CHAP. XXXIX.

1 Of the wild goates and hinds. 5 Of the wild Asse. 9 The Vnicorne. 13 The Peacock, Storke and Ostrich. 19 The horse. 26 The hauke. 27 The Eagle.

¹ Knowest thou the time when the wild goates of the rocke bring forth? or canst thou marke when the hindes doe calue?¹

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² Canst thou number the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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³ They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes.

⁴ Their yong ones are in good liking, they grow vp with corne: they go forth, and returne not vnto them.

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⁵ Who hath sent out the wild asse free? or who hath looosed the bands of the wild asse?

⁶ Whose house I haue made the wildernesse, and the barren lande his dwellings.⁶

⁷ He scorneth the multitude of the citie, neither regardeth he the crying of the driuer.⁷

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⁸ The range of the mountaines is his pasture, and hee searcheth after euery greene thing.

⁹ Will the Unicorne be willing to serue thee? or abide by thy cribbe?

¹⁰ Canst thou binde the Unicorne with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleyes after thee?

¹¹ Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great? or wilt thou leaue thy labour to him?

¹² Wilt thou beleeue him that hee will bring home thy seed? and gather it into thy barne?

¹³ Gauest thou the goodly wings vnto the peacocks, or wings and feathers vnto the Ostrich?¹³

¹⁴ Which leaueth her egges in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

¹⁵ And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wilde beast may breake them.

¹⁶ She is hardened against her yong ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vaine without feare.

¹⁷ Because God hath depriued her of wisedome, neither hath he imparted to her vnderstanding.

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¹⁸ What time she lifteth vp her selfe on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

¹⁹ Hast thou giuen the horse strength? hast thou clothed his necke with thunder?

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²⁰ Canst thou make him afraid as a grashopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.²⁰

²¹ He paweth in the valley, and reioyceth in his strength: hee goeth on to meet the armed men.²¹

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²² He mocketh at feare, and is not affrighted: neither turneth he backe from the sword.

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²³ The quiuer ratleth against him, the glittering speare and the shield.

²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fiercenesse and rage: neither beleeueth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

²⁵ Hee saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: and he smelleth the battaile afarre off, the thunder of the captaines, and the shouting.

²⁶ Doeth the hawke flie by thy wisedome, and stretch her wings toward the South?

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²⁷ Doeth the Eagle mount vp at thy commaund? and make her nest on high?²⁷

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²⁸ She dwelleth and abideth on the rocke, vpon the cragge of the rocke, and the strong place.

²⁹ From thence she seeketh the pray, and her eyes behold a farre off.

³⁰ Her yong ones also suck vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is he.³⁰