Nabuchodonosor sendeth Holofernes his General to waste all countries of the West. 7. with a great army, and abundant munition. 11. They subdue many places, and others are stricken with great fear.Nabuchodonosor sendeth Holofernes his General to wast al countries of the West. 7. with a great armie, and aboundant munition. 11. They subdue manie places, and others are strooken with great feare.✦
In the thirteenth year of king Nabuchodonosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of Nabuchodonosor the king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself.IN the thirtenth yeare of king Nabuchodonosor, the two and twenteth day of the first moneth, the word was geuen out in the house of Nabuchodonosor the king of the Assyrians, that he would reuenge him selfe.✦Anno tertiodecimo Nabuchodonosor regis, vigesima et secunda die mensis primi, factum est verbum in domo Nabuchodonosor regis Assyriorum ut defenderet se.
2And he called all the ancients, and all the captains, and his men of war, and communicated with them the secret of his counsel:And he called al the ancientes, and al the captaynes, and his men of warre, and communicated with them the secrete of his counsel:✦Vocavitque omnes majores natu, omnesque duces et bellatores suos, et habuit cum eis mysterium consilii sui :
3and he said that his cogitation was upon that, to subdue all the earth to his empire.and he said that his cogitation was vpon that, to subdew al the earth to his empire.dixitque cogitationem suam in eo esse, ut omnem terram suo subjugaret imperio.
4which saying when it had pleased them all, Nabuchodonosor the king called Holofernes the General of his wars,which saying when it had pleased them al, Nabuchodonosor the king called Holofernes the General of his warres,✦Quod dictum cum placuisset omnibus, vocavit Nabuchodonosor rex Holofernem principem militiæ suæ,
5and said to him: Go forth against every kingdom of the west, and against them especially, that contempserunt: despised, scorned: not condemned my commandment.and said to him: Goe forth against euerie kingdom of the west, & against them especially, that contemned my commandment.✦et dixit ei : Egredere adversus omne regnum occidentis, et contra eos præcipue, qui contempserunt imperium meum.
6Thine eye shall spare no kingdom, and every munitam: fortified, walled city thou shalt subdue to me.Thyne eie shal spare no kingdom, and euerie fensed citie thou shalt subdew to me.Non parcet oculus tuus ulli regno, omnemque urbem munitam subjugabis mihi.
7Then Holofernes called the captains, and magistrates of the power of the Assyrians: and he mustered men for the expedition, as the king commanded him, an hundred twenty thousand fighting men on foot, and twelve thousand archers horsemen.Then Holofernes called the captaynes, & magistrates of the powre of the Assyrians: and he mustered men for the expedition, as the king commanded him, an hundred twentie thousand fighting men on foote, and twelue thousand archers horsemen.✦Tunc Holofernes vocavit duces et magistratus virtutis Assyriorum, et dinumeravit viros in expeditionem sicut præcepit ei rex, centum viginti millia peditum pugnatorum, et equitum sagittariorum duodecim millia.
8And he made all his expedition to go before in a multitude of innumerable camels, with those things that might suffice the armies abundantly, herds of oxen also, and flocks of sheep, which had no number.And he made al his expedition to goe before in a multitude of inumerable camels, with those thinges that might suffice the armies abundantly, heardes of oxen also, and flockes of sheepe, which had no number.Omnemque expeditionem suam fecit præire in multitudine innumerabilium camelorum, cum his quæ exercitibus sufficerent copiose, boum quoque armenta, gregesque ovium, quorum non erat numerus.
9He appointed frumentum: grain in general: not maize to be prepared out of all Syria in his passage.He appoynted corne to be prepared out of al Syria in his passage.Frumentum ex omni Syria in transitu suo parari constituit.
10But gold and silver he took out of the king's house exceeding much.But gold and siluer he tooke out of the kings house exceding much.Aurum vero et argentum de domo regis assumpsit multum nimis.
11And he went forth and all the army with the chariots, and horsemen, and the archers, which covered the face of the earth, as locusts.And he went forth and al the armie with the chariotes, & horsemen, and the archers, which couered the face of the earth, as locustes.Et profectus est ipse, et omnis exercitus cum quadrigis, et equitibus, et sagittariis : qui cooperuerunt faciem terræ sicut locustæ.
12And when he had passed through the coasts of the Assyrians, he came to the great mountains of Ange, which are on the left hand of Cilicia: and he went up into all their castles, and won every fortress.And when he had passed through the coastes of the Assyrians, he came to the great mountaines of Ange, which are on the left hand of Cilicia: and he went vp into al their casteles, and wonne euerie fortresse.✦Cumque pertransisset fines Assyriorum, venit ad magnos montes Ange, qui sunt a sinistro Ciliciæ : ascenditque omnia castella eorum, et obtinuit omnem munitionem.
13And he brake down the renowned city of Melothus, and prædavit: plundered, despoiled: not ruined or rotted all the children of Thersis, and the children of Ismael, which were against the face of the desert, and on the south of the land of Cellon.And he brake downe the renowmed citie of Melothus, and spoyled al the children of Thersis, and the children of Ismael, which were against the face of the desert, and on the south of the land of Cellon.Effregit autem civitatem opinatissimam Melothi, prædavitque omnes filios Tharsis et filios Ismaël qui erant contra faciem deserti, et ad austrum terræ Cellon.
14And he passed over Euphrates, and came into Mesopotamia: and he brake all the high cities, that were there, from the torrent of Membre, till ye come to the sea:And he passed ouer Euphrates, and came into Mesopotamia: and he brake al the high cities, that were there, from the torrent of Membre, til ye come to the sea:Et transivit Euphraten, et venit in Mesopotamiam : et fregit omnes civitates excelsas quæ erant ibi, a torrente Mambre usquequo perveniatur ad mare :
15and he took the borders thereof, from Cilicia unto the coasts of Japheth, which are toward the south.and he tooke the borders therof, from Cilicia vnto the coastes of Iapheth, which are toward the south.et occupavit terminos ejus, a Cilicia usque ad fines Japheth qui sunt ad austrum.
16And he carried away all the children of Madian, and spoiled all their riches, and all that resisted him he slew in the edge of the sword.And he caried away al the children of Madian, and spoyled al their riches, and al that resisted him he slew in the edge of the sword.✦Abduxitque omnes filios Madian, et prædavit omnem locupletationem eorum, omnesque resistentes sibi occidit in ore gladii.
17And after these things he went down into the fields of Damascus in the days of harvest, and he set all the corn on fire, and he made all the trees and vineyards to be cut down;And after these thinges he went downe into the fieldes of Damascus in the daies of haruest, and he set al the corne on fire, and he made al the trees and vineyardes to be cut downe;✦Et post hæc descendit in campos Damasci in diebus messis, et succendit omnia sata, omnesque arbores, et vineas fecit incidi :
18and the fear of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the land.and the feare of him fel vpon al the inhabitantes of the land.et cecidit timor illius super omnes inhabitantes terram.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.