Now therefore send, [and] gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
Ver. 19. And the prophets of the groves, which eat at Jezebel's table.] These came not, as forbidden, haply, by Jezebel, who yet was at great charge with them. The Duke of Bavaria's house is at this day so pestered with friars and Jesuits, that notwithstanding the greatness of his revenue, he is very poor, as spending all his estate on these Popish flesh flies.