Daniel, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The prophecy of Daniel, including the Song of the Three Children in chapter 3 and the histories of Susanna (chapter 13) and of Bel and the Dragon (chapter 14). This is Daniel as it stands in the second tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives the edition’s Argument of the book, every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes and the Annotations.

THE ARGVMENT OF DANIELS PROPHECIE.

DANIEL of the tribe [Margin (a): ch. 1. v. 6.] of Iuda, & [Margin (b): ch. 1. v. 3 & 4. Reg. 20. v. 18.] royal bloud, about the age of [Margin: Daniel of the royal bloud.] tenne yeares, was caried into Babylon with other children for hoſtage, when Nabuchodonoſor inuaded the kingdom of Iuda, in [Margin (c): ch. 1. v. 1.] the third yeare of king Ioakim. His whole life (in al about an hundred and tenne yeares) [Margin: He vvas moſt holie:] was moſt pious, with ſuch zele of Gods honour, and common good of his countrie, that he was called by an Angel, [Margin (d): ch. 9. v 23.] vir deſideriorū, the man of (godlie) deſires: [Margin (e): Ezech. 14. & 28. f ch. 6. v. 5.] whom alſo Ezechiel, elder in yeares, prophecying part of the ſame time, ioyned with Noe and Iob for example of holie men; recounting [Margin: moſt wiſe: and moſt loyal.] him alſo the moſt renowmed of his time for wiſdom. VVhoſe loyal fidelitie towards the king of Babylon, was ſo clere, that his malignant enimies ſaid expreſly of him: f We shal not find againſt this Daniel, anie occaſion, vnles perhaps in the law of his God. His booke as wel in respect [Margin: His booke is excellent: but hard to be vnderſtood.] of various important narrations of thinges done: as of moſt hiegh diuine Myſteries is very excellent: but withal very obſcure, for that manie thinges here inſerted, ſeme hardly to agree with other authentical hiſtories; ſome thinges alſo are intricate in themſelues; nor placed in order of time as they happened: and manie thinges ſo brieſly related, that they can not be vnderſtood, without the knowledge of prophane hiſtories. As S. Ierom affirmeth Epiſt. 103. But as for an other difficultie which ſome make, denying the [Margin: ch. 3. v. 24. ch. 13. ch. 14.] [Margin: Certaine partes of this booke are denied by the Ievves, and ſome others. It is probable that theſe partes were ſome times in the Hebrew, or the Chaldee.] Prayer of Azarias, with the Hymne folowing, & the hiſtories of Suſanna, Bel, and the Dragon, to be Canonical Scripture, it is partly ſolued already, in the Annotations before the Booke of Tobie: where is shewed, that it is no iuſt exception againſt theſe, and other partes of holie Scripture of the old Teſtament, becauſe they are not in the Hebrew Edition, being otherwiſe accepted for Canonical by the Catholique Church. And further it is very probable that theſe parcels were ſometimes either in the Hebrew or Chaldee tongue, in which two languages (part in one, part in the other) the rest of this booke was written. For from whence els could the Septuagint Interpreters, Theodotion, Symmachus, and Aquila tranſlate them? In whoſe Editions S. Ierom found the ſame. But S. Ierom, ſome wil ſay, calleth theſe [Margin: Obiection out of S. Ierom.] hiſtories fables, and ſo did not account them Canonical Scripture. Firſt we anſwer, that he reporting the Iewes opinion vſeth their termes, not explicating his owne iudgement, intending only to deliuer ſincerely that which he [Margin: Firſt ſolution.] found in the Hebrew: Yet would he not omite to inſert the reſt, aduertiſing withal that he had it in Theodotions tranſlation. Which anſwer is clerly iuſtified by his owne teſtimonie (li. 2. c. 9. aduerſus Ruffinum) in theſe wordes: Wheras I relate (ſayth he) what the Hebrewes ſay against the hiſtorie of Suſanna, and the Hymne of the three children, he that for this reputeth me a foole, proueth himſelf a ſycophant. For I did not explicate what myſelf iudged, but what they are wont to ſay againſt me. Secondly we [Margin: Second ſolution.] anſwer, that if S. Ierom did not thinke theſe partes to be Canonical, yet ſeing ſo manie other ancient Fathers, and now the whole Church hold them for Canonical, we ſo beleue them to be. For albeit the ancient Councels, and [Margin: They are proued to be Canonical by the Councels, and other Fathers.] others that recite catalogues of holie Scriptures, do not expreſly ſay, as the councel of Trent laſtly doth (Seſſ. 4.) that al the partes of bookes by them recited, are Canonical; yet they do not except anie partes of this Booke: and therfore ſpeaking indefinitly, do in dede include al, and not exclude anie parcels vſually read in the Church as theſe are. Moreouer very manie ancient Fathers do expreſly alleage theſe partes as Diuine Canonical Scriptures. Of manie we shal cite ſome.

The prayer of Azarias is alleaged as diuine Scripture by S. Cyprian, [Margin: The prayer of Azarias.] Ser. de lapſis. by holie Ephrem, li. de humilitate comparanda. ca. 9. by S. Chryſoſtom, ho. de tribus pueris. Leontius Cyprius, apud Eutym. par. 1. Panopliae, tit. 8. Patianus, Pareneſi in Poenitentiam. S. Auguſtin, Epiſt. 122. & li. de natura boni. c. 16. S. Fulgentius, ad Venatiam de poenitentia. c. 16. Likewiſe the Hymne of the three children is alleaged [Margin: The Hymne of the three children.] by moſt of the ſame, and by diuers others. As by S. Ierom himſelf, in c. 3. ad Galatas, & Epist. 49. de muliere ſeptiesicta: S. Ambroſe, Praefatan Pſalmos; & li. 6. in Lucanum, c. 2. Concilium Toletanum, c. 13.

In like maner the hiſtorie of Suſanna is cited as holie Scripture by S. Ignatius, [Margin: The hiſtore of Suſanna.] Epiſt. ad Magneſianos. Tertullian, li. de corona militis. S. Cyprian li. 1. Epist. ep. 8. & 40. S. Chryſoſtom. Ho. 1. in fine, hath a whole ſermon of Suſanna, as vpon holie Scripture. S. Ambroſe, li. 1. de Officijs, c. 18. li. 3. c. 14. & li. 3. de Spiritu Sancto. c. 7. S. Auguſtin, Trast. 36. in Ioan. & Ser. 118. & 242.

Finally the hiſtories of Bel, and of the Dragon are iudged Diuine Scripture [Margin: The hiſtories of Bel, and the Dragon.] by S. Cyprian, li. 1. Ep. ep. 4. & li. 3. ep. 1. & li. 4. ep. 6. S. Baſil, ho. in diuites auaros. S. Athanaſius, in Synopſi briefly explicating the argument of this whole booke, maketh expreſſe mention of the Hymne of the three children; and of the hiſtories of Suſanna, and of Bel, and the Dragon.

To conclude therfore with whom we begane, S. Ierom ſpeaking of this [Margin: The contents in general.] whole Booke, ſaith: Daniel temporum conſcius, & totius mundi philoiſtor, [Margin: Epiſt. ad Paulm.] lapidem praeciſum de monte ſine manibus, & regna omnia ſubuertentem, claro ſermone pronuntiat. Daniel skilful of times, a ſtudious hiſtoriographer, in cleare ſpeach sheweth the ſtone cut out of the mountaine without handes, which ouerthroweth al kingdomes. Signifying the principal contents of this booke to be, that al other kingdomes (namely for example ſake, the foure great Monarchies, the fist of the Chaldees, the ſecond of the Medes and Perſians, the third of the Grecians, and the fourth of the Romanes) should be ouerthrowne, one after an other; and only the kingdom of Chriſt our Sauiour, borne of a perpetual virgin, shal [Margin: In particular.] be permanent for euer. More particularly this Booke may be diuided into three partes. In the firſt ſix chapters eſpecially are declared (for most part [Margin: Diuided into three partes.] in maner of hiſtorie) certaine actes of Daniel, with the other three Hebrew children, and of the kinges of Babylon. In other ſix chapters is more directly prophecied of Chriſt; and of Antichrist; of the perpetual glorie of Chriſts kingdom, and vtter deſtruction of the others; with the end of world, and general iudgement. In the two laſt chapters are conteyned the hiſtories of holie Suſanna; and of the idols Bel, and the Dragon.

THE PROPHECIE OF DANIEL.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. The king of Babylon by force entring into Ieruſalem, ſpoyleth the temple: 6. amongſt others carieth captiue Daniel, Ananias, Miſael, and Azarias: S. who abſtayning from the kings meates, 15. are fayrer then other children. 17. and wiſer (Daniel alſo vnderſtanding dreames) then al the magicians of Chaldee. [Margin: The firſt part. Actes of Daniel with the other three Hebrevv children; and of the kinges of Babylon.]

1 IN THE third yeare of the kingdom of Ioakim king of Iuda, came Nabuchodonoſor king of Babylon into Ieruſalem, and beſieged it.

2 And our Lord deliuered into his hand Ioakim the king of Iuda, and part of the veſſels of the houſe of God: and he caried [::] them away into the land of Sennaar, into the houſe of his god, & the veſſels he brought into the houſe of the treaſure of his god.

3 And the king ſpake to Aſphenez the gouernour of the Eunuches, that he should bring in of the children of Iſrael, and of the kings, & the tyrants ſeede,

4 children in whom was no ſpot, beautiful of forme, and inſtructed in al wiſedom, cunning in knowlege, and taught in diſcipline, and that might ſtand in the kings palace, that he might teach them the learning, and the tongue of the Chaldees.

5 And the king appoynted them a certaine prouiſion for euerie day, of his meates, & of the wine wherof he dranke himſelf, that being nourished three yeares, afterward they might ſtand in the kings ſight.

6 There were therfore among them of the children of Iuda, Daniel, Ananias, Miſael, and Azarias.

7 And the gouernour of the enuches gaue them names: to Daniel, Baltaſſar: to Ananias, Sidrach, to Miſael, Miſach: & to Azarias, Abdenago.

8 But [a] Daniel purpoſed in his hart, that he would not be polluted of the kings table, nor of the wine of his drinke: & he requeſted the gouernour of the eunuches, that he might not be contaminated.

9 And God gaue vnto Daniel grace and mercie in the ſight of the prince of the eunuches.

10 And the prince of the enuches ſaid to Daniel: I feare my Lord the king, who hath appoynted for you meate and drinke: who if he shal ſee your faces leaner then the other youthes your equals, you shal condemne my head to the king.

11 And Daniel ſayd to Malaſar whom the prince of the eunuches appoynted ouer Daniel, Ananias, Miſael, and Azarias:

12 [b] Proue I beſech thee, thy ſeruants for tenne dayes, & let [*] pulſe be geuen vs to eate, & water to drinke:

13 and looke vpon our faces, and the faces of the children that eate of the kings meate: and as thou shalt ſee, thou shalt doe with thy ſernants.

14 Who hearing that maner of ſpeach, proued them for tenne dayes.

15 And after tenne daies their faces appeared better & more corpulent then al the children, that did eate of the kings meate.

16 Moreouer Malaſar tooke away the meates, and the wine of their drinke: and he gaue them pulſe.

17 And to theſe children God gaue knowlege, and diſcipline in euerie booke, and wiſedom: but to Daniel the vnderſtanding of al viſions and dreames.

18 The dayes therfore being accomplished, after which the king had ſayd, that they should be brought in; the gouernour of the eunuches brought them in the ſight of Nabuchodonoſor.

19 And when the king had ſpoken to them, there were not fond ſuch of them al, as Daniel, Ananias, Miſael, and Azarias: and they ſtood in the kings ſight.

20 And euerie word of wiſedom and vnderſtanding, that the king demanded of them, he found in them more by ten fold aboue al the ſouthſayers, & magicians, that were in al his kingdom.

21 And Daniel was euen to [c] the firſt yeare of Cyrus the king.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 1 4. Reg. 24. v. 1.
• 2 [::] Part of the holie veſſels & ſome eſpecial perſons vvere caried away, but the king was releaſed at this time: for he reigned in Ieruſalem eight yeares more, eleuen in al. 2 Par. 36. v 5.
• 8 [a] Daniel as chief vvas an example to the other three children in their maner of life, vvherby is alſo probable that they being al of the tribe of Iuda, v. 6. he was nerer of the royal bloud: of which ſome vvere taken into the kings court. v. 3.
• 12 [b] Three cauſes moued them to abſtayne frō the kings meates: left they might eate any thing offered to i dols, or forbid by the lavv of Moyſes, & becauſe ſuch delicare diet might prouok to gl⟨illegible⟩tonie; or in time when they ſhould be elder, to other ſinnes. Theod.
• 12 [*] leanes p⟨illegible⟩, &c.
• 21 [c] By mention of the firſt yeare of Cyrus is ſufficiently ſignified that Daniel liued al the time of the captiuitie. And ⟨illegible⟩. 10. it is farther clere that he liued in the third yeare: & very like, longer.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. Nabuchodonoſor dreameth, and forgeteth his dreame, 4. which the magicians not able to tel, 12. are adiudged to dye. 14. But Daniel (praying with his three felowes) by reuelation, 24. telleth, 36. and interpreteth the dreame. 46. the king adoreth him confeſſing his God to be the onlie true God, and aduanceth him & his felowes.

1 IN [::] the ſecond yeare of the kingdom of Nabuchodonoſor, Nabuchodonoſor ſaw a dreame, and his ſpirit was terrified, and his dreame was fled from him.

2 But the king commanded, that the ſouth ſayers should be called together, and the magicians, and the ſorcerers, and the [*] Chaldees: to declare vnto the king his dreames: who when they were come, ſtood before the king.

3 And the king ſayd to them: I ſaw a dreame: & being confounded in minde I know not what I ſaw.

4 And the Chaldees anſwered the king in Syriach, King for euer liue: tel the dreame to thy ſeruants, and we wil declare the interpretation therof.

5 And the king anſwering ſayd to the Chaldees. The word is departed from me: vnles you tel me the dreame, and the coniecture therof, you shal perish, and your houſes shal be confiſcate.

6 But if you tel the dreame, & the coniecture therof, you shal receiue of me rewards, & gifts, and much honour: the dreame therfore, and the interpretation therof tel you me.

7 They anſwered the ſecond time, & ſayd: Let the king tel his ſeruants the dreame, & we wil declare the interpretation therof.

8 The king anſwered, & ſayd: Surely I know that you redeme time, knowing that the word is departed from me.

9 If therfore you shew me not the dreame, there is one ſentence of you, that you haue alſo framed a guilful interpretation, and ful of deceite, to ſpeake vnto me til the time paſſe away. Tel me therfore the dreame, that I may know [::] that you ſpeake a true interpretation alſo therof.

10 The Chaldees therfore anſwering before the king, ſayd: There is no man vpon the earth, that can accomplish thy word, ô king, yea neither anie king great and mighty, demandeth ſuch a word of anie ſouthſayer, & magician, and Chaldee.

11 For the word that thou askeſt, ô king, is weightie: neither shal there be found any, that can shew it in ſight of the king, except the goddes, whoſe conuerſation is not with men.

12 Which thing being heard, the king in furie, and in great wrath commanded that al the wiſemen of Babylon should perish.

13 And the ſentence being gone forth, wiſemen were ſlaine: & Daniel and his felowes were ſougth for, to perish.

14 Then Daniel inquired concerning the law, and the ſentence, of Arioch the prince of the kings warfar, who was gone forth to kil the wiſemen of Babylon.

