         
,menelaus1 being now convicted1 promised
 ,ptolemee the son of  ,dorymenes to    
give him much money1 if he would pacify 
the king toward  him4    #d3df          
,whereupon ,ptolemee taking the king    
aside into a certain gallery1  as it    
were to take the air1 brought him to be 
of another mind3    #d3dg ,insomuch that
 he discharged ,menelaus from the       
accusations1 who  notwithstanding was   
cause of all the mischief3 and those    
poor men1 who1  if they had told their  
cause1 yea1 before the ,scythians1      
should have  been judged innocent1 them 
he condemned to death4    #d3dh ,thus   
they that followed the matter for the   
city1 and for the  people1 and for the  
holy vessels1 did soon suffer unjust    
punishment4    #d3di ,wherefore even    
they of ,tyrus1 moved with hatred of    
that wicked  deed1 caused them to be    

honourably buried4    #d3ej ,and so     
through the covetousness of them that   
were of power  ,menelaus remained still 
in authority1 increasing in malice1 and 
being a  great traitor to the citizens4 
#e3a ,about the same time ,antiochus    
prepared his second voyage into  ,egypt3
    #e3b ,and then it happened1 that    
through all the city1 for the space     
almost of forty days1 there were seen   
horsemen running in the air1 in  cloth  
of gold1 and armed with lances1 like a  
band of soldiers1    #e3c ,and troops of
 horsemen in array1 encountering and    
running one  against another1 with      
shaking of shields1 and multitude of    
pikes1 and  drawing of swords1 and      
casting of darts1 and glittering of     
golden  ornaments1 and harness of all   
sorts4    #e3d ,wherefore every man     
prayed that that apparition might turn  
to good4    #e3e ,now when there was    
gone forth a false rumour1 as though    
,antiochus  had been dead1 ,jason took  
at the least a thousand men1 and        

suddenly  made an assault upon the city2
 and they that were upon the walls being
  put back1 and the city at length      
taken1 ,menelaus fled into the castle3  
#e3f ,but ,jason slew his own citizens  
without mercy1 not considering that  to 
get the day of them of his own nation   
would be a most unhappy day  for him2   
but thinking they had been his enemies1 
and not his  countrymen1 whom he        
conquered4    #e3g ,howbeit for all this
 he obtained not the principality1 but  
at the  last received shame for the     
reward of his treason1 and fled again   
into  the country of the ,ammonites4    
#e3h ,in the end therefore he had an    
unhappy return1 being accused before    
,aretas the king of the ,arabians1      
fleeing from city to city1 pursued of   
all men1 hated as a forsaker of the     
laws1 and being had in abomination  as  
an open enemy of his country and        
countrymen1 he was cast out into        
,egypt4    #e3i ,thus he that had driven
 many out of their country perished in a

  strange land1 retiring to the         
,lacedemonians1 and thinking there to   
find  succour by reason of his kindred3 
#e3aj ,and he that had cast out many    
unburied had none to mourn for him1  nor
 any solemn funerals at all1 nor        
sepulchre with his fathers4    #e3aa    
,now when this that was done came to the
 king's ear1 he thought  that ,judea had
 revolted3 whereupon removing out of    
,egypt in a furious  mind1 he took the  
city by force of arms1    #e3ab ,and    
commanded his men of war not to spare   
such as they met1 and to  slay such as  
went up upon the houses4    #e3ac ,thus 
there was killing of young and old1     
making away of men1  women1 and         
children1 slaying of virgins and        
infants4    #e3ad ,and there were       
destroyed within the space of three     
whole days  fourscore thousand1 whereof 
forty thousand were slain in the        
conflict2  and no fewer sold than slain4
    #e3ae ,yet was he not content with  
this1 but presumed to go into the most  

holy temple of all the world2 ,menelaus1
 that traitor to the laws1 and  to his  
own country1 being his guide3    #e3af  
,and taking the holy vessels with       
polluted hands1 and with profane  hands 
pulling down the things that were       
dedicated by other kings to the         
augmentation and glory and honour of the
 place1 he gave them away4    #e3ag ,and
 so haughty was ,antiochus in mind1 that
 he considered not that  the ,lord was  
angry for a while for the sins of them  
that dwelt in the  city1 and therefore  
his eye was not upon the place4    #e3ah
 ,for had they not been formerly wrapped
 in many sins1 this man1 as  soon as he 
had come1 had forthwith been scourged1  
and put back from his  presumption1 as  
,heliodorus was1 whom ,seleucus the king
 sent to view the  treasury4    #e3ai   
,nevertheless ,god did not choose the   
people for the place's sake1  but the   
place far the people's sake4    #e3bj   
,and therefore the place itself1 that   
was partaker with them of the  adversity

 that happened to the nation1 did       
afterward communicate in the  benefits  
sent from the ,lord3 and as it was      
forsaken in the wrath of the  ,almighty1
 so again1 the great ,lord being        
reconciled1 it was set up with  all     
glory4    #e3ba ,so when ,antiochus had 
carried out of the temple a thousand and
  eight hundred talents1 he departed in 
all haste unto ,antiochia1 weening  in  
his pride to make the land navigable1   
and the sea passable by foot3  such was 
the haughtiness of his mind4    #e3bb   
,and he left governors to vex the       
nation3 at ,jerusalem1 ,philip1 for  his
 country a ,phrygian1 and for manners   
more barbarous than he that set  him    
there2    #e3bc ,and at ,garizim1       
,andronicus2 and besides1 ,menelaus1 who
 worse than  all the rest bare an heavy 
hand over the citizens1 having a        
malicious  mind against his countrymen  
the ,jews4    #e3bd ,he sent also that  
detestable ringleader ,apollonius with  
an army of  two and twenty thousand1    

commanding him to slay all those that   
were in  their best age1 and to sell the
 women and the younger sort3    #e3be   
,who coming to ,jerusalem1 and          
pretending peace1 did forbear till  the 
holy day of the sabbath1 when taking the
 ,jews keeping holy day1 he  commanded  
his men to arm themselves4    #e3bf ,and
 so he slew all them that were gone to  
the celebrating of the  sabbath1 and    
running through the city with weapons   
slew great  multitudes4    #e3bg ,but   
,judas ,maccabeus with nine others1 or  
thereabout1 withdrew  himself into the  
wilderness1 and lived in the mountains  
after the  manner of beasts1 with his   
company1 who fed on herbs continually1  
lest  they should be partakers of the   
pollution4    #f3a ,not long after this 
the king sent an old man of ,athens to  
compel  the ,jews to depart from the    
laws of their fathers1 and not to live  
after the laws of ,god3    #f3b ,and to 
pollute also the temple in ,jerusalem1  
and to call it the  temple of ,jupiter  

,olympius2 and that in ,garizim1 of     
,jupiter the  ,defender of strangers1 as
 they did desire that dwelt in the      
place4    #f3c ,the coming in of this   
mischief was sore and grievous to the   
people3    #f3d ,for the temple was     
filled with riot and revelling by the   
,gentiles1  who dallied with harlots1   
and had to do with women within the     
circuit  of the holy places1 and besides
 that brought in things that were not   
lawful4    #f3e ,the altar also was     
filled with profane things1 which the   
law  forbiddeth4    #f3f ,neither was it
 lawful for a man to keep sabbath days  
or ancient  fasts1 or to profess himself
 at all to be a ,jew4    #f3g ,and in   
the day of the king's birth every month 
they were brought by  bitter constraint 
to eat of the sacrifices2 and when the  
fast of  ,bacchus was kept1 the ,jews   
were compelled to go in procession to   
,bacchus1 carrying ivy4    #f3h         
,moreover there went out a decree to the
 neighbour cities of the  heathen1 by   

the suggestion of ,ptolemee1 against the
 ,jews1 that they  should observe the   
same fashions1 and be partakers of their
 sacrifices3    #f3i ,and whoso would   
not conform themselves to the manners of
 the  ,gentiles should be put to death4 
,then might a man have seen the present 
misery4    #f3aj ,for there were two    
women brought1 who had circumcised their
  children2 whom when they had openly   
led round about the city1 the babes     
hanging at their breasts1 they cast them
 down headlong from the wall4    #f3aa  
,and others1 that had run together into 
caves near by1 to keep the  sabbath day 
secretly1 being discovered by ,philip1  
were all burnt  together1 because they  
made a conscience to help themselves for
 the  honour of the most sacred day4    
#f3ab ,now ,i beseech those that read   
this book1 that they be not  discouraged
 for these calamities1 but that they    
judge those punishments  not to be for  
destruction1 but for a chastening of our
 nation4    #f3ac ,for it is a token of 

his great goodness1 when wicked doers   
are not  suffered any long time1 but    
forthwith punished4    #f3ad ,for not as
 with other nations1 whom the ,lord     
patiently forbeareth  to punish1 till   
they be come to the fulness of their    
sins1 so dealeth  he with us1    #f3ae  
,lest that1 being come to the height of 
sin1 afterwards he should  take         
vengeance of us4    #f3af ,and therefore
 he never withdraweth his mercy from us3
 and though  he punish with adversity1  
yet doth he never forsake his people4   
#f3ag ,but let this that we at spoken be
 for a warning unto us4 ,and now  will  
we come to the declaring of the matter  
in a few words4    #f3ah ,eleazar1 one  
of the principal scribes1 an aged man1  
and of a well  favoured countenance1 was
 constrained to open his mouth1 and to  
eat  swine's flesh4    #f3ai ,but he1   
choosing rather to die gloriously1 than 
to live stained  with such an           
abomination1 spit it forth1 and came of 
his own accord to  the torment1    #f3bj

