,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,daniel          
,,daniel1 whose name signifies ,,the    
,,judgment ,,of ,,god1 was of the royal 
blood  of the kings of ,juda3 and one of
 those that were first of all carried   
away into captivity4 ,he was so renowned
 for wisdom and knowledge1 that  it     
became a proverb among the ,babylonians1
 ,,as ,,wise ,,as ,,daniel 7,ezech4     
#bh4c74 ,and his holiness was so great  
from his very childhood1 that at  the   

time when he was as yet but a young man1
 he is joined by the ,,spirit  of ,,god 
with ,,noe and ,,job1 as three persons  
most eminent for virtue and  sanctity1  
,ezech4 #ad4 ,he is not commonly        
numbered by the ,hebrews among  ,,the   
,,prophets3 because he lived at court1  
and in high station in the  world3 but  
if we consider his many clear           
predictions of things to come1  we shall
 find that no one better deserves the   
name and title of ,a  ,,prophet3 which  
also has been given him by the ,,son of 
,,god himself1 ,matt4  #bd1 ,mark #ac41 
,luke #ba4      ,daniel ,chapter #a     
,daniel and his companions are taken    
into the palace of the king of          
,babylon3 they abstain from his meat and
 wine1 and succeed better with  pulse   
and water4 ,their excellence and wisdom4
    #a3a4 ,in the third year of the     
reign of ,joakim1 king of ,juda1        
,nabuchodonosor1 king of ,babylon1 came 
to ,jerusalem1 and beseiged it4    #a3b4
 ,and the ,lord delivered into his hands

 ,joakim1 the king of ,juda1 and  part  
of the vessels of the house of ,god3 and
 he carried them away into  the land of 
,sennaar1 to the house of his god1 and  
the vessels he brought  into the        
treasure house of his god4    ,his      
god444 ,bel or ,belus1 the principal    
idol of the ,chaldeans4    #a3c4 ,and   
the king spoke to ,asphenez1 the master 
of the eunuchs1 that he  should bring in
 some of the children of ,israel1 and of
 the king's seed1  and of the princes1  
#a3d4 ,children in whom there was no    
blemish1 well favoured1 and skilful  in 
all wisdom1 acute in knowledge1 and     
instructed in science1 and such  as     
might stand in the king's palace1 that  
he might teach them the  learning1 and  
tongue of the ,chaldeans4    #a3e4 ,and 
the king appointed them a daily         
provision1 of his own meat1 and  of the 
wine of which he drank himself1 that    
being nourished three years1  afterwards
 they might stand before the king4      
#a3f4 ,now there was among them of the  

children of ,juda1 ,daniel1 ,ananias1   
,misael1 and ,azarias4    #a3g4 ,and the
 master of the eunuchs gave them names3 
to ,daniel1  ,baltassar3 to ,ananias1   
,sidrach3 to ,misael1 ,misach3 and to   
,azarias1  ,abdenago4    #a3h4 ,but     
,daniel purposed in his heart that he   
would not be defiled with  the king's   
table1 nor with the wine which he drank3
 and he requested the  master of the    
eunuchs that he might not be defiled4   
,be defiled1 etc444 ,viz41 either by    
eating meat forbidden by the law1 or    
which had before been offered to idols4 
#a3i4 ,and ,god gave to ,daniel grace   
and mercy in the sight of the prince  of
 the eunuchs4    #a3aj4 ,and the prince 
of the eunuchs said to ,daniel3 ,i fear 
my lord1 the  king1 who hath appointed  
you meat and drink3 who if he should see
 your  faces leaner than those of the   
other youths1 your equals1 you shall    
endanger my head to the king4    #a3aa4 
,and ,daniel said to ,malasar1 whom the 
prince of the eunuchs had  appointed    

