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.

¶ Israel requyred helpe of God, against Holofernes. They f••••t and praye.

CAPI. IIII.

WHen the chyldrē of Israel y^• dwelt [unspec A] in Iewry hearde thys / they were sore afrayed of hym. There came trēblynge and feare vpon thē / least he shuld do that vnto the cytie of Ierusalem / and the temple of the Lorde, y^• he had done to other cyties & theyr temples. So they sent into al Samaria roūde about vnto Iericho, toke in & occupyed al the toppes of the mountay¦nes, made fast the townes w^t walles / & pre∣pared corne for them agaynste the battayll.

Eliachim also the Preste wrote vnto all them that dwelte towarde Esdrelon (which lyeth ouer agaynst y^• great felde by Dotha∣im) and vnto all those by whom men myght haue passage vnto them, that they shulde take in the wayes of y^• mountaynes / wher∣by there might be any waye & passage to Ie∣rusalē / and that they shulde holde dilygent watch where any strayte was betwixt the mountaynes. And the childrē of Israel dyd, as Eliachim the Prest of the Lorde had com¦maunded thē. And all the people cryed vn∣to [unspec B] the Lorde earnestly / & humbled theyr sou¦les w^t fastynges & prayers, they and theyr wyues The prestes put on hearye clothes, & layed the yong babes before the temple of the Lorde, & couered the aulter of the Lorde with an hearye cloth. And w^t one accorde they cryed vnto the Lorde God of Israel, y^• theyr chyldren shulde not be geuen into a praye, & theyr wyues into a spoyle / y^• theyr cyties shulde not be layed wast, & that theyr Sanctuary shulde not be vnhalowed / & so they to be a shame & rebuke vnto y^• Heathē.

Then Eliachim the hye Prest of y^• Lorde went rounde about all Israel, & spake vnto them sayinge: Be ye sure / that the Lorde wyll heare youre peticyons / yf ye contynue stedfast in fastynges & prayers in the syght of the Lorde. Remēbre Moyses the seruaūt of the Lorde / which ouerthrowe the Amale∣chites (that trusted in theyr might & power, in theyr hoost / in theyr shyldes in theyr char¦rettes & horsmen) not w^t weapens, but with holy prayers. Euen so shal all the enemyes of Israell be / yf ye continue in this worke / that ye haue begonne. So vpon thys exhor¦tacyon they contynued in prayer before the Lorde. In so much y^t they whiche offred brēt sacrifyces vnto the Lorde / offred the offrin¦ges vnto the Lorde / beynge arayed in hea∣rye clothes & had asshes vpō theyr heades. And they all be sought God frō theyr whole hert / y^• he wolde vyset hys people of Israel.