¶ The Abridgemente of goddes Statutes in myter, set oute by Wylliam Samuel seruaunt to the Duke of Somerset hys grace.
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¶To the most honorable and verteous Lady Anne, Duches of Somerset her Grace, William Samuell her moste hūble and faithful seruant, wisheth the fauoure of God, encrease of honour, long lyfe, and prosperous healthe, bothe of bodie and soule.
WHen I consyderid with my selfe the lobours & paynes that haue bine taken of dyuers builders in Chrystes churche (my gracyous Lady and mistris) I thought my selfe not borne into the earth, to be a loker on the bildinge, or to iland gapyng at other menes dylygence, but to put to my helpyng hand, for feare lest y t I shulde be rewardyd emong the Idel persons, or haue that smal talent taken from me, that my master gaue me, for not putting it to the chaunge bāke. I haue now but begon, as it were the squaring out of a greate stone & do offer vp vnto your grace the begynnyng of my work, and If I shal perceiue that my symple doyngs, shall be well acceptid, of your grace (as the grosse doing of the same may be an occasion to y e contrary) then shal I gladlye go on or procede in my doynge, at the least wyse exersise, shal I doubt not but make eueri part better thā y e other at their forth commyng▪ My mynd is that I wold haue my contrey [Page] people able in a smale some to syng the hole contents of the byble, & where as in tymes past the musicians or mynstrells, wer wont to syng fained myracles, saints liues, & Robin hode, in stede thereof to sing, vndoutyd truthes, canonycall scryptures, and Gods doynges [...] haue also begon the same order that I intend to kepe as where a boke hath thyrtye, forty, or fythtye chapters, to deuyd it into fyttes, or partes, that it shall not be to tedyous to the reader, synger, or hearer, to haue the boke in practys. Also thys my doyngs I trust shall cause the scrypturs, to be often read, as the man y t hearyth a parte of a story in y e scryptures, & doth not knowe the hole: thys may moue the hole to be red, And to those that be well sene in the holye wrytyngs, this shall kepe thē in remēbrāce of those good things that they haue lernid The abrygement of Gods acts or statutes I do call it because it is a sūme or short rehersal of thinges done at large in the Byble booke, whych may be called the kyng of al kinges actes, desyrynge your grace to take it in good worth and to accepte my good wyll as I truste your grace wyll.
Genesis In G. Ex. L.N. and D. the .v. bokes of Moses conteined be.
The first Chapter
ALmyghty God dydde make the heauen,
the Lyght the firmament:
The sun, the mone, the stars the beasts,
wyth foules to fleeyng bent.
The erth the sea and al therein
all thys hys word dyd make
Wyth man made last and yet set fyrst
hys wyll on them to take
The .ii. Chap
¶Begyn dyd then the lord to rest
from makyng of suche thynges
And poynted Adam to a place
a garden full of spryngs
One tre denied, and man doth name
the beasts after his wyll
In slepe to hym hys make was made
whych dyd hys mynd fullfyll
The ·iii, Chapt.
[Page]Caused was man by Satans sleight
goddes wyll to burste out ryght
The he, the she, and the serpent
are curste and dreuen out quite
for fere lest man shuld then dyspayre
Wyth hys wyffe and to hell
the womans sead y
• wyche was christ
Shall come and make al well
The .iiii. Chap
Downe fell Abell Cain hym slue
in offeryng to the Lorde
The iust was slayne of the vniust
as scrypture doth recorde
Thē is he curst and doth dyspayre
after hys wycked deede
The genealogy of Adams sonnes
and their sonnes doth procede.
The .v. Chap
Euery yere that Adam lyued
is there ful plainly tolde
Whose age was then .ix. hundred
And Iust thyrty yere olde
and so from hym vnto iust Noe
The chapter doth exprese
[Page]the names & yeres how lōg thei lyude
Wyth much of their successe
The .vi. Chapt
Ful wycked were the people tho
a doude was threat of god
Wyth a precept to make an ark
Euen as the lord had bode
And then dyd Noe prepare the shyp
after the lordes deuyse
And readye prest as he was wylld
agaynst the floude shulde ryse
The .vii. chap
God spake these wordes to Noe his mā
and we thereto must harke
Go thou and all thy familie
wyth speede into the arke
Euen so dyd Noe as god hym bad
and toke of eche kynde twaine
Hys wyfe hys sonne & al their wyues
and then began the rayne.
The viii Chapt
Honderyd dayes and ode fyfty
the floude beganne to ende
A rauen and eke a doue also
[Page]Noe forth for newes dyd sende
Then went Noe forth, and did offer
to God burnt sacrifice,
Whych lyked well the God on hye
when the smell dyd aryse.
The .ix. Chapter
In fauour then was Noe & bleste
and murder is denied,
A rainbowe sent, and promise made
wyth water not destroyd.
Then Noe fell dronke, and lay vnhyld
and Ham his sonne was glad,
The other hylde him, and were bleste
but Ham his curssyng had.
The, x. Chapter,
Know ye may of Noe his sonnes,
as Sem, Ham, and Iapheth,
Chus Hams sonne, begat Nemrod
a hunter on the heath,
Of these thre sōnes & their sōnes sōnes
the earth was stord agayne,
In tōges & kinds w
t realmes & lādes
but most of them were vayne.
The .xi. Chapter.
[Page]Lewdlye wente this route to build
Babel that great hye towre,
The lord came down & chaūged their tonges
in lesse space then an hour,
The kynd of Sem againe is tolde
vnto iuste Abraham
Whych went w
t Lot his fathers sōne,
and dwelled at Haran.
The xii Chapter.
Much fauour God shewd to Abrā
dwellinge in Canaan,
Which god him hight, thē cam a derth
to Egipt went he than.
Then wylled he Sarai his wyfe
to call him brother tho.
The Kyng her toke and was plaged,
whose name hyght then Pharao.
The xiii Chapter.
Neighbourlyke yode Lot and he,
and toward the south they wente
Then parted they their land & good
that God had to them lente.
The promise then to Abram is
repeted once agayne,
[Page]That he and his seede after hym
the blest land shuld obtaine.
The .xiiii Chapter
Of foren kynges Lot taken was
which ward and wan that land,
But then Abram dyd them destroye,
and toke hym from their hande.
Melchisedech with bread and wyne
him met with mykel boste,
He gaue him tenth, and paid the kyng
of Sodom all he loste.
The .xv. Chapter
Performe wold God, the land he had
to Abram promised,
A sonne to haue, he doth beleue
and so is iustified,
Howe that his seede in bondage shuld
in Egipt there re name,
And be restord vnto their land,
and so sent home agayne.
