John Trapp on Job 30:31

Verſe 31. My harp alſo is turned to mourning] All the dayes of the afflicted are evil, Prov. 15.15. his Harps are hanged up,Intempeſtivae [illegible: 1 word] in luctu Muſic Eccluſ 22.6. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Sophoc[illegible: 1 letter] Val. Max. Chr[illegible: 1 letter] pag. 262 his Lute no longer [illegible: 1 word] but for melancholy airs; his Song nothing but Lachrymae, doleful ditties: his Organs, and all thoſe Inſtruments that were wont to divert him, are condemned either to ſigh or to be ſilent. Gillimer, overcome and beſieged by Belliſarius, ſent to requeſt of him three things; 1. a loaf to eaſe his hunger, 2. a harp to eaſe his grief, 3. a ſponge to dry up his tears. Such mournful Muſick was Jobs, if any at all.