Tobit 8
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1ANd when they had supped, they broght Tobias in vnto her. 2And as he went, he remembred the wordes of Raphael, & toke coles for perfumes, and put the heart and liuer of the fish thereupon, and made a perfume. 3The which smel when the euil spirit had smelled, he fled into the vtmost partes of Egypt, whome the Angel bounde. 4And after that they were bothe shut in, Tobias rose out of the bed, and said, Sister, arise and let vs pray, that God wolde haue pitie on vs. 5Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, ô God of our fathers, and blessed is thine holie and glorious Name for euer: let the heauens blesse thee, and all thy creatures. 6Thou madest Adam, and gauest him Eua his wife for an helpe, and stay: of them came mankinde: thou hast said, It is not good, that a man shulde be alone: let vs make vnto him an aide like vnto him self. 7And now, ô Lord, I take not this my sister for fornicacion, but vprightly: therefore grante me mercie, that we may become aged together. 8And she said with him, Amen. 9So they slept bothe that night, and Raguel arose, and went and made a graue, 10Saying, Is not he dead also? 11But when Raguel was come into his house, 12He said to his wife Edna, Send one of the maides, and let them se whether he be aliue: if not, that I may burye him, & none knowe it. 13So the maid opened the dore, and went in, and founde them bothe a slepe, 14And came forthe, and tolde them that he was aliue. 15Then Raguel praised God, & said, O God, thou art worthie to be praised with all pure, & holie praise: therefore let thy Saintes praise thee with all thy creatures, and let all thine Angels and thine elect praise thee for euer. 16Thou art to be praised, ô Lord: for thou hast made me ioyful, and that is not come to me which I suspected: but thou hast delt with vs according to great mercie. 17Thou art to be praised because thou hast had mercie of two that were the onely begotten children of their fathers: grante them mercie, ô Lord, & finish their life in health with ioye and mercie. 18Then Raguel bade his seruants to fil the graue. 19And he kept the wedding feast fourtene daies. 20For Raguel had said vnto him by an othe, that he shulde not departe before that the fourtene daies of the mariage were expired, 21And then he shulde take the halfe of his goods and returne in safetie to his father, and shulde haue the rest, when he and his wife were dead.