The xvi. Chapter
Quite barrē Sara thought she was
and gaue Abram her maide,
Which did conceiue, and being proud
[Page]her mistres dyd vmbrayde,
Her mistres chode, and she togo
for faryng with her fell
An aungel her retournd agayne
and plyght her Ismaell.
The xvii Chapter
Remoue did God thē Abrams name
and cald hym Abraham,
And Sarai is named Sara
of whom tho Isaac came,
The sacrament is here begon
of Circumcision,
Isaac is plight, and Abraham
for Ismael doth mone.
The, xviii, Chapter
So vnto hym thre men apeard
lyke trauelers of myles,
Sara dyd heare that she shuld beare,
and womanlyke she smyles.
The ouerthrow of Sodom than
to Abraham they tolde,
He prayeth to them, being one God
hys vengeaunce to wytholde,
The, xix, Chapter
[Page]Two aungels lodged, & Sodom mē
wolde then haue them defylde
Blynded they were, and after stroyde
saue Lot and hys vnfylde,
Hys wyfe to salt was turned tho
for breakyng goddes precept,
Hys daughters he begat with chylde
when dronkelyke he had slepte.
The twenty Chap
When Abraham dyd flyt he dwelte
in the lande of Gerar,
His wife being fayr, he feared his life
and called her syster.
Abimeleck sente for her then
his pleasure for to haue,
God him denied, then caused he her
much ryches for to haue,
The, xxi, Chapter
Almyghty God sent Sara tho
Isaac her only sonne,
And Agar is put out at dores,
with Ismael her sonne,
An aungel dyd her comfort tho
beynge in wyldernes,
About a well Abimalech
[Page]and Abraham made peace
The xxii. Chapter
Beyng then wylld to kyll hys sonne,
and he therto was prest
God told him then for his great faith
in hym all shuld be blest,
Nachor brother to Abraham
had eyght sonnes by Milcha
One of her sonnes was Bethuel
whych was syre to Rebecca.
The .xxiii, Chapter
Commend to god dyd Sara then
her soule that was so mylde,
At her ful yeres she fell on slepe
and dyed vndefylde,
Thē Abrahā bought a plat of groūd
of Ephron the Hethite,
He layd his wyfe into the caue
when it was his by ryght.
The .xxiiii. Chapter
Decre dyd Abram to his man
and sware hym by an othe
To seke a wyffe for Isak mete
and so he dyd for trouth
He went and came wyth Rebecca
[Page]whych Isaac tok to wyfe
So lyued they together both
and led an honest lyffe,
The .xxv, Chapt
Eftsones dyd Abram take a wyfe
which bare hym chyldern more
He dyed and gaue Isaacke hys sonne
hys good and all his store,
Then Isaacs wyfe, euen at one byrth
Iacob and Esau bare
And Esau solde hym land and ryght
and yet small was hys fare
Thus haue you hard of Genesis
the pyth and halfe the some
Twentye and fyue in chapters paste
syth that the fyrst begonne
The xxvi, Chap
A Dearth then cam in Isacks time
and so he dyd remoue
That land was plyght to hym
of god that dyd hym loue
The kyng chode Isac for hys wyfe and his
[Page]because he dyd but fayne
And shepherds stroue about y
e welles
but all was well agayne
The xxvii Chap
Begyld dyd Iacob Esau than
Rebecca wrought the feat
While Esau hontyd in the fylde
hys brother gat the cheat
When Esau cam from hontyng home
it vexyd hym ryght sore
Hys father cherd hym yet dyd he
hys brother hate therefore,
The xxviii Chap
Commandyd Iacob sought a wyfe
and so to Laban went
Esau dyd wed an Ismaelyte
whych vnto euell was bent
As Iacob drempt he thought he saw
a ladder, angells dyght
Of Chryst is tolde, a vowe he made
vnto the God of myght
The xxix Chapt
Decre wyth Laban Iacob dyd
and seruyd hym seuen yere
[Page]Rahel to haue it was his fee
but Lea dyd apeare,
And so beguiled, yet dyd he serue
asmuch for Rachel more,
He hauyng both, a childe he had
whych Lea to hym bore.
The, xxx, Chapter
Ech barrē, both thei gaue their maids
to theyr husband to wyue,
So had he chyldren that they bare
to hym beynge alyue.
And Iacob axte what hys reward
Shuld be at Labans hande
The spotted lābes &
[...]yds of gottes
that fell in Labans lande,
The xxxi Chapt
Flytte from Laban god him bad
and so he dyd obaye,
He toke his wyues and all his good
and slypped so awaye,
Then Rahel stale the Images
agaynste her fathers wyll
And Labā chod, but peace was made
wyth Iacob on an hil.
The xxxii Chap
Goinge homeward towrds his land
to hym angells apperde
Of Esau frayd, he sent him giftes
euen hondryds on a herd
An angell and he stroue so long
vntyll it was day lyght
The angell changyd Iacobs name
and Israell hym hyght
The xxxiii Chap
Hastlye Esau set hym out
hys brother for to mete
And Iacob sent hys herds afore
and came after on fete
But when they met the greyd well
God so wrought then wyth them
In partyng plats they dwelte in two
as Iacob in Sychem
The xxxiiii Chap
Iacob had but one doughter
that Dyna hyght by name
She went to se and to be seene
and so she cam to shame
Sychem saw her and her toke
[Page]and forced her by myght
He was destroyd by Iacob sonnes
and all the cytye quyght
The .xxxv. Chap
Know dyd Iacob all there spyte
to Bethell then he yed
Hys name is tolde and Canaan
is to hym promysed
In chylbed Rachell dyd depart
and Beniamin she bore
Ruben vnhyld hys fathers wyfe
and loste a flese therfore
The .xxxvi. Chap
Lykewise is told of Esaues wiues
and Gentylls daughtres all
He and Iacob, were very ryche
in goods terestryall
Esau had Dukes y
t were hys sonnes
euen twelue in nomber Iust
He was father to Edomyts
a floke that wer vniust
The .xxxvii. Chapt
More for to here of Iacobs lyf
[...]e
in Canaan he dwelt
Iosephs brethern lykyd hym not
and cruelly they dealt
[Page]Into Egypt then was he solde
hys brethern dyd the dede
They tolde hys syer, y
t he was slayne
wyche made hys hert to blede
The .xxxviii. Chap
Now than is tolde how Iuda toke
a woman of Canaan
He had thre sōnes, two wer destroyd
the one was namde Onan
Thamar was the womans name
that both they had to wed
And Iuda by her had to twynes
when she was brought to bed
The xxxix. Chap.
O what hap then Ioseph had
the lord dyd so prouyde
Hys masters wyffe did hym prouoke
but he her sute denyde
She hym acusde, but not deserude
her tale as then toke place
Whereby Ioseph, to prison went
but gyltlesse in that case
The xl, Chap
Put in prison wer Pharos men
and both of them layd fast
[Page]Hys baker chief, and butler both
whyles his anger dyd laste
Ioseph with them in prison was
and as they slept ful sounde,
They dreamed dreames, which Ioseph thē
vnto them dyd expound.
