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 .xi. Chapter.
¶ Holofernes requyreth of Iuda the cause of her
commyng, whych geueth him a suttell answer.
A Then sayd Holofernes vnto her:
Be of good chere, ∧ feare not in
thyne hert, for I neuer hurte m&abar;,
þt; wold serue Nabuchodonosor þe;
kinge. As for thy people, yf they
had not despysed me, I shulde not haue lyft
vp my speare agaynst þe;. But tell me now,
what is the cause that þu; art departed from
them, ∧ wherfore art thou come vnto vs?
And Iudith sayde vnto hym: Syr, vnderstande
þe; wordes of thy handmayden: for
yf þu; wylt do after the wordes of thy handmayden,
the Lorde shall brynge thy matter
to a prosperous effecte. As truly as Nabuchodonosor
a lorde of the lande lyueth, and
as truly as his power lyueth, which is in þe;
to the punyshment of all men that go wr&obar;g,
all men shall not onely be subdued vnto him
thorow the, but all the beestes also of þe; feld.
For all people speake of thy prudent actyuyte,
and it hath euer bene reported, how þu;
onely art good ∧ myghtie in all his kyngdome,
∧ thy discrecyon is c&obar;mended &ibar; al l&abar;des.
B The th&ibar;g is manyfest also, þt; Achior spake,
∧ it is wel knowne, what þu; c&obar;ma&ubar;dest to do
vnto him, For this is playne ∧ of a suretye,
þt; our God is so wroth &wt; vs (by þe; reason of
our synnes) þt; he hath shewed by hys Prophetes
vnto þe; people, how þt; for their synnes
he will delyuer th&ebar; ouer vnto þe; enemye.
And for so moch as þe; childr&ebar; of Israell knowe
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that they haue so displeased theyr God,
they are sore afrayed of the.
They suffre greate honger also, and for
wante of water, they are ded now in a maner.
Moreouer, they are appoynted to slaye
all theyr catell, that they maye dryncke the
bloude of them: and are purposed to spende
all the holy ornam&ebar;tes of their God (which
he hath forbydden them to touch) for corne,
wyne and oyle.
C Seynge now, that they do
these thynges it is a playne case that they
must nedes be destroyed. Which wh&ebar; I thy
handmayden perceaued, I fled from them,
&abar;d the Lord hath sent me vnto the, to shew
the these thynges. For I thy handmayden
worshyppe God euen here now besyde the,
and thy handmayden shall go forth, and I
will make my prayer vnto God, &abar;d he shall
tell me, when he wyll rewarde them theyr
synne, then shall I come and shewe the and
brynge the thorow the myddest of Ierusal&ebar;
so that thou shalt haue all the people of Israel,
as þe; shepe without a shepeherde: there
shall not so moch as one dogg barck aga&ibar;st
the, for these thynges are shewed me by the
prouydence of God: and for so moch as God
is dyspleased with them, he hath sent me to
tell he the same.
D These wordes pleased Holofernes ∧ all
his seruauntes, which marueled at the wysdome
of her, and sayde one to another: there
is not soch a woman vpon earth, in bewtye
and discrecyon of wordes. And Holofernes
sayde vnto her: God hath done well, that he
hath sent the hyther before thy people, that
þu; mayest geue th&ebar; &ibar;to our h&abar;des. And for so
moch as thy promyse is good, yf thy God
perfourme it vnto me, he shal be my God also,
and thou shalt be excellent and greate in
the courte of Nabuchodonosor, and thy name
shalbe spoken of in all the lande.
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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