15 And he asked him, that had receiued the powre of the king, for what cauſe ſo cruel a ſentence was gone forth from the face of the king. When Arioch therfore had shewed the matter to Daniel,

16 Daniel going in deſired the king, that he would geue him a time to tel the ſolution to the king.

17 And he went into his houſe, and he told the matter vnto Ananias, & Miſael, & Azarias his felowes:

18 that they should aske mercie at the face of the God of heauen vpon this ſacrament, & Daniel and his felowes might not perish, with the reſt of the wiſemen of Babylon.

19 Then was the myſterie reueled to Daniel by a viſion in the night: and Daniel bleſſed the God of heauen,

20 and ſpeaking ſayd: The name of our Lord be bleſſed from euerlaſting & for euer more: becauſe wiſedom and ſtrength are his.

21 And he changeth times, and ages: tranſporteth kingdoms & eſtablisheth them: geueth wiſedom to the wiſe, and knowlege to them that vnderſtand diſcipline:

22 he reueleth profound, & hidden thinges, and knoweth the thinges that are done in darkenes: and light is with him.

23 To thee ô God of our fathers I confeſſe, and I prayſe thee: becauſe thou haſt geuen me wiſedom, & ſtrength: and now thou haſt shewed me the thinges that we deſired of thee, becauſe the kings word thou haſt opened to vs.

24 After theſe thinges Daniel being entered in to Arioch, whom the king had appoynted to deſtroy the wiſemen of Babylon, ſpake thus vnto him: Deſtroy not the wiſemen of Babylon: bring me in before the preſence of the king, & I wil tel the ſolution to the king.

25 Then Arioch in haſt brought in Daniel to the king, and ſaid to him: I haue found a man of the children of the tranſmigration of Iuda, that can tel the ſolution to the king.

26 The king anſwered, and ſaid to Daniel, whoſe name was Baltaſſar: Thinkeſt thou in very dede thou canſt tel me the dreame, that I ſaw, and the interpretation therof?

27 And Daniel anſwering before the king, ſayd: The myſterie, that the king demandeth, the wiſemen, the Magicians, and the ſouthſayers, and the inchanters can not declare vnto the king.

28 But there is a God in heauen that reueleth myſteries, who hath shewed vnto thee, king Nabuchodonoſor, what thinges are to come in the later times. Thy dreame, and the viſions of thy head in thy bed, are theſe.

29 [::] Thou ô king beganſt to thinke in thy bed, what should be hereafter: and he that reueleth myſteries, shewed thee what thinges are to come.

30 To me alſo not in the wiſedom, that is in me more then in al men aliue, is this ſacrament reueled: but that the interpretation might be made manifeſt to the king, and thou mighteſt know the cogitations of thy minde.

31 Thou ô king didſt ſee, and behold [::] as it were one great ſtatua: that ſtatua, great and high of ſtature ſtood ouer againſt thee, and the ſight therof was terrible.

32 [::] The head of this ſtatua was of the beſt gold, but the breaſt and the armes of ſiluer, moreouer the bellie, and the thighes of braſſe:

33 and the legges of yron, of the feete a certaine part was of yron, and a certaine of earth.

34 Thou ſaweſt ſo, til a ſtone was cut out of a mountaine without handes: and it ſtroke the ſtatua on the yron, & earthen feete therof, & brake them in peeces.

35 Then were the yron, the clay, the braſſe, the ſiluer, and gold broken together, and brought as it were into the duſt of a ſummers floore, that are taken violently with the winde: and there was no place found for them: but the ſtone that ſtroke the ſtatua, was made a great mountaine, and it filled al the earth.

36 This is the dreame: the interpretation alſo therof we wil tel before thee, ô king.

37 Thou art the king of kings: and the God of heauen hath geuen thee kingdom, and ſtrength, and empire, and glorie:

38 and al thinges, wherin the children of men, and the beaſts of the filde doe inhabite, the foules alſo of the heauen he hath geuen in thy hand, and vnder thy dominion he hath appoynted al thinges: thou therfore art the golden head.

39 And after thee shal ryſe vp an other kingdom leſſe then thou of ſiluer: and an other third kingdom of braſſe, which shal rule ouer al the world.

40 And the fourth kingdom shal be as it were yron. As yron breaketh into peeces, & tameth al thinges, ſo shal that breake, and deſtroy al theſe.

41 Moreouer becauſe thou ſaweſt part of the feete, and of the toes of the potters clay, and part of yron: the kindom shal be diuided, which notwithſtanding shal riſe of the ground of yron, according as thou ſaweſt the yron mingled with the earth of clay.

42 And the toes in part of yron, and in part of earth: in part the kingdom shal be whole, and in part broken.

43 And that thou ſaweſt the yron mingled with the earsh of clay, they shal be mingled in dede together with mans ſeede, but they shal not ſticke faſt one to an other, as yron can not be mingled with earth.

44 But in the dayes of thoſe kingdoms the God of heauen wil rayſe vp [::] a kingdom, that shal not be diſſipated for euer, and his kingdom shal not be deliuered to an other people: and it shal breake in peeces, and shal conſume al theſe kingdoms: and itſelf shal ſtand for euer.

45 According as thou ſaweſt, that the ſtone was cut out of the mountaine without handes, and brake the earth in peeces, and the yron, and the braſſe, and the ſiluer, and the gold, the great God hath shwed the king what thinges are to come hereafter. & the dreame is true, & the interpretation therof faithful.

46 Then king Nobuchodonoſor fel on his face, & [::] adored Daniel, & commanded to ſacrifice to him hoſtes & incenſe.

47 The king therfore ſpeaking ſaid to Daniel: In very dede [::] your God is the God of goddes, and Lord of kinges, and he that reueleth myſteries: becauſe thou couldſt open this [*] ſacrament.

48 Then the king aduanced Daniel on high, & he gaue him manie gifts, and great: and he made him prince ouer al the prouinces of Babylon: and chiefe of the magiſtrates, ouer al the wiſemen of Babylon.

49 And Daniel requeſted of the king, and he appointed ouer the workes of the prouince of Babylon, Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago: but Daniel himſelf was in the doores of the king.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

• 1 [::] Nabuchodonoſor had this dreame the ſecond yeare after his great conqueſt of the Moabites, Ammonites, Syrians, & Aegyptians, making his kingdom a great Monarchie▪ ſo it vvas in the 25 yeare of his reigne: vvhen Daniel vvas about the age of 35. yeares.
• 2 [*] proſeſſors of Aſtrologie.
• 9 [::] It is in dede more eaſie to tel by the diuels helpe, what one hath dreamed; becauſe dreames being paſt might either procede from the diuel, or by ſome external ſignes be knovvne vnto him: but to declare the ſignification which is to come, and ⟨illegible⟩ncertaine, i⟨illegible⟩ aboue the diuels or mans povvre: who can only coniecture what is probable, & doe often erre therin. See the Annotations. Gen. 40.
• 29 [::] By ſhevving the kings former cogitation before his dreame, he gaue great aſſurance of the true ſpirite of prophecie, that the king might ſecurely beleue the interpretation of the dreame.
• 31 [::] The foure kingdoms of the Chaldees Perſians, Grecians, and Romanes ſignified by the foure partes of this ſtatua, conſiſting of diuers metals or mater did ſuccede in order of time:
• 32 [::] not ech one meaner, or baſer then the former, as gold is beſt & yron & earth the vvorſt, for the laſt rather excelled the former; but vvhen this viſion appeared the kingdom of the Chaldees vvas the greateſt, and moſt excellent & that being deſtroyed the M⟨illegible⟩des & Perſians became greater then it had bene: againe the Grecians vnder Alexander became farre greater then an⟨illegible⟩e before, and finally the Romane greateſt of al, til Chriſts kingdome, his Church vvas ſpred ouer the vvhole world.
• 44 [::] The Church of Chriſt is the only kingdom that can not be deſtroyed.
• 46 [::] He thought Daniel to be a litle god; ſubiect to the great God. v. 47.
• 47 [::] Notwithſtanding this confeſſion, ſhortly after he erected an idol to repreſent his ovvne greatnes, and to be adored therin.
• 47 [*] myſterie.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. Nabuchodonoſor ſetteh vp a ſtatua, commanding al vnder paine of death to adore it: 8. which Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago refuſing to doe, 14. are caſt into a burning fornace, 24. wherin they walke, defended by an Angel from burning: praying, and prayſing God, 51. with an hymne, 57. inuiting al creatures to praiſe him. 91. which the king admiring confeſſeth, and proclameth, that their God is the only true God.

1 NABVCHODONOSOR the king made [::] a ſtatua of gold in height of ſixtie cubites, in bredth of ſix cubits, and he ſet it in the fild of Dura of the prouince of Babylon.

2 Therfor Nabuchodonoſor the king ſent to cal to gether the nobles, the magiſtrates, and iudges, dukes, and tyrants, and rulers, and al the princes of the countries, that they should come together to the dedication of the ſtatua, which Nabuchodonoſor the king had erected.

3 Then were the nobles gathered together, the magiſtrates, and iudges, the dukes, and tyrants, & the great men that were placed in regiments, and al the princes of the countries, to come together to the dedication of the ſtatua, which Nabuchodonoſor the king had erected. And they ſtood in the ſight of the ſtatua, which Nabuchodonoſor the king had ſet vp.

4 And the cryer cried mightely: To you peoples, and tribes, and tongues it is ſaid:

5 In the houre that you shal heare the ſound of the trumpet, & pipe, and harpe, of the doulcimer, and pſalter, and ſymphonie, & al kind of muſical inſtruments: falling adore ye the golden ſtatua, which Nabuchodonoſor the king hath ſet vp.

6 But if any man shal not adore [::] proſtrate, he shal the ſelf ſame houre be caſt into a fornace of burning fyre.

7 After this therfore forthwith as al the peoples heard the ſound of the trumpet, the pipe, & harpe, of the doulcimer, and pſalter, of the ſymphonie, and of al kind of muſical inſtruments: al the peoples, tribes, and tongues falling adored the golden ſtatua, which Nabuchodonoſor the king had ſet vp.

8 And forthwith in the very ſame time men of Chaldee coming accuſed the Iewes,

9 and ſayd to Nabuchodonoſor the king: King for euer liue:

10 thou, ô king haſt made a decree, that euerie man which shal heare the ſound of the trumpet, of the pipe, and harpe, of the doulcimer, and pſalter, of the ſymphonie, and of al kind of muſical inſtrumentes, proſtrate himſelf, and adore the golden ſtatua:

11 and if any man do not proſtrate on the grond adore, that he be caſt into a fornace of burning fyre.

12 There are therfore men of Iewrie, whom thou didſt appoynte ouer the workes of the countrie of babylon, Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago: theſe men, ô king, haue contemned thy decree: thy goddes they worshipe not, and the golden ſtatua, which thou haſt erected, they adore not.

13 Then Nabuchodonoſor in furie, and in wrath commanded, that Sidrach, Miſach, & Abdenago should be brought: who immediatly were brought before the king.

14 And Nabuchodonoſor the king pronouncing, ſayd to them: In dede Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago, doe not you worshipe my goddes, & the golden ſtatua that I haue ſet vp doe not you adore?

15 Now therfore if you be readie, in what houre ſoeuer you shal heare the ſound of the trumpet, the pipe, the harpe, of the doulcimer, and pſalter, and Symphonie, and of al kind of muſical inſtruments, proſtrate your ſelues, & adore the ſtatua which I haue made: but if you adore not, the ſelfe ſame houre you shal be caſt into the fornace of burning fyre: and what God is there, that shal deliuer you out of my hand?

16 Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago anſwering ſaid to king Nabuchodonoſor; We muſt not anſwer thee concerning this thing.

17 For behold our God, whom we worshipe, [::] can ſaue vs from the fornace of burning fyre, and out of thy handes, ô king, deliuer vs.

18 But if he wil not, be it knowen to thee, ô king, that we worshipe not thy goddes, & the golden ſtatua, which thou haſt erected, we adore not.

19 Then was Nabuchodonoſor replenished with furie: and the looke of his face was altered vpon Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago, and he commanded that the fornace should be heated ſeuen times more, then it had bene accuſtomed to be heated.

20 And commanded the ſtrongeſt men of his hoſt, to binde the feete of Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago, and to caſt them into the fornace of burning fyre.

21 And forth with thoſe men being bound with their breeches, [*] and head attire, and shoes, and garments were caſt into the fornace of burning fyre.

22 For the commandent of the king did vrge, and the fornace was heated excedingly. Moreouer the flame of the fyre ſlew thoſe men, that had caſt in Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago.

23 But theſe three men, that is, Sidrach Miſach, and Abdenago fel in the middes of the fornace of burning fire, bound together. That vvhich folovveth I found not in the Hebrevve volumes.

24 And they walked in the middes of the flame prayſing God, and bleſſing our Lord.

25 And Azarias ſtanding prayed thus, and opening his mouth in the middes of the fire, he ſayd:

26 Bleſſed art thou ô Lord the God of our fathers, and laudable, and glorious is thy name for euer:

27 becauſe thou art iuſt in al thinges, which thou haſt done to vs, and al thy workes are true, and thy wayes right, and al thy iudgements true.

28 For thou haſt done true iudgements according to al thinges, that thou haſt brought in vpon vs, and vpon the holie citie of our fathers Ieruſalem: becauſe in truth, & in iudgement thou haſt brought in al theſe thinges for our ſinnes.

29 For we haue ſinned, and done vniuſtly reuolting from thee: and we haue offended in al thinges;

30 and thy precepts we haue not heard, nor obſerued, nor done as thou hadſt commanded vs, that it might be wel with vs.

31 Al thinges therfore that thou haſt brought in vpon vs, and al thinges that thou haſt done to vs, thou haſt done with true iudgement:

32 and thou haſt deliuered vs into the handes of our enemies vniuſt, and moſt wicked, and preuaricatours, & to an vniuſt king and moſt wicked aboue al the earth.

33 And now we can not open the mouth: we are become a confuſion, and reproch to thy ſeruants, & to them that worshipe thee.

34 Deliuer vs not for euer, we beſech thee, for thy name ſake, and diſſipate not thy teſtament:

35 neither take thou away thy mercie from vs [::] for Abraham thy beloued, and Iſaac thy ſeruant, and Iſrael thy holie one:

36 to whom thou haſt ſpoken, promiſing that thou wouldeſt multiplie their ſeede as the ſtarres of heauen, and as the ſand that is in the ſea shore.

37 Becauſe ô Lord we are diminished more then al nations, and are abaſed in al the earth this day for our ſinnes.

38 And there is not at this time [::] prince, & duke, and prophet, nor holocauſt, nor ſacrifice, nor oblation, nor incenſe, nor place of firſt fruits before thee,

39 that we may finde thy mercie: but in contrite minde, & ſpirit of humilitie let vs be receiued.

40 As in holocauſt of rammes, and bulles, and as in thouſands of fat lambes: ſo let our ſacrifice be made in thy ſight this day, that it may pleaſe thee: becauſe there is no confuſion to them that truſt in thee.

41 And now we folow thee in al our hart, and feare thee, and ſeeke thy face.

42 Confound vs not, but doe with vs according to thy meekenes, and according to the multitude of thy mercie.

43 And deliuer vs in thy meruels, and geue glorie to thy name ô Lord:

44 and let al be confounded that shew euils to thy ſeruants, let them be confunded in al thy might, and let their ſtrength be broken:

45 and let them know that thou art the Lord, the onlie God, and glorious ouer the round world.