The .xli. Chapter
Question axte of Pharaos dreame
of oxen fat and leane
Which Ioseph did expoūd ful plaine
and tolde what they dyd meane
He was set vp, and ruler made
in Egipte ouer all
He had two sōnes, and so the dearth
on Egypte then dyd fall.
The .xlii. Chap
Ryde out for corne did Iosephes kyn
And came to him vnknowen,
He threat them hard y
t thei were spies
into that contrey blowne,
Simion layde in prison is
whiles they dyd home returne
Beniamin they toke wyth them
which made their father morne.
The .xliii. Chap
So backe they went to Egypt tho
wyth gyftes and presentes greate
And Simion is deliuered out,
and Iosephs chekes are wet.
Ioseph could not chose but weepe
when Beniamin he sawe,
They sate and feasted in two partes
accordyng to their lawe.
The .xliiii. Chapter
Then Ioseph wrougt a prety caste
Beniamin for to haue,
And theft he layde vnto his charge
he dyd him so behaue,
Then Iuda surety he becam
for Beniamin hys sake,
Hys father Iacob he did knowe
it heauilye to take
The .xlv. Chapter
Unknowē was Ioseph al this while
but then he tolde them all,
That he their brother Ioseph was
that ruled greate and small,
Then wylled he his brethern strayt
[Page]their father for to feache
In Egypt there to byde and dwell
as fare as it dyd streache
The xlvi Chapter
Apoyntyd forth then Israell went
in Egypt for to byde
And God hym bade nothyng to fere
for all shuld wel betyde
Iacob his sonnes and al there sonnes
is then in order told
And Ioseph wente them all to mete
full Ioyfull to beholde
The .xlvii. Chapter
Brought was Israel afore the king
in hys presence to stand
And Pharo wylld that he shuld dwel
where fattyst was the land
Then Iacob sware Ioseph his sonne
euen vnderneth hys thye
Hys bones to lay in Canaan
at tyme whan he shulde dye.
The xlviii, Chap
Causd was Israell syke to be
by course of natures kynde
[Page]And Ioseph went with his two sōns
To know hys fathers mynde
Iacob did wil, that Iosephs sonnes
Ephraim and Manasses
Shulde be as chyldren to hym borne
which Ioseph well dyd please.
The xlix Chap
Down fel his sōnes vpon their knees
euen twelue by nomber Iust
He blest them al, and tolde of thyngs
to come that wer dyscust
Then chargd he thē y
t they shuld laye
hys bones in mamrey field
Then pluckt he vp hys leggs to hym
and vp the gost he yelde,
The l Chap
Eche thing was don, his corps they toke
as he on lyue dyd mynge
And layd it downe by abrams syde
fulfyllyng so eche thynge
Forgyue dyd Ioseph all the faute
that hys brethern had wrought
And so he dyed & wylld hys bones
to hys fathers to be brought
[Page]Here haue ye nowe the ende and some of Moses his fyrst booke, The second shal in order come such paine the wryter toke.
The fyrst Chapter
THe fyrst Chapter of Exodus
the twelue tribes it doth name
Which being dead & laid in earth
theyr chyldren came to fame,
A newe kyng than in Egypt came
that gaue the Midwyues charge
To kyl y
e males when thei were born
but they set them at large.
The .ii. Chapter
Moses then was borne and caste
euen downe the riuer in reedes,
And Pharos doughter toke him vp
and shewd him motherly deedes,
Then Moses slue an Egiptian
and fled, and toke a wyfe
Then cried the people to the Lord
whych sawe their woful lyfe.
The, iii, Chapter
[Page]So Moses kept hys fathers shype
not farre from Oreb hyll
Where in a bushe the Lord aperd
and told hym all hys wyll
And bade hym go to Egypt bake
the Esraelyts to tell
That out of bōdage they shuld come
and lyue and do full well
The iiii Chap
And Moyses then receyuyd sygnes
of hys callynge by God
Hys reasons all they are assoyld
and forth the Lord hym bode
And Aaron met wyth hym in felde
together then they went
Of Iethro Moses toke hys leaue
and yed where he was sent
The v, Chap
Aaron▪ Moses, both they twain
told Pharo God hys mynd
The more the people wer opprest
the kyng was so vnkynde
Then cride they out and gan to chyde
wyth Moyses and Aaron
[Page]And Moses axed God the cause
whych loked them vpon.
The vi, Chap
He promised deliueraunce
vnto the Israelites,
Also the land of Canaan
which made them chereful wyghts
Then Rubens spring wyth Simion
is tolde, and Leuito
Of whom came Moses and Aaron
that had gods hests to do
The vii Chap
Thē god made Moses Pharos god,
and Aaron his prophet,
And then god turned Moses rod
into a serpent greate,
The Sorcerers dyd euen the same
to harded Pharos herte,
Thē wer the waters turned to bloud
yet dyd he not conuerte
The .viii Chapter
The second plage that Pharo had
was frogges ouer the lande
He sent for Moses and Aaron
[Page]to take the thyng in hande,
He mocked them, therfore the lorde
turned their dust to lisse,
And thei put by, then came there flies
after the lordes deuice,
The ix, Chap
The fyft plage was moren of beasts
that dyed in Pharos lande,,
And syxtly sores with botches great
yet dyd he god wythstand
The seuēth was hayle & thūder much
that made the lande to shake
And lightning great frō heauē on hye
which causd them all to quake.
The x, Chap
Yet Pharos hert was hardenyd
and god he dyd resiste
He dyd it not of ignoraunce
but well he knewe and wyste,
The eyght plage was grashoppers
that god almyghty sente
The ninth was darkenes in the daye
thei knew not where they went.
