TO
THE
MOST
HIGH
AND
MIGHTIE
PRINCE
,
IAMES
the
Sixt
,
King
of
Scotland
,
his
Maiesties
most
humble
Seruant
,
THO.
HVDSON
,
wisheth
long
life
with
euerlasting
felicitie
.
AS
your
Maiestie
,
Sir
,
after
your
accustomed
and
vertuous
maner
was
sometime
discoursing
at
Table
with
such
your
Domestiques
,
as
chaunced
to
be
attendant
;
It
pleased
your
Highnesse
not
onelie
to
esteeme
the
peereless
stile
of
the
Greeke
Homer
,
and
the
Latin
Uirgill
to
be
inimitable
to
vs
(
whose
tongue
is
barbarous
and
corrupted
)
:
But
also
to
alledge
(
partly
thorow
delight
your
Maiesty
tooke
in
the
Hautie
stile
of
those
most
famous
Writers
,
and
partly
to
sound
the
opinion
of
others
)
that
also
the
lofty
Phrase
,
the
graue
inditement
,
the
facound
termes
of
the
French
Salust
(
for
the
like
resemblance
)
could
not
be
followed
nor
sufficiently
expressed
in
our
rude
and
impolished
English
language
.
Wherein
,
I
more
boldly
then
aduisedly
(
with
your
Maiesties
licence
)
declared
my
simple
opinion
;
not
calling
to
mind
,
that
I
was
to
giue
my
verdit
in
presence
of
so
sharp
and
clear-eied
a
Censor
as
your
Highnesse
is
:
But
rashly
I
alleadged
,
that
it
was
nothing
impossible
euen
to
follow
the
footesteps
of
the
same
great
Poet
Salust
,
and
to
translate
his
verse
(
which
neuerthelesse
is
of
it selfe
exquisite
)
succinctly
,
and
sensibly
in
our
owne
vulgar
speech
.
Wherevpon
it
pleased
your
Maiestie
(
among
the
rest
of
his
works
)
to
assigne
me
,
The
Historie
of
Iudith
,
as
an
agreeable
Subiect
to
your
Highnesse
,
to
be
turned
by
me
into
English
verse
:
Not
for
any
speciall
gift
or
Science
that
was
in
me
,
who
am
inferiour
in
knowledge
and
erudition
to
the
least
of
your
Maiesties
Court
:
but
by
reason
(
paraduenture
)
of
my
bold
assertion
,
your
Maiestie
,
who
will
not
haue
the
meanest
of
your
house
vnoccupied
,
would
haue
mee
to
beare
the
yoke
,
and
driue
forth
the
penance
,
that
I
had
rashly
procured
.
Indeede
,
the
burden
appeared
heauie
,
and
the
charge
almost
insupportable
to
me
:
neuerthelesse
,
the
feruent
desire
which
I
had
to
obtemper
vnto
your
Maiesties
commandement
,
the
earnest
intention
to
verifie
my
rash
speaking
,
and
the
assured
confidence
which
I
ankred
on
,
your
Highnesse
helpe
and
correction
,
encouraged
mee
so
,
&
lightned
on
such
wise
my
heauy
burthen
,
that
I
haue
with
lesse
paine
,
brought
my
half
despaired
worke
to
finall
end
.
In
the
which
,
I
haue
so
behaued
my selfe
,
that
through
your
Maiesties
concurrence
,
I
haue
not
exceeded
the
number
of
the
lynes
written
by
my
Author
:
In
euerie
one
of
the
which
,
he
also
hath
two
syllables
mo
then
any
English
beares
.
And
this
notwithstanding
,
I
suppose
your
Maiestie
shall
finde
little
of
my
Authors
meaning
pretermitted
.
Wherfore
if
thus
much
be
done
by
me
,
who
am
of
another
profession
,
and
of
so
simple
literature
,
I
leaue
it
to
bee
considered
by
your
Maiestie
,
what
such
as
are
consummate
in
letters
,
and
knowes
the
waightie
words
,
the
pithie
sentences
,
the
polished
tearms
,
and
full
efficacie
of
the
English
tongue
,
would
haue
done
.
Receiue
them
,
Sir
,
of
your
owne
seruant
,
this
little
worke
at
your
owne
commandement
enterprised
,
corrected
by
your
Maiesties
owne
hand
,
and
dedicated
to
your
owne
Highnesse
.
If
I
haue
done
well
,
let
the
praise
redound
to
your
Maiestie
,
whose
censure
I
haue
vnderlyen
.
If
otherwise
,
let
my
default
of
skill
bee
imputed
to
my selfe
,
or
at
the
least
my
good
entention
allowed
,
whereby
others
may
haue
occasion
to
doe
better
.
To
your
Highnesse
consideration
,
referring
Sir
,
both
my
diligence
done
in
this
smal
translation
,
and
the
inueterate
affection
which
I
haue
,
and
ought
alwaies
to
beare
vnto
your
Maiestie
,
I
commit
with
all
humilitie
,
your
Highnes
,
your
Realme
and
estate
,
to
the
gouernment
of
God
,
who
gouerneth
all
the
World
.
The
Authors
admonition
to
the
Reader
.
BEloued
Reader
,
it
is
about
fourteene
yeares
past
,
since
I
was
commanded
by
the
late
Illustrate
and
most
vertuous
Princesse
Iean
,
Queene
of
Nauarre
,
to
reduce
the
Historie
of
Iudith
,
in
forme
of
a
Poeme
Epique
.
Wherein
I
haue
not
so
much
aimed
to
followe
the
phrase
or
text
of
the
Bible
,
as
I
haue
preased
(
without
wandring
from
the
verity
of
the
History
)
to
imitate
Homer
in
his
Iliades
,
&
Virgill
in
his
Aenel
dos
,
and
others
who
hath
left
to
vs
works
of
such
like
matter
:
therby
to
render
my
work
so
much
the
more
delectable
.
And
if
the
effect
hath
not
answered
to
my
desire
,
I
beseech
thee
to
lay
the
fault
vpon
her
who
proposed
to
me
so
meane
a
Theame
or
subiect
,
and
not
on
me
who
could
not
honestly
disobey
.
Yet
in
so
much
as
I
am
the
first
in
Fraunce
,
who
in
a
iust
Poeme
hath
treated
in
our
tongue
of
sacred
things
,
I
hope
of
thy
fauour
to
receiue
some
excuse
;
seeing
that
things
of
so
great
weight
cannot
be
both
perfectly
begunne
and
ended
together
.
If
thou
neither
allow
my
stile
nor
workmanship
,
at
least
thou
shalt
be
driuen
to
allowe
the
honest
pretence
and
holy
desire
which
I
haue
to
see
the
youth
of
Fraunce
so
holily
by
mine
example
exercised
.
I
may
not
forget
,
that
they
doe
greatly
wrong
me
,
who
thinks
that
in
discriuing
the
Catastrophe
of
this
History
(
truely
tragicall
)
I
am
becomne
a
voluntary
Aduocate
to
these
troublesome
and
sedicious
spirits
,
who
(
for
to
serue
their
temerarious
passions
,
and
priuate
inspirations
)
conspires
against
the
liues
of
placed
princes
.
For
,
so
much
doe
I
disassent
that
this
example
and
the
like
ought
to
be
drawen
in
consequence
,
that
I
am
verily
perswaded
that
the
act
of
Ahud
,
of
Iaell
,
and
of
Iudith
,
who
vnder
colour
of
obeysance
&
pretext
of
ami●y
layd
their
reuenging
hands
vpon
Aeglon
,
Sisara
,
and
Holophernes
:
had
been
worthy
of
a
hundreth
gallowes
,
a
hundreth
fires
,
and
a
hundreth
wheeles
,
if
they
had
not
been
peculiarly
chosen
of
God
for
to
vnloose
the
chains
,
and
break
the
bands
which
retain'd
the
Hebrew
people
in
more
then
Aegyptian
seruitude
,
and
expresly
called
to
kill
those
Tyrants
with
a
death
as
shamefull
as
their
liues
were
wicked
and
abhominable
.
But
seeing
this
question
is
so
diffuse
that
it
cannot
be
absolued
in
fewe
words
,
and
that
my
braine
is
too
weak
for
so
high
an
enterprise
;
I
send
you
to
those
who
haue
spent
more
oyle
and
time
in
turning
the
leaues
of
the
sacred
scriptures
,
then
I
haue
done
for
the
present
.
It
me
sufficeth
for
the
time
to
admonish
the
Reader
,
to
attempt
nothing
without
a
clear
and
indubitable
vocation
of
God
against
those
whom
he
hath
erected
aboue
vs
;
and
aboue
all
things
,
not
to
abuse
the
law
of
humane
hospitality
,
and
other
holy
bands
,
for
to
giue
place
to
these
frenetike
opinions
so
to
abolish
a
pretended
tyranny
.
I
haue
also
to
warne
thee
of
two
different
sorts
of
men
:
of
the
which
one
sort
is
so
depraued
that
they
can
heare
nothing
,
but
that
which
is
altogether
prophane
;
and
the
other
is
so
supersticious
,
that
they
make
conscience
not
onely
to
write
,
but
also
to
read
of
holy
things
in
verse
,
as
though
that
the
measure
and
iointure
of
syllabes
were
so
constrained
as
it
were
vnpossible
to
keepe
the
sense
vnperuerted
,
or
at
least
not
excessiuely
obscured
.
Now
if
I
perceiue
that
this
my
first
assay
may
bee
to
thee
agreeable
,
I
shall
continue
more
gladly
my
newe
commenced
race
,
in
such
sort
that
thou
shalt
not
repent
thine
indulgence
nor
I
my
passed
pains
.
But
if
contrarie
fall
,
in
time
to
come
I
wil
be
ware
to
lày
out
my
smalpack
in
this
ample
Theatre
of
France
,
where
there
is
almost
as
many
Iudgements
as
beholders
.
A
Dieu
.
GSSDB
.
The
Argument
of
the
whole
Historie
of
Iudith
.
AFter
that
the
Children
of
Israel
were
deliuered
from
captiuitie
and
returned
to
their
land
,
the
Citty
of
Ierusalem
reedified
,
the
Temple
builded
and
prepared
to
the
seruice
of
the
Lord
,
the
multitude
of
the
people
,
being
scattered
in
sundry
towns
and
places
of
the
Land
,
where
they
liued
in
peaceable
rest
:
the
Lord
knowing
man
to
be
negligent
of
GOD
and
his
saluation
,
chiefly
when
he
liues
at
ease
,
and
all
things
frames
vnto
his
fraile
desire
;
to
th'
end
that
his
people
should
not
fal
in
such
an
inconuenience
,
would
exercise
them
with
a
feareful
affliction
and
temptation
,
sending
vpon
their
Countrey
an
army
so
great
in
number
and
puissance
,
that
made
the
whole
earth
to
tremble
.
This
expedition
was
vnder
the
Persian
Monark
,
named
in
the
historie
Nebuchadnezar
(
which
neuerthelesse
is
not
his
right
name
)
.
His
chiefe
Lieutenant
generall
and
Conducter
of
the
whole
Armie
,
was
Holophernes
,
who
(
wheresoeuer
hee
came
)
ouerthrewe
all
religion
,
permitting
none
to
inuocate
or
acknowledge
any
other
God
,
but
Nebuchadnezar
,
his
Maister
;
whome
hee
enforced
to
constitute
and
establish
for
the
onely
God
.
So
entred
hee
Iudea
with
intent
to
destroy
it
all
:
which
the
people
perceiuing
,
and
that
his
power
was
so
great
that
no
nation
could
resist
him
,
and
also
knowing
his
cruell
hatred
;
were
sore
affraied
,
and
almost
driuen
to
extreame
desperation
;
seeing
none
other
thing
present
before
them
,
but
ruine
and
destruction
.
And
this
the
Lord
suffered
,
to
showe
(
in
time
)
his
worke
to
bee
more
wonderfull
.
For
the
people
being
humbled
,
and
hauing
called
to
the
Lord
for
mercie
and
succour
at
his
hand
,
hee
both
heard
and
succoured
them
at
neede
.
The
meane
was
not
through
strength
or
stoutnesse
of
some
worthy
Captaine
;
but
by
the
hand
of
Iudith
,
a
tender
feeble
woman
,
to
the
shame
of
this
most
proud
and
cruell
tyrant
,
and
all
his
heathen
hoste
.
For
shee
cut
off
his
head
,
put
all
his
campe
to
slight
,
destroyed
his
men
of
Armes
,
in
such
wise
that
they
fled
here
and
there
;
and
,
seeking
to
saue
their
liues
,
left
all
their
tentes
and
baggage
.
Thus
the
Lorde
,
by
the
weake
,
and
those
that
are
not
regarded
,
makes
his
workes
admirable
.
By
one selfe
meane
hee
saued
his
owne
,
and
executed
his
iustice
against
his
enemies
.
In
which
wee
haue
to
consider
his
singular
ptouidence
and
goodnesse
,
and
the
care
which
he
hath
in
especiall
for
his
faithfull
,
and
all
his
whole
Church
.
This
Historie
is
intituled
by
the
name
of
Iudith
,
because
it
containes
the
narration
of
her
great
vertues
,
and
for
that
the
Lorde
vsed
her
as
an
instrument
for
the
deliuerance
of
his
people
.
It
is
not
certaine
who
was
the
first
Author
hereof
:
neuerthelesse
the
reading
of
it
hath
beene
receiued
in
the
Church
,
for
the
doctrine
and
vtility
of
the
same
.
THE
SVMMARIE
OF
The
I.
BOOKE
.
HOLOPHERN●●
,
Lieutenant
generall
and
chief
of
the
army
of
Nebuch●dnezza●
K
o●
the
Assyrians
,
was
in
the
fielde
for
to
subdue
diuers
people
,
and
amongst
others
,
the
Iewes
.
All
the
Nation
is
seazed
with
great
feare
,
for
the
cruelties
committed
by
the
enemy
.
Then
,
as
it
fals
out
●n
bruits
of
war
,
al
the
whole
people
were
troubled
:
som
sauing
themselues
in
corners
for
feare
,
others
attending
(
in
great
perplexity
)
some
sad
and
Tragicall
ende
,
the
last
sort
calls
vpon
God
.
This
while
IOACHIM
the
chiefe
Priest
gouerned
the
people
:
h●
by
his
letters
and
expresse
commandement
recalls
those
that
were
fled
and
scattered
,
and
made
them
returne
to
Ierusalem
:
where
,
in
presence
of
the
Le●its
,
hee
made
sacrifice
&
earnest
prayer
vnto
God
to
withdrawe
his
ire
and
to
bee
mercifull
to
his
people
:
which
done
he
enters
in
counsell
and
requires
his
Princes
to
consult
vpon
the
cause
,
and
consider
what
i●
most
〈◊〉
:
and
to
preferre
the
loue
of
Gods
law
and
the
count●
i●
,
before
all
priuate
things
▪
the
first
that
gainstands
this
exhortation
is
an
hypocrite
,
and
fauourer
of
the
enemy
▪
who
giues
counsell
to
render
them
to
HOLOPHERNE●
,
calling
him
a
Prince
gratious
to
those
that
applauds
to
him
,
and
inuincible
in
battell
to
those
that
dare
resist
him
.
But
the
second
Lord
replying
●●alously
againe
,
detecteth
his
false
hypocri●ie
and
carelesse
securitie
,
exposing
the
people
to
the
mercy
of
a
barbarous
godless
enemy
,
before
the
duty
they
ought
to
their
God
and
their
countrey
:
and
to
establish
in
place
of
the
true
God
,
a
wicked
N●MROD
con●ummat
in
all
impiety
and
wickednes
,
to
abolish
all
vertue
and
godlinesse
.
For
he
proues
,
that
if
the
nations
should
be
rooted
out
for
the
right
religion
,
God
should
be
more
honored
in
the
death
of
the
Iewes
,
then
in
their
liues
;
and
that
it
is
more
worthy
to
die
Hebrewes
,
then
to
liue
infidels
;
and
free
men
,
then
slaues
:
Shortly
,
that
they
ought
to
prefer
honor
and
duty
before
feare
and
a
vaine
hope
to
prolong
their
dolefull
dayes
.
This
reply
encouraged
all
the
a●●ist●ts
:
wherof
IOACHIM
gaue
thankes
to
God
,
and
(
resoluing
himselfe
vpon
a
iust
defence
for
the
onseruation
of
the
seruice
of
God
,
and
the
freedome
of
his
nation
,
and
the
liues
of
the
innocent
against
this
villanous
inuatision
)
wise
by
de●a●●ed
the
regiments
of
towns
to
persons
conuenient
;
who
past
to
their
●●●igned
places
,
each
one
preparing
according
to
their
power
vnto
the
warre
with
courage
,
paine
,
and
diligence
.
The
first
Booke
of
Iudith
.
I
Sing
the
vertues
of
a
valiant
Dame
,
Proposition
&
summe
of
this
worke
.
Who
(
in
defence
of
Iacob
)
ouercame
Th'
Assyria●
Prince
,
and
slew
that
Pagan
stout
,
Who
had
beset
Bethulia
walles
about
.
O
thou
,
who
kept
thine
Izak
from
the
thrall
Inuocation
of
the
true
God
.
Of
infidels
,
and
steeld
the
courage
small
Of
feeble
Iudith
,
with
a
manly
strength
;
With
sacred
furie
fill
my
heart
at
length
:
And
,
with
thy
Holy
spirit
,
my
spirit
enspire
,
For
matter
so
diuine
.
Lord
I
require
No
humain
stile
;
but
that
the
Reader
may
Great
profit
reape
,
I
ioy
,
thou
praise
alway
.
And
since
in
vulgar
verse
I
prease
to
sing
Dedication
of
the
Author
altred
by
the
translatour
.
This
godly
Pooeme
to
a
Christian
King
,
To
him
who
God
in
goodnesse
hath
erect
For
princely
Piller
,
to
his
owne
elect
:
For
lawfull
Lord
,
to
raign
with
trueth
and
right
:
For
louesom
Laurer
,
to
the
vertuous
wight
:
Him
(
I
beseech
)
this
trauell
to
defend
,
That
to
his
pleasure
I
the
same
may
end
.
WHen
Izrell
was
in
quiet
rest
and
peace
,
And
fruitfully
the
ground
gaue
her
encreise
,
Which
seauenty
yeer
vntilled
lay
beforne
,
And
nothing
bare
but
thistle
,
weed
and
thorne
;
It
pleased
God
(
vpon
his
iust
correction
)
T'
awake
his
owne
,
that
were
of
his
election
;
Least
that
the
longsom
peace
should
them
withholde
,
And
dull
their
spirits
,
as
doth
the
warriour
bolde
,
Who
spoyls
his
horse
with
pampring
in
the
stable
,
That
makes
him
for
the
manaige
more
vnable
▪
He
spred
their
land
with
bands
of
enemies
stout
,
Whose
cloudes
of
shot
bedimd
their
land
about
.
Their
Hoaste
,
with
arrowes
,
pikes
,
and
standards
,
stood
The
Army
of
Holopherne
.
As
bristle-pointed
,
as
a
thorni●
wood
.
Their
multitude
of
men
,
the
riuers
dri'd
,
Which
throw
the
wealthy
Iuda
sweet
did
slide
:
So
that
flood
Iordane
finding
dry
his
banke
,
For
shame
he
blusht
,
and
down
his
head
he
shrank●
,
For
woe
that
he
his
credit
could
not
keep
,
To
send
one
waue
,
for
tribute
to
the
deep
.
Scarse
had
the
Haruest-man
,
with
hook
in
hand
,
Dispoylde
the
fruit
and
let
the
stubble
stand
:
Scarse
had
the
hungry
Gleaner
put
in
bindc
The
scattered
grain
,
the
Shearer
left
behinde
:
And
scarse
the
flapping
flaile
began
to
thresh
,
When
vnto
Iacob
,
newes
was
brought
afresh
,
That
Holophern
his
frontiers
did
inuade
,
And
past
all
Rivers
,
straits
,
and
murders
made
So
vile
,
that
none
he
left
that
drew
the
breath
;
But
olde
and
young
,
he
put
to
sodain
death
:
The
sucking
babes
,
vpon
their
mothers
knee
,
His
cruell
cut-throates
made
them
all
to
dee
.
Then
like
a
flock
of
sheep
,
that
doth
beholde
A
wolfe
come
from
the
wood
vpon
their
fold
,
Shapes
no
defence
,
but
runnes
athwart
the
lands
,
And
shortly
makes
of
one
,
a
hundreth
bands
:
So
Isaaks
sonnes
,
indreading
for
to
feel
This
tyrant
,
who
pursued
them
at
the
heel
,
The
Hebrews
Dissundring
fled
,
and
sought
their
liues
to
saue
In
hils
,
and
dales
,
and
euery
desert
caue
.
The
sheep
heard
of
his
flocke
had
now
no
care
:
Fear
of
the
enemy
.
But
fearing
death
,
fled
to
som
mountain
bare
.
The
Crafts
man
now
his
lumes
away
hath
layde
:
The
Marchant
lest
his
traffike
and
his
trade
,
To
hide
himself
more
safely
in
a
vault
,
Then
in
a
Rampier
,
to
sustain
th'
assault
.
The
Lords
esteemde
them selfes
in
surer
holde
In
Dennes
of
beasts
,
then
castles
gilt
with
golde
.
Fear
lent
the
wings
for
aged
folke
to
flie
,
And
made
them
mount
to
places
that
were
hie
.
Fear
made
the
wofull
women
for
to
bear
Their
cradles
sweet
to
hilles
that
highest
were
:
Fear
made
the
wofull
childe
to
waile
and
weep
,
For
want
of
speed
,
on
foot
and
hand
to
creep
:
All
where
was
nothing
heard
but
hideous
cries
,
And
pitious
plaints
that
did
the
harts
agrise
.
O
Lord
(
sayd
they
)
wilt
thou
still
,
day
by
day
,
The
arrowes
of
thine
anger
neuer
stay
?
Affliction
causeth
prayer
.
Wilt
thou
that
Calde
conquere
vs
again
?
Shall
Iuda
yet
the
Heathen
yoke
sustain
?
Wilt
thou
again
that
they
make
every
towne
,
But
stony
heaps
of
houses
casten
down
?
Again
shall
sacrilegious
fire
deuoure
Thy
holy
house
where
we
do
thee
adore
?
Then
Ioachim
the
priest
of
God
most
hie
,
Who
ouer
Iuda
then
had
chief
degrie
,
Stood
like
a
Pylot
stout
in
tempest
great
,
Who
seeing
winde
and
weather
for
to
threat
,
Yet
to
his
mates
,
his
fear
no
terrour
drawes
,
Nor
leaues
his
ship
vnto
the
wrackfull
wawes
;
But
,
with
disguising
fear
,
his
face
vp
casts
,
And
stoutly
doth
gain-stand
the
balefull
blasts
:
Right
so
this
prudent
prelate
sent
,
in
haste
,
Two
hundreth
men
to
passe
where
men
were
plac't
In
places
strong
,
and
thence
commanded
them
For
to
repair
vnto
Ierusalem
.
Now
since
th'
Erernall
did
reueale
his
will
,
Vpon
the
sacred
top
of
Syna
Hill
,
The
Arke
of
God
which
wisedom
more
did
holde
,
In
Tables
two
,
then
all
the
Greeks
haue
tolde
;
And
more
then
euer
Rome
could
comprehend
,
In
huge
of
learned
books
that
they
pend
:
Sam.
1.
4.
Long
wandred
it
throw
trybes
,
throw
kin
and
kin
,
Sam.
2.
6.
And
found
no
certain
place
of
resting
in
.
Yea
,
somtime
it
the
shamefull
spoyl
hath
been
To
sacrilegious
hands
of
Palestine
,
Vntill
that
time
,
that
Iessies
holy
race
,
For
euer
lodged
it
in
Iebus
place
.
But
,
for
that
Dauids
hands
with
blood
were
fi●d
,
Ierusalem
.
Throu
infinits
of
humains
he
had
kild
;
The
king
of
peace
would
haue
a
king
of
rest
To
build
his
Temple
farre
aboue
the
best
:
Sam.
2.
7.
His
house
,
whose
front
vpreard
so
high
and
eaven
,
That
lightlied
earth
,
and
seem'd
to
threat
the
heaven
,
Vntill
that
wicked
time
a
tyrant
vile
,
Of
name
and
deed
that
bare
the
semble
stile
,
Nabuchadnezar
.
That
did
this
king
,
that
building
braue
he
wrackt
,
And
to
the
sacred
ground
all
whole
it
sackt
.
Yet
when
,
long
after
,
Abrahms
holy
race
,
Of
Tyger
banks
had
left
the
captiue
place
,
Esd.
6.
With
combers
great
they
redified
with
pain
,
That
most
renowmed
house
of
God
again
.
Which
though
vnto
the
first
it
seemd
as
small
,
As
to
a
Princes
house
,
a
shepheards
hall
:
And
though
the
hugenes
were
not
as
it
was
,
Yet
sure
the
height
and
beauty
did
surpas
And
overseilde
the
famous
work
of
Pharie
,
Ephesus
Temple
,
and
the
tombe
of
Carie
,
The
Rhodian
Collos
,
and
the
Caldean
wall
,
That
Semirame
set
vp
with
tourrets
tall
.
Also
the
wondrous
work
of
this
same
Temple
Might
serue
a
C●esiphon
for
his
exemple
:
Lysippus
eke
to
carue
by
square
and
line
,
Or
guide
Apelles
pensile
most
divine
.
Heer
in
this
place
,
all
Izrel
,
most
deuoute
,
Withdrew
themselues
to
Salem
round
about
;
As
when
the
Heav'n
his
sluces
opens
wide
,
And
makes
the
floods
vpon
the
ground
to
glide
,
The
brooks
that
breaks
adoun
from
diuers
hils
With
course
impetuous
till
one
deep
distils
.
Amongst
the
Dames
,
that
there
deuoutest
were
The
holy
Iudith
,
fairest
did
appear
:
Like
Phoebus
that
aboue
the
starre
doth
shine
:
It
seem'd
that
she
was
made
on
moulde
diuine
.
This
primate
then
assisted
with
the
kinne
Of
great
Eleazar
(
priests
whose
head
and
chinne
Was
neuer
shav'n
)
deuoutly
on
he
preast
:
A
pearled
Myter
on
his
balmed
creast
,
And
with
a
holy
Alb
,
with
garnettes
spred
,
And
golden
Belles
,
his
sacred
bodie
cled
:
And
slew
,
and
burnt
,
the
bulks
(
as
was
the
guise
)
Of
many
a
kid
,
and
kalfe
for
sacrifise
:
And
with
their
blood
,
the
Altars
hornes
he
dyed
,
And
praying
thus
,
to
God
immortall
cryed
.
"
O
Lord
of
Hoastes
,
we
com
not
vnto
thee
,
Prayer
.