46 And the kings ſeruants that had caſt them in, ceaſed not to heate the fornace, with [*] Naphtha, & tow, and pitch, and drie ſtickes,

47 and the flame mounted out aboue the fornace nine and fourtie cubits:

48 and it brake forth, and burnt them whom it found by the fornace, of the Chaldees.

49 But the Angel of our Lord deſcended with Azarias, and his felowes into the fornace: and he shooke the flame of the fire out of the fornace,

50 and made the middes of the fornace as a winde of dew blowing, and the fire touched them not at al, nor payned them, nor did them anie greuance.

51 Then theſe three as out of one mouth prayſed, and glorified, and bleſſed God in the fornace, ſaying:

52 Bleſſed art thou ô Lord the God of our fathers: and laudable, and glorious, and ſuperexalted for euer: and bleſſed is the holie name of thy glorie: and laudable, and ſuperexalted in al ages.

53 Bleſſed art thou in the holie temple of thy glorie: & paſſing laudable, and paſſing glorious for euer.

54 Bleſſed art thou in the throne of thy kingdom, and paſſing laudable, and ſuperexalted for euer.

55 Bleſſed art thou, that beholdeſt the depths, and ſitteſt vpon the Cherubs: and laudable, and ſuperexalted for euer.

56 Bleſſed art thou in the firmament of heauen: and laudable and glorious for euer.

57 Al [::] workes of our Lord bleſſe ye our Lord, prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

58 Bleſſe our Lord ye Angels of our Lord: prayſe & ſuperexalt him for euer.

59 Ye heauens bleſſe our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

60 Al waters that are aboue the heauens, bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

61 Bleſſe our Lord al ye powers of our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

62 Sunne and moone bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

63 Starres of heauens bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

64 Euerie shower, & dew bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

65 Al ſpirits of God bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

66 Fire and heate bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

67 Colde and heate bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

68 Dewes and hore froſt bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

69 Froſt and cold bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

70 Yſe and ſnowes bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

71 Nightes and dayes bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

72 Light and [::] darknes bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

73 Lightenings and cloudes bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

74 Let the earth bleſſe our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

75 Mountaines and litle hilles bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

76 Al things that ſpring in the earth bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

77 Bleſſe our Lord ye fountaines: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

78 Seas and riuers bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

79 Whales, and al things that moue in the waters, bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

80 Bleſſe our Lord al ye foules of heauen: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

81 Al beaſts and cattel bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

82 Sonnes of men bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

83 Let Iſrael bleſſe our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalte him for euer.

84 Prieſts of our Lord bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

85 Seruants of our Lord bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

86 Spirits and ſoules of the iuſt bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

87 Holie and humble of hart bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer.

88 Ananias, Azarias, and Miſael, bleſſe ye our Lord: prayſe and ſuperexalt him for euer. Becauſe he hath deliuered vs from hel, and ſaued vs out of the hand of death, and deliuered vs out of the middes of the burning flame, and out of the middes of the fire hath he rid vs.

89 Confeſſe ye to our Lord, becauſe he is good: becauſe his mercie is for euer.

90 Al religious bleſſe ye our Lord the God of goddes: prayſe and confeſſe ye to him, becauſe his mercie is vnto al worldes. Hitherto it is not in the Hebrevv: and that vvhich vve haue put, is tranſlated out of the Edition of Theodotion.

91 Then Nabuchodonoſor the king was aſtonied, and he aroſe haſtely, & ſaid to his nobles: Did we not caſt three men [::] fettered into the middes of the fire? Who anſwering the king, ſaid: It is true ô king.

92 He anſwered, and ſaid: Behold I ſee foure men looſe, and walking in the middes of the fire, and there is no corruption in them, & the forme of [::] the fourth is like to the ſonne of God.

93 Then came Nabuchodonoſor to the doore of the fornace of burning fire, and ſaid: Sidrach, Miſach, & Abdenago ſeruants of the high God, goe ye forth, and come. And forthwith Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago went out of the middes of the fire.

94 And the nobles, and the magiſtrates, and iudges, and the potentates of the king being gathered together, beheld thoſe men, that the fire had no powre on their bodies, & not a heare of their head was ſinged, yea their breeches were not altered, & the ſent of the fire had not paſſed by them.

95 And Nabuchodonoſor breaking forth, ſaid: Bleſſed be the God of them, to witte, of Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago, who hath ſent his Angel, and hath deliuered his ſeruants that beleued in him: and they changed the kings word, & deliuered their bodies that they might not ſerue, and might not adore anie god, except their owne God.

96 By me therfore this decree is made, that euerie people, tribe, and tongue, whatſoeuer shal ſpeake blaſphemie againſt the God of Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago, he perish, and his houſe be waſted: for there is none other God, that can ſo ſaue.

97 Then did the king [::] promote Sidrach, Miſach, and Abdenago in the prouince of Babylon.

98 Nabuchodonoſor the king, to al peoples, nations, and tongues, that dwel in the whole earth, peace be multiplied vnto you.

99 The high God hath wrought ſignes and meruelous thinges with me. It hath pleaſed me therfore to publish

100 his ſignes, becauſe they are great: and his meruels, becauſe they are ſtrong: and his kingdom an euerlaſting kingdom, & his powre in generation and to genaration.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 1 [::] This huge ſtatua of ninty foot in height and nine in bredth conteined a great maſſe of gold. VVhich the king made to ſhevv his riches, to terrifie his enimies & to repreſent himſelf, that he might be adored therin as a god. S. Ierem.
• 6 [::] Practiſe of this idolatrie conſiſted in falling proſtrate on the ground before the ſtatua; ſome times it conſiſteth in offering incenſe to idols: and the like: Novv in England perſonal preſence at heretical ſeruice or ſermon is a diſtinctiue ſigne of conformitie to the proteſtants pretended religion; becauſe ſuch preſence is there exacted for this purpoſe.
• 17 [::] By this moſt modeſt & confident anſvver they profeſſed their aſſured faith of Gods omnipotent powre, not knowing whether it was his diuine wil to deliuer them from the fire or no: reſoluing to ſuffer vvith patience what ſoeuer he would permitte to fal vnto them.
• 21 [*] or cappes.
• 23 Though theſe parcels were not in the Hebrew, in S. Ieroms time, yet either had bene in the Hebrevv or Chalde, or at leaſt were Canonical ſcripture; as we haue proued in the argument of this booke.
• 35 [::] In the very ſame maner Moyſes prayed, & pacified Gods wrath. Exo. 32.
• 38 [::] Sedecias being dead, and Ioachin kept in priſon, there vvas none in ſtate of a king amongſt the Ievves: neither vvas there at this time anie prophet in al Ievvrie: for Daniel himſelf and Ezechiel vvere in Babylon: and Ieremie vvas either dead or in Aegypt.
• 46 [*] chalkie clay, or lime:
• 57 [::] Holy Angels do inceſſantly prayſe God, & therfore nede not to be inuited therto: ſenſible creatures do not properly prayſe God, becauſe they haue not vnderſtanding nor vvil: but the meaning of this inuitation is, to congratulate that Angels do alvvayes vvithout intermiſſion praiſe God, & to exhorte al men in conſideration of al Gods workes ſpiritual & corporal, to praiſe him, as moſt worthie to be prayſed by al men.
• 72 [::] Priuations of thinges haue alſo their decent courſe in the vinuerſal ſtate of creatures: Darknes prayſeth God, that is, bringeth forth praiſe in the hartes of conſideratiue men: S. Aug. li. de natura boni c. 16.
• 90 ⟨illegible⟩. Ieroms ⟨illegible⟩ordes.
• 91 [::] The fire burned their bandes, but not their garments nor bodies: ſo God vſeth the ſeruice of his creatures to geue comforte to his ſeruantes, and not torment. S. Greg. li. 3. c. 18. dialo. VVhere he vvriteth the like miracle, when the Gothes vvould haue burned S. Benedict.
• 92 [::] This fourth was the Angel that auerted the force of the fire from them. v. 49. & 95.
• 97 [::] They were not only reſtored to their former auctoritie, as prefectes ouer the vvorkes. ch. 2. v 49. but were alſo more aduanced, as this place inſinuateth.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. King Nabuchodonoſor hauing an other dreame, telleth it to Daniel, demanding of him the interpretation: 16. who encoreged and warrented to ſpeake freely, sheweth that the king shal become like a beaſt in forme ſeuen yeares: 28. the ſame is confirmed by a voice from heauen: 30. and being fulfilled, he is at laſt reſtored to his owne forme, and ſtate.

1 I [::] Nabuchodonoſor was quiet in my houſe, and florishing in my palace.

2 I ſaw a dreame that made me ſore afrayd: and my cogitations in my bed, and the viſions of my head diſturbed me.

3 And by me there was a decree ſetforth, that al the wiſemen of Babylon should be brought into my ſight, and that they should shew me the ſolution of the dreame.

4 Then came in the ſouthſayers, magicians, Chaldees, and diuiners, and I told the dreame in their ſight: & the ſolution therof they ſhewed me not:

5 til their collegue Daniel came into my fight, whoſe name is Baltaſſar, according to the name of my God, who hath the ſpirit of the holie goddes in himſelf: and I told the dreame before him.

6 Baltaſſar prince of the ſouthſayers, becauſe I know that thou haſt the ſpirit of the holie goddes in thee, and no ſecrete is impoſſible to thee: tel thou the viſions of my dreames, which I haue ſene, and the ſolution of them.

7 The viſion of my head in my bed, I ſaw, and behold a tree in the middes of the earth, and the height therof exceding.

8 A great tree, and ſtrong: and the height therof touching the heauen: the ſight therof was euen to the endes of al the earth.

9 The leaues therof moſt fayre, and the fruit therof exceding much: and the foode of al thinges in it: vnder it dwelt cattel, and beaſts, and in the boughes therof conuerſed the foules of heauen: and of it al flesh did eate.

10 I ſaw in the viſion of my head vpon my bed, & behold :: a watchman, and an holie one deſcended from heauen.

11 He cried mightely, and thus he ſayd: Cut ye downe the tree, & choppe of the boughes therof: ſhake of the leaues therof, and ſcatter the fruits therof: let the beaſts flie that are vnder it, and the foules from the boughes therof.

12 But yet leaue the ſpring of the rootes therof in the earth, and let it be tyed with yron, and braſen band among the graſſe, that is without, and let it be dipped with the dew of heauen, and with wild beaſts his portion in the graſſe of the earth.

13 “Let his hart be changed from humane, & let the hart of a wild beaſt be geuen him: and let ſeuen [::] times be changed ouer him.

14 In the ſentence of the watchman is the decree, and the word of ſaintes, and the petition, til the liuing know, that the hiegh one ruleth in the kingdom of men; and to whom ſoeuer it shal pleaſe him, he wil geue it, & the baſeſt man he wil appoint ouer it.

15 This dreame ſaw I Nabuchodonoſor the king: thou therfore ô Baltaſſar tel the interpretation quickly: becauſe al the wiſemen of my kingdom can not declare the ſolution vnto me: but thou canſt, becauſe the ſpirit of holie goddes is in thee.

16 Then Daniel, whoſe name was Baltaſſar, began ſecretely to thinke within himſelf as it were for one houre: & [::] his cogitations trubled him. But the king anſwering ſaid: Baltaſſar, let not the dreame and the interpretation therof truble thee. Baltaſſar anſwered, and ſaid: My Lord, the dreame be to them, that hate thee, and the interpretation therof be thine enemies.

17 The tree which thou ſaweſt high and ſtrong, whoſe height reacheth to the heauen, and the ſight therof into al the earth:

18 and the bough therof moſt fayre, and the fruit therof exceding much, and the foode of things in it, vnder it the beaſts of the filde inhabiting, & in the boughes therof the foules of heauen abyding:

19 It is thou king, which art magnified, & become mightie: & thy greatnes hath growen, and is come euen to heauen, and thy power vnto the endes of the earth.

20 But in that the king ſaw a watchman, and an holie one deſcend fron heauen, and ſay: Cut ye downe the tree, and diſſipate it, but leaue the ſpring of the rootes therof in the earth, and let it be bound with yron and braſſe among the graſſe without, and let it be ſprinkled with the dew of heauen, and let his foder be with the wild beaſts, til ſeauen times be changed ouer him.

21 This is the interpretation of the ſentence of the Higheſt, which is come vpon my Lord the king.

22 They shal caſt thee out from men, and with beaſts and wilde beaſts shal thy habitation be, and graſſe thou shalt eate as an oze, & with the dew of heauen thou shalt be wett: ſeuen times alſo shal be chaunged ouer thee, til thou know that the High one ruleth ouer the kingdoms of men, and geueth it to whomſoeuer he wil.

23 But wheras he commanded, that the ſpring of the rootes therof, that is, of the tree, should be left: thy kingdom shal remayne to thee after thou shalt haue knowen that powre is heauenly.

24 Wherfore ô king let me counſel thee, and [::] redeme thou thy ſinnes with almes, & thine iniquities with the mercies of the poore: perhaps he wil forgeue thyne offences.

25 Al theſe thinges came vpon Nabuchodonoſor the: king.

26 After the end of twelue moneths he walked in the palace of Babylon.

27 And the king anſwered, & ſayd: Is not this Babylon the great citie, which I haue built to be the houſe of the kingdom, in the ſtrength of my powre, and in the glorie of my beautie?

28 And when the word was yet in the kings mouth, a voice came downe from heauen: To thee it is ſayd Nabuchodonoſor: Thy kingdom shal paſſe from thee,

29–30 and from men they shal caſt thee out, and with beaſtes and wilde beaſts shal thy habitation be: graſſe as an oxe shalt thou eate, and ſeuen times shal be changed ouer thee til thou know that the Hiegh one ruleth in the kingdom of men, & to whom ſoeuer he wil, he geueth it. The ſelf ſame houre was the word accomplished vpon Nabuchodonoſor, and he was caſt away from among men, & as an oxe did he eate graſſe, and with the dew of heauen his bodie was imbrued: til his heares grew into the ſimilitude of eagles, & his nailes as it were of birds.

31 Therfore after the end of the dayes, I Nabuchodonoſor lifted vp mine eyes to heauen, and my ſenſe was reſtored to me: and I bleſſed the Higheſt, and prayſed him that liueth for euer, and glorified him: becauſe his powre is an euerlaſting powre, and his kingdom in generation and generation.

32 And al the inhabitants of the earth with him are reputed for nothing: for he doth according to his wil, as wel in the powers of heauen, as in the inhabitants of the earth: & there is none that can reſiſt his hand, and ſay to him: Why didſt thou it?

33 In the very ſame time did my ſenſe returne to me, & I came to the honour, and beautie of my kingdom: and my [::] figure returned to me: and my nobles, & my magiſtrates ſought for me, and I was reſtored in my kingdom: and more ample magnificence was added to me.

