So Moses himself explaineth it in the words here folowing, and in v. 13. 22. 27. commandements ]or, charges: meaning prohibitions, or forbodes. For God commandeth both to eschew evil, and to doe good.

Thus Cloudesle cleft the apple in two,
That many a man might see;
"Over God's forbode," said the king,
"That thou shoot at me!"

FIRST SHEPHERD. God's forbode thou spare't and thou drink every deal.⁷
⁷ God's forbode ... deal God forbid (literally "God's forbidding") that you refrain from drinking even if you drink it all.

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