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THE she bear, whose young ones have been lately taken from her, exceedeth all other beasts in rage and fierceness. From thence doth Hushai take his similitude concerning ⟨p. 136⟩David: Thou knowest (saith he to Absalom) thy father and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in mind, as a Bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And from thence doth ¹the Lord draw a comparison to express the grievousness of the plagues wherewith he purposed to punish the sinful Israelites: I will meet them as a Bear that is robbed of her whelps, ²and will break the call of their hearts. And the immanity of this beast may be discerned by that which befell the wretched boys which scoffed at Elisha, and were cursed by him. It is said, that two Bears came out of the Forest, and tare in pieces two ³and forty of them. And yet it is not so dangerous to meet with such a Bear [as with a fool in his folly] as to fall into the hands of a wicked man in the extremity of his wickedness and fury.

THE she beare, whose yoong ones haue beene lately taken from her, exceedeth all other beasts in rage and fiercenesse. From thence doth Hushai take his similitude concerning ⟨p. 136⟩Dauid: Thou knowest (saith he to Abshalom) thy father and his men, that they be strong men, and are chafed in minde, as a Beare robbed of her whelps in the field. And from thence doth ¹the Lord draw a comparison to expresse the grieuousnesse of the plagues wherewith he purposed to punish the sinfull Israelites: I will meet them as a Beare that is robbed of her whelpes, ²and will breake the kall of their hearts. And the immanitie of this beast may be discerned by that which befel the wretched boyes which scoffed at Elisha, and were cursed by him. It is said, that two Beares came out of the Forest, and tare in peeces two