over ,daniel1 ,ananias1 ,misael1 and    
,azarias3    #a3ab4 ,try1 ,i beseech    
thee1 thy servants for ten days1 and let
 pulse be  given us to eat1 and water to
 drink3    ,pulse444 ,that is1 pease1   
beans1 and such like4    #a3ac4 ,and    
look upon our faces1 and the faces of   
the children that eat of  the king's    
meat3 and as thou shalt see1 deal with  
thy servants4    #a3ad4 ,and when he had
 heard these words1 he tried them for   
ten days4    #a3ae4 ,and after ten days1
 their faces appeared fairer and fatter 
than  all the children that ate of the  
king's meat4    #a3af4 ,so ,malasar took
 their portions1 and the wine that they 
should  drink3 and he gave them pulse4  
#a3ag4 ,and to these children ,god gave 
knowledge1 and understanding in  every  
book1 and wisdom3 but to ,daniel the    
understanding also of all  visions and  
dreams4    #a3ah4 ,and when the days    
were ended1 after which the king had    
ordered  they should be brought in3 the 
prince of the eunuchs brought them in   

before ,nabuchodonosor4    #a3ai4 ,and  
when the king had spoken to them1 there 
were not found among  them all such as  
,daniel1 ,ananias1 ,misael1 and         
,azarias3 and they stood in  the king's 
presence4    #a3bj4 ,and in all matters 
of wisdom and understanding1 that the   
king  enquired of them1 he found them   
ten times better than all the diviners1 
and wise men1 that were in all his      
kingdom4    #a3ba4 ,and ,daniel         
continued even to the first year of king
 ,cyrus4    ,daniel ,chapter #b         
,daniel1 by divine revelation1 declares 
the dream of ,nabuchodonosor1 and  the  
interpretation of it4 ,he is highly     
honoured by the king4    #b3a4 ,in the  
second year of the reign of             
,nabuchodonosor1 ,nabuchodonosor  had a 
dream1 and his spirit was terrified1 and
 his dream went out of his  mind4       
,the second year444 ,viz41 from the     
death of his father ,nabopolassar2 for  
he had reigned before as partner with   
his father in the empire4    #b3b4 ,then

 the king commanded to call together the
 diviners and the wise  men1 and the    
magicians1 and the ,chaldeans3 to       
declare to the king his  dreams3 so they
 came and stood before the king4    ,the
 ,chaldeeans444 ,that is1 the           
astrologers1 that pretended to divine by
  stars4    #b3c4 ,and the king said to 
them3 ,i saw a dream3 and being troubled
 in  mind ,i know not what ,i saw4      
#b3d4 ,and the ,chaldeans answered the  
king in ,syriac3 ,o king1 live for      
ever3 tell to thy servants thy dream1   
and we will declare the  interpretation 
thereof4    #b3e4 ,and the king1        
answering1 said to the ,chaldeans3 ,the 
thing is gone  out of my mind3 unless   
you tell me the dream1 and the meaning  
thereof1  you shall be put to death1 and
 your houses shall be confiscated4      
#b3f4 but if you tell the dream1 and the
 meaning of it1 you shall receive  of me
 rewards1 and gifts1 and great honour3  
therefore1 tell me the  dream1 and the  
interpretation thereof4    #b3g4 ,they  

answered again and said3 ,let the king  
tell his servants the  dream1 and we    
will declare the interpretation of it4  
#b3h4 ,the king answered and said3 ,i   
know for certain1 that you seek to  gain
 time1 since you know that the thing is 
gone from me4    #b3i4 ,if1 therefore1  
you tell me not the dream1 there is one 
sentence  concerning you1 that you have 
also framed a lying interpretation1 and 
full of deceit1 to speak before me till 
the time pass away4 ,tell me1           
therefore1 the dream1 that ,i may know  
that you also give a true               
interpretation thereof4    #b3aj4 ,then 
the ,chaldeans answered before the king1
 and said3 ,there is no  man upon earth1
 that can accomplish thy word1 ,o king2 
neither doth any  king1 though great and
 mighty1 ask such a thing of any        
diviner1 or wise  man1 or ,chaldean4    
#b3aa4 ,for the thing that thou asketh1 
,o king1 is difficult3 nor can any  one 
be found that can shew it before the    
king1 except the gods1 whose            