 ,as it behoved them to come1 that are  
resolute to stand out against  such     
things1 as are not lawful for love of   
life to be tasted4    #f3ba ,but they   
that had the charge of that wicked      
feast1 for the old  acquaintance they   
had with the man1 taking him aside1     
besought him to  bring flesh of his own 
provision1 such as was lawful for him to
 use1  and make as if he did eat of the 
flesh taken from the sacrifice          
commanded by the king2    #f3bb ,that in
 so doing he might be delivered from    
death1 and for the old  friendship with 
them find favour4    #f3bc ,but he began
 to consider discreetly1 and as became  
his age1 and  the excellency of his     
ancient years1 and the honour of his    
gray head1  whereunto he was come1 and  
his most honest education from a child1 
or  rather the holy law made and given  
by ,god3 therefore he answered          
accordingly1 and willed them            
straightways to send him to the grave4  
#f3bd ,for it becometh not our age1 said

 he1 in any wise to dissemble1  whereby 
many young persons might think that     
,eleazar1 being fourscore  years old and
 ten1 were now gone to a strange        
religion2    #f3be ,and so they through 
mine hypocrisy1 and desire to live a    
little  time and a moment longer1 should
 be deceived by me1 and ,i get a stain  
to mine old age1 and make it abominable4
    #f3bf ,for though for the present   
time ,i should be delivered from the    
punishment of men3 yet should ,i not    
escape the hand of the ,almighty1       
neither alive1 nor dead4    #f3bg       
,wherefore now1 manfully changing this  
life1 ,i will shew myself  such an one  
as mine age requireth1    #f3bh ,and    
leave a notable example to such as be   
young to die willingly  and courageously
 for the honourable and holy laws4 ,and 
when he had said  these words1          
immediately he went to the torment3     
#f3bi ,they that led him changing the   
good will they bare him a little  before
 into hatred1 because the foresaid      

speeches proceeded1 as they  thought1   
from a desperate mind4    #f3cj ,but    
when he was ready to die with stripes1  
he groaned1 and said1  ,it is manifest  
unto the ,lord1 that hath the holy      
knowledge1 that  whereas ,i might have  
been delivered from death1 ,i now endure
 sore pains  in body by being beaten3   
but in soul am well content to suffer   
these  things1 because ,i fear him4     
#f3ca ,and thus this man died1 leaving  
his death for an example of a  noble    
courage1 and a memorial of virtue1 not  
only unto young men1 but  unto all his  
nation4    #g3a ,it came to pass also1  
that seven brethren with their mother   
were  taken1 and compelled by the king  
against the law to taste swine's  flesh1
 and were tormented with scourges and   
whips4    #g3b ,but one of them that    
spake first said thus1 ,what wouldest   
thou ask  or learn of us8 we are ready  
to die1 rather than to transgress the   
laws  of our fathers4    #g3c ,then the 
king1 being in a rage1 commanded pans   

and caldrons to be  made hot3    #g3d   
,which forthwith being heated1 he       
commanded to cut out the tongue of  him 
that spake first1 and to cut off the    
utmost parts of his body1 the  rest of  
his brethren and his mother looking on4 
#g3e ,now when he was thus maimed in all
 his members1 he commanded him  being   
yet alive to be brought to the fire1 and
 to be fried in the pan3  and as the    
vapour of the pan was for a good space  
dispersed1 they  exhorted one another   
with the mother to die manfully1 saying 
thus1    #g3f ,the ,lord ,god looketh   
upon us1 and in truth hath comfort in   
us1 as  ,moses in his song1 which       
witnessed to their faces1 declared1     
saying1  ,and he shall be comforted in  
his servants4    #g3g ,so when the first
 was dead after this number1 they       
brought the  second to make him a       
mocking stock3 and when they had pulled 
off the  skin of his head with the hair1
 they asked him1 ,wilt thou eat1 before 
thou be punished throughout every member

 of thy body8    #g3h ,but he answered  
in his own language1 and said1 ,no4     
,wherefore he  also received the next   
torment in order1 as the former did4    
#g3i ,and when he was at the last gasp1 
he said1 ,thou like a fury takest  us   
out of this present life1 but the ,king 
of the world shall raise us  up1 who    
have died for his laws1 unto everlasting
 life4    #g3aj ,after him was the third
 made a mocking stock3 and when he was  
required1 he put out his tongue1 and    
that right soon1 holding forth his      
hands manfully4    #g3aa ,and said      
courageously1 ,these ,i had from heaven2
 and for his laws ,i  despise them2 and 
from him ,i hope to receive them again4 
#g3ab ,insomuch that the king1 and they 
that were with him1 marvelled at  the   
young man's courage1 for that he nothing
 regarded the pains4    #g3ac ,now when 
this man was dead also1 they tormented  
and mangled the  fourth in like manner4 
#g3ad ,so when he was ready to die he   
said thus1 ,it is good1 being put to    

death by men1 to look for hope from ,god
 to be raised up again by him3  as for  
thee1 thou shalt have no resurrection to
 life4    #g3ae ,afterward they brought 
the fifth also1 and mangled him4        
#g3af ,then looked he unto the king1 and
 said1 ,thou hast power over men1  thou 
art corruptible1 thou doest what thou   
wilt2 yet think not that our  nation is 
forsaken of ,god2    #g3ag ,but abide a 
while1 and behold his great power1 how  
he will torment  thee and thy seed4     
#g3ah ,after him also they brought the  
sixth1 who being ready to die  said1 ,be
 not deceived without cause3 for we     
suffer these things for  ourselves1     
having sinned against our ,god3         
therefore marvellous things  are done   
unto us4    #g3ai ,but think not thou1  
that takest in hand to strive against   
,god1  that thou shalt escape           
unpunished4    #g3bj ,but the mother was
 marvellous above all1 and worthy of    
honourable  memory3 for when she saw her
 seven sons slain within the space of   

one  day1 she bare it with a good       
courage1 because of the hope that she   
had  in the ,lord4    #g3ba ,yea1 she   
exhorted every one of them in her own   
language1 filled  with courageous       
spirits2 and stirring up her womanish   
thoughts with a  manly stomach1 she said
 unto them1    #g3bb ,i cannot tell how 
ye came into my womb3 for ,i neither    
gave you  breath nor life1 neither was  
it ,i that formed the members of every  
one  of you2    #g3bc ,but doubtless the
 ,creator of the world1 who formed the  
generation  of man1 and found out the   
beginning of all things1 will also of   
his own  mercy give you breath and life 
again1 as ye now regard not your own    
selves for his laws' sake4    #g3bd ,now
 ,antiochus1 thinking himself despised1 
and suspecting it to be  a reproachful  
speech1 whilst the youngest was yet     
alive1 did not only  exhort him by      
words1 but also assured him with oaths1 
that he would  make him both a rich and 
a happy man1 if he would turn from the  

laws of  his fathers2 and that also he  
would take him for his friend1 and trust
  him with affairs4    #g3be ,but when  
the young man would in no case hearken  
unto him1 the king  called his mother1  
and exhorted her that she would counsel 
the young  man to save his life4        
#g3bf ,and when he had exhorted her with
 many words1 she promised him  that she 
would counsel her son4    #g3bg ,but she
 bowing herself toward him1 laughing the
 cruel tyrant to  scorn1 spake in her   
country language on this manner2 ,o my  
son1 have  pity upon me that bare thee  
nine months in my womb1 and gave thee   
such  three years1 and nourished thee1  
and brought thee up unto this age1 and  
endured the troubles of education4      
#g3bh ,i beseech thee1 my son1 look upon
 the heaven and the earth1 and  all that
 is therein1 and consider that ,god made
 them of things that  were not2 and so  
was mankind made likewise4    #g3bi     
,fear not this tormentor1 but1 being    
worthy of thy brethren1 take  thy death 

that ,i may receive thee again in mercy 
with thy brethren4    #g3cj ,whiles she 
was yet speaking these words1 the young 
man said1 ,whom  wait ye for8 ,i will   
not obey the king's commandment3 but ,i 
will obey  the commandment of the law   
that was given unto our fathers by      
,moses4    #g3ca ,and thou1 that hast   
been the author of all mischief against 
the  ,hebrews1 shalt not escape the     
hands of ,god4    #g3cb ,for we suffer  
because of our sins4    #g3cc ,and      
though the living ,lord be angry with us
 a little while for our  chastening and 
correction1 yet shall he be at one again
 with his  servants4    #g3cd ,but thou1
 ,o godless man1 and of all other most  
wicked1 be not  lifted up without a     
cause1 nor puffed up with uncertain     
hopes1 lifting  up thy hand against the 
servants of ,god3    #g3ce ,for thou    
hast not yet escaped the judgment of    
,almighty ,god1 who  seeth all things4  
#g3cf ,for our brethren1 who now have   
suffered a short pain1 are dead  under  