"
To
wey
our
merits
with
thy
maiestie
:
"
Nor
to
protest
before
thy
heauenly
might
,
"
That
sacklesly
,
thy
scourge
doth
on
vs
light
:
"
But
rather
we
confesse
(
as
true
it
is
)
"
Our
sinnes
haue
iustly
merite
more
then
this
.
"
But
Lord
if
thou
thy
couenant
would
forget
,
"
Which
thou
with
Abrahm
made
,
and
so
wilt
set
"
For
mercy
great
,
thy
iustice
most
seuear
,
"
Thou
should
a
greater
plague
vpon
vs
rear
.
"
Change
then
our
proces
from
thy
iustice
seat
,
"
And
saue
vs
at
thy
throne
of
mercy
great
.
"
Forgiue
vs
Lord
,
and
holde
,
farre
from
vs
all
,
"
These
plagues
,
that
on
our
heads
are
like
to
fall
.
Alas
,
what
helpeth
vs
thy
heavy
stroke
,
To
binde
our
necks
to
such
a
servile
yoke
,
Wherewith
th'
Assyrian
tyrants
long
haue
grieved
Thine
Izak
till
their
bondage
thou
relieved
;
If
so
this
natiue
ground
that
new
is
tild
,
If
so
these
Hostries
new
with
folke
refild
,
If
so
(
alas
)
our
chaste
and
modest
Dames
,
Our
infants
young
,
our
Virgins
good
of
fames
,
Should
be
a
pray
to
Ammon
,
and
to
Perse
,
To
Calde
,
and
the
mutine
Parthian
fierse
;
If
that
we
see
this
Altar
made
prophane
,
And
witches
it
abuse
with
Idols
vain
:
Yet
Lord
if
thou
no
pittie
on
vs
take
,
At
least
great
God
,
do
(
for
thy
glories
sake
)
Haue
pitie
on
this
holy
building
now
,
Where
not
a
God
hath
sacrifice
but
thou
:
Where
not
a
God
but
thou
hast
residence
,
To
feel
the
sauour
sweet
of
frankensence
.
Hold
back
(
O
Lord
)
the
Caldean
cressets
bright
From
these
rich
Cedar
vaults
of
stately
hight
.
Preserue
these
vessels
,
ornaments
of
gold
,
From
sacrilegious
hands
of
neighbours
bolde
:
And
let
the
blood
of
beasts
before
thy
face
,
Thy
Iustice
stay
,
and
grant
thy
seruants
grace
.
This
prayer
done
,
the
people
went
their
way
,
Then
Ioachim
conuen'd
,
that
present
day
,
The
princes
all
of
Iuda
,
and
them
praid
,
Gainst
this
mischief
for
counsell
,
and
thus
sayd
:
Companions
,
if
your
former
zeal
remain
,
If
ardent
loue
to
God
ye
still
retain
:
If
wife
,
or
childe
,
may
cause
your
care
or
loue
,
Which
should
the
Centers
of
your
senses
moue
:
If
in
your
brests
a
noble
hart
doth
bide
,
Let
deed
bear
witnes
at
this
wofull
tide
.
For
,
sauing
God
and
your
foresight
,
in
deed
T
is
done
,
t
is
done
with
vs
,
and
all
our
seed
:
And
after
this
,
th'
Immortall
shall
not
see
This
altar
fume
before
his
maiestee
.
When
th'
Air
is
calme
,
and
still
;
as
dead
and
deaf
,
Comparison
.
And
vnder
Heav'n
quakes
not
an
aspin
leaf
,
When
Seas
are
calme
,
and
thousand
vessels
fleet
Vpon
the
sleeping
seas
with
passage
sweet
,
And
when
the
variant
winde
is
still
and
lowne
,
The
cunning
Pylot
never
can
be
knowne
.
But
when
the
cruell
storme
doth
threat
the
Bark
To
drowne
in
deeps
of
pits
infernall
dark
,
While
tossing
tears
both
father
,
mast
,
and
sail
,
While
mounting
seems
the
Azur
sky
to
skail
,
While
driues
perforce
vpon
som
deadly
shore
,
There
is
the
Pylot
knowen
,
and
not
before
.
Alas
,
I
pray
you
then
what
care
and
strifes
Haue
we
to
keep
our
honours
,
goods
,
and
lifes
?
Forget
not
then
the
care
of
this
same
place
,
Your
countreyes
weale
,
Gods
glory
and
his
grace
:
But
humbly
giue
your selues
into
the
hand
Of
God
most
high
,
and
with
a
holy
brand
"
Repurge
your
spirits
from
euerie
hatefull
sinne
,
"
Which
causeth
God
his
Iustice
to
begin
:
And
see
what
may
to
God
be
agreeable
,
For
Iacobs
weal
,
and
for
you
profitable
.
This
said
:
an
ancient
traytour
,
from
his
youth
,
Who
fostred
gall
in
hart
,
with
hony
in
mouth
,
Enforcing
from
his
eyes
som
fained
tear
(
To
cloke
his
malice
)
spacke
as
ye
shall
hear
:
My
tongue
me
fails
,
my
hair
for
dread
vp-starts
,
My
heavy
spirit
from
pensiue
corps
departs
,
The
oration
of
a
subtill
worldling
.
When
I
be
think
me
of
yone
tyrant
stout
,
Who
hath
bed
round
the
world
with
bloud
about
,
Approching
threats
our
townes
with
fiery
flames
,
Our selfs
with
death
,
dishonour
to
our
Dames
:
Yet
when
I
call
to
minde
the
curtsie
great
,
That
this
great
Lord
doth
vse
,
who
doth
intreat
▪
Not
onely
those
that
beastiall
are
become
,
And
haue
their
hope
in
brutall
Idols
〈…〉
▪
But
euen
to
zealous
folke
who
do
embrace
The
faith
,
and
law
(
like
vs
)
of
Abrams
race
:
Who
,
being
well
aduisde
,
did
humbly
sue
His
pardon
,
and
escap't
his
vengeance
due
;
Then
thanke
I
God
,
who
sends
vs
such
a
foe
,
As
plagues
the
proude
,
and
lets
the
humble
goe
:
For
we
assoone
shall
vanquish
him
with
teares
,
As
will
be
long
to
wrack
him
with
our
weares
.
Then
whil'st
we
may
haue
choise
of
eitherstate
,
Of
peace
or
warres
,
his
fauour
or
his
hate
;
Let
vs
not
follow
(
seeing
skath
at
hand
)
The
follie
of
our
fathers
,
to
gainstand
:
But
rather
let
vs
beare
another
saile
,
And
serue
his
king
as
best
for
our
availe
.
But
think
not
yet
,
that
I
this
counsell
giue
For
craft
,
or
warrant
forthy
selfe
to
liue
:
For
I
haue
els
my
daies
so
neerely
spent
,
That
for
to
dye
I
could
be
well
content
.
Th'
Assyrian
neede
not
in
my
brest
to
strike
His
fethred
Dart
,
nor
yet
his
trembling
pike
:
Yea
,
if
my
youth
to
me
should
eft
returne
,
And
make
my
youthly
bloode
within
me
burne
,
So
honour
I
my
God
,
and
country
deare
,
That
for
to
dye
for
them
,
I
would
not
feare
,
As
Sampson
did
,
if
so
my
death
might
yield
The
victory
of
the
Uizroy
,
and
the
field
.
But
most
I
(
feare
)
least
we
,
with
curious
zeale
,
Fight
for
the
lawe
,
yet
fight
against
her
weale
,
Against
our selfs
,
to
bring
so
great
a
wrack
,
That
proud
,
and
cruell
tyrants
shall
vs
sack
,
And
grow
in
pride
(
suppressing
Iudas
strength
)
For
to
contemne
the
glory
of
God
at
length
.
For
,
Israell
being
lost
,
who
shall
ensue
,
To
render
here
to
God
deuotions
due
?
What
people
spars●d
on
this
earthly
ball
From
Indian
shoare
to
where
the
Sunne
doth
fall
,
Or
from
the
Climate
of
the
northren
blast
,
Vnto
that
place
where
sommer
ay
doth
last
;
Hath
God
elect
,
save
Israell
for
his
owne
Vpon
this
Hill
to
have
his
glory
showne
?
At
this
the
valiant
Cambris
of
renowne
,
With
righteous
rage
grew
pale
and
gan
to
frowne
,
And
brake
the
silence
with
a
vehement
stile
,
His
courage
mov'd
the
Princes
all
the
while
.
Nay
rather
where
I
stand
let
ope
the
ground
(
Quoth
he
)
to
swallow
me
in
pit
profound
:
Yea
rather
righteous
Heav'n
let
firy
blast
Light
on
my
head
that
thou
on
Sodom
cast
,
Ere
I
my
malice
cloke
or
oversile
,
In
giving
Izac
such
a
counsell
vile
.
For
,
if
the
Leader
of
this
folk
profane
Vpon
our
bodies
onely
sought
to
raigne
,
Although
that
we
haue
dearely
bought
alway
Our
freedom
from
our
first
maternall
day
(
Which
dearer
is
then
gold
for
to
be
kept
)
I
would
assent
,
the
holy
Church
except
:
But
since
more
pride
this
tyrants
heart
enroules
To
lay
a
greater
burden
on
our
soules
,
Who
are
the
vassels
of
that
onely
King
,
That
Thunder
sends
and
scepters
down
doth
thring
:
‛
Should
we
forget
him
who
made
vs
of
nought
,
‛
More
then
all
wondrous
things
that
he
hath
wrought
,
Who
treats
and
loues
vs
like
our
Father
&
King
,
Still
vnder
shadowes
of
his
wondrous
wing
?
Will
he
that
we
receiue
a
Prince
ambitious
?
For
God
,
a
gods
contemner
,
Nemrode
vitious
?
Whose
beastly
life
is
of
so
vile
a
fame
,
That
of
a
man
he
merits
not
the
name
?
Goe
to
,
goe
to
,
let
men
for
men
assaye
With
sword
and
shot
to
deale
it
as
we
may
:
The
victory
lies
not
in
mortall
hands
,
Nor
barded
horse
,
nor
force
of
armed
bands
.
These
are
but
second
instruments
of
God
;
Who
,
as
him
list
,
may
send
them
euen
or
od
.
But
if
our
soueraigne
God
willes
such
annoy
;
That
folke
vncircumcis'd
our
land
destroy
,
Because
we
him
offend
while
we
haue
breath
;
Alas
,
yet
honour
,
honour
him
in
death
:
And
if
we
lose
and
all
be
ouercome
,
Let
patience
winne
the
glory
of
martyrdome
.
Forsooth
,
though
Assurs
soldiers
braue
and
bold
Extinguish
quite
the
race
of
Izak
old
,
Yet
shall
they
not
deface
the
liuing
Lorde
,
As
these
Apostats
falsly
do
afforde
.
For
he
,
who
peopled
first
this
world
so
round
,
But
with
one
man
,
from
whom
the
rest
abound
:
And
who
long
after
,
in
an
arke
of
wood
,
Repaird
the
waste
,
made
by
the
genrall
flood
;
May
he
not
eke
transforme
the
hardned
stone
,
To
people
who
will
honour
him
alone
?
And
may
not
he
do
now
,
as
he
hath
donne
,
Who
gaue
to
Abrams
barren
wife
a
sonne
?
Them
giuing
Children
moe
,
then
in
the
heauen
Are
starrie
Circles
,
light
as
firie
leauen
:
And
mo
,
then
Northren
windes
(
that
driues
the
Rack
)
Of
Cyrene
sands
in
number
can
compack
;
Who
will
obserue
his
lawe
an
hundreth
folde
More
zealously
then
wee
,
who
should
it
holde
.
‛
Then
,
fathers
chose
you
warres
:
for
better
tels
,
'To
lose
like
Iewes
,
then
winne
like
infidels
.
‛
Let
not
the
greede
of
gaine
your
hearts
attame
,
'To
leaue
the
right
:
preferre
not
feare
to
shame
.
Scarce
enden
was
th'
Oration
of
this
Lord
,
When
all
the
Princes
(
with
a
sound
accord
)
By
word
and
deed
confirmde
his
good
aduise
.
The
chiefe
Priest
,
gladdest
of
this
enterprise
,
Vnto
the
heauen
held
vp
his
hands
and
face
,
And
sayd
,
I
thanke
the
Lord
,
who
of
his
grace
‛
Conioynes
no
lesse
our
wils
,
then
bolds
our
harts
:
'A
sure
presage
,
that
God
is
on
our
parts
.
This
done
,
vnto
his
princes
he
diuides
The
tribes
and
townes
,
and
ordaines
them
for
guides
;
For
feare
least
some
of
them
led
with
ambition
In
Izrell
might
stirre-vp
some
sedition
.
So
they
withdrew
,
and
stoutly
did
prouide
,
This
furious
storme
of
Mars
for
to
abide
.
Then
as
ye
see
sometime
the
honie
Bees
Comparison
.
Exerce
themselfs
on
buddes
of
sweetest
trees
,
Where
they
sometime
assault
the
buzzing
waspe
,
That
comes
too
neere
,
their
flowrs
away
to
claspe
;
Or
when
they
hony
draw
from
smelling
Time
,
Or
from
the
palme
,
or
Roses
of
the
prime
:
And
how
they
draw
their
wax
with
wondrous
art
,
Obseruing
iointure
iust
in
euerie
part
,
Both
vp
and
downe
they
build
ten
thousand
shops
,
With
equal
spaceful
fild
vpto
the
tops
:
Or
where
the
master
Bee
,
of
thousand
bands
,
Conducts
the
rest
in
legions
throw
the
lands
,
Who
daily
keeps
within
their
Cities
wall
:
Their
house
,
their
work
,
their
lawes
and
maners
all
:
So
thus
the
sonnes
of
Iacob
ply'd
their
paine
,
With
hote
desire
their
quarrell
to
sustaine
.
Some
built
the
breaches
of
their
broken
town
,
Preparations
of
defence
.
That
Heaven
,
and
Panim
yre
,
had
casten
down
.
Some
other
found
a
cautell
,
gainst
the
Ramme
,
To
saue
the
wall
vnbroken
where
it
camme
.
Thus
Iacobs
towns
on
all
sides
had
their
flanks
,
With
Gabions
strong
,
with
bulwarks
and
with
banks
.
Some
others
busie
went
and
came
in
routs
To
terrace
towers
,
some
vnder
baskets
louts
:
Some
others
also
wanting
time
and
might
To
strength
their
towns
,
yet
vs'd
all
kinde
of
slight
,
To
dig
vp
ditches
deepe
,
for
cisterns
good
,
To
draw
them
to
the
best
and
neerest
flood
.
While
th'
Armorers
with
hammers
hard
and
great
On
sti●hies
strong
the
sturdy
steel●
doth
●eate
,
And
makes
thereof
a
corpslet
or
a
●acke
,
Sometime
a
helme
,
sometime
a
mace
doeth
make
,
While
sheepherds
they
enarme
vnus'd
to
danger
,
While
simple
birds
,
and
whiles
the
wandring
stranger
;
Thetilling
Culter
then
aspeare
was
made
,
The
crooked
Sithe
became
an
euened
blade
:
The
people
foode
forgets
,
no
ease
they
take
,
Some
on
a
horse
,
some
on
his
proper
backe
,
Some
on
a
Cart
,
some
on
a
Cammell
beares
Corne
,
wine
,
and
flesh
,
to
serue
for
many
yeares
;
As
done
these
Emets
,
that
in
sommer
tide
,
Comparison
.
Comes
out
in
swarmes
their
houses
to
prouide
:
In
haruest
time
(
their
toyle
may
best
be
seene
In
paths
where
they
their
cariage
bring
betweene
)
Their
youth
they
send
to
gather-in
the
store
,
Their
sick
and
old
at
home
do
keep
the
●kore
,
And
ouer
grainels
great
they
take
the
charge
,
Oft
turning
corne
within
a
chamber
large
(
When
it
is
dight
)
least
it
do
spro●te
or
seede
,
Or
come
againe
,
or
weevels
in
it
breede
.
FINIS
.
THE
SVMMARIE
OF
The
II.
BOOKE
.
WE
haue
heard
before
,
how
the
people
of
God
vsed
all
diligence
to
maintaine
the
libertie
of
Gods
true
religion
&
their
Countrey
.
Now
is
set
forth
the
extreame
pride
of
Ho●ophernes
,
who
thought
with
one
word
to
ouerthrow
them
all
.
But
to
make
himselfe
some
pastime
,
he
assembleth
his
Councell
to
vnderstand
of
them
what
people
they
were
,
that
inhabited
the
mountaines
in
the
Frontieres
of
IVDEA
,
that
durst
make
him
resistance
.
Vpon
this
he
is
informed
by
the
mouth
of
one
of
his
chiefe
captaines
,
of
that
which
he
looked
not
for
:
to
wi●te
▪
a
discourse
of
the
History
of
the
IEWES
,
from
the
time
of
ABRAHAMS
comming
out
of
Caldea
to
enter
into
the
land
of
Promise
,
vnto
them
deliuerance
from
the
Captiuitie
of
Babylon
,
following
the
order
of
the
times
quoted
by
the
holy
scriptures
▪
with
the
praises
of
the
prouidence
of
the
almightie
God
,
in
defending
of
his
Church
,
and
a
sharpe
threatning
to
those
that
dare
presume
to
disquiet
the
same
.
The
chiefe
Counsellers
of
the
Heathen
hearing
this
,
became
more
trueth
incen●ing
their
Generall
to
murder
this
Captaine
.
But
HOLOPHERNE
with
vaine
ambition
defer●eth
their
bloody
request
;
and
,
after
that
he
had
outraged
him
in
words
,
he
further
blasphemeth
the
liuing
Lord
.
And
lastly
caused
him
to
be
bound
hand
and
●oote
,
and
so
caried
neere
to
the
Citie
of
Bethulia
:
where
he
is
by
the
bes●oged
Souldiers
brought
into
the
Citie
,
and
there
declareth
his
case
;
exhorting
them
to
continue
constant
,
to
God
,
and
their
Countrey
,
and
promiseth
his
assistance
to
his
liues
end
.
THE
SECOND
BOOKE
of
IVDITH
.
Now
Holophern
in
Scythique
Rampier
stood
,
With
standards
pight
of
youthly
heathen
blood
;
Of
nothing
thinking
lesse
,
then
warre
and
fight
,
But
in
deuising
pastime
day
and
night
:
Till
he
was
war
,
that
Iacob
would
aduance
,
Against
his
Panim
force
and
arrogance
.
A
packe
of
what
?
a
packe
of
countrey
clownes
(
Quoth
Holophern
)
that
them
to
battell
bownes
,
With
beggers
,
bolts
,
and
〈…〉
to
arrest
My
warriours
strong
▪
with
whom
I
haue
supprest
Both
Tigris
swift
,
and
faire
Euphrates
stream
,
People
of
Asia
.
With
frosty
Taurus
and
rocke
Niphathoame
.
Are
they
not
wrackt
?
ye
Cheefs
of
Moabits
,
And
valiant
Ephrem
,
ye
strong
Ammoni●s
:
Ye
that
as
neighbours
knowes
this
folke
of
olde
,
That
scattered
thus
,
doe
all
these
mountaines
hold
:
Tell
me
what
men
are
they
,
of
what
off-spring
,
What
is
their
force
,
their
customes
and
their
king
?
‛
For
,
wise
is
he
that
wots
with
whom
he
playes
,
‛
And
halfe
is
victor
,
as
the
Prouerbe
sayes
.
The
Lord
of
Ammon
then
,
with
reverence
due
,
Right
wisely
spa●k
the
Duke
;
and
yet
,
for
true
,
He
was
a
Panim
both
of
faith
,
and
kinde
:
But
so
(
with
fained
tongue
)
he
spake
his
minde
,
And
all
the
Hebrews
acts
discourst
so
well
,
That
Esdr'
and
Moses
seemd
in
him
to
dwell
,
As
did
that
sprite
that
made
the
Prophet
blesse
Num.
23.
The
Israelites
,
whom
Balec
did
addresse
To
curse
them
all
,
and
wage
his
couetous
toung
,
Which
spake
contrarie
that
he
would
haue
soung
:
So
please
it
you
my
Lord
,
I
shall
descrie
The
storie
of
Izrell
:
yet
,
so
doing
,
I
Am
like
the
modest
Bee
,
that
takes
but
small
Of
every
flowr
,
though
she
haue
choise
of
all
:
For
where
she
list
,
the
sweetest
off
she
crops
.
These
people
that
ye
see
on
mountain
tops
,
A
briefe
discourse
of
the
estate
of
the
Iewes
.
Encamped
in
these
craggs
,
are
of
the
line
Of
Abraham
;
who
(
seruing
God
diuine
,
That
mighty
God
of
Gods
who
creat
all
,
And
firmely
knit
and
built
this
mighty
ball
)
Came
to
this
Land
that
then
was
tild
and
sowen
,
Gen.
12.
And
by
the
name
of
wealthy
Canaan
knowen
:
Where
onely
God
his
wealth
did
multiplie
,
In
goods
,
and
siluer
,
gold
,
and
familie
.
And
when
of
age
he
was
an
hundred
year
,
His
wife
eake
barren
,
neuer
child
did
●ear
;
God
gaue
them
Isaac
,
swearing
that
his
seed
Should
many
Scepters
rule
,
and
Land
bespreed
:
But
,
when
that
holy
Abraham
was
old
,
And
hoped
well
the
promise
made
should
hold
(
O
pitious
case
)
Th'
immortall
voice
him
spake
,
And
bad
him
sacrifice
his
sonne
Isaac
.
Then
like
a
ship
between
two
windes
beset
,
Gen.
22.
Vpon
the
raging
sea
on
both
sides
bet
,
In
doubtsom
fear
,
●e
wots
what
way
to
keep
,
Least
one
of
them
confound
her
in
the
deep
:
Makes
close
her
ports
,
and
slides
on
Neptunes
back
;
At
pleasure
of
the
hoisteous
windes
to
wrack
:
So
felt
this
Hebrew
,
in
his
heart
to
fight
Both
loue
,
and
duety
,
reason
,
faith
and
right
.
Nor
wist
he
way
to
take
:
his
troubled
soule
,
From
this
to
that
continually
did
roule
,
Vntill
the
time
,
his
heav'nly
fear
and
loue
His
naturall
earthly
pitie
did
remoue
.
Then
hauing
built
the
fire
and
all
,
anone
His
sonne
he
layd
vpon
the
sacred
stone
,
And
with
a
trembling
hand
the
curtlasse
drewe
,
With
heavied
arme
the
stroke
for
to
ensewe
;
When
,
lo
,
th'
Eternall
staid
the
balefull
knife
,
And
down
it
fell
,
and
spaird
the
guiltless
life
.
Then
God
,
content
to
haue
so
great
assaye
Of
Abrams
faith
,
defended
him
alway
.
Of
Isaac
,
Iacob
came
,
and
Iacob
than
Of
valiant
sonnes
had
twelue
in
Canaan
,
Who
(
forç't
by
famine
)
fled
to
Aegypt
Land
:
Where
for
a
while
,
their
dwelling
good
they
fand
;
Exod.
1
And
grew
so
great
in
number
,
that
they
were
A
fear
to
those
that
had
them
harbourd
there
.
And
though
th'
Egyptians
dayly
them
opprest
,
And
burthens
on
their
sweating
backs
were
drest
:
Yet
like
the
valiant
Palme
they
did
sustaine
Their
peisant
weight
,
redressing
vp
againe
.
This
mov'd
King
Pharo
to
command
through
all
Great
Nilus
Land
,
where
raine
doth
neuer
fall
,
He
bad
his
folke
should
slay
(
whereso
they
came
)
All
children
males
the
seede
of
Abraham
;
Assoone
as
they
from
mothers
wombs
were
free
,
Their
day
of
birth
should
be
their
day
to
d
ee
.
O
cruell
Tiger
,
thinks
thou
that
this
deede
Of
Izak
may
cut-off
th'
immortal
seede
?
Exclamation
.
Well
may
it
stay
the
sucklings
for
to
liue
,
And
kill
th'
accustomde
frute
that
heaven
doth
giue
:
But
,
spite
of
this
,
men
Iacobs
seede
shall
see
In
flouring
state
to
rule
all
Cananee
:
The
first
of
every
house
shall
feele
the
hand
And
wrath
of
God
against
this
law
to
stand
.
It
fortun'd
Pharo's
daughter
,
with
her
traine
Of
Ladies
faire
,
to
play
them
on
the
Plaine
,
Vpon
the
shoare
where
Gossan
floode
doth
slide
:
Where
,
after
many
pastimes
they
had
tride
,
She
hears
an
enfant
weepe
amongst
the
reedes
.
Then
,
iudging
it
for
one
of
Izaks
seeds
,
As
so
it
was
(
yet
,
with
Paternall
feare
)
Against
his
pitious
plaint
she
clos'd
her
eare
:
But
after
,
vewing
in
that
infants
face
I
know
not
what
of
fauour
and
of
grace
,
Which
did
presage
his
greatnes
to
ensew
;
Loue
vanquisht
lawe
,
and
pittie
dread
withdrew
:
So
from
the
floode
not
onely
she
him
caught
,
But
curiously
she
causde
him
to
be
taught
,
As
her
owne
sonne
.
O
sonne
elect
of
God
,
Admiration
.
That
once
shall
rule
the
people
with
thy
rod
,
Thou
haste
not
found
a
seruant
for
thy
mother
,
But
euen
a
Queene
to
nurse
thee
and
none
other
.
"
Now
see
how
God
,
alwaies
for
his
elect
,
Note
.
"
Of
wicked
things
can
draw
a
good
effect
:
"
His
prouidence
hath
made
a
wicked
thing
,
"
Vnto
his
owne
,
great
profit
for
to
bring
.
"
When
Iosephs
brether
sold
him
like
a
slaue
,
Gen.
41
"
He
after
came
a
kingly
place
to
haue
.
"
Of
Haman
proude
the
darke
enuious
hate
"
Brought
Mardoche
the
iust
to
great
estate
.
"
For
,
where
his
enemie
sought
his
shamefull
end
,
Est.
"
The
same
vnto
the
worker
he
did
send
.
This
Hebrew
Moses
once
as
he
did
keepe
On
Horeb
mount
his
father
Iethro
his
sheepe
:
Father
in
Law
.
He
saw
a
fearefull
sight
,
a
flaming
fire
Enclose
a
thorny
bush
whole
and
entire
:
From
whence
a
mighty
voice
vnto
him
spake
,
Which
made
the
ground
betweene
the
Poles
to
shake
:
I
am
that
One
,
is
,
was
,
and
ay
shall
bee
,
Exod.
3.
Who
create
all
of
nought
,
as
pleaseth
mee
:
I
can
destroie
,
I
am
the
great
,
and
iust
,
The
faire
,
the
good
,
the
Holy
one
to
trust
,
Whose
strong
right
hand
this
world
hath
set
in
frame
,
I
am
th'
Almighty
God
of
Abraham
:
I
plague
my
foes
,
and
grant
my
seruants
grace
,
All
those
that
knowledge
me
,
and
all
their
race
.
