A Hyve Fvll of Hunnye Contayning the Firste Booke of Moses, called Genesis. Tvrned into English Meetre, by VViliam Hunnis |
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[Cap. 40.]
The Contentes of the XL. Chapiter
The Butler and the Baker bothare into Prison throwne:
And ech of them did Dreame a Dreame
and Ioseph made it knowne.
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And after this, it chaunced sothat Pharo angry was
With Baker his, and Butler eke,
whereby it came to passe,
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That he to Ward committed themwhere they in Prison lay
In that same place where Ioseph was
as ye tofore heard say.
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Thus were the Kinges two Officersin Prison bound with paine,
And Ioseph had the charge of them
whyle they did there remayne.
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It happened that both these menin one Night beyng sad
In sleepe did Dream, and ech Mans Dreame
a sundry meaning had.
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When Ioseph came as he was wont,in morning them to see,
He them beheld wyth heauy cheere,
why be ye sad, sayd hee?
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Wee haue this Night, sayd they to him,Dream'd eche of vs a dreame,
And haue no body to declare,
what these our Dreames do meane.
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Do not Interpretyngs belonge,to God, sayd Ioseph than?
Yet tell it me: the Buttler first,
to shew his Dreame began,
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And sayd: Me thought before me stoode,a Uyne that Buddes did beare:
And in the Uyne were Braunches three,
that al bebloomed were.
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And after Bloomes came Blossoms forth,and Grapes at last did growe:
And with my hand those Grapes I tooke,
that rype were to the show:
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And wronge them into Pharos Cuppe,and Wyne therof did make,
Me thought I gaue the King the Cuppe,
and hee the same did take.
Sayd Ioseph then, I wil the same
interprete for thy sake.
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Those Braunches three, are these three Dayes,that with this Day shal fall.
In whych the King shal lift the vp,
and giue thee therewithall
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Thyne Offyce that before thou hadst:and thou shalt giue also,
The King his Cuppe as thou were wont,
and so in fauour grow.
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But if thou chaunce to thinke on mewhen thou art in good case,
Thy mercy then vppon me showe,
abyding in this place.
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And put the King in mind of me,and bring me out from hence,
For in this Dungeon was I cast,
not guilty of offence.
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I am an Hebrew borne by byrthand stolne away was I,
And chopt and changde as Bondslaues bee
this wretched life to trye.
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Now when the Baker saw and heardthe Butlers Dreame was good,
He also vnto Ioseph tolde
his Dreame, as he there stoode:
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Me thought (sayd he) vppon my headthree wicker Baskettes were,
And in the vppermost of thre
was sundry bakte Meates there:
And for the Kynge me thought I did
these Cates and Baskettes beare.
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And yet me thought the Byrdes did peckeand stil vpon them fed,
And out of Basket did they eate
which was vppon my heade.
Said Ioseph then: this signifyes
thou shortly shalt be Dead:
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The Baskettes three are dayes yet threethat with this Daye shalbe:
For this Day three Dayes shall the Kinge
take of thy head from thee:
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And shal thy Carkasse hoyse aloftand hange vpon a Tree,
And Byrdes that flye shall eat thy fleshe
that we vpon thee see.
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It hapned that the same thyrde Daywas Byrth day of the Kinge,
Whereon he feasted all his Men
with cheare and Bankettinge.
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And that same Day he did lift vpthe heads of both those twayne
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whiche Prisners did remayne.
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And so the Butler to his Placehee did eftsones restore:
And toke the Bakers Head him froe,
his Seruauntes al before.
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The Butler gaue the King the Cuppe,appoynted to that Place,
The Baker hangde as Ioseph sayd,
So all things came to passe.
But yet the Butler did forget
poore Iosephs heauy case.
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