,god's covenant of everlasting life3 but
 thou1 through the  judgment of ,god1   
shalt receive just punishment for thy   
pride4    #g3cg ,but ,i1 as my brethren1
 offer up my body and life for the laws 
of  our fathers1 beseeching ,god that he
 would speedily be merciful unto our    
nation2 and that thou by torments and   
plagues mayest confess1 that he  alone  
is ,god2    #g3ch ,and that in me and my
 brethren the wrath of the ,almighty1   
which is  justly brought upon our       
nation1 may cease4    #g3ci ,than the   
king' being in a rage1 handed him worse 
than all the  rest1 and took it         
grievously that he was mocked4    #g3dj 
,so this man died undefiled1 and put his
 whole trust in the ,lord4    #g3da     
,last of all after the sons the mother  
died4    #g3db ,let this be enough now  
to have spoken concerning the idolatrous
  feasts1 and the extreme tortures4     
#h3a ,then ,judas ,maccabeus1 and they  
that were with him1 went privily  into  
the towns1 and called their kinsfolks   

together1 and took unto them  all such  
as continued in the ,jews' religion1 and
 assembled about six  thousand men4     
#h3b ,and they called upon the ,lord1   
that he would look upon the people  that
 was trodden down of all2 and also pity 
the temple profaned of  ungodly men2    
#h3c ,and that he would have compassion 
upon the city1 sore defaced1 and  ready 
to be made even with the ground2 and    
hear the blood that cried  unto him1    
#h3d ,and remember the wicked slaughter 
of harmless infants1 and the            
blasphemies committed against his name2 
and that he would shew his  hatred      
against the wicked4    #h3e ,now when   
,maccabeus had his company about him1 he
 could not be  withstood by the heathen3
 for the wrath of the ,lord was turned  
into  mercy4    #h3f ,therefore he came 
at unawares1 and burnt up towns and     
cities1 and  got into his hands the most
 commodious places1 and overcame and put
 to  flight no small number of his      
enemies4    #h3g ,but specially took he 

advantage of the night for such privy   
attempts1 insomuch that the bruit of his
 manliness was spread every  where4     
#h3h ,so when ,philip saw that this man 
increased by little and little1  and    
that things prospered with him still    
more and more1 he wrote unto            
,ptolemeus1 the governor of ,celosyria  
and ,phenice1 to yield more aid to  the 
king's affairs4    #h3i ,then forthwith 
choosing ,nicanor the son of ,patroclus1
 one of his  special friends1 he sent   
him with no fewer than twenty thousand  
of all  nations under him1 to root out  
the whole generation of the ,jews2 and  
with him he joined also ,gorgias a      
captain1 who in matters of war had      
great experience4    #h3aj ,so ,nicanor 
undertook to make so much money of the  
captive ,jews1 as  should defray the    
tribute of two thousand talents1 which  
the king was  to pay to the ,romans4    
#h3aa ,wherefore immediately he sent to 
the cities upon the sea coast1          
proclaiming a sale of the captive ,jews1

 and promising that they should  have   
fourscore and ten bodies for one talent1
 not expecting the  vengeance that was  
to follow upon him from the ,almighty   
,god4    #h3ab ,now when word was       
brought unto ,judas of ,nicanor's       
coming1 and he  had imparted unto those 
that were with him that the army was at 
hand1    #h3ac ,they that were fearful1 
and distrusted the justice of ,god1     
fled1  and conveyed themselves away4    
#h3ad ,others sold all that they had    
left1 and withal besought the ,lord  to 
deliver them1 being sold by the wicked  
,nicanor before they met  together3     
#h3ae ,and if not for their own sakes1  
yet for the covenants he had made  with 
their fathers1 and for his holy and     
glorious name's sake1 by which  they    
were called4    #h3af ,so ,maccabeus    
called his men together unto the number 
of six  thousand1 and exhorted them not 
to be stricken with terror of the       
enemy1 nor to fear the great multitude  
of the heathen1 who came wrongly        

against them2 but to fight manfully1    
#h3ag ,and to set before their eyes the 
injury that they had unjustly  done to  
the holy place1 and the cruel handling  
of the city1 whereof  they made a       
mockery1 and also the taking away of the
 government of  their forefathers3      
#h3ah ,for they1 said he1 trust in their
 weapons and boldness2 but our          
confidence is in the ,almighty who at a 
beck can cast down both them  that come 
against us1 and also all the world4     
#h3ai ,moreover1 he recounted unto them 
what helps their forefathers had  found1
 and how they were delivered1 when under
 ,sennacherib an hundred  fourscore and 
five thousand perished4    #h3bj ,and he
 told them of the battle that they had  
in ,babylon with the  ,galatians1 how   
they came but eight thousand in all to  
the business1  with four thousand       
,macedonians1 and that the ,macedonians 
being  perplexed1 the eight thousand    
destroyed an hundred and twenty thousand
  because of the help that they had from

 heaven1 and so received a great  booty4
    #h3ba ,thus when he had made them   
bold with these words1 and ready to die 
for the law and the country1 he divided 
his army into four parts2    #h3bb ,and 
joined with himself his own brethren1   
leaders of each band1 to  wit ,simon1   
and ,joseph1 and ,jonathan1 giving each 
one fifteen hundred  men4    #h3bc ,also
 he appointed ,eleazar to read the holy 
book3 and when he had  given them this  
watchword1 ,the help of ,god2 himself   
leading the first  band1 he joined      
battle with ,nicanor4    #h3bd ,and by  
the help of the ,almighty they slew     
above nine thousand of  their enemies1  
and wounded and maimed the most part of 
,nicanor's host1  and so put all to     
flight2    #h3be ,and took their money  
that came to buy them1 and pursued them 
far3  but lacking time they returned3   
#h3bf ,for it was the day before the    
sabbath1 and therefore they would no    
longer pursue them4    #h3bg ,so when   
they had gathered their armour together1

 and spoiled their  enemies1 they       
occupied themselves about the sabbath1  
yielding exceeding  praise and thanks to
 the ,lord1 who had preserved them unto 
that day1  which was the beginning of   
mercy distilling upon them4    #h3bh    
,and after the sabbath1 when they had   
given part of the spoils to  the maimed1
 and the widows1 and orphans1 the       
residue they divided among  themselves  
and their servants4    #h3bi ,when this 
was done1 and they had made a common    
supplication1 they  besought the        
merciful ,lord to be reconciled with his
 servants for ever4    #h3cj ,moreover  
of those that were with ,timotheus and  
,bacchides1 who  fought against them1   
they slew above twenty thousand1 and    
very easily  got high and strong holds1 
and divided among themselves many spoils
  more1 and made the maimed1 orphans1   
widows1 yea1 and the aged also1  equal  
in spoils with themselves4    #h3ca ,and
 when they had gathered their armour    
together1 they laid them  up all        

carefully in convenient places1 and the 
remnant of the spoils  they brought to  
,jerusalem4    #h3cb ,they slew also    
,philarches1 that wicked person1 who was
 with  ,timotheus1 and had annoyed the  
,jews many ways4    #h3cc ,furthermore  
at such time as they kept the feast for 
the victory in  their country they burnt
 ,callisthenes1 that had set fire upon  
the holy  gates1 who had fled into a    
little house2 and so he received a      
reward  meet for his wickedness4        
#h3cd ,as for that most ungracious      
,nicanor1 who had brought a thousand    
merchants to buy the ,jews1    #h3ce ,he
 was through the help of the ,lord      
brought down by them1 of whom  he made  
least account2 and putting off his      
glorious apparel1 and  discharging his  
company1 he came like a fugitive servant
 through the  midland unto ,antioch     
having very great dishonour1 for that   
his host was  destroyed4    #h3cf ,thus 
he1 that took upon him to make good to  
the ,romans their  tribute by means of  

captives in ,jerusalem1 told abroad1    
that the ,jews  had ,god to fight for   
them1 and therefore they could not be   
hurt1  because they followed the laws   
that he gave them4    #i3a ,about that  
time came ,antiochus with dishonour out 
of the country of  ,persia4    #i3b ,for
 he had entered the city called         
,persepolis1 and went about to  rob the 
temple1 and to hold the city2 whereupon 
the multitude running  to defend        
themselves with their weapons put them  
to flight2 and so it  happened1 that    
,antiochus being put to flight of the   
inhabitants  returned with shame4       
#i3c ,now when he came to ,ecbatane1    
news was brought him what had  happened 
unto ,nicanor and ,timotheus4    #i3d   
,then swelling with anger1 he thought to
 avenge upon the ,jews the  disgrace    
done unto him by those that made him    
flee4 ,therefore commanded  he his      
chariotman to drive without ceasing1 and
 to dispatch the  journey1 the judgment 
of ,god now following him4 ,for he had  

spoken  proudly in this sort1 ,that he  
would come to ,jerusalem and make it a  
common burying place of the ,jews4      
#i3e ,but the ,lord ,almighty1 the ,god 
of ,israel1 smote him with an  incurable
 and invisible plague3 or as soon as he 
had spoken these  words1 a pain of the  
bowels that was remediless came upon    
him1 and sore  torments of the inner    
parts2    #i3f ,and that most justly3   
for he had tormented other men's bowels 
with  many and strange torments4    #i3g
 ,howbeit he nothing at all ceased from 
his bragging1 but still was  filled with
 pride1 breathing out fire in his rage  
against the ,jews1 and  commanding to   
haste the journey3 but it came to pass  
that he fell down  from his chariot1    
carried violently2 so that having a sore
 fall1 all  the members of his body were
 much pained4    #i3h ,and thus he that 
a little afore thought he might command 
the waves  of the sea1 7so proud was he 
beyond the condition of man7 and weigh  
the  high mountains in a balance1 was   

