T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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The .ij. Chapter.
He describeth the vyctorye of the Chaldees agynst
the Niniuites.
A noteBeholde, vpon the mountaynes
come the fete of hym, that bryngeth
good tydynges, and preacheth
peace. O Iuda, kepe thy
holy dayes, perfourme thy promyses:
for Beliall shall come nomore in the,
he is vtterly roted out.
The scaterer shall come vp agaynst the, ∧
laye sege to the castell. Loke thou well to the
stretes, make thy loynes stronge, arme thy
self with all thy myght: for the Lorde shal restore
agayne the glorye of Iacob, lyke as the
glory of Israell. The destroyers haue brok&ebar;
them downe, ∧ marred the wyne braunches.
The shylde of hys gyauntes glystereth, hys
men of warre are clothed in purple. Hys charettes
are as fyre, when he maketh hym forward,
his archers are well decke ∧ trimmed.
B The charettes rolle vp&obar; the stretes, ∧ welter
in the hye wayes. They are to loke vpon lyke
cressettes of fyre, ∧ go swyftly, as the lyghtenynge.
Wh&ebar; he doth but warne his gia&ubar;tes,
they fal in their araye, ∧ hastely they clymme
vp the walles: yee the engins of the warre are
prepared all ready. The water portes shalbe
opened, and the kynges palace shal fall. The
quene her selfe shalbe led awaye captyue, and
her gentil wemen shall mourne as the doues
and grone wyth in their hertes.
C Niniue is
lyke a pole full of water, but then shall they
be fayne to fle. noteStand, stande (shal they crye)
and there shall not one turne backe. Awaye
with the syluer, awaye wyth the golde: for
here is no ende of treasure. There shalbe a
multytude of all maner costlye ornamentes.
Thus muste she be spoyled, emptied and
clene striped out: that their hertes maye be
melted awaye, their knees tremble, all their
loynes be weake, and their faces blacke as a
pot.
D Where is now the dwellyng of the lyons,
∧ the pasture of þe; lyons whelpes? where the
lyon ∧ the lyonesse went &wt; the whelpes, ∧ no
man frayed th&ebar; awaye? But the lyon spoyled
ynough for hys yonge ones, ∧ deuoured for
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Israel.
his lionesse: he filled his d&ebar;nes with his pray,
∧ his dwellynge place with that he had rauyshed.
Beholde, I wyll vpon the, sayeth þe; lord
of hostes, ∧ wyll set fyre vpon thy charettes,
that they shall smoke with all, ∧ the swerde
shal deuoure the yong lyons. I wyll make an
ende of thy spoylyng fr&obar; out of the earth, and
the voyce of thy messaungers shal no more be
hearde.
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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