Then
follow
thou
my
will
,
and
quickly
go
,
From
me
,
to
that
prophane
King
Pharao
,
Who
holds
the
towrs
of
Memphis
and
the
field
,
Of
Nilus
shore
that
rich
encrease
doth
yeeld
;
And
bid
him
let
my
people
freely
goe
:
But
,
if
with
hardned
hart
,
he
will
not
so
,
Stretch
out
thy
staffe
for
to
confirme
thy
charge
,
And
it
shall
turne
into
a
Serpent
large
.
And
this
he
shortly
did
,
the
thing
to
proue
:
It
quickned
lo
,
and
on
the
ground
gan
moue
.
(
O
Miracle
)
he
saw
without
all
●aile
,
It
grew
a
Serpent
fell
with
head
and
taile
:
Which
crangling
crept
,
and
ranne
from
trod
to
trod
In
many
a
knot
,
till
time
th'
Almighty
God
Commanded
him
the
same
for
to
retaine
,
Which
to
the
former
shape
returnd
againe
.
Thus
siling
humain
sight
,
it
changed
form
,
One
while
a
Rod
,
one
while
a
creeping
worm
.
Then
armed
with
this
staffe
,
the
Lord
him
sent
,
The
proud
idolatrous
princes
to
torment
.
He
,
in
the
name
of
God
,
full
oft
did
pray
The
King
,
to
let
the
Hebrews
go
their
way
,
Vnto
the
desert
where
he
did
deuise
,
To
offer
God
a
pleasant
sacrifise
.
But
Pharo
clos'd
his
eare
against
the
Lord
,
And
to
his
holy
word
would
not
accord
.
Then
God
th'
Eternall
wrought
by
Moses
hand
,
Exod.
4
To
approue
his
word
,
great
wonders
in
that
Land
.
For
,
he
not
only
Riuers
turnd
to
blood
,
Exod.
7
But
also
all
the
heads
of
Nilus
flood
(
Which
watreth
wealthy
Egypt
with
his
sources
)
Was
turnd
to
blood
amid
their
siluer
courses
:
So
that
the
king
himselfe
,
his
life
to
feede
,
Was
faine
to
vse
such
water
for
his
neede
.
This
Moses
made
the
froggs
in
millions
creep
,
Exod.
8
From
floods
and
ponds
,
and
scrall
from
ditches
deep
:
Who
cled
all
Misraim
with
their
filthy
frie
,
Euen
on
the
king
and
all
his
family
.
To
young
and
old
of
either
Sexe
that
while
,
Exod.
9
He
sent
a
plage
of
scalding
botches
vile
:
So
that
the
Memphites
,
layd
on
beds
to
rest
,
With
vncouth
venim
daily
were
opprest
:
To
Medciners
,
the
medcine
valled
not
;
So
sore
the
poisond
plague
did
vnder
cot
.
He
also
smote
the
for
rests
,
herbs
,
and
grase
,
The
flocks
of
sheep
and
euery
beast
that
was
:
Throw
poison
of
th'
infected
ground
so
●ell
,
The
Morrain
made
them
all
to
die
or
swell
:
So
that
the
Shepheard
,
by
the
riuer
side
,
His
flock
hath
rather
dead
then
sick
espide
.
He
,
earthly
dust
,
to
lothly
lice
did
change
,
And
dimd
the
Ayre
,
with
such
a
cloud
so
strange
Of
flyes
,
grashoppers
,
hornets
,
clegs
and
clocks
,
Exod.
10
That
day
and
night
throw
houses
flew
in
flocks
,
That
with
incisions
sharpe
did
sheare
the
skinnes
Of
Aegypt
Panims
,
throw
their
proudest
ynnes
.
And
when
the
heauen
most
quiet
seemd
and
fair
,
Th'
Eternall
sent
a
tempest
through
the
air
,
And
(
at
this
Hebrew
's
prayer
)
such
a
reare
Of
thunder
fell
,
that
brought
them
all
in
feare
.
Here
lay
a
Bull
,
that
woodran
while
he
brast
:
There
lay
the
Keeper
,
burnt
with
thunder
blast
:
And
now
the
forrest
high
,
that
hid
the
air
,
With
many
a
spreeding
arme
,
is
spoild
and
bair
:
So
that
the
sap
that
grafters
keeps
with
paine
,
Which
should
restore
the
stock
,
and
leafe
againe
,
Is
lost
(
alas
)
in
lesse
then
halfe
a
day
,
The
husbands
hoped
fruite
gone
to
decaye
.
What
more
?
th'
Eternall
darkned
so
the
skye
,
For
three
dayes
space
none
could
another
spye
:
That
cloude
,
so
thick
,
the
Memphis
rebels
fand
,
That
they
might
firmly
feele
it
with
their
hand
:
It
seemd
that
Phoebus
left
his
ancient
Round
,
And
dwelt
three
dayes
with
men
of
vnderground
.
"
And
as
the
sunne
at
one selfe
time
is
felt
,
"
With
heate
to
harden
clay
,
and
wax
to
melt
:
"
So
Amrams
sacred
sonne
,
in
these
proiects
,
"
Made
one selfe
cause
,
haue
two
contraire
effects
.
"
For
,
Izak
humbly
knew
the
Lord
diuine
:
"
But
Pharo
,
more
and
more
,
did
still
repine
;
"
Like
to
the
corpslet
colde
,
the
more
't
is
het
"
With
hammers
hard
,
more
hardnes
it
doth
get
.
Yet
when
his
son
was
slaine
by
th'
Angels
hand
,
Exod.
11
Heyre
.
Amongst
the
eldest
heires
of
Aegypt
Land
;
He
was
afraide
,
and
let
them
go
that
night
,
Where
pleased
them
to
serue
their
God
of
might
:
Who
sent
a
cloud
before
them
all
the
day
,
By
night
a
Piller
of
fire
,
to
guide
their
way
.
But
so
dainly
this
tyrant
did
gainstand
His
former
graunt
,
and
armd
all
Aegypt
Land
With
hote
pursute
against
all
Iacobs
hoste
,
That
were
encamped
on
the
Red-sea
coste
.
Such
noyse
was
neuer
,
since
the
foraigne
tide
Brak
throw
Gibraltar
,
when
it
did
diuide
The
Calp
,
from
Abill
,
or
when
Sicill
strand
Diuorced
was
from
her
Italia
Land
;
As
was
in
these
two
campes
:
that
one
,
with
boste
,
That
other
with
their
wailings
fild
the
coast
:
It
seemd
the
sounds
of
furious
horse
and
men
,
With
hornes
and
pypes
,
to
heaven
resounded
then
.
Exod.
14.
They
murmure
.
O
Iuggler
said
the
Iewes
,
what
hatefull
strife
Hath
moued
thee
to
change
our
happie
life
?
What
?
are
we
fishes
,
for
to
swimme
the
seas
?
Or
are
we
foules
,
to
fly
whereas
we
please
,
Beyond
the
Sea
?
or
ouer
hilles
to
soare
?
Was
there
not
graues
for
vs
on
Gossen
shoare
;
But
,
in
this
desart
heer
to
dy
,
or
haue
The
blood-red
Ocean
Sea
,
to
be
our
graue
?
Then
Moses
,
with
his
quickned
rod
,
that
tide
,
He
smote
the
sea
,
which
(
fearfull
)
did
diuide
;
Discouering
land
that
sunne
had
neuerseene
,
And
staid
the
sea
,
as
there
two
walles
had
been
:
Which
made
a
passage
dry
of
ample
space
,
For
all
to
passe
who
were
of
Isaacs
race
:
But
contrarie
the
Red-sea
did
deuower
The
barbrous
tyrant
with
his
mighty
power
,
Who
proudly
durst
himselfe
to
that
present
,
Which
opened
but
to
saue
the
innocent
.
O
happy
race
,
since
God
doth
arme
for
thee
,
Both
fire
and
aire
,
the
windes
,
the
clouds
and
see
(
Which
all
vnto
thy
pay
haue
whole
inclinde
)
Let
not
consuming
time
weare
out
of
minde
So
rare
a
grace
;
but
let
thine
elders
shewe
This
to
their
noble
seed
that
shall
ensewe
:
And
let
their
sonnes
,
vnto
their
sonnes
recorde
Throw
all
the
world
these
wonders
of
the
Lord
.
God
,
with
Coelestiall
breade
(
in
time
of
need
)
His
loued
Iacob
fortie
yeare
did
feede
:
Exod.
6.
And
gaue
them
water
from
the
solide
stone
,
Which
of
it selfe
had
neuer
moisture
none
.
Their
caps
,
their
coates
,
and
shooes
,
that
they
did
weare
,
God
kept
all
fresh
and
new
,
full
fortie
yeer
.
And
farther
,
least
their
soules
,
for
want
of
food
,
Exod.
20.
Should
faint
or
faile
;
he
,
of
his
mercies
good
,
Gaue
them
his
law
,
pronounced
by
his
voice
,
His
spirit
to
theirs
,
in
him
for
to
reioice
:
So
teaching
them
,
and
vs
in
precepts
ten
,
Our
dutie
first
to
God
,
and
next
to
men
;
To
th'
end
that
man
to
man
should
truely
stand
,
And
ioyne
with
God
,
and
neuer
break
that
band
.
This
mightie
Prophet
dead
;
Duke
Iosua
than
,
Iosua
.
Their
Captaine
stout
,
this
Palmy
province
wan
:
Throw
might
of
God
,
he
Scepters
did
subdew
Of
thirtie
tyrant
Kings
,
whom
all
he
slew
.
At
his
commandement
like
the
thunder
sound
,
The
Rampers
strong
fell
fearefully
to
ground
;
Before
the
Tortuse
,
or
the
horned
Ramme
,
Had
bet
,
or
mined
,
from
their
wall
a
dramme
:
For
,
euen
of
hornes
,
full
hoarse
,
their
simple
blast
An
engine
was
,
their
towres
adoune
to
cast
.
He
pray'd
the
heaven
for
to
prolong
the
day
,
And
made
the
horses
of
the
sun
to
stay
;
To
th'
end
,
the
night
should
not
with
cloud
be
cled
,
To
saue
the
faithles
,
that
before
him
fled
.
Now
when
this
Panim
scourge
(
with
age
at
last
)
Had
left
this
life
,
and
vnto
heauen
past
;
Then
Isaac
had
of
Rulers
sundry
men
,
Whose
glorious
acts
deserues
eternall
pen
.
Who
knowes
not
Samgar
,
Barac
,
and
Othoniell
?
Iudges
.
Tha
valiant
Delbor
,
Ahud
and
good
Samuell
?
What
Land
(
O
Sampson
)
rings
not
thy
renowne
,
Who
sole
,
vnarmed
,
bet
an
Army
down
?
What
laude
to
Iephthe
iustly
might
we
low
,
Had
he
not
hurt
his
owne
,
through
hastie
vow
?
What
hill
or
dale
,
what
flood
or
fixed
ground
,
〈◊〉
not
the
famous
Gedeons
praise
resound
?
In
later
time
,
their
kings
some
good
,
some
bad
,
Of
all
the
Hebrew
state
the
ruling
had
.
Had
I
the
Harpe
of
Dauid
(
holy
King
)
None
other
sound
but
Dauid
would
I
sing
.
〈…〉
uen
as
all
the
deeds
that
Dauid
did
,
〈…〉
ot
be
done
by
none
,
but
by
Dauid
:
So
none
but
Dauid
,
on
his
yv'rie
harpe
,
The
glorious
praise
of
God
could
onely
carpe
.
But
,
here
,
his
praise
I
prease
not
to
proclaime
,
Least
I
throw
want
of
skill
obscure
the
same
:
Yet
leaue
I
not
his
Son
,
whom
grace
diuine
Salomon
.
Made
no
lesserich
,
then
wondrous
of
engine
:
Whose
doctrine
drew
to
Salem
from
all
wheare
,
A
hundred
thousand
wyzards
him
to
heare
:
From
Araby
,
from
Ynde
,
to
Affrik
shore
;
His
toung
entyste
them
with
his
cunning
lore
.
Iosias
.
Shall
I
forget
the
kings
,
who
ouerthrew
Idolatrie
,
and
plaç't
religion
dew
?
Shall
I
forget
that
King
,
who
saw
descend
Hezekiah
.
Ierusalem
.
Asa.
A
winged
Hoast
,
Solyma
to
defend
?
Shall
I
forget
him
,
who
before
his
eene
,
Enchast
the
bands
of
Chus
on
Gerar
greene
?
Shall
I
forget
him
,
who
preparing
fight
Iosaphat
.
'Gainst
Ammon
,
Seir
,
and
Moabs
Idoll
might
;
Saw
ech
of
their
three
hoasts
on
others
fall
,
And
with
them selfs
their
selfs
,
disconfit
all
?
Yet
,
for
their
sinnes
God
gaue
them
in
the
hands
Of
Calde
Kings
,
who
conquered
all
their
Lands
:
And
took
King
Zedekee
,
and
made
an
end
Of
that
Impire
;
till
God
did
Cyrus
send
,
Who
set
them
free
,
and
gaue
them
of
his
grace
Two
rulers
of
their
owne
.
And
now
this
place
Is
kept
by
sacred
Ioachim
,
whose
powers
Consists
not
onely
within
Sions
towers
;
But
,
Edom
,
Sidon
,
Moab
,
and
we
all
Do
knowe
his
strength
and
knowes
him
principall
.
Now
Sir
,
you
hear
the
progresse
first
and
last
Of
Is●acs
race
in
order
as
it
past
.
One
while
the
Lord
enhaunst
them
to
the
skie
:
One
while
he
drew
them
downe
in
deepe
to
lie
.
‛
But
were
he
Iudge
,
or
Prince
,
or
King
of
might
,
‛
Who
reul'd
the
Hebrews
policie
aright
,
‛
While
they
observ'd
th'
alliance
made
before
‛
By
their
forefathers
,
who
to
God
them
swore
,
‛
In
happy
state
all
others
they
surpast
:
‛
And
vnderfoote
their
proudest
foes
were
cast
.
‛
And
all
the
world
,
that
their
destruction
sought
,
‛
Against
their
state
,
and
name
preuailed
nought
.
‛
But
,
contrary
,
as
oft
as
they
astraide
‛
From
God
their
guide
,
he
on
their
shoulders
laid
‛
The
Barbare
yock
of
Mo●b
,
and
oft-times
‛
Of
Palestine
and
Ammon
for
their
crimes
,
‛
The
heauie
hand
of
God
was
seen
to
be
,
‛
On
their
ingratefull
infidelity
.
Now
,
if
so
be
that
any
odious
sinne
Prouoke
their
Lord
his
Iustice
to
begin
:
Then
mine
not
you
their
towers
and
tourets
tall
,
Nor
bring
the
wrack
som
engine
to
their
wall
:
Nor
place
thy
battries
braue
,
nor
yet
aduenter
,
With
thy
courageous
camp
,
the
breach
to
enter
.
For
,
if
Libanus
mount
,
or
Carmell
faire
Or
Niphathaei
should
parke
them
from
repaire
:
If
Ynde
and
Nilus
with
the
Rhene
and
Rhone
To
close
them
round
about
,
should
run
in
one
,
For
their
defence
:
yet
shall
they
notwithstand
(
With
all
their
force
)
thy
flurious
fighting
●and
▪
But
if
they
haue
not
broke
the
●and
indeed
That
God
with
Abraham
made
and
with
his
seede
;
Beware
,
my
Lord
,
beware
to
touch
or
moue
These
people
that
the
Lord
so
much
doth
loue
.
For
,
though
south
Aùtan
would
dispeople
his
Lands
,
And
bring
the
blackest
Moores
to
swarme
in
bands
:
If
Northren
Boreas
,
vnder
his
banners
colde
,
Would
bring
to
field
his
hideous
Souldiers
bold
:
If
Zephyrus
from
sweet
Hesperia
coste
,
Would
send
his
chosen
armed
men
to
Hoste
:
If
Eurus
,
for
to
aide
thine
enterprise
,
Would
bring
his
men
from
whence
the
sun
doth
rise
:
Yet
all
their
numbers
hudge
,
and
forces
strong
,
Can
neuer
do
to
Israell
any
wrong
,
Nor
hurt
one
hair
,
if
their
great
God
say
nay
▪
That
God
will
them
defend
,
because
he
may
With
one
small
blast
confound
all
Kings
that
darre
(
As
thou
doest
now
)
prouoke
him
vnto
warre
.
Then
like
as
ye
behold
the
quiet
see
Not
raging
when
the
windes
ingendring
be
:
But
,
blauncheth
first
,
then
growes
in
little
space
,
In
wallowing
waves
to
flowe
with
fomy
face
,
And
lastly
beates
the
banks
,
and
ships
vnshrouds
,
With
wrackfull
waues
vphoist
to
highest
clouds
:
So
,
almost
all
the
princes
of
that
hoste
,
With
inward
anger
gan
to
be
emboste
,
As
oft
as
they
the
prayse
of
God
did
heare
;
So
to
his
speech
encreast
their
spitefull
chear
:
Which
,
in
the
end
,
to
blasphemy
them
brought
,
Th'
immortall
God
of
Gods
to
set
at
nought
.
Kill
and
cut
off
(
quoth
they
)
this
traytour
fine
,
Whose
subtill
talke
,
with
all
his
whole
engine
,
Pretends
to
saue
these
Hebrews
from
our
hands
,
And
threats
vs
with
vaine
Gods
of
forraine
Lands
:
For
if
it
please
you
(
noble
prince
)
to
send
But
twenty
men
of
value
that
are
●end
,
Within
your
camp
,
these
recklesse
rebels
then
Shall
be
a
pray
to
all
your
warlike
men
.
(
O
wicked
wight
!
)
but
then
the
Uizroy
stout
,
With
power
,
appeasde
the
murmur
of
the
route
:
And
to
him
said
:
O
shameles
Prophet
thou
,
What
Sibyll
,
or
what
charmer
tell
me
now
?
What
Diuell
or
Daemon
so
doth
thee
inspire
,
That
Izrell
shall
of
vs
haue
his
desire
?
Such
men
,
as
with
no
God
can
be
content
,
But
such
as
pleased
Moses
to
inuent
Of
his
owne
head
:
a
God
that
hath
no
power
●lasphemic
.
For
to
deliuer
them
,
nor
thee
this
hower
.
Haue
we
an
other
God
,
or
king
of
kings
,
Then
our
great
Persian
Monark
now
that
rigns
?
Whose
barded
horse
ore
runns
the
Nations
all
,
Whose
armed
men
,
out
of
these
mountaines
tall
,
Shall
rake
these
Rebels
that
from
Egypt
came
To
this
,
where
they
vniustly
keep
the
same
.
Dye
,
dye
,
thou
shalt
,
O
wretch
:
thy
toung
vntrue
,
And
double
heart
,
shall
haue
their
wages
due
.
But
,
foole
,
what
speake
I
thus
?
no
haste
,
a
while
:
Thy
blood
(
O
villaine
)
shall
not
me
defile
.
So
iust
a
paine
,
so
soone
thou
shalt
not
haue
,
For
thy
deceipt
,
so
soone
to
go
to
graue
.
‛
For
,
in
a
wretches
sodaine
death
,
at
ones
‛
Their
long
some
ill
is
buried
with
their
bones
.
But
,
to
that
end
I
may
prolong
thy
strife
,
In
Bethull
town
I
will
prolong
thy
life
:
Where
euerie
howre
,
thou
shalt
haue
such
affraye
To
dye
vndead
a
thousand
times
a
day
,
Till
time
with
them
who
thou
so
strong
hast
thought
To
shamefull
end
with
them
thou
shalt
be
brought
.
What
?
wherefore
temblest
thou
and
art
so
pale
?
What
sorrow
makes
thy
heart
so
soone
to
faile
?
If
God
be
God
,
as
thou
right
now
hast
said
,
Then
of
thy
faith
giue
witnesse
,
vndismaid
.
A
marshall
of
the
campe
then
being
prest
(
Who
was
not
yet
so
cruell
as
the
rest
)
There
tooke
this
demy
Pagan
(
Ammons
Lord
)
And
sent
him
bound
to
Bethull
(
with
a
cord
)
.
Then
euen
as
in
his
clawes
the
kite
doth
beare
The
chirping
chicken
,
throu
the
weather
cleare
,
While
that
the
cackling
hen
,
belowe
on
ground
,
Bewayles
her
bird
with
vaine
lamenting
sound
:
So
in
like
woe
his
worthy
men
were
left
,
For
that
so
worthy
a
chief
was
them
bereft
.
The
Townsmen
then
beholding
neere
their
wall
These
Miscreants
,
to
armour
straight
they
fall
,
Y●lad
in
plate
and
mail
,
and
runnes
in
bands
,
And
fearcely
fronts
their
foes
with
steele
in
hands
;
As
fast
as
done
the
riuers
doun
the
hils
,
That
with
their
murmur
hudge
the
deepes
vpfils
.
The
Heathen
,
seeing
this
,
retirde
away
,
And
left
the
Lord
of
Ammon
for
a
pray
To
th'
Hebrew
soldiers
;
who
did
him
constraine
,
Though
he
was
willing
,
with
them
to
remaine
.
When
all
the
folke
with
prease
about
him
past
,
His
eyes
and
hands
vp
to
the
pole
he
cast
,
‛
And
thus
he
spake
:
O
God
that
great
abides
‛
Vpon
th'
Immortall
seat
,
and
iustly
guides
‛
The
ruled
course
of
heav'n
,
whose
liuing
spreete
‛
Reuiuing
spreds
,
and
through
all
things
doth
fleete
;
‛
I
render
thee
,
O
God
,
immortall
prayse
,
‛
For
that
before
I
end
my
wofull
dayes
,
‛
Now
from
th'
vnfruitfull
stock
thou
doest
me
race
,
'To
graft
me
in
thy
fruitfull
tree
of
grace
;
‛
Where
in
despite
of
all
contrary
strife
,
‛
I
shall
bring
forth
the
fruits
of
lasting
life
.
And
ye
,
O
Iacobs
sonnes
,
thinke
not
at
all
That
I
of
purpose
captiue
am
and
thrall
,
So
that
I
meane
hereby
your
wrack
to
bring
,
For
,
God
he
knowes
,
I
thinke
not
such
a
thing
:
But
I
am
captiue
thus
,
because
I
tolde
,
What
wondrous
workes
the
Lord
hath
done
of
olde
,
To
you
and
your
forefathers
euer
still
,
Deliv'ring
them
that
would
obey
his
will
.
Then
doubt
not
you
a
thousand
●la●●ing
flags
,
Nor
horrible
cries
of
●●leous
heathen
hags
:
Coole
not
your
hearts
.
For
,
if
the
world
about
Would
compasse
you
with
all
their
warriours
stout
(
Prouiding
first
ye
seek
your
helpe
at
need
At
power
diuine
,
and
not
at
mortall
seede
)
You
surely
shall
see
Mocmurs
renning
flood
,
Made
red
,
with
Assurs
hoste
and
Ethnique
blood
:
Ye
surely
shall
see
men
,
not
vsde
to
fight
,
Sub
due
their
foes
,
that
seemes
of
greater
might
.
The
hand
of
God
assailes
you
not
with
hate
:
But
,
for
your
weale
,
your
pride
he
will
abate
;
To
let
you
wit
,
it
is
within
his
power
,
To
leaue
or
to
relieue
you
euery
houre
.
As
on
th'
vnsauorie
stocke
the
lilly
is
borne
:
And
as
the
rose
growes
on
the
pricking
thorne
:
So
modest
life
,
with
sobs
of
grieuous
smart
And
cryes
deuout
,
comes
from
an
humbled
hart
.
For
,
euen
the
faithfull
flocke
are
like
the
ground
,
That
for
good
fruit
,
with
weedes
will
still
abound
,
If
that
the
share
and
culter
idlelye
That
riues
the
soyle
,
and
roots
the
brambles
bye
:
But
,
in
the
end
,
God
will
his
yre
relent
,
Assoone
as
sinners
truely
will
repent
:
And
saue
you
from
these
plagues
that
present
be
In
shorter
time
then
ye
do
think
to
see
.
Take
courage
,
friends
,
and
vanquish
God
with
teares
:
And
,
after
,
we
shall
vanquish
with
our
weares
These
enmies
all
.
Now
,
if
there
rest
in
me
The
former
force
that
once
was
wont
to
be
:
If
elde
haue
not
decaid
my
courage
bolde
,
That
I
haue
had
with
great
experience
olde
;
I
render
me
to
serue
you
to
my
ende
,
For
Iacobs
weale
,
Gods
law
for
to
defend
.
FINIS
.
THE
SVMMARIE
OF
The
III.
BOOKE
.
IN
this
third
book
,
the
Poet
setteth
forth
the
seege
of
Bethulia
,
and
the
extremity
that
God
permitted
them
to
feele
,
therby
to
giue
an
entry
to
his
miraculous
deliuerance
;
who
is
accustomed
to
leade
his
people
to
the
gates
of
death
,
and
from
thence
to
retire
them
aboue
all
humane
expectation
,
to
the
ende
they
should
confesse
that
the
arme
of
flesh
,
nor
worldly
wisedome
maintaines
not
the
Church
:
but
the
only
fauour
of
the
Almightie
,
to
whome
the
whole
glory
of
duty
should
be
rendred
.
Father
,
three
principall
things
are
to
be
noted
:
First
,
the
preparations
of
the
beseegers
,
and
the
defences
of
the
beseeged
;
and
how
after
,
throw
the
counsell
giuen
to
Holopberne
for
the
restraint
of
the
water
from
the
towne
,
ens●wes
a
furious
assault
,
which
the
Iewes
repelled
with
great
paine
:
Secondly
,
the
extreame
desolation
through
want
of
water
,
whereof
proceedeth
sundry
sorts
of
death
,
with
lamentations
,
murmurations
,
and
danger
of
muti●e
within
the
Citie
,
and
how
the
Gouernour
endeuours
himselfe
with
wise
and
godly
admonitions
to
appease
the
same
:
But
the
Commons
,
in
this
hard
estate
regarding
no
reason
,
required
to
render
the
Citie
,
rather
then
to
perish
in
such
apparant
miserie
.
The
Gouernour
,
being
carried
with
a
humane
prudence
,
promiseth
to
render
the
Towne
within
fiue
dayes
,
if
God
send
them
no
succour
.
Yet
such
is
the
estate
of
Gods
Church
in
this
world
,
that
when
all
things
faileth
,
God
manifesteth
his
power
.
And
therefore
in
the
third
partis
IVDITH
introduced
,
who
(
being
especially
moued
by
the
reading
of
Holy
Scriptures
)
is
encouraged
to
deliuer
her
Country
:
but
when
she
vnderstood
the
resolution
of
the
Magistrates
,
Shee
(
being
in
estimation
honourable
)
modestly
reproues
them
.
