the Cittie fought but yet at last they lost Zedechias sonnes were kild he saw the wicked did so rout The Town and Temple was destroid and then his eyes thrust out ¶ The last and fourth book of the Kings the second some it call Is gone and past with matters hard in meeter for to fall The Crownicles the douts shall mend God let vs liue therto And send vs grace to doo the thing that we intend to doo ¶ Finis The first book of the Chronicles ¶ The i. chapiter ADam his ligne is héer exprest to Iacob and Esau Then haue you tolde what kings did rule the Edomites by law Eight kings they had before the time that Israel had a King What Dukes they had ye may haue there if you inquire the thing The ii Chapiter BEgin the second Chapter dooth with Iacob and his sonnes And then of Iudahs progeny it next in order comes Seauen were the sonnes that Isay had whose father was Obed And Dauid yungest was of them yet was he made their hed The iii. chapiter COncubines diuers Dauid had of sonnes he had ninetéen â—n Hebron sixe Hierusalem there had he iust thirtéen These by his wiues to him were born in whiche was Salomon The Kings that ruled after him the chapter telleth on The iiii chapiter DRawn out is then the ligne and stock of Iudah and his kin In wanting food to féed their shéep good pasture they did win Of Simions sonnes somewhat is said how valiantly they went They béeing few yet sped they wel and had their whole intent The v. chapiter EUil fauoured lust to fathers wife lost Ruben his birthright And Iosephs stock came in his roum a people ful of might Yet is his stock héer tolde and what a noble fight they fought A land they wan but after fel from God who draue them out The vi Chapiter FOlowing on of Leuies ligne expressed is at large Of whom came Aaron and his sonnes that had the préestly charge Citties they had of other tribes for refuge and besides For them and their posterities as lots to them were guides The vii Chapiter GOing on foorth by Israel to tel who came of him Of Izacar and Beniamin Manasses and Ephraim Then Ephraims stock by men of Gath were slain whiche made him sad His fréends did comfort him right wel and then a sonne he had The viii chapiter HEar more is tolde of Beniamin his sonnes by right discent How they begat from childe to childe and lineally foorth went Out of which tribe came foorth king Saul and of his sonnes by rowe As tolde and eke of valiant men that shot wel in a bowe The ix chapiter ISrael is now numbred in certain tribes by name The Leuites and the chéefest préestê that were of greatest fame The ouerséears of the woorks the porters in their charge The oyntment makers vessel kéepers are héer tolde out at large The x. chapiter KIng Saule is slain by Philistins and Ionathas his sonne His body stript his hed cut of after the féeld was wun The cause is tolde why he was slain by councelling with the Deuil And Dauid brought into his raign who rooted out muche euil The xi chapiter LIke as the Lord had promised by Samuel his man So Dauid now is chosen King Hierusalem he wan His noble men are tolde by name and eke their mightie actê He that wil read the chapter out shall hear of woorthy factê The xii chapiter MEn that of might were meruailous to Dauid now did flock And suche as knew the featê of warres came out of euery stock Out of eche tribe good souldiers their captains with their number Are héer so tolde and with suche hartê as might make Dauid wunder The xiii chapiter NOw Dauid héer dooth councel take the Ark first home to bring Whiche Saule did nothing care to doo as long as he was king And one was slain for touching it when as the Ark did shake So came it short to Sion hil it made the king to quake The xiiii chapiter OF woork men and of Ceder trées sent to him héer is tolde Wherby his kingdome stablished to say he durst be bolde His sonnes and wiues are then exprest the Philistines inuade With God he talkte whose wil obayd he flue them in a slade The xv chapiter PRepare did he a multitude for to fetche home the Ark The Leuites bare it on their backs plesantly sang eche clark With shouting noise and instruments and Dauid daunst his part The daintie damsel Michol then despisde him in her hart The xvi chapiter QUietly now the Ark is set the tabernacle vnder The préestê appointed to giue thanks according to their number A Psalme he made in praise of God to laud his holy name In the hundred and the fift Psalme there shall ye finde the same The xvii chapiter REfuse did God that Dauid should an house vnto him build But as before so would he stil dwel vnder tent in féeld But that a sonne of his should make a house he was content Then landed he the Lord therfore sitting within his tent The xviii Chapiter SUche battailes then as Dauid fought this chapter dooth declare The Philistines the Moabites they all subdued are The Edomites with other