John Trapp on Jeremiah 41:6

Ver. 6. And Iſhmael came forth of Mizp[illegible: 1 letter]h, to meet them] This was another manner of meeting then that at Mizpeh in Samuels dayes, 1 Sam. 7. O tempora! O mores!

Weeping all along as he went] O deep diſſimulation, and Crocodiles-tears! That creature, having killed ſome living beaſt, lyeth upon the dead body, waſheth the head thereof with her warm tears: which ſhe afterwards devouteth together with the body. Tears (ſaith the Author of the Turkiſh Hiſtory ſpeaking of Andronicus another Iſhmael) by nature were ordained to expreſſe the heavineſſe of the heart, flowing from the eyes as ſhowers of rain from the clouds: In good men, the moſt certain ſigns of greateſt grief, and ſureſt teſtimonies of inward torment; but in Andronicus you are not ſo:Turk. Hiſt. fol. 56. you proceed of joy: you promiſe not to the diſtreſſed pitty or compaſſion, but death and deſtruction. How many mens eyes have you put out? how many have you drowned? how many have you devoured? Thus He, and much more to like purpoſe.

Come to Gedaliah the ſon of Ahikam] This he ſaith fraudulently, like Sinon in the Poet, that he might fiſh and find out how they ſtood affected to Gedaliah whom he ſo deadly hated, that he ſlaughtered theſe poor folk for once owning him, or owing him any ſervice.