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and tolde Seres his wyfe and all his frendes, euery thynge that had happened him. Then sayde his wise men and Seres his wyfe vnto him: Yf it be Mardocheus of the sede of the Iewes, before who thou hast begonne to fall, thou canst do nothynge vnto him, but shalt fall before him.

but vnto the Iewes there was come light and gladnesse, & ioye & worshippe.

the ten sonnes of Aman ye sonne of Amadathi ye enemie of the Iewes: but on his goodes they layed no handes.

And the Iewes gathered the selues together at Susan, vpon the fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar, and slewe thre hundreth men at Susan, but on their goodes they laied no hades.

But the Iewes at Susan were come together both on the thyrtenth daye and on the fourtenth, and on the fyftenth daye they rested, and the same daye ordeyned they to be a daye of feastinge & gladnes.

how yt these dayes are not to be forgotten, but to be kepte of childers children amoge all kynreds in all londes and cities. They are the dayes of Purim, which are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes, and the memoriall of them oughte not to perishe from their sede.

But laye thyne honde vpo him a litle, touch once all that he hath, and (I holde) he shall curse the to thy face.

Then sayde the LORDE vnto Sathan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that he is an innocent & vertuous man soch one as feareth God, and eschueth euell, and that there is none like him in the londe? But thou mouedest me agaynst him, to punysh him: yet is it in vayne, for he contynueth still in his godlynesse.

But laye thine honde vpon him, touch him once vpon the bone and flesh, and (I holde) he shall curse the to thy face.

Then sayde the LORDE vnto Satha: lo, there hast thou him in thy power, but spare his life.

But Iob sayde vnto her: Thou speakest like a foolish woma. Seinge we haue receaued prosperite at the honde of God, wherfore shulde we not be content with aduersite also? In all these thinges, dyd not Iob synne with his lippes.

but be couered with darcknesse, and the shadowe of death. Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it, and let it be lapped in with sorowe.

Let the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it. Let it loke for light, but let it se none, nether the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge:

Yf we begynne to comon with the, peradueture thou wilt be myscontent, but who can witholde himself from speakynge?

But now that the plage is come vpon the, thou shreckest awaye: now that it hath touched thyself, thou art faint harted.

How moch more the shal they (that dwell in houses of claye, whose foundacion is but earth) be moth eaten?

and be taken awaye so clene, that none of the shall remayne, but be deed, or euer they be awarre off it.

but it is man, that is borne vnto mysery, like as the byrde for to fle.

But now will I speake off the LORDE, and talke of God:

But the castels in the londe shal be confederate with the, & the beastes of the felde shall geue the peace: