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| 1:1 | The song of songs, which is Solomons. |
| 1:2 | Let him kisse mee with the kisses of his mouth: for thy Loue is better then wine. |
| 1:3 | Because of the sauour of thy good ointments, thy name is as ointment powred forth, therefore doe the virgins loue thee. |
| 1:4 | Draw me, we will runne after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and reioyce in thee, we wil remember thy loue more then wine: the vpright loue thee. |
| 1:5 | I am blacke, but comely, (O ye daughters of Ierusalem) as the tents of Kedar, as the curtaines of Solomon. |
| 1:6 | Looke not vpon me because I am blacke, because the Sunne hath looked vpon me: my mothers children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine owne vineyard haue I not kept. |
| 1:7 | Tell me, (O thou whom my soule loueth) where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flocke to rest at noone: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flockes of thy companions? |
| 1:8 | If thou know not (O thou fairest among women) goe thy way forth by the footsteps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes beside the shepheards tents. |
| 1:9 | I haue compared thee, O my loue, to a company of horses in Pharaohs chariots. |
| 1:10 | Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of iewels, thy necke with chaines of golde. |
| 1:11 | Wee will make thee borders of golde, with studdes of siluer. |
| 1:12 | While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth foorth the smell thereof. |
| 1:13 | A bundle of myrrhe is my welbeloued vnto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. |
| 1:14 | My beloued is vnto me, as a cluster of Camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. |
| 1:15 | Behold, thou art faire, my loue: behold, thou art faire, thou hast doues eyes. |
| 1:16 | Behold, thou art faire, my beloued; yea pleasant: also our bedde is greene. |
| 1:17 | The beames of our house are Cedar, and our rafters of firre. |
| 1:1 | Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is better then wine. |
| 1:2 | Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee. |
| 1:3 | Drawe me: we will runne after thee: the King hath brought me into his chabers: we will reioyce and be glad in thee: we will remember thy loue more then wine: the righteous do loue thee. |
| 1:4 | I am blacke, O daughters of Ierusalem, but comely, as the tentes of Kedar, and as the curtaines of Salomon. |
| 1:5 | Regard ye me not because I am blacke: for the sunne hath looked vpon mee. The sonnes of my mother were angry against mee: they made me the keeper of ye vines: but I kept not mine owne vine. |
| 1:6 | Shewe me, O thou, whome my soule loueth, where thou feedest, where thou liest at noone: for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy companions? |
| 1:7 | If thou knowe not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee foorth by the steps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepheards. |
| 1:8 | I haue compared thee, O my loue, to the troupe of horses in the charets of Pharaoh. |
| 1:9 | Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of stones, and thy necke with chaines. |
| 1:10 | We will make thee borders of golde with studdes of siluer. |
| 1:11 | Whiles the King was at his repast, my spikenard gaue the smelll thereof. |
| 1:12 | My welbeloued is as a bundle of myrrhe vnto me: he shall lie betweene my breasts. |
| 1:13 | My welbeloued is as a cluster of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engedi. |
| 1:14 | My loue, beholde, thou art faire: beholde, thou art faire: thine eyes are like the doues. |
| 1:15 | My welbeloued, beholde, thou art faire and pleasant: also our bed is greene: |
| 1:16 | The beames of our house are cedars, our rafters are of firre. |
| 1:17 | |
| 1:1 | |
| 1:2 | O that he wold kysse me with the kysses of his mouth: for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wyne, |
| 1:3 | & that, because of the good & pleasaunt sauoure of thy most preciouse balmes. Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment when it is shed forthe, therfore do the maydens loue the: |
| 1:4 | drawe thou me vnto the: we wyll runne after the. The kynge hath brought me into hys preuy chambres. We wyll be glad & reioyce in the, we thynke more of thy loue then of wyne. They that be ryghteous loue the. |
| 1:5 | I am black (O ye daughters of Ierusalem) lyke as the tentes of the Cedarenes, & as the hangynges of Salomon: |
| 1:6 | but yet am I fayre & well fauoured withall. Maruell not at me that I am so black: for why? the sunne hath shyned vpon me. My mothers chyldren had euell wyll at me, they made me the keper of the vyneyeardes: but myne owne vyneyarde haue I not kept. |
| 1:7 | Tell me of him whom my soule louethe where thou fedest the shepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone daye: for why shall I belyke him, that goeth wronge aboute the flockes of thy companyons? |
| 1:8 | Yf thou knowe not thy selfe (O thou fayrest amonge wemen) then go thy waye forth after the fotesteppes of the shepe, and fede thy goates besyde the shepeherdes tentes. |
| 1:9 | Unto the hoost of Pharaos charettes haue I compared the, O my loue. |
| 1:10 | Thy chekes and thy neck is beawtyfull as the turtyls, and hanged with spanges and goodly Iewels: |
| 1:11 | a neck bande of golde wyll we make the with syluer buttons. |
| 1:12 | When the kynge sytteth at the table, he shall smell my Nardus: |
| 1:13 | a bondell of Myrre is my loue vnto me: he wyll lye betwixte my breastes. |
| 1:14 | A cluster of Camphore in the vyneardes of Engaddi is my loue vnto me. |
| 1:15 | O howe fayre art thou (my loue) Oh howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes. |
| 1:16 | O how fayre art thou (my beloued) howe well fauored art thou? Oure bed is decte with floures, |
| 1:17 | the sylynges of oure house are of Cedre tree, and oure crosse ioyntes of Cypresse. |
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