conversation is not with men4    #b3ab4 
,upon hearing this1 the king in fury1   
and in great wrath1 commanded  that all 
the wise men of ,babylon should be put  
to death4    #b3ac4 ,and the decree     
being gone forth1 the wise men were     
slain3 and  ,daniel and his companions  
were sought for1 to be put to death4    
#b3ad4 ,then ,daniel inquired concerning
 the law and the sentence1 of  ,arioch1 
the general of the king's army1 who was 
gone forth to kill the  wise men of     
,babylon4    #b3ae4 ,and he asked him   
that had received the orders of the     
king1 why so  cruel a sentence was gone 
forth from the face of the king4 ,and   
when  ,arioch had told the matter to    
,daniel1    #b3af4 ,daniel went in1 and 
desired of the king1 that he would give 
him  time to resolve the question1 and  
declare it to the king4    #b3ag4 ,and  
he went into his house1 and told the    
matter to ,ananias1 and  ,misael1 and   
,azarias1 his companions3    #b3ah4 ,to 
the end that they should ask mercy at   

the face of the ,god of  heaven1        
concerning this secret1 and that ,daniel
 and his companions might  not perish   
with the rest of the wise men of        
,babylon4    #b3ai4 ,then was the       
mystery revealed to ,daniel by a vision 
in the night3  and ,daniel blessed the  
,god of heaven1    #b3bj4 ,and speaking1
 he said3 ,blessed be the name of the   
,lord from  eternity and for evermore3  
for wisdom and fortitude are his4       
#b3ba4 ,and he changeth times and ages3 
taketh away kingdoms1 and  establisheth 
them3 giveth wisdom to the wise1 and    
knowledge to them that  have            
understanding3    #b3bb4 ,he revealeth  
deep and hidden things1 and knoweth what
 is in  darkness3 and light is with him4
    #b3bc4 ,to thee1 ,o ,god of our     
fathers1 ,i give thanks1 and ,i praise  
thee3  because thou hast given me wisdom
 and strength3 and now thou hast shewn  
me what we desired of thee1 for thou    
hast made known to us the king's        
discourse4    #b3bd4 ,after this ,daniel

 went in to ,arioch1 to whom the king   
had given  orders to destroy the wise   
men of ,babylon1 and he spoke thus to   
him3  ,destroy not the wise men of      
,babylon3 bring me in before the king1  
and ,i  will tell the solution to the   
king4    #b3be4 ,then ,arioch in haste  
brought in ,daniel to the king1 and said
 to  him3 ,i have found a man of the    
children of the captivity of ,juda1 that
  will resolve the question to the king4
    #b3bf4 ,the king answered1 and said 
to ,daniel1 whose name was ,baltassar3  
,thinkest thou indeed that thou canst   
tell me the dream that ,i saw1 and  the 
interpretation thereof8    #b3bg4 ,and  
,daniel made answer before the king1 and
 said3 ,the secret that  the king       
desireth to know1 none of the wise men1 
or the philosophers1 or  the diviners1  
or the soothsayers1 can declare to the  
king4    #b3bh4 ,but there is a ,god in 
heaven that revealeth mysteries1 who    
hath  shewn to thee1 ,o king            
,nabuchodonosor1 what is to come to pass

 in the  latter times4 ,thy dream1 and  
the visions of thy head upon thy bed1   
are  these3    #b3bi4 ,thou1 ,o king1   
didst begin to think in thy bed1 what   
should come to  pass hereafter3 and he  
that revealeth mysteries shewed thee    
what shall  come to pass4    #b3cj4 ,to 
me also this secret is revealed1 not by 
any wisdom that ,i have  more than all  
men alive3 but that the interpretation  
might be made  manifest to the king1 and
 thou mightest know the thought of thy  
mind4    #b3ca4 ,thou1 ,o king1 sawest1 
and behold there was as it were a great 
statue3 this statue1 which was great and
 high1 tall of stature1 stood  before   
thee1 and the look thereof was terrible4
    #b3cb4 ,the head of this statue was 
of fine gold1 but the breast and the    
arms of silver1 and the belly and the   
thighs of brass4    #b3cc4 ,and the legs
 of iron1 the feet part of iron and part
 of clay4    #b3cd4 ,thus thou sawest1  
till a stone was cut out of a mountain  
without  hands3 and it struck the statue

