Most fruitful [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martyr Vermil Florentine, professor of divinity,…Most fruitfull [and] learned co[m]mentaries of Doctor Peter Martir Vermil Florentine, professor of deuinitie,…

21 Therefore the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Azzah, and bound him with fetters: and he did grind in the prison house. 22 And the hear of his head began to grow again, after that it was shaven. 23 Then the Princes of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their God, and to rejoice. For they said: Our God hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hands. 24 Also when the people saw him, they praised their God: for they said, our God hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and destroyer of our country, which hath slain many of us. 25 And when their hearts were merry, they said: call Samson, that he may make us pastime. So they called Samson out of his prison house, and he was a laughing stock unto them, and they set him between the pillars. 26 Then Samson said unto the servant that led him by the hand: lead me that I may touch the pillars that the house standeth upon, and that I may lean to them. 27 (Now the house was full of men and women, and there were all the Princes of the Philistines: also upon the roof were about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson played.) 28 Then Samson called unto the Lord, and said: O God I beseech thee strengthen me at this time only, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson laid hold on the two middle pillars, whereupon the house stood, and on which it was borne up: on the one with his right hand, and on the other with his left. 30 Then said Samson: Let me lose my life with the Philistines: and he bowed him with all his might, and the house fell upon the ⟨image 241⟩Princes, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death, were mo then they which he had slain in his life. 31 Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Esthaol, in the Sepulchre of Manoah his father: now he had judged Israel twenty years.

21 Therefore the Philistines tooke him, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bound hym wyth fetters: and he did grinde in the pryson house. 22 And the heare of his head beganne to growe agayne, after that it was shauen. 23 Then the Princes of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice vnto Dagon their God, and to reioyce. For they sayd: Our God hath deliuered Samson our enemye into oure handes. 24 Also when the people saw him, they praised their God: for they sayd, our God hath deliuered into our handes our enemye, and destroyer of our countrey, whych hath slayne many of vs. 25 And when their hartes were mery, they said: cal Samson, that he maye make vs pastime. So they called Samson out of hys pryson house, and he was a laughing stocke vnto them, and they sette hym betwene the pyllers. 26 Then Samson sayde vnto the seruaunt that ledde hym by the hande: leade me that I may touche the pyllers that the house standeth vpon, and that I may leane to them. 27 (Now the house was full of men and women, and there were al the Princes of the Philistines: also vpō the roofe wer about three thousand men and women, that beheld whyle Samson played.) 28 Then Samson called vnto the Lord, and sayde: O God I beseche thee strengthen me at this tyme onely, that I may be at once auenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson layde holde on the twoo myddle pyllers, wherevpon the house stoode, and on whiche it was borne vppe: on the one wyth hys ryght hand, and on the other with hys leaft. 30 Then sayd Samson: Let me lose my lyfe with the Philistines: and he bowed hym wyth al hys myght, and the house fell vpon the