ßy:4 Chap. 40. ;An Expefetion upon the Book,of Jos. Verf. 24:, Verf. 24. He taketb it with his eyes, his nofe pierceth through fnares. There are various Tranflations of thisverfe: I fhall,name but one befides our own, and that prefents it interrogatively, or as an interrogationNegative ; Will any take bim in his fight? (or in hie eyes ?) or bore hie nofe with aPare? Thus feverai underhand this verfe, as importing an utter impo(iibility to take the Ele- phant (aswe fpeak) byfair play. Poffìbly, by cunning and fubtil- ty, coming behind him, or at unawares,you may entrap him ; bur, Can men take himbefore his eyes,to pierce his nofe with manyfnares? .An inoculis So Mr. Broughton renders. They cannot do it, Solomon faith copiercum (Bros, t, t.) Invain is the netfpread in the fight of any bird, qui,tguam, ten- You cannot take a little bi-d if he fees you, much lets Behemoth d,cutisperfora- no, you mull do it by flight if youdo it at all.Nor will the Hippo- bit safum;t.e potame be taken (as we fpeak) by fine force, but only by fine- apperre,& nos mires., or devices made by art to futprize him, as Bochartats ñdáisfiru£Iás mews out of feverai ancient Authors. So that as in many ocher Nonniflexin. things, fo in this, the manner of their taking, the Elephantand fidiis cap,po- he aremuch alike ; and therefore the lefs wonder if one be ta- riffElephas. ken, or mihaken for the other. lin.S.c,8i9. Our Tranflation faith, Hetaketh it with his'eyes. What doth he take ? What is the thing Taken? Surely, according to this reading, he takes the River fordan it Pelf with his eyes ; thatis, he is exceedingly taken with beholding the River : And this is a further heightning of his thirh. As if it had been raid, He isfo thirfly, that when be fees the River, be takes it withhie eyes, or is exceedingly pleated to fee the River ; the very fight of the waver makes him glad. piafurfl ufq; in Ye, Further, Tome of the Rabbins expound it thus ; He tak- profundumflu- etb it with his eyes ; that is, when he cometh to a River, he is viiûcutiste- fo thirRy, that he thruhs his head in up tohis very eyes, as if he nus,srmergit, were to drink with his eyes. This alto fignifies his greedinefs in ut aquaaes. drinkin®. liundd copies. g. Ezra, Hence note ; Nature ismuch pleafed with thefight of that which it much deiirethand wanteth. As foon as the Elephantcanbut get a fight of the River, how doth
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