I E P I S C . A L E X A N D R .
Iudæorum expugnauit Ægyptius, qui
ad tantam poccntiam afpirauit, vc et-
iam Ioachat filium Iofiæ regnum ob-^
tinentem , regno pelleret, vindum
in (uam regionem inferret : Eliàchim
regem conftitueret, ve£tigalia genti
imponeret, pecuniarumque grandem
vim exigeret. Dcinceps cum regnal-
fee in Iudæa Eiiachimus annos vn-
decim inccgros , iliccedit iti loeum
Iechonias filius eius, tum poft hune
g Sedechias, quo tenente regnum bel-
lum geric contra Iudæam Nabucho-
donoiorus : qui eam tocam incendie i
& præter alias vrbes , ipfam etiam
Hierufalem , captiuum cepit Ifrae-
lem , cum facris vafis , eaque géflic
quæ funt in facris liceris. Has hifto-
rias nobis ea quæ propofita func in-
nuunt &c infînuant. Eric igitur in diô
ilia , id eft , fub id tenaporis : fibifa-
bic Deus mufeis , quæ parti flumi-
nis Ægypti dominabnntur , & apt
quæ eft in regione Aflyriorum. Effi-
fta proinde &c figurata eft oratio ,
^ quafi metaphora ab ope & induftria
eorum quæ apibus curandis præfunt,
& qui mufeas fïbilo è nidis in agros
euocant, & iterum reducunt , velu-
ti ftabulis quibufdam concludentes
pecora. Mufeis autem , yt ego qui-
dem iudico , confère' Ægyprios tum
propter multicudinem , tum ob vo-
cem abfonam nec ita bene fonoram.
Apis verb gens eft Aflyriorum : va-
riegata enim eft apis & pulchrè co-
lorata ? & multis modis notata ac
Dmaculata. Tales quidem fere , quantum
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ad amidum & ad ornatum per-
tinet , erant & Aflyrii &c Perfæ :
nam & elegantiæ ftudiofi erant, 6c
variegatam veftem fen^per plurimi æ-
ftimabant , 6c præterea etiam erant
aculeati. IUi, inquit, venient om-
nes, 6c in regionis vallibus , & in ca-
uis petrarum , 6c in fpeluncis , 6c in
omni feiflura , omnique ligno refide-
bunt. Quoniam enim veluti de mu-
Efcis oratio inftituta eft, in hoc tropo
perftat. Enimuero omnem ipforum
regionem perferutaturos oftendit, qua-
fi. nemo quantumuis abfeonditus latere
poflet, putà flue in pétris, flue in
vallibus, flue in lucis ac fyliiis fe(e
occultent. Porro aliter etiam in his
qui vniuerfitatis Deum exafperarit il-
lumque ofîendere non verentur, vefpa*
rum inftar confident, aduerfariæ pote-
ftates, 6c foedæ quæ nobîs infunt eu-
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nobis opemaiTerre poterit î
Jri die ilia radet Dominus nouu-
cuU magna, & incbria:<t ^quoe efl ttans
fluuiüm regis Ajjyriorum , caput &•
pilos pédurri ’& barham aùfcret.
. Primura componenda neceflàrio &
ordinanda eft diâio in his verbis : fie
demum quid h se fententiæ præ fe
ferant, dicendum. Proin, inquit, in
die illïj hoc eft, fub id temporis, magna
nouacula & inebriata , quæ eft
régis Aflyriorum qui elft trans fluuium,
videlicet Euphraten , radet Deus ca-
put &C pilos/pedum , Sc barbam au-
feret. Nouaculam autem magnam
SC ihebriatam regis Aflyriorum trans
fluuiani, appellat gladium eius , de-
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ftibus & corrcifi, Sc mànna Sc Liba-
nus in manibus eorum , vt in do-
mum Domini importarent. Itaque
luftus fimul & dedecoris fpecies erat,
nouacula caput iuxtà & barbam re-
fecare. Hoc olim Iudaicæ regioni
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mo confirmât. Marrebit enim, inquit,
extinftis ipfius liberis, plorans & conv
temptiilima. Si cui verb placet alio