34 “ Now therfore I Nabuchodonoſor praiſe, and magnifie, and glorifie the king of heauen: becauſe al his workes are true, and his wayes iudgements, and them that walke in pride he can humble.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 1 [::] It ſemeth that Daniel inſerted this particular hiſtorie as the king in his owne perſon and wordes reported it after his reſtauratiō It is alſo probable that the king had this dreame about the 34. yeare of his reigue. For he reigning in al 43. yeares, liued ſeuen yeares among beaſtes into vvhich ſtate he fel one yeare after this dreame▪ v. 26. and liued about a yeare more or leſſe after his reſtauration.
• 13 [::] Seuen times ſignifie ſeuen yeares, becauſe al ordinarie varieties of times are in one yeare.
• 16 [::] No meruel that the prophet vvas trubled in mind being loath to declare the calamitie which ſhould fal vnto the king, and yet muſt nedes vtter the truth.
• 19 And therfore vvith milde wordes, wiſhing the king might eſcape the euil, which vvas decreed againſt him, he maketh his entrance to the true interpretation of the dreame.
• 24 [::] Gods threats being conditional that if ſinners truly repent he vvil pardon al, or part of the puniſhment, the prophet propoſeth the moſt ſoueraine remedie of almes dedes that by workes of mercie this ſinful king, or anie other ſinner may procure the mercie of God. As in dede this king found mercie after ſome puniſhment: the prophet propoſeth the ſoueraine remedie of almes dedes, that by vvorkes of mercie, he might procure Gods mercie.
• 33 [::] Being reſtored to his wittes he went vp right, cut his haire & nailes, & ſo appeared to himſelf as returned to his former figure or ſhape.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. IIII.

13. Let his hart be changed.] In vvhat maner king Nabuchodonoſor vvas changed [Margin: Nabuchodonoſor was not changed in ſubſtance; but became madde, and liued ſeuen yeares like a beaſt.] is hard to explicate. But omitting other opinions, the moſt probable and common is, that he vvas not depriued of his reaſonable ſoule, nor the forme and partes of his bodie ſubſtantially changed from the nature of a man: but he was diſtracted loſing the vſe of reaſon, and in his ovvne melancholie imagination and phantaſie, thought that he was a beaſt: And therfore eaſily refuſed the conuerſation of men, and conſorted himſelf vvith beaſtes; vvent naked; his hayre grovving very much, and couering al his bodie; his nayles likevviſe extreme long; he vvent on his handes together with his feete, like fourfooted beaſtes; did eate graſſe as an oxe, putting his mouth to the ground, to ſhere and ſwalowe it, the ſpace of ſeuen yeares. Then God reſtoring to him the vſe [Margin: v. 13.] of reaſon, and inſpiring him vvith grace, he lifted vp his eyes to heauen (v. 31.) and in perfect ſenſe bleſſed God, the Hiegheſt, and prayſed him; was againe receiued, yea ſought for by his nobles and magiſtrates: ſo vvas reſtored to his kingdom, and had more magnificence then before.

34. Novv therfore I Nabuchodonoſor praiſe, magnifie, and gloriſie God] Albeit [Margin: It is probable that he died ſhortly after his reſtauration.] holie Scripture doth not reporte, vvhen and hovv king Nabuchodonoſor died, yet by this laſt thing vvritten of him, it is very like he liued not long after his great chatiſment: for if he had, it is probable that Daniel vvould haue vvritten more of him, & that he being ſo fully conuerted to God, vvould haue deliuered ⟨illegible⟩oach in king of Iuda, out of priſon (vvhich his next ſucceſſor Euilmerodach did. 4. Reg. 25. v. 27.) and al the Iewes from captiuitie, if God had longer ſpared him life, he being now wel affected tovvards them. And that he died in ſtate [Margin: And moſt like that he is eternally ſaued.] of ſaluation, may with great reaſon be ſuppoſed, ſeing his repentance and conuerſion to God is ſo fully expreſſed in holie Scripture, and no mention that he fel againe. VVhich is alſo the iudgement of moſt lerned vvriters. Namely of Ioſephus. li. 10. Antiq. Dorotheus in Synopſi. S. Epiphanius, in vita Danielis. S. Ierom. epiſt. 7. ad Letam. S. Auguſtin epiſt 122. ad Victoriam. & li de predeſt▪ & gratia c. 15. VVhere he compareth Pharao with Nabuchodonoſor, and their diuers endes, by Gods grace mouing the one to penance for his iniquitie, the other wilfully fighting againſt Gods merciful veritie. as we haue noted. Exo. 7. Pag. 174.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. King [Margin (a): After Nabuchodonoſor, & before Baltaſſar, Euilmetodach reigned in Babylon, who deliuered Ioachin king of Iuda out of priſon, and vſed him vvith great reſpect in the 37. yeare of the tranſmigration. 4. Reg. 25. There reigned alſo before Balthaſſar other two of an other lineage, called Nigliſſar and Laboſardach: as teſtifie. Euſe. S. Ierom. S. Beda. and others.] Baltaſſar making a great banket, with his nobles drinke in the holie veſſels, which were taken from the Temple of Ieruſalem. 5. Fingers appeare writing on the wal: 10. which only Daniel readeth, and interpreteth: 18. ſignifying the ruine of the king: 30. happening the ſame night.

1 BALTASSAR [::] the king made a great feaſt to his nobles a thouſand: and euerie one dranke according to his age.

2 He commanded therfore now being drunke that the veſſels of gold & ſiluer, should be brought, which Nabuchodonoſor his father had caried away out of the temple, that was in Ieruſalem, that the king, and his Nobles might drinke in them, and his wiues, and concubines.

3 Then were the golden and ſiluer veſſels brought, which he had caried away out of the temple, that was in Ieruſalem: and the king and his nobles dranke in them, his wiues and concubines.

4 They dranke wine, and prayſed their goddes of gold, and of ſiluer, of braſſe, of yron, and of wood, and of ſtone.

5 In the very ſame houre there appeared fingers, as it were of the hand of a man, writing ouer againſt the candleſticke in the vtter part of the wal of the kings palace: and the king beheld the ioynts of the hand that wrote.

6 Then was the kings face changed, and his cogitations trubled him: and the iunctures of his reynes were looſed, and his knees were ſtriken one againſt the other.

7 The king therfore cried out mightely that they should bring in the magicians, Chaldees, and ſouthſayers. And the king ſpeaking ſayd to the wiſemen of Babylon: Whoſoeuer shal read this writing, and shal make the interpretation therof manifeſt vnto me, shal be clothed with purple, and shal haue a golden chayne on his necke, & shal be the third in my kingdom.

8 Then al the kings wiſemen going in could not neither read the writing, nor declare the interpretation to the king.

9 Wherewith king Baltaſſar was much trubled, and his countenance was changed: yea and his nobles were trubled.

10 And the [*] queene for the thing that had happened to the king, and his Nobles, entered into the houſe of the feaſt: and ſpeaking she ſayd: King for euer liue: let not thy cogitations truble thee, neither let thy face be changed.

11 There is a man in thy kingdom, that hath the ſpirit of the holie goddes in him: and in the dayes of [::] thy father knowlege and wiſedom were found in him: for king Nabuchodonoſor alſo thy father appoynted him prince of the magicians, inchanters, Chaldees and ſouthſayers, thy father, I ſay ô king:

12 Becauſe more ample ſpirit, and prudence, and vnderſtanding, & interpretation of Dreames, and shewing of ſecrets, and ſolution of thinge bound were found in him, that is, in Daniel: to whom the king gaue the name Baltaſſar. Now therfore let Daniel be called, and he wil tel the interpretation.

13 Daniel therfore was brought in before the king. To whom the king ſpeaking, ſaid: Art thou Daniel of the children of the captiuitie of Iuda, whom my father the king brought out of Iewrie?

14 I haue heard of thee, that thou haſt the ſpirit of the goddes, and more ample knowlege, and vnderſtanding, and wiſedom are found in thee.

15 And now there haue come in into my ſight the wiſe magicians, that they might read this writing, and might shew me the interpretation therof: and they could not declare me the ſenſe of this [*] word.

16 Moreouer I haue heard of thee, that thou canſt interpret obſcure thinges, and reſolue thinges bound: if therfore thou be able to reade the writing, & to shew me the interpretation therof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and shalt haue a cheyne of gold about thy necke, & shalt be the third prince in my kingdom.

17 To which thinges Daniel anſwering, ſayd before the king: Thy rewardes be they vnto thee, and the giftes of thy houſe geue to an other: but the writing wil I read thee, ô king, and the interpretation therof wil I shew to thee.

18 O king, God the moſt high gaue to Nabuchodonoſor thy father kingdom and magnificence, glorie and honour.

19 And for the magnificence, which he gaue to him, al peoples, tribes, and tongues trembled, and feared him: whom he would he killed: and whom he would, he ſtroke: and whom he would he exalted: and whom he would, he humbled.

20 But when his hart was eleuated, and his ſpirit obſtinatly ſet to pride, he was depoſed from the throne of his kingdom, and his glorie was taken away.

21 And he was caſt out from the ſonnes of men, yea and his [::] hart was ſet with the beaſts, and with the wild aſſes was his habitation: graſſe alſo he did eate as an oxe, and with the dew of heauen his bodie was embrewed: til he knew that the Higheſt had powre in the kingdom of men, and whomſoeuer it shal pleaſe him he wil raiſe vp ouer it.

22 Thou alſo his ſonne Baltaſſar, haſt not humbled thy hart, wheras thou knoweſt al theſe thinges:

23 but againſt the dominatour of heauen thou waſt eleuated: and the veſſels of his houſe haue bene brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wiues, and thy concubins haue drunke wine in them: the goddes alſo of ſiluer, and of gold, and of braſſe, of yron, and of wood, and of ſtone that ſee not, nor heare, nor feele, thou haſt prayſed: moreouer the God, that hath thy breath in his hand, and al thy wayes, thou haſt not glorified.

24 Therfore from him is the ioynt of the hand ſent, which hath written this that is drawen.

25 And this is the writing which is ordered. MANE, THECEL, PHARES.

26 And this the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath numbred thy kingdom, and hath finished it.

27 THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found hauing leſſe.

28 PHARES: thy kingdom is diuided, and is geuen to the Medes, and Perſians.

29 Then the king commanding Daniel was clothed with purple, and a cheyne of gold was put about his necke: & it was proclamed of him that he had powre the third in the kingdom.

30 [::] The ſame night was Baltaſſar the king of Chaldee ſlaine.

31 And Darius the Mede ſucceded into the kingdom, being three ſcore and two yeares old.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 1 [::] The ruine of this Baltaſsar▪ happened in the 17. and laſt yeare of his reigne: when Daniel was nere an hundred years old.
• 10 [*] the kings mother▪ v. 11.
• 11 [::] Al progenitors are commonly called the fathers of their of spring: ſo Nabuchodonoſor is called the father of Baltaſsar being his grand father: as may be gathered ler. 27. v. 27. where is propheciſed that Nabuchodonoſor and his ſonne, and ſonnes ſonne ſhould reigne ouer manie nations.
• 15 [*] thing vvritten.
• 21 [::] His imagination that he was a beaſt made him forſake the companie of men, and to dwel amongſt wilde beaſtes. ch. 4▪
• 30 [::] The Medes being at this time in the ſiege of Babylon, tooke their opportunitie to aſſault it this night, vvhen the king and moſt part of the citie vvere drunke.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. King Darius making Daniel one of the three chief rulers of his kingdom: 4. and intending alſo to aduance him higher, other princes accuſe him for praying to God, contrarie to the kings edict. 16. wherupon he is caſt into the lions denne: 21. but is conſerued without anie hurt: 24. his accuſers are deuoured by the lions, and commandment is geuen, that al men shal feare the God of Daniel.

1 IT pleaſed [::] Darius, and he appoynted ouer the kingdom Gouerners an hundred twentie to be in al his kingdom.

2 And ouer them three princes, of whom Daniel was one: that the gouerners might render account to them, & the king might ſuſteyne no truble.

3 Daniel therfore paſſed al the princes, and gouerners: becauſe there was the ſpirit of God more ample in him.

4 Moreouer the king thought to appoynt him ouer al the kingdom, wherupon the princes, & the gouerners ſought to finde occaſion againſt Daniel on the behalfe of the king: and they could finde no cauſe, nor ſuſpicion, becauſe he was faithful, and no fault, nor ſuſpicion was found in him.

5 Thoſe men therfore ſaid: [::] We shal not finde againſt this ſame Daniel any occaſion, vnles perhaps in the law of his God.

6 Then the princes, and the gouerners by ſurreption ſuggeſted to the king, and ſpake thus vnto him: King Darius, for euer liue:

7 Al the princes of the kingdom, the magiſtrates, and gouerners, the ſenatours and iudges haue taken counſel, that there goe forth an imperial decree, and an edict: That euerie one, which shal aske any petition of whatſoeuer God, or man, vntil thirtie dayes, but of thee ô king, he be caſt into the lake of lions.

8 Now therfore ô king confirme the ſentence, and write the decree: that it may not be changed, which is decreed by the Medes and the Perſians, nor be lawful for anie man to tranſgreſſe it.

9 Moreouer king Darius put forth the edict, and decreed it.

10 Which when Daniel had perceiued, that is to ſay, the law determined, he went into his houſe: and [::] the windowes being opened in his vpper chamber, three times in a day toward Ieruſalem bowed he his knees, and adored, and confeſſed before his God, as alſo he had accuſtomed to doe before.

11 Thoſe men therfore ſearching curiouſely, found Daniel praying, and beſeching his God.

12 And coming they ſpake to the king vpon the edict: O king, haſt thou not decreed, that euerie man which should aske any of the goddes, & men vntil thirtie dayes, but thyſelf ô king, he should be caſt into the lake of lions? To whom the king anſwering, ſaid: The word is true according to the decree of the Medes, and Perſians, which it is not lawful to tranſgreſſe.

13 Then they anſwering ſayd before the king: Daniel of the children of the captiuitie of Iuda, hath not cared for thy law, and for the edict, that thou madeſt: but three times in a day he prayeth with his prayer.

14 Which word when the king had heard, he was ſtrooken very ſad: and for Daniel he ſet his hart to deliuer him, and euen vntil ſunne ſet he laboured to deliuer him.

15 But thoſe men perceiuing the king ſaid to him: know thou ô king, that the law of Medes and Perſians is, that euerie decree, which the king hath determined, is not lawful to be changed.

16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and caſt him into the lake of lions. And the king ſaid to Daniel: Thy God, whom thou doeſt worshippe alwayes, he wil deliuer thee.

17 And there was a ſtone brought, and layd vpon the mouth of the lake: which the king ſealed with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles, that nothing should be done againſt Daniel.

18 And the king went into his houſe, and ſlept vnſupped, and meates were not brought before him, moreouer alſo ſleepe departed from him.

19 Then the king riſing in the very firſt breake of day, went in haſt to the lake of the lions:

20 and approching to the lake, cried on Daniel with a weeping voice, and ſpake vnto him: Daniel ſeruant of the liuing God, thy God whom thou ſerueſt alwayes, hath he bene able thinkeſt thou, to deliuer thee from the lions?

21 And Daniel anſwering the king ſaid: King for euer liue.

22 [::] My God hath ſent his Angel, and hath shut vp the mouthes of the lions, and they haue not hurt me: becauſe before him iuſtice hath bene found in me: yea and before thee, ô king, I haue done no offence.

23 Then was the king exceding glad vpon him, & he commanded Daniel to be brought out of the lake: and Daniel was brought out of the lake, and no hurt was found in him, becauſe he beleued his God.

24 And by the kings comandment, thoſe men were brought that had accuſed Daniel: and [::] they were caſt into the lake of the lions, themſelues, and their children, and their wiues: and they came not to the pauement of the lake, til the lions caught them, & brake al their bones in peeces.

25 Then Darius the king wrote to al peoples, tribes, and tongues dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied vnto you.

26 By me a decree is made, that in al myne empire, and my kingdom they dread and feare the God of Daniel. for he is the liuing and eternal God for euer: and his kingdom shal not be diſſipated, & his power euen for euer.

27 He is the deliuerer, and ſauiour, doing ſigne, & meruels in heauen, and in earth: who hath deliuered Daniel out of the lake of the lions.

