The fortress of the faithful against [the] cruel assaults of poverty and hunger newly…The fortresse of the faythfull agaynst [ye] cruel assautes of pouertie and honger newlye…

Chri. The scriptures testify no less of him.¹

Chri. The scriptures testifie no lesse of him.¹

1. 1Eccle. xlviii.

Theo. Elijah stood up as fire, saith the wise man, and his word burnt like a cresset. While he lived he was afraid of no Prince, and no man might overcome him. Of his praise writeth ⟨image 66⟩Jesus the son of Sirach.

Theo. Elias stode vp as fyre, saith the wiseman, and his worde brent lyke a cresset. Whyle he liued he was afrayed of no Prince, and no man myghte ouercome him. Of his prayse wryteth ⟨image 66⟩Iesus the sonne of Syrache.

Phil. This man of God lived in the time of Ahab king of Israel, in whose days God sent a great dearth into the world, for it rained not upon the earth by the space of iii. years and .vi. months. In this plague of famine, whereof innumerable without dyed, see how God provided for his servant Elijah. First when the waters began to be dried up,¹ God sent him to the brook Cherith, where he promised to give him drink, which thing he unfeignedly performed: so that when other perished for lack of drink, he had Gods plenty & enough, as they use to say. Now as touching his meat, behold the wonderful power of God, which commanded the Ravens to feed him and to bring him meat. The Ravens, saith y scripture, brought him bread and flesh in the morning,