The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

CAP. XXXIX.

[verse 1] Whethir thou knowist the tyme of birthe of wielde geet in stoonys, ethir hast thou aspied hyndis bryngynge forth calues? [verse 2] Hast thou noumbrid the monethis

of her conseyuyng, and hast thou knowe the tyme of her caluyng? [verse 3] Tho [Thei I.] ben bowid [bowid doun I.] to the [Om. I.] calf, and caluen [so caluen I.] ; and senden [thei senden I.] out [out thanne I.] roryngis. [verse 4] Her calues ben departid [departid fro hem I.] , and goen [goen forth I.] to pasture; tho [thei I.] goen out, and turnen [thei turnen I.] not aȝen to `tho hyndis [her modris I.] . [verse 5] Who let [hath let I.] go the wielde asse fre, and who loside [hath losid I.] the boondis of hym? [verse 6] To whom Y haue ȝoue an hows in wildirnesse, and the taber|nacles of hym [that wijlde asse ben I.] in the lond of saltnesse. [verse 7] He dispisith the multitude of citee [tame asses, of a I.] ; he herith not the cry of an [the I.] axere. [verse 8] He lokith aboute the hillis of his lesewe, and he sekith alle greene thingis. [verse 9] Whether an vnycorn schal wilne serue [to serue IS.] thee, ethir schal [schal he I.] dwelle at thi cratche? [verse 10] Whether thou schalt bynde the vnicorn with thi chayne, for to ere [erie thi loond I.] , ethir schal he breke the clottis of valeis [the valeys S.] aftir thee? [verse 11] Whether thou schalt haue trist in his grete strengthe, and schalt thou leeue to hym thi traueils [thi trauelis; that is, fruytis trauelid of thee, for to kepe tho. Lire here. C.] ? [verse 12] Whether thou schalt bileue [trowe I.] to hym, that he schal ȝelde seed to thee, and schal [that he schal I.] gadere to|gidere thi cornfloor? [verse 13] The fethere of an ostriche is lijk [lijk to I.] the fetheris of a gerfaw|cun, [verse 14] and of an [an oother I.] hauk; which [the which I.] ostrige forsakith hise eirun in the erthe, in hap thou schalt make tho hoot in the dust. [verse 15] He [The ostricche I.] forȝetith, that a foot tredith tho [tho eyren I.] , ethir that a beeste of the feeld al to|brekith tho [hem I.] . [verse 16] He [The ostricche I.] is maad hard to hise briddis, as if thei ben [weren I.] not hise; he tra|ueilide in veyn, while no drede con|streynede [constreynede him I.] . [verse 17] For [Forsothe I.] God hath priued hym fro wisdom, and `ȝaf not [he hath not ȝouen I.] vnderstondyng to hym. [verse 18] Whanne tyme is, he reisith the wengis an hiȝ; he scorneth the [an I.] hors, and his [the IX.] ridere [ridere upon him I.] . [verse 19] Whether thou schalt ȝyue strengthe to an hors, ether schal [schalt thou I.] ȝyue neiyng `aboute his necke [to his throte I.] ? [verse 20] Whether thou schalt reyse [reyse up I.] hym [an hors I.] as locustis? The glorie of hise nosethirlis is drede. [verse 21] He diggith

erthe with the [his I.] foot, he `fulli ioieth booldli [ful outioieth I.] ; he [and he I.] goith aȝens [boldly aȝen I.] armed men. [verse 22] He dispisith ferdfulnesse, and he ȝyueth not stide to swerd. [verse 23] An arowe caas schal sowne on [upon I.] hym; a spere and scheeld [a scheelde I.] schal florische [schyne I.] . [verse 24] He is hoot [feruent I.] , and gnastith, and swolewith the erthe [gnastith, and swolewith the erthe; that is, neyeth, and semeth to swolewe the erthe, in dig|ginge with feet. Lire here. C.] ; and he arettith not that the crie of the trumpe sowneth [sowneth to batteil I.] . [verse 25] Whanne he herith a clarioun, he `seith, Joie [ioieth I. seith, Joie; that is, make we a signe of ioye V.] ! he smellith batel afer; the excityng of duykis, and the ȝellyng of the oost. [verse 26] Whether an hauk spredinge abrood hise wyngis to the south, bigynneth to haue fetheris bi thi wisdom? [verse 27] Whether an egle schal be reisid [reisid up I.] at thi comaundement, and schal sette his nest in hiȝ places? [verse 28] He dwellith in stoonys, and he dwellith [abidith I.] in flyntis brokun bifor, and in rochis, to whiche [the whiche I.] `me may [men mowen I.] not neiȝe. [verse 29] Fro thennus he [the egle I.] biholdith mete, and hise iȝen loken [loken ther to I.] fro fer. [verse 30] Hise briddis souken blood, and where euere a [Om. I.] careyn is, anoon he is present. [verse 31] And the Lord addide [addide to I.] , and spak [verse 32] to Joob [Joob, and seide I.] , Whether he, that stryueth with God, schal haue rest so liȝtli? Sotheli he, that repreueth God, owith for to answere to hym. [verse 33] Forsothe [And I.] Joob answeride to the [verse 34] Lord, and seide, What may Y answere, which haue spoke liȝtli [but liȝtli I.] [which haue spoke liȝtli; that is, vndis|cretly and folily; for thouȝ he seide soth, he passide ne|theles the ma|ner of speking. Lire here. C.] ? Y schal putte myn hond on [upon I.] my mouth. [verse 35] Y spak o [a I.] thing [Y spak o thing; this was, whanne he seide, Y coueite to dis|pute with God; and anothir thing; this was, whanne in preisinge his riȝtfulnesse, he semyde to de|creesse the riȝt|fulnesse of God. Lire here. C.] , which thing Y wold, that Y hadde not seid; and Y spak anothir thing, to which [the which I.] Y schal no more adde.