28 Moreouer Daniel continued vnto the kingdom of Darius, and the kingdom of Cyrus the Perſian.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 1 [::] Darius (king of medes now alſo of Chaldees) othervviſe called Aſtyages (ch. 13 v. 65.) reigned but one yeare, and ſo Cyrus ſucceeded.
• 5 [::] An old and continual malignant practiſe, to c⟨illegible⟩l religion treaſon. And for that purpoſe to procure lawes or ſtatutes to be enacted.
• 10 [::] It is not probable that Daniel opened the windowes of purpoſe, that he might be ſenne to pray: for ſo ⟨illegible⟩e ſhould haue vndiſcretly contemned the king, and prouoked the infidels to perſecute him; but hauing accuſtomed to open the windovves of his vpper chamber, vvhich gaue proſpect towards Ieruſalem, according to Salomons prayer. 3. Reg. 8. v. 47. & 48. he obſerued the ſame cuſtome ſtil: and vvas not ſenne publiquely of manie, but his enimies ſearching curiouſly (v. 11.) found him praying, & accuſed him of breaking the kings Edict.
• 22 [::] To this miracle wrought by the powre of God in defence, and for the merites of this holie prophet, S. Paul alludeth. Heb. 11. v. 33.
• 24 [::] The law of like-puniſhment is ſo agreable to the law of nature, that this Pagane king puniſhed Daniels accuſers, when it appeared to him, that Daniel had not committed treaſon, but only vſed his religion and deuotion.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. [Margin: The 2. part. Prophetical viſions of Chriſt and of Antichriſt.] Daniel ſeeth foure windes fighting, and foure terrible beaſtes riſing from the ſea: 9. God ſitting in a throne, and ſerued by innumerable Angels. 11. The greateſt beaſt is ſlaine, and the powre of the reſt diminished. 13. The Sonne of man receiueth eternal powre of God. 15. The prophet much terrified, is inſtructed that the foure beaſtes ſignifie foure kingdoms. 19. The greateſt shal preuaile for a while, 26. but shortly perish.

1 IN [a] the firſt yeare of Baltaſſar the king of Babylon, Daniel ſaw a dreame: & the viſion of his head in his bed: and writing the dreame, he comprehended it in a short ſpeach: and in ſumme compriſing it, he ſaid:

2 I ſaw in my viſion by night, and behold [b] the foure windes of heauen fought in the great ſea.

3 And [c] foure great beaſts came vp, out of the ſea diuerſe one from an other.

4 The firſt as it were [d] alyoneſſe, & she had the wings of an eagle: I beheld til her winges were plucked of, and she was lifted vp from the earth, & she ſtood vpon the fete as a man, & the hart of a man was geuen to her.

5 And behold an other beaſt like [e] a beare ſtood a ſide: and there were three rewes in the mouth therof, and in the teeth therof, & thus they ſaid to it: Ariſe, eate very much flesh.

6 After this I beheld, and loe an other as it were [f] a leopard, and it had winges as of a bird, foure vpon it, & there were foure heades in the beaſt, and powre was geuen to it.

7 After this I beheld in the viſion of the night, and loe g a fourth beaſt terrible and meruelous, and ſtrong excedingly, it had great yron teeth, eating and breaking, and treading the reſt with her fete: and it was vnlike to the other beaſts, which I had ſene before it, and it had tenne hornes.

8 I conſidered the hornes, and behold an other h litle horne ſprang out of the middes of them: and three of the firſt hornes were plucked of at the preſence therof, and loe eyes as it were the eyes of a man were in this horne, & a mouth ſpeaking great wordes.

9 I beheld til thrones were ſet, and i the ancient of dayes ſate: his veſture white as ſnow, and the heares of his head as cleane wool: his throne flames of fire: his wheeles fire kindled.

10 A fire & ſwieft ſtreame came forth from his face k thouſandes of thouſands miniſtred to him, & l tenne thouſand hundred thouſands aſſiſted him: iudgement ſate, and the bookes were opened.

11 I beheld becauſe of the voice of the great wordes, which that horne ſpake: and I ſaw that the beaſt was ſlaine, and the bodie therof was perished, and was committed to the fyre to be burnt.

12 The power of the other beaſts alſo was taken away: and times of life were appointed them vntil time, and time.

13 I beheld therfore in the viſion of the night, and loe with the clowdes of heauen there came in, as it were m the ſonne of man, and he came euen to the ancient of dayes: and in his ſight they offered him.

14 And he gaue him powre, and honour, and kingdom: and al peoples, tribes, & tongues shal ſerue him: his powre, an eternal power, that shal not be taken away: and his kingdom, that shal not be corrupted.

15 My ſpirit trembled, I Daniel was made ſore afrayd at theſe thinges, and the viſions of my head trubled me.

16 I came to one of the aſſiſtants, and I asked the truth of him concerning al theſe thinges, who told me the interpretation of the wordes, and taught me:

17 Theſe foure great beaſts, are foure kingdoms, which shal riſe vp out of the earth.

18 And they shal take the kingdom of the holie God moſt high: & they shal obteine the kingdom euen to world, & world of worldes.

19 After this I would diligently lerne of the fourth beaſt, which was very vnlike from al, and exceding terrible: his teeth and clawes of yron: he did eate, and breake in peeces, & the reſt he ſtamped with his feete:

20 and of the tenne hornes that he had on his head: and of the other, that had growen vp, before which the three hornes fel: and of that horne, that had eyes, and the mouth ſpeaking great wordes, and was greater then the reſt.

21 I beheld, and loe that horne made warre agaynſt the ſaints, and preuailed ouer them,

22 til the ancient of dayes came, & gaue iudgement to the ſaintes on High, and the time came, and the ſaintes obteyned the kingdom.

23 And thus he ſayd: The fourth beaſt shal be the fourth kingdom in the earth, which shal be greater then al the kingdoms, and shal deuoure the whole earth, and shal conculcate, and breake it in peeces.

24 Moreouer the tenne hornes of that ſame kingdom, shal be tenne kinges: and an other shal riſe vp after them, and he shal be mightier then the former, and he shal bring downe three kinges.

25 And he shal ſpeake wordes agaynſt the High one, and shal deſtroy the ſaintes of the Higheſt: and he shal thinke that he can change times, & lawes, and they shal be deliuered into his hand euen n to a time, & times, & half a time.

26 And iudgement shal ſitte, that might may be taken away, and be broken, and perish euen to the end.

27 And kingdom, and power, and the greatnes of the kingdom, that is vnder al the heauen, be geuen to the people of the ſaintes of the Higheſt: whoſe kingdom is an euerlaſting kingdom, and al kinges shal ſerue him, and shal obey him.

28 Hitherto the end of the word. I Daniel was much trubled with my cogitations, and my face was changed in me: but the word I kept in my hart.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 1 [a] In order of time theſe two viſions, vvere before the hiſtories written in the two precedent chapters.
• 2 [b] Foure winds may ſignifie the great tumultes which happen in the beginning of monarchies by vvarres and bloudſhed of much people.
• 3 [c] Foure beaſtes do ſignifie the foure Monarchies of the Chaldees, Medes and Perſians, the Grecians, and the Romanes: as was alſo ſignified before in Nabuchodonoſors dreame. ch. 2.
• 4 [d] A lioneſses crueltie, and the pride of an eagle do reſemble the Chaldees monarchie.
• 5 [e] A beare of rude ſhape, & vveake ſight, content vvith litle and baſe meate, repreſented the Medes & Perſians.
• 6 [f] The leopard vvith vvinges and foure heades, ſignified the ſpeedie victories of the Grecians vnder Alexander in foure quarters of the vvorld: after his death diuided into foure kingdomes. g By the fourth beaſt without name is vnderſtood the incomparable povvre of the Romanes: gouerning firſt by kinglie auctoritie; aftervvards by Conſuls; then ioyning to them Tribunes; ſometimes Dictators; finally Emperial. h The litle horne becoming ſo great and ſtrong, as to ouercome al the other, ſignifieth Antichriſt; whoſe outragious furie ſhal continevv but a ſhorte time. v. 25.
• 25 n. ch. 12. v. 7. 11. & 12. Apoc. 11. v. 2. & 3. Apoc. 12. v. 6. & 14. & Apoc. 13. v. 5.
• 27 ⟨illegible⟩ God the Father is called the Ancient of dayes, not as though one Perſon of the Bleſſed Trinitie vvere more ancient then an other: for euerie Perſon is eternal; and al are one eternal God. But in order of proceding, one from an other, the Father is the beginning: of vvhom the Sonne is begotten; and from vvhom, as alſo from the Sonne, the Holie Ghoſt procedeth. k By multiplication of theſe cardinal numbers, is ſignified the innumerable multitude of Angels: vvho doe excede al corporal creatures in number, as the celeſtial ſpheres excede terreſtrial bodies in greatnes. l And the hiegheſt Hierarchie (vvho are Aſsitants) do farre excede the other Hierarchies in multitude. S. Dionyſ. c. 14. Hierar. caeleſt. S. Tho p. 1. q. 112. a. 4 m Our Sauiour Chriſt is here clearly prophecied: by vvhoſe povvre Antichriſt ſhal be vtterly deſtroyed.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. Daniel ſeeth a ramme with two hornes ouercomen by a goate with one horne: 8. Which shal alſo be broken, and foure leſſe riſe in place therof: one of them prophaneth the temple in Ieruſalem, and taketh away the daylie ſacrifice. 15. And Gabriel the Archangel expoundeth the viſion.

1 IN :: the third yeare of the reigne of Baltaſſar the king, a viſion appeared to me.

2 I Daniel [a] ſaw in my viſion, after that which I had ſene in the beginning, when I was in Suſis the caſtel, which is in the prouince of Aelam: and I ſaw in the viſion, that I was ouer the * gate Vlai.

3 & I lifted vp mine eyes, and ſaw: and behold one [b] ramme ſtood before the marrice, hauing highe hornes, & one higher then an other & growing vnder.

4 Afterward I ſaw the ramme pushing with the hornes againſt the Weaſt, & againſt the North, and againſt the South: and al beaſts could not reſiſt him, nor be deliuered out of his hand: and he did according to his wil, & was magnified.

5 And I vnderſtood: and behold [c] a buckgoate came from the Weſt vpon the face of the whole earth, & he touched not the ground. Moreouer the buckgoate had a notable horne betwen his eyes:

6 And he came euen to that ramme with the hornes, which I had ſene ſtanding before the gate, & he ranne towards him in the violence of his ſtrength.

7 And when he had approched nere the ramme, he was wood againſt him, and ſtroke the ramme: and he [d] brake his two hornes, and the ramme could not reſiſt him: and when he had caſt him on the ground, he trode him, and no man could deliuer the ramme out of his hand.

8 And the buckgoate became exceding great: and when he was growne, the great horne [e] was broken, and there roſe vp [f] foure hornes vnder it by the foure windes of heauen.

9 And out of one of them came forth g one litle horne: and it was made great againſt the South, and againſt the Eaſt, and againſt the ſtrength.

10 And it was magnified euen vnto the ſtrength of heauen: and it threw downe of the ſtrength, and of the ſtarres, and trode them.

11 And it was magnified euen vnto the prince of the ſtrength: and from him it tooke the continual ſacrifice, and threw downe the place of his ſanctification.

12 And ſtrength was geuen againſt the continual ſacrifice becauſe of ſinnes: and truth shal be throwen proſtrate on the ground, and he shal doe, and shal proſper.

13 And I heard h one of the ſaincts ſpeaking, & one ſainte ſayd to an other, I know not to whom that ſpake: How long the viſion, and the continual ſacrifice, and the ſinne of the deſolation that is made: and the ſanctuarie, and the ſtrength shal be conculcate?

14 And he ſayd to him: Vnto [i] the euening & morning, two thouſand three hundred: & the ſanctuarie shal be clenſed.

15 And it came to paſſe when I Daniel ſaw the viſion, and ſought the vnderſtanding: behold there ſtood in my ſight as it were the forme of a man.

16 And I heard the voice of a man betwen the bankes of Vlai: and he cried, and ſayd: Gabriel make this man vnderſtand the viſion.

17 And he came and ſtood nere where I ſtoood: and when he was come, trembling I fel on my face, & he ſayd to me: Vnderſtand k ſonne of man, that in the time of the end the viſion shal be accomplished.

18 And when he ſpake to me I fel flat on the ground: and he touched me, and ſette me vp in my ſtanding,

19 and ſayd to me: I wil shew thee what thinges are to come in the laſt of the malediction: becauſe the time hath his end.

20 The ramme, which thou ſaweſt haue hornes, is the king of the Medes and Perſians.

21 Moreouer the buckgoate, is the king of the Graecians, and the great horne, that was betwen his eyes, the ſame is the firſt king.

22 But wheras that being broken, there roſe vp foure for it: foure kinges shal riſe vp of his nation, but not in his ſtrength.

23 And after their reigne, when iniquities shal be increaſed, [l] there shal ariſe a king impudent of face, and vnderſtanding [*] propoſitions.

24 And his ſtrength shal be made ſtrong, but not in his owne ſtrength: and more then can be beleued, shal he waſte al thinges, and shal proſper, and doe. And he shal kil the ſtrong, and the people of the ſaints

25 according to his wil, and craft shal be directed in his hand: and he shal magnifie his hart, and in the abundance of al thinges he shal murder very manie: & agaynſt the prince of princes shal he ariſe, & without hand he shal be deſtroyed.

26 & the viſion of the euening and the morning, which hath bene ſayd, is true: thou therfore ſeale the viſion, becauſe it shal be [m] after manie dayes.

27 And I Daniel languished, and was ſicke for certaine dayes: and when I was riſen vp, I did the kings workes, and was aſtonied at the viſion, and there was none that could interprete it.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 2 [a] He inſinuateth that this viſion vvas in explication of ſome part of the former, vvhich he had tvvo yeares before. ch. 7. where foure monarchies are mentioned ſo here is foretold the great conflict betvven the Perſians & Greciaus, about 220. yeares after.
• 3 or riuer.
• 3 [b] The ramme represēted the king of Perſians & Medes.
• 5 [c] The goat ſignified Alexander the great:
• 7 [d] breaking the tvvo hornes, that is conquering the tvvo nations of Perſians & Medes.
• 8 [e] King Alexander died when he vvas very yong & ſtrong not fully 33. yeares of age.
• 8 [f] Foure of his ſolovvers poſſeſſed euerie one a kingdome of his Monarchie.
• 13 g Antiochus Epiphanes perſecuting the people of God deſtroyed the ſacrifice, polluted the temple ſetting vp the image of Iupiter Olimpius.
• 14 [i] 2300. euenings and mornings, that is, 2300. dayes; vvhich make ſix years and vvel nere foure monethes, the whole time from the beginning of Antiochus perſecution vnto his death: for he begane to perſecute in the yeare 143. 1 M⟨illegible⟩ 1. v 21. & he died an. 149. 1. Mac 6. v 16. vvithin which time an. 148 the temple was purged 1. Mac. 4. v 52. l Ezechiel is very often called by the name of ſonne of man, here alſo Daniel is ſo called by an Angel, as vvel to diſtinguiſh Angelical and humane nature, as in honour of mankind, vvhich Chriſt would aſſume: & therfore calleth himſelf by the very ſame rule in the Goſpel.
• 17 b One Angel demanded of an other to knovv a thing to come.
• 23 [l] Hiſtorically Antiochus; myſtically Antichriſt, as ch. 12. & Mat. 24.
• 23 [*] obſcure ſpeaches.
• 26 [m] So much as perteyned to the prophanation of the temple was fulfilled aboue 300. yeares after this prophecie: as the ſame is alſo a figure of Antichriſt, it ſhal happen towards the end of this world. S Greg. li. 30. c. 12. Moral.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. Daniel confeſſing that they are iuſtly afflicted for their ſinnes, 15. prayeth for ſpeedie mercie. 20. An Angel ſignifieth to him, that within ſeuentie wekes of yeares, Chriſt wil come; 26. and be ſlayne; his people the Iewes denying him, whom he wil therfore reiect.

