MEMORABLE HISTORICK Descriptiones draven From the Sacred Bookes insert in the subsequent page By ALEXANDER GARDEN NIL PENNA SED USUS Prented AT MIDDELBVRGH By GERRIT MOVLERT Anno 1637. Genesis Exodus Leviticus Deuteronomie Ioshua Iudges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kinges 2 Kinges Esther Iob. Tobit Ezekiel Daniel Ionah 2 Maccabees TO The deservedly worshipfull and wisely wirtous SIR THOMAS BVRNETT of Leyes kinght Baronett Right Worshipfull SIR be yow pleads'd J pray To Read that with respective love I lay Your worships learn'd and linx-like eyes before A five month's work and noght a moment more Some Select'd dravghts suckd from the sacred Story Noght vpon hope of Honor Gain or Glory Nor on Conceat of skill or knoledge hye This Interprise at all attempted J No but that better with that blessed Booke I might acquented come this tast J Tooke Knowing the subject vits diviner merits Nor are poluted and Imperfect Sperits And of all mortall most vn-meet is mine For it so worthie weaighty and divine Yet my attempt once may prove profitable T' incourage one t' acqueat himselfs more able Yen Sir woutchafe to look vpon my Lines Suppose for such a proesence poor propine Your wor-in all affectonat duetye divoted AL. GARDEN To the READER THink nought these Verses vented are by me Which efter in these Sheets insert yow see For ony profite or aplause of fame Or Reputation that may rise be Thame No motion such by my immortall mynd Induc'd and me these to compond inclynd But in my curt prepond Epistle Thair My motiwes all and causes I declare Hope then for no high stile nor stately strame Or figur'd Phrases from a loftie Braine Nor for Hyperbolees that great Jngines Vse for to fraught with and to larde their Lines No nought a Sillab such shall Thow see heir But simply all is said and said Sincear 〈…〉 HEav'n Earth and seae round eirc'lare sphericall Of ane rude mixed Mass God made them all He stampt with starrs the heavne and with these lights The Sun and Moone devyded dayes from nights Beastes fishes foules he creat of all kinde And fitly each it 's Element assign'de The liquid waters from the earthly mass He â—â—parats and them a-part did place The thin hote moist and subtile Aer above The cold drie earth about h' assign'd to move And tuixt the earth and fire that all jmbraces The aer and water providentlie places And seeing all that he had done was Good He made man syne to his similitude Genesis Chap. 2. WHan God of Heav'ne and Earth had form'd the frame And made ane end of all the hoste of Thame Into the body that he builded hath H' jnfuis'd a soule and breath'd a living breath And when he thus perfectly fram'd the same From Rud reed earth he did him Adam name Man so created perfect pure and chaste God in his Garden Paradise him plac't And there with freedonie full before his fall To eat of ev'rie frute and to vse all Excepting that of knoledge he bestrait Command and charge prohibit was to eat And when he should that Tree of knowledge cun He then should dye that day and be vndone Genes 2. THe Lord God Adam sound a sleep he layd And Eva of one of his ribs hes made Then with divine inimitabill art Clos'd cleanly vp with flesh the emptie part And when he did awake the woman Than His flesh and bone God offred to the man Whom Adam when he finds so fitly fram'd Made out of Man he hes her woman nam'd And as his Wife he hes her jntertaind For God there first the Mar'age rites ordaind A straght conjunction and a sacred band In Paradise kint be the Lords command Injoyning Them therefore to joyne there handes And maried To multiplie commands Genesis 3. THe Serpent Eve induced with Deceat And Adam she inveits and he did eat O Lamentable for ev'r and fearfull fact That did there State so marr and murnfull mak The frute forbidd'n of knovledge Good and Euill And heirby both deluded by the Devill From puritie and there perfection fall And so suck'd in the Sinn Originall Ambitions both too greedily began To lay the Ground greef of the Greefes of Man There misbeleef and blindness yet both blind Into there fault and fall enforc'd they find And liable therefore to Death they be Themselfes and since all there posteritie Genesis 3. THe frute once eaten opned ar their eyes And they there ovvne poore nakedness espyes Wherefore they both vnto a figge Tree came And pulld some Leaves and sevved of the same For to be Brecches to them both to hold There Shame