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 .xii. Chapter.
¶ Holofernes commaundeth that Iudith be well intreated.
She desyreth lycence to go out in the night
ceason to praye, and optayneth it. Uagao is sent vnto
her, to moue her to come into Holofernes to a b&abar;cket,
and she cummeth. Holofernes is droncken.
A Then commaunded he her to go &ibar; where
hys treasure laye, and charged
that she shulde haue her dwellynge
there, and appoynted what shulde be geuen
her from hys table. Iudith answered hym
and sayde: As for the meate that thou hast
commaunded to geue me, I maye not eate
of it as now (lest I dysplease my God) but
will eat of soch as I haue brought with me.
Then sayde Holofernes vnto her: If these
thynges that thou hast brought with the
fayle, what shall we do vnto the? And Iudith
sayd: As truly as thou lyuest my lord,
thy handmayden shall not spende all thys,
tyll God haue brought to passe in my hand,
the thynges that I haue deuysed.
B So hys seruauntes brought her into the
tent, where as he had appointed. And as she
was goynge in, she desyred that she myght
haue leue to go forth by night ∧ before daye
to her prayer and to make intercessi&obar; vnto
the Lorde. Then commaunded Holofernes
his Chamberlaynes, that she shulde go out
and in at her pleasure, to praye vnto God
those thre dayes.
And so in the nyght season she w&ebar;te forth
into þe; valley of Bethulia, and wasshed her
selfe in the well water, Then wente she vp,
and besought the Lorde God of Israel that
he wolde prospere her waye, for the delyueraunce
of hys people. And so she wente in, ∧
remayned clene in her tent, tyll she toke her
meate in the euenynge.
C Upon the fourth daye it happened, that
Holofernes made a supper vnto hys seruauntes,
and sayde vnto Uagao his chamberlayne:
Go thy waye, and councell thys Hebruesse,
that she may be wyllyng to consent
to kepe c&obar;pany with me. For it were a shame
vnto all the Assyrians, that a woman
shulde so laugh a m&abar; to scorne that she were
come from hym vnmedled with all.
Then wente Uagao vnto Iudith, ∧ sayde:
Let not the good daughter be afrayed, to come
&ibar;to my lorde, that she maye be honoured
before hym, that she maye eate and drincke
wyne, and be mery with hym. Unto whom
Iudith answered: Who am I, that I shulde
saye my lorde naye? whatsoeuer is good before
hys eyes, I shal do it: and loke what is
hys pleasure, that shall I thyncke well done,
as longe as I lyue.
D So she stode vp, and deckte her self wyth
her apparell, and wente in, and stode before
him. And Holofernes herte was whole moued,
so that he brent in desyre towarde her.
And Holofernes sayd vnto her: dr&ibar;ke now
and sytt downe, and be mery, for thou hast
founde fauoure before me. Then sayde Iudith:
Syr, I wyll dryncke, for my mynde is
meryer to daye, then euer it was in all my
lyfe. And she toke, and dyd eate, and dranke
before hym, the thynges that her mayden
had prepared for her. And Holofernes was
mery with her, and dr&abar;ke more wyne, then
euer he dyd afore in hys lyfe.
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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