1 In those daies arose Mattathias the son of Iohn, the sonne of Simeon, a Priest of the sonnes of Ioarib, from Ierusalem, and dwelt in Modin.
2 And he had fiue sonnes, Ioannan called Caddis:
3 Simon, called Thassi:
4 Iudas, who was called Maccabeus:
5 Eleazar, called Auaran, and Ionathan, whose surname was Apphus.
6 And when hee saw the blasphemies that were committed in Iuda and Ierusalem,
7 He said, Woe is me, wherfore was I borne to see this misery of my people, and of the holy citie, and to dwell there, when it was deliuered into the hand of the enemie, and the Sanctuary into the hand of strangers?
8 Her Temple is become as a man without glory.
9 Her glorious vessels are caried away into captiuitie, her infants are slaine in the streets, her yong men with the sword of the enemie.
10 What nation hath not had a part in her kingdome, and gotten of her spoiles?
11 All her ornaments are taken away, of a free-woman shee is become a bondslaue.
12 And behold, our Sanctuarie, euen our beautie, aud our glory is laid waste, & the Gentiles haue profaned it.
13 To what ende therefore shall we liue any longer?
14 Then Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourned very sore.
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