Chap.9: AnExpofitionuponthe Bookof J 0.3. Verf. 26. 3. The Chaldee and others, give afurther noteupon it, deriv- ing the word fromAhah, whence Ebib, which lignifies a ftalk growin g up early from the earth, and bringing forth the find ripe, fruit, of. any kind ; and font is,put for any early ripe Summer Fr£Tut prime- fruit for early plums, apples, cherries, &c. And then the feul over. is, My dayes,are liketo a (hip whicb carried.; earlyfruit : So the Vulgar, Like afhip carrying apples. Novo:pema Now a Chip that carries fuch fruit makes great hail, becaufe the porwntea.yul. fruit will fpoyl and rot,ifnot fpeedily put off. Ripe fruit is *oar ?erranfeune modity that will not keep:; unlefs they have a quick paffrge, all ci?I navgut is loft. My dayes (faith fob) pafe even asa fhip that carries ripe ru l ssrani Mica- Summer fruit,whiçh are hafted away with all fpeed, Jell they pe- Tars. rich before they come to the Port. q,. There is another fenfe given by thole, who derive the word from a root, which fignifies,to hate andoppofe,or to be an adverfa y, and then it isthus rèndred, Mydayes pair away as a Piratsfliip;or °2i as a fhip that goes out to take aprey,as a (hip that goes out to take In ioricarf,pi prizes upon the fea.Nowweknow when (hips goout either upon re:arumnave» piraey,which is robbery at fea,oruponany lawfull way of taking qua onorarii prizes by publick authority,thcfe (hips ofall others are the fwift- non Punt, fed eft,they . are prepared on purpofe tomake way and overtake other p e r ad ea- fhips;their lading is notburden but ballaft,that theymay be fwift offail;fofaith Job, My dayespairaway likeafwiftfbip ; not like fome great Merchant-4hipdeeply laden, which can make no great way in the fea,but as a (trip ofpiracy, that hath nothing in her but weapons,artillery and ammunition, to oppofe thofe they meet, fuchas are your nimble Frygots, Fly-boats, and Catches,, which fail with eyery winde, or Galleys which pals without winde, carriedwith t(rengthof arms and oars, all being veffels ufed to run inupon, and furprize a booty. This alto is a good interpre- tation ; and fo M. Broughton tranflates it, My dayes dofleet away . as thepiratsfbips.That's the fecond tmilittide, My dayes arepaged away as thefwift(hips. 339 And as anEagle hefteneth to theprey. This is the third fimilitude. A (hip moveth fwiftly, efpccially a (hip upon a fwift river; ora (hip laden with defireable commo- dities ; or a(hip laden with fummer fruit ; or a pirats (hip, aman ofwar. Brat here is aninftance implying greater fpeed then that ofthe aloft fpeedy (hip, tis anEagle lsaffenetb to the prey. XX 2 An
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