now cast on the ground1 and carried in  
an horselitter1 shewing forth unto all  
the manifest power of ,god4    #i3i ,so 
that the worms rose up out of the body  
of this wicked man1 and  whiles he lived
 in sorrow and pain1 his flesh fell     
away1 and the  filthiness of his smell  
was noisome to all his army4    #i3aj   
,and the man1 that thought a little     
afore he could reach to the  stars of   
heaven1 no man could endure to carry for
 his intolerable  stink4    #i3aa ,here 
therefore1 being plagued1 he began to   
leave off his great  pride1 and to come 
to the knowledge of himself by the      
scourge of ,god1  his pain increasing   
every moment4    #i3ab ,and when he     
himself could not abide his own smell1  
he said these  words1 ,it is meet to be 
subject unto ,god1 and that a man that  
is mortal  should not proudly think of  
himself if he were ,god4    #i3ac ,this 
wicked person vowed also unto the ,lord1
 who now no more would  have mercy upon 
him1 saying thus1    #i3ad ,that the    

holy city 7to the which he was going in 
haste to lay it  even with the ground1  
and to make it a common buryingplace17  
he would  set at liberty3    #i3ae ,and 
as touching the ,jews1 whom he had      
judged not worthy so much as  to be     
buried1 but to be cast out with their   
children to be devoured of  the fowls   
and wild beasts1 he would make them all 
equals to the  citizens of ,athens3     
#i3af ,and the holy temple1 which before
 he had spoiled1 he would garnish  with 
goodly gifts1 and restore all the holy  
vessels with many more1 and  out of his 
own revenue defray the charges belonging
 to the sacrifices3    #i3ag ,yea1 and  
that also he would become a ,jew        
himself1 and go through  all the world  
that was inhabited1 and declare the     
power of ,god4    #i3ah ,but for all    
this his pains would not cease3 for the 
just judgment  of ,god was come upon    
him3 therefore despairing of his health1
 he wrote  unto the ,jews the letter    
underwritten1 containing the form of a  

supplication1 after this manner3        
#i3ai ,antiochus1 king and governor1 to 
the good ,jews his citizens  wisheth    
much joy1 health1 and prosperity3       
#i3bj ,if ye and your children fare     
well1 and your affairs be to your       
contentment1 ,i give very great thanks  
to ,god1 having my hope in heaven4      
#i3ba ,as for me1 ,i was weak1 or else  
,i would have remembered kindly your    
honour and good will returning out of   
,persia1 and being taken with a         
grievous disease1 ,i thought it         
necessary to care for the common safety 
of all3    #i3bb ,not distrusting mine  
health1 but having great hope to escape 
this  sickness4    #i3bc ,but           
considering that even my father1 at what
 time he led an army  into the high     
countries1 appointed a successor1       
#i3bd ,to the end that1 if any thing    
fell out contrary to expectation1 or  if
 any tidings were brought that were     
grievous1 they of the land1  knowing to 
whom the state was left1 might not be   

troubled3    #i3be ,again1 considering  
how that the princes that are borderers 
and  neighbours unto my kingdom wait for
 opportunities1 and expect what  shall  
be the event4 ,i have appointed my son  
,antiochus king1 whom ,i  often         
committed and commended unto many of    
you1 when ,i went up into the  high     
provinces2 to whom ,i have written as   
followeth3    #i3bf ,therefore ,i pray  
and request you to remember the benefits
 that ,i  have done unto you generally1 
and in special1 and that every man will 
be still faithful to me and my son4     
#i3bg ,for ,i am persuaded that he      
understanding my mind will favourably   
and graciously yield to your desires4   
#i3bh ,thus the murderer and blasphemer 
having suffered most grievously1  as he 
entreated other men1 so died he a       
miserable death in a strange  country in
 the mountains4    #i3bi ,and ,philip1  
that was brought up with him1 carried   
away his body1  who also fearing the son
 of ,antiochus went into ,egypt to      

,ptolemeus  ,philometor4    #aj3a ,now  
,maccabeus and his company1 the ,lord   
guiding them1 recovered  the temple and 
the city3    #aj3b ,but the altars which
 the heathen had built in the open      
street1 and  also the chapels1 they     
pulled down4    #aj3c ,and having       
cleansed the temple they made another   
altar1 and  striking stones they took   
fire out of them1 and offered a         
sacrifice  after two years1 and set     
forth incense1 and lights1 and          
shewbread4    #aj3d ,when that was done1
 they fell flat down1 and besought the  
,lord  that they might come no more into
 such troubles2 but if they sinned any  
more against him1 that he himself would 
chasten them with mercy1 and  that they 
might not be delivered unto the         
blasphemous and barbarous  nations4     
#aj3e ,now upon the same day that the   
strangers profaned the temple1 on  the  
very same day it was cleansed again1    
even the five and twentieth  day of the 
same month1 which is ,casleu4    #aj3f  

,and they kept the eight days with      
gladness1 as in the feast of the        
tabernacles1 remembering that not long  
afore they had held the feast of  the   
tabernacles1 when as they wandered in   
the mountains and dens like  beasts4    
#aj3g ,therefore they bare branches1 and
 fair boughs1 and palms also1 and  sang 
psalms unto him that had given them good
 success in cleansing his  place4       
#aj3h ,they ordained also by a common   
statute and decree1 ,that every year    
those days should be kept of the whole  
nation of the ,jews4    #aj3i ,and this 
was the end of ,antiochus1 called       
,epiphanes4    #aj3aj ,now will we      
declare the acts of ,antiochus ,eupator1
 who was the  son of this wicked man1   
gathering briefly the calamities of the 
wars4    #aj3aa ,so when he was come to 
the crown1 he set one ,lysias over the  
affairs of his realm1 and appointed him 
his chief governor of ,celosyria  and   
,phenice4    #aj3ab ,for ,ptolemeus1    
that was called ,macron1 choosing rather

 to do  justice unto the ,jews for the  
wrong that had been done unto them1     
endeavoured to continue peace with them4
    #aj3ac ,whereupon being accused of  
the king's friends before ,eupator1 and 
called traitor at every word because he 
had left ,cyprus1 that  ,philometor had 
committed unto him1 and departed to     
,antiochus ,epiphanes1  and seeing that 
he was in no honourable place1 he was so
 discouraged1  that he poisoned himself 
and died4    #aj3ad ,but when ,gorgias  
was governor of the holds1 he hired     
soldiers1  and nourished war continually
 with the ,jews3    #aj3ae ,and         
therewithall the ,idumeans1 having      
gotten into their hands the  most       
commodious holds1 kept the ,jews        
occupied1 and receiving those that  were
 banished from ,jerusalem1 they went    
about to nourish war4    #aj3af ,then   
they that were with ,maccabeus made     
supplication1 and  besought ,god that he
 would be their helper2 and so they ran 
with  violence upon the strong holds of 

the ,idumeans1    #aj3ag ,and assaulting
 them strongly1 they won the holds1 and 
kept off  all that fought upon the wall1
 and slew all that fell into their      
hands1  and killed no fewer than twenty 
thousand4    #aj3ah ,and because        
certain1 who were no less than nine     
thousand1 were  fled together into two  
very strong castles1 having all manner  
of things  convenient to sustain the    
siege1    #aj3ai ,maccabeus left ,simon 
and ,joseph1 and ,zaccheus also1 and    
them that  were with him1 who were      
enough to besiege them1 and departed    
himself  unto those places which more   
needed his help4    #aj3bj ,now they    
that were with ,simon1 being led with   
covetousness1 were  persuaded for money 
through certain of those that were in   
the castle1  and took seventy thousand  
drachms1 and let some of them escape4   
#aj3ba ,but when it was told ,maccabeus 
what was done1 he called the  governors 
of the people together1 and accused     
those men1 that they had  sold their    

brethren for money1 and set their       
enemies free to fight  against them4    
#aj3bb ,so he slew those that were found
 traitors1 and immediately took  the two
 castles4    #aj3bc ,and having good    
success with his weapons in all things  
he took in  hand1 he slew in the two    
holds more than twenty thousand4        
#aj3bd ,now ,timotheus1 whom the ,jews  
had overcome before1 when he had        
gathered a great multitude of foreign   
forces1 and horses out of ,asia  not a  
few1 came as though he would take ,jewry
 by force of arms4    #aj3be ,but when  
he drew near1 they that were with       
,maccabeus turned  themselves to pray   
unto ,god1 and sprinkled earth upon     
their heads1 and  girded their loins    
with sackcloth1    #aj3bf ,and fell down
 at the foot of the altar1 and besought 
him to be  merciful to them1 and to be  
an enemy to their enemies1 and an       
adversary  to their adversaries1 as the 
law declareth4    #aj3bg ,so after the  
prayer they took their weapons1 and went

 on further  from the city3 and when    
they drew near to their enemies1 they   
kept by  themselves4    #aj3bh ,now the 
sun being newly risen1 they joined both 
together2 the one  part having together 
with their virtue their refuge also unto
 the ,lord  for a pledge of their       
success and victory3 the other side     
making their  rage leader of their      
battle    #aj3bi ,but when the battle   
waxed strong1 there appeared unto the   
enemies  from heaven five comely men    
upon horses1 with bridles of gold1 and  
two  of them led the ,jews1    #aj3cj   
,and took ,maccabeus betwixt them1 and  
covered him on every side  with their   
weapons1 and kept him safe1 but shot    
arrows and lightnings  against the      
enemies3 so that being confounded with  
blindness1 and full  of trouble1 they   
were killed4    #aj3ca ,and there were  
slain of footmen twenty thousand and    
five hundred1  and six hundred horsemen4
    #aj3cb ,as for ,timotheus himself1  
he fled into a very strong hold1 called 