The .xi. Chap
[Page]Comandyd wer the Israelyts
the Egyptyans for to spoyll
Agaynst they shulde depart and go
and gyue them all a foyle
At midnight then the Lord did vowe
to make so great a slaughter
The fyrst borne of Egipt to kyll
as it is tolde hereafter
The xii Chap
The passouer with the swete bread
commaundyd they dyd eate
And If there chyldern axe the cause
the meanyng they must treate
The fyrst borne then destroyd was
and robbed wer the rest
And so the Ebrues toke there waye
euen towards the land behest
The xiii Chap
The fyrst borne of the Israelyts
the Lord dyd tak and chuse
And cōmanded them an yearely feast
among them for to vse
Then passyd they the wyldernes
wyth Iosephs bonnes also
[Page]Two pyllers for the day and nyght
they had thereby to go
The xiiii Chap
Pharo hys herte was hardenyd
agaynst the Israelyts
So follow did he wyth al hys trayne
and came wythin theyr syghtes
But God hys people dyd defend
by nyght and day from harme
The passe the sea but Egypt men
lay drowned in a swarme
The xv, Chap
Whē they wer past thys danger great
they sang a goodlye songe
A woman cam forth w
t dyuers more
and daunsed all along
The bytter water was made swet
and pleasaunt for to drynke
God must be harde in his couenaunt
and on hym must we thynke
The xvi chap
So whē the people wer to monthes
wythin the wyldernes
Then wyshyd thei againe to be
[Page]in Egyp at theyr fleshe
It rained quailes from heauen on hie
and manna for there bred
And forty yeare in wyldernes
with that they wer all fed
The .xvii. Chapter
Forth as thei went, thei lackid drink
and gruge then dyd the flocke
At Moses sute then had they some
whyche cam out of a rocke
Oute came a kyng hyght Amelech
agaynst them for to fyght
Whā Moyses hands wer holden vp
then wer they put to flyght
The .xviii. Chap
Iethro Moyses father in law
cam Moyses for to se
Who welcomd him, his wife & sonns
after the best degre
Whē Iethro saw what pains he toke
whan Iudgement he dyd vse
Suche actyue men as loud not coyne
to helpe▪ he wylld hym chuse
The xix Chapt
[Page]Then as they went they cam vnto
the monte of Sinai
A royall people they are calde
if Gods wyll they applye
The Lord dyd say he that doth touch
the hyll shall dye out ryght
But Moyses wylld went vp to hym
in thouder and great lyght
The xx, chapt
And god to Moyses there did gyue
ten Iust commandements
Precepts to keepe and guyde vs by
wyth all theire hole intents
An aulter of earth then God dyd byd
hys man Moyses to make
And if of stone he dyd it buyld
no tolle thereto to take
Twentye chapters afore are tolde
in order as they stand
The rest hereafter ye maye rede
if ye wyll take in hand
The xxi chapter
THe second boke of Moses then
euen Exodus by name
Doth tell good laws for maiestrats
to execute the same
That masters be not ouer sore
their saruants for to mayne
And he that kylls a man, is Iudged
for it he must be slayne
The xxii chapt
Thē forth agayne is told such lawes
of theft the forth folde payd
He that defylles an vnplyght lasse
is wylld to mary the mayde
A witche, and he, that knows, a beast
both dye they must ofright
All vsery it is forbode
and hatyd in Gods syght
The xxiii chap
These tow afore and thys the next
[...]one all of cyuile lawes
Iudges are wylld to take no gyfts
but here the pore mans cause,
Thou mast not follow a multitude
[Page]wyckydnes to commyte
Nor haue to do wyth forren Gods
though thou shulds dye for it
The xxiiii chap
The Lord cōmandyd Moyses then
and al the head rulars
To worship him, y
• wyche doth dwel
on hye aboue the stares
The lawe was told, & the hole rowte
wyth voyce thereto obeyes
So Moyses went vp to the mounte
and bode there fortye dayes
The .xxv, Chapt
Then God to Moyses did dyscryb
the fashyon of hys place
Hys labernacle how to buylde
in euery poynt and case
He promysed that in that house
wyth Moyses he wolde treate
Betwene the cherubs in theree place
wyche was hys mercy seate
The xxvi & xxvii Chapters
The syxe and twentye and the next
chapters of Exodus
[Page]Doth styl declare the forme and shap
as God dyd it dyscus
How that hys, holly place and house
wyche was hys temple tho
Shulde be as he had it deuysde
whereby he myght it know
The .xxviii. Chapter
Also to hym god dyd descrybe
how Aaron shulde be cladde
Such garments myght y
e people tell
what office Aaron had
A brest lape and a tunicle
a strayte cote vnder that
Wyth other thyngs y
t he must weare
whether he stode or sate
The xxix. chap
To Moses also god dyd show
how Aaron shulde be priested
Wyth al hys sonnes after what sort
they shuld be consecratyd
And god to hym dyd promyse then
that he wolde be their God
And thei shuld know he had thē saude
from Pharo and hys rod
The xxx, Chap
An alter also he must make
thereon to burne insence
Also on it to reconsyle
yerely for their offence
A brasen lauer he must make
to washe and make all cleane
The anoyntyng oyle wyth all the rest
more holyer thyngs dyd meane
The xxxi Chap
Unto two men god gaue the feate
to worke the holy thynges
The saboth then, and day of rest
God vnto Moses myngs
Tables twaine the lorde dyd gyue
to Moses on the hyll
Wherein wer wrytte the .x. preceptes
whych was the almyghtyes wyl
The xxxii. Chap
A golden calffe was made the while
the people wer so vayne
And Moses prayde to God for them
and burst the tables twayne
Whē he cam downe he chod the prest
[Page]and burnt the calfe in fyer
Moyses yernestlye prayd for them
yet some were payed their hyre
The xxxiii chapter
Commandyd wer the people tho
that they shoulde thense depart
But god denyed to go wyth them
they were so froward in hert
And whē the people herde therof
they dyd lament in mynde
Moyses wylled to se Gods face
and saw hym but behynde
Th xxxiiii Chap
Two tabells then ar mad agayne
and God hys mercye plyght
To cope with Gentells or there gods
it is forbydden quyght
The swete bread feast w
t fyrst begote
and saboth daye is tolde
The first frutes Moises hard exprest
whose face dyd shyne lyke golde
The xxxv Chap
So Moyses tolde the people all
that is afore expreste
[Page]To offer tythes and pay there frutes
eche on of them was prest
Bezaleel Ahal
[...]ab
whych wrought in sylke and sayes
The tabernacle they must make
and Moyses doth them prayes
The xxxvi chap
These to afore made many thyngs
as God gaue them the gyfte
Rynges of golde and curtens thyke
to ronne all in a dryfte
The people brought such store of stuffe
that there was ouer muche
Willing thei wer, to buld gods house
and for to make it ryche
The .xxxvii. Chapter
The ark was made of sethim wod
the mercy seate of golde
The tabels and the candelstyks
wer made of the same molde
Lampes lyke cupes y
t stode on them
to borne and to gyue lyght
The incense aulter it was made
[Page]acordyng vnto ryght
The xxxviii Chap
A nother made for offeryngs
whych shulde there on be burnt
A brasen lauer for to washe
much lyke vntyl a fount
Sicles thousands was the sūme
that of good wyll they gaue
The spard no cost to please the lorde
so he their souls myght haue
The .xxxix. Chapter
Then Aarōs garmēts they did make
apoyntyd for the nones
Of costlye golde and goodly sylke
all set wyth precyous stones
So fynyshe then they dyd the worke
as God to Moses wylld
And he it blest and praysde it much
when he the work behelde
The ·xl. Chapt.
