Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Ver. 31. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert] Here they bewray themselves, and confirm what our Saviour had said of them, John 6:26, viz. that they followed him only for provender. Sic sorex suo perit indicio. So the fish sepia a is discovered and taken by the black colour that it casteth up purposely to conceal itself.
a A cuttle fish which secrets a pigment of a rich brown colour (used in monochrome water-colour painting). ŒD