,gazara1 where ,chereas was governor4   
#aj3cc ,but they that were with         
,maccabeus laid siege against the       
fortress  courageously four days4       
#aj3cd ,and they that were within1      
trusting to the strength of the place1  
blasphemed exceedingly1 and uttered     
wicked words4    #aj3ce ,nevertheless   
upon the fifth day early twenty young   
men of  ,maccabeus' company1 inflamed   
with anger because of the blasphemies1  
assaulted the wall manly1 and with a    
fierce courage killed all that  they met
 withal4    #aj3cf ,others likewise     
ascending after them1 whiles they were  
busied  with them that were within1     
burnt the towers1 and kindling fires    
burnt  the blasphemers alive2 and others
 broke open the gates1 and1 having      
received in the rest of the army1 took  
the city1    #aj3cg ,and killed         
,timotheus1 that was hid in a certain   
pit1 and ,chereas  his brother1 with    
,apollophanes4    #aj3ch ,when this was 
done1 they praised the ,lord with psalms

 and  thanksgiving1 who had done so     
great things for ,israel1 and given them
  the victory4    #aa3a ,not long after 
the ,lysias the king's protector and    
cousin1 who  also managed the affairs1  
took sore displeasure for the things    
that  were done4    #aa3b ,and when he  
had gathered about fourscore thousand   
with all the  horsemen1 he came against 
the ,jews1 thinking to make the city an 
habitation of the ,gentiles1    #aa3c   
,and to make a gain of the temple1 as of
 the other chapels of the  heathen1 and 
to set the high priesthood to sale every
 year3    #aa3d ,not at all considering 
the power of ,god but puffed up with his
 ten  thousands of footmen1 and his     
thousands of horsemen1 and his fourscore
  elephants4    #aa3e ,so he came to    
,judea1 and drew near to ,bethsura1     
which was a strong  town1 but distant   
from ,jerusalem about five furlongs1 and
 he laid sore  siege unto it4    #aa3f  
,now when they that were with ,maccabeus
 heard that he besieged the  holds1 they

 and all the people with lamentation and
 tears besought the  ,lord that he would
 send a good angel to deliver ,israel4  
#aa3g ,then ,maccabeus himself first of 
all took weapons1 exhorting the  other  
that they would jeopard themselves      
together with him to help  their        
brethren3 so they went forth together   
with a willing mind4    #aa3h ,and as   
they were at ,jerusalem1 there appeared 
before them on  horseback one in white  
clothing1 shaking his armour of gold4   
#aa3i ,then they praised the merciful   
,god all together1 and took heart1      
insomuch that they were ready not only  
to fight with men1 but with most  cruel 
beasts1 and to pierce through walls of  
iron4    #aa3aj ,thus they marched      
forward in their armour1 having an      
helper from  heaven3 for the ,lord was  
merciful unto them4    #aa3aa ,and      
giving a charge upon their enemies like 
lions1 they slew  eleven thousand       
footmen1 and sixteen hundred horsemen1  
and put all the  other to flight4       

#aa3ab ,many of them also being wounded 
escaped naked2 and ,lysias himself  fled
 away shamefully1 and so escaped4       
#aa3ac ,who1 as he was a man of         
understanding1 casting with himself what
  loss he had had1 and considering that 
the ,hebrews could not be  overcome1    
because the ,almighty ,god helped them1 
he sent unto them1    #aa3ad ,and       
persuaded them to agree to all          
reasonable conditions1 and  promised    
that he would persuade the king that he 
must needs be a friend  unto them4      
#aa3ae ,then ,maccabeus consented to all
 that ,lysias desired1 being  careful of
 the common good2 and whatsoever        
,maccabeus wrote unto ,lysias           
concerning the ,jews1 the king granted  
it4    #aa3af ,for there were letters   
written unto the ,jews from ,lysias to  
this  effect3 ,lysias unto the people of
 the ,jews sendeth greeting3    #aa3ag  
,john and ,absolom1 who were sent from  
you1 delivered me the  petition         
subscribed1 and made request for the    

performance of the  contents thereof4   
#aa3ah ,therefore what things soever    
were meet to be reported to the  king1  
,i have declared them1 and he hath      
granted as much as might be4    #aa3ai  
,and if then ye will keep yourselves    
loyal to the state1 hereafter  also will
 ,i endeavour to be a means of your     
good4    #aa3bj ,but of the particulars 
,i have given order both to these and   
the  other that came from me1 to commune
 with you4    #aa3ba ,fare ye well4 ,the
 hundred and eight and fortieth year1   
the four  and twentieth day of the month
 ,dioscorinthius4    #aa3bb ,now the    
king's letter contained these words3    
,king ,antiochus unto  his brother      
,lysias sendeth greeting3    #aa3bc     
,since our father is translated unto the
 gods1 our will is1 that  they that are 
in our realm live quietly1 that every   
one may attend upon  his own affairs4   
#aa3bd ,we understand also that the     
,jews would not consent to our father1  
for to be brought unto the custom of the

 ,gentiles1 but had rather keep  their  
own manner of living3 for the which     
cause they require of us1  that we      
should suffer them to live after their  
own laws4    #aa3be ,wherefore our mind 
is1 that this nation shall be in rest1  
and we  have determined to restore them 
their temple1 that they may live        
according to the customs of their       
forefathers4    #aa3bf ,thou shalt do   
well therefore to send unto them1 and   
grant them  peace1 that when they are   
certified of our mind1 they may be of   
good  comfort1 and ever go cheerfully   
about their own affairs4    #aa3bg ,and 
the letter of the king unto the nation  
of the ,jews was after  this manner3    
,king ,antiochus sendeth greeting unto  
the council1 and the  rest of the ,jews3
    #aa3bh ,if ye fare well1 we have our
 desire2 we are also in good health4    
#aa3bi ,menelaus declared unto us1 that 
your desire was to return home1  and to 
follow your own business3    #aa3cj     
,wherefore they that will depart shall  

have safe conduct till the  thirtieth   
day of ,xanthicus with security4        
#aa3ca ,and the ,jews shall use their   
own kind of meats and laws1 as  before2 
and none of them any manner of ways     
shall be molested for  things ignorantly
 done4    #aa3cb ,i have sent also      
,menelaus1 that he may comfort you4     
#aa3cc ,fare ye well4 ,in the hundred   
forty and eighth year1 and the          
fifteenth day of the month ,xanthicus4  
#aa3cd ,the ,romans also sent unto them 
a letter containing these words3        
,quintus ,memmius and ,titus ,manlius1  
ambassadors of the ,romans1 send        
greeting unto the people of the ,jews4  
#aa3ce ,whatsoever ,lysias the king's   
cousin hath granted1 therewith we  also 
are well pleased4    #aa3cf ,but        
touching such things as he judged to be 
referred to the king1  after ye have    
advised thereof1 send one forthwith1    
that we may declare  as it is convenient
 for you3 for we are now going to       
,antioch4    #aa3cg ,therefore send some

 with speed1 that we may know what is   
your  mind4    #aa3ch ,farewell4 ,this  
hundred and eight and fortieth year1 the
 fifteenth  day of the month ,xanthicus4
    #ab3a ,when these covenants were    
made1 ,lysias went unto the king1 and   
the  ,jews were about their husbandry4  
#ab3b ,but of the governors of several  
places1 ,timotheus1 and ,apollonius  the
 son of ,genneus1 also ,hieronymus1 and 
,demophon1 and beside them  ,nicanor the
 governor of ,cyprus1 would not suffer  
them to be quiet and  live in peace4    
#ab3c ,the men of ,joppa also did such  
an ungodly deed3 they prayed the  ,jews 
that dwelt among them to go with their  
wives and children into the  boats which
 they had prepared1 as though they had  
meant them no hurt4    #ab3d ,who       
accepted of it according to the common  
decree of the city1 as  being desirous  
to live in peace1 and suspecting        
nothing3 but when they  were gone forth 
into the deep1 they drowned no less than
 two hundred of  them4    #ab3e ,when   

