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Ioseph. when it shal be wel with thee, and doe me this mercie, to put Pharao in mind that he take me out of this prison: because I was taken away by stealth, out of the land of the Hebrewes, and here an innocent was I cast into the lake. The Master of the bakers seeing that he had wisely resolued the dreame, he said: And I also saw a dreame, That I had three baskets of meale vpon my head: and that in one basket that was the higher, I caried al meates that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds did eate out of it. Ioseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dreame: The three baskets, are yet three dayes: after the which Pharao wil take thy head from thee, and hang thee on the crosse, and the foules shal teare thy flesh. The third day after this was the birth-day of Pharao: who making a great feast to his seruants, at the banket he remembred the Master of the cup-bearers, and the chiefe of the bakers. And he restored the one into his place, to reach him the cup; the other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be approued. And yet notwithstanding the chiefe of the cup-bearers, prosperous things succeeding, forgat his interpreter.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XL.

8. Doth not interpretation belong to God?) Dreames do come of diuers causes: Some of natural complexion, or disposition, wherby Philosophers or Phisitians may probably iudge of the state of mans bodie. Some are rather effects of things past, then signes of anie things to come. Of which sort the wise man saith: Dreames do follow manie cares (Eccle. 5.) Some are suggested by euil spirits, either to flatter worldlings with great pretenses, or to terrifie weake minds with dangers and afflictions, or to vexe and trouble those in sleep, whom they can not easily moue waking, as S. Gregorie discourseth (li. 8. Moral in cap. 7. Iob.) Some dreames are of God, as in Iacob, Ioseph, these Eunuchs, Pharao, Nabuchodonosor, and others both good and euil men. But to discerne, and assuredly to iudge of some dreames, whether they be from God, by holie Angels, or illusions of euil spirits, is a special gift of God, as also the interpretation therof belongeth to God, as Ioseph here testifieth. Whosoeuer therfore wil be secure must relie either vpon expresse Scripture, or iudgement of the Church, as in ominous speaches was noted before (chap. 24.) Otherwise the general rule is, not to obserue dreames, Deut. 18. Rh