So last of all, almyghty God
to Moses tolde hys mynde
How he shulde set the holy thyngs
in their order and kynde
[Page]The lord did compas with a cloud
the tabernacle quite,
The presens of the lorde of hostes
was wyth it day and nyght
Thus Exodus is finyshed iuste forty chapters all Leuiticus comes next to it whych haue lykewyse ye shall.
The fyrste Chap
GOd almyghty Moses tolde
wythin Leuiticus,
How he shuld offer sacrifice
the Lorde dyd it discusse
Whether it were of beastes great
or elles of cattel small.
Of turtle doues the maner howe
they shulde be offerd all.
The .ii. Chap
For meate offring, & for swete cakes
the maner it to trym,
If leauen were put in therto
then shulde it not lyke hym,
[Page]Fyne wheate floure, and frankincense
must go vnto this feaste,
Salte must season eche sacrifice
whether it be foule or beast.
The ·iii. Chapt.
The order how the offeryng
for peace it shuld be vsde,
To make acord wher strife was had
that hate myght be refusde,
Of oxen, shepe, and lambs and gotes
attonement shulde be made,
Leuiticus the thyrd Chapter
doth shew the forme and trade,
The .iiii, Chapter
That priest that then cōmitted synne
and done by ignoraunce
Shuld reconsile wyth sacrifice
confessyng his myschaunce
And if a lord dyd lykewyse so
offer he must lykewyse
The subiect for the same offence
must offer sacrifice.
The v, Chapt
For such as swere and not performd
[Page]they must confesse the dede
And offer a gote or ells a lambe
vnlesse he be in nede
The order how he shulde be clensde
that touchte an vncleane thyng
The Ignorante that synnyd then
an offeryng must brynge
The .vi. Chapter.
Then he that stale or dyd dysceyue
his neyghbours wyllyngly
Or founde a thyng and it denyde
fyue folde restore shulde he
The doars euell then offer shulde
for there offence and synne
An offeryng then is tolde full ryght
for Aaron and hys kyne
The .vii. Chapter.
For trespase offeryng must be had
lykewyse for synne and peace
The bakte & broyld with fryed fleshe
is theirs that it dothe dresse
The fat or bloude may no man eate
it is denyed playne
of best or foule where so it dye
[Page]by chaunce or elles be slayne.
The .viii. Chapter.
The order how that Aaron shuld
anoynted priest then be
And all his garmentes fyt for hym
then mete for hys degre,
And also for hys sonnes thereto
to mynister also,
Whyth all their albes and tunicles
wherein that they shulde go
The ix chap
Then Aaron offerd to the lorde
for hym and all the reste
And then the people out of hande
by Aaron were all bleste,
Thys lyked so well the lorde aboue
Hys glory dyd apeare
Consume he hyd the sacrifice
afore them all wyth fyre,
The x, Chapt
And straunge fyre in sensors tho
was offered vp a newe
And they were slayne for their offence
Nadab and Abihu,
[Page]The priests were thē forbyddē wyne
to drynke they were denyde
But they myght eate the sacrifice
if ought were lefte besyde.
The xi, Chapter
The beastes y
t do not chow their cud
nor weare their hoffes in twaine
For man to eate for sustenaunce
they myght not then be slaine
Fyshe lackyng scale or fynne to swym
myght not be eaten tho
Nor diuerse fouls nor creping beasts
whych on the earth doth go
The xii chap
A law to Moses god dyd gyue
for women that bare chylde
Such paynes to them & to the lyke
myght teach them to be mylde
Eyght dayes in house remayne they shulde
and then be purifide
And offer giftes for sacrifice
such as she myght abyde
The xiii chapter
The priests for lepers they must loke
[Page]and iudge them by their skynne,
A whyte spot that is waxed blacke
a lepre dothe beginne,
All other notes if man wyl know
a lepre howe to deme,
Let hym then reade the Chapter all
which is of. L, thirtene.
The .xiiii. Chapter
Now at the time when he must be
amonge the folke agayne,
He muste be clensd then of the priests
by order wrytten playne,
And all the house that he was in
it must be clensde also
With searching had when it beginnes
er further that it go,
The .xv. Chapter
the maner how that men shulde be
clensyd and purged cleane,
If they wer staynd by course vnkynd
vnpurenes it doth meane
For women also it doth shewe
that haue their byrthryght kynde
A sacrifice to purge them wyth
[Page]for them was then assygnd.
The xvi. Chapter.
What thyngs that Aarō must fulfyl
wythin the holy place
And how to clense the sanctuary
the maner and the case.
The feaste of clensyng then is tolde
howe that it shuld be vsde
And all was done as god them bade
and nought at al refusde.
The .xvii. Chapter
Without the dores the sacrifices
they must nedes all be slayne
So was the lord wythout tho gates
whych dyed for our payne,
And god dyd thē cōmaund they shuld
not offer vnto deuelles
Nor eate the bloud nor carren meat
but keepe them from such euels,
The, xviii. Chapter,
The ten and eyght of. L, doth tell
what kynreds are forbode
To mary or spouse in wedlocke rate
whych are denyd of god,
[Page]But chargd thei are to kepe and sarue
the lorde hys hests and wyll
and quight to flye frō Gentyls trades
whych altogether ar ill
The, xix, Chapter
Expoundyd is the ten precepts
in ten and nyne of L,
Let euery man that loues the word
gyue eare what they do tell
To steale or lye or false to deale
or Iugde in matters wronge
Nor man to weare a womans cote
where it be short or longe
The .xx. Chapter
That none may sacryfice their seede
to forren gods or strange
Such parrell is direct thereto
that death there lyffe must change
And those that work by sorsery
thou may not to them trust
And certayn kinreds are forbod
in whych not cope thou must
The .xxi. Chapter
When one dyd dye and hense departe
[Page]the priest myght not be bye,
Nor yet be shauen on head nor thyn
for God dyd it denye
Also theyr wyues thei must be mayds
theyr doughters liuyng chaste,
Mishapen men may be no priests
of holy thinges to taste
The .xxii. Chapter
Such persons then y
e whych myghte not
eate of the sacrifice,
Almyghtye god tho in hys lawe
showes then who he denies,
The maner howe that they shuld do
when they to offer wente
All thys was done to kepe thē backe
from doyng their intente,
Th xxiii. Chap
Cōmaund did god the Sabboth day
and easter to be vsde
The first frutes feaste and witsontide
it myght not be refusde
The feast of cleansyng also must
be kept in order ryght
Wyth other feasts y
t there are myngd
[Page]as Moyses dyd them wryght
The, xxiiii, Chapter
Decred was then y
e lamps shuld be
and oyle in them lyght
With shew bred set vpon a bord
eche both in their syght
The chyld that curst & did blaspheme
was stoned vnto deathe,
He that kylles a man muste dye
as God almyghtie sayth,
The xxv Chap
Eche seuē yere tho, the Sabboth yere
must solemnlye be kepte,
No vine was cut for that hole yere
nor corne esowne nor repte
The fyfty yere were bond men free
and landes restord agayne.
Al vsury it is forbode
by wordes that are ful playne
The xxvi Chapter
Forbyd dyd god all Images
by wordes most playnlye tolde.
To them to knele he doth denye
A man to be so bolde,
[Page]God wyll defend hys people all
that wyll hys word obeye
But they whych not regard hys wyll
their counsells shall decaye
The xxvii Chapter
God told how vowes shuld prisid be
woman were it or man
And for y
e tythes that shuld be payde
whych wer apoynted than
These commandements afore
were gyuen in mount Sinai
With chargis great them to obserue
from god the almyghtye
Leuiticus is past and gone twentye and seauen in all And Numery ye shall haue next the forth boke we it call
The fyrst Chapter
APte to battayll those that were
from twentye yeares and more
Are poyntyd out of al the trybes
saue Leuie kept in store
[Page]Whych trybe y
e lorde did take & chuse
to mynister his wyll
Suche holy thyngs as he had lawed
they must them all fullfyl
The ii chapter
Buyld the tents how that they shulde
was tolde vnto them tho
The tabarnacle rownd aboute
eche trybe hys tent to know
The heades and rullers of the hostes
are namyd in ther kynde
The Leuites seruid in the mydes
as god had them assygnde
The iii Chapter
Chuse out to battayl myght thei not
the Leuyts in their trybe
For y
e fyrst borne the Lord them toke
and so set them on syde
To mynister hys holy thyngs
wythin the holye place
And next therto to build their shrods
they must in any case
The .iiii, Chapt
Decre dyd God what thei shulde do
[Page]their offyces he tolde
And further then he poyntyd them
they not to be so bold
Eche one after hys stocke and kynd
full decently was set
And euery one to kepe hys course
wythouten stay or let
The v. Chapter
Eche one with issue, & lazar man
myght not among them dwell
For wrongs thē done fiuefold restord
the law dyd them compell.
From company that was suspecte
to kepe mens wyues in awe
There was set out of gelousye
a good decreed law
The, vi. Chapter,
For suche as then did vowe the vow
of perfect abstynence
The lord almight their fare did point
to kepe them from offence
And also showde to Moses than
the maner how Aaron
Shuld blesse y
e flocke, saying y
e lorde
[Page]blesse and kepe you eche one
The .vii, Chapter
Gyfts wer giuen then of the Lords
and heads of Israel
Among them al then one was hyght
by name Nathaniell
Great were y
e gifts that they did giue
they sparyd for no cost
In settyng forth Gods seruice ryght
thei myght wyth al men bost
The, viii, Chapter
How y
t the lord wold haue y
e lambes
to Moyses he dyd show
The candelstyks in order fitte
where they wer hye or lowe
For clensyng offeryng must be had
the Leuytes it must vse
Whych whan they cam to fyfty yeres
offeryng they myght not vse
The ix Chapt
Iustly how to kepe their paske
to Moyses it was tolde
And how the fylde or forren man
to offer myght be bolde
[Page]He that denyed to offer tho
he muste be made to dye
Both nyght and day a guide they had
a cloud and light from on hie
The .x. Chapter
Knoweledge had the people tho
by trumpettes that were blowne,
Were it in warres or tyme of peace
the sounde to them was knowne
From Sinai they dyd departe
their captaines numbred all,
And Iethro wold not flyt wyth thē
betyde what myght befall,
The xi Chapter
Lyke fooles the people did complain
and plaged they were wyth fyre
Wyth Manna cloyd, to Egipt backe
for fleshe was their desire
Moses then dyd greue the Lorde
whose burden he dyd ease,
On quailes thei fed, and kyld thei wer
for god they dyd displease,
The xii, Chap
Miriam then dyd grudge & swell
[Page]at Moses, god hys iudge
And Aaron dyd consent therto
and so they both dyd grudge
With leprosie was Miriam stroke
to teach her to rebell
At Moses prayer she was restorde
and lyude, and dyd ful well
The .xiii Chapter
Notes to take of Canaan
twelue men were thyther sente
To se the fatnes of the lande
therefore afore they went,
Whych came & told how rych it was
wyth grapes a cluster great
Thei told of cities greate and stronge
whych made them chafe and freat,
The xiiii,
Opinion had the people then
that land not to obteyne,
And grudge they dyd agaynst y
e lorde
whych wold thē strayght haue slayne
Not one of all the Israelites
the hest lande dyd possesse
Saue Iosue and Caleb both
[Page]whych two, the lorde dyd blesse,
The xv. Chapter
Prescribe dyd god a sacrifice
for synnes of ignoraunce
But dye they shulde that wylfullye
dyd synne by arrogance,
Stoond he was that gathered sticks
vpon the Sabboth daye
Their garmentes garded roūd about
goddes hestes for to obeye
The .xvi. Chapt
Quarels picked certeine tho
and Corah was the one,
Also Dathan and Abiron
the fourth made vp of On,
These rebelde against their heads
and moued god to Ire,
He causde the earth to take them in
and burnt the rest wyth fyre.
The .xvii. Chapter
Receiue a token of their euell.
immediately they dyd
Twelue rods wer brought frō al the heads
as god hym selfe did byd
[Page]Among them all then Aarons rod
dyd floryshe forth wyth buddes
To teach them way the prechers thē
for lesyng of their bloudes.
The .xviii. Chapter
Such thinges as Leuites thē dyd vse
dyd god almyghty poynt,
Thei wer his priests to serue his wil
whom Aaron dyd anointe
To whō the tythes & fruits wer paid
to maintayne their degree
And Aaron had an heritage
as ye may reade and see.
Eyghtene chapters now are past
of Numeri by name,
And eightene more ye shall haue nexte
I trust in as good frame.
The .xix. Chap
A Red Cow then was bod to kyll
by Eliazer the priest
To sparge her bloud, and burne her quite
as he ful well it wyst,
[Page]A law to kepe the people cleane
from fylthynes or spot
No man to touch the holy place
but he that was hys lot
The xx, chapt
Begyn dyd Israell for to gruge
they lackyd drynk to drynke
Out of a rok there gushste a streame
that fylld them to the brynke
The Edomyts wolde not let pas
the people thorow hys land
Then Aaron dyed and in hys rome
Elyazar dyd stand
The xxi Chapt
Captayne Arad came to fyght
and lost hys Citye and lyfe
Immedyatly whan they wer come
euen from the waters of stryffe
Then stong thei wer by serpēts great
and heald by one on hye
They kylld two kings, Sehon & Og
as Israell passyd bye
The .xxii Chapt
Deuyse dyd
[...]alak for to curse
[Page]the Israelites to hell
And sent for Balam in his fume
his cursyng for to tell,
He once denyde, and yet he went
his mynde was set on gayne
He smote his Asse, and she denyde
hys labour was in vayne.
