Many kings and other princes submit themselves to Holofernes. 8. He receiveth them, and taketh of their chief men to reinforce his army, 11. nevertheless destroyeth their cities, and their gods, that Nabuchodonosor only might be called God.Manie kinges and other princes submitte them selues to Holofernes. 8. He receiueth them, and taketh of their chief men to reinforce his armie, 11. neuertheles destroyeth their cities, and their goddes, that Nabuchodonosor only might be called God.✦
Then the kings and princes of all cities and provinces; namely of Syria and Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambassadors, which coming toTHEN the kinges and princes of al cities and prouinces; namely of Syria and Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their embassadours, which coming to✦Tunc miserunt legatos suos universarum urbium ac provinciarum reges ac principes, Syriæ scilicet Mesopotamiæ, et Syriæ Sobal, et Libyæ, atque Ciliciæ : qui venientes ad Holofernem, dixerunt :
2Holofernes, said: Let thy indignation toward us cease: For it is better that living we fear Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, then dying, we should with our destruction suffer the damages of our servitude.Holofernes, said: Let thy indignation towarde vs ceasse: For it is better that liuing we feare Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subiect to thee, then dying, we should with our destruction suffer the damages of our seruitude.✦Desinat indignatio tua circa nos : melius est enim ut viventes serviamus Nabuchodonosor regi magno, et subditi simus tibi, quam morientes cum interitu nostro ipsi servitutis nostræ damna patiamur.
3Every city of ours, and all our possession, all mountains, and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and goats, and of horses, and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight:Euerie citie of ours, and al our possession, al mountaynes, and hilles, and fieldes, and heardes of oxen, and flockes of sheepe, and goates, and of horses, and camels, and al our goodes, and families are in thy sight:Omnis civitas nostra, omnisque possessio, omnes montes, et colles, et campi, et armenta boum, gregesque ovium, et caprarum, equorumque et camelorum, et universæ facultates nostræ atque familiæ, in conspectu tuo sunt :
4let all our things be under thy law.let al our thinges be vnder thy law.sint omnia nostra sub lege tua.
5We also, and our children are thy servants.We also, and our children are thy seruantes.Nos, et filii nostri, servi tui sumus.
6Come to us a peaceable Lord, and use our service, as it shall please thee.Come to vs a peaceable Lord, and vse our seruice, as it shal please thee.Veni nobis pacificus dominus, et utere servitio nostro, sicut placuerit tibi.
7Then went he down from the mountains with horsemen in a great power, and took every city, and every inhabiter of the land.Then went he downe from the mountaynes with horsemen in a great powre, and tooke euerie citie, and euerie inhabiter of the land.✦Tunc descendit de montibus cum equitibus in virtute magna, et obtinuit omnem civitatem, et omnem inhabitantem terram.
8And of all the cities he took to help him valiant men, and chosen for battle.And of al the cities he tooke to helpe him valiant men, and chosen for battel.De universis autem urbibus assumpsit sibi auxiliarios viros fortes, et electos ad bellum.
9And so great fear lay upon all those provinces, that the inhabitants of all cities, princes and honourable persons, together with the people went out to meet him coming,And so great feare lay vpon al those prouinces, that the inhabitantes of al cities, princes and honorable persons, together with the people went out to meete him coming,Tantusque metus provinciis illis incubuit, ut universarum urbium habitatores principes et honorati simul cum populis exirent obviam venienti,
10receiving him with garlands, and torches, dancing with tympanis: tambourines, small hand-drums, and tibiis: reed pipes.receyuing him with garlandes, and torches, dauncing with timbrels, & shaulmes.✦excipientes eum cum coronis et lampadibus, ducentes choros in tympanis et tibiis.
11Neither doing these things, could they for all that mitigate the fierceness of his pectoris: temper, wrath: not the organ:Neither doing these thinges, could they for al that mitigate the fircenesse of his stomacke:Nec ista tamen facientes, ferocitatem ejus pectoris mitigare potuerunt :
12for he did both destroy their cities, and cut down their groves.for he did both destroy their cities, and cut downe their groues.nam et civitates eorum destruxit, et lucos eorum excidit.
13For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him, that he should destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God of those nations. which could be subdued with the might of Holofernes.For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him, that he should destroy al the goddes of the earth, that he only might be called God of those nations. which could be subdewed with the might of Holofernes.✦Præceperat enim illi Nabuchodonosor rex, ut omnes deos terræ exterminaret, videlicet ut ipse solus diceretur deus ab his nationibus quæ potuissent Holofernis potentia subjugari.
14And passing through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea, and all Mesopotamia he came to the Idumeians into the land of Gabaa,And passing through al Syria Sobal, and al Apamea, & al Mesopotamia he came to the Idumeians into the land of Gabaa,✦Pertransiens autem Syriam Sobal, et omnem Apameam, omnemque Mesopotamiam, venit ad Idumæos in terram Gabaa,
15and took their cities, and sat there for thirty days, in which days he commanded all the army of his power to be united.and tooke their cities, and sate there for thirtie dayes, in which daies he commanded al the armie of his powre to be vnited.accepitque civitates eorum, et sedit ibi per triginta dies, in quibus diebus adunari præcepit universum exercitum virtutis suæ.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.