Certain sermons preached before the Queens Majesty, and at Pauls crossCertaine sermons preached before the Queenes Maiestie, and at Paules crosse

When Joshua that noble and worthy Captain by Gods special conduct had past through the water of Jordan, and taken possession in the Land of Canaan, a Land flowing with milk and honey, there to plant the people of Israel according to the promises that GOD had made them: the Citizens of Jericho that stood in the frontiers of the Country, rampyred their wall, and placed their artillery, and appointed them selves to resist him, ⟨image 8⟩and to withstand his force. To assault this City, Joshua practised a strange kind of battery. He commanded that the Ark of Gods Majesty should be carried reverently about the Walls seven days together, and that the whole host in armour should go before it: that after them should follow seven Priests with seven Trumpets: that all the rest of the people should follow after the Ark: and that thus they should do every day once. The seventh day he increased their labour, and bade them to go about seven times in like order. The people within laughed them to scorn to see their folly. At the seventh and last turn, Joshua commanded them all to make a shout. Straight way after so long silence, they lifted up their voices, and shouted with a great shout, so many hundred thousands of men, women, and children: the Trumpets blew in every corner, the whole Heaven and earth was full of their noise, and the Wall fell down flat.

When Iosuah that noble and worthy Captayne by Gods speciall conducte had past thorow the water of Iorden, and taken possession in the Lande of Canaan, a Land flowing with mylke and hony, there to plant the people of Israel according to the promises that GOD had made them: the Citizens of Hiericho that stoode in the frontiers of the Countrey, rampyred their wall, and placed their artillerie, and appoynted them selues to resist him, ⟨image 8⟩and to withstand his force. To assault this City, Iosuah practised a straunge kynd of battery. He commaunded that the Arke of Gods Maiesty shoulde be carried reuerently about the Walles seuen dayes together, and that the whole hoste in armour shoulde goe before it: that after them shoulde followe seuen Priestes with seuen Trumpets: that all the rest of the people shoulde followe after the Arke: and that thus they should doe euery day once. The seuenth day he encreased their labour, and bade them to goe about seuen times in like order. The people within laughed them to scorne to see their folly. At the seuenth and last turne, Iosuah commaunded them all to make a showte. Straight way after so long silence, they lifted vp their voyces, and showted with a greate showte, so many hundred thousands of men, women, and children: the Trumpets blewe in euery corner, the whole Heauen and earth was ful of their noyse, and the Wall fell downe flat.