The xxiii, Chap
Euen as Balac had decrede
so went he vp on hye,
And Balam talckte with god awhyle
and spake thus by and by,
How shal I cursse or elles defye
whom god doth nothyng so
And thē he blest, and blest agayne
or euer he dyd goo,
The xxiiii, Chap
Forth went Balam in parables
declaring Israels happe
And Balac angry wyth the thyng
hys handes in one dyd clap
When he had sayd, then Balam tolde
of Christes kyngdome playne
A starre and Scepter vp shall ryse
[Page]in Iacob for to raygne
The xxv, chapt
Gods people then did slyp a wrye
and whordom dyd commyt
The Moabyts in their seruice
had tyest them vnto it
Thē god cōmaūdid Moses strayght
to hange the rulars all
As two were doyng of the dede
Phinches on them dyd fall
The xxvi Chapt
How many wer the Israelyts
that Canaan shulde possesse
The hole xii. trybes are nombryd al
whom God dyd chuse and blesse
He wylld the land for to be delt
by parts in forme equall
The mo, the more, the fewer the lesse
so that ne one to haue all
The .xxvii. Chapt
In prease thē cam ther certein maids
inherytance for to craue
Euen so they had, as next of bloud
successyuely must haue,
[Page]The lande behest to Moses shewd
and told he is to dye,
His prayer is heard, & Iosue set
hys rome for to supplye.
The .xxviii. Chapt
Knowledge geuen for euery daye
what offeryng they must vse
A lambe at morn, and eke at euen
vnspotted they must chuse,
The paske how that it shuld be kepte
the daye is pointed out
with all the order of the feaste
to put them out of dout
The xxix Chap
Lyke sacrifice as god dyd poynte
thys chapter doth expresse
And tels how al their meats & drinks
in order they must dresse
Eight dais at once thei must not cease
to offer sacrifice,
And worke no kynde of worke in thē
as god dyd thē dyuise.
The xxx. Chap.
Men that vowed, or sware an othe
[Page]wyth promise to the Lord
Must stand to it and not go bak
the scrypture doth accord
But mayd or wyffe that did the same
wythout their heads consent
They must go bak if he denyed
for all their good intent
The xxxi, Chap
Next to that went Israell forth
the Madianits to kyll
And slue y
e males & bornt ther towns
and led the rest at wyll
Equally the spoylle was delt
the captaynes were so good
Saue certain things wer giuē to god
for sauynge of there bloud
The xxxii▪ Chap
Ouer Iordane towards the east
possessyon out was set
for two hole trybs and halfe a one
so that they wolde not let
To go before their brethern all
in harneis freshe and bryght
Agaynst the lande of Canaan
[Page]to put them all to flyght
The .xxxiii. Chap
Perfrome did Moses gods precept
their Iorneys he dyd wryte,
From place to place in wyldernes
and telles where they dyd lyghte
Then god did hid that they shuld kyl
the Cananytes out ryght
And dyng ther chappells al a downe
and burst there Idolls quyght
The xxxiiii Chap
Quyetly how they shuld possesse
the land is tolde them playne
The east the west the north the southe
where they shuld rulle and raygne
Who shuld point out the land bi lotts
the Lorde dyd Moses tell
The heds shuld set out ekemās part
where he shulde byde and dwell
The .xxxv. Chap.
Resyte dyd God the Leuytes lots
the suburbes and there townes
For refuge certayne cytes set
to kepe them in there bownds
[Page]He that wyth wyll a man dyd kyll
he must of ryght be slayne
One wytnes may in no wyse stand
vnlesse that they be twayne
The .xlvi. Chapter
Supplycasyon then was made
for mayds that wer vnwed
Within their tribe thē must they take
their housband and their head
Euery trybe within hys trybe
must wed and take hys wyffe
Not one to myngell in others parte
for feare of bate and stryffe
So Numery hath thus hys end the forth boke it is set The fyfte in order ye shall haue if God gyue vs no let
The i. Chap
A Rehersall fyrst is made
of thyngs that wer begone
From Oreb hyl, to Cades barne
the acts that God had done
[Page]The charge y
t Moyses Iudgys gaue
let rulars heare the same
If they intend the Lorde to please
and voyde rebuke and shame
The ii, Chap
Begone as Moyses had tofore
so forth he doth prosede
From Cades barne vntyll they came
withoutten feare or drede
And fought agaynst Sebon the kyng
which Hesbon dyd posesse
He was destroyd and all hys lande
was taken more and lesse
The .iii. Chap
Cast downe wer all the Amonits
by Israells myghty hande
Lykewyse Og the kyng of Basan
afore them myght not stand
Iosue chosen captayne was
to stand in Moyses stede
And Moyses bade hym to be bolde
and do as god shuld byd
The iiii, Chap
Decreed lawes by God almyght
[Page]Whych if they wold attende them to
then shuld they do full well
From thense to take ne adde thereto
nor Imagys to reare
Three cyties poyntyd for refuge
all thys doth there apeare
The v, Chap
Euery law that God dyd make
for people to obeye
Is closde within the ten precepts
whych there all reade ye maye
For Imagys yet once agayne
renued is the charge
And if they hede the Lord hys hests
the land is theirs at large
The vi Chapt
Follow they must the Lord his wil
euen ernestly wyth myghte
Upon their dores and posts also
they must them plainly wryght
Not onlye so but also teache
their chylderne they ar bode
The Lords preceptes both al & some
[Page]that they may know their god
The vii, Chap
God dyd charge no leage to make
wyth Gentylls in no wyse
They must destroy there Idols quite
and all there gods despyse
He also sayth that he wyll blesse
the kepars of hys wyll
And curse the rest and charge he gaue
Idolaters to kyll
The viii Chap
How meruelously that god had delt
with Israell fortye yeare
In wyldernes with benifytes
as playnlye doth apeare
They are commandyd not to say
their myght dyd them defend
But that the lord dyd bryng thē forth
and gaue their foes theire ende
The .ix. Chapter
In any case they are forbode
to trust in their owne strength
For who so doth, hym wyll betyde
a faule to haue at lenghte
[Page]Moyses then rehersall made
full breflye in a sume
From time they had receiued the law
tyll they to lust begone
The .x. Chap
Know ye may of Israells walke
whyles they in Iorney went
And how the tables wer renued
when they wer broke and rent
Nothing the Lorde did then requyer
for doyng them suche good
But that they shuld hede his precepts
and set thereon their mode
The xi Chap
Loue they must the Lord hys law
stylle Moses gaue them charge
With hert & mynd thei must him serue
that had set them at large
To talke there of when that they rise
or at their syttyng downe
Or ells in iorney as they walke
in felde or eles in towne
The .xii. Chapter
Moses once more gaue them charge
[Page]agaynst Idolatry
It to suppresse and put it downe
and from the same to flye
And bloude to eate, they are forbode
in any maner wyse
And onlye do as god them bade
and not what lykde their eys
The, xiii, Chapter
No prophet false, must bide and lyue
but must be made to dye
Wycked folke must not be harde
though in thy brest the lye
God for to trye the Israelytes
how strong they wer in fayth
Wold suffer thynges to proue thē w
t
as Moses playnly sayth
The .xiiii. Chap
Omyte they must the Gentles trades
and flye their doyngs quyghte
And onlye serue almyghtye God
wyth all their mayne and myght
Such beasts as they myght not then eate
are manyfestlye tolde
And which wer cleane is there exprest
[Page]that eate they myght be bolde
The, xv, Chapter
To pardon dettes, then are they bode
at euery seuenth yeare ende
When god his wil is serud and kepte
no scarsenes he wyll send
Those that wyll lende to such as nede
the maner is tolde them how
Deformytie in sacrifice
the Lord doth not alow
The .xvi. Chapter
Quyetlye to kepe their feasts
the tymes are tolde them playne
When that they shuld be vsde & kepte
is wryten once agayne
O that Iudges wolde marke & read
and do as God there bad
To take no gyftes in any case
but Iustice to be had
The ·xvii. Chapt.
