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¶ Moyses / Aaron ¶ Capitulum 14

MOyses four score yere old with his broder Aaron four score yere olde and thre spak to Pharao kynge of Egypt for he shold delyuer god almyghtyes peple and lete hem doo sacrefice to god / But pharao was fast and hard in his malyce. and wold not suffre the people goo / Wherfore Egypt was smyten with ten grete wreeches and punysshmentes Augustinus libro octo¦decimo / ¶ That tyme that god toke wreeche in egypte somme of the Egypcians dradde lest Egypt shold haue fynally be destro¦yed & went in to other landes / and soo one Cycrops saylled in to Grece and buyld the cyte Atthen that was called afterward a∣thenes ¶R Loke more of Atthen in the first book / capitulo gre¦cia scilicet Alladia Netheles Coryntheus that firste was na∣med Epyra was buyld fyue yere bifore Atthen ¶ Petrus li∣bro secundo / Ther were many wreeches in egypt withoute the ten grete wreeches. therf••r sōme dayes in the kalendre / be called dayes of Egypt by cause that in thoo dayes felle wreeches in egypte Of the which dayes we sette in the kalendr•• but in euery moneth tweyne in mynde of the wreeches that god toke in egypte· Neu{er}∣theles ther were many moo wreeches taken in egypt· It is not to be demed ne trowed thaugh the egipcians were connyng in knou¦leche of the sterres & planetes that they founde that these dayes were peryoll{us} & forbode in beginning of werkes & of weyes & in bloode lettyng. than whan moyses was lxxx yere old he ledde the folk of Israel out of egypt in the same day of the yere that Iacob & his childer entred in to egypte whan Isrl̄ went out of egypte the mone was .xv· dayes old. and was four honderd yere and

thrytty after that Abraham went oute of Carram that was in mesopotania in the lande of bibeste whan Israel wente oute of Egypte about vj C M men & bare with hem Iosephes boones And the boones of his enleuen bretheren that be callyd patriar∣ches and buryed hem in Sychem so seyth Ierome Israel to∣ke with them m••le and floure / sprong with oyle / and vsed that thrytty dayes A pyler of a clowde went bifore Israel and lad∣de hem by day and a pyler by nyght / whan Israel went out of Egypte the reede see opened and lete hem passe / and drenched alle the egypcians that toke the same way in the openyng of the See for to pursu•• / ¶ Iosephus The openyng of this See shal not be vntrowed / for me redeth that the See Pamphilicum opened bifore kyng Allexander Macedo and also bifore his hoost whan he pursewed darius / ¶ Petrus libro secundo / ¶ The water of this see is not reede of kynde· but it is dyed of reede clyues and erthe that lyeth there aboute· ¶ Therfor also there be founden reed precious stones and there is founden sharp ver∣mylon· This see is departed in tweyne / that one parte is called the see Persicus and that other the see Arabycus / ¶Iohannes libro tercio ¶ Thrytty dayes after that Israel wente oute of egypt they faylled corne and our lord yaue hym curlews man¦na and water of the stone in Oreb / yet that place is watred with rayne as god yaue water that tyme by moyses hande ¶ Thre monethes after that Israel went oute of Egypt· Moyses wente vp in to the hille / and fasted fourty dayes and fourty nyghtes / and receyued the lawe / and seuen monethes he made the taber∣nacle by ensample that was shewed hym on the hille and soo the tabernacle was arrered the firste daye of Aprille in the second yere of her outgoynge of Egypte. ¶ From this tyme to the buyldyyg of the temple in Iherusalem is compted foure honderd yere and foure score ¶ Also this tyme as somme men telle / Yo that woman wente frō Argyues in to egypte and there she was callyd Isis and was wedded to Thelegon / And hadde a childe that was callyd Epaphus ¶ Petrus libro quarto capitulo decimo sexto ¶ After the seconde yere of the outgoyng of Egypte twelue espyes were sente to the londe of biheste / and come agayn for grudchyng of the people and despeyr and wanho¦pe the childer of Israel were forb••den to goo forther / ¶ Therfor they torned ayene in to wyldernesse and were there punysshed fourty yere and none of them entred in to the lande

of biheste oute take Caleph and Iosue ¶ The sixth yere after the outgoynge of Egypt Eriston buylded the temple of App••∣lyn Delphycus. ¶ Also that yere Cranaus the second of a∣thenes began to regne and regned nyne yere. His doughter was called Athys of hir Atthica that lande hath the name ¶ R Loke bifore in the first book capitulo. Grecia silicet Eladia That tyme the Hebrewes receyued lettres and grecia vynes ¶Also lacedemon Semelis sonne buylded lacedomonia that Cyte and the ferth Erutonius of Sciciones· Archas kyng of the Argy¦ues yaue his name to that lond Archadia and callyd after his owne name· ¶But that lond Archadia hette rather Cici••ma Egypte he eete rather Aerea· And hath that name Egypte of one Egyptus that regned therinne / ¶ Danaus the tenth of Argyues regned fyfty yere. ¶ Oro{us} libro primo· ¶ Da∣naus and Egystus were twey bretheren ¶ And Danaus by his fyfty doughters slowe Egystus fyfty sonnes in one nyghte oute take one that sholde regne after hym ¶Danaus doer of many euyl dedes went vp to the Argyues / and by gyle put ou•• sceuelus that had ofte saued hym whyle he was nedy and on••la¦we and regned hym self ¶ Me troweth that in that tempeste went out that man that was called Liber pater and heete dyony¦sius Bachus Also he made vp Argiues and yaue the grekes vse of vynes· Augustinus de ciuitate dei ¶Me sayth that the grete mercurius was in that tyme / this Mercurius was Maya Athlas doughter sonne / ¶This mercurius wās connyng in ma¦ny craftes· And there he was made amonge hem as he were a god. but the grete hercules was somdele latter than he ¶R This grete hercules had a surname de••aneus so seyth marianus libro primo capitulo Fyue honderd fourty and fyue Also this is that Hercules that slough busirus the tyraunt so seyth Ouyde Iosephus / This hercules wedded ethea Affers doughter affer was Madyans sonne / therfor hercules went with affer to wyn∣ne Libia· and that land was than cleped Affryca by Affer the conquerours name· The fourty yere after the outgoyng of egypt Aaron an honderd yere old and thre and twenty dyed in Oreb / Also the same yere moyses whan he had lyued fourty yere in E∣gipt fourty yere in madyan and fourty yere sauf thrytty dayes in desert six score yere old almost he dyed in the hille mount a∣barim ayenst Ierico that towne and was buryrd of our lord in the valey of Moab