After
their
excuse
,
shee
promiseth
to
attempt
something
for
the
publike
weale
:
not
showing
her
deuise
,
but
onely
desired
to
haue
passage
by
night
vnto
the
enemies
campe
,
and
this
is
granted
.
THE
THIRD
BOOKE
of
IVDITH
.
THe
Snoring
snoute
of
restles
Phlegon
blewe
Hote
on
the
Ynds
,
and
did
the
day
renewe
With
skarlet
skie
,
when
Heathen
men
awooke
At
sound
of
drumme
:
then
pike
and
dart
they
tooke
,
In
order
marching
,
and
to
combat
●alles
Th'
vndaunted
sonnes
,
within
their
Cities
walles
.
The
meeds
in
Maie
with
flowers
are
not
so
dect
,
Of
sundry
sauours
,
hews
,
and
seere
effect
,
As
in
this
campe
were
people
different
farre
In
toungs
and
maners
,
habits
,
tents
,
and
warre
.
Yea
Chaos
old
,
whereof
the
world
was
founded
,
Of
members
more
confuse
,
was
not
compounded
:
Yet
soundly
they
in
vnion
did
accord
To
wage
the
warre
against
th'
Almightie
Lord
,
Who
shakes
the
Poles
,
whose
onely
breath
doth
beat
Libanus
mount
,
and
makes
Caucasus
sweat
.
There
came
the
Kettrinks
wilde
,
of
cold
Hircania
,
Ioynd
with
the
men
of
great
and
lesse
Armania
:
With
coppintanks
:
and
there
the
Parthian
tall
Assaid
to
shoot
his
shafts
,
and
flee
withall
.
The
Persians
proud
(
th'
Empyre
was
in
their
hands
)
With
plates
of
gold
,
surbraued
all
their
bands
.
The
Medes
declar'd
through
fortunes
ouerthwart
▪
They
lost
their
Scepter
,
not
for
lack
of
hart
:
And
that
no
costly
cloath
nor
rich
aray
,
Nor
painting
fine
,
that
on
their
face
they
lay
,
Nor
borrowd
hair
,
of
fair
and
comly
length
,
Might
ought
impair
their
ancient
power
and
strength
.
There
were
the
happie
Arabs
,
those
that
buields
In
thatched
waggons
,
wandring
throu
the
fields
.
The
subtill
Tyrians
,
they
who
first
were
clarks
,
That
staid
the
wandring
words
in
leaues
and
barks
,
The
men
of
Moab
,
Edom
,
Ammon
,
and
The
People
sparst
on
large
Elimia
land
.
The
learned
Memphians
,
and
the
men
that
dwell
Engins
of
Warre
.
Neere
to
the
Aethiopians
black
and
fell
:
In
short
,
the
most
of
Asia
(
as
it
wair
)
Encamped
was
within
that
armie
fair
.
So
that
this
Duke
mo
forraine
souldierslad
,
Then
all
the
Hebrewes
natiue
people
had
.
But
they
,
who
did
the
Hebrewes
greatest
wrong
,
Were
Apost●ts
of
Ephrem
fierce
and
strong
:
Who
fought
with
hatefull
harts
,
them
to
deface
,
Least
they
should
be
esteemd
of
Izaks
race
.
Then
,
as
in
time
of
Spring
the
water
is
warme
,
And
crowping
frogs
like
fishes
there
doth
swarme
;
But
with
the
smallest
stone
that
you
can
cast
To
stirre
the
streame
,
their
crouping
stayes
as
fast
:
So
while
Iudea
was
in
ioyfull
dayes
,
The
constancie
of
them
was
worthy
prayes
:
For
that
in
euery
purpose
ye
should
heare
The
praise
of
God
,
resounding
euery
wheare
;
So
,
that
like
burning
candles
they
did
shine
Among
their
faithfull
flocke
,
like
men
diuine
.
But
,
looke
how
soon
they
heard
of
Holopherne
,
Their
courage
quailde
and
they
began
to
dern
:
Their
ardent
zeale
with
closed
mouth
they
choke
;
Their
zeale
too
hote
returnd
to
fuming
smoke
:
The
fear
of
losse
of
life
,
and
worldly
good
,
Brought
Infidels
to
shed
their
brothers
blood
.
Alas
,
how
many
Ephramits
haue
we
,
In
our
vnhappy
time
?
all
which
we
see
Within
the
Church
like
hypocrits
to
dwell
,
So
long
as
by
the
same
they
prosper
well
:
Who
feines
a
zeale
,
th'
Euangill
to
maintaine
,
So
long
as
serues
their
honour
,
or
their
gaine
:
But
,
turne
the
chance
with
some
contrary
winde
,
So
that
their
browes
but
half
a
blast
do
finde
;
Then
faints
their
harts
,
and
they
seek
other
way
,
Like
bankers
out
their
God
they
disobay
,
Discyphring
then
their
malice
to
be
more
To
Gods
contempt
,
then
was
their
zeale
before
;
And
fights
against
the
Lord
with
greater
hate
,
Then
Celsus
did
,
or
Iulian
Apostate
.
The
Hebrewes
now
,
from
heights
of
houses
faire
,
Who
saw
so
many
banners
beat
the
aire
,
And
men
to
march
against
their
forces
small
,
Who
now
might
well
decerne
their
feeble
wall
;
They
swoune
with
fear
,
and
fand
none
other
aid
,
But
of
that
God
,
to
whom
their
fathers
praid
.
O
father
(
quod
they
)
father
,
holy
king
,
Who
shields
vs
alwayes
vnderneath
thy
wing
;
Since
now
the
world
against
vs
doth
conspire
,
Defende
vs
mighty
Lord
we
thee
require
.
Thus
hauing
humbly
prayd
the
Lord
of
might
,
The
Gouernour
renforc't
his
watches
wight
,
And
fires
at
midnight
built
in
euery
way
;
Which
made
the
night
appear
as
clear
as
day
;
And
wakerife
through
the
corpsgard
of
the
past
:
And
thought
that
Phoebe
hyed
her
course
too
fast
With
horses
paile
to
steale
away
the
night
,
To
leaue
the
Hebrews
to
their
enmies
sight
.
Again
,
the
Pagan
thought
she
did
but
creep
,
Or
that
with
Latmies
sonne
she
was
on
sleep
.
"
But
humain
wishes
neuer
hath
the
powre
"
To
haste
or
hold
the
course
of
heaven
one
hower
.
Then
as
Aurora
rose
with
sanguine
hew
,
And
our
Horyzon
did
the
day
renew
;
The
Vizroy
made
a
thousand
trumpets
sound
,
To
drawe
his
scattred
Cornets
to
●
Round
,
Who
from
all
parts
with
speed
assembled
weare
About
the
Generals
tent
,
his
will
to
hear
:
As
doth
the
hounds
about
their
hunt
at
morne
Com
gladishing
at
hearing
of
his
horne
.
Now
when
the
towne
his
sommonds
did
disdain
,
Engins
of
Warre
.
To
conquer
it
perforce
he
plyde
his
pain
:
And
their
,
th'
Inginers
haue
the
Trepan
drest
,
And
reared
vp
the
Ramme
for
batterie
best
:
Here
bends
the
Briccoll
,
while
the
cable
cracks
,
Their
Crosbowes
were
vprent
with
yron
Racks
.
Here
croked
Coruies
,
fleeing
bridges
tall
,
Their
scathfull
Scorpions
,
that
ruynes
the
wall
.
On
euery
side
they
raise
with
ioynture
meet
,
Thetymber
towres
for
to
command
ech
street
.
The
painfull
Pioners
wrought
against
their
will
,
With
fleaks
and
fagots
,
ditches
vp
to
fill
:
Or
vnder
ground
they
delue
in
dust
with
pain
,
To
raise
a
mount
,
or
make
a
mount
a
Plain
,
Or
Cauerns
cut
,
where
they
might
soldiers
hide
,
T'
assaile
the
towne
at
sodain
vnespide
.
Som
ladders
drest
to
seale
the
wall
,
or
els
To
steale
vpon
the
sleeping
Sentinels
.
Som
vndermines
,
som
other
vndertook
To
fire
the
gates
,
or
smore
the
towne
with
smoke
:
The
greatest
part
did
yet
in
trenches
lurke
,
To
see
what
harme
their
engins
first
would
wurke
,
That
if
the
wall
were
bet
,
they
would
not
faile
With
braue
assault
the
Citie
to
assaile
.
There
Mars
towre-myner
,
there
Bellona
wood
,
Enforced
feeble
Cowards
to
suck
blood
.
Their
hidious
horses
braying
loude
and
clear
,
Their
Pagans
fell
,
with
clamor
huge
to
hear
,
Made
such
a
dinne
as
made
the
heaven
resound
,
Retented
hell
,
and
tore
the
sixed
ground
.
Yet
,
God
who
keeps
his
watch
aboue
the
skyes
For
his
elect
,
who
neuer
ydlelyes
;
Took
pity
on
his
people
in
that
tide
,
Repressing
(
part
)
this
cruell
princes
pride
,
In
causing
all
the
chiefes
of
Moabites
,
Of
Edom
strong
,
and
awfull
Ammonites
To
speak
him
thus
,
and
thus
him
terrours
drest
.
O
Prince
,
that
Scepter
bears
aboue
the
rest
,
And
giues
them
law
,
and
holds
the
world
in
thrall
,
Set
not
thy
soldiers
to
assault
this
wall
.
For
neither
bowe
,
nor
sling
,
nor
weapons
long
,
Nor
sword
,
nor
buckler
,
will
be
found
so
strong
And
is
this
threatning
rock
whose
mighty
corse
Sustains
their
wall
,
of
such
eternall
force
,
That
thou
can
make
no
skallade
on
no
coste
,
But
on
the
corpses
dead
of
half
thine
hoste
.
‛
The
victor
can
no
honour
iustly
clame
'To
lose
the
men
who
should
aduance
the
same
.
‛
O
valiant
Prince
,
that
fisher
is
not
fine
,
‛
Who
for
a
frog
will
lose
a
golden
line
.
‛
The
holy
head
band
seems
not
to
attyre
‛
The
head
of
him
,
who
in
his
furious
yre
‛
Preferrs
the
pain
of
those
that
haue
him
teend
‛
Before
the
health
and
safety
of
one
freend
.
You
may
(
my
Lord
)
you
may
,
in
little
fight
,
Subdue
these
Roags
,
and
not
to
lose
a
knight
.
Surprise
me
first
their
chiefest
water
spring
,
From
whence
these
rebels
do
their
conduits
bring
;
Then
drought
shall
driue
them
from
their
whole
defence
,
In
cords
to
yeld
them
to
thine
excellence
.
‛
The
noble
Lyon
neuer
sleas
the
least
;
‛
But
alway
prayes
vpon
som
worthy
beast
.
‛
The
thunder
throwes
his
sulphred
shafts
adowne
‛
On
Atlaeas
high
or
colde
Riphes
crowne
.
‛
The
tempest
fell
more
feruently
doth
fall
,
‛
On
houses
high
,
then
on
the
homely
hall
:
So
you
my
Lord
need
not
to
prease
your
powre
,
Against
such
foes
as
will
themselfs
deuowre
.
Sir
,
this
is
not
for
fauour
or
for
meede
,
Nor
that
this
Cities
sack
may
causevs
dread
:
Nor
that
we
mean
thy
high
attempts
to
stay
.
For
,
ere
we
from
thy
standarts
stirre
away
,
For
thee
,
th'
immortall
Gods
we
shall
defie
:
For
thee
,
we
shall
break
down
their
altars
hie
:
For
thee
,
we
frankly
shall
pursue
and
thole
,
Th'
eternall
heat
and
colde
of
either
Pole
:
For
thee
,
our
hardy
hands
shal
help
to
tear
,
From
Ioue
and
Neptune
,
both
their
Eagle
and
spear
:
For
thee
the
sonne
for
father
shall
not
care
,
Nor
father
sonne
,
nor
brother
,
brother
spare
.
Now
,
Holopherne
to
conquest
whole
enclynde
,
And
weighing
well
this
counsell
in
his
minde
;
Dismissed
from
his
camp
a
galliard
rout
Of
men
,
to
guard
the
Riuers
round
about
.
This
stratageme
,
the
Hebrews
wel
might
knowe
,
To
see
their
fountains
run
with
passage
slowe
.
Then
manfully
their
soldiers
out
they
send
Against
their
foes
,
the
water
to
defend
,
There
fought
the
Pagan
for
to
winne
him
fame
:
The
Hebrew
ment
,
he
would
not
dye
with
shame
.
Together
soon
they
shock
with
hatefull
yre
,
And
first
they
forç't
the
heathen
to
retyre
:
Who
(
turning
face
)
again
do
them
pursew
,
And
wins
the
victory
from
the
victors
new
.
So
doubtfull
was
the
fight
,
none
could
define
(
Saue
God
)
to
whom
the
victrie
would
encline
;
Till
Izrell
was
on
all
sides
ouereled
With
clouds
of
short
:
then
to
their
town
they
fled
.
As
doth
the
Pilgrim
passing
through
the
Plain
,
Who
is
beset
with
tempest
,
haile
,
or
rain
,
Who
leaues
his
way
,
and
seeks
himself
to
hide
Within
som
caue
,
or
hollow
mountain
side
.
The
Panims
them
pursued
without
all
pitty
,
And
Peslmell
entred
almost
in
the
Citty
At
open
gate
.
Then
rose
the
cry
vnsweet
Of
fearfull
folke
who
fled
in
euery
street
,
And
rent
their
hair
and
their
affrighted
face
,
As
Panims
els
had
wonne
that
holy
place
.
How
flee
you
cowards
now
,
and
leaues
your
Port
?
(
The
Captain
sayes
)
haue
ye
another
Fort
?
Thinke
ye
to
finde
for
safety
of
your
crowne
In
this
Bethulia
another
Bethull
towne
?
(
Alas
)
if
ye
make
no
defence
at
all
,
While
time
this
tyrant
is
without
your
wall
;
How
dare
you
him
resist
,
when
he
hath
wunne
This
forte
of
yours
,
from
which
ye
feebly
runne
?
The
commons
with
this
check
,
brought
to
their
powers
,
Where
Cambris
and
Sir
Carmis
,
like
two
towers
,
Stood
at
th'
assaulted
gate
,
and
did
withstand
The
Heathen
host
with
ech
of
them
in
hand
An
yron
mace
(
in
stead
of
launces
long
)
And
brazen
bucklers
beating
back
the
throng
:
Their
habergions
like
stiddies
stithe
they
baire
With
helmets
high
and
pennons
pight
in
aire
:
Of
equall
age
they
were
,
and
equall
length
,
Of
equall
courage
,
and
of
equall
strength
:
Like
Poplers
twain
that
recheth
vp
their
tops
,
And
holds
their
heads
so
high
that
none
them
crops
;
But
on
the
Riuers
side
do
sweetly
sway
Like
germain
brether
hailsing
oft
a
day
.
The
Heathen
,
seeing
thus
the
Iews
descend
,
With
edge
of
sword
their
Citie
to
defend
;
They
left
th'
assault
▪
and
thence
retyring
went
(
As
they
commanded
were
)
vnto
their
tent
.
But
when
I
think
how
xxx
,
dayes
that
towne
Tormented
was
with
mischief
vp
and
down
;
Too
sad
a
song
I
cannot
hear
inuent
So
great
a
sadnesse
right
to
represent
:
My
hand
for
horrour
shakes
,
and
now
no
more
Can
lead
my
sacred
pen
as
erst
before
.
For
,
now
mine
eyes
,
that
watred
are
with
tears
,
Declares
my
matter
all
of
mischief
bears
.
Oh
Sprite
,
from
whence
all
sprit
and
life
doth
come
,
Thou
loosde
the
tongue
of
Zacharie
that
was
domme
;
And
sent
thy
Heralds
through
the
world
to
preach
Thy
name
,
and
in
a
hundreth
tongues
to
teach
;
Guide
thou
my
pen
,
and
courage
to
me
lend
,
That
to
thy
honour
I
this
worke
may
end
.
Although
that
Izak
sawe
on
euery
hand
A
world
of
folke
against
his
towne
to
stand
;
Yet
(
tracting
time
)
he
thought
he
would
prouide
No
lesse
to
keep
,
then
coole
th'
Assiegers
pride
:
But
,
when
they
fand
the
conduits
cut
and
rent
,
By
which
,
their
water
to
their
towne
was
sent
;
Their
courage
bolde
,
and
all
their
craks
(
alas
)
As
licour
faild
,
so
did
their
stoutnesse
pas
.
Their
Lords
,
preferring
death
to
bondage
vile
,
Made
them
beleeue
the
thing
did
them
beguile
:
To
wit
,
they
gaue
men
hope
that
they
might
keep
Sufficient
wat'r
in
wels
and
cesterns
deep
,
Through
all
the
towne
,
the
people
to
relieue
,
That
thirst
should
not
the
souldiers
greatly
grieue
.
The
magistrates
in
deed
had
great
regard
To
see
this
water
wisely
spent
and
spar'd
,
That
Bottell
sweet
,
which
serued
at
the
first
To
keep
the
life
,
but
not
to
slocken
thirst
.
A
viue
description
of
Thirst.
When
wels
grew
dry
,
the
Commons
ran
in
rage
,
And
sought
out
euery
sink
their
thirst
t'
asswage
:
And
drank
with
long
som
draught
the
pools
in
haste
,
To
quench
their
thirst
with
ill
contented
taste
:
Which
poysoned
ayre
,
enfect
their
purest
breath
;
Whereby
the
drinker
drank
his
present
death
.
O
wretched
folke
who
felt
so
hard
a
strife
!
Drink
,
or
not
drink
,
both
wayes
must
lose
their
life
.
For
,
he
that
drank
,
and
he
that
did
refrain
,
Had
of
their
enmies
,
both
an
equall
pain
.
For
why
?
the
water
vile
slew
them
throughout
,
No
lesse
,
then
did
their
enmies
them
about
.
That
wretched
towne
had
neuer
a
street
nor
rewe
,
But
Parcas
there
had
found
som
facion
newe
To
murder
men
,
or
martyr
them
with
fears
,
As
mov'd
the
most
indurate
hart
to
tears
:
If
so
much
water
in
their
brains
had
been
,
As
might
forbear
a
drop
to
wete
their
een
.
There
plaind
the
old
man
,
that
the
souldier
strong
Had
reft
his
Bottell
from
his
head
with
wrong
:
But
while
he
spake
,
his
hart
(
for
thirst
)
did
faint
,
And
life
him
left
,
which
frustrate
his
complaint
.
The
souldier
braue
,
Oh
hart
brek
for
to
tell
,
His
proper
vryne
drank
,
thirst
to
expell
.
The
wofull
mother
with
her
spettle
fed
Her
little
childe
half
dead
in
cradle
bed
.
The
Lady
with
her
Lord
,
at
point
of
death
.
Embracing
fals
and
yeelds
their
latest
breath
.
"
For
,
cruell
thirst
came
out
of
Cyren
Land
,
"
Where
she
was
fostred
on
that
burning
sand
,
"
With
hote
intracted
tongue
,
and
sonken
een
,
"
With
stomack
worn
,
and
wrinkled
visage
keen
,
"
With
light
and
meigre
corse
and
pailed
vains
,
"
In
stead
of
blood
that
brimstone
hote
retains
:
"
Her
poysond
mouth
blew
,
throw
that
holy
town
,
"
Such
hellish
ayr
,
that
stifled
vp
and
down
The
Arters
of
the
Iewes
in
such
a
way
,
That
nought
was
seen
but
burials
night
and
day
:
So
that
the
heauen
,
to
see
their
dolours
deep
,
Could
scarsly
keep
his
course
,
but
preasd
to
weep
;
And
would
haue
ioind
his
tears
to
their
complaint
,
If
God
of
hosts
had
made
them
no
restraint
.
Yea
,
I
my self
must
weep
,
who
cannot
speak
The
woes
,
that
makes
my
heavy
hart
to
break
;
And
so
will
silent
rest
,
and
not
rehearse
,
But
counterfait
the
painter
(
in
my
verse
)
Who
thought
his
colours
paile
could
not
declare
The
speciall
woe
,
king
Looke
the
Table
.
Agamemnon
bare
,
When
sacrificed
was
his
onely
race
:
With
bend
of
black
,
he
bound
the
fathers
face
.
Now
while
the
people
were
in
this
estate
,
And
with
their
princes
wrangling
in
debate
,
They
thus
besought
the
Lord
for
to
decide
Between
their
simplesse
and
their
princes
pride
:
The
Lord
be
iudge
of
that
which
ye
haue
wrought
,
And
what
your
wicked
counsells
hath
vs
brought
.
If
you
had
offred
peace
to
this
great
Lord
At
first
,
we
might
haue
wonne
him
to
accord
.
Then
happy
happy
dayes
we
might
haue
seen
,
And
not
so
many
souldiers
murdred
been
.
Alas
,
what
hope
haue
we
within
this
holde
?
Our
enmies
are
more
meek
a
thousand
folde
,
Then
are
our
owne
.
They
,
haps
,
would
vs
preserue
:
Our
wilfull
owne
,
pretends
to
see
vs
sterue
.
Our
children
do
our
childrens
weal
denay
,
And
headlong
hastes
vnto
their
owne
decay
.
We
knowe
,
O
Lord
,
the
breaking
of
thy
law
,
Hath
caused
thee
this
sword
on
vs
to
draw
:
And
iustly
thou
thine
yrefull
bowe
doest
bend
,
On
our
vnloyall
heads
the
shot
to
send
.
But
thou
,
who
doth
not
long
retain
thine
yre
Against
thine
owne
,
thy
mercy
we
require
.
Change
thou
the
purpose
of
our
foolish
guides
,
And
of
these
Heathen
,
armed
at
our
sides
:
Or
els
let
vs
vpon
their
weapons
fall
,
And
of
their
hands
to
be
destroyed
all
,
Er
we
this
drougth
and
deadly
venim
haue
,
With
languishing
to
send
vs
to
the
graue
.
My
brethren
dear
(
the
Ruler
then
gan
say
)
Our
whole
desire
hath
been
,
both
night
and
day
,
Not
for
to
see
the
seed
of
Abrahm
lost
,
For
which
we
striue
against
this
furious
hoste
.
What
?
haue
ye
pain
?
so
likewise
pain
haue
we
:
For
in
one
boat
we
both
imbarked
be
.
Vpon
one
tide
,
one
tempest
doth
vs
tosse
:
Your
common
ill
,
it
is
our
common
losse
.
Th'
Assyrian
plague
shall
not
vs
Hebrews
grieue
,
When
pleaseth
God
our
mischief
to
relieue
:
Which
he
will
doe
if
ye
can
be
content
,
And
not
with
grudge
his
clemency
prevent
.
Then
striue
not
you
against
that
puissant
king
Who
create
all
,
and
gouerns
euery
thing
For
comfort
of
his
Church
and
children
dear
,
And
succours
them
,
though
time
do
long
appear
.
Somtime
an
Archer
leaues
his
bowe
vnbent
,
And
hong
vpon
a
naile
,
to
that
intent
It
may
the
stronger
be
to
bend
again
,
And
shoot
the
shot
with
greater
might
and
main
:
Right
so
th'
eternall
doth
withholde
his
ill
A
longer
time
(
perchance
)
for
that
he
will
More
egerly
reuenge
him
of
their
crime
,
Who
do
abuse
his
long
for
bearing
time
.
When
men
applauds
to
sinne
,
they
count
it
light
,
And
but
a
matter
small
in
sinners
sight
:
But
in
the
end
the
weight
doth
so
encrease
,
That
Iustice
leaues
the
sinner
no
release
;
Like
th'
Vsurer
who
lends
vpon
the
skore
,
And
makes
the
reckles
debters
debt
the
more
.
What
if
the
thundring
Lord
his
iustice
stay
,
And
(
for
such
sinne
)
do
not
this
tyrant
slay
?
The
waters
of
the
ground
and
in
the
aere
Are
in
the
hand
of
God
:
then
who
is
there
,
That
dare
sediciously
his
yoke
refuse
,
Although
he
haue
not
water
now
to
vse
?
No
,
no
,
though
heaven
do
seem
serene
and
clear
,
On
euery
part
,
and
wete
doth
not
appear
;
He
may
with
moisture
mildly
wete
the
land
,
As
fell
when
Saul
the
Scepter
had
in
hand
.
Sam.
1.
12.
For
,
all
the
starres
,
that
do
the
heaven
fulfill
,
Are
all
but
executors
of
his
will
.
All
this
could
not
the
peoples
thirst
asswage
;
But
thus
with
murmurs
they
their
Lords
out-rage
:
What
?
shall
we
dye
,
O
sacred
soldiers
bolde
,
For
pleasure
of
our
Lords
these
traytours
olde
?
What
?
shall
we
dye
on
credit
,
for
to
please
These
wyzard
fooles
,
who
winks
at
our
vnease
?
Who
,
with
our
blood
,
would
win
them selfs
renown
,
So
louable
,
as
neuer
shal
go
down
?
Nay
,
nay
,
let
vs
cut
off
this
seruile
chain
:
To
free
our selfs
,
let
vs
in
hands
retain
The
ruling
of
this
towne
,
the
forte
and
all
;
Least
we
into
these
deadly
dangers
fall
.
Then
like
a
wise
Physician
,
who
persaue
▪
His
patient
that
in
feruent
feuer
raues
,
Yet
hights
him
more
then
Art
can
well
performe
:
So
Prince
Osias
in
this
rurall
storme
,
He
promist
to
the
people
their
intent
If
God
within
fiue
dayes
no
succonr
sent
:
Then
Izak
left
their
sorrowes
all
and
some
,
And
present
wo
and
fear
of
chance
to
com
;
For
that
if
they
,
through
this
,
gat
not
their
will
,
At
least
they
would
auoyd
the
greatest
ill
.
But
Iudith
then
whose
eyes
(
like
fountains
two
)
Were
neuer
dry
,
which
witnest
well
her
wo
;
Right
sad
in
sound
th'
Almighty
she
besought
,
And
on
the
sacred
scriptures
fed
her
thought
.
Her
prayers
much
auaylde
to
raise
her
spreet
Aboue
the
skye
:
and
so
the
scriptures
sweet
,
A
holy
garden
was
where
she
might
finde
The
medcyne
meet
for
her
molested
minde
.
Then
Iudith
reading
there
,
as
was
her
grace
,
She
(
not
by
hazard
)
hapned
on
that
place
,
Iudicum
.
Where
the
lame
handed
Ahud
(
for
disdain
To
see
the
Iewes
the
Heathen
yock
sustain
)
Sm
ote
Eglon
with
a
dagger
to
the
heft
,
And
from
his
flank
the
blood
and
life
bereft
.
The
more
she
read
,
the
more
she
wonder
had
Of
Ahuds
act
,
and
hote
desire
her
lad
T'
ensue
his
vertue
:
yet
her
feeble
kinde
Empeached
oft
the
purpose
of
her
minde
;
Proposing
oft
the
horrour
of
the
deed
,
The
fear
of
death
,
the
danger
to
succeed
,
With
haszard
of
her
name
:
and
more
then
that
,
Though
she
like
wise
the
peoples
freedom
gat
;
Yet
for
a
man
,
this
act
more
seemly
wear
,
Than
for
a
wife
to
handle
sword
or
spear
.
