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Apocalypsis A brief and learned commentary upon the revelation of Saint John the apostle…Apocalypsis A briefe and learned commentarie vpon the reuelation of Saint Iohn the apostle…
Apocalypsis A brief and learned commentary upon the revelation of Saint John the apostle and evangelist, applied unto the history of the Catholic and Christian Church. Written in Latin by M. Francis Junius Doctor of Divinity, and professor in the University of Heidelberg: And translated into English for the benefit of those that understand not the Latin.Apocalypsis A briefe and learned commentarie vpon the reuelation of Saint Iohn the apostle and euangelist, applyed vnto the history of the Catholicke and Christian Church. Written in Latine by M. Francis Iunius Doctor of Diuinitie, and professor in the Vniuersitie of Heidelberge: And translated into English for the benefit of those that vnderstand not the Latine.
London: printed by Richard Field for Robert Dexter, 1592
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6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A ameasure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; 5and the oil, and wine hurt thou not.
6 And I heard a voice in the middes of the foure beasts say, A ameasure of wheat for a peny, and three measures of barly for a penie; 5and the oyle, and wine hurt thou not.
- aHereby is signified what great scarcity of corn there was, for the word here used is a kind of measure of dry things, which it in quantitic but the eighth part of a bushel, which was an ordinary portion used to be given to servants for their stint of meat for one day.Hereby is signified what great scarcitie of corne there was, for the word here vsed is a kind of measure of drie things, which it in quantitic but the eighth part of a bushell, which was an ordinarie porcion vsed to be giuen to seruants for their stint of meat for one day.
- 5I had rather distinguish and read the words thus, and the wine and the oil: thou shalt not deal unjustly. In this sense; likewise the wine and the oil shall be sold a very little for a penny. Thou shalt not deal unjustly; namely when thou shalt measure out a very little for a great prise: so is the place evident: otherwise that is most true, which the wise man saith, that who so withholdeth the corn shall be cursed of the people. Proverbs 11. 26.I had rather distinguish and read the words thus, and the wine and the oyle: thou shalt not deale vniustly. In this sense; likewise the wine and the oyle shalbe sould a verie little for a pennie. Thou shalt not deale vniustly; namely when thou shalt measure out a verie little for a great prise: so is the place euident: otherwise that is most true, which the wise man saith, that who so withholdeth the corne shalbe cursed of the people.