1 IN the firſt yeare of Darius the ſonne [a] of Aſſuerus of the ſeede of the Medes, who reigned ouer the kingdom of the Chaldees:

2 [b] the firſt yeare of his kingdom, I Daniel vnderſtood in bookes the number of the yeares, wherof the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie the prophete, that [c] ſeuentie yeares should be accomplished of the deſolation of Ieruſalem.

3 And I ſette my face to our Lord my God to pray and beſech in faſtinges, ſackcloth, and ashes.

4 And I prayed our Lord my God, and I confeſſed, and ſaid: I beſech thee ô Lord God great and terrible, which keepeſt couenant, & mercie to them that loue thee, and keepe thy commandements.

5 We haue ſinned, we haue done iniquitie, we haue dealt impiouſly, and haue reuolted. & we haue declined from thy commandments, and iudgements.

6 We haue not obeyed thy ſeruants the prophets, that haue ſpoken in thy name to our kinges, to our princes, to our fathers, and to al the people of the land.

7 To thee ô Lord, iuſtice: but to vs confuſion of face, as is to day to the man of Iuda, and to the inhabiters of Ieruſalem, and to al Iſrael, to them that are nere, and to them that are farre of in al the landes, to which thou haſt caſt them out, for their iniquities in which they haue ſinned againſt thee.

8 O Lord, to vs confuſion of face, to our princes, & to our fathers that haue ſinned.

9 But to thee Lord our God mercie and propiciation, becauſe we haue reuolted from the:

10 and haue not heard the voice of the Lord our God, to walke in his law, which he gaue vs by his ſeruants the prophetes.

11 And al Iſrael haue tranſgreſſed thy law, and haue declined from hearing thy voice, and the malediction hath diſtilled vpon vs, & the deteſtation, which is written in the booke of Moyſes the ſeruant of God, becauſe we haue ſinned to him.

12 And he hath eſtablished his wordes, which he ſpake vpon vs, and vpon our princes, that iudged vs, that he would bring in vpon vs a great euil, ſuch as neuer was vnder al the heauen, according to that which hath bene done in Ierſalem.

13 As it is written in the law of Moyſes, al this euil is come vpon vs: and we beſought not thy face ô Lord our God, that we might returne from our iniquities, & might thinke on thy truth.

14 And our Lord hath watched vpon the malice, and hath brought it vpon vs: iuſt is the Lord our God in al his workes, which he hath done: for we haue not heard his voice.

15 And now ô Lord our God, which broughteſt forth thy people out of the Land of Aegypt in a ſtrong hand, & madſt thee a name according to this day: we haue ſinned, we haue done iniquitie.

16 O Lord according to al thy iuſtice, but let thy wrath be turned away I beſech thee, and thy furie from thy citie Ieruſalem, & from thy holie mount. For by reaſon of our ſinnes, and the iniquities of our fathers, Ieruſalem, and thy people are a reproch to al round about vs.

17 Now therfore heare ô our God the petition of thy ſeruant, & his prayers: and shew thy face vpon thy ſanctuarie, which is deſert, for thyne owne ſake.

18 Incline my God thine eare, & heare: open thine eyes, and ſee our deſolation, & the citie vpon which thy name is inuocated: for neither in our iuſtifications doe we proſtrate prayers before thy face, but in thy manie commiſerations.

19 Heare ô Lord, be pacified ô Lord: attend & doe, delay not for thine owne ſake my God: becauſe thy name is inuocated vpon thy citie, & vpon thy people.

20 And when I yet ſpake, & prayed, and confeſſed my ſinnes, and the ſinnes of my people of Iſrael, and did proſtrate my prayers in the ſight of my God, for the holie mount of my God:

21 as I was yet ſpeaking in prayer, loe the man Gabriel, whom I had ſene in the viſion from the beginning, quickly flying touched me in the time of the euening ſacrifice.

22 And he taught me, and ſpake to me, & ſayd: Daniel now am I come forth to teach thee, and that thou mighſt vnderſtand.

23 From the beginning of thy prayers the word came forth: and I am come to shew it to thee, becauſe thou art [d] a man of deſires: and doe thou marke the word, and vnderſtand the viſion.

24 [e] Seuentie weekes are abbridged vpon thy people, & vpon thy holie citie, [f] that preuarication may be conſummate, and ſinne take an end, & iniquitie be abolished; and euerlaſting iuſtice be brought; & viſion be accomplished, and prophecie; & the Holie one of holies be anointed.

25 Know therfore, & marke: From the going forth of the word, that Ieruſalem be built againe, vnto Chriſt the prince, there shal be ſeuen [g] weekes, & ſixtie two weekes, & the ſtreete shal be built againe, & the walles in * ſtraitnes of the times.

26 And after ſixty two weekes Chriſt shal be ſlaine: and it shal not be his people, that shal denie him. And the city, & the ſanctuary shal the people diſſipate with the prince to come: & the end therof waſte, & after the end of the battel the appoynted deſolation.

27 And he wil confirme the couenant to manie, one weeke: and in the halfe of the weeke shal the hoſte & the ſacrifice fayle: and there shal be in the temple the abomination of deſolation: & euen to the conſummation, and to the end shal the deſolation endure.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 1 [a] Aſſuerus, or achaſuerus, not a proper name ſignifieth a great prince, or head of people.
• 2 [b] Darius had reigned in Perſia before this time, but this vvas the firſt yeare of his reigne ouer the Chaldees, & alſo the laſt, neither did he reigne a ful yeare: for Cyrus reigned ſome part of the ſeuentith yeare of the Ievves captiuitie in Babylon: in vvhich alſo Baltaſſar vvas ſlaine Ier. 25. v. 12. & Ier. 29. v. 10. 2 Par. 36. v. 22.
• 2 [c] Daniel ſeing the ſeuentith yeare of captiuitie vvas comen, in vvhich God promiſed to deliuer his people. Ier. 29. v. 10 prayed vvith great zele, & confidence for their releaſe.
• 2 Iere. 29. v. 10.
• 11 Deut 17. v. 14.
• 23 [d] This ſingular deuotion with auſtere works of penance & zele of his countrie merited this commendable title to be called the man of deſires.
• 24 [e] And vvheras the prayed particularly for the releaſe of the Ievves from captiuitie of Babylon a farre greater thing is promiſed and reueled to him, that within ſeuentie vvekes of yeares (that is▪ ⟨illegible⟩. yeares) the Meſſias Chriſt vvil come and redeme mankinde from captiuitie of finne and the diuel.
• 24 [f] Theſe foure thinges (v. 24) Forgeuenes of ſinnes; Infuſion of iuſtice; Fulfilling of prophecies; & Annoiated Holie of holies agree only to Chriſt.
• 25 [g] Hebd⟨illegible⟩mas or Septenarius ſignifying ſeuen, vnderſtood of dayes importeth a weeke: of yeares (as Leui. 25) ſeuen yeares ſo ſeuentie vveekes 490. yeares. S Bed. li. de rat. temp. c. 6. 7. 8.
• 26 truble ſome ⟨illegible⟩
• 27 ⟨illegible⟩at. 24.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. After fasting & other voluntarie afflictions, 4. Daniel ſeing a man in a ſtrange forme, and much terrified therwith, 8. is comforted. 13. The Angels of Perſians, and Grecians reſiſt his prayer, 20. S. Michael aſſiſting the Iewes.

1 IN the third yeare of Cyrus king of the Perſians, a word was reueled to Daniel ſurnamed Baltaſſar, and a true word, and great ſtrength: & he vnderſtood the word: for [a] there is neede of vnderſtanding in viſion.

2 In thoſe dayes I Daniel mourned the dayes of three weekes,

3 deſiderable bread I did not eate, and flesh and wine entered not into my mouth, yea neither with ointment was I annoynted: til the dayes of three weeks were accomplished.

4 And in the foure & twentith day of the firſt moneth I was by the great riuer, which is Tigris.

5 And I lifted vp mine eyes, & I ſaw: and beholde a man clothed with linnen clothes, & his reynes girded with the fineſt gold:

6 and his bodie as it were the chryſolithus, and his face as the forme of lightning, and his eyes as a burning lampe: and his armes, & the partes that are downward euen to the feete, as it were the forme of gliſtering braſſe: and the voice of his word as the voice of a multitude.

7 And I Daniel alone ſaw the viſion: moreouer the men that were with me, ſaw it not, but exceding terrour fel vpon them, and they fled away, and hidde themſelues.

8 And I being left alone ſaw this great viſion: and there remayned no ſtrength in me, yea and my shape of contenance was changed in me, and I withered, neither had any ſtrength.

9 And I heard the voice of his wordes: and hearing I lay aſtonished vpon my face, and my viſage cleaued to the ground.

10 And behold a hand touched me, and lifted me vp vpon my knees, and vpon the ioynts of my handes.

11 And he ſaid to me: Daniel [b] thou man of deſires, vnderſtand the wordes, that I ſpeake to thee, and ſtand in thy place: for now am I ſent to thee. And when he had ſaid this word to me, I ſtood trembling.

12 And he ſaid to me: Feare not Daniel: becauſe ſince the firſt day that thou didſt ſet thy hart to vnderſtand to afflict thy ſelf in the ſight of thy God, thy * wordes haue bene heard: and I am come for thy wordes.

13 But [c] the prince of the kingdom of the Perſians [d] reſiſted me one and twentie dayes: and behold Michael one of the chiefe princes came to ayde me, and I taried there by the king of the Perſians.

14 But I am come to teach thee what thinges shal come to thy people in the later dayes, becauſe as yet the viſion vnto dayes.

15 And when he ſpake to me in theſe maner of wordes, I caſt downe my countenance to the ground, and held my peace.

16 And behold as it were the ſimilitude of the ſonne of man touched my lippes, and opening my mouth I ſpake, and ſayd to him, that ſtood before me: My Lord, in thy viſion my ioynts are diſſolued, and no ſtrength hath remayned in me.

17 And how can the ſeruant of my Lord ſpeake with my Lord? for no ſtrength is remayning in me, yea & my breath is ſtopped.

18 Agayne therfore there touched me as it were the viſion of a man, and ſtrengthened me,

19 and he ſayd: Feare not ô man of deſires, Peace be to thee: take courege & be ſtrong. And when he ſpake with me, I receiued ſtrength, and ſayd: Speake my Lord, becauſe thou haſt ſtrengthened me.

20 And he ſayd: Doeſt thou know wherfore I am come to thee? and now I wil returne, that I [e] may fight agaynſt the prince of the Perſians. when I therfore went ſorth, there appeared the prince of the Greekes coming.

21 But yet I wil tel thee that which is expreſſed in the ſcripture of truth: and none is my helper in al theſe, but Michael f your prince.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 1 [a] Pharao had a viſion in ſlepe, Gen. 41. Baltaſſar vvaking, ſavv a hand writing in the vval, Dan. 5. but neither of them vnderſtood their viſions, & therfore vvere not prophets. Ioſeph vnderſtood the former, & Daniel this other, and ſo they vvere prophets. For as this text teacheth, vnderſtanding is required that a viſion be prophetical. ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩o. 2. 2. q 175 a. 2 & 4.
• 11 [b] The Angel iepereth this honorable nevv title to encorege him being ſore frighted.
• 12 prayers▪
• 13 [c] The Angel guardian of Perſia. S. Ierom, S. Theodoret. S. Gregorie.
• 13 [d] This Angel for his office ſake, not yet knowing Gods vvil in this particular, prayed that the Iewes might remain among the Perſians for their edification and ſpiritual good.
• 20 [e] Daniels proper Angel ioyned his prayers vvith him for the deliuerie of the Ievves from captiuitie. f S. Michael the guardian Angel of the whole Church alſo prayed for the ſame purpoſe.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. The Angel declareth what shal happen to the Iewes vnder the kinges of Perſia, and by occaſion of warres betwen Aegypt and Syria.

1 AND I from the firſt yeare of Darius the Mede [a] ſtood that he might be ſtrengthened, and made ſtrong.

2 And now I wil declare the truth vnto thee. Behold [*] three kinges as yet shal ſtand in Perſia, and [*] the fourth shal be inriched with exceding riches aboue al: & when he is growne mightie in his riches, he shal rayſe vp al againſt the kingdom of Greece.

3 But there shal riſe * a ſtrong king, and shal rule with much power: and he shal doe what shal pleaſe him.

4 And when he * shal ſtand, his kingdom shal be broken, and it shal be diuided into the foure windes of heauen: but not vnto his poſteritie, nor according to his mightines wherwith he ruled. For [b] his kingdom shal be rent euen vnto foreners, beſyde theſe.

5 And [c] the king * of the South shal be made ſtrong, & there shal d of his princes preuaile aboue him, and he shal rule in dominion: for his dominion shal be much.

6 And after the end of yeares they shal be confederated: and the daughter of the king of the South shal come to e the king * of the North to make amitie, and shal not obtayne the ſtrength of the arme, neither shal his ſede ſtand: and she shal be deliuered, and they that brought her, her yongmen and they that ſtrengthened her in the times.

7 And there shal ſtand of the bud of her rootes a plant: and he shal come with an armie, and shal enter the prouince of the king of the North: and he shal abuſe them, and shal obtayne.

8 Moreouer alſo their goddes, and ſculptils, the precious veſſels alſo of gold, and ſiluer, he shal carie away captiue into Aegypt: he shal preuaile againſt the king of the North.

9 And the king of the South shal enter into the kingdom, and shal returne to his owne land.

10 And g his ſonnes shal be prouoked, and they shal gather a multitude of very manie hoſtes: and he shal come haſtning, and ouerflowing: and he shal returne and be ſtirred vp, and he shal ioyne battel with his force.

11 And the king of the South being prouoked shal goe forth, and shal fight againſt the king of the North, & shal prepare an exceding great multitude, and a multitude shal be geuen into his handes.

12 And he shal take a multitude, and his hart shal be exalted, and he shal ouerthrow manie thouſands: h but he shal not preuaile.

13 For the king of the North shal returne, and shal prepare a multitude much greater then before: & in the end of times, & yeares, he shal come haſtining with a great hoſt, and riches exceding much.

14 And in thoſe times manie shal riſe vp againſt the king of the South i the children alſo of the preuaricatours of thy people shal be extolled to fulfil the viſion, and they shal fal.

15 And the king of the North shal come, and shal caſt vp a mount, and shal take the beſt fenſed cities: & the armes of the South shal not ſuſteyne, and his choſen shal riſe vp to reſiſt, & there shal be no ſtrength.

16 And he shal doe coming vpon him according to his pleaſure, and there shal be none to ſtand agaynſt his face: and he shal ſtand in a noble land, & it shal be conſumed in his hand.

17 And he shal ſette his face to come to poſſeſſe al his kingdom, & he shal doe right thinges with him: and he shal geue vnto him a daughter of wemen, to ouerthrow it: and she shal not ſtand neither shal she be his.