vnsene and clothe them from the cold Before they taste of that sequestrat Tree They knew noght that they bare and naked be No figg-tree leav's nor figge tree Trunks could beild-them Nor from th' All-seeing-eye could sheeld-them Nor could those figge tree leaves tho cloith there skins Preserve vnsene there Trespass nor there Sinns No no there Conscience for there Crime did call And God without within he Saw them all Genesis 3. THe voyce of God they in the Garden heard And faultie hid them for there falt a feard But heavne nor earth nor them the darksome deep From there Creator knowing all could keep Excuses put a part They must apeare And ansver to the poynts that he sould speare That dreadfull voyce that Thunder did resemble Made heav'ne and earth and Man muche more to tremble He calld they come h' accus'd and they confess'd And guiltie both Grant that they haue Trangsgressd The Woman He the Serpent She They say This foul defection drew on ws this day And Ws Invegled with it s wicked wit To â—at that balefull and forbidd'ne Bit. Genesis 3. A Curse to them a Time God hes denune'd And punishments to it for ev'r pronune'd And said because this deed slie Serpent Thow Thow did ay on thy Belly shall thovv bow And lick the Dust without saueguard or sheeld A boue all Beasts accursed of the fielde Also betnix the vomans seed and Thee Shall ev'r be discord and Ennimitie And be assur'd that for this Sin thy Seed May bruise Hers heele but hers shall brak thy head Then of Goat-skins to them he Garments gave And from his Paradise divine them drave Then set a Cherub with a flamming sword To watch it as is wretin in his word Genesis 3. VVIth Toil and Travell Adam griefe and Sweat His living earneth and his Bread did eat And vvas constraind to do to dig to delfe His Mothers Bosome to suport him self Because God for his Crime the earth accurss'd And made it bring forth Breers of vveeds the vvorst And since to sin he did obey his vvife With Great vexation shall he lead his life And Eva so vvith vnacquainted fitts In bringing out her Bairnes vvith sorrovv sits And surely subject shall be her desire And plainly prostrat to her Lords Impire Estrangd and far from that contentement great That they injoyed in There first
estate Genesis 4. THe Sones of Adam now be Time began To sacrifice as vvas the Custome than The Sheep-herd Abel his first Lambs he taks And of the fat of Them oblation makes And Cain of the frutage of the Ground He sacrifiede the first that He hes found The elder Cains did the Lord reiect And younger Abels fauour and respect Cain heirfoir in furie and Disdain His blessed Brother Abel here doth brain And out of vvoodness vvraethfull and Invy Committs this Murther Irreligiously The Lord then marks him to be knovvne herefore To be his Brothers Butcher ever more Genes 6. 7. HOw soone God sies the Sinns of men grow great All man kinde he to overthrow did Threat And did a hunder yeer before foreshow To N'oa by water all the worlds orethrow And he be preaching for mans Sinne declaird All earthly perish should and none be spaird The Lord commands him then to build the Arke And when perfected was and wroght that warke Himself his wife his Childring and there Wives All such as God decreed to save there Lives Of living Things at least takes to him Thair For ester plenishing the earth a pair Clean and vnclean they enter in and than To flow the vniversall flood began Genes 7. THe vindow's of the Heavens ar opned large And all the waters in the clouds discharge The Caverns of the earth cast vp there bryne That long into there Ludgings low hes lyn The floods and fontans from there heads and springs There watrie store into abundance brings Aboue and vnder all at once jshe ' out Each pore a spring each spring a speat did spout And with a wrackfull all orespreading speat Oretop'd the tallest Trees and montans great Five months and more the earth these floods oreflow That Land nor Sea nor mont nor medow show Than they decressd and rejncaled there store Vnto the bounds whair they had bein before Genesis 8. THe waters all consuming course decayd The Arke on the Armenians montanes stayd And no more on that world of Seas did flot But as God wold a Ground the Arke it got The twstes of Trees the Cronns of montans Grene And late dronnd Woods and Valeys dry ar sene The winds all blew and Arid earth did make And then the Dove and olive brauche broght bake But sent to try the