[The Pentateuch]

¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter.

When Balaam saw that it pleased y• Lord that he should bless Israel / he went not as he did twice before to fetch soothsaying / but set his face toward y• wilderness / and lift up his eyes and looked upon Israel as he lay with his tribes / and the spirit of God came upon him. And he toke up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said / and the man whose eye is open hath said: he hath said which heareth the words of God and seeth the visions of the almighty / which falleth down & his eyes are opened.

WHen Balam sawe that it pleased y• Lorde that he shulde blesse Israel / he went not as he dyd twyse before to fett sothsayenge / but sett his face towarde y• wildernesse / and lyfte vpp his eyes and loked apon Israel as he laye with his trybes / and the spirite of God came apon him. And he toke vp his parable and sayed: Balā the sonne of Beor hath sayed / and the man whose eye is open hath sayed: he hath sayed which heareth the wordes of God and seeth the visions of the allmightie / which falleth downe & his eyes are opened.

How goodly are the tents of Jacob and thi•e habitations Israel / even as the broad ••leyes and as gardens by the rivers side / as the tents which the Lord hath pitched & as perstrces upon the water. The water shall flow out of his bucket and his seed shall be many waters / and his king shall be higher then Agag / And his kingdom