,judas heard of this cruelty done unto  
his countrymen1 he  commanded those that
 were with him to make them ready4      
#ab3f ,and calling upon ,god the        
righteous ,judge1 he came against those 
murderers of his brethren1 and burnt the
 haven by night1 and set the  boats on  
fire1 and those that fled thither he    
slew4    #ab3g ,and when the town was   
shut up1 he went backward1 as if he     
would  return to root out all them of   
the city of ,joppa4    #ab3h ,but when  
he heard that the ,jamnites were minded 
to do in like  manner unto the ,jews    
that dwelt among them1    #ab3i ,he came
 upon the ,jamnites also by night1 and  
set fire on the haven  and the navy1 so 
that the light of the fire was seen at  
,jerusalem two  hundred and forty       
furlongs off4    #ab3aj ,now when they  
were gone from thence nine furlongs in  
their  journey toward ,timotheus1 no    
fewer than five thousand men on foot and
  five hundred horsemen of the ,arabians
 set upon him4    #ab3aa ,whereupon     

there was a very sore battle2 but       
,judas' side by the  help of ,god got   
the victory2 so that the ,nomades of    
,arabia1 being  overcome1 besought      
,judas for peace1 promising both to give
 him cattle1  and to pleasure him       
otherwise4    #ab3ab ,then ,judas1      
thinking indeed that they would be      
profitable in many  things1 granted them
 peace3 whereupon they shook hands1 and 
so they  departed to their tents4       
#ab3ac ,he went also about to make a    
bridge to a certain strong city1  which 
was fenced about with walls1 and        
inhabited by people of divers           
countries2 and the name of it was       
,caspis4    #ab3ad ,but they that were  
within it put such trust in the strength
 of  the walls and provision of         
victuals1 that they behaved themselves  
rudely toward them that were with       
,judas1 railing and blaspheming1 and    
uttering such words as were not to be   
spoken4    #ab3ae ,wherefore ,judas with
 his company1 calling upon the great    

,lord of  the world1 who without rams or
 engines of war did cast down ,jericho  
in  the time of ,joshua1 gave a fierce  
assault against the walls1    #ab3af    
,and took the city by the will of ,god1 
and made unspeakable  slaughters1       
insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad 
near adjoining  thereunto1 being filled 
full1 was seen running with blood4      
#ab3ag ,then departed they from thence  
seven hundred and fifty furlongs1  and  
came to ,characa unto the ,jews that are
 called ,tubieni4    #ab3ah ,but as for 
,timotheus1 they found him not in the   
places3 for  before he had dispatched   
any thing1 he departed from thence1     
having  left a very strong garrison in a
 certain hold4    #ab3ai ,howbeit       
,dositheus and ,sosipater1 who were of  
,maccabeus' captains1  went forth1 and  
slew those that ,timotheus had left in  
the fortress1  above ten thousand men4  
#ab3bj ,and ,maccabeus ranged his army  
by bands1 and set them over the  bands1 
and went against ,timotheus1 who had    

about him an hundred and  twenty        
thousand men of foot1 and two thousand  
and five hundred  horsemen4    #ab3ba   
,now when ,timotheus had knowledge of   
,judas' coming1 he sent the  women and  
children and the other baggage unto a   
fortress called  ,carnion3 for the town 
was hard to besiege1 and uneasy to come 
unto1 by  reason of the straitness of   
all the places4    #ab3bb ,but when     
,judas his first band came in sight1 the
 enemies1 being  smitten with fear and  
terror through the appearing of him who 
seeth all  things1 fled amain1 one      
running into this way1 another that way1
 so as  that they were often hurt of    
their own men1 and wounded with the     
points  of their own swords4    #ab3bc  
,judas also was very earnest in pursuing
 them1 killing those  wicked wretches1  
of whom he slew about thirty thousand   
men4    #ab3bd ,moreover ,timotheus     
himself fell into the hands of          
,dositheus and  ,sosipater1 whom he     
besought with much craft to let him go  

with his  life1 because he had many of  
the ,jews' parents1 and the brethren of 
some of them1 who1 if they put him to   
death1 should not be regarded4    #ab3be
 ,so when he had assured them with many 
words that he would restore  them       
without hurt1 according to the          
agreement1 they let him go for the      
saving of their brethren4    #ab3bf     
,then ,maccabeus marched forth to       
,carnion1 and to the temple of          
,atargatis1 and there he slew five and  
twenty thousand persons4    #ab3bg ,and 
after he had put to flight and destroyed
 them1 ,judas removed  the host toward  
,ephron1 a strong city1 wherein ,lysias 
abode1 and a  great multitude of divers 
nations1 and the strong young men kept  
the  walls1 and defended them mightily3 
wherein also was great provision of     
engines and darts4    #ab3bh ,but when  
,judas and his company had called upon  
,almighty ,god1 who  with his power     
breaketh the strength of his enemies1   
they won the city1  and slew twenty and 

five thousand of them that were within1 
#ab3bi ,from thence they departed to    
,scythopolis1 which lieth six hundred   
furlongs from ,jerusalem1    #ab3cj ,but
 when the ,jews that dwelt there had    
testified that the  ,scythopolitans     
dealt lovingly with them1 and entreated 
them kindly in  the time of their       
adversity2    #ab3ca ,they gave them    
thanks1 desiring them to be friendly    
still unto  them3 and so they came to   
,jerusalem1 the feast of the weeks      
approaching4    #ab3cb ,and after the   
feast1 called ,pentecost1 they went     
forth against  ,gorgias the governor of 
,idumea1    #ab3cc ,who came out with   
three thousand men of foot and four     
hundred  horsemen4    #ab3cd ,and it    
happened that in their fighting together
 a few of the ,jews  were slain4        
#ab3ce ,at which time ,dositheus1 one of
 ,bacenor's company1 who was on         
horseback1 and a strong man1 was still  
upon ,gorgias1 and taking hold of  his  
coat drew him by force2 and when he     

would have taken that cursed  man alive1
 a horseman of ,thracia coming upon him 
smote off his  shoulder1 so that        
,gorgias fled unto ,marisa4    #ab3cf   
,now when they that were with ,gorgias  
had fought long1 and were  weary1 ,judas
 called upon the ,lord1 that he would   
shew himself to be  their helper and    
leader of the battle4    #ab3cg ,and    
with that he began in his own language1 
and sung psalms with  a loud voice1 and 
rushing unawares upon ,gorgias' men1 he 
put them to  flight4    #ab3ch ,so      
,judas gathered his host1 and came into 
the city of ,odollam1  ,and when the    
seventh day came1 they purified         
themselves1 as the custom  was1 and kept
 the sabbath in the same place4         
#ab3ci ,and upon the day following1 as  
the use had been1 ,judas and his        
company came to take up the bodies of   
them that were slain1 and to bury  them 
with their kinsmen in their fathers'    
graves4    #ab3dj ,now under the coats  
of every one that was slain they found  

things  consecrated to the idols of the 
,jamnites1 which is forbidden the ,jews 
by the law4 ,then every man saw that    
this was the cause wherefore they  were 
slain4    #ab3da ,all men therefore     
praising the ,lord1 the righteous       
,judge1 who had  opened the things that 
were hid1    #ab3db ,betook themselves  
unto prayer1 and besought him that the  
sin  committed might wholly be put out  
of remembrance4 ,besides1 that noble    
,judas exhorted the people to keep      
themselves from sin1 forsomuch as  they 
saw before their eyes the things that   
came to pass for the sins of  those that
 were slain4    #ab3dc ,and when he had 
made a gathering throughout the company 
to the  sum of two thousand drachms of  
silver1 he sent it to ,jerusalem to     
offer  a sin offering1 doing therein    
very well and honestly1 in that he was  
mindful of the resurrection3    #ab3dd  
,for if he had not hoped that they that 
were slain should have  risen again1 it 
had been superfluous and vain to pray   

for the dead4    #ab3de ,and also in    
that he perceived that there was great  
favour laid up  for those that died     
godly1 it was an holy and good thought4 
,whereupon  he made a reconciliation for
 the dead1 that they might be delivered 
from sin4    #ac3a ,in the hundred forty
 and ninth year it was told ,judas1 that
  ,antiochus ,eupator was coming with a 
great power into ,judea1    #ac3b ,and  
with him ,lysias his protector1 and     
ruler of his affairs1  having either of 
them a ,grecian power of footmen1 an    
hundred and ten  thousand1 and horsemen 
five thousand and three hundred1 and    
elephants  two and twenty1 and three    
hundred chariots armed with hooks4      
#ac3c ,menelaus also joined himself with
 them1 and with great  dissimulation    
encouraged ,antiochus1 not for the      
safeguard of the  country1 but because  
he thought to have been made governor4  
#ac3d ,but the ,king of kings moved     
,antiochus' mind against this wicked    
wretch1 and ,lysias informed the king   

that this man was the cause of all      
mischief1 so that the king commanded to 
bring him unto ,berea1 and to  put him  
to death1 as the manner is in that      
place4    #ac3e ,now there was in that  
place a tower of fifty cubits high1 full
 of  ashes1 and it had a round          
instrument which on every side hanged   
down  into the ashes4    #ac3f ,and     
whosoever was condemned of sacrilege1 or
 had committed any  other grievous      
crime1 there did all men thrust him unto
 death4    #ac3g ,such a death it       
happened that wicked man to die1 not    
having so  much as burial in the earth2 
and that most justly3    #ac3h ,for     
inasmuch as he had committed many sins  
about the altar1 whose  fire and ashes  
were holy1 he received his death in     
ashes4    #ac3i ,now the king came with 
a barbarous and haughty mind to do far  
worse to the ,jews1 than had been done  
in his father's time4    #ac3aj ,which  
things when ,judas perceived1 he        
commanded the multitude to  call upon   