18 And he shal turne his face to the ilands, & shal take manie: and he shal make the prince of his reproche to ceaſe, and his reproch shal be returned vpon him.

19 And he shal turne his face to the empire of his owne land, and he shal ſtumble, and fal, & shal not be found.

20 And there shal ſtand in his place one moſt vile, & vnworthy of kingly honour: & in few dayes he shal be deſtroyed, not in furie nor in battel.

21 And k there shal ſtand in his place one deſpiſed, and kinglie honour shal not be geuen him: and he shal come ſecretly, and shal obteyne the kingdom by fraude.

22 And the armes of him that fighteth shal be expugned from before his face, and shal be broken: moreouer alſo the prince l of the league.

23 And after the amities, he shal worke deceite with him: and he shal goe vp, and shal ouercome with few people.

24 And he shal enter abundant and plentiful cities: & he shal doe thinges that his fathers neuer did, & his fathers fathers: their robberies, and pray, & riches he shal diſſipate, and shal deuiſe deuiſes againſt the beſt fenſed: and this vntil a time.

25 And his ſtrength & his hart shal be ſtirred vp againſt the king of the South in a great armie: and the king of the South shal be prouoked to battel with manie aydes, and exceding ſtrong: & they shal not ſtand becauſe they shal take counſels againſt him.

26 And they that eate bread with him, shal deſtroy him, and his armie shal be oppreſſed: & there shal fal ſlaine very manie.

27 The hart alſo of the two kinges shal be to euil, and at one table they shal ſpeake lies, and they shal not proſper: becauſe as yet the end vnto an other time.

28 And he shal returne into his land with much riches: and his hart againſt the holie teſtament, and he shal proſper and shal returne into his owne land.

29 At the time appointed he shal returne, and he shal come to the South, and the later end shal not be like to the former.

30 And there shal come vpon him galleis, and the Romanes, and he shal be ſtrooken, and shal returne, and shal fret⟨illegible⟩e againſt the teſtament of the ſanctuarie, and he shal ſpede: and shal returne, and shal deuiſe againſt them, that haue forſaken the teſtament of the ſanctuarie.

31 And of him shal ſtand m armes, and shal pollute the ſanctuarie of ſtrength, and shal take away the continual ſacrifice: and they shal geue abomination into deſolation.

32 And the impious againſt the teſtament shal diſſemble fraudulently: but [m] the people that knoweth their God, shal obtayne, and shal doe.

33 And the learned in the people shal teach very manie: and they shal fal by ſword, and by flame, and by captiuitie, and by ſpoyle of dayes.

34 And when they are fallen, they shal be releeued with a litle ayde: and very manie shal be ioyned to them faynedly.

35 And of the learned there shal fal, that they may be tried, and may be choſen, and made white euen to the time prefixed: becauſe yet there shal be an other time.

36 And the king shal doe according to his wil, and shal be eleuated, & magnified againſt euerie god: and againſt the God of goddes he shal ſpeake magnifical thinges, & shal be directed, til the wrath be accomplished▪ for the determination is made.

37 And the God of his fathers he shal not account of: and he shal be in the concupiſcences of wemen, neither shal he care for anie of the goddes: becauſe he shal ryſe vp againſt al thinges.

38 But god [n] Maozim he shal worshipe in his place: and the God whom his fathers knewe not, he shal worshipe with gold, and ſiluer, and precious ſtone, and precious thinges.

39 And he shal doe it to fenſe Maôzim with a ſtrange god, whom he acknowledged, and he shal multiplie glorie, and shal geue them powre in manie, and shal diuide the land gratis.

40 And in the time prefixed shal the king of the South make battel againſt him, & as a tempeſt shal the king of the North come againſt him in charets, and in horſemen, and in a great nauie, and he shal enter the landes, and shal deſtroy, and paſſe through.

41 And he shal enter into the glorious land, and manie shal fal: but theſe onlie shal be ſaued out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the beginning of the children of Ammon.

42 And he shal lay his hand vpon the landes: and the Land of Aeygpt shal not eſcape.

43 And he shal rule ouer the treaſures of gold, and of ſiluer, and in al the precious thinges of Aegypt: through Lybia alſo, and Aethyopia he shal paſſe.

44 And a bruite shal truble him from the Eaſt, and from the North: and he shal come in a great multitude to deſtroy and kil very manie.

45 And he shal pitche his tabernacle [o] Apadno betwen the ſeas, vpon a mount glorious and holie: and he shal come euen to the toppe therof, and no man shal helpe him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 1 [a] The Angel proſecuting his ſpeach to the prophet ſheweth that he had prayed for the king of Perſians, from the firſt time after the ouerthrow of Babylon, ſeing him vvel affected tovvards the levves, as vvas alſo the next king Cyrus, vvho in dede releaſed them.
• 2 [*] Cambyſes. 1. Smerdes magus. Darius Hiſtaſpis.
• 2 [*] Xerxes. Alexander. come to his height.
• 4 [b] Scarſely touching other ſucceſſors of Alexander, the holie ſcripture here prophecieth of the kinges of Aegypt on the ſouth ſide of Iurie, & Syrians on the North: by whoſe warres the Ievves were moſt moleſted.
• 5 [c] Euerie prophecie (ſaith S. Ir⟨illegible⟩n, li. 4. c. 43) before it be fulfilled is aenigma, a ridle; or obſcure propoſition. But vvhen it is paſt may more eaſily ſometimes certainly, be interpreted. So by hiſtories of things now paſt he gathereth very probably that by this king of the ſouth vvas vnderſtood ⟨illegible⟩olomeus ſonne of Lagus king of Aegypt.
• 5 king of Aegypt.
• 6 king of Syria.
• 14 Iſa. 19. v. 19.
• 17 d His ſonne called Ptolomeus Philadelphus excelled his father in povvre and magnificence.
• 19 e This king of the North ſemeth to be Antiochus Theos king of Syria.
• 21 f Ptolomeus Euergetes king of Aegipt inuaded and ſpoyled Syria.
• 23 g Seleucus Ceraunus, and Antiochus magnus ſonnes of Seleucus callinicus shal raiſe nevv warres againſt Ptolomeus Philopator king of Aegypt, but the elder brother being slaine in the way, Antiochus shal proſecute the vvarre.
• 28 h He shal in uade and kilmanie, but not preuaile.
• 30 i Manie Ievves deceiued by Onias fleeing into Aegypt shal erect a temple and ſacrifice, falſly auouching that they fulfil the prophecie of Iſaie. ch. 19. v. 19.
• 32 [m] Euen in the hoteſt perſecution of Antiochus, Nero or Antichriſt ſome ſhal conſtantly confeſſe true religion.
• 32 k According to the hiſtorie al expoſiters vnderſtand this of Antiochus, Epiphanes, who liued and died baſely: but myſtically of Antichriſt, very potent & glorious in this world, yet ſhal haue baſe beginning and an ignominious end.
• 37 l This title Prince of the league or couenant, perteyneth directly to Antichriſt: who wil ioyne himſelf vvith the Iewes pretending to obſerue the law of Moyſes and ſo they vvil receiue him as their Meſſias. Ioan. 5. v. 43. S. Ireneus li. 5. c. 25. S. Ierom. & alij.
• 38 [n] The God of povvre or ſtrength, either Iupiter the Grecians great god, or their ovvne ſtreingth, vvherin Antiochus, and Antichriſt ſhal truſt.
• 45 [o] His royal tabernacle or palace, betvven the dead ſe a and the mediteranian.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. The Angel deſcribeth the perſecution of Antiochus, as the figure; & of Antichriſt prefigured. 6. the shortnes alſo of his reigne is clearly prophecied.

1 BVT in that time shal riſe vp [a] Michael the great prince, who ſtandeth for the children of thy people: and a time shal come ſuch as hath not beene from the time ſince nations begane euen vntil that time. And in that time shal thy people be ſaued, euerie one that shal be found writen in the booke.

2 And manie of thoſe, that ſleepe in the duſt of the earth, shal awake: [b] ſome vnto life euerlaſting, & others vnto reproch to ſee it alwayes.

3 But they that be learned [*] shal shine as the brightnes of the firmament: and they that inſtruct many to iuſtice, [c] as ſtarres vnto perpetual eternities.

4 But thou Daniel [d] shut vp the wordes, and ſeale the booke, euen to the time appointed: verie manie shal paſſe ouer, and there shal be manifeſt knowlege.

5 And I Daniel ſaw, and behold there ſtood as it were two others: one on this ſide vpon the banke of the riuer, and an other on that ſide, on the other banke of the riuer.

6 And I ſayd to the man, that was clothed with linen garments, that ſtood vpon the waters of the riuer: How long the end of theſe meruels?

7 And I heard the man, that was clothed with the linen garments, that ſtood vpon the waters of the riuer, when he had lifted vp his right hand, & his left hand vnto heauen, and had ſworne by him that liueth for euer, that “ vnto [e] a time, & times, & the halfe of a time. And when the diſperſion of the hand of the holie people shal be accomplished, al theſe thinges shal be accomplished.

8 And I heard, & vnderſtood not. And I ſayd: My Lord, what shal be after theſe things?

9 And he ſaid? Goe Daniel, becauſe the wordes are shut vp, and ſealed vntil the prefixed time.

10 Manie shal be choſen, and made white, & shal be tried as fyre: and the impious shal doe impiouſely, neither shal al the impious vnderſtand, but the learned shal vnderſtand.

11 And from the time f when the continual ſacrifice shal be taken away, and the abomination to deſolation shal be ſet vp, a thouſand two hundred ninetie dayes.

12 Bleſſed is he that expecteth, and cometh vnto dayes g a thouſand three hundred thirtie fiue.

13 But thou h goe, vntil the time prefixed: and thou shalt reſt, and ſtand in thy lotte vnto the end of the dayes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 1 [a] ⟨illegible⟩. Michael the guardian Angel and protector of the Ievves in the old teſtament. ch. 10. v. 13. & 21. & now of the Church of Chriſt vvil defend the ſame againſt Antichriſt nuiſibly as the Eccleſiaſtical paſtors ſhal do viſibly.
• 2 [b] Al ſhal riſe in bodie but al ſhal not be changed into better. 1. Cor. 15 v. 51.
• 3 [*] in the lavv of God.
• 3 [c] A glorious A⟨illegible⟩reola or accidental revvard (beſides the eſſential be atitude) ſhal be ge⟨illegible⟩en to thoſe that duly performe the office of paſtors, in teaching others: as there is an other like to Martyrs, and an other to Virgins.
• 4 [d] Daniels prophecie is ſhut and ſealed, not to be interpreted by humane vvitte, but by the ſpirite of God, vvhervvith the Church is illuminated, taught, gouerned, moued, & viuificated: S. Iero. in Gal.
• 7 [e] A time ordinarily ſignifieth one yeare, as ch. 4. v. 13 ſo here is ſignified the ſpace of three yeares and a halfe, as. ch. 7 and Apo. 12. v. 14. &c.
• 7 f From the taking avvay of the daylie ſacrifice, and placing of abomination (tovvite the practiſe of hereſie) to deſolation, that is, aboliſhing ſo much as is poſſible, the holie Sacrifice of Maſſe, to the end of that perſecution ſhal be 1290. dayes.
• 7 g VVhy 45. dayes are added to the former number, is meruelous obſcure: neither may vve preſume amongſt diuers expoſitions, to cenſure vvhich ſemeth moſt probable.
• 7 h But vve are content to goe avvay vvith Daniel, (v. 9. and 13.) vvithout further ſearching the profound ſenſe of ſo hiegh myſteries.
• 11 Mat. 24.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XII.

7. Vnto a time and times, and half a time. Our Sauiour ſaying (Matt. 24. v. 22) [Margin: Antichriſts perſecution ſhal not be long. Ancient fathers vnderſtand this terme to be three yeares and a halfe. Agreably to other ſcriptures.] that the dayes (of Antichriſts great perſecution) shal be shortned: and Apoc. 17. v. 10. the great perſecutor that is to come, muſt tarie a shorte time, it is neceſſarie [Margin: S Iren li. 5. cont. hereſ. 8. Ierom S. Theod. in hun lo S. Aug. li. 20. c. 23. ciuit. S. Prim. S. Beda. &c.] to ſay, that the time of the ſame perſecutor here ſignified to Daniel, as alſo before ch. 7. v. 25. & repeted Apoc 12 v. 14 by theſe termes of a time, & times, and half a time, can not poſſibly importe any long time. And therfore the ancient Fathers vniformely vnderſtand by a time, one yeare, by times two yeares, and ſo by half a time, half a yeare. Vvhich is ſomewhat more clere in other termes, in this ch. v. 11. by a thouſand tvvo hundred ninetie dayes; & v. 12. a thouſand three hundred thirtie dayes, & Apoc. 11. v. 3. Two witneſſes shal prophecie (againſt Antichriſt) a thouſand two hundred ſixtie dayes: Apoc 12. v 6. The Church shal be fedde in the wildernes, the ſame number of dayes 1260. But moſt clerly Apoc. 11. v. 2 & Apo. 13. v. 5. this great perſecution shal indure 42. monethes, that is, three yeares & a half.

Hitherto vve read Daniel in the Hebrevv volume. That vvhich folovveth euen to the end of the booke, is tranſlated out of Theodotions Edition.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. Two old iudges ouercomen with carnal concupiſcence, tempt chaſte Suſanna: [Margin: The 3. part. Other hiſtories not novv extant in Hebrevv.] 22. who conſtantly reſiſting, 27. is by them falſly accuſed, 41. & condemned of adultrie. 45. Daniel conuinceth them of falſe teſtimonie, 60. and they are punished with death.

1 AND there was a man dwelling in Babylon, and this name Ioakim:

2 & he tooke a wife named Suſanna, the daughter of Helcias exceding fayre, and fearing God.

3 For her parents being iuſt, inſtructed their daughter according to the law of Moyſes.

4 And Ioakim was very rich, and he had an orchard nere vnto his houſe: and to him the Iewes reſorted together, becauſe he was the more honorable of al.

5 And there were b two ancients appointed iudges in that yeare, of whom our Lord ſpake: That iniquities came out of Babylon from the ſeniour iudges, that ſemed to rule the people.

6 Theſe frequented the houſe of Ioakim, and al that had iudgements came to them.

7 And when the people returned at noone, Suſanna went in, and walked in her husbands orchard.

8 and the ancients ſaw her dayly going in, and walking: and they were inflamed to the concupiſcence of her:

9 and they ſubuerted their ſenſe, and declined their eyes that they would not ſee heauen, nor remember iuſt iudgements.

10 They were both therfore wounded with the loue of her, neither did they shew their griefe one to the other:

11 for they were ashamed to shew one an other their concupiſcence, being deſirous to lie with her:

12 and they watched euerie day carefully to ſee her. And one ſayd to the other:

13 Let vs goe home, becauſe it is the houre of dinner. And going forth they departed one from an other.

14 And when they were returned, they came into one place: and asking of each other the cauſe, they confeſſed their concupiſcence: and then in commune they appoynted a time, when they might fynd her alone.

15 And it came to paſſe, when they obſerued a fitte day, she went in on a time as yeſterday and the day before, with two maydes onlie, & would be washed in the orchard: for it was an hote ſeaſon.

16 And there was none there, but the two ancients hid, & beholding her.

17 She therfore ſayd to the maydes: Fetch me oile, and washing balles, and shut the doores of the orchard, that I may be washed.

18 And they did as she had commanded: and they shut the doores of the orchard, and went out by a backe doore to fetch the thing that she had commanded. and they knew not that the ancients were hid within.

