The abridgemente of goddes statutes in myter, set oute by Wylliam Samuel seruaunt to the Duke of Somerset hys grace

The abridgemente of goddes statutes in myter, set oute by Wylliam Samuel seruaunt to the Duke of Somerset hys grace

Table of contents

Title page

¶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.

Genesis In G. Ex. L.N. and D. the .v. bokes of Moses conteined be.

The first Chapter

The .ii. Chap

The ·iii, Chapt.

The .iiii. Chap

The .v. Chap

The .vi. Chapt

The .vii. chap

The viii Chapt

The .ix. Chapter

The, x. Chapter,

The .xi. Chapter.

The xii Chapter.

The xiii Chapter.

The .xiiii Chapter

The .xv. Chapter

The xvi. Chapter

The xvii Chapter

The, xviii, Chapter

The, xix, Chapter

The twenty Chap

The, xxi, Chapter

The xxii. Chapter

The .xxiii, Chapter

The .xxiiii. Chapter

The .xxv, Chapt

The xxvi, Chap

The xxvii Chap

The xxviii Chap

The xxix Chapt

The, xxx, Chapter

The xxxi Chapt

The xxxii Chap

The xxxiii Chap

The xxxiiii Chap

The .xxxv. Chap

The .xxxvi. Chap

The .xxxvii. Chapt

The .xxxviii. Chap

The xxxix. Chap.

The xl, Chap

The .xli. Chapter

The .xlii. Chap

The .xliii. Chap

The .xliiii. Chapter

The .xlv. Chapter

The xlvi Chapter

The .xlvii. Chapter

The xlviii, Chap

The xlix Chap

The l Chap

§

The fyrst Chapter

The .ii. Chapter

The, iii, Chapter

The iiii Chap

The v, Chap

The vi, Chap

The vii Chap

The .viii Chapter

The ix, Chap

The x, Chap

The .xi. Chap

The xii Chap

The xiii Chap

The xiiii Chap

The xv, Chap

The xvi chap

The .xvii. Chapter

The .xviii. Chap

The xix Chapt

The xx, chapt

The xxi chapter

The xxii chapt

The xxiii chap

The xxiiii chap

The .xxv, Chapt

The xxvi & xxvii Chapters

The .xxviii. Chapter

The xxix. chap

The xxx, Chap

The xxxi Chap

The xxxii. Chap

The xxxiii chapter

Th xxxiiii Chap

The xxxv Chap

The xxxvi chap

The .xxxvii. Chapter

The xxxviii Chap

The .xxxix. Chapter

The ·xl. Chapt.

§

The fyrste Chap

The .ii. Chap

The ·iii. Chapt.

The .iiii, Chapter

The v, Chapt

The .vi. Chapter.

The .vii. Chapter.

The .viii. Chapter.

The ix chap

The x, Chapt

The xi, Chapter

The xii chap

The xiii chapter

The .xiiii. Chapter

The .xv. Chapter

The xvi. Chapter.

The .xvii. Chapter

The, xviii. Chapter,

The, xix, Chapter

The .xx. Chapter

The .xxi. Chapter

The .xxii. Chapter

Th xxiii. Chap

The, xxiiii, Chapter

The xxv Chap

The xxvi Chapter

The xxvii Chapter

§

The fyrst Chapter

The ii chapter

The iii Chapter

The .iiii, Chapt

The v. Chapter

The, vi. Chapter,

The .vii, Chapter

The, viii, Chapter

The ix Chapt

The .x. Chapter

The xi Chapter

The xii, Chap

The .xiii Chapter

The xiiii,

The xv. Chapter

The .xvi. Chapt

The .xvii. Chapter

The .xviii. Chapter

The .xix. Chap

The xx, chapt

The xxi Chapt

The .xxii Chapt

The xxiii, Chap

The xxiiii, Chap

The xxv, chapt

The xxvi Chapt

The .xxvii. Chapt

The .xxviii. Chapt

The xxix Chap

The xxx. Chap.

The xxxi, Chap

The xxxii▪ Chap

The .xxxiii. Chap

The xxxiiii Chap

The .xxxv. Chap.

The .xlvi. Chapter

§

The i. Chap

The ii, Chap

The .iii. Chap

The iiii, Chap

The v, Chap

The vi Chapt

The vii, Chap

The viii Chap

The .ix. Chapter

The .x. Chap

The xi Chap

The .xii. Chapter

The, xiii, Chapter

The .xiiii. Chap

The, xv, Chapter

The .xvi. Chapter

The ·xvii. Chapt.

The .xviii. Chap

The .xix. Chapt

The xx. Chap

The xxi, Chap

The xxii. Chapter

The xxiii. Chap

The .xxiiii. Chapter

The .xxv, chapter

The xxvi Chapter

The xxvii Chapter

The xxviii. Chap

The xxix Chapt

The xxx, chapt

The .xxxi. Chapt

The .xxxii. Chap

The xxxiii Chap

The .xxxiiii. Chapter

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¶ The Abridgemente of goddes Statutes in myter, set oute by Wylliam Samuel seruaunt to the Duke of Somerset hys grace.

Imprinted at London by Robert Crowley for Robert Soughton dwellynge at the signe of ye bishops miter wythin Ludgate. Anno Domini. M. DL.I

¶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.

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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 yt 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 ye 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 ye 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 yt hearyth a parte of a story in ye 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.

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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 wt 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 wt 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 ye 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.

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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 yt 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, yt 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 yt 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.

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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 yt 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.

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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 ye 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 wt 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

[Page]

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 ye people tell

what office Aaron had

A brest lape and a tunicle

a strayte cote vnder that

Wyth other thyngs yt 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

[Page]

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 wt 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 yt 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 yt 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 ye 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 yt there are myngd

[Page]as Moyses dyd them wryght

The, xxiiii, Chapter

Decred was then ye 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 ye 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 ye 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 ye 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 ye flocke, saying ye 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 ye 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 yt the lord wold haue ye 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 ye 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 ye 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 yt 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 wt

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

[Page]

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 yu be stronge

and haue no feare or dreade,

Thys boke he wrote and dyd it geue

into the Leuites hande,

And chargd yt thei ye 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.

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The abridgemente of goddes statutes in myter, set oute by Wylliam Samuel seruaunt to the Duke of Somerset hys grace

Samuel, William, fl. 1551-1569.

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— The abridgemente of goddes statutes in myter, set oute by Wylliam Samuel seruaunt to the Duke of Somerset hys grace, Samuel, William, fl. 1551-1569..

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By Robert Crowley [i.e. R. Grafton] for Robert Soughton [i.e. Stoughton] dwellynge at the signe of ye bishops miter wythin Ludgate,. Imprinted at London :: Anno Domini. M.D.L.I [1551]. (A verse abridgment of the Pentateuch.) (Actual printer's name from STC.) (Signatures: A-D E⁶.) (Identified as STC 21960+ on UMI microfilm.) (Reproduction of a photostat of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.)

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