the ,lord night and day1 that if ever at
 any other time1 he  would now also help
 them1 being at the point to be put from
 their law1  from their country1 and    
from the holy temple3    #ac3aa ,and    
that he would not suffer the people1    
that had even now been  but a little    
refreshed1 to be in subjection to the   
blasphemous nations4    #ac3ab ,so when 
they had all done this together1 and    
besought the  merciful ,lord with       
weeping and fasting1 and lying flat upon
 the ground  three days long1 ,judas1   
having exhorted them1 commanded they    
should be  in a readiness4    #ac3ac    
,and ,judas1 being apart with the       
elders1 determined1 before the  king's  
host should enter into ,judea1 and get  
the city1 to go forth and  try the      
matter in fight by the help of the      
,lord4    #ac3ad ,so when he had        
committed all to the ,creator of the    
world1 and  exhorted his soldiers to    
fight manfully1 even unto death1 for the
 laws1  the temple1 the city1 the       

country1 and the commonwealth1 he camped
 by  ,modin3    #ac3ae ,and having given
 the watchword to them that were about  
him1  ,victory is of ,god2 with the most
 valiant and choice young men he went   
in into the king's tent by night1 and   
slew in the camp about four  thousand   
men1 and the chiefest of the elephants1 
with all that were  upon him4    #ac3af 
,and at last they filled the camp with  
fear and tumult1 and  departed with good
 success4    #ac3ag ,this was done in   
the break of the day1 because the       
protection of  the ,lord did help him4  
#ac3ah ,now when the king had taken a   
taste of the manliness of the ,jews1  he
 went about to take the holds by policy1
    #ac3ai ,and marched toward          
,bethsura1 which was a strong hold of   
the ,jews3  but he was put to flight1   
failed1 and lost of his men3    #ac3bj  
,for ,judas had conveyed unto them that 
were in it such things as  were         
necessary4    #ac3ba ,but ,rhodocus1 who
 was in the ,jews' host1 disclosed the  

secrets to  the enemies2 therefore he   
was sought out1 and when they had gotten
 him1  they put him in prison4    #ac3bb
 ,the king treated with them in         
,bethsura the second time1 gave his     
hand1 took theirs1 departed1 fought with
 ,judas1 was overcome2    #ac3bc ,heard 
that ,philip1 who was left over the     
affairs in ,antioch1 was  desperately   
bent1 confounded1 intreated the ,jews1  
submitted himself1  and sware to all    
equal conditions1 agreed with them1 and 
offered  sacrifice1 honoured the temple1
 and dealt kindly with the place1       
#ac3bd ,and accepted well of ,maccabeus1
 made him principal governor from       
,ptolemais unto the ,gerrhenians2       
#ac3be ,came to ,ptolemais3 the people  
there were grieved for the  covenants2  
for they stormed1 because they would    
make their covenants  void3    #ac3bf   
,lysias went up to the judgment seat1   
said as much as could be in  defence of 
the cause1 persuaded1 pacified1 made    
them well affected1  returned to        

,antioch4 ,thus it went touching the    
king's coming and  departing4    #ad3a  
,after three years was ,judas informed1 
that ,demetrius the son of  ,seleucus1  
having entered by the haven of ,tripolis
 with a great power  and navy1    #ad3b 
,had taken the country1 and killed      
,antiochus1 and ,lysias his  protector4 
#ad3c ,now one ,alcimus1 who had been   
high priest1 and had defiled himself    
wilfully in the times of their mingling 
with the ,gentiles1 seeing that  by no  
means he could save himself1 nor have   
any more access to the holy  altar1     
#ad3d ,came to king ,demetrius in the   
hundred and one and fiftieth year1      
presenting unto him a crown of gold1 and
 a palm1 and also of the boughs  which  
were used solemnly in the temple3 and so
 that day he held his  peace4    #ad3e  
,howbeit having gotten opportunity to   
further his foolish  enterprize1 and    
being called into counsel by ,demetrius1
 and asked how  the ,jews stood         
affected1 and what they intended1 he    

answered thereunto3    #ad3f ,those of  
the ,jews that he called ,assideans1    
whose captain is ,judas  ,maccabeus1    
nourish war and are seditious1 and will 
not let the realm be  in peace4    #ad3g
 ,therefore ,i1 being deprived of mine  
ancestors' honour1 ,i mean the  high    
priesthood1 am now come hither3    #ad3h
 ,first1 verily for the unfeigned care  
,i have of things pertaining  to the    
king2 and secondly1 even for that ,i    
intend the good of mine own  countrymen3
 for all our nation is in no small      
misery through the  unadvised dealing of
 them aforersaid4    #ad3i ,wherefore1  
,o king1 seeing thou knowest all these  
things1 be  careful for the country1 and
 our nation1 which is pressed on every  
side1 according to the clemency that    
thou readily shewest unto all4    #ad3aj
 ,for as long as ,judas liveth1 it is   
not possible that the state  should be  
quiet4    #ad3aa ,this was no sooner    
spoken of him1 but others of the king's 
friends1 being maliciously set against  

,judas1 did more incense  ,demetrius4   
#ad3ab ,and forthwith calling ,nicanor1 
who had been master of the  elephants1  
and making him governor over ,judea1 he 
sent him forth1    #ad3ac ,commanding   
him to slay ,judas1 and to scatter them 
that were with  him1 and to make        
,alcimus high priest of the great       
temple4    #ad3ad ,then the heathen1    
that had fled out of ,judea from ,judas1
 came to  ,nicanor by flocks1 thinking  
the harm and calamities of the ,jews to 
be  their welfare4    #ad3ae ,now when  
the ,jews heard of ,nicanor's coming1   
and that the heathen  were up against   
them1 they cast earth upon their heads1 
and made  supplication to him that had  
established his people for ever1 and who
  always helpeth his portion with       
manifestation of his presence4    #ad3af
 ,so at the commandment of the captain  
they removed straightways  from thence1 
and came near unto them at the town of  
,dessau4    #ad3ag ,now ,simon1 ,judas' 
brother1 had joined battle with         

,nicanor1 but  was somewhat discomfited 
through the sudden silence of his       
enemies4    #ad3ah ,nevertheless        
,nicanor1 hearing of the manliness of   
them that were  with ,judas1 and the    
courageousness that they had to fight   
for their  country1 durst not try the   
matter by the sword4    #ad3ai          
,wherefore he sent ,posidonius1 and     
,theodotus1 and ,mattathias1 to  make   
peace4    #ad3bj ,so when they had taken
 long advisement thereupon1 and the     
captain  had made the multitude         
acquainted therewith1 and it appeared   
that they  were all of one mind1 they   
consented to the covenants1    #ad3ba   
,and appointed a day to meet in together
 by themselves3 and when  the day came1 
and stools were set for either of them1 
#ad3bb ,ludas placed armed men ready in 
convenient places1 lest some  treachery 
should be suddenly practised by the     
enemies3 so they made a  peaceable      
conference4    #ad3bc ,now ,nicanor     
abode in ,jerusalem1 and did no hurt1   

but sent away  the people that came     
flocking unto him4    #ad3bd ,and he    
would not willingly have ,judas out of  
his sight3 for he  loved the man from   
his heart4    #ad3be ,he prayed him also
 to take a wife1 and to beget children3 
so he  married1 was quiet1 and took part
 of this life4    #ad3bf ,but ,alcimus1 
perceiving the love that was betwixt    
them1 and  considering the covenants    
that were made1 came to ,demetrius1 and 
told  him that ,nicanor was not well    
affected toward the state2 for that he  
had ordained ,judas1 a traitor to his   
realm1 to be the king's successor4      
#ad3bg ,then the king being in a rage1  
and provoked with the accusations  of   
the most wicked man1 wrote to ,nicanor1 
signifying that he was much  displeased 
with the covenants1 and commanding him  
that he should send  ,maccabeus prisoner
 in all haste unto ,antioch4    #ad3bh  
,when this came to ,nicanor's hearing1  
he was much confounded in  himself1 and 
took it grievously that he should make  

void the articles  which were agreed    
upon1 the man being in no fault4        
#ad3bi ,but because there was no dealing
 against the king1 he watched his  time 
to accomplish this thing by policy4     
#ad3cj ,notwithstanding1 when ,maccabeus
 saw that ,nicanor began to be  churlish
 unto him1 and that he entreated him    
more roughly than he was  wont1         
perceiving that such sour behaviour came
 not of good1 he gathered  together not 
a few of his men1 and withdrew himself  
from ,nicanor4    #ad3ca ,but the other1
 knowing that he was notably prevented  
by ,judas'  policy1 came into the great 
and holy temple1 and commanded the      
priests1  that were offering their usual
 sacrifices1 to deliver him the man4    
#ad3cb ,and when they sware that they   
could not tell where the man was  whom  
he sought1    #ad3cc ,he stretched out  
his right hand toward the temple1 and   
made an  oath in this manner3 ,if ye    
will not deliver me ,judas as a         
prisoner1 ,i  will lay this temple of   

