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A Hyve Fvll of Hunnye

Contayning the Firste Booke of Moses, called Genesis. Tvrned into English Meetre, by VViliam Hunnis
Hunnis, William

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TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE and his singuler good Lord, the Lorde Robert Dudley, Earle of Leycester, Baron of Denbigh, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, Maister of the Queenes Maiesties Horse, and one of her Highnesse moste Honorable priuye Counsell,
  
To the friendlye Reader.
  
SPE ET LABORE.
  
T. N. In the Commendation of this his Frendes Trauayle.
  
THE ARGVMENT of this Booke.
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The Contentes of the XXIII. Chapter.

Of Saras death and burial
in field that Abram bought:
The manner how to mourne the dead,
by Abram are we taught.

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An Hundreth twenty & seven yeares
was Sara, when she dyde,
For so long did she liue on Earth,
and myght no longer byde.

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Thē Abraham came for to mourn
and wepe for Saras death,
And stode vp from the sight of hyr
to talke with sonnes of Heth

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And sayde, behold a Stranger I
& forreyner yee see,
Desyre some grounde to bury in,
I pray you, geue it me,

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That I may bury thys my Corse
out of my sight to day:
The children then of Heth agayne,
this wyse to him gan say:

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Behold my Lorde thou art a Prince
of God among vs all,
In chefest of our Sepulchres
thy dead thou bury shall.

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For none of vs shal thee forbidde
the Sepulchres we haue,
But therein mayst thou lay thy dead,
as thou thyselfe dost craue.

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Then Abraham stode vp and gaue
obeysance for the same
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Before the people of the land,
th' ofspringe of Heth by name.

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And further sayd he vnto them,
if it your pleasure bee,
I bury shall my deade from syght,
then harken vnto mee.

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Ephron the sonne of Zoar hath
a double Caue you knowe
Which in the ende of all his Fielde
appeareth there in showe,

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I you besech to speake for me,
that I the same may haue,
For so much money as it's worth,
no other do I craue:

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And in the presence of you al
I will the Money paye
For a possession vnto me
wherin I bury may.

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Ephron the Hethit answered
to Abrahams request
In hearyng of the Children all
of Heth and of the rest

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That went in at the Citty Gates:
not so my lord (heare me)
The Field and Caue that is therein
I freely geue it thee.

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And this I speake in presence here
of Sonnes and people myne,
Igeue it thee: interre thy dead,
for euer it is thyne.

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And Abraham his body bowd
as then such was the guyse,
Before the people in the land,
and aunswerd in this wise.
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I pray thee harken vnto mee
if it thee not offend:
I wyl geeue Syluer for the field,
and count thee so my freend:
Take it and I wyl burye there
my dead and so an ende.

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Ephron agayne to Abraham,
in this sort did replye:
Four hundred sikles is the Lande
of Syluer worth to buye.

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Alas my Lord and what is that,
twixt Abraham and mee?
Enterre therfore thy dead therein,
and take it vnto thee.

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And Abraham gaue eare to him,
and did the siluer pay,
(In hearinge of the Sonnes of Heth)
asmuch as he did say:

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Four hundreth siluer Sikles t'was
of currant monye told,
Such as the Marchauntes vse to take
for Wares when they haue sold:

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For Ephrons Fyeld with double Caue,
before Mamre that lay,
With trees therein and borders round,
did Abraham then paye.

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So was it made to Abraham,
possession good and sure,
In sight of Hethite Children there,
for euer to endure.

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Also in presence of theym all
that to the Cittie went,
This thing was done and witnessed,
the Parties were content.
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And after this did Abraham
interre within this Caue
Sara his wyfe with auncient Rytes,
as Corses vse to haue.

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This Field, and Caue and Trees therein,
Mamre before doth lye
Which Hebron is, and in the Land
of Canaan to trye.

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So both the Field, the Caue, and all
was by the Sonnes of Heth,
Thus wyse made sure to Abraham,
for buriall after death.
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