Du Bartas his deuine weekes and workes translated: and dedicated to the Kings most excellent Maiestie by Iosuah Syluester
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- Du Bartas his deuine weekes and workes translated: and dedicated to the Kings most excellent Maiestie by Iosuah Syluester
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- Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste, seigneur, 1544-1590.
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* 1.1
A preface, repre senting the selici tie & happy e∣state of Cōmon∣weales, gouerned by good and pru∣dent Princes: & the misery of those that liue in subiection vnto Tyrants: which the Poet very fit∣ly proposeth as his introduction to the life and Manners of Nimrod.
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A Prayer sitted to the former discourse and giuing entry to that which fol∣loweth.
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Nimrods exer∣cises & essays to to make himselfe Master of the rest.
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Perseuerance in painfull and la∣borious exercises of Nimrod growne gracious with the people.
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Hee abandous his first petty Chase, and hun∣teth wylier for a more pretious Prey.
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Tyrannicall rule of Nimrod▪ and his proud enter∣prize.
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A comparison showing, liuely, the efficacie of the attempts of Tyrants, the Rods of Gods righteous ven∣geance vpon vn∣godly people.
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Liuely Descrip∣tion of the people occupied in som great busines.
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God displensed with the audaci∣ous enterprise of Nimrod and his, resolueth so •••• break their De∣signes by consoun ding their Lan∣guage.
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Execution of Gods Decree.
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A fit comparison
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An other elegāt comparison sho∣wing that there is no Counsail, no Endeuour, no diligence, no might nor mul∣titude, that can resist God.
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Discommodities proceeding frō the confusion of Tongues.
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The Hebrew Tongue in all Mens mouthes before the confu∣sion of Langua∣ges.
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A conclusion tri∣ed, whereb ap∣peareth that chil dren are natu∣rally apt to learn to speak: not a∣ble of themselues to speake, with∣out example.
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Answeres to the obiection taken from the consu∣fused voice of Beasts.
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To another Ob∣iection, of the chirping of Birds.
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Aduantage of Man endued with Reason, a∣boue the rest of the Creatures.
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Iosephus Scali∣ger, skilfull in 13. languages.
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Answer to a third obiection touching Tarot∣resembling Ec∣cho, and speaking without speech.
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The Hebrew Tongue the principall.
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First reason.
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Second reason.
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Simile••
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Third reason.
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Fourth reason▪
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Fift reason.
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Praise of the Hebrew Tōgue, Mother and Queene of all the Rest.
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Adam gaue Hebrew names to all the Crea∣tures.
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He inriched the Language with the composition of verbs and Clauses.
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The Hebrew Tongue cōtinued from Adam to the tim▪ of Nim ro••: Since whē it rested in the house of Heber, of whom it is called Hebrew▪
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Simile.
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A sub-diuision of the Lāguages, first diuided.
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Wherof proceede the sundry chan∣ges in one selfe∣same Language.
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Simile.
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The liberty of a witty, learned, and iudicious Wrighter.
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Excellencie of the Hebrew, Greek and La∣tine Tongues a∣boue the rest.
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A pleasant in∣troduction to his following Dis∣course, wherein Poetically He describeth and bringeth in the principall Lan∣guages, together with such as haue excelled in each of them.
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The God of Dreams.
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Description of the House, & I∣mage of Elo∣quence: and of the principall Languages.
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1. The Hebrew supported by 4. Pillars; (viz.)
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Moses.
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Dauid.
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Salomon.
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Esay.
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2 The Greeke by Homer. Plato. Herodotus. Demosthenes.
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3. The Latine by Cicero. Caesar. Salust. Virgil.
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4. The Italian by Boccace. Petrarch. Ariosto. Tasso.
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5. The Arabik. by Aben-Roes. Eldebag. Auicen Ibnu-farid.
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6. The Dutch by Peuther. Luther. Peucer. Butric.
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7. The▪ Spanish by Gueuarra. Boscan. Granada. Garcilaco.
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8 The French. by Marot.
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Amyot. Ronsard.
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Plessis.
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9: The English. by Sir Thomas Moore. Sir Nicholas Bacone. Sir Phil. Sidney
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And the incom∣parable Queene Elizabeth.
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Her prudence, Piety, Iustice, Religion, Lear ning, and Elo∣quence.
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