,god even with the ground1 and ,i will  
break down  the altar1 and erect a      
notable temple unto ,bacchus4    #ad3cd 
,after these words he departed4 ,then   
the priests lifted up their  hands      
toward heaven1 and besought him that was
 ever a defender of their  nation1      
saying in this manner2    #ad3ce ,thou1 
,o ,lord of all things1 who hast need of
 nothing1 wast  pleased that the temple 
of thine habitation should be among us3 
#ad3cf ,therefore now1 ,o holy ,lord of 
all holiness1 keep this house ever      
undefiled1 which lately was cleansed1   
and stop every unrighteous mouth4       
#ad3cg ,now was there accused unto      
,nicanor one ,razis1 one of the elders  
of ,jerusalem1 a lover of his           
countrymen1 and a man of very good      
report1  who for his kindness was called
 a father of the ,jews4    #ad3ch ,for  
in the former times1 when they mingled  
not themselves with  the ,gentiles1 he  
had been accused of ,judaism1 and did   
boldly jeopard  his body and life with  

all vehemency for the religion of the   
,jews4    #ad3ci ,so ,nicanor1 willing  
to declare the hate that he bare unto   
the  ,jews1 sent above five hundred men 
of war to take him3    #ad3dj ,for he   
thought by taking him to do the ,jews   
much hurt4    #ad3da ,now when the      
multitude would have taken the tower1   
and violently  broken into the outer    
door1 and bade that fire should be      
brought to  burn it1 he being ready to  
be taken on every side fell upon his    
sword2    #ad3db ,choosing rather to die
 manfully1 than to come into the hands  
of  the wicked1 to be abused otherwise  
than beseemed his noble birth3    #ad3dc
 ,but missing his stroke through haste1 
the multitude also rushing  within the  
doors1 he ran boldly up to the wall1 and
 cast himself down  manfully among the  
thickest of them4    #ad3dd ,but they   
quickly giving back1 and a space being  
made1 he fell  down into the midst of   
the void place4    #ad3de ,nevertheless1
 while there was yet breath within him1 

being  inflamed with anger1 he rose up2 
and though his blood gushed out like    
spouts of water1 and his wounds were    
grievous1 yet he ran through the  midst 
of the throng2 and standing upon a steep
 rock1    #ad3df ,when as his blood was 
now quite gone1 he plucked out his      
bowels1  and taking them in both his    
hands1 he cast them upon the throng1 and
  calling upon the ,lord of life and    
spirit to restore him those again1 he   
thus died4    #ae3a ,but ,nicanor1      
hearing that ,judas and his company were
 in the strong  places about ,samaria1  
resolved without any danger to set upon 
them on  the sabbath day4    #ae3b      
,nevertheless the ,jews that were       
compelled to go with him said1 ,o       
destroy not so cruelly and barbarously1 
but give honour to that day1  which he1 
that seeth all things1 hath honoured    
with holiness above all  other days4    
#ae3c ,then the most ungracious wretch  
demanded1 if there were a ,mighty  one  
in heaven1 that had commanded the       

sabbath day to be kept4    #ae3d ,and   
when they said1 ,there is in heaven a   
living ,lord1 and mighty1  who commanded
 the seventh day to be kept3    #ae3e   
,then said the other1 ,and ,i also am   
mighty upon earth1 and ,i  command to   
take arms1 and to do the king's         
business4 ,yet he obtained  not to have 
his wicked will done4    #ae3f ,so      
,nicanor in exceeding pride and         
haughtiness determined to set up  a     
publick monument of his victory over    
,judas and them that were with  him4    
#ae3g ,but ,maccabeus had ever sure     
confidence that the ,lord would help    
him3    #ae3h ,wherefore he exhorted his
 people not to fear the coming of the   
heathen against them1 but to remember   
the help which in former times  they had
 received from heaven1 and now to expect
 the victory and aid1  which should come
 unto them from the ,almighty4    #ae3i 
,and so comforting them out of the law  
and the prophets1 and withal  putting   
them in mind of the battles that they   

won afore1 he made them  more cheerful4 
#ae3aj ,and when he had stirred up their
 minds1 he gave them their  charge1     
shewing them therewithall the falsehood 
of the heathen1 and the  breach of      
oaths4    #ae3aa ,thus he armed every   
one of them1 not so much with defence of
  shields and spears1 as with           
comfortable and good words3 and beside  
that1 he told them a dream worthy to be 
believed1 as if it had been so  indeed1 
which did not a little rejoice them4    
#ae3ab ,and this was his vision3 ,that  
,onias1 who had been high priest1 a     
virtuous and a good man1 reverend in    
conversation1 gentle in condition1  well
 spoken also1 and exercised from a child
 in all points of virtue1  holding up   
his hands prayed for the whole body of  
the ,jews4    #ae3ac ,this done1 in like
 manner there appeared a man with gray  
hairs1  and exceeding glorious1 who was 
of a wonderful and excellent majesty4   
#ae3ad ,then ,onias answered1 saying1   
,this is a lover of the brethren1 who   

prayeth much for the people1 and for the
 holy city1 to wit1 ,jeremias  the      
prophet of ,god4    #ae3ae ,whereupon   
,jeremias holding forth his right hand  
gave to ,judas a  sword of gold1 and in 
giving it spake thus1    #ae3af ,take   
this holy sword1 a gift from ,god1 with 
the which thou shalt  wound the         
adversaries4    #ae3ag ,thus being well 
comforted by the words of ,judas1 which 
were very  good1 and able to stir them  
up to valour1 and to encourage the      
hearts  of the young men1 they          
determined not to pitch camp1 but       
courageously  to set upon them1 and     
manfully to try the matter by conflict1 
because  the city and the sanctuary and 
the temple were in danger4    #ae3ah    
,for the care that they took for their  
wives1 and their children1  their       
brethren1 and folks1 was in least       
account with them3 but the  greatest and
 principal fear was for the holy temple4
    #ae3ai ,also they that were in the  
city took not the least care1 being     

troubled for the conflict abroad4       
#ae3bj ,and now1 when as all looked what
 should be the trial1 and the  enemies  
were already come near1 and the army was
 set in array1 and the  beasts          
conveniently placed1 and the horsemen   
set in wings1    #ae3ba ,maccabeus      
seeing the coming of the multitude1 and 
the divers  preparations of armour1 and 
the fierceness of the beasts1 stretched 
out  his hands toward heaven1 and called
 upon the ,lord that worketh wonders1   
knowing that victory cometh not by arms1
 but even as it seemeth good to  him1 he
 giveth it to such as are worthy3       
#ae3bb ,therefore in his prayer he said 
after this manner2 ,o ,lord1 thou  didst
 send thine angel in the time of        
,ezekias king of ,judea1 and didst  slay
 in the host of ,sennacherib an hundred 
fourscore and five thousand3    #ae3bc  
,wherefore now also1 ,o ,lord of heaven1
 send a good angel before us  for a fear
 and dread unto them2    #ae3bd ,and    
through the might of thine arm let those

 be stricken with  terror1 that come    
against thy holy people to blaspheme4   
,and he ended  thus4    #ae3be ,then    
,nicanor and they that were with him    
came forward with  trumpets and songs4  
#ae3bf ,but ,judas and his company      
encountered the enemies with invocation 
and prayer4    #ae3bg ,so that fighting 
with their hands1 and praying unto ,god 
with  their hearts1 they slew no less   
than thirty and five thousand men3 for  
through the appearance of ,god they were
 greatly cheered4    #ae3bh ,now when   
the battle was done1 returning again    
with joy1 they knew  that ,nicanor lay  
dead in his harness4    #ae3bi ,then    
they made a great shout and a noise1    
praising the ,almighty  in their own    
language4    #ae3cj ,and ,judas1 who was
 ever the chief defender of the citizens
 both  in body and mind1 and who        
continued his love toward his countrymen
 all  his life1 commanded to strike off 
,nicanor's head1 and his hand with his  
shoulder1 and bring them to ,jerusalem4 

#ae3ca ,so when he was there1 and called
 them of his nation together1 and  set  
the priests before the altar1 he sent   
for them that were of the  tower1       
#ae3cb ,and shewed them vile ,nicanor's 
head1 and the hand of that  blasphemer1 
which with proud brags he had stretched 
out against the  holy temple of the     
,almighty4    #ae3cc ,and when he had   
cut out the tongue of that ungodly      
,nicanor1 he  commanded that they should
 give it by pieces unto the fowls1 and  
hang  up the reward of his madness      
before the temple4    #ae3cd ,so every  
man praised toward the heaven the       
glorious ,lord1 saying1  ,blessed be he 
that hath kept his own place undefiled4 
#ae3ce ,he hanged also ,nicanor's head  
upon the tower1 an evident and  manifest
 sign unto all of the help of the ,lord4
    #ae3cf ,and they ordained all with a
 common decree in no case to let that   
day pass without solemnity1 but to      
celebrate the thirtieth day of the      
twelfth month1 which in the ,syrian     

tongue is called ,adar1 the day  before 
,mardocheus' day4    #ae3cg ,thus went  
it with ,nicanor3 and from that time    
forth the ,hebrews  had the city in     
their power4 ,and here will ,i make an  
end4    #ae3ch ,and if ,i have done     
well1 and as is fitting the story1 it is
 that  which ,i desired3 but if         
slenderly and meanly1 it is that which  
,i could  attain unto4    #ae3ci ,for as
 it is hurtful to drink wine or water   
alone2 and as wine  mingled with water  
is pleasant1 and delighteth the taste3  
even so  speech finely framed delighteth
 the ears of them that read the story4  
,and here shall be an end4