Rewardyd must Idolaters
with death by law to dye
And doutfull thynges must be refard
to those that be on hye
Presumptuous men that do rebell
must dye the law doth mynge
The man, and state that he must kepe
that they wolde take to kyng
Halffe thys boke is told afore
seauenten chapters iust
Seauenten more ye shall haue next
in God put we our trust
The .xviii. Chap
AL the Leuites that were priests
myght not possessions haue
All sorcery thei must auoyd
their liues to kepe and saue
Moses tolde of Christ to come
and bade them hym to heare
The Prophet false thei must not wey
nor all hys doyngs feare
The .xix. Chapt
Because that murder myght be done
agaynst the doers mynde
For refuge, cites wer set out
and there vnto asygnde
[Page]The false witnes must haue the stone
retorne to hys owne brow
An eye for eye, and tothe for toth
the law dyd then alow
The xx. Chap
Such as might not thē go to warres
thys chapter doth exspres
The law of armes to them is tolde
to vse in warre or peace
The Cananites the Pherezits
the Iebusites also
With the Heuites they must destroye
not lettynge one to go
The xxi, Chap
Decre dyd god a goodly law
for him that was fownd deade
And how the Iue shuld hym behaue
a Gentle for to wed
The fyrst borne sonne he must posses
the herytage and land
The child that parents doth not fear
must dye euen out of hande
The xxii. Chapter
Ech mā must helpe his neibours asse
[Page]although he be vnknowne,
The man denyd the womans tyre
and she to go in her owne,
Linsey wolsey might not be worne
the adulterer muste dye,
And order taken for that man
that wyth a mayde dyd lye,
The xxiii. Chap
Forbydden was the gelded man
in Christes church to dwell.
The harlots byrd doth god cōmaūde
that they shuld quyte expell,
Ther might no whore amōg thē bide
the lorde dyd so decree,
The lone of thyngs is there denide
to lende on vsurye.
The .xxiiii. Chapter
Geue leaue dyd Moses to deuorce
for causes that were lyght
The newlye spousde they might not force
in bataile for to fyght,
For money lente and seruaunts hyre
a goodly lesson tolde,
Some leysyng lyft in fielde and towne
[Page]for poore folke, yong or olde.
The .xxv, chapter
How many stripes the trespacer
shuld haue for wycked lyfe,
A man that dyed without a sonne
his brother shuld wed his wyfe
That waights & measures shulde be iust
reade ye the chapters end,
Who so doth vse the contrarie
shall come to wycked ende.
The xxvi Chapter
Iustly must they paye their fruites
that fyrst to them dyd fall
The tithes they were commaūded to
they shulde then pay them all,
Unto the priestes the fatherlesse,
the straunger and the wydow,
Such goodes wer then the poores of right
how so they vse them now,
The xxvii Chapter
Knowledge had, the people then
an aultar vp to reare,
Afore that Iordane they dyd passe
or came the land so neare,
[Page]The curses then that Leui was
commaunded for to speake,
Against all those that dyd delyte
goddes wyll to burst or breake
The xxviii. Chap
Louyngly the lorde dyd blesse
the kepers of hys wyll
to stablyshe thē in their good mindes
to kepe them in it styll,
And curse he doth the contrarye
wyth cursyng meruelous greate
Those that him loue he doth thē blesse
his haters he doth threat
The xxix Chapt
Moses then went out and spake
vnto the people all,
And sayde to such as feareth god
the lorde defende them shall,
But they that not regard hys wyll
such plages on them shall come
as lyke hath not ben seene on earth
from rysyng of the sunne,
The xxx, chapt
Not farre from them that do it seke
[Page]is goddes almyghty worde
Those that it loue, and it obey
are saued from the sworde,
Within our mouthes, & in our hertes
the worde is alwayes preste,
Those that it keepe are sure at length
for it they shall be bleste,
The .xxxi. Chapt
Olde was Moses and dyd chose
then Iosue in his steed,
To whom he sayd, see y
u be stronge
and haue no feare or dreade,
Thys boke he wrote and dyd it geue
into the Leuites hande,
And chargd y
t thei y
e same shuld reade
when they came to the lande,
The .xxxii. Chap
Pleasauntly then dyd Moses synge
a goodly song of prayse,
Unto the lorde for all the actes
that he had wrought alwayes,
And vp he went vnto a hyll
to loke on Canaan,
God bade him there to runne the race
[Page]that all hys fathers ranne.
The xxxiii Chap
Quietely Moses dyd prepare
to slepe his fathers slepe,
But thys he sayde afore he wente
that god his Sainctes doth kepe
Also he blessid all the tribes,
afore his dyinge daye,
And told how thei shuld rule & raigne
if they dyd god obeye.
The .xxxiiii. Chapter
Rest from hys worke did Moses then
and so gaue vp the goste,
At hys departure they dyd wepe
euen thorowout all the hoste,
And Iosue dyd hys rome possesse
as Moses had it wylld,
And ruled all the Israelites
in citie and in fielde.
Of Moses bokes here is the laste
as he dyd them all write,
Unto the lorde gyue ye the prayse
whych is the god of myghte
FINIS.