Come, lead me to mine old place, that I may sit down.
MIDO. That can I as well as any boy in this town.
ISAAC. O Lord my God, how deep and unsearchable
Are all thy judgments, and how immutable?
Of thy justice, whom it pleaseth thee, thou dost reject;
Of thy mercy, whom it pleaseth thee, thou dost elect
In my two sons, O Lord, thou hast wrought thy will,
And as thy pleasure hath wrought, so shall it stand still.
Since thou hast set Jacob in Esau his place,
I commit him to the governance of thy grace.
_Enter_ ESAU.
ESAU. Now where is Isaac, that he may come and eat?
Lo, where he is sitting abroad upon his seat.
Dear father Isaac, the Lord thy God thee save.
ISAAC. Who art thou, my son? what thing wouldest thou have?
ESAU. I am your eldest son, Esau by my name,
New come home from hunting, where I had joyly[276] game,
I have made meat thereof for your own appetite,
Meat for your own tooth, wherein you will much delight.
Come, eat your part, dear father, that, when ye have done,
Your soul may bless me as your heir and eldest son.
ISAAC. Ah Esau, Esau, thou comest too late,
Another to thy blessing was predestinate,
And clean gone it is from thee, Esau.
ESAU. Alas!
Then am I the unhappiest that ever was,
I would the savage beasts had my body torn.
ISAAC. The blessing that thou shouldest have had, another hath.
ESAU. Alas, what wretched villain hath done me such scath?
ISAAC.
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