The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
Ver. 8. The highways lie waste.] And byways are more frequented, through fear of the enemy.
He hath broken the covenant.] Irritum factum est pactum. He took the money sent him, but comes on nevertheless, though he had sworn the contrary. 2 Kings 18:14 ; 2Ki 18:17 It is said of the Turks at this day, that they keep their leagues - which serve, indeed, but as snares to entangle other princes in - no longer than standeth with their own profit. a Their maxim is, There is no faith to be kept with dogs, whereby they mean Christians, as the Papists also say, There is no faith to be kept with heretics, whereby they mean Protestants. But why kept not Uladislaus, King of Hungary, his faith better with Amurath, the great Turk? or our Henry III with his barons, by Papal dispensation? Vah scelus! vae periuris.
He hath despised the cities.] And will not take them for his subjects. He scorneth the motion.
He regardeth no man.] He vilipends and slights all jewels generally.
a Turkish History, 755.