covered] See Annot. on vers. 5.
darkened] Either by such covering of the earth, as hath been spoken of, Annot. on vers. 5. Or by flying so many together, as (like a cloud) doe darken the Ayre: so it was with swarmes of Locusts in Poland and Silesia, Anno 1575. which for a mile and an halfe obscured the light of the Sunne, Anno 1475. Bucolz Chron. p. 425. The like happened also, Anno 1542. p. 546. Ibid.
did eate] Psalms 78:46. &105. 34, 35.