While
Iudith
thus
with
Iudith
did
debate
,
A
puffe
of
wind
blew
down
that
leaf
by
fate
;
Discov'ring
vp
the
story
of
Iaell
,
how
She
droue
a
naile
into
Sisaras
brow
,
And
●lew
that
Pagan
sleeping
on
her
bed
,
Who
from
the
Hebrews
furious
hoast
was
fled
:
In
teaching
vs
albeit
a
tyrant
flee
,
Yet
can
he
not
auoy
de
the
Lords
decree
.
This
last
example
now
such
courage
lent
To
feeble
Iudith
,
that
she
now
was
bent
,
With
wreakfull
blade
,
to
slea
and
to
diuorce
The
Heathen
soule
from
such
a
sinfull
corse
.
But
while
she
did
her
carefull
minde
imploy
To
finde
som
means
to
murder
this
Vizroy
;
She
heard
report
(
that
made
her
hart
to
swoune
)
Of
the
determination
of
the
toune
.
Then
,
all
the
present
perils
to
preuent
,
Vnto
the
Rulers
of
the
towne
she
went
;
Reprouing
them
with
words
of
bitter
sweet
,
What
do
ye
mean
,
O
princes
indiscreet
?
Will
ye
the
helping
hand
of
God
restrain
,
And
captiue
it
within
your
counsels
vain
?
Will
ye
include
him
vnder
course
of
times
,
Who
made
dayes
,
years
,
all
seasons
and
their
primes
?
Do
not
abuse
your selfs
:
his
power
profound
Is
not
to
mens
Imaginations
bound
.
God
may
all
that
he
wills
,
his
will
is
iust
:
God
wils
all
good
to
them
that
in
him
trust
.
Now
fathers
:
that
which
doth
my
hopereuiue
Is
onely
this
;
Ther
is
no
wight
on
liue
,
Within
this
towne
,
that
hath
contracted
hands
To
serue
dumme
Gods
,
like
folk
of
forrain
Lands
.
All
sinnes
are
sinne
:
but
sure
this
sinne
exceeds
Our
former
faults
;
by
which
,
our
blinde
misdeeds
Offends
the
heaven
;
by
which
,
the
Lord
of
might
Is
frauded
of
his
honours
due
and
right
,
In
wresting
of
the
title
of
his
name
,
To
stocks
,
and
stones
,
and
metalls
,
men
do
frame
.
Since
Izak
then
from
such
a
fault
is
free
,
Let
vs
to
Gods
protection
cast
our
ee
.
Consider
that
all
Iuda
rests
in
fear
,
Aspecting
onely
our
proceedings
hear
.
Consider
that
all
Iacob
in
this
tresse
Will
follow
either
our
force
or
feeblenesse
.
Consider
that
this
house
and
altar
stands
(
Next
vnder
God
)
vpholden
with
your
hands
.
Thinke
,
that
of
Izrell
whole
ye
keep
the
kaye
:
Which
if
ye
quite
,
and
giue
this
tyrant
way
,
Who
more
then
death
hates
all
of
Izaks
kinne
,
Yee
shall
the
name
of
kin-betrayers
winne
.
Then
sayd
the
Captain
,
I
cannot
deny
,
That
we
offended
haue
the
Lord
most
hye
.
Vnwise
are
we
,
our
promises
are
vain
:
But
what
?
we
may
not
call
our
word
again
:
But
if
thou
feele
thy
hart
so
sore
opprest
,
That
moueth
thee
to
tears
for
our
vnrest
,
Alas
,
weep
night
and
day
and
neuer
tyre
;
So
that
thy
weepings
may
appease
the
yre
Of
that
hie
Iudge
,
who
hears
in
euery
part
The
perfit
prayer
of
the
humble
hart
.
I
will
,
quoth
she
;
and
,
if
God
giue
me
grace
,
Repell
the
siege
of
this
afflicted
place
By
famous
stroke
.
But
stay
me
in
no
wise
,
But
byde
the
ende
of
my
bold
enterprise
:
And
let
me
goe
,
when
night
his
mantle
spreeds
,
To
th'
enmies
Camp
.
Quoth
he
,
if
thou
wilt
needs
;
The
great
repressour
of
oppressors
pride
,
Preserue
thy
hart
and
hand
,
and
be
thy
guide
.
FINIS
.
THE
SVMMARIE
OF
The
IIII.
BOOKE
.
ACcording
to
the
promis
that
Iudith
made
to
the
besieged
Captaines
in
Bethulia
,
she
prepareth
herselfe
with
armour
meet
for
the
execution
of
her
enterprise
:
to
wit
,
The
inuocation
of
the
name
of
God
,
with
a
holy
determination
to
deliuer
her
countrey
from
the
hand
of
the
Tyrant
;
whom
she
deliberates
to
ouercome
with
the
sweet
and
faire
apparence
of
her
amiable
beutie
and
behauiour
.
At
her
departing
to
the
enemies
camp
,
our
Poet
introduceth
one
of
the
chief
Captains
of
the
town
discriuing
,
to
another
,
her
stock
and
vp
bringing
,
with
the
progresse
of
her
three
estates
,
Virginitie
,
Mariage
,
and
Widowhood
:
Thereby
setting
forth
a
singular
example
of
all
womanly
behauiour
&
vertue
.
After
her
entrance
to
the
Camp
,
she
is
brought
to
Holophernes
,
who
was
curious
to
knowe
the
cause
of
her
comming
there
.
And
after
audience
giuen
,
he
is
so
surprised
with
her
beutie
and
eloquent
language
,
that
she
obtaineth
licence
to
withdrawe
herself
by
night
to
the
next
valley
,
there
to
pray
to
God
.
And
,
continuing
this
exercise
,
she
requireth
strength
of
the
Hyest
,
that
in
taking
away
the
chieftaine
,
she
might
at
one
instant
destroy
all
the
Heathen
Army
.
Herein
giuing
example
that
the
beginning
,
and
end
of
all
high
attempts
,
ought
to
be
grounded
vpon
the
fauour
and
earnest
calling
vpon
him
,
without
whome
all
wisedome
,
and
humaine
force
is
nothing
but
winde
:
and
who
,
contrariwise
,
may
by
the
most
feeble
instruments
of
the
world
,
execute
things
most
incredible
and
incomprehensible
to
humaine
capacity
.
THE
FOVRTH
BOOKE
of
IVDITH
.
THen
wofull
Iudith
,
with
her
weeping
ees
Beholding
Heav'n
,
and
prostrate
on
her
knees
,
Held
vp
her
guiltlesse
hands
and
God
besought
,
Discouv'ring
him
the
secrets
of
her
thought
.
O
God
(
quoth
she
)
who
armed
with
a
spear
Dan
Symeon
,
who
reveng'd
his
sister
dear
;
Lend
me
the
blade
in
hand
,
that
I
may
kill
This
Tyrant
,
that
exceeds
all
Sichems
ill
:
Who
not
contents
to
soyle
the
sacred
bed
Of
wedlocke
chaste
;
but
more
with
mischief
led
,
Entends
thy
holy
name
for
to
confound
,
And
race
Solyma
temple
to
the
ground
;
Ambitious
Satrap
he
,
whose
hope
doth
stand
In
mortall
men
,
led
with
vnrighteous
hand
:
Who
rules
a
hundreth
thousand
stalworth
steeds
,
That
combat
craues
,
and
in
our
pastures
feeds
;
Not
dreading
thee
,
who
daunts
both
man
and
beast
,
And
kills
and
captiues
them
when
they
ween
least
:
Who
strengths
the
poor
,
and
pridefull
men
down
thrings
,
And
wracks
at
once
the
powers
of
puissant
kings
.
Grant
,
gratious
God
,
that
his
bewitched
wit
May
with
my
crisped
hair
be
captiue
knit
.
Grant
,
that
my
sweet
regards
may
gall
his
hart
With
darts
of
loue
,
to
cause
his
endles
smart
.
Grant
,
that
these
gifts
of
thine
,
my
beuty
small
,
May
binde
his
furious
rage
,
and
make
him
thrall
.
Grant
,
that
my
artificiall
tongue
may
moue
His
subtill
craft
,
and
snare
his
hart
in
loue
:
But
chiefly
Lord
grant
,
that
this
hand
of
mine
May
be
the
Pagans
scourge
and
whole
ruine
;
To
th'
end
,
that
all
the
world
may
knowe
,
our
race
Are
shrouded
so
in
rampiers
of
thy
grace
,
That
neuer
none
against
vs
durst
conspire
,
That
haue
not
felt
at
last
thy
furious
yre
:
Euen
so
good
Lord
,
let
none
of
these
prophane
Returne
to
drink
of
Euphrate
,
nor
Hytane
.
Thus
Iudith
prayd
,
with
many-a
trickling
tear
,
And
with
her
sighs
her
words
retrenched
wear
.
At
night
,
she
left
her
chamber
sole
and
cold
,
Attyr'd
with
Ceres
gifts
and
Ophir
golde
.
O
siluer
Diane
,
regent
of
the
night
,
Darst
thou
appear
before
this
lucent
light
?
This
holy
starre
,
whose
contr'
aspect
most
clear
Doth
stein
thy
brothers
brightnes
in
his
Sphear
?
While
thus
she
ment
(
vnseen
)
away
to
slyde
,
Her
pearls
and
Iewels
caus'd
her
to
be
spyde
:
The
musk
and
ciuet
Amber
,
as
she
past
,
Long
after
her
a
sweet
perfume
did
cast
.
A
Carboncle
on
her
Crystall
brow
she
pight
,
Whose
firy
gleams
expeld
the
shady
night
.
Vpon
her
head
a
siluer
crisp
she
pind
,
Loose
wauing
on
her
shoulders
with
the
wind
.
Gold
,
band
her
golden
hair
:
her
yvry
neck
,
The
Rubies
rich
,
and
Saphirs
blew
did
deck
.
And
at
her
eare
,
a
Pearle
of
greater
valew
Ther
hong
,
then
that
th'
Egyptian
Queen
did
swallew
.
And
through
her
collet
shee
shewde
her
snowie
brest
:
Her
vtmost
robe
was
colour
blew
Coelest
,
Benetted
all
with
twist
of
perfite
golde
,
Beseeming
well
her
comely
corps
t'enfolde
.
What
else
she
wore
,
might
well
been
seen
vpon
That
Queen
who
built
the
tours
of
Babylon
.
And
though
that
she
most
modest
was
indeed
,
Yet
borrowd
she
som
garments
at
this
need
,
From
Dames
of
great
estate
,
to
that
entent
This
Pagan
Prince
she
rather
might
preuent
.
Achior
then
,
who
watched
at
the
gate
,
And
saw
this
Lady
passing
out
so
late
,
To
Carmis
spake
,
who
warded
eke
that
night
,
What
is
she
this
?
where
goes
this
gallant
wight
So
trim
,
in
such
a
time
?
hath
she
no
pitty
Of
this
most
wretched
persecuted
City
?
Quod
Carmis
then
,
their
flowrisht
heer
of
late
Merari
,
one
,
that
was
of
great
estate
;
Who
had
no
childe
but
one
,
and
this
is
she
,
The
honour
of
that
house
and
family
.
The
fathers
now
do
venture
body
and
soule
,
That
treasures
vpon
treasures
they
may
roule
:
But
,
for
the
wit
or
learning
,
neuer
cairs
,
That
they
should
leaue
to
their
succeeding
hairs
:
Like
those
that
charely
keeps
their
rich
araye
In
coffers
close
,
and
lets
it
there
decay
;
While
that
the
naked
bodies
dyes
for
cold
,
For
whom
the
clothes
are
dearly
bought
and
sold.
But
as
the
painfull
plowman
plyes
his
toyle
,
Comparison
.
With
share
and
culter
shearing
through
the
soyle
That
cost
him
dear
,
and
ditches
it
about
,
Or
crops
his
hedge
to
make
it
vnder-sprout
,
And
neuer
stayes
to
ward
it
from
the
weed
:
But
most
respects
to
sowe
therein
good
seed
;
To
th'
end
,
when
sommer
decks
the
medowes
plain
,
He
may
haue
recompence
of
costs
and
pain
:
Or
like
the
maid
who
carefull
is
to
keep
The
budding
flowre
that
first
begins
to
peep
Out
of
the
knop
,
and
waters
it
full
oft
,
To
make
it
seemly
showe
the
head
aloft
;
That
it
may
(
when
she
drawes
it
from
the
stocks
)
Adorne
her
gorget
white
,
and
golden
locks
:
So
wise
Merari
all
his
study
stilde
,
To
facion
well
the
maners
of
this
childe
;
That
in
his
age
he
might
of
her
retire
Both
honour
and
confort
,
to
his
harts
desire
.
For
,
look
how
soon
her
childish
tongue
could
chat
,
As
children
do
,
of
this
thing
or
of
that
;
He
taught
her
not
to
read
inuentions
vain
,
As
fathers
dayly
do
that
are
profain
:
But
in
the
holy
scriptures
made
her
read
;
That
with
her
milke
she
might
euen
suck
the
dread
Of
the
most
high
.
And
this
was
not
for
nought
:
Insomuch
as
in
short
time
she
out-brought
Apparant
fruites
,
of
that
so
worthy
seed
,
Which
chaung'd
her
earthly
nature
far
indeed
:
As
done
the
pots
that
long
retains
the
taste
Of
licour
such
,
as
first
was
in
them
plaste
▪
Or
like
the
tree
that
bends
his
eldren
braunch
That
way
where
first
the
stroke
hath
made
him
launch
.
So
see
we
wolfs
,
and
bears
,
and
harts
full
olde
,
Som
tamenes
from
their
daunted
youth
to
holde
.
Thus
ere
the
Moon
twelf
dos●n
chaunges
past
,
Virginitie
.
The
maydens
maners
fair
in
form
were
cast
.
For
,
as
the
perfite
pylot
fears
to
runne
Vpon
the
rocks
,
with
singling
sheet
doth
shunne
Cyanes
straits
or
Syrtes
sinking
sands
,
Or
cruell
Capharois
with
stormy
strands
:
So
wisely
she
dishaunted
the
resort
Of
such
as
were
suspect
of
light
report
:
Well
knowing
,
that
th'
acquaintance
with
the
ill
,
Corrupts
the
good
.
And
though
they
euer
still
Remain
vpright
:
yet
som
will
quarrell
pike
,
And
common
bruit
will
deem
them
all
alike
.
For
,
look
how
your
Companions
you
elect
;
For
good
,
or
ill
,
so
shall
you
be
suspect
.
This
prudent
Dame
delighted
not
in
daunce
,
Nor
sitting
vp
,
nor
did
her selfe
aduance
In
publike
place
,
where
playes
and
banquets
been
In
euery
house
,
to
see
and
to
beseen
:
But
rather
vnderstanding
such
a
trade
Had
been
the
wrack
of
many-a
modest
mayd
,
Who
following
wandring
Dina
wanton
dame
,
Haue
oft
time
put
their
noble
house
to
shame
;
She
kept
at
home
her
fathers
habitation
,
Both
day
and
night
in
godly
conuersation
.
She
pitious
Nurse
applyde
her
painfull
thought
,
To
serue
and
nourish
them
that
her
vpbrought
:
Like
to
the
gratefull
stork
that
gathereth
meat
,
And
brings
it
to
her
elders
for
to
eate
;
And
on
a
firtree
high
,
with
Boreas
blowne
,
Giues
life
to
those
,
of
whom
she
had
her
owne
.
But
if
she
might
som
howre
from
trauell
quite
,
At
vacant
time
it
was
her
chief
delyte
To
read
the
scriptures
,
where
her
faithfull
minde
Might
confort
of
the
heav'nly
Manna
finde
.
Somtime
she
broyded
,
on
the
canuas
gall
,
Som
bird
or
breast
,
or
A
egle
,
or
Elephant
tall
.
While
subtely
with
siluer
nedle
fine
She
works
on
cloth
som
history
diuine
.
Heer
Lot
,
escaping
the
deuouring
fire
,
From
sinnefull
Zodom
shortly
doth
retire
To
Segor
;
where
his
wife
,
that
was
vnwitty
,
Cast
back
her
eye
to
see
the
sinnefull
Citty
:
And
,
for
her
mis-beliefe
,
God
plagued
the
falt
,
Transforming
her
into
a
Pillar
of
salt
.
Here
she
Susannaes
story
viuely
wrought
,
How
neer
she
was
to
execution
brought
;
And
yet
how
God
the
secret
did
disclose
,
And
made
the
mischief
fall
vpon
her
foes
.
Here
Iosephs
story
stands
with
wondrous
art
,
And
how
he
left
his
cloke
,
and
not
his
heart
,
To
his
lasciuious
Dame
;
and
rather
chose
The
Prison
,
then
her
armes
him
to
enclose
.
Her
cruell
I●phte
,
with
his
murdring
knife
,
To
keep
his
vow
,
bereaues
his
daughters
life
.
(
Her
trauell
done
)
her
lute
she
then
assayes
,
And
vnto
God
she
sings
immortall
prayes
:
Not
following
those
that
plyes
their
thriftles
pain
In
wanton
vearse
and
wastefull
ditties
vain
;
Thereby
t'
entrap
great
men
,
with
luring
looks
:
But
,
as
the
greedy
fisher
layes
his
hooks
Alongst
the
coste
to
catch
som
mighty
fish
,
More
for
his
gain
,
then
holesom
for
the
dish
Of
him
that
byes
:
euen
so
these
sisters
braue
Haue
louers
mo
,
then
honest
may
dens
haue
.
But
none
are
burnt
with
their
impudent
flame
,
Saue
fooles
and
light
lunatikes
voyd
of
shame
.
Of
vertue
only
,
perfect
loue
doth
growe
:
Whose
first
beginning
though
it
be
more
slowe
Then
that
of
lust
,
and
quickens
not
so
fast
;
Yet
sure
it
is
,
and
longer
time
doth
last
.
The
straw
en
kendles
soone
,
and
slakes
again
:
But
yron
is
slowe
,
and
long
will
hot
remain
.
Thus
was
the
holy
Iudiths
chaste
renowne
So
happily
spred
,
through
Israell
vp
and
down
,
That
many
a
man
disdaind
the
damsels
fine
,
With
Iewels
rich
and
haire
in
golden
twine
,
To
serue
her
beuty
:
yet
,
Loues
firy
dart
Could
neuer
vnfriese
the
frost
of
her
chaste
hart
:
But
,
as
the
Diamant
byds
the
hammer
strong
,
So
she
resisted
all
her
suters
,
long
;
Vnminded
euer
for
to
wed
,
but
rather
To
spend
her
dayes
with
her
beloued
father
:
Till
at
the
last
her
parents
,
with
great
care
,
Withstood
her
will
,
and
for
her
did
prepare
Manasses
,
one
who
was
of
noble
race
,
Both
rich
and
faire
as
well
of
sprite
as
face
.
Her
mariage
,
then
was
not
a
slight
contract
Mariage
.
Of
secret
billes
,
but
by
a
willing
act
"
Before
her
friends
.
The
chaunce
that
once
befell
"
To
wandring
Dina
,
may
be
witnesse
well
,
"
That
secret
mariage
,
that
to
fewe
is
kend
,
"
Doth
neuer
lead
the
louers
to
good
end
.
"
For
,
of
our
bodies
,
we
no
power
may
clame
,
"
Except
our
parents
do
confirme
the
same
.
Then
see
how
loue
,
so
holily
begunne
,
Between
these
two
,
so
holy
a
race
they
runne
(
This
chaste
young-man
and
his
most
chastest
wife
)
As
if
their
bodies
twain
had
but
one
life
.
What
th'
one
did
will
,
the
other
will'd
no
lesse
;
As
by
one
mouth
,
their
wils
they
do
expresse
.
And
as
a
stroke
,
giuen
on
the
righter
eye
Offends
the
left
:
euen
so
by
Sympathie
,
Her
husbands
dolours
made
her
hart
vnglad
,
And
Iudiths
sorrowes
made
her
husband
sad
.
Manasses
,
then
his
wife
would
not
controule
Tyranniously
:
but
look
how
much
the
soule
Exceeds
the
corse
,
and
not
the
corse
doth
grieue
,
But
rather
to
preserue
it
and
relieue
:
So
Iudith
with
Manasses
did
accorde
,
In
tender
loue
and
honourde
him
as
Lord
.
Their
house
at
home
so
holy
was
,
to
tell
It
seemd
a
Church
,
and
not
a
priuate
Cell
.
No
seruant
there
,
with
villain
iestes
vncouth
,
Was
suffered
to
corrupt
the
shamefast
youth
.
No
ydle
drunkard
,
nor
no
swearing
wight
Vnpunisht
durst
blaspheme
the
Lord
of
might
.
No
pleasant
skoffer
,
nor
no
lying
knaue
,
No
dayly
Dycer
,
nor
no
Ruffian
braue
,
Had
there
abode
:
but
all
the
seruants
weare
Taught
,
of
their
Rulers
,
Gods
eternall
feare
.
Manasses
,
he
who
saw
that
in
his
time
All
iustice
was
corrupt
with
many-a
cryme
,
And
that
the
most
peruers
and
ignorant
,
For
money
,
or
fauour
,
would
none
office
want
Of
high
estate
,
refusde
all
publike
charge
;
Contenting
him
with
ease
to
liue
at
large
,
From
Court
,
and
Palace
,
free
from
worldly
pelfe
:
But
,
since
he
thought
him
borne
not
for
himself
,
But
also
that
som
charge
he
ought
to
bear
For
confort
of
his
friends
and
countrey
dear
;
Yet
did
he
more
,
not
being
magistrate
,
For
publike
weale
,
then
men
of
more
estate
:
So
that
his
house
was
euen
the
dwelling
due
Of
Iustice
,
and
his
mouth
a
sentence
true
.
Th'
afflicted
poore
he
dayly
did
defend
,
And
was
the
widowes
ayde
,
and
tutor
kend
To
Orphelines
,
and
was
the
whole
support
And
chief
conforter
of
the
godly
sort
.
The
vain
desire
of
Indian
treasures
great
Made
neuer
his
ship
to
sayl
nor
oar
to
beat
.
The
greedy
hope
of
gain
,
with
ventrous
daunger
,
Made
neuer
his
sword
be
drawen
to
serue
the
stranger
.
He
neuer
sold
,
within
the
wrangling
Barre
,
Deceitfull
clatters
,
causing
clients
Iarre
;
But
quietly
manurde
his
little
feild
,
And
took
th'
encrease
therof
that
time
did
yeilde
.
He
sowde
and
planted
,
in
his
proper
grange
(
Vpon
som
sauage
stock
)
som
frutry
strange
.
The
ground
,
our
common
Dame
,
he
vndermines
:
On
stake
and
ryce
,
he
knits
the
crooked
vines
,
And
snoddes
their
bowes
:
so
neither
hote
nor
cold
Might
him
(
from
labour
)
in
the
chamber
hold
.
But
once
as
he
beheld
his
haruest
train
,
With
crooked
Circle
cutting
downe
the
grain
;
The
sunne
a
distillation
on
him
sent
,
Whereof
he
dyed
:
his
soule
to
heauen
it
went
.
He
that
the
number
of
the
leaues
could
cast
,
That
in
Nouember
fals
by
winter
blast
:
He
that
could
tell
the
drops
of
rain
or
slete
,
That
Hyad
,
Orion
,
or
Pleiades
wete
Sheds
on
the
ground
,
that
man
might
only
tell
,
What
tears
from
Iudiths
eyes
incessant
fell
.
What
treasure
and
golde
,
and
what
he
left
her
tho
,
Widowhead
.
In
place
of
pleasure
,
caused
all
her
woe
.
The
sight
of
them
made
her
in
heart
recorde
Their
olde
possessor
,
and
her
louing
Lord
.
Though
she
had
had
asmuch
of
gold
and
good
,
As
Lydia
Land
,
or
Tagus
golden
flood
;
Yet
,
losing
him
,
of
treasure
she
was
bare
:
For
whom
,
all
other
treasures
causde
her
care
.
Yet
in
this
state
she
stoutly
did
sustain
,
Like
patient
Iob
(
contempning
)
all
her
pain
.
Three
times
the
Sunne
returned
had
his
prime
,
"
Since
this
befell
:
and
yet
the
sliding
time
,
"
That
wonted
is
to
wear
walloes
away
,
Could
neuer
for
his
death
her
dolour
stay
:
But
alwayes
in
som
black
attire
she
went
Right
modestly
,
and
liv'd
on
little
rent
.
Deuout
she
was
,
and
most
times
sole
and
sad
,
With
dole
in
heart
,
and
mourning
vesture
clad
,
Out
shedding
tears
,
as
doth
the
turtle
doue
On
withred
stalke
,
that
wails
her
absent
loue
▪
And
widowlike
all
pleasures
doth
forsake
,
And
neuer
intends
to
take
a
secound
make
.
Thus
Iudith
chaste
within
her
house
abode
,
And
seldom
was
she
seen
to
com
abroad
:
Vnlesse
it
were
to
see
som
wofull
wife
,
Whose
childe
or
husband
was
bereft
of
life
:
Or
for
to
visit
som
in
sicknesse
rage
,
Their
longsom
pain
and
dolours
to
asswage
:
Or
for
to
go
to
Church
as
God
allowes
,
To
pray
and
offer
and
to
perform
her
vowes
.
Thus
haue
I
shortly
told
you
,
brother
dear
,
The
state
of
her
,
on
whom
our
Citie
hear
Haue
fixed
all
their
eyes
:
but
I
can
nought
Tell
where
she
goes
,
much
less
what
s
in
her
thought
.
But
if
we
may
of
passed
things
collect
The
things
to
come
:
then
may
we
well
aspect
Great
good
of
her
,
for
that
euen
in
her
face
Is
signe
of
ioy
,
and
great
presage
of
grace
,
Or
som
good
hap
.
With
this
and
other
talke
,
They
cut
the
night
as
they
together
walke
.
This
while
,
the
worthy
widdow
with
her
maid
Past
towards
th'
enmies
camp
not
vnafraid
:
For
,
ere
she
had
two
hundreth
pases
past
,
The
Syrian
Soldiers
in
her
way
were
cast
:
Who
spack
her
thus
;
O
fair
excellent
wight
,
Whence
?
what
art
thou
?
what
doest
thou
here
this
night
In
Syrian
camp
?
I
am
(
quoth
she
)
again
An
Israelite
,
whom
dolours
doth
constrain
To
flee
this
towne
,
and
for
my
lifes
relief
,
Submits
me
to
the
mercy
of
your
Chief
.
They
took
her
to
the
Duke
.
