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¹ Knowest thou the time when the wild goates of the rocke bring forth? or canst thou marke when the hindes doe calue? ² Canst thou number the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? ³ They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes. ⁴ Their yong ones are in good liking, they grow vp with corne: they go forth, and returne not vnto them. ⁵ Who hath sent out the wild asse free? or who hath looosed the bands of the wild asse? ⁶ Whose house I haue made the wildernesse, and the barren lande his dwellings. ⁷ He scorneth the multitude of the citie, neither regardeth he the crying of the driuer. ⁸ The range of the mountaines is his pasture, and hee searcheth after euery greene thing. ⁹ Will the Unicorne be willing to serue thee? or abide by thy cribbe? ¹⁰ Canst thou binde the Unicorne with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleyes after thee? ¹¹ Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great? or wilt thou leaue thy labour to him? ¹² Wilt thou beleeue him that hee will bring home thy seed? and gather it into thy barne?

¹³ Gauest thou the goodly wings vnto the peacocks, or wings and feathers vnto the Ostrich? ¹⁴ Which leaueth her egges in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, ¹⁵ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wilde beast may breake them. ¹⁶ She is hardened against her yong ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vaine without feare. ¹⁷ Because God hath depriued her of wisedome, neither hath he imparted to her vnderstanding. ¹⁸ What time she lifteth vp her selfe on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁹ Hast thou giuen the horse strength? hast thou clothed his necke with thunder? ²⁰ Canst thou make him afraid as a grashopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. ²¹ He paweth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: hee goeth on to meet the armed men. ²² He mocketh at feare, and is not affrighted: neither turneth he backe from the sword. ²³ The quiuer ratleth against him, the glittering speare and the shield. ²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fiercenesse and rage: neither beleeueth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. ²⁵ Hee saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: and he smelleth the battaile afarre off, the thunder of the captaines, and the shouting.

²⁶ Doeth the hawke flie by thy wisedome, and stretch her wings toward the South? ²⁷ Doeth the Eagle mount vp at thy commaund? and make her nest on high? ²⁸ She dwelleth and abideth on the rocke, vpon the cragge of the rocke, and the strong place. ²⁹ From thence she seeketh the pray, and her eyes behold a farre off. ³⁰ Her yong ones also suck vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is he.