drouth at once before She flew abroad and bake returnd no more And N'oa and his alive are lest alone When all the rest on earth were drownd eache one Then ore the vnivers they Rule and Ragne And as the mono-monarches sole Remain 〈…〉 NOvv N'oa himself and all vvith him vvithin The arcke j she out and to descend begin â—hair all saif Cham that ever did debord â—esolue to rander Thanks vnto the Lord. â—nd vnto him ane altear do vp raise â—o sacrifice thereon and offer praise â—nd vvith their humbled harts his povv're proclame â—hat by all others had preserved Thame â—he Lord thence smell'd ane sweet sav'ring smell â—nd said into his hart vnto him self â—o more for mans saik vvill I curse the ground â—or smit againe all living in this mund but vvhil the earth Remains there shall be ay Succeeding Seasons seed Time night and day Genes 9. GOd spake to Noa bless'd him and contramands The shedding humane blood with humane hands Then Reconfirmed wedlock with his word And there declard the povver of the sword With what authoritie to man is geven â—re Things created that be vnder heavne â—o him and his great blessings did he grant â—and vp with Them and knit his covenant â—nd gives for ev'r a signe to make it Good 〈◊〉 rising Raine-bovv in a watrie cloud â—nd when he sies that circling arch he shall His former covenant to minde Recall In witness that the waters shall no more Drown all the World as they had done before Genes 9. Ester the drovning deludge No'a began To plant his vines and play the house band man â—nd drank thereof and drunk thereon became â—nd then vncover'd he is seen be Cham. That mock'd and Jested at his aged father No no but cursed he contemnd him rather â—nd went and told it Japhet and Iust Sem. but he again re-clothed is by Them That step be step both backward to him go Lest that vnseemly They should see him so Heirfore he blessed both the one and other and Iustly cursed Cham there wicked brother The seed of these Three sones the earth ore spred and all thar borne be since of them are bred 〈…〉 THe poeple here intends to bouild a Toure In there proud thoughts to counterchek Gods powre With there Assisters that that Time one Tongve Spake all and vvere from Cham accursed sprong But God from heav'ne there hautie hartes beheld An hovv vvith pride and high contempt they svveld Heirfore he vvill in there attempt and aime Vn-do and disapoynt them in the same For they that but one languadge spoake before He chang'd and caus'd them mutter mony more And so confounded all that noght one Brother Did vnderstand a vvord spoak be ane other God then he dois divide them and constraine To quyte that vvorke that they began in vaine Genesis 12. THe Lord calld Abram and Directions gave To queat his countrie and his kinred lave And to ane other land directly draw That in his Iourney thither he should shavv The Land that he had destinat to give To him and his for ever in to live Wherein he should be Great and Greatlie he Great as his name a Blessing great should be There should he bless that blessed him all Those And curse them all that curssd him as his foes His Wife his flocks and familie they go And Lot vvith him his Brother sone also Then come thereto ane Altar he hes Reard Wnto the Lord that vnto him apeard Genesis 13. ABraham past and vp from Egypt vvent And greatumly God did his Goods augment For in all Riches him encreass he vvold In cattell coyne in Silver and in Gold And lykvvise Lot he hes Incressd his store And daylie did augment it more and more But Abrams heard-men and Lots Sheep-heards Iarre And for a pasture move among them vvarr But vvhen there actions Abram vnderstands He meekly moves Lot to divide there bands And to the Right or to the left hand Go Lot then prepares and since desird-did so For such encress and store of Goods they had That hardly could they be together fed Genesis 13. THen Lot lift vp his eyes and vnderstood That all the plains and groudd about vvas Good â—nd dreading stay should dravv on more disdain â—herefore to th' east he Tendeth vvith his Traine 〈◊〉 Land vvell grass'd and vvatred vvell vvas it 〈◊〉 Land for heard-men and their flocks most fit â—eirfore therein he myndeth to Remaine â—nd pitch'd his palions into Sodoms plain â—or all the vvale is lovv neer Iourdans Shoir â—s vvatred vvell of pasture had lyke store â—nd plentifully stood and stuffd did stand â—s once vvas Eden