But
who
hath
seen
The
throngs
of
folke
where
proclamations
been
In
som
great
town
,
or
where
som
monstrous
beast
Is
brought
and
wondred
at
by
most
and
least
;
That
man
might
iudge
what
flockes
of
soldiers
came
From
euery
part
to
see
that
Hebrew
Dame
:
To
see
that
fair
,
so
chaste
,
so
amiable
.
The
more
they
gasde
,
she
seemd
more
admirable
,
Her
wav'ring
hair
disparpling
flew
apart
In
seemly
shed
:
the
rest
with
reckles
art
With
many-a
curling
ring
decor'd
her
face
,
And
gaue
her
glashie
browes
a
greater
grace
.
Two
bending
bowes
of
Heben
coupled
right
Two
lucent
starres
that
were
of
heav'nly
light
,
Two
geaty
sparks
where
Cupid
chastly
hides
His
subtill
shafts
that
from
his
quiuer
glydes
.
Tween
these
two
sunnes
and
front
of
equall
sise
,
A
comely
figure
formally
did
rise
With
draught
vnleuell
to
her
lip
descend
,
Where
Momus
self
could
nothing
discommend
.
Her
pitted
cheeks
aperde
to
be
depaint
,
With
mixed
rose
and
lillies
sweet
and
saint
.
Her
dulcet
mouth
,
with
precious
breath
repleat
,
Excelde
the
Saben
Queen
in
sauour
sweet
.
Her
Corall
lips
discov'red
,
as
it
were
,
Two
ranks
of
Orient
pearle
with
smyling
chere
.
Her
yv'ry
neck
,
and
brest
of
Alabastre
,
Made
Heathen
men
,
of
her
,
more
Idolastre
.
Vpon
her
hand
no
wrinkled
knot
was
seen
;
But
as
each
naile
of
mothet
of
pearle
had
been
.
In
short
,
this
Iudith
was
so
passing
fair
,
That
if
the
learned
Zeuxis
had
been
th
aire
,
And
seene
this
Dame
,
when
he
with
pensile
drew
The
Croton
Dames
,
to
forme
the
picture
trew
Helen
.
Of
her
,
for
whom
both
Greece
and
Asia
sought
.
This
onely
patron
chiefe
he
would
haue
sought
;
No
sooner
Iudith
entred
his
Pauilion
,
But
in
her
face
arose
the
red
vermillion
,
With
shame
fast
feare
:
but
then
with
language
sweet
The
courteous
Generall
mildely
gan
her
greet
.
My
loue
,
I
am
,
I
am
not
yet
so
fell
,
As
false
report
doth
to
you
Hebrews
tell
.
They
are
my
sonnes
,
and
I
will
be
their
father
,
That
honours
me
,
and
them
I
loue
the
rather
,
That
worships
for
their
God
th'
Assyrian
King
:
They
shall
be
well
assurde
to
want
nothing
.
And
this
shall
Isaac
knowe
,
if
they
will
render
Vnto
that
bountious
king
as
their
defender
.
For
thy
(
my
loue
)
tell
me
,
withouten
feare
,
The
happy
motyf
of
thy
comming
heare
.
O
Prince
(
quoth
she
,
with
an
assured
face
)
Most
strong
and
wise
and
most
in
heauens
grace
,
That
drawes
the
sword
,
with
steele
vpon
his
brest
,
With
helme
on
head
,
and
launce
in
yron
rest
:
Since
that
my
feeble
Sex
,
and
tender
youth
,
Cannot
long
time
indure
,
the
cruell
drouth
,
The
wakrife
trauels
,
frayes
,
and
haszards
great
,
That
day
and
night
our
Burgesses
doth
threat
:
Yet
neuerthelesse
this
is
not
whole
the
cause
That
from
my
Cities
body
me
withdrawes
.
To
this
your
Camp
:
but
that
most
grudging
griefe
,
Which
burnes
my
zealous
hart
without
reliefe
,
Is
this
,
my
Lord
;
I
haue
a
holy
feare
To
eate
those
meates
that
God
bids
vs
forbeare
:
But
,
Sir
,
I
see
that
our
besieged
towne
Is
so
beset
with
mischiefevp
and
downe
,
The
people
will
be
forç't
to
eate
in
th'
end
The
meats
that
God
expresly
doth
defend
:
Then
will
the
Lord
with
iust
reuenge
him
wreak
Vpon
all
those
,
that
do
his
statutes
break
.
Withouten
fight
their
Cities
he
will
sack
,
And
make
one
man
of
thine
ten
thousand
wrack
,
That
flyes
his
fury
,
and
thy
furious
face
.
Now
,
I
of
Bethul
am
;
and
in
this
place
Beseech
thy
noble
Grace
,
if
so
thee
please
,
With
courteous
aide
,
to
giue
my
dolours
ease
.
‛
Of
common
sense
he
is
depriued
cleene
,
‛
That
fals
with
closed
eye
on
daunger
seen
.
‛
And
he
that
may
both
paine
and
hurt
eschew
,
‛
Is
vaine
if
he
his
proper
death
pursew
.
Then
in
this
quiet
dale
if
I
may
byde
(
In
secret
for
to
pray
each
euening
tyde
To
God
;
I
shall
,
as
he
doth
me
enspyre
,
Assure
you
when
enkendled
is
his
yre
,
Against
our
folke
.
Then
shall
I
take
on
hand
To
leade
thine
army
through
all
Iurie
Land
,
And
streaming
standarts
set
on
Syon
hill
,
Where
none
with
weapons
dare
resist
thy
will
.
No
,
not
a
very
dog
,
in
euening
dark
,
At
noyse
of
harness
shall
against
thee
bark
.
Thy
onely
name
shall
fray
the
Armies
bolde
.
R
Before
thy
face
the
mountaine
tops
shall
folde
.
R
The
floods
shal
dry
,
&
from
their
running
stay
,
R
To
make
thine
Hoste
a
new
and
vncouth
way
.
O
Iewell
of
the
world
(
quoth
he
)
O
Dame
,
For
gratious
speech
and
beuty
worthy
fame
,
Now
welcome
here
:
would
God
it
might
you
please
Long
time
with
vs
to
dwell
in
rest
and
ease
.
For
,
if
your
faith
and
trouth
concurrent
be
,
To
this
your
talke
,
which
greatly
pleaseth
me
;
I
will
from
this
time
forth
with
you
accord
To
serue
your
onely
Hebrews
God
and
Lord
;
And
will
my
seruice
whole
to
you
enrowle
,
Not
of
my
Scepter
onely
,
but
my
soule
.
I
will
your
name
and
honour
ay
defend
From
Hebrew
bounds
vnto
the
world
his
end
.
This
said
:
with
silence
,
as
the
moone
arose
,
This
widow
▪
her
withdrew
,
and
forth
she
goes
Vnto
avalley
close
on
euery
part
,
Where
as
she
washt
her
corse
and
clens'd
her
heart
;
And
with
her
weeping
eyes
the
place
be●aid
,
And
to
the
God
of
Isaac
thus
she
praide
:
O
Lord
,
withdraw
not
now
thy
helping
hand
From
those
,
that
at
thy
mercie
onely
stand
.
O
Lord
defend
them
that
desire
to
spend
Their
goods
and
blood
,
thy
cause
for
to
defend
.
O
Lord
graunt
that
the
cries
of
Children
may
,
With
plaints
of
Oldmen
weeping
night
and
day
,
And
virgins
voyces
sad
in
shroude
of
shame
,
And
laudes
of
Leuits
sounding
forth
thy
fame
,
Mount
to
thy
throne
,
and
with
dissundring
break
Thy
heauy
sleep
.
Wherefore
doest
thou
awreake
Thy self
on
Hermon
with
thy
burning
blast
?
Or
why
doest
thou
on
carefull
Carmell
cast
Thy
dreadfull
darts
?
forgetting
all
the
space
,
These
Giants
that
thy
Scepter
would
displace
?
Ah
wretch
,
what
say
I
?
Lord
apardon
me
.
Thy
burning
zeale
(
and
none
hypocrisie
)
That
frets
my
heauy
heart
at
euery
howre
,
Compels
my
toung
this
language
out
to
powre
.
O
thou
,
the
euerliuing
God
and
Guide
Of
all
our
race
,
I
know
thou
wilt
prouide
For
our
reliefe
against
this
furious
boste
,
And
iustly
kill
the
Captaine
of
this
hoste
.
I
knowe
,
that
thou
wilt
help
my
onely
hand
,
To
be
the
wrack
of
all
this
heathen
Band.
FINIS
.
THE
SVMMARIE
OF
The
V.
BOOKE
.
HOlophernes
,
being
surprised
with
the
sweete
language
,
and
excellent
beautie
of
the
chaste
Iudith
,
becommeth
altogether
negligent
of
his
charge
and
gouernement
.
Wherein
is
represented
the
vnhabilitie
of
the
reprobate
,
who
cannot
withstand
such
temptations
as
the
Lord
sendeth
vpon
them
.
But
as
they
become
slaues
to
their
owne
affections
,
so
by
the
same
they
are
enforced
to
fall
into
perdition
.
In
place
of
some
faithfull
seruant
to
warne
him
of
his
vices
,
Holophernes
conferreth
with
Bagos
an
Eunuch
,
who
feedeth
him
in
his
humour
,
&
bringeth
Iudith
to
his
Tent.
And
here
the
Poet
reprooues
all
flatterers
and
bawdes
,
with
the
vices
of
all
Courts
in
Generall
.
Iudith
seeing
her
chastitie
in
perill
,
and
the
time
vnmeete
to
execute
her
enterprise
:
subtilie
drawes
the
Tyrant
to
talke
of
other
affaires
.
He
thinking
to
insinuate
himselfe
the
more
into
her
fauour
,
taketh
pleasure
to
crack
of
his
conquests
and
of
his
speciall
worthinesse
;
discoursing
so
long
till
suppertime
approached
&
she
auoyded
the
inconuenience
.
And
here
is
to
be
noted
,
that
whilest
the
tyrants
boast
of
their
cruelty
against
the
Church
,
God
prouideth
for
his
owne
,
&
preserueth
them
for
that
worke
,
that
he
hath
ordained
by
them
to
be
done
.
THE
FIFT
BOOKE
of
IVDITH
.
IN
stead
of
marrow-in
bone
,
and
blood
in
vaines
,
Great
Holopherne
doth
feede
his
cruell
paines
:
He
bootlesse
flees
,
and
feeles
;
but
he
ne
knowes
The
quenched
fire
that
of
his
ashes
growes
.
For
,
so
the
charming
Image
of
this
Dame
,
The
onely
marke
where
at
his
soule
did
ame
,
Transported
him
in
passions
of
despaire
,
That
of
his
mighty
camp
he
quits
the
care
,
And
goes
no
more
his
matters
to
dispatch
,
Nor
vewes
his
corpsgard
,
nor
relieues
his
watch
,
Nor
Councell
cals
,
nor
sent
to
spy
the
coste
,
Nor
vewes
the
quarters
of
his
spacious
hoste
.
But
as
the
sheep
that
haue
no
hirde
nor
guide
,
But
wandring
strayes
along
the
riuers
side
,
Throw
burbling
brookes
,
or
throw
the
forrest
grene
,
Throw
meadowes
closures
,
or
throw
shadows
shene
:
Right
so
the
Heathen
hoste
without
all
bridle
,
Runns
insolent
,
to
vicious
actions
ydle
,
Where
none
obeyes
,
ech
one
commanding
speaks
,
Eche
one
at
pleasure
from
his
banner
breaks
.
What
do
you
Hebrews
now
within
your
wall
?
Now
time
to
fight
,
or
neuer
time
at
all
,
To
pay
these
Pagans
,
whose
confused
corse
Combats
against
themselfs
with
deadly
force
.
Nay
,
stay
a
while
:
of
such
a
great
victory
,
Your
onely
God
will
haue
the
onely
glory
.
Before
this
tyrant
was
with
loue
yblent
,
To
winne
the
towne
he
plide
his
whole
entent
:
But
now
,
both
night
and
day
,
his
minde
doth
frame
To
conquer
this
most
chast
vnconquest
Dame
.
So
lust
him
led
:
th'
vndaunted
Theban
knight
,
With
waighty
mace
,
had
neuer
him
affright
:
But
now
a
womans
look
his
hart
enfeares
,
And
in
his
brest
the
curelesse
wound
he
beares
.
Ambition
,
erst
,
so
had
him
ouercumme
,
That
made
him
dayly
ryse
by
sound
of
drumme
.
Now
Cupid
him
awaks
with
hote
alarmes
,
That
him
with
holds
to
do
the
Hebrews
harmes
.
Before
,
he
rulde
aboue
both
Prince
and
King
:
Now
can
he
not
himselfe
in
order
bring
.
Alas
(
quoth
he
)
what
life
is
this
I
haue
,
Complaint
.
Becomming
captiue
to
my
captiue
slaue
?
(
Vnhappy
chance
)
what
life
is
this
I
say
?
My
vertue
gone
,
my
forces
fals
away
.
Nay
sure
no
life
it
is
,
more
pain
I
feele
,
Then
Ixion
torn
vpon
th'
Eternall
wheele
:
Prometheus
.
My
life
is
like
the
theefs
that
stole
the
fire
,
On
whose
mortall
hart
there
doth
alwayes
tire
A
rauenous
fowle
,
that
gnawes
him
to
the
bone
,
Reuiuing
still
,
bound
to
the
Scythian
stone
.
What
serues
it
me
,
t'
haue
won
where
I
haue
haunted
?
What
serues
my
victor
arme
,
for
to
haue
daunted
The
people
situate
tween
Hydaspe
large
,
And
port
where
Cydnus
doth
in
sea
discharge
;
Since
I
am
vanquisht
by
the
feeble
sight
Of
captiue
Iudith
?
what
auailes
my
might
,
My
targe
of
steele
,
my
Burguinet
of
Brasse
,
My
guard
of
warriours
stout
whereso
I
passe
;
Since
her
sweet
eye
hath
sent
the
pointed
dart
Throgh
men
and
weapons
,
pearcing
throu
my
hart
?
What
serues
my
coursers
,
who
with
swiftnes
light
Exceeds
the
swallow
,
swiftest
bird
of
flight
;
Since
I
on
him
cannot
auoide
,
one
ynch
,
The
care
that
night
and
day
my
heart
doth
pinch
?
Then
change
(
O
Hebrewes
)
change
your
tears
in
song
,
And
triumph
ore
my
hoste
and
army
strong
.
I
am
no
more
that
Duke
,
whose
name
alone
Hath
made
great
warriours
quake
both
lim
and
bone
:
But
I
am
he
,
whose
hart
was
sometime
braue
;
Now
lesse
then
nought
,
the
slaue
but
of
a
slaue
.
I
com
not
here
your
Isaac
to
annoy
,
With
fire
and
sword
,
your
houses
to
destroy
:
But
to
require
your
Iudith
,
her
to
render
More
milde
to
me
.
What
?
is
my
wit
so
slender
(
Berapt
with
loue
)
haue
I
not
heer
my
ioy
,
That
onely
may
relieue
me
from
annoy
?
Yet
neuerthelesse
I
clieue
the
aire
in
vain
,
With
plaints
,
and
makes
myne
eyes
but
fountains
twain
.
I
wretch
am
like
the
wretched
man
indeed
,
Tantalus
.
The
more
he
hath
the
greater
is
his
need
.
Although
he
deeply
plonge
in
water
cleare
,
To
quench
his
thirst
:
yet
he
is
not
the
neare
.
For
,
so
do
I
respect
the
heavenly
grace
,
That
largely
is
bestowde
vpon
her
face
,
That
with
mine
eyes
I
dare
not
her
behold
,
My
toung
doth
stay
and
in
the
palat
folde
.
Why
haue
not
I
a
heart
of
Crystall
cleare
,
Tronsparent
through
,
to
let
my
paine
appeare
?
That
there
she
might
of
all
my
torments
reed
,
Which
loue
with
holds
within
my
heart
in
dreed
?
Now
,
since
that
Iudith
to
this
camp
arriv'd
,
The
light
of
heav'n
had
thrise
his
course
reviv'd
,
And
darkned
thrise
,
and
gan
with
saffron
hew
To
light
the
Ynds
,
the
fourth
day
to
renewe
;
When
thus
the
Duke
,
who
leftrepast
and
rest
,
Vnto
his
Eunuch
this
like
porpos
drest
.
O
Bagos
,
sonne
adoptife
,
not
by
chaunce
,
Whom
I
haue
chose
of
nought
thee
to
aduance
,
By
speciall
grace
,
and
made
thee
(
though
I
boaste
)
First
of
my
hart
,
and
second
of
myne
Hoaste
;
I
rage
,
I
burne
,
I
dye
in
desp'rate
thought
,
Through
loue
,
by
this
same
strangers
beuty
brought
,
Go
,
seek
her
then
,
and
shortly
to
her
say
,
What
secret
flame
torments
me
day
by
day
:
Shew
that
I
shall
her
to
such
honours
bring
,
As
he
that
beares
the
Scepter
of
a
King
:
But
chiefly
see
thy
talke
be
framed
thus
,
That
she
do
come
this
night
and
suppe
with
vs
.
Now
should
it
not
to
me
be
folly
and
shame
,
To
haue
within
my
holde
the
fairest
dame
,
That
ground
doth
heare
,
if
I
dare
not
aspire
To
quench
the
burning
flame
of
my
desire
?
I
should
but
serue
my
soldiers
for
a
Ieast
:
And
Iudith
faire
would
count
me
but
a
beast
.
Then
Bagos
well
acquaint
with
such
a
cast
,
He
fed
the
lamp
that
brunt
but
ouerfast
.
If
priuate
men
(
quoth
he
)
and
people
poore
,
That
goes
not
ouer
the
threshold
of
their
doore
,
But
spends
their
daies
in
trauell
and
debate
,
And
neuer
seeks
to
win
a
better
state
,
Liues
not
content
,
if
that
the
Cyprian
Dame
Do
not
sometime
their
frozen
harts
enflame
;
What
slaues
are
those
then
,
on
whose
backs
are
drest
The
burdens
of
this
world
,
who
takes
no
rest
For
Publike
weale
,
but
wakes
with
Argus
eies
,
For
others
ease
that
to
no
care
applies
;
If
they
,
among
so
many
great
vexations
,
May
not
receiue
in
loue
some
recreations
?
Pursue
your
loue
my
Lord
,
and
make
no
let
To
take
the
fish
that
els
is
in
your
net
.
And
as
ere
this
you
haue
me
faithfull
found
,
In
like
Ambassades
when
ye
them
propound
:
So
shall
you
finde
me
,
in
this
loue
of
new
,
To
be
as
faithfull
,
secret
,
trest
,
and
trew
.
Alas
,
how
many
such
are
in
our
times
In
princes
Courts
,
that
high
to
honour
climes
,
More
for
their
handling
such
an
enterprise
,
Then
for
their
being
valiant
,
learnde
,
or
wise
?
Sometimes
the
Courts
of
kings
were
vertuous
schooles
:
Now
finde
we
nought
in
Court
but
curious
fooles
.
O
you
,
whose
noble
harts
cannot
accord
To
be
the
slaues
to
an
infamous
Lord
:
And
knowes
not
how
to
mixe
,
with
perlous
Art
,
The
deadly
poyson
of
the
Amorous
dart
:
Whose
natures
,
being
free
,
wills
no
constraint
,
Nor
will
your
face
with
flattring
pensile
paint
,
For
wel
,
nor
wo
,
for
pittie
,
nor
for
hire
,
Of
good
my
Lords
their
fauours
to
acquire
;
Go
not
to
Court
if
yee
will
me
beleue
:
For
,
in
that
place
where
ye
think
to
retreue
The
honour
due
for
vertue
,
ye
shall
finde
Nought
but
contempt
,
which
leaues
good
men
behinde
.
Ye
worthy
Dames
,
that
in
your
breasts
do
bear
Of
your
al-seeing
God
no
seruile
fear
:
Ye
that
of
honour
haue
a
greater
care
,
Then
sights
of
Courts
,
I
pray
you
come
not
thare
.
Let
men
,
that
in
their
purse
hath
not
a
myte
,
Clothe
them
like
kings
,
and
play
the
hypocrite
,
And
with
a
lying
tale
and
feined
chear
,
Court-cozen
them
whom
they
would
see
on
bear
.
Let
there
the
Pandar
sell
his
wife
for
gain
,
With
seruice
vile
,
his
noblesse
to
attain
.
Let
him
that
serues
the
time
,
chaunge
his
entent
,
With
faith
vnconstant
saile
at
euerie
vent
.
Ye
sonnes
of
craft
,
bear
ye
as
many
faces
As
Proteus
takes
among
the
Marine
places
,
And
force
your
natures
all
the
best
ye
can
To
counterfait
the
grace
of
some
great
man
;
Chamaeleon
like
,
who
takes
to
him
ech
hew
Of
black
or
white
,
or
yellow
,
green
,
or
blew
,
That
comes
him
next
:
So
you
that
finds
the
facion
To
hurt
the
poor
,
with
many-a
great
taxacion
:
You
that
do
prease
to
haue
the
princes
eare
,
To
make
your
names
in
Prouinces
appear
:
Ye
subtill
Thurims
,
sell
your
fumish
winde
,
To
wicked
wights
whose
senses
ye
do
blinde
.
Ye
fearfull
Rocks
,
ye
ymps
of
Achelois
,
Who
wracks
the
wisest
youth
with
charming
vois
:
Ye
Circes
,
who
by
your
enchantment
strange
,
In
stones
and
swine
,
your
louers
true
do
change
:
Ye
Stymphalids
,
who
with
your
youth
vptaks
,
You
rauens
that
from
vs
our
riches
raks
:
Ye
,
who
with
riches
art
,
and
painted
face
,
For
Priams
wife
,
puts
Castors
sister
in
place
:
Ye
Myrrhas
,
Canaces
,
and
Semirames
,
And
if
there
rest
yet
mo
defamed
dames
,
Com
all
to
Court
,
and
there
ye
shall
re●aue
A
thousand
gains
vnmeet
for
you
to
haue
.
There
shall
you
sell
the
gifts
of
great
prouinces
,
There
shal
you
sell
the
grace
of
graceles
princes
.
Stay
heer
my
Muse
:
it
thee
behoues
to
haue
Great
constancy
and
many-a
Hercles
braue
To
purge
this
age
,
of
vices
more
notable
,
Then
was
the
stals
of
foule
Aegeans
stable
.
Return
to
Iudith
,
who
to
bring
to
passe
Her
high
attempt
,
before
her
sets
her
glasse
,
And
ginnes
to
deck
her
hair
like
burnisht
gold
,
Whose
beuty
had
no
peer
for
to
behold
.
Then
went
she
to
his
tent
,
where
she
espide
The
gorgious
tappestries
,
on
euerie
side
,
Of
Persian
Kings
,
of
Meds
,
and
Syrian
stories
,
How
Ninus
first
(
prickt
forth
with
great
vain
glories
)
Subdewd
the
East
:
then
next
in
order
came
(
Disguis'd
in
kinde
)
his
wife
Queen
Semirame
;
Who
took
the
Scepter
and
with
tourrets
hye
Great
Babylon
erected
to
the
skye
.
Lo
,
how
a
Prince
,
with
fingers
white
and
fine
,
Sardanapalus
.
In
womens
weed
the
tender
twist
doth
twine
,
Who
bare
a
Rock
in
sted
of
Royall
mace
,
And
for
a
man
with
woman
changeth
grace
In
gestures
all
:
he
frisles
and
he
fards
,
He
oynts
,
he
bathes
,
his
visage
he
regards
In
Crystall
glasse
,
which
for
his
sword
he
wore
,
And
lost
his
crowne
without
all
combat
more
.
Amongst
his
vertugals
,
for
ayde
he
drew
,
From
his
Lieutenant
,
who
did
him
pursew
,
And
wan
his
Scepter
.
Yet
with
f●eble
yre
,
He
burnt
himself
,
and
ended
his
empyre
.
Behold
,
a
Bitch
then
feeds
sucking
childe
,
Amongst
the
pricking
thornes
and
brambles
wilde
;
Cyru●
.
Who
grew
so
great
and
was
of
such
a
fame
,
That
bond
,
and
free
,
his
waged
men
became
,
And
afterward
subuerted
,
to
his
lawe
,
The
Median
scepter
vnder
Persians
awe
.
But
what
is
he
that
so
reformed
goze
Before
the
camp
,
and
wants
his
eares
and
noze
?
That
was
that
seruant
true
,
who
by
that
slight
,
Brought
Babylon
again
in
Darius
might
.
While
Iud●th
fed
her
eies
with
figures
vaine
,
Her
hart
replete
with
passions
and
with
paine
;
The
Genrall
came
,
and
with
a
visage
gent
,
Saluted
her
,
and
by
the
hand
her
hent
,
And
caused
her
sit
down
vpon
a
chare
,
The
more
at
ease
to
view
her
beuties
rare
.
Then
,
when
he
saw
himself
so
neare
his
pleasure
,
He
brunt
in
hart
,
and
scarse
could
byde
the
leasure
Till
Venus
with
her
garland
shewde
in
sight
,
On
his
Horizon
to
renue
the
night
.
This
widow
,
finding
then
the
time
vnmeete
,
Gods
iust
determination
to
complete
;
Made
much
delay
,
and
fand
full
many-a
sku●e
,
With
sundry
talke
this
tyrant
to
abuse
:
And
said
;
my
Lord
,
I
pray
you
shew
to
me
,
What
furie
iust
hath
mov'd
your
maiesty
?
What
haue
our
people
done
(
please
it
your
Grace
)
By
whom
or
when
that
Izaks
holy
race
Might
so
prouoke
a
Prince
to
wrackfull
war
,
In
toungs
,
and
lawes
,
so
sep'rate
from
vs
far
?
Then
said
the
Duke
,
vncourteous
should
I
be
If
I
deny
(
O
faire
)
to
answere
thee
.
Now
as
the
heav'n
two
Sunnes
cannot
containe
,
So
in
the
earth
two
kings
cannot
remaine
Of
equall
state
.
So
doth
ambition
craue
,
One
king
will
not
another
equall
haue
.
My
Prince
is
witnesse
:
who
at
warres
did
fall
,
With
king
Arphaxat
,
cause
he
raisde
his
wall
Of
Ecbatane
so
high
that
it
did
shame
To
Niniue
,
and
Babell
feard
the
same
:
For
which
,
he
vndertooke
to
spoyle
his
throne
,
And
race
his
Scepter
to
the
lowest
stone
:
With
spite
,
his
buildings
braue
he
cast
adown
.
Arphaxat
then
,
a
man
of
great
renowne
,
And
worthie
of
his
Scepter
and
his
state
,
Thought
better
in
the
field
to
make
debate
,
Then
beare
a
scorne
,
his
Meds
to
battell
drew
:
Thus
'tweene
them
two
did
cruell
war
ensew
.
Arphaxa●
armed
all
the
yles
of
Greece
,
Where
Iason
was
,
but
sought
no
golden
fleece
,
But
golden
lingots
with
aboundant
gaine
,
Wher
Phasis
streame
bedeawes
the
pleasant
Plaine
.
