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In the fourth of Genes. v. 8.¹ your latin translation hath these words, Let us go forth, ²which are not in the Hebrew text, nor yet in the Chaldee paraphrast: & S. Jerome hath given a note upon them, that they are superfluous, and ought to be removed. And in the 15. verse of this Chapter one Hebrew word,³ that signifieth wherefore, or doubtless, is untruly rendered by your translator thus,⁴ it shall not be so. For the Lord ⟨p. 287⟩said not, that none should kill Kain, but that whosoever killed him, he should be punished seven fold. It may not be granted to any translator of scripture thus to thrust in words at his pleasure, whereby the sense is manifestly changed.

In the fourth of Genes. v. 8.¹ your latine translation hath these wordes, Let vs goe forth, ²which are not in the Hebrew text, nor yet in the Chaldee paraphrast: & S. Ierome hath giuen a note vpon them, that they are superfluous, and ought to be remoued. And in the 15. verse of this Chapter one Hebrew word,³ that signifieth wherefore, or doubtles, is vntruelie rendred by your translator thus,⁴ it shall not be so. For the Lord ⟨p. 287⟩said not, that none should kill Kain, but that whosoeuer killed him, he should be punished seuen fold. It maie not be graunted to anie translator of scripture thus to thrust in words at his pleasure, whereby the sense is manifestlie changed.