1610 Printer’ Sample
In our sample below, the
long “s” is seen as both a
stand alone letter (the second “shalt“) and in a number of two letter
ligatures, “sh, ss, se, and st”. The letter “v” is seen doing
double duty as a “v” (as in live and love)
and as a “u” (as in cursing).
The upper case “I” is used in Isaac and
also stands in for a “J” in Iacob (Jacob). It
would seem the letter “J”
(a late developing letter) had
not yet fully taken its place in the printer type case.
Another (a late developing
letter is the “w”, however, there are three “modern”
versions seen in our sample.
Deuteronomy, 30:18 (part), 19 and 20
The Holy Bible
(Douay English Catholic Bible, 1609-1610)
... shalt perish, and abide a little time in
the Land which passing over Jordan, thou shalt enter to
possess. † I cal for witnesses this day heaven and earth, that I
have proposed to you life and
death, blessing and cursing. :: Choose therefore life that both
thou mayest life, and thy seede:
† and mayest love our Lord thy God, and obey his voice, and
cleave to him ( for he is thy life,
and the length of thy daies ) that thou mayest live in
the Land, for the which our Lord Sware to
thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, that he would give
it to them.
(Douay Bible: The first English translation of
the Latin Vulgate Bible authorized by the Roman Catholic Church.
The New Testament was published in 1582, the Old Testament in
1609-10. Also called Douay Version.
Published in Douay France, printed by Lawrence Kellam.)
For comparison:
The Holy Bible
(King James Version, 1970 printing)
[18] ... shall surely perish, and
that ye shall not prolong
your days upon the land, whither thou
passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you,
that I have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy
seed may live.
20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou
mayest obey his voice, and that thou
mayest cleave unto him, for he is thy life, and the length of
thy days: that thou mayest dwell in
the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Issac,
and to Jacob, to give them.
(Thomas Nelson, Publishers,
Nashville Tennessee, 1970)
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