him did a sentence sharp proclame 〈◊〉 he heavie to his house went hame 1 Kings 21 chap. AHab his avarice and Greed agrest And covetous desire that could noght rest Altho he could all Isrel then Command Without that Parcel of poore Naboths Land Heir is imprinted in a brook of Brass To b'evr a witness of his great disgrace But bloody Iezebel the fell and fex The cross the Curse and shame of all hir sex Both with deceat and crueltie at once The innocent Naboth bett and braind with stons But God repeyd their Tirany extreame With totall ruine death disgrace and shaâ—â— Yet Ahab by Eliah taxd he rents His Garments and his trespas he repents 1 Kings 22 Chap. IEhosophat and Ahab both as Brether To fight the Aramits agree together And faethless both into there foolishnes Consult there Prophets fals on there succes Who ansver frendly altho fals they find And the success to sort vnto there mynd Michayah yet that truely served God They ask'd that from th' impostors free abod Who well inspird and by the sprit made wyse Told the true ishue of their interprise Heirfore Zidkiiah a false Prophet than Madlyk commovde did smit the godly man The battell joynd Ahab defate they slew And things fortold of him foll forth all trew 1 Kings 22 Chap. AHaz'a nixt his Father killd and dead A Successor and his here raigne in his stead A godless wicked and a vrongous King Incongr'ous in his cariage course and reigne In all his doings he did evr debord And fell both from the Law and from the Lord His Fathers here into his worship vane As Ieroboam all wyse as Prophane No but Iehosophat evin from his youth As walk'd his Father still stood to the truth And never did from what was right decline But did obey the word and will divine Yet th' Idol-Altars in high places plac'd Into his dayes they wer not all defac'd His other worthie deeds they aâ— set doune In Iuda Annals vnto his renoune 1 Chapter â—Hen Ahaziah King of Israel Doune throw a Lattesse of a window fell â—â—d vnto Baal-zebub send to try â—he that time in that dise ase should dye â—â—e God of Ekron and the God of flyes â—â—om to th' vnfaithfull vsd to Sacrifice â—â—refore th' almighty by Eliah wraeth â—â—etold the messinger their Maisters daeth â—â—herefore the Prince the Prophet t' apprehend â—â—o Captains each with fifty Souldiars send â—â—ut the God of Isrel in his Ire â—â—se fifties from the hevens confounds with fire â—â—nd as declard the King concluds his dayes â—â—horam then his Sone his Scepter swayes 1 Kings 2 Chap. â—â—iahs dwelling dayes on earth o're drev'n â—he Lord resolv'd to take him hence to heven 〈◊〉 with Elisha he to Iordan gois 〈◊〉 by seprating it his povvar shois â—â—prit prophetick doubled then he gives 〈◊〉 Elisha that his Lord out lives 〈◊〉 than a firie Car with flamming horses â—â—e soone and suddan Separation forces 〈◊〉 in the Car caught with a whirling wind 〈◊〉 was and left his Cloka behind 〈◊〉 a then so in his faith confides 〈◊〉 there with he the waves strikes and devides 〈◊〉 walls and springs by him tart and amare â—â—wre made sweet of harmefull healthfull are 〈◊〉 curssd the Boyes that mock'd him and therefore â—â—er torne in Pieces by the Tusked Bore 1 Kings 3 Chap. Hil I'horam Iudg'd the Isralits amang â—â—ehosaphat o're Them of Iuda Raigne â—horam wicked was and did not right â—as sinceare in his Creators Sight â—â—ght so fouly as his Father fell 〈◊〉 his monstrous mother Iezabel â—â—et h' adheard and cleaved to the Sinne â—â—croboam Nebats Sone fell in Kinges with angre then gainst Mesha swell'd 〈◊〉 his Moabits that than rebelld â—â—y Elisha are stirrd vp to fight â—â—d o're match the Moabits by might Then Meâ—â—a with his Sone 〈…〉 And sacrifizd him to asvage his Gods Which monstrous fact when Isrel vnderstands For pitie thereof They reteird there Bands 2 Kings 4 Chap. ELisha by the heavnly help incressd Oyle to a vidovv for hir debtes distressd In such aboundant quantitie and store That all defrayd and yet ynough to fore And for the Shunamite he did implore By pray'r a Sone that had noght ane before And this child wax'd sickly and expird But he reviv'de him by his Dame desird The pottage likwise he made sweet of soure When meal among that vild vine he did povvre And with but tuenty loavs of Barly kind He fed a hunder and left store behind The Lord alone by him these vounders wrought And but his help Elisha he did nought 2 Kings 5 Chap. NAaman Captane of th' Assyrian host A Leper hopeless of his health almost Than by ane Hebrevv wench