The
Harmastans
,
and
Albans
,
strong
,
and
wise
,
That
sowes
but
once
,
and
haue
their
haruest
thrise
:
The
men
that
neer
to
Oxus
banks
abydes
,
And
those
that
Antitaurus
horns
diuydes
:
And
those
that
mans
the
mount
vpon
whose
brest
The
ship
that
scap't
the
genrall
flood
did
rest
:
And
those
that
are
(
not
hid
)
within
the
Reame
,
Wher
proude
Iaxartes
flowes
with
furious
streame
:
In
short
;
the
Medes
brought
men
to
ayde
their
plea
,
From
Pontus
far
beyond
the
Caspian
sea
:
And
of
this
Hoste
Arphaxat
was
commander
,
With
hope
and
heart
more
high
then
Alexander
.
My
prince
desirous
then
to
winne
or
dy
,
Left
nought
vndone
that
furthred
to
supply
His
troubled
state
.
He
armed
Syttacene
,
And
waged
Archers
out
of
Osrohene
:
Ye
Lords
of
Lands
that
yelds
the
hundreth
corne
,
Leaue
Euphrates
and
bounds
where
ye
were
borne
:
Ye
Carmans
bolde
that
all
on
fish
do
feede
,
And
of
their
pelts
do
make
your
warlike
weede
;
Leaue
Hytan
bounds
,
go
seek
the
golden
sands
:
Ye
Parths
,
ye
Cosses
,
Arabs
,
and
ye
lands
,
That
of
your
Magi
Prophets
thinks
ye
knowe
Their
spells
diuine
,
yourself
for
p●kmen
showe
.
O
Calde
,
chaunge
thine
Astrolab
and
square
To
speare
and
shield
:
for
,
we
no
wight
will
spare
Of
able
age
,
of
high
or
lowe
degrie
That
trails
the
pike
,
or
launce
layes
on
his
thie
.
Let
women
,
Children
,
and
the
burghers
olde
At
home
alone
,
let
them
their
houses
holde
.
We
sommond
eke
the
Persians
and
Phoenicians
,
The
soft
Aegyptians
,
Hebrews
,
and
Cilicians
,
To
come
in
haste
,
and
ioyne
their
force
to
ours
:
But
they
disdainfully
deteind
their
powrs
;
And
,
with
their
wicked
hands
,
and
words
vnsage
,
They
did
our
sacred
messengers
outrage
.
My
maister
for
a
time
,
putvp
this
wrong
,
Attending
time
,
to
quite
these
enmies
strong
;
With
purpose
,
more
at
leasure
,
to
prouide
T'
abate
this
sacrilegious
peoples
pride
.
Two
greater
kings
were
neuer
seen
beforne
,
Battell
.
Then
camped
was
in
Ragau
field
at
morne
,
With
hauty
harts
enarmed
all
in
yre
:
Ech
soldier
set
another
so
on
fire
,
That
scarsly
they
could
keep
them
in
their
bound
,
Till
pipe
,
or
Cymball
,
or
the
trumpets
sound
,
Denounce
the
choke
:
but
with
their
furious
faces
,
They
thret
their
foes
afarre
with
fell
menaces
,
And
strokes
at
hand
:
two
thousand
Lads
forlorne
(
To
blunt
the
sword
)
were
down
in
battell
borne
.
Vpon
their
flanks
flew
feruently
the
stones
,
That
bet
their
bucklers
to
their
brused
bones
.
The
squadrons
then
steps
sternly
to
the
strokes
,
With
harts
in
humain
all
the
battell
yokes
,
And
are
supplide
with
many
mighty
bands
:
Som
counters
them
,
and
sternly
them
withstands
:
With
foot
to
foot
ech
other
ouer
plyes
:
Both
Meds
and
Caldes
clasp
with
gastly
cryes
;
Like
Nilus
stream
that
from
the
rocks
doth
romble
,
Or
Encelade
when
he
in
tombe
doth
tomble
.
Here
som
lies
headles
:
som
,
that
cannot
stand
,
Trails
on
his
wombe
,
and
wants
both
foot
and
hand
,
Cut
off
with
stroks
:
some
per●'t
throu
plate
and
mails
:
Some
shoulder-●lasht
:
some
panched
in
th'
entrails
:
Some
brains
outbet
:
some
in
the
guts
were
gor'd
:
Some
dying
vomit
blood
:
and
some
were
smor'd
:
Some
neither
quick
nor
dead
,
do
yet
attend
What
place
it
pleaseth
God
their
soules
to
send
:
So
loth
the
little
life
,
that
doth
abyde
,
Is
,
from
the
dying
body
to
diuide
.
The
ground
that
erst
was
yellow
,
greene
,
and
blew
,
Is
ouercled
with
blood
in
purpure
hew
.
While
this
man
giues
some
one
his
deadly
baine
,
He
of
another
gets
the
like
againe
.
The
rage
encreasing
growes
with
yrefull
flame
:
The
field
is
spred
with
bodies
dead
and
lame
.
Like
as
ye
see
the
wallowing
sea
to
striue
,
Flood
after
flood
,
and
waue
with
waue
to
driue
,
Comparison
.
Then
waues
with
waues
,
the
floods
with
floods
do
chase
,
And
eft
returnes
vnto
their
former
place
:
Or
like
the
crops
of
corne
in
mids
of
May
(
Blowne
with
the
westren
wind
)
aside
doth
sway
,
Both
to
and
fro
,
as
force
doth
them
constraine
,
And
yet
their
tops
redresseth
vp
againe
:
So
,
whiles
the
Syrians
are
by
Medes
displaced
;
And
whiles
the
Medes
by
Syrian●
are
rechased
.
Then
,
like
two
raging
floods
that
down
do
fall
,
From
two
contrarie
mutine
mountains
tall
;
Downe
bearing
bridge
and
bank
,
and
all
destroyes
,
And
striues
which
one
may
do
the
most
annoyes
:
So
,
these
two
kings
,
in
force
and
courage
stout
,
Excels
the
rest
with
slaughter
them
about
:
Wherso
they'preast
,
they
left
on
either
side
,
Behinde
them
,
two
long
opened
wayes
and
wide
:
For
,
all
their
bucklers
,
Mo●ions
,
and
Quiraces
Were
of
no
proofe
against
their
peisant
maces
.
Yet
(
for
the
time
)
the
Mede●
so
fearcely
fought
,
That
they
th'
Assyrian
bands
in
terrour
brought
,
And
pauld
his
soldiers
harts
,
and
brak
their
might
;
Who
(
ouercome
)
tooke
them
to
shamefull
flight
.
The
Medes
pursewd
,
and
wounded
,
in
that
chace
,
Ten
thousand
men
;
but
none
,
vpon
the
face
.
In
short
,
this
day
our
Scepter
had
depriued
,
Had
I
not
like
the
thunder
dint
arriued
In
battels
brunt
.
Their
male
and
their
vantbras
,
Their
helme
and
shield
,
before
my
Coutelas
,
Were
fraile
as
glas
:
and
neuer
a
stroke
I
lent
But
deadly
was
,
and
them
more
terrour
sent
Then
all
our
camp
.
The
soldier
then
in
feare
With
trembling
hand
could
scarsly
weild
his
speare
.
The
pal-hewd
knight
with
hart
in
brest
that
quakes
,
His
thyes
in
saddle
,
and
feet
in
stirrops
shakes
For
dread
of
me
.
There
some
,
with
trenchant
glaiue
From
hight
of
head
,
to
middle
down
I
claiue
.
And
some
so
farre
I
foyned
through
the
Iack
,
The
blade
aperde
a
foote
behinde
his
back
:
So
that
the
Medes
,
afrayd
at
such
a
thing
,
In
heat
of
fight
they
fled
and
left
their
king
.
Who
seing
himself
betrayd
,
his
clothes
he
rent
,
And
bloodie
towards
Ragau
towne
he
went
:
Where
we
him
met
,
yet
(
Braue
)
did
him
defend
,
And
sought
amongst
his
foes
a
famous
end
:
As
doth
the
Tyger
wilde
who
sees
her
den
Beset
about
with
hunters
dogs
and
men
,
That
turns
her
feare
to
furious
raging
rife
And
will
not
vnreuenged
lose
her
life
:
So
he
them
thunderbet
wherso
he
went
,
That
neuer
a
stroke
in
vaine
his
right
hand
spent
:
But
er
with
murdring
blade
they
could
him
quell
,
Full
many-a
bold
precursor
he
sent
to
hell
.
At
last
,
Arphaxat
gan
of
slaughter
tyre
,
And
(
wounded
sore
)
left
both
his
life
and
yre
,
And
fell
,
as
doth
some
huge
high
planted
oak
,
That
long
hath
byde
the
winds
,
and
many-a
stroak
Of
many
an
axe
;
yet
stoutly
doth
sustaine
Their
trauels
long
,
and
frustrats
all
their
paine
;
The
roote
doth
sigh
,
the
dale
doth
roring
sound
,
And
to
the
heauen
the
noyse
doth
high
rebound
;
His
head
now
here
,
now
there
,
seemes
to
incline
,
And
threats
him
here
and
there
with
great
ruine
:
Yet
stands
vpright
aboue
the
highest
okes
,
Till
,
vanquisht
with
a
thousand
thousand
strokes
,
He
falls
at
last
,
and
brings
with
him
to
ground
Both
trees
and
cattell
to
the
Plaine
profound
:
So
with
Arphaxat
fell
the
Medes
empyre
.
My
king
the
king
of
kings
,
then
in
his
yre
Ras'd
Ecbatan
:
and
now
growes
weed
and
herbe
,
Where
sometime
stood
his
palaces
superbe
.
So
that
where
erst
the
lute
and
lowde
Haubois
Were
wont
to
sound
with
sweete
concordant
nois
,
Now
shriking
owles
and
other
monsters
moe
In
funerall
sound
fulfils
the
place
with
woe
.
My
potent
Prince
,
when
all
this
warre
was
ceast
Consumed
moneths
foure
in
Royall
feast
,
In
Niniue
the
great
:
which
banket
done
,
He
me
commanded
to
assemble
sone
His
Royall
hoste
,
to
punish
all
and
some
,
That
to
his
former
ayd
disdaind
to
come
:
And
that
I
shortly
should
with
sword
and
flame
Reuenge
his
honour
:
but
alas
,
Madame
,
Full
farre
am
I
from
that
I
would
pursew
.
For
,
comming
here
thy
nation
to
subdew
,
I
vanquisht
am
by
thee
;
so
that
deaths
might
,
Shall
shortly
close
mine
eyes
with
endles
night
,
If
you
not
(
with
a
louing
kisse
)
to
me
Restore
my
life
.
O
worthy
Prince
,
quoth
she
,
Continue
your
discours
,
and
to
me
tell
What
great
aduentures
to
your
Hoste
befell
.
Then
he
retooke
his
tale
he
left
alate
,
And
made
a
long
discours
of
all
his
state
,
Part
,
true
,
part
false
:
as
do
some
warriours
braue
,
Who
speaking
of
their
Acts
will
lye
and
raue
.
My
Camp
assembled
,
then
gan
I
t'
enflame
Oration
.
My
soldiers
harts
thus
,
for
to
win
them
fame
:
Companions
,
now
,
if
euer
ye
pretend
To
winne
renoume
that
neuer
shall
haue
end
,
Go
forwards
now
,
plague
these
inhumain
Lands
,
That
on
our
sacred
Legats
layd
their
hands
.
Reuenge
,
reuenge
,
ye
men
,
your
most
hie
Prince
,
That
ever
Scepter
bare
in
rich
prouince
,
That
euer
came
adowne
with
mighty
arme
,
From
circled
starres
.
Alarm'
soldats
,
alarme
:
Take
blades
in
hand
,
and
brands
of
burning
yre
,
To
waste
the
western
world
with
sword
and
fyre
.
With
bloody
seas
bedewe
ech
mount
and
wood
,
And
make
your
horses
fearce
to
swimme
in
blood
.
Receiue
the
Scepter
great
and
crowne
of
might
Of
all
this
world
which
is
to
you
behight
.
Receiue
this
laude
,
that
for
your
conquest
braue
,
Shall
draw
your
fames
from
the
forgetfull
graue
.
Receiue
yee
valiant
men
the
noble
spoyle
Of
many-a
land
that
ye
shall
put
to
foyle
.
Let
men
behold
that
sees
you
day
by
day
,
How
ye
are
cloyde
with
honour
spoile
and
pray
:
Thus
ended
I.
And
as
my
words
were
spent
,
They
bet
their
bucklers
,
showing
them
content
With
courage
bolde
,
to
fight
with
me
and
byde
.
Then
sixscore
thousand
men
I
had
to
guide
,
Or
moe
,
and
so
from
Niniuè
we
past
And
marched
vnto
(
Bectilè
)
at
last
,
I
through
Edessi
,
Amidi
,
and
Carran
came
,
Where
sometime
dwelt
your
father
Abraham
:
I
wan
the
mount
whose
thwarting
hornes
diuyds
All
Asie
;
and
serues
for
bounds
on
sundrie
syds
,
To
manie
great
Empyrs
:
I
●lew
,
I
brent
All
in
my
way
.
My
fellon
soldiers
went
Like
moawers
with
their
sithes
in
sowple
hands
,
Who
leaues
not
after
them
a
straw
that
stands
;
But
ample
swathes
of
grasse
on
ground
doth
cast
,
And
showes
what
way
their
sharped
sithes
haue
past
.
All
Lydia
knowes
,
that
nought
now
growes
in
it
But
weeds
.
And
Phuli-and
Tharsis
feeles
it
yit
.
I
was
wel●eare
the
straits
that
closeth
all
Phoenice
and
th'
Ishique
Rouers
,
like
a
wall
,
When
Rosea
,
Solea
,
Mops
,
Anchiali
'
and
Iscia
,
And
sweete
Egei
:
and
(
short
)
the
whole
Cilicia
,
This
passage
took
before
and
lay
in
wait
,
To
stay
my
Armie
for
to
passe
this
straight
.
If
I
the
harmes
and
has●ards
all
should
tell
Of
all
th'
affairs
and
bloody
frayes
that
fell
,
And
succours
sent
;
the
day
should
slide
away
Before
my
tale
.
For
that
Cilicia
I
say
,
Through
great
aduantage
of
their
ground
so
narrow
,
Defended
them
from
both
the
speare
and
arrow
:
So
that
my
Hoste
,
that
gaue
before
the
chace
,
To
puissant
kings
,
now
fled
with
great
disgrace
.
Craking
.
Then
foming
in
despite
,
despaire
,
and
yre
,
I
cast
my selfe
where
shot
flew
like
the
fyre
:
And
though
they
hurt
me
in
a
hundred
parts
,
And
though
my
buckler
bare
a
wood
of
darts
:
Yet
left
not
I
,
but
with
audacious
face
I
brauely
fought
,
and
made
them
all
giue
place
.
My
army
followde
,
where
my
arme
made
way
With
trenching
blade
,
on
bodies
dead
that
lay
.
The
greatest
coward
,
that
my
captains
led
,
Pursewd
and
●lew
the
most
of
them
that
fled
.
The
Cidnus
streame
(
who
for
his
siluer
flood
Esteemd
a
king
)
ran
now
with
humaine
blood
:
The
Pyram
fearce
,
in
seas
discharged
than
Full
many-a
helm
,
and
sword
,
and
worthy
man
.
In
short
as
your
owne
riuer
seems
to
rest
,
With
swelling
tyds
and
frothy
foods
represt
,
Within
his
bank
:
yet
furiously
him
wreaks
With
weightie
force
and
banks
and
bridges
breaks
,
And
stroies
the
Plaines
,
and
makes
for
many-a
day
More
wrak
,
then
if
his
channels
open
lay
:
In
semble
sort
their
bands
I
did
enchace
,
That
kept
the
entrance
of
that
craggie
place
.
I
brunt
,
I
●lew
,
cast
down
,
all
that
I
fand
;
And
,
Asia
spoild
,
I
entred
th'
easter
Land
.
I
wan
Cele●
,
and
raged
pitti-les
Vpon
the
fruitfull
shore
of
Euphrates
.
I
bet
the
desart
Rapse
,
and
Eagria
Land
,
Who
knowes
the
vertue
of
my
conquering
hand
.
From
thence
to
seaward
sewing
mine
entent
I
wasted
Madian
.
Northward
then
I
went
To
L●ban-ward
,
Damascus
ouerrinning
,
With
other
towns
,
Abil●a
,
and
Hippas
winning
.
From
thence
,
with
curious
mind
my
standerds
styes
The
hill
,
where
sunne
is
seen
to
set
and
ryes
.
And
so
from
thence
I
forward
led
mine
hoste
,
To
th'
Occident
on
the
Phoenic●an
coste
.
Then
Sidon
,
Bible
,
Beryte
,
Tyre
,
and
Gaze
,
With
Ascalon
,
and
Assot
,
in
a
maze
For
feare
,
sent
humbly
to
my
sacred
seat
,
Wise
messengers
,
my
fauour
to
intreat
.
We
come
not
here
,
my
Lord
said
they
,
with
armes
For
to
resist
the
chok
of
thy
Gens
●'armes
:
But
Prince
,
we
come
,
of
thee
for
to
resaue
Both
life
and
death
,
and
what
law
we
shall
haue
.
Our
townes
are
thine
,
our
citties
and
our
hills
,
Our
fields
,
our
flocks
,
our
wealth
is
at
your
wills
.
Our
seruice
,
and
our
treasures
,
great
and
small
,
Our selfs
,
our
wyues
,
and
our
faire
children
all
,
Now
only
rests
to
thee
,
if
so
thee
please
To
take
vs
thus
,
O
God
what
greater
ease
:
O
God
what
greater
good
may
vs
befall
,
Then
vnto
such
a
Chiefe
for
to
be
thrall
:
Who
weilds
the
valiant
lance
and
ballance
right
,
With
vertue
,
like
the
Gods
of
greatest
might
.
So
were
to
me
as
gratious
to
beholde
Their
townes
and
Citties
both
:
for
,
young
and
old
With
crownes
,
and
presents
of
the
Flora
sweet
,
And
costly
odours
,
humbly
did
me
greete
.
At
sounds
of
hornes
and
pypes
they
dauncing
went
,
With
goods
and
bodies
me
for
to
present
.
Then
I
,
abusing
not
the
law
of
armes
,
Entreated
them
,
and
did
to
them
no
harmes
,
Nor
to
their
Lands
:
But
first
their
forts
I
mand
,
With
men
of
mine
,
and
theirs
tooke
in
my
Band.
For
where
that
I
my
people
farthest
drew
,
My
camp
in
bands
,
from
bands
,
to
armies
grew
,
As
doth
the
Danow
which
begins
to
flow
,
By
Raurak
fields
with
snakish
crangling
slow
,
Then
swels
his
floods
with
sixty
riuers
large
,
That
in
the
Golfe
Euxinus
doth
discharge
.
I
wende
Madame
that
Izrell
,
like
the
rest
,
Would
yeeld
to
me
,
that
I
should
not
be
strest
Against
their
brest
to
moue
my
murdring
speare
:
But
as
I
came
the
Scythique
rampier
neare
(
The
Tombe
of
her
whose
milk
had
such
a
hap
To
feede
the
twise
borne
Denis
in
her
lap
)
I
heard
their
wilfull
rage
first
in
that
place
:
Which
doubtles
will
destroy
all
Abrahams
race
.
FINIS
.
THE
SVMMARIE
OF
The
VI.
BOOKE
.
IVdith
,
hauing
escaped
the
perill
of
her
chastity
,
is
brought
to
a
sumptuous
banquet
prepared
by
Holophernes
for
the
in●ert
unmēt
of
her
,
&
farther
prouocation
of
his
filthy
lust
:
In
which
the
abhominable
vice
of
gluttonie
is
by
the
Poet
viuely
descriued
,
and
sharply
reprehended
.
And
whereas
the
Tyrant
thought
by
such
excesse
to
ouercome
the
chaste
widow
:
himself
is
so
ouer
come
with
wine
,
that
vpon
a
very
simple
delay
he
lets
her
goe
till
he
was
in
his
bed
.
And
here
is
noted
that
the
snares
that
the
wicked
laies
for
others
,
they
fal
in
them
their selfs
.
Whiles
the
Tyrant
contemplated
his
lust
,
Iudith
in
trouble
called
vpon
her
God
,
who
made
way
for
her
works
through
the
Tyrants
owne
wickednesse
:
who
heaping
sin
vpon
sin
,
approched
at
last
to
the
end
of
his
tragoedy
:
and
mounting
vpon
the
skaffolde
of
the
yre
of
God
,
falls
asleep
in
his
sinfull
bed
,
and
is
by
Iudith
beheaded
in
his
beastly
drunkennes
.
True
it
is
that
in
this
execution
she
felt
her
great
infirmity
:
but
likewise
she
found
that
God
was
able
to
strengthen
the
most
feeble
for
the
execution
of
his
Iustice
.
And
as
before
she
was
preserued
in
the
midst
of
her
enemies
:
so
the
Lord
to
make
a
miraculous
end
of
his
work
,
brings
her
safe
home
to
her
people
.
The
Bethulians
giues
thankes
to
God
.
The
Ammonit
ranished
with
this
miracle
,
embraced
the
true
religion
.
The
head
of
Holophernes
(
that
Iudiths
seruant
brought
)
being
set
vp
for
a
terrible
spectacle
to
the
Heathen
encouraged
the
Cittezens
to
giue
assault
vpon
the
camp
.
Bagos
who
had
beene
an
instrument
of
the
Tyrants
wickednes
,
is
the
first
that
finds
his
masters
headles
C●●kas
,
and
puts
the
camp
in
such
affray
,
that
they
fled
all
before
Israell
,
in
such
sort
that
scarce
one
was
left
to
bring
newes
to
Niniue
,
of
the
fortune
of
the
battell
.
And
that
was
Gods
Iustice
,
that
those
that
had
followed
this
Tyrant
in
his
wickednes
should
be
companions
of
his
death
.
Iudith
last
of
all
celebrates
the
deliuerance
of
God
,
with
a
song
,
to
the
honour
and
glorie
of
his
almighty
name
.
THE
SIXT
BOOKE
of
IVDITH
.
BEfore
the
Pagan
had
his
purpose
ended
,
The
night
obscure
from
mountains
high
descended
,
And
sewers
set
the
boord
with
costly
meate
,
Of
passing
price
,
so
delicate
to
eate
,
That
Holopherne
vnto
his
ioyous
feast
Aperd
t'
haue
cald
the
kings
of
west
and
east
.
O
glutton
throtes
,
O
greedy
guts
profound
!
Exclamation
.
The
chosen
meats
,
within
the
world
his
bound
By
th'
Abderois
inuented
,
may
not
staunch
,
Nor
satisfie
your
foule
deuouring
paunch
:
But
must
in
Moluke
seek
the
spices
fine
,
Canary
suger
,
and
the
Candy
wine
.
Your
appetits
(
O
gluttons
)
to
content
,
Gluttonie
.
The
sacred
brest
of
Thetis
blew
is
rent
:
The
Aire
must
be
dispeopled
for
your
mawes
:
The
Phoenix
sole
can
scarse
escape
your
iawes
.
‛
O
plague
,
O
poyson
to
the
warriour
state
!
‛
Thou
makes
the
noble
harts
effeminate
.
‛
While
Rome
was
rul'd
by
Curioes
and
Fabrices
,
‛
Who
fed
on
roots
and
sought
not
for
delices
:
‛
And
when
the
onely
Cresson
was
the
food
‛
Most
delicate
to
Persia
;
then
they
stood
‛
In
happy
state
,
renowmde
in
peace
and
●arre
,
‛
And
throu
the
world
their
triumphs
spred
afarre
:
‛
But
when
they
after
,
in
th'
Assyrian
hall
,
‛
Had
learnd
the
lessons
of
Sardanapall
:
‛
And
when
the
other
,
giuen
to
belly
chear
,
‛
By
Galbaes
,
Neroes
,
Vitells
gouernd
weare
,
‛
Who
gloried
more
to
fill
a
costly
plate
,
‛
Then
kill
a
Phyrrhus
or
a
Mythridate
;
‛
Then
both
of
them
were
seen
for
to
be
sacked
‛
By
nations
poore
,
whom
they
before
had
wracked
.
‛
Of
little
,
Nature
liues
:
superfluous
meat
‛
But
duls
the
sprite
,
and
doth
the
stomack
freat
.
‛
When
they
were
set
,
then
throw
that
Royall
rout
The
Maluesie
was
quaffed
oft
about
.
One
drinkes
out
of
an
Alabastar
Cuppe
:
One
out
of
Crystall
doth
the
Nectar
suppe
:
Som
out
of
curious
shells
of
Vnicorne
:
Som
spills
the
wine
,
and
som
to
beds
were
borne
,
But
namely
there
the
Vizroy
would
not
tyre
,
But
more
he
drank
,
the
more
he
had
desire
:
Like
to
the
Ocean-Sea
,
though
it
resaues
All
Nilus
floods
,
yea
all
fresh
water
craues
From
East
to
West
,
yet
growes
he
not
a
grain
,
But
still
is
ready
for
asmuch
,
again
.
One
glas
drawes
on
another
glas
:
and
whan
The
butler
ment
to
cease
,
he
but
began
To
skink
god
Bacchus
:
thus
this
dronken
wight
Among
his
dronkards
tippled
till
midnight
:
Then
each
of
them
,
with
stackring
steps
out
went
,
And
groping
hands
,
retyring
to
his
tent
.
This
tyrant
wisht
them
oft
away
before
:
To
whom
ech
moment
seemd
to
be
a
skore
.
Assone
as
they
were
gone
,
then
gan
he
prease
The
trembling
Iudith
:
Cease
,
great
prince
,
O
cease
The
widow
sayd
:
what
hast
need
you
to
make
To
reap
the
flowre
that
none
can
from
you
take
?
My
Lord
,
go
to
your
bed
and
take
your
ease
;
Where
I
your
sweet
embracings
will
complease
,
Assoone
as
I
my
garments
may
remoue
,
That
bindes
my
body
brunt
with
ardent
loue
.
Now
,
if
that
sober
wits
and
wylie
brains
Cannot
auoide
the
female
tricks
and
trains
:
Abash
not
reader
though
this
reckles
Roy
(
Bewitcht
by
Semels
sonne
,
and
Venus
boy
)
Was
thus
beguilde
:
considering
,
both
these
twain
Confounds
the
force
of
those
that
them
retain
.
So
letting
Iudith
slide
out
of
his
arme
,
He
gins
to
loose
his
garments
soft
and
warme
:
But
throw
his
hast
,
his
hand
came
lesser
speed
,
And
though
he
was
deceiv'd
,
yet
tooke
no
heed
,
But
wening
well
t'vntruss
his
peeuish
points
,
He
knits
them
twyfold
with
his
trembling
ioints
;
So
long
till
he
,
with
anger
discontent
,
Cuts
me
them
all
,
and
off
his
clothes
he
rent
,
And
naked
went
to
bed
.
