Annotations upon the five bookes of Moses, the booke of the Psalmes, and the Song of Songs, or, Canticles VVherein the Hebrevv vvords and sentences, are compared with, and explained by the ancient Greeke and Chaldee versions, and other records and monuments of the Hebrewes: but chiefly by conference with the holy Scriptures, Moses his words, lawes and ordinances, the sacrifices, and other legall ceremonies heretofore commanded by God to the Church of Israel, are explained. With an advertisement touching some objections made against the sinceritie of the Hebrew text, and allegation of the Rabbines in these annotations. As also tables directing unto such principall things as are observed in the annotations upon each severall booke. By Henry Ainsworth.

CHAPTER V.

IAm come to my garden, my sister my spouse: I have gathered my [unspec 1] myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my honey-combe with my honey: I have drunke my wine, with my milke: eate O friends, drink, and drinke-abun∣dantly O beloved.

I sleepe, and my heart waketh: it is [unspec 2] the voice of my beloved that knocketh: Open to mee my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect-one: for my head is filled with dew; my locks with the drops of the night.

I have put-off my coat, how shall I [unspec 3] put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?

My beloved put in his hand by the [unspec 4] hole (of the doore;) and my bowels made a troubled-noise for him. I rose-up, to open to my beloved: and my [unspec 5] hands dropped myrrh, and my fingers passing myrrh, upon the handles of the locke. I opened to my beloved, and my [unspec 6] beloved had withdrawne himselfe, was passed away; my soule went-for••h be∣cause of his speech, I sought him, and I found him not; I called him, and hee answered me not. The Watchmen that went about the citie found mee, they [unspec 7]

smote mee, they wounded mee: the watchmen of the walles tooke my veile from on me. I adjure you, O daughters of Ierusalem: if yee finde my beloved, [unspec 8] what shall ye tell him? that I am sicke of love.

What is thy beloved more then ano¦ther beloved, O thou fairest among wo∣men? [unspec 9] What is thy beloved more then another beloved, that thou dost so ad∣jure us?

My beloved is white and ruddie; ha∣ving-the-banner, [unspec 10] above ten-thousand. His head, the fine-gold, the solid-gold: his lockes curled, blacke as a Raven. [unspec 11] His eyes as doves, by the streames of [unspec 12] water: washing in milke, sitting in ful∣nesse. His cheekes, as a bed of spice, flowers of sweet-odours: his lippes [unspec 13] Lilies; dropping passing myrrh. His [unspec 14] hands rings of gold, filled with the Chrysolite; his bowels, bright yvorie, overlaid with Saphires. His legges pil∣lars [unspec 15] of marble, founded upon sockets of solid-gold: his countenance as Le∣banon, choice as the Cedars. His pa∣late, [unspec 16] sweetnesse; and hee is altogether desires: This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Ierusalem.