in warr supprisd To journay to Elisha is advisd Eliahs deer and double sprited Man A Prophet in Samaria spirand than Who by his word divine a voundrous change To wash him did this loathsum Leper clenge This Prophet yet no recompence wold have Nor for the Leprous cure no coyne receave But lo his groome Gehazi full of greed Gain and tuo garments got and for his deed That which Naaman did infect before Shall cleaue to him and his for ever more 2 Kings 6 Chap. YEt voundrous wounderfull are wronght be him Elisha made in water Iren swimme And all the King of Arams Counsel seald Vnto the King of Isrel he reveald And herefore Aram of his men almost The choyse and best he chused of his host And secreitly vnto Samaria send The holy Prophet for to apprehend But millious more with firie Charets stand To guard Elisha by the Lords command The Prophet prayd t' vnshut his servands eyes Who th' heavnly host â—end for to guard theâ—â— sies 〈◊〉 Samaâ—a and they knew him nought â—â—â—o God preserv'd him Isâ—â—l and there Prince â—â—om Arams injurie and violence 2 Kings 7 Chap. WHill that th' Assyrian Samaria sâ—â—gd Such furious famyn there in raigne and rag'd â—â—at inhumane and loathsome to Relate 〈◊〉 woman with consent hir Sone did eat 〈◊〉 herefore King Ihoram swore Elishas life â—â—ould pay the price of that stup pendious strife 〈◊〉 he pronounc'd and b' inspiration said 〈◊〉 morrow shall this brough abound with Bread 〈◊〉 th' infidull that wold not trust his word â—â—â—d see the same but in the throng was smord â—â—â—cause a pallid faint and Trembling feare â—â—â—atchd the Aramits intrenched There 〈◊〉 And th' only sound of Armes without the Sight Confounded fearfully put all to â—light 2 Kings 8 Chap. 〈◊〉 Lisha doth the Shunamite fore arme 〈◊〉 from futur famyn of th' ensweing harme â—â—â—telling derth and Barreness seven yeeres â—â—â—emptorly that approatch appeares â—â—â—d noght in sho but certanly itt shall â—â—â—sly afflict Iuda and Isrel all 〈◊〉 slew siclyke Benhadad sould noght die 〈◊〉 convalesh of his Infirmitie 〈◊〉 by fore knoledge then his fate he fand 〈◊〉 at he should dye and by Hazalels hand â—â—â—ich come to pas and shortly in his place â—â—â—e th' Aramits he manadged the mace â—â—â—oram in Iuda
that flie The Camel and the Colt drop'd donne and dye This mightie Moram in th' almighties wraeth All Bestiall Bands in Egypt dryves to death But Pharos hart is hardned yet the faster And still stays th' Ebrews to go serve there master Exodus 9. FOr Pharos stubborne and hard hartednesse With scab and Boatch the Lord will Egypt presse And heirfore he the Prophets both commands In th' Aer to throw some ashes from there hands Which shortly efter into dust did turne And Man and Beast with Boatch and Blisters burne 6. Plague That neither of these kindes therefrom was free But therewith all and each ore plastred be Then flew from heav'ne fire thunder haile and Raine 7. Plague That mightely plagues all vpon the plaine And yet where Isra'l is in Goshen Land The earth and aer but stormes vnstressed stand Now Pharo sies his Sinne and Egypts grief And pray's the Prophets pray for there relliefe And promises to let the people Go Yet hardens his hart and efter dois not so Exodus 10. INdured Pharo wilfull yet vvith standes And God sent Grashoppers in Egypt Landes â— Plague Of these innumerable numbers Than The earth o'recoverd from the sight of man And all the herbs that hail and thunder left Lyke hungrie Harpies they raye vp and reft So that nothing in Egypt grovving green Nor blade nor leafe theye vnconsum'd vvas sein Pharo againe doth for to grant begin Agains the Lord his vvickedness and Sin Imploring Moses to the Lord to pray That he his vvraeth vvold from that land alay Moses then prayd and to the Lord inclind Who sent a strong stiff gall and vvestern vvind Which those Grashoppers to the Sea did post That none vvas sein on all th' Egyptian coast But God indur'd the hart of Phar'o So That yet he letts the Isralits to Go. Exodus 10. THe Lord to Moses his command hes geven For to streach out his hands vp tovvards heavn That darkness on the land vvithout all light For thrie dayes may vvrap Egypt in one night â— Plague Obedient Moses lifting vp his fist The Land is all oremantled vvith a mist And dreadfull darkness is o're Egypt spred And all vvith thick and pitchie clouds o'recled So palpablie and grosse the darkness shovvs That vvhat to doe or vvhair to go none knovvs