A13203:499
[The Pentateuch]
printed by Hans Luft i.e. Johan Hoochstraten, 1530
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
God / men of war shall ••ade him. And he shall turn them to flight.
God / men of warre shall ••ade him. And he shall turne them to flyght.
Off Asher cometh fat breed / and he shall give pleasures for a king.
Off Asser cometh fatt breed / and he shall geue pleasures for a kynge.
Naphtali is a swift hind / and giveth goodly words.
Nepthali is a swyft hynde / ād geueth goodly wordes.
That flourishing child Joseph / that flourishing child and goodly unto the eye: the daughters come forth to bear rule. The shooters have envied him and chide with him and hated him / and yet his bow bode fast / & his arms and his hands were strong / by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come an herd man a stone in Israel. Thy fathers God shall help the / & the almighty shall bless the with blessings from heaven above / and with blessings of the water that lieth under / & with blessings of the breasts & of the womb