Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .x. Chapter.
¶ The quene of Saba commeth to heare the wysdome
of Salom&obar;, whose royaltye is here described.
A And the note Quene of Saba hearynge
the fame of Salomon
(concernynge the name of the
Lorde) came to proue h&ibar; with
harde questyons. And she came
to Ierusalem with a very
great trayne: with Camelles that bare swete
odoures, and golde exceadynge moche, and
preciouse stones. And she came to Salomon
and comoned with him of all that was in her
hert. And Salomon declared vnto her all
her questi&obar;s, so that there was not one thinge
hydd from the kynge, which he expounded
not vnto her.
And the quene of Saba c&obar;sydred all Salomons
wysdome, and the house that he had
buylded, and the meate of his table, ∧ &rhand; the
syttynge of hys seruauntes, the order of hys
mynisters, and theyr apparell, hys dryncke,
and his burnt sacrifices that he offered in the
house of the Lorde, and she was astonnied.
And she sayde vnto the kynge. It was a true
worde that I hearde in myne awne lande of
thy sayinges, and of thy wysdome. Howbeit
I beleued it not, tyll I came, ∧ sawe it wyth
myne eyes. And beholde, the one halfe was
not tolde me: for thy wysdome and prosperite
exceadeth the fame whych I hearde of the.
B Happy are thy men: and happye are these thy
seruauntes, which st&abar;de euer before the, and
heare thy wysdome. Blessed be the Lord thy
god, which loued the, to set the on the seat of
Israel, because þe; Lord loued Israel for euer,
and made the kynge, to do equyte and ryghtewysnesse.
And she gaue the kynge syxe skore hundred
weight of golde, and of swete odoures
excedynge moch, and preciouse stones. There
came nomore soche aboundaunce of swete odoures,
as the quene of Saba gaue to kynge
Salomon. The nauye also of the note shyppes
of Hyram (that caryed golde from Ophyr)
brought lyke wyse greate plenty of &rhand; Almuge
tre and preciouse stones. And þe; kynge
made of the Almuge trees, pillers for þe; house
of the Lorde and for the kynges palace, and
made harpes and psalteryes for syngers.
There came no moare suche Almuge trees,
nor were anye moare sene vnto thys daye.
And kyng Salomon gaue vnto the Quene
of Saba accordynge to all her desyre whatsoeuer
she asked: besydes that he gaue her of
a fre wyll with his awne hande. And so she
returned vnto her awne countrey: both she,
and her seruauntes.
C The weyght of golde that came to Salomon
in one yeare, was syxe hundred thre
score and syxe talentes of golde, besydes that
he had of chapmen and of marchauntes and
of Potycaryes, and of all the kynges of Arabye,
and of the Lordes of the countreye. And
kynge Salomon made two hundred bucklers
of beat&ebar; gold, syxe h&ubar;dred sycles of gold
went to a buckler. And he made thre h&ubar;dred
shyldes of beaten golde, thre pounde of golde
went to one shylde, and the kynge put them
in the note house of the wood of Libanon.
And the kynge made a great seate of yuerye,
and couered it with the best golde. And
the seate had syxe steppes. And the toppe of
the seate was rounde behynde, ∧ there were
pomelles on ether syde on the place of þe; seate
and two Lyons stode besyde the pomelles.
And there stode .xii. Ly&obar;s on the steppes .vi.
on a syde. Ther was none lyke (worke) sene
in any kyngdome. noteAnd all kynge Salomons
drynckynge vesselles were of golde,
∧ lykewyse al the vesselles of the house of the
wood of Libanon were of pure gold. And as
for syluer, it was nothing worth in þe; dayes
of Salom&obar;, For þe; kinges nauye of shyppes
w&ebar;t on the see &rhand; vnto Tharsis &wt; the nauie
of Hyrams shippes: eu&ebar; once in the yere w&ebar;t
the nauye to Tharsis,
D ∧ brought golde and
syluer &rhand; Elephantes teth, apes and pecokes.
noteAnd so kynge Salomon exceaded all
the kynges of the erth both in richesse ∧ wysdome.
And all the worlde resorted to Salomon,
to heare his wysdome, which God had
put in hys herte. And brought him euery m&abar;
his present, vessels of syluer and vessels of
golde, rayment, harnesse, and swete odoures
and horsses and Mules, yere by yere. And
Salomon gathered together charettes and
horsmen: and he had a thousande and foure
hundred charettes, ∧ twelue thousande horsemen,
whom he bestowed in the charette cyties,
and with the kynge at Ierusalem.
noteAnd the kynge made syluer in Ierusalem
as plenteous as stones, ∧ Cedar as plenteouse
as the wylde fygge trees that growe
aboundauntly in the feldes. &rhand; The bryngyng
of horses also out of Egypte: ∧ the collection
of the wares: dyd the kynges marchauntes
take agayne, and sold the stuffe for
a pryce. A charet came vp out of Egypte for
syxe hundred sycles of syluer: that is &rhand; one
horsse for an hundred and fyftye. And euen so
so for all the kinges of the Hethithes and for
the kynges of Syria, dyd they brynge them
oute thorowe theyr handes.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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