19 But when the maydes were gone forth, the two ancients aroſe, and ranne to her, and ſayd:

20 Loe the doores of the orchard be shut, and no bodie ſeeth vs, and we are in the concupiſcence of thee: wherfore conſent to vs, and lie with vs.

21 and if thou wilt not, we wil geue teſtimonie againſt thee, that there was a yong man with thee, and for this cauſe thou didſt ſend out thy maydes from thee.

22 Suſanna ſighed, and ſayd: Perplexities are to me on euerie ſide: for if I shal doe this, it is death to me: and if I doe it not, I shal not eſcape your handes.

23 But it is better for me without the act to fal into your handes, then to ſinne in the ſight of our Lord.

24 And Suſanna cried out with a lowd voice: but the ancients alſo cried out againſt her.

25 And one ranne to the doore of the orchard, and opened it.

26 when the ſeruants therfore of the houſe had heard the crie in the orchard, they rushed in by the backe doore, to ſee what it was.

27 And after the ancients ſpake, the ſeruants were ashamed excedingly: becauſe neuer had there bene ſuch a word ſayd of Suſanna. And the morow came.

28 And when the people was come to Ioakim her husband, the two ancients alſo came ful of vniuſt cogitation againſt Suſanna, to put her to death.

29 And they ſayd [c] before the people: Send to Suſanna daughter of Helcias the wife of Ioakim. And forth with they ſent.

30 And she came with her parents, and children, and al her kinne.

31 Moreouer Suſanna was exceding delicate, and beautiful of face.

32 But thoſe wicked men commanded that she should be vncouered (for she whas couered) that ſo at leaſt they might be ſatisfied with her beautie.

33 Her frendes therfore wept, & al that had knowne her.

34 But the two ancients ryſing vp in the middes of the people, layd their handes vpon her head.

35 Who weeping looked vp to heauen, for her hart had confidence in our Lord.

36 And the ancients ſayd: When we walked alone in the orchard, this woman came in with two maydes, & shut the doores of the orchard: and she ſent away the maydes from her.

37 And a yongman that was hid came to her, and lay with her.

38 But we being in a corner of the orchard, ſeeing the iniquitie, ranne to them, and ſaw them lie together.

39 And him in deed we could not take, becauſe he was ſtronger then we, and opening the doores he lept out:

40 but her when we apprehended, we asked what yongman it was, and she would not tel vs, of this thing we are witneſſes.

41–42 The multitude beleued them as the ancients and the iudges of the people, and [d] they condemned her to death. But Suſanna cried out with a lowd voice, and ſayd: Eternal God, which art the knower of hidden things before they come to paſſe,

43 thou knoweſt that they haue borne falſe witnes againſt me: and loe I dye, wheras I haue done none of theſe thinges, which theſe men haue maliciouſely forged againſt me.

44 And our Lord heard her voice.

45 and when she was led to death, our Lord [e] rayſed vp the holie ſpirit of a yong boy, whoſe name was Daniel:

46 and he cried out with alowd voice: [f] I am cleane from the bloud of this woman.

47 And al the people turning to him, ſayd: What is this word, that thou haſt ſpoken?

48 Who when he ſtood in the middes of them, ſayd: So folish ye children of Iſrael, not iudgeing, nor diſcerning that which is the truth, haue you condemned the daughter of Iſrael?

49 Returne ye to iudgement, becauſe they haue ſpoken falſe teſtimonie againſt her.

50 The people therfore returned with ſpeede, and the ancients ſayd to him: Come, and ſitte in the middes of vs, and tel vs: becauſe God hath geuen thee the honour of old age.

51 And Daniel ſayd to the people: Separate them far one from an other, and I wil diſcouer them.

52–53 When they were therfore diuided one from the other, he called one of them, and ſaid to him: O thou inueterated of euil dayes, now are thy ſinnes come, which thou didſt committe before: iudging vniuſt iudgements, oppreſſing innocents, and diſmiſſing offenders, our Lord ſaying: The innocent and the iuſt thou shalt not kil.

54 Now then if thou ſaweſt her, tel vnder what tree thou ſaweſt them talking together. Who ſayd: Vnder a ſchine tree.

55 And Daniel ſayd: Wel haſt thou lyed agaynſt thine owne head: for behold the Angel of God taking the ſentence of him, shal cut thee in the middes.

56 And remouing him away, he commanded that the other should come, and he ſayd to him: Seede of Chanaan, and not of Iuda, beautie hath deceiued thee, and concupiſcence hath ſubuerted thy hart:

57 ſo did you to the daughters of Iſrael, and they fearing ſpake to you: but the daughter of Iuda did not abide your iniquitie.

58 Now therfore tel me, vnder what tree thou tookeſt them ſpeaking one to an other. Who ſaid: Vnder a prine tree.

59 And Daniel ſaid to him: Wel haſt thou alſo lyed againſt thine owne head: for the Angel of our Lord tarieth, hauing a ſword, that he may cut thee in the middes, and kil you.

60 Therfore al the aſſemblie cried out with a lowd voice, and they bleſſed God, which ſaueth them that hope in him.

61 And they roſe vp againſt the two elders (for Daniel had conuinced them by their owne mouth to haue geuen falſe teſtimonie) and they did to them as they had dealt naughtely againſt their neighbour,

62 to doe according to the law of Moyſes: & they killed them, and innocent bloud was ſaued in that day.

63 But Helcias, and his wyfe prayſed God, for their daughter Suſanna, with Ioakim her husband, and al her kinne, becauſe there was no vnhoneſt thing found in her.

64 And [g] Daniel became great in the ſight of the people from that day, & thence forward.

65 [h] And king Aſtyages was layd to his fathers, & Cyrus the Perſian receiued his kingdom.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 1 a S. Athanaſius in Synopſi, reciteth this hiſtorie in the beginning of Daniel. And S. Aug. ſer. 242. de tem. ſuppoſeth that Daniel about the age of tvvelue yeares indued vvith the ſpirit of prophecie diſcouered the malicious falſhood of them, that accuſed Suſanna.
• 9 b In the tranſmigration vvhich vvas made in the third yeare of Ioakim king of Iuda, the Iewes were better entreated, and had their ovvne iudicial tribunal, & other priuilegies, vntil the captiuitie, vvhich happened about 19 yeares after, in the eleuenth yeare of Sedecias. At which time they were brought into much more bondage.
• 29 [c] For more colour of iuſt proceding, theſe vvicked men gaue their falſe teſtimonie, & ſentence before the people.
• 41–42 [d] The people gaue their opinions that ſhe deſerued death, but the falſe Iudges gaue ſentence. For ſo the forme of the lavv required. vvhich they prerended to fulfil. Leu. 20. Deut. 22.
• 45 [e] Daniel by the gift of prophecie ſavv & declared that ſhe vvas innocent.
• 46 [f] VVheras therfore the people had conſented to her death, he denied his conſent, & vndertooke to conuince the falſe vvitneſſes: as he did. v. 54. & 58.
• 52–53 Iere. 22. v. 3.
• 54 Exo. 23. v. 7.
• 62 Deut. 19. v. 19.
• 64 [g] By this firſt prophetical act, Daniel begane vvorthely to be eſteemed.
• 65 [h] This laſt verſe, of Aſtyages otherwiſe called Darius, and of Cyrus ſucceeding him, perteyneth to the ninth chapter. And here mention is made of them to ſignifie that Daniel beginning to prophecie in his childhood, continued euen to old age. For betvven this hiſtorie of Suſanna & the death of Darius vvere about nintie yeares.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. Daniel detecteth the fraud of Bels prieſtes: who pretend that Bel eateth much meate: 21. for which they are ſlaine, and the idol deſtroyed. 22. Likewiſe he deſtroyeth a dragon, which the Babylonians held for a god. 27. He is cast into the lake of ſeuen lions. 32. whithet Habacuc miraculouſly bringeth him meate: 39. the lions hurt him not: & his accuſers are deuoured.

1 AND Daniel was [a] the kings gheſt, and honoured aboue al his freindes.

2 There was alſo an idol among the Babylonians named Bel: and there were beſtowed on him euerie day of floure twelue [*] a⟨illegible⟩ctabaes, and fourtie sheepe, and of wine ſix great pottes.

3 The king alſo did worshipe him, and went euery day to adore him: But [b] Daniel adored his God. & the king ſayd to him: Why doſt thou not adore Bel.

4 Who anſwering, ſayd to him: Becauſe I worshipe not idols made with hand, but the liuing God, that created heauen, and earth, and hath powre ouer al flesh.

5 And the king ſayd to him: Doeth not Bel ſome vnto thee to be a liuing God? Seeſt thou not how much he eateth and drinketh euerie day?

6 And Daniel ſmiling ſayd: Be not deceiued ô king. For this ſame is within of clay, and without of braſſe, neither hath he eaten at any time.

7 And the king being wrath called his prieſts, & ſayd to them: Vnleſſe you tel me, who it is that eateth theſe expenſes, you shal dye.

8 But if you shew, that Bel eateth theſe things Daniel shal dye, becauſe he hath blaſphemed againſt Bel. And Daniel ſayd to the king: Be it done according to thy woord.

9 And the prieſts of Bel were ſeuentie, beſide their wiues, and litle ones, & children. And the king came with Daniel into the temple of Bel.

10 And the prieſtes of Bel ſayd: Behold we goe forth: & thou ô king ſet the meates, & mingle the wine, & shut the doore, & ſeale it with thy ring:

11 and when thou shalt come in the morning, vnles thou finde al eaten of Bel, dying we wil dye, or Daniel that hath lyed againſt vs.

12 And they contemned, becauſe they had made vnder the table a ſecrete entrance, & by it they came in alwayes, and deuoured thoſe thinges.

13 It came to paſſe therfore after they were gone out, the king ſet the meates before Bel: & Daniel commanded his ſeruants, and they brought ashes, and he ſifted them ouer al the temple before the king: and going forth they shut the doore, and ſealing it with the kings ring, they departed.

14 But the prieſtes went in by night, according to their cuſtome, and their wiues, and their children: and they did eate, and drinke al.

15 And the king aroſe in the firſt breake of day, and Daniel with him.

16 And the king ſayd: Are the ſeales ſafe, Daniel? Who anſwered: Safe ô king.

17 And forth with when he had opened the doore, the king looking on the table, cried out with a lowd voice: Great art thou ô Bel, and there is not any deceite with thee.

18 And Daniel laughed: and he held the king that he should not goe in: and he ſayd: Behold the pauement, marke whoſe ſteppes theſe are.

19 And the king ſayd: I ſee the ſteppes of men, & wemen, and of infantes. And the king was angrie.

20 Then apprehended he the prieſts, & their wiues, & their children: and they shewed him ſecrete litle doores by which they came in, & conſumed the thinges that were on the table.

21 The king therfore them, & he deliuered Bel into the powre of Daniel: who ouerthrewe him, & his temple.

22 And [c] there was a great dragon in that place, & the Babylonians worshipped him.

23 And the king ſayd to Daniel: Loe now thou canſt not ſay, that this ſame is not a liuing god: adore him therfore.

24 And Daniel ſayd: The Lord my God I doe adore: becauſe he is the liuing God:

25 but thou ô king geue me licence, and I wil kil the Dragon without ſword and clubbe. And the king ſayd: I geue thee licence.

26 Daniel therfore tooke pitch, & fatte, and heares, and ſod them together: & he made lumpes, and gaue into the Dragons mouth, & the Dragon burſt in ſunder. And he ſayd: Loe whom you worshipped.

27 Which when the Babylonians had heard, they were wrath excedingly: and being gathered together againſt the king, they ſaid: The king is become a Iewe. Bel he hath deſtroyed, the Dragon he hath killed, & he hath ſlaine the prieſts.

28 And they ſayd when they were come to the king: Deliuer vs Daniel, otherwiſe we wil kil thee, & thy houſe.

29 The king therfore ſaw that they preſſed vpon him vehemently: and compelled by neceſſity he deliuered Daniel to them.

30 Who caſt him into the lake of lions, and he was there ſix dayes.

31 Moreouer in the lake were ſeuen lions, & there were geuen to them two bodies euerie day, & two ſheepe: and they were not geuen vnto them, that they might deuoure Daniel.

32 And there was d Habacuc a prophete in Iewrie, & he had boyled broth, & had broken bread in a bowle: and he went into the field, to carie it to the reapers.

33 And the Angel of our Lord ſayd to Habacuc: Carie the dinner which thou haſt, into Babylon to Daniel, who is in the lake of lions.

34 And Habacuc ſayd: Lord, Babylon I haue not ſene, and the lake I know not.

35 And the Angel of our Lord tooke him by the toppe of his head, and caried him by the heare of his head, & put him into Babylon ouer the lake in the force of his ſpirit.

36 And Habacuc cried, ſaying: Daniel, take the dinner that God hath ſent to thee.

37 And Daniel ſayd: Thou haſt remembred me ô God, and haſt not forſaken them that loue thee.

38 And Daniel ryſing vp did eate. Moreouer the Angel of our Lord reſtored Habacuc forth with in his place.

39 The king therfore came the ſeuenth day to lament Daniel: and he came to the lake, and looked in, and behold Daniel ſitting in the middes of the lions.

40 And the king cried out with a lowd voice, ſaying: Great art thou ô Lord the God of Daniel. And he drew him out of the lake of lions.

41 But thoſe that had bene the cauſe of his perdition, he caſt into the lake, and they were deuoured in a moment before him.

42 Then the king ſayd: Let al inhabitants in the whole earth feare the God of Daniel: becauſe he is the Sauiour, doing ſignes, & meruels in the earth: who hath deliuered Daniel out of the lions denne.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

• 1 [a] It ſemeth moſt probable that this king vvas Euilmerodach, who fauoured the Ievves, & deliuered Iechonias (otherwiſe called Ioachin) out of priſon. 4. Reg. 25. v. 17.
• 2 Gen. 10. v 10.
• 2 [*] amphor⟨illegible⟩.
• 3 [b] VVhich ſuppoſed, Daniel vvas novv about the age of 55. yeares. For being caried into Babylon at the age of tenne yeares, vvas there 8. yeares before Ioachin, who was there 37. yeares before he vvas deliuered from priſon, vvhich make in al. 55.
• 22 [c] Not only the Babylonians as is manifeſt in manie places, but alſo the Romanes and moſt nations worſhipped Bel for a great god: But it is more wonderful that both the Chaldees and the Romans otherwiſe moſt wiſe worſhiped a ſerpent, or dragon, a beaſt naturally moſt hating men, & moſt abhorred by al men, The cauſe of this blindnes can be no other but Gods iuſt puniſhment ſuffering them for their abominable pride, and other ſinnes to fal into ſo ſotiſh conceites as to thinke, that ſerpentes could either greatly benefite them, or by ſuch vvorſhippe be appeaſed, and ceaſe from annoying them, As Valerius vvriteth. li. 1. c. 8. ⟨illegible⟩. Auguſtin alſo li. 14 c 11. ⟨illegible⟩it. & manie others teſtifie the ſame.
• 38 d Although about 20 yeares before, there vvas no prophet in Iurie (ch. 3. v. 38.) yet novv this Habacuc vvas indued vvith the ſpirit of prophecie. As for Habacuc, the eight in order of the leſſe prophetes, he prophecied before the captiuitie: yea before the Chaldees became a Monarchie. As appeareth, Hab. 1. v 6.

Colophon

The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The second tome (Psalms to 2 Machabees, with the Prayer of Manasses and the third and fourth books of Esdras), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1610 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

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