Kings did Dauid ouerthrowe And those that were his rulers chéef their names héer may ye knowe The xix chapiter THen Dauid sent of right good wil a new King for to gréet The messengers were madly shauen their cotes cut ful vnméet Suche wrath their maister took therfore that battail gan to broile The Moabites the Aramites they fled and had the spoile The xx chapiter WHen Princes vse in battaile ray their armies to set out Then Ioab went and wan a town and took a King ful stout Whose crown was set on Dauids head whiche waid a waightie waight Suche Giants then were ouerthrowne as lackt no strength nor height The xxi chapiter According as the Deuil did tempt Dauid did tel his flock Of thrée hard stripes the Pestilence he chose to be his stroke Thrée score and ten thousands of men the Angel did deuour The plague is ceast â–ª an aulter built vpon a threshing floure The xxii chapiter BEing at rest now in his seat all things he dooth prouide Wherwith to build to God an house at the apointed tide Good councel to his sonne he giues for to erect the same His noble men he dooth exhorte to help the woork to frame The xxiii Chapiter CHosen king was Salomon then by Dauid for to reign The préesthood eke of Leuies kinde was numbered again Then Aarons stock and Moyses ligne are pointed bothe as one Their names and eke their offices for them to wait vpon The xxiiij chapiter DEuision of Aarons séed the king by lot did make And so eche man that had his roum by lot he did it take Yet was there left of Amrams house whose names by course are tolde And lots were cast for equalnes betwixt the yung and olde The xxv chapiter EChe man that
Rachel did depart and Beniamin shée bore Ruben vnhilde his fathers wife and lost a fléese therfore The xxxvi chapiter LIkewise is tolde of Esaus wiues and gentles daughters all Hée and Iacob were very riche in goods terrestriall Esau had Dukes that were his sonnes Euen twelue in number iust He was father to Edomits in whom God had no lust The xxxvii chapiter MOre for to hear of Iacobs life in Canaan he dwelt Iosephs bréethern liked him not and cruelly they delt Into Egipt then was he solde his brethern wrought the déed They tolde his sire his sonne was slain whiche made his hart to bléed The xxxviii chapiter NOw then is shown how Iuda took a wife of Canaan He had thrée sonnes two were destroyd the third was nam'd Onan And Thamar was the womans name whiche bothe of them did wed And Iuda by her had two twinnes when she was brought a bed The xxxix chapiter O What an hap then Ioseph had the Lord did so prouide His masters wife did him prouoke but he her sute denide Shée him accus'de but not deseru'de her tale as then took place Wherby Ioseph to prison went but giltles in that cace The xl chapiter PUt in prison were Pharoes men and bothe of them laid fast His baker chéef and butler bothe whiles his anger did last Ioseph with them in prison was and as they slept ful sound They dreamed dreames whiche vnto theÌ„ this Ioseph did expound The xli chapiter QUestion askt of Pharoes dream of Oxen fat and lean Whiche Ioseph did expound ful plain and tolde what they did mean He was set vp and ruler made in Egipt ouer all Two sonnes he had and so the dearth on Egipt then did fall The xlii chapiter RIde out for corne did Iosephs kin and came to him vnknowne He threat them hard that they were spies into that cuntrie blowne Simion laid in prison is whiles they did home return And Beniamin they took with them whiche made their father mourn The xliii chapiter SO back they went to Egipt tho with giftê and presentê great And Simeon is deliuered out and Iosephs chéeks are wet And Ioseph could not then but wéep when Beniamin he saw They sat and feasted in two partê according to their law The xliiii chapiter THen Ioseph wrought a pretie cast Beniamin for to haue And theft he laid vnto his charge suche woords to them he gaue But Iuda suretie he became for Beniamin his sake His father Iacob hée did knowe it heuely to take The xlv chapiter UNknowne was Ioseph all this while at last he tolde them all That he their brother Ioseph was That ruled great and small The xlvi chapiter APpointed foorth then Israel went in Egipt for to bide And God him bad nothing to fear for all should wel betide Iacob his sonnes and all their sonnes is then in order tolde And Ioseph went them all to méet ful ioyful to beholde The xlvij chapiter BRought was Israel before the king in his presence to stand And Pharao wild that he should dwel where fattest was the land Then Iacob sware Ioseph his sonne euen vnderneath his thie â—is bones to lay in Canaan at time when he should die The xlviij chapiter CAusd was Israel sick to bée by course of natures kinde And Ioseph went with his two sonnes to knowe his fathers minde Iacob did wil that Iosephs sonnes Ephraim and Manasses Should be as children