Then
as
ye
see
The
bloody
boweman
stand
behind
a
tree
,
Who
warely
watches
for
the
wandring
deare
:
To
euery
part
,
where
de
doth
thinke
to
heare
Some
trembling
bush
,
some
beast
or
Lezard
small
,
That
motion
makes
,
so
turneth
he
withall
His
face
and
hand
to
shoot
,
but
all
in
vaine
For
to
relieue
his
long
aspecting
paine
:
Euen
so
,
this
foolish
tyrant
when
he
hard
Some
rat
or
mouse
,
then
thought
he
to
himward
,
His
Mistris
came
:
and
when
he
heard
no
more
,
Yet
thought
(
she
came
)
whom
most
he
did
adore
.
While
vp
he
lifts
his
head
,
while
lets
it
fall
:
While
lookes
about
,
while
counts
the
pases
all
,
That
she
should
passe
,
to
come
vnto
his
bed
.
Thus
turning
oft
,
as
ardent
lust
him
led
,
He
thought
his
bed
was
sowen
with
pricking
thorne
:
But
now
the
drink
,
that
he
had
dronke
beforne
,
Brewd
in
his
braine
,
and
from
his
mind
it
took
The
sweet
remembrance
of
her
louing
look
.
So
fell
on
sleepe
:
and
then
to
him
appears
Ten
thousand
flames
,
ten
thousand
dinnes
he
hears
,
And
dreams
of
Diuels
,
and
Daemons
dark
and
dim
,
Medusas
,
Minotaurs
,
and
Gorgons
grim
.
This
while
,
the
hart
of
Iudith
gan
to
beat
Incessantly
,
beset
with
battell
great
:
One
while
her
feare
refeld
her
first
entent
:
One
while
her
action
iust
her
courage
lent
.
Then
sayd
she
,
Iudith
,
now
is
time
,
go
to
it
,
And
saue
thy
people
:
Nay
,
I
will
not
do
it
.
I
will
,
I
will
not
;
Go
fear
not
again
:
Wilt
thou
the
sacred
gestning
then
prophane
?
Not
it
prophane
;
but
holier
it
shall
stand
,
When
holy
folke
are
helped
by
my
hand
.
But
shamefull
liues
the
tray
tour
euermore
;
No
trayt
or
she
who
doth
her
towne
restore
.
But
murdrers
all
,
are
of
the
heav'n
forsaken
:
All
murder-is
not
for
murder
alwayes
taken
.
Alas
,
are
they
not
murdrers
sleyes
their
Prince
?
This
tyrant
is
no
prince
of
my
prouince
:
But
,
what
if
God
will
haue
vs
vnder
his-awe
?
Hee
's
not
of
God
that
fights
against
his
lawe
.
For
then
should
Ahud
,
Iahell
,
and
Iehew
,
Be
homi●ids
,
because
they
tyrants
slew
.
But
what
?
they
were
commanded
of
the
Lord
:
To
such
an
act
,
my
hart
should
soone
accord
.
Alas
,
my
hart
is
weak
for
such
a
deed
:
Th'
are
strong
ynough
whom
God
doth
strength
at
need
.
But
when
't
is
done
who
shall
my
warrant
be
?
God
brought
me
here
,
God
will
deliuer
me
.
What
if
the
Lord
leaue
thee
in
Heathen
hands
?
Were
this
Duke
dead
,
I
fear
no
death
nor
bands
.
But
what
if
they
pollute
thee
like
a
slaue
?
My
body
with
my
hart
they
shall
not
haue
.
Thus
she
resolued
in
her
minde
at
last
,
Her
hands
and
eyes
vnto
the
heauen
she
cast
,
And
with
an
humble
voyce
to
God
she
prayd
:
O
gratious
God
that
alwayes
art
the
ayd
To
thy
beloued
Izak
,
I
thee
pray
To
strength
my
hand
,
euen
my
right
hand
this
day
,
That
I
may
make
this
bloody
tyrant
dye
,
That
to
discepter
thee
would
skale
the
skye
.
But
since
thy
goodnesse
hath
preserued
me
,
And
brought
my
bote
so
near
the
shoare
to
be
;
Grant
that
some
sleepy
drinke
I
may
prouide
,
To
dull
this
tyrants
hart
and
daunt
his
pride
,
To
th'
end
that
I
may
free
thy
congregation
;
Vnto
thy
honour
,
and
our
consolation
.
This
prayer
done
,
she
looked
round
about
,
And
heard
this
dronken
prince
in
sleeping
rout
:
Then
stept
she
to
his
sword
that
by
him
stood
,
Which
oft
had
bath'd
the
world
with
humain
blood
:
But
as
she
preast
this
tyrant
for
to
quell
,
Fear
reft
the
sword
from
her
,
and
downe
she
fell
,
And
lost
at
once
the
strength
of
hart
and
corse
.
O
God
(
quoth
she
)
now
by
thy
mighty
force
Restore
my
strength
.
This
said
(
with
pale
annoy
)
She
rudly
rose
,
and
stroke
this
sleeping
Roy
,
So
fell
,
that
from
his
shoulders
flew
his
powle
,
And
from
his
body
fled
his
Ethnique
●owle
Hie
way
to
hell
.
His
bulk
all
blood
bestaind
Lay
still
,
his
head
in
Iudiths
hand
remaind
;
The
which
her
maid
put
vp
into
a
sack
:
Thus
throw
the
camp
they
close
away
do
pack
,
Empeacht
of
none
.
For
,
those
that
had
her
seen
,
Supposde
she
went
(
as
she
had
wonted
been
,
The
nights
before
)
vnto
the
valley
,
whear
They
thought
she
went
to
serue
Diana
clear
.
When
Iudith
chaste
came
near
the
Hebrew
wall
;
Let
in
(
quoth
she
)
for
our
great
God
of
all
Hath
broke
this
night
the
whole
Assyrian
power
,
And
raysd
the
horne
of
Izak
at
this
hower
.
Then
men
,
amazde
of
her
vnhoped
state
,
About
her
ran
assembling
at
the
gate
,
Where
holy
Iudith
on
a
hill
was
mounted
,
And
all
her
chaunce
from
point
to
point
recounted
;
And
there
discov'ring
drew
out
of
the
sack
The
bloody
head
of
th'
enmy
of
Izak
.
The
Citizens
,
that
saw
how
she
did
stand
With
th'
end
of
Assurs
head
in
her
right
hand
;
They
praysed
God
,
who
by
her
hand
had
slain
And
punished
that
traytour
in
humain
.
‛
But
,
most
of
all
Duke
Ammon
did
admire
‛
The
worke
of
God
.
Then
he
t'
escape
theyre
‛
Of
Iacobs
God
,
who
aydes
the
weakest
part
,
‛
He
shortly
circumcis'd
his
flesh
and
hart
.
‛
O
God
,
that
rightly
by
foresight
diuine
‛
Repels
the
purpose
of
all
mens
engine
:
‛
Who
for
to
lead
th'
elect
to
destnyed
health
‛
(
Even
when
it
seemes
them
fardest
from
their
wealth
)
‛
Of
ill
,
thou
drawes
the
good
,
and
som
in
ill
‛
Thou
lets
them
runne
thy
Iustice
to
fulfill
;
‛
(
O
Lord
)
the
vile
desire
of
blood
and
sak
,
‛
Made
Holopherne
to
warre
vpon
Izak
:
‛
But
where
that
he
would
Izaks
blood
haue
shed
,
‛
He
lost
his
owne
for
Izak
,
on
his
bed
.
‛
Thus
thy
good
grace
hath
made
his
vain
inuention
'To
take
effect
contrary
his
intention
.
‛
So
Paul
became
a
Saint
,
who
was
a
Pharisee
;
‛
And
,
of
a
tyrant
,
teacher
of
thy
veritee
:
‛
So
was
the
theefe
,
that
hong
with
our
Messias
,
‛
(
For
all
his
sinne
)
preserued
with
Elias
:
‛
His
vitious
corps
could
haue
no
life
here
downe
;
‛
His
soule
by
grace
yet
got
a
heav'nly
crowne
.
‛
Change
then
(
O
God
)
the
harts
of
christian
princes
,
‛
Who
sheds
the
faithfuls
blood
in
their
prouinces
.
‛
Let
thou
that
sword
,
that
thou
giues
them
to
guide
,
‛
Vpon
thy
enmies
onely
be
applyde
;
‛
Vpon
those
tyrants
whose
vnrighteous
horne
‛
Deteins
the
Land
where
thy
dear
sonne
was
borne
:
‛
Not
on
the
backs
of
those
,
who
,
with
humilitie
,
‛
Adores
the
Triple
one
great
God
invnitie
.
Then
,
at
commandement
of
this
widow
chaste
,
A
soldier
tooke
the
tyrants
head
in
haste
;
And
,
for
to
giue
the
Hebrews
hart
withall
,
He
fixed
it
vpon
the
foremost
wall
.
Their
fathers
came
,
and
sonnes
,
and
wiues
,
and
mayds
,
Who
erst
had
lost
,
amongst
the
Heathen
blayds
,
Their
sonnes
,
their
parents
,
maks
,
and
louers
dear
;
With
heauie
harts
and
furious
raging
chear
,
They
pild
and
paird
his
beard
,
of
paled
hew
,
Spet
in
his
face
,
and
out
his
tongue
they
drew
,
Which
vsde
to
speak
of
God
great
blasphemies
,
And
with
their
fingers
poched
out
his
eyes
.
The
rife
remembrance
of
so
late
an
ill
,
Made
vulgar
folke
such
vengeance
to
fulfill
.
This
while
,
Aurora
ceased
to
embrace
Her
ancient
loue
,
and
rose
with
ruddy
face
,
Vpon
the
Indian
heaven
:
the
warriours
strong
,
That
kept
the
towne
,
now
sorted
forth
in
throng
,
Enarmed
all
,
with
such
a
hydeous
sound
As
seemde
the
elements
foure
for
to
confound
,
And
break
the
bands
that
keeps
them
in
their
border
,
Retyring
them
vnto
their
olde
disorder
.
The
Pagan
watches
next
the
Cities
side
(
Awaked
with
this
din
)
start
vp
and
cryde
Alarme
,
Alarme
,
like
fearfull
men
agast
:
Then
through
the
Camp
,
the
hote
Alarum
past
.
Som
takes
his
neighbours
armour
first
he
findes
,
Confusion
.
And
wrong
on
armes
the
brace●●
both
he
bindes
.
Som
takes
a
staf
for
hast
,
and
leaues
his
launce
:
Som
madling
runnes
,
som
trembles
in
a
traunce
:
Som
on
his
horse
ill
sadled
ginnes
to
ride
,
And
wants
his
spurres
,
som
boldly
do
abide
:
Som
neither
wakes
nor
sleeps
,
but
mazing
stands
:
Som
,
braue
in
words
,
are
beastly
of
their
hands
.
This
brute
from
hand
to
hand
,
from
man
to
man
,
Vnto
the
Pagans
Court
at
last
it
ran
.
Then
Bagos
,
Eunuch
,
sadly
forth
he
went
T'
awake
the
sleeping
Ethnique
in
his
tent
;
And
knockt
once
,
twise
,
or
thrise
,
with
trembling
hand
:
But
such
eternall
sleep
his
temples
band
,
That
he
had
past
already
(
miserable
)
Of
Styx
so
black
the
flood
irrepassable
.
Yet
Bagos
,
hearing
Izaks
cry
encrease
,
He
with
his
foot
,
the
dore
began
to
prease
,
And
entred
:
where
the
bed
he
did
beholde
All
bled
with
Holophernes
carcasse
colde
:
He
tore
his
hair
;
and
all
his
garments
rent
,
And
to
the
heauen
his
howling
cries
he
sent
.
But
when
he
mist
the
Hebrew-Dame
away
,
Then
raging
he
began
a
gastly
fray
.
And
from
the
bloody
tent
as
he
ran
out
,
Among
the
Heathen
thus
began
to
shout
:
Woe
,
woe
,
to
vs
,
a
slaue
(
they
Iudith
call
)
In
sleaing
Holopherne
,
hath
slain
vs
all
,
That
daunted
all
the
world
.
These
nouels
last
,
Ioynd
to
the
former
fear
that
lately
past
,
Affrighted
so
the
souldiers
one
and
all
,
That
pike
and
dart
,
and
target
they
let
fall
,
And
fled
through
mountains
,
valleis
,
and
throw
heaths
,
Where
ev'rie
chaunce
procurde
them
worser
deaths
.
Then
all
th'
assieged
folk
in
flocks
descended
,
And
on
their
enmies
backs
their
bowes
they
bended
.
Both
parties
ran
:
but
th'
one
that
other
chased
,
The
weary
flyers
flight
,
themselfs
defaced
.
The
Hebrews
there
,
in
fight
not
one
they
lost
;
But
they
bet
down
and
slew
the
Heathen
hoste
:
As
doth
a
Lion
of
Getulia
wood
Bespred
the
land
with
woried
beasts
and
blood
,
So
long
as
he
may
finde
a
beast
abide
,
That
dare
oppone
him
to
his
cruell
pride
.
Som
head
long
throwes
themselfs
from
craggie
Rocks
,
And
breaks
their
bones
and
all
their
brains
out
knocks
:
Som
hath
forgot
,
that
Parcas
,
every
whear
,
Waits
on
their
end
that
drowne
in
water
clear
:
But
if
that
any
scapte
by
som
great
hap
,
He
scapte
the
first
,
but
not
the
after
clap
:
Fore
all
the
straits
and
passages
were
set
,
That
none
should
scape
aliue
where
thy
were
met
:
Yea
scarsly
one
was
left
to
tell
the
king
,
At
Niniue
,
of
all
this
wondrous
thing
.
This
battell
done
,
all
those
whose
Sex
and
age
With
held
at
home
(
their
dolours
to
asswage
)
Came
forth
out
of
their
fort
to
see
and
hear
What
God
had
done
for
them
his
people
dear
.
They
found
som
men
dismembred
hauing
breath
,
That
cried
in
vain
a
hundreth
times
for
death
.
Another
gnashes
with
his
teeth
,
in
pains
:
Som
dead
in
face
their
former
rage
retains
.
And
som
is
shot
directly
throw
the
hart
.
Ech
soule
departs
to
his
appointed
part
,
According
to
the
valew
,
or
the
chaunce
,
That
fortun'd
them
to
dye
on
sword
or
launce
.
In
short
:
to
see
this
sight
so
dreadful
was
,
That
even
the
Hebrews
would
haue
sayd
Alas
,
If
they
had
vanquisht
any
enmie
els
.
This
while
,
amongst
the
corses
infidels
,
Among
a
hundred
thousand
,
their
was
found
The
cheftains
carcas
rent
with
many-a
wound
Of
spear
and
sword
,
by
th'
Hebrews
in
their
yre
.
Ther
was
no
sinew
,
Arter
,
vain
,
nor
lyre
,
That
was
not
mangled
with
their
vulgar
rage
:
No
time
nor
moment
might
their
yre
asswage
.
If
Holopherne
had
been
like
Atlas
long
,
Or
like
in
limmes
vnto
Briarius
strong
;
Yet
should
his
body
been
too
small
a
pray
,
To
sati
fie
their
furie
ev'ry
way
.
For
,
in
that
Camp
was
not
so
small
a
knaue
,
But
of
his
flesh
som
collup
he
would
haue
.
O
tyrant
now
(
quoth
they
)
giue
thy
right
hand
To
the
Cilicians
,
and
to
Media
Land
:
Leaue
thou
thy
left
.
And
to
Celea
sweet
,
To
Ismaell
and
Aegypt
leaue
thy
feet
;
To
th'
end
that
al
the
world
by
thee
offenced
,
With
such
a
present
may
be
recompenced
.
But
heer
I
faile
thy
corps
thus
to
deuise
In
Attomy
:
for
,
it
will
not
suffise
.
This
thankfull
widow
then
who
neuer
thought
To
smore
this
wondrous
work
that
God
had
wrought
,
Entun'd
her
vearse
,
and
sung
to
sweet
consort
Of
instruments
,
and
past
with
gracious
port
Before
the
chosen
Dames
and
virgins
thair
,
That
were
esteem
de
for
honest
chaste
and
fair
.
Sing
sing
,
with
hart
and
voyce
and
sounding
strings
,
And
prayse
the
Lord
of
Lords
,
and
King
of
Kings
,
Who
doth
disthrone
the
great
,
and
in
their
place
Erects
the
poore
that
leans
vpon
his
grace
.
Who
would
haue
thought
that
in
a
day
one
towne
Could
ouercome
a
camp
of
such
renowne
,
Who
daunted
all
the
world
,
whose
pride
was
felt
From
Indian
shore
to
where
the
Calpees
dwelt
?
Great
God
,
who
will
beleeue
that
Holopherne
,
Who
did
a
hundred
famous
princes
derne
,
Should
be
disceptred
,
slain
,
left
in
a
midow
,
By
no
great
Gyant
,
but
a
feeble
widow
?
Great
God
,
who
will
beleeue
that
he
who
raind
,
From
north
to
south
,
and
in
his
hands
retaind
▪
Both
East
and
West
;
now
gets
not
grace
to
haue
An
ynch
of
Gazon
ground
to
be
his
graue
?
This
Conqu'rour
,
that
came
with
no
army
small
,
Now
lyes
on
ground
abandond
of
them
all
;
Not
sole
:
for
,
those
companions
him
in
death
,
That
followde
him
while
he
had
life
and
breath
.
Not
now
the
ground
,
but
Ravens
hunger-sterv'd
,
Are
now
his
tombe
as
he
hath
well
deserv'd
.
No
vaults
of
Marble
rich
,
nor
Porphyr
pure
,
That
he
had
built
,
could
be
his
sepulture
.
Euen
so
good
Lord
from
hence
forth
let
vs
finde
Thee
not
our
Iudge
,
but
for
our
father
kinde
:
But
let
all
tyrants
that
against
thee
gather
,
Finde
thee
their
Iudge
;
but
not
their
louing
father
.
Here
Iudith
ends
:
And
also
heare
I
stay
,
The
Translator
.
With
thankes
to
God
.
So
,
for
his
state
I
pray
At
whose
command
I
vndertooke
this
deed
,
To
please
his
Grace
,
and
those
that
will
it
reed
.
FINIS
.
A
TABLE
OF
SIGnification
of
some
wordes
as
they
are
vsed
before
.
*
⁎
*
Words
.
-
Significations
.
ABderois
,
-
Prophane
and
delicate
Epicures
.
Abile
.
-
A
hill
in
Affrica
,
one
of
the
Pillers
of
Hercules
.
Abraham
.
-
Father
of
the
Iewes
or
the
faithfull
.
Achelois
Ympes
.
-
Sirenes
or
Mermaids
.
Amram
.
-
The
father
of
Moses
.
Assur
.
Assurs
head
,
-
The
Countrey
of
Assyria
or
their
king
.
Assyrian
Prince
.
-
Holophernes
.
Vizroy
or
Generall
.
Agamemnon
.
-
The
Generall
of
the
Greekes
,
being
present
at
the
sacrificing
of
his
onely
Daughter
,
was
painted
with
a
bende
about
his
eyes
,
either
for
the
vnskilfulnes
of
the
painter
,
who
could
not
sufficiently
expresse
the
fathers
speciall
teares
,
or
els
for
that
he
thought
it
not
decent
to
paint
so
mighty
a
Prince
weeping
;
or
vnnaturall
,
not
to
weepe
.
Aconite
.
-
A
poysonable
herbe
.
Autan
.
-
The
South
or
south
winde
.
Aurora
.
-
The
morning
.
Arphaxat
.
-
Supposed
to
be
Arbactus
,
King
of
Medes
.
Atlas
.
-
A
great
Giant
.
Argus
.
-
Had
a
hundreth
eyes
.
Alexander
.
-
The
great
.
Apelles
.
-
An
excellent
painter
.
Bethull
or
Bethulia
.
-
The
City
where
Iudith
dwelt
.
Babell
.
-
Babylon
,
or
the
whole
countrey
Bellona
.
-
Goddesse
of
Battell
.
Briccoll
.
-
An
engine
of
warre
.
Briarius
.
-
A
Giant
with
a
hundreth
hands
.
Bacchus
.
-
Wine
or
drunkennes
.
Boreas
.
-
The
North
or
north
wind
.
Chameleon
.
-
A
beast
that
chaungeth
his
colours
.
Ctesiphon
.
-
A
cunning
Architector
or
builder
.
Chaos
.
-
A
confusion
before
the
worlds
creation
.
Capharois
.
-
Two
perilous
Rocks
.
Cyanes
-
straits
Calpe
.
-
A
hill
in
Spaine
,
one
of
the
pillars
of
Hercules
.
Cyprian
Dame
.
-
Venus
,
loue
,
or
lust
.
Cupido
.
-
Loue
or
lust
.
Coruies
.
-
Crooked
yrons
to
drawe
down
buildings
.
Castors
sister
.
-
Helen
,
the
dishonest
wife
of
Monelaus
.
Canaces
.
-
Incestuous
women
.
Circes
.
-
Witches
,
abusers
of
louers
.
Cyrene
.
-
A
dry
sandy
countrey
,
or
drouth
.
Carmell
.
-
A
mountaine
in
Iudea
,
or
the
whole
countrey
.
Danow
.
-
Danubius
,
a
riuer
in
Germany
.
Denis
twice
born
.
-
Bacchus
.
Diana
or
Cynthia
.
-
The
Moone
.
Dina.
-
The
daughter
of
Iacob
.
Aegyptian
Queen
.
-
Cleopatra
the
Concubine
of
M.
Antonius
,
who
swallowed
a
rich
pearle
.
Elimia
Land
.
-
The
Elamits
.
Eurus
.
-
The
East
,
or
East
winde
.
Aegeans
stable
.
-
Where
horses
deuoured
men
.
Encelade
.
-
A
Giant
buried
vnder
mount
Aetna
.
Generall
.
-
Holophernes
.
Gibraltar
.
-
A
City
in
Spaine
,
neere
to
Calpe-hill
▪
one
of
the
Pillers
of
Hercules
.
Holopherne
.
-
Vizroy
,
chiefe
of
the
Army
.
Hermon
.
-
A
Hill
in
Iudea
,
or
the
country
of
Iudea
.
Hesperian
coste
.
-
The
west
.
Hyade
.
-
A
water
nymph
or
watrie
star
.
Heraults
.
-
Apostles
,
or
preachers
.
Iacobs
sonnes
.
-
The
people
of
Izrell
.
Izrell
or
Iacob
.
-
The
Land
of
Iudea
.
Izaak
.
-
The
people
of
the
Iewes
.
Ismaell
.
-
Idumeans
or
Edom.
Ixion
.
-
One
tormented
in
Hell
.
Iebus
place
.
-
Ierusalem
or
Sion
.
Iudith
.
-
of
Bethulia
of
the
tribe
of
Ruben
.
Iessies
race
.
-
Dauid
and
his
seed
.
Iethro
.
-
Father
in
law
to
Moses
.
Latmies
sonne
.
-
Endymion
,
the
long
sleeper
,
supposed
to
lye
with
the
Moone
.
Lysippus
.
-
A
cunning
caruer
.
Monarke
.
-
One
sole
gouernour
.
Memphits
.
-
Men
of
that
Citie
in
Aegypt
.
Misraim
.
-
The
Land
of
Egypt
.
Mocmur
.
-
The
riuer
neare
Bethulia
.
Momus
.
-
A
scornfull
detractour
of
all
things
.
Mars
.
-
God
of
strife
or
battell
.
Myrrhaes
&
Syllaes
.
-
Women
betrayers
of
their
countrey
.
Minotaurs
.
-
Vnnaturall
monsters
.
Medusaes
.
-
Furies
of
hell
.
Neptunes
back
.
-
The
Sea
.
N●phathai
.
-
A
mighty
strong
Rocke
or
mountaine
in
Syria
.
Palestine
.
-
The
Land
of
the
Philistins
.
Pharia
.
-
A
famous
tower
in
Egypt
.
Phlego●
.
-
One
of
the
foure
horses
that
was
supposed
to
draw
the
sunne
.
Phoebus
.
-
The
sunne
.
Phoeb●
.
-
His
sister
the
moone
.
Proteus
.
-
A
man
changing
himself
in
sun
dry
formes
:
there
is
a
fish
of
like
nature
.
Priams
wife
.
-
Hecuba
the
honourable
.
Pestmell
.
-
All
mixt
confusedly
together
.
Ramme
.
-
An
ingine
of
warre
for
battry
.
Sina-hill
.
-
Sinai-hill
.
Salem
.
-
Ierusalem
.
Solym●
.
-
Ierusalem
.
Sichem
.
-
The
rauisher
of
Dina.
Sabean
Queene
.
-
Sauours
of
Saba
land
.
Simeon
.
-
Dinaes
brother
.
Scythique
Rampier
.
-
The
tombe
of
Semele
,
mother
of
Bacchus
.
Styx
.
-
A
Riuer
in
hell
.
Sympathie
.
-
Concordance
of
natures
and
things
.
Sentinelles
.
-
Watchmen
.
Semirames
.
-
Women
Viragoes
.
Syrtes
.
-
Dangerous
sands
.
Satrap
.
-
Prince
.
Stymphalides
-
Rauenous
foules
with
female
faces
,
Harpyes
.
Syrian
camp
.
-
The
Hoste
of
Holophernes
.
Semels
sonne
.
-
Bacchus
or
wine
.
Transparent
.
-
That
which
may
be
seen
throgh
and
whole
,
like
glasse
.
Tortuse
.
-
An
engine
of
warre
.
Trepan
.
-
An
engine
of
warre
.
The
forraine
tyde
.
-
Supposed
to
haue
been
the
flood
of
Noah
,
or
the
deluge
of
Deucalion
that
diuided
Affrica
from
Europe
,
and
Sycilia
from
Italia
.
Thetis
.
-
The
Sea
.
Thurim●
.
-
Deceitfull
Aduocats
.
Theban
knight
.
-
Captaine
of
the
Greeks
army
.
Theefe
that
stole
the
fire
.
-
Prometheus
,
who
stole
fire
from
Iupiter
.
Zedechias
.
-
Last
king
of
the
Iewes
.
Zephyrus
.
-
West
or
west
winde
.
Zeuxis
.
-
A
painter
of
Italie
,
who
being
required
to
paint
the
picture
of
Helen
,
desired
to
haue
all
the
fairest
women
of
Creton
to
be
present
for
his
paterne
.
FINIS
.
1611.
OS
·
HOMINI
·
SVBLIME
·
DEDIT
✚
printer's or publisher's device
AT
LONDON
Imprinted
by
H.
L.
and
are
to
be
sould
by
Arthur
Iohnson
at
the
signe
of
the
white
horse
,
neere
the
great
North
doore
of
Paules
Church
.