The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ God speaketh vnto Iob shewynge hym by the example of his workes, that his ryghteousnes is vnsearchable.

CAPI XXXIX.

KNowest thou the tyme when the wylde [unspec A] gootes bryng forth theyr yong, among the stony rockes? Or layest thou wayte when the hyndes vse to fawne? rekenest thou the monethes after they engendre, that thou knowest the tyme of theyr bearynge? or when they lye downe, when they cast theyr yonge ones, and when they are delyuered of theyr trauayle and payne? Howe theyr yonge ones growe vp, and waxe great thorowe good fe∣dynge? when they go forth, and returne not agayne vnto them? Who letteth the wylde Asse go free, or whoo lowseth the bondes of the mule? Euen I whiche haue gyuen the wyldernesse to be theyr house, and the vntyl∣led lande to be theyr dwellynge place.

That they may gyue no force for the mul¦titude [unspec B] of people in the cities, neyther regarde the cryenge of the dryuer: but seke theyr pas∣ture aboute the mountaynes, and folowe the grene grasse. Wyl the vnicorne be so tame as to do the seruyce, or to abyde styl by thy cryb? Canst thou bynde the yocke aboute the vni∣corne in thy forowe, to make hym plowe after the in the valleys? Mayst thou trust hym (by cause he is stronge) or commyt thy laboure vnto hym? Mayst thou byleue hym, that he wyll brynge home thy corne, or to carye any thynge vnto thy barne? ❀ Gauest thou the fayre wynges vnto the Pacockes, or wynges and fethers vnto the storke? for he leaueth his egges in the earth & layeth them in the dust. He remembreth not, that they myght be tro∣den with feete, or broken with some wylde beast. So harde is he vnto his yonge ones, as though they were not his, and laboureth in vayne without any feare.

And that bycause god hath taken wysdom [unspec C] from hym, and hath not gyuen hym vnder∣standynge. When his tyme is that he flyeth vp on hygh, he careth neyther for horse nor man. Hast thou gyuen the horse his strength or lerned hym to bowe downe his necke with feare: that he letteth hym selfe be dryuē forth lyke a greshopper, where as the stoute neyng that he maketh is fearfull? he breaketh the grounde with the hoofes of his feete cheare∣fully in his strengthe, and runneth to meete the harnest men. He layeth asyde all feare, his stomake is not abated, neyther starteth he a∣backe for any swerde. Though the quyuers ratle vpon him, though the speare and shelde glystre: yet russheth he in fearsly, and beateth vpon the grounde. He feareth not the noyse [unspec D] of the trompettes, but as soone as he heareth the shawlmes blowe, tusshe (sayth he) for he smelleth the battayle a farre of, the noyse of the captaynes and the shoutynge.

Cometh it thorowe thy wysdome, that the Goshauke flyeth towarde the South? Doth the Egle mounte vp, and make his nest on hygh at thy cōmaundement? He abydeth in the stony rockes, and vpon the hygh toppes of harde mountaynes, where no mā can come from thence seketh he his praye, and loketh farre aboute with his eyes. His yonge ones are fed with bloode: * 1.1 and where any deade body lyeth, there is he immediatly.

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