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A brief and compendious table, in a manner of a concordance opening the way…A brief and compendiouse table, in a maner of a concordaunce openyng the waye…
A brief and compendious table, in a manner of a concordance opening the way to the principal histories of the whole Bible, and the most co[m]mon articles grounded and comprehended in the new Testament and old, in manner as amply as doeth the great concordau[n]ce of the Bible. Gathered and set forth by Henry Bollynger, Leo Jude, Conrad Pelican, and by the other ministers of the church of Tygurie. And now first imprinted in English. D.M.L. [sic] The third book of the Maccabees a book of the Bible also printed unto this book which was never before translated or printed in any English Bible. The contents of this book are contained in the next leaf.A brief and compendiouse table, in a maner of a concordaunce openyng the waye to the principall histories of the whole Bible, and the moste co[m]mon articles grounded and comprehended in the newe Testament and olde, in maner as amply as doeth the great concordau[n]ce of the Bible. Gathered and set furth by Henry Bollynger, Leo Iude, Conrade Pellicane, and by the other ministers of the church of Tygurie. And nowe first imprinted in Englyshe. D.M.L. [sic] The third boke of the Machabees a booke of the Bible also prynted vnto this boke which was neuer before translated or prynted in any Englyshe Bible. The contents of this booke are conteyned in the next leafe.
London: printed by S. Mierdman for Gwalter Lynne, 1550
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chapter 4 part A AND whether so ever this proclamation was brought the people made common feasts with great joy and gladness, the old malice that was hardened in there minds, now when they had license, showing it self forth. But the Jews were in great mourning, and lamentably complained groaning in there hearts and bewailing that sentence of death was ⟨image 134⟩this suddenly given against them, what office or city, or what place inhabited, what high ways was not full of there wailing and mourning, for they were sent away by so bitter and cruel a shem tense of the chief officers in the city, that for the strange kind of punishments, some of there enemies, setting before there eyes the miseries that may happen to all men and remembering in their mind the incertain change of this life, they did bewail their pitiful sending away. Zurich part K For there were led a great sort of old men with grey heads, and there legs crooked for age, which were threatened and rebuked & made go fast whether they would or no. part B And the maidens that were lately married, in stead of pleasure had mourning, and there hear that was embalmed, was now all dusted, and the sang mourning songs in stead of Joyful ballads, and all to vexed with strange women, they were bound and pocked together even till the came to shipping. There husbands also having halters about there necks in stead of garlands, being in there young ⟨image 135⟩and flourishing years, in the stead of mirth and quietness pasted the rest of there marriage days in morning, and saw death before there feet. And they were carried away like wild beasts, and drawn with chains, some were bound to tops of ships by the neck and other were fettered so that they could not be undone, and tables set over there heads by cause they should not see, all the while the sailed. part C When they had thus led them to ship, when the journey was done as the king commanded, he had he should be set in the tents, in the great room where horses that is before the city do run, for an example of punishment to all men that came in to the city, and that go out in to the country, nether willing them to be among the men in his army, nor yet with in the compass of his walls.
chapter 4 part A AND wheter so euer thys proclamacion was brought the people made common feastes wyth great ioy and gladnes, the old maleyce yt was hardened in there myndes, now when they hadde lycense, shewing it selfe forth. But the Iewes were in great mournyng, and lamentably cō plained gronynge in ther hartes and bewaylynge that sentence of death was