to him born whiche Ioseph wel did please The xlix chapiter DOwn fel his sonnes vpon their knées euen twelue of them there was He blest them all and tolde of things that after came to passe Then chargd he them that they should lay his bones in Manebrey féeld Then pluckt he vp his legs to him and vp the ghoste did yéeld The l. chapiter EChe thiÌ„g was doon his corps they took as he on liue did minge And laid it down by Abrahams side fulfilling so eche thing Forgiue did Ioseph all the fault that his brethern had wrought And so he dide and wild his bones to his fathers to be brought ¶ Heer haue ye now the end and some of Moyses his first book The second shall in order come Suche pain the writer took The first Chapiter ANd then the first of Exodus the twelue tribes it dooth name Whiche being dead laid in earth their children came to fame A new king then to Egipt came that gaue the midwiues charge To kil the males when they were borne but they set them at large The ii chapiter BOrn Moyses was and after cast euen down the riuer in réeds And Pharoes daughter took him vp and shewd him motherly déeds Then Moyses slue an Egiptian and fled and took a wife The people cride vnto the Lord whiche saw their woful life The iii. chapiter CAused was Moyses shéep to kéep not far from Oreb hil Wherin a bushe the Lord appéerd and tolde him all his wil. And bad him go to Egipt back the Israelites to tel That out of bondage they should come and liue and doo ful wel The iiij Chapiter DEclaerd by double signes it is that calld he was by God His reasons all they are assoild and foorth the Lord him bad As Aaron met with him in féeld togither then they went Of Iethro Moyses took his leaue and yod where he was sent The v. Chapiter EChe bothe of them withouten fear tolde Pharao God his minde The more the people were opprest â–ª the king was so vnkinde Then cride they out and gan to chide with Moyses and Aaron And Moyses axed God the cause whiche looked them vpon The vj. chapiter FEft fully was deliuerance vnto the Israelites Also the land of Canaan whiche made them chéerful wightê Then Rubens spring with Simeon is tolde and Leuy too Of whom came Moyses and Aaron that had Gods hestê to doo The vii chapiter GOd made Moyses Pharoes God and Aaron his Prophet And then God turned Moyses rod into a Serpent great â–ª The sorcerers did euen the same to harden Pharoes hart Then were their waters turnd to blood yet did he not conuart The viij chapiter HIt was Pharao then and plagued with Frogs ouer the land He sent for Moyses and Aaron to take the thing in hand He mocked them therfore the Lord turned their dust to lice And they put by then came there â—â—ies after the Lords deuice The ix chapiter IN stéed thereof came moren of beastê that died in Pharoes land And sixtly sores with botches great yet did he God withstand The seuenth was haile thunder muche that made the land to shake And lightning great from heuen on hie whiche causd them all to quake The x. Chapiter KNowledge he yet would not his faulâ— but God he did resist He did it not in ignorance but wel he knew and wist The eyght plage next was grashâ—pper that God almightie sent The ninthe was darknes in the day they knew not where they went The xi chapiter LEaue then was giuen the Israelites the Egiptians to spoil
people clean from filthines or spot No man to touche the holy place but he that was his lot The xx chapiter BEgin did Israel for to grudge they lacked drink to drink Out of a rock there gusht a stream that fild them to the brink The Edomites would not let passe the people through their land Then Aaron dide and in his roum Eleazar did stand The xxi chapiter CAptain Arad then came to fight and lost his Cittie and life Immediatly when they were come euen from the waters strife Then stung they were by serpentê great and heald by one on hie They kild two kings Schon and Og as Israel passed by The xxii chapiter DEuise did Balack for to curse the Israelites to hel â—nd sent for Balam in his fume his cursing for to tel â—e once denide and â—et he went his minde was set on gain He smote his Asse and shée denide his labour was in vain The xxiii chapiter Euen as Balack had then decréed so went he vp on hie And Balam talkt with God a while and spake thus by and by How shall I curse or els defie whom God dooth nothing so And them he blest and blest again or euer he did go The xxiiij chapiter FOorthe went Balam in parables declaring Israels hap And Balack angry with the thing his hands in one did clap When he had said then Balam tolde of Christes kingdome plain A Star and scepter vp shall rise in Iacob for to raign The xxv chapiter GOds people then did slip away and whordome did commit The Moabits in their seruice had tiste them vnto it Then God coÌ„maunded Moyses straight to hang the rulers all As two were dooing of the déed