All buried as in night and darkness lyes But light of day or sight of chearfull skyes Then Pharo seemd content that th'Ebrevvs thay Except there cattell should go all avvay In Goshen yet vvhair Isra'l livv'de vvas light Delightfull day and vndistemperd night To be a vvitness that the Lord vvas thair He keep'd vntroubled both the earth and aer But God the Lord ty is Pharos hart vp so That he the Hebrevvs hinders yet to go Exodus 12. WHen God had promisd Israel to inlarge He institute the Passovver and did charge With circumstances for to eat the Lamb As he apoynts and had ordaind the same Moses and Aaron he directs to tell Vnto his Congregation Israel How evvrie nouâ—â—â—old or the 〈…〉 To eat the â—asso're sould it self prepair With girded Loyns kint Shoes and staffe in hands And-when they kill their Lambs to stroak commands There liutels with the Blood that shall record The Passover of the Angel of the Lord Which Israls saifety did foreshovv aright And Egypts first borne slaughter the nixt night Exodus 12. AT midnight or the davvning of the Morne The Angel of the Lord killd the first Borne 10 Plague Of man and beast that then in Egypt Iwde Non then was spaird nor from that Plague repriv'd But those of that of the house of Isra'l be From all the Ten plagues they wer fenc'd and free No house there was in Egypt from the East But there in kill'd was ane vnto the vvest The mempheits moan there maest and mvrnfull crye Vpon the morne rose vp and reathch'd the skyes When they before them thair stark dead and cold There first borne man and beast streatch'd out beholâ— They vnto Pharo madlie roaring rin And tells vvhat God onthere first borne had done They pray him than that he vvill favour sho At last and lat the people of Isral Go. To adore and serve there God or certanly They for his Induration all should dye Exodus 12. PVnish'd vvith plagues and be the people pressd Pharo at last for there reliefe thought best To let the people pas then did the Brether call And thence commands them vvith there Ebrews all The Prophets then conveines them moir and less And altogether to depairt address Whill vvillingly th' Egyptians to them gave What of there welth and riches they wold have Jevvels gold and Garments then they borrovv Against there great Migration on the morrovv And then they plenishd vvith th' Egyptian spoyl Dislodge to leave and martch from memphit soil In numbred men six hundreth thovv sand Lives Besyds there strangers Childring and there vvives Exodus 13. TH' almightie God Jehoue the Hebrevv Bands To celebrat a publict feast commands In memorie and in rememberance Of that there vvounderfull deliverance 〈…〉 And that they should in efter tymes to come All the first borne that oppen shall the vvomb The mail of man and beast allenarlie To him their Lord as his still Sanctifie And on that day vvnto there Sones declair What he the Lord ten times did for them thair Vnto that Tyrannous hard harted King When he from Bondage did there Fathers bring Exodus 13. DEad Iosephs bones in Egypt long before Moses transports that Isra'l sometyme swore Wnto him when infirme himself he fand To burie Them into the promis'd Land God led them nought the vvayes that neerest ar Lest the Philistims in there martch make warr But th' Ebrevvs arm'd that vvise Conductor he Brought them about the shores of the red sea And in a Cloud before Them he be day Through defart wilderness directs there way And lest they strayd and throgh long travvell Tyre By night he lights them vvith a flame of fire The Cloud nor Colum never vvent away Alternatly but past before them ay Exadus 14. 15. WHen gone avvay vvas Isra'l God procur'd That Pharos hart vvas hardned and Indur'd So that he stirrs and Egypt armed all Perforce the Hebrevv Camp for to recall And heirfore with his people posts a pace As he wer of a flieing foe in chace The Hebrevvs fear when they see Pharo Budge And all agast againes there Guider grudge He prayes and God commands to Rod the Sea That shall give way and soone devided be Moses did so and th'Ebrevvs saife and sound Past trogh but all th' Egyptians there ar drovnd Israel then in praise with one accord A thankfull Song with Ioy song to the Lord. Exodus 15. HEre Miriam the matron Prophetess Vnto the Lord hir thankfull praise t' express Holds vp a sounding Timbrell in hir handes Back'd with the Beauties of the Hebrev Bandes And sweitly singing all there woyces raise A Psalme of