Phinches on them did fall The xxvi chapiter HOw many were the Israelites that Canaan should possesse The whole xij tribes are numbred all whom God did chuse and blesse He wild the land for to be delt by partê in forme equal The mo the more the few the lesse so that no one haue all The xxvii chapiter IN presence then came certain maidâ— inheritance to craue Euen so they had as next of blood successiuely must haue The land behest to Moyses shewd and tolde he is to die His prayer is heard and Iosue set his roum for to supply The xxviii chapiter KNowledge is giuen for euery day what offring they must vse A Lamb at morn and eke at euen vnspotted they must chuse The paske how that it should be kept the day is pointed out With all the order of the feast to put them out of dout The xxix chapiter LIke sacrifice as God did point this chapter dooth expresse And telles how all their meatê drinks in order they must dresse Eight dayes at once they must not ceace to offer sacrifise And woork no kinde of woork in them as God did them deuise The xxx chapiter MEn that vowed or sware an othe with promise to the Lord Must stand to it and not go back the scripture dooth accord But maid or wife that did the same without their heds consent They must go back if he denide for all their good intent The xxxi chapiter NExt then to that went Israel foorth the Madianites to kil And slue the males burnt their townes and led the rest at wil. The spoile was delt foorth equally the captaines were so good Saue certain things were giuen to God for sauing of their blood The xxxii chapiter OUer Iordane towards the East possession out was set For two whole tribes and halfe a one so that they would not let To go before their brethern all in harnes freshe and bright Against the land of Canaan to put them all to flight The xxxiii chapiter PErfourm did Moyses Gods precept Their iourneis he did write From place to place in wildernes and telles where they did light Then God did bid that they should kil the Cananites out right And ding their chappels all adown and burst their Idols quite The xxxiiii chapiter QUietly how they should possesse the land is tolde them plain The east the west the north the south where they should rule and reign Who should point out the land by lots the Lord did Moyses tel The heds should set out eche mans part where he should bide and dwel The xxxv chapiter REsight did God the Leuits lots the suburbs and their townes For refuge certain Citties set to kéep them in their boundes He that with wil a man did kil he must of right be slain One witnes may in no wise stand vnles that they be twain The xxxvi chapiter SUpplication then was made for maids that were vnwed Within their tribe then must they take â–ª their husband and their hed Euery tribe within his tribe must wed and take his wife Not one to mixe in others part for fear of bate and strife ¶ Now Numeri hath thus his end the fourth book it is set The fift in order ye shall haue If God giue vs no let Deuteronomium Not only so but also teache their children they are bod The Lords preceptê both all and some that they may knowe their God The vii chapiter GOd did forbid a league to make with gentiles in no wise They must destroy their Idols quite and all their Gods dispise He also saith that he wil blesse the kéepers of his wil And curse the rest and charge he gaue Idolatrers to kil The viii chapiter HOw maruaylously that God had deâ—â— with Israel fortie yéer In wildernes with benefits as plainly dooth appéere They are commaunded not to say their might did them defend But that the Lord did bring them foorth and gaue their foes their end The ix chapiter IN any cace they are forbod to trust in their owne strength For who so dooth him wil betide a faule to haue at length Moyses then a rehearsall made ful bréefly in a sum From time they had receiude the law til they to lust begun The x. Chapiter KNowe héer ye may of Israels walke whiles they in iourney went And how the tables were renued when they were broke and rent Nothing the Lord did then require for dooing them suche good But that they holde all his preceptê and set theron their mood The xi chapiter LOue they must now y e Lord his law stil Moyses gaue them charge With hart minde they must him serue that had set them at large To talke therof when that they rise or at their â—â—tting down Or els in iourney as they walke in féeld be it or town The xii chapiter MOyses once more so gaue them charge against Idolatrie It to suppresse and put it down and from the same to flée And blood to eat they are forbod in any manner wise And onely doo as God them bad and not what like their eyes The xiii chapiter NO Prophet false must bide on liue but must be made to die And wicked folke must not be heard though in thy brest they lie God for to trie the Israelites â–ª how strong they