 upon the feet thereof that were of iron
  and clay1 and broke them in pieces4   
#b3ce4 ,then was the iron1 the clay1 the
 brass1 the silver1 and the gold  broken
 to pieces together1 and became like the
 chaff of a summer's  threshing floor1  
and they were carried away by the wind3 
and there was  no place found for them3 
but the stone that struck the statue    
became a  great mountain1 and filled the
 whole earth4    #b3cf4 ,this is the    
dream3 we will also tell the            
interpretation thereof  before thee1 ,o 
king4    #b3cg4 ,thou art a king of     
kings3 and the ,god of heaven hath given
 thee a  kingdom1 and strength1 and     
power1 and glory3    #b3ch4 ,and all    
places wherein the children of men1 and 
the beasts of the  field do dwell3 he   
hath also given the birds of the air    
into thy hand1  and hath put all things 
under thy power3 thou1 therefore1 art   
the head  of gold4    #b3ci4 ,and after 
thee shall rise up another kingdom1     
inferior to thee1 of  silver3 and       

another third kingdom of brass1 which   
shall rule over all  the world4         
,another kingdom444 ,viz41 that of the  
,medes and ,persians4 ,ibid4 ,third     
kingdom444 ,viz41 that of ,alexander the
 ,great4    #b3dj4 ,and the fourth      
kingdom shall be as iron4 ,as iron      
breaketh into  pieces1 and subdueth all 
things1 so shall that break1 and destroy
 all  these4    ,the fourth kingdom1    
etc444 ,some understand this of the     
successors of  ,alexander1 the kings of 
,syria and ,egypt1 others of the ,roman 
empire1 and  its civil wars4    #b3da4  
,and whereas thou sawest the feet1 and  
the toes1 part of potter's  clay1 and   
part of iron3 the kingdom shall be      
divided1 but yet it shall  take its     
origin from the iron1 according as thou 
sawest the iron mixed  with the miry    
clay4    #b3db4 ,and as the toes of the 
feet were part of iron1 and part of     
clay3  the kingdom shall be partly      
strong1 and partly broken4    #b3dc4    
,and whereas thou sawest the iron mixed 

with miry clay1 they shall  be mingled  
indeed together with the seed of man1   
but they shall not  stick fast one to   
another1 as iron cannot be mixed with   
clay4    #b3dd4 ,but in the days of     
those kingdoms1 the ,god of heaven will 
set up a  kingdom that shall never by   
destroyed1 and his kingdom shall not be 
delivered up to another people3 and it  
shall break in pieces1 and shall        
consume all these kingdoms3 and itself  
shall stand for ever4    ,a kingdom444  
,viz41 the kingdom of ,christ in the    
,catholic ,church which  cannot be      
destroyed4    #b3de4 ,according as thou 
sawest1 that the stone was cut out of   
the  mountain without hands1 and broke  
in pieces the clay and the iron1 and    
the brass1 and the silver1 and the gold1
 the great ,god hath shewn the  king    
what shall come to pass hereafter1 and  
the dream is true1 and the              
interpretation thereof is faithful4     
#b3df4 ,then king ,nabuchodonosor fell  
on his face1 and worshipped ,daniel1    

and commanded that they should offer in 
sacrifice to him victims and  incense4  
#b3dg4 ,and the king spoke to ,daniel1  
and said3 ,verily1 your ,god is the     
,god of gods1 and ,lord of kings1 and a 
revealer of hidden things3 seeing  thou 
couldst discover this secret4    #b3dh4 
,then the king advanced ,daniel to a    
high station1 and gave him many  and    
great gifts3 and he made him governor   
over all the provinces of  ,babylon3 and
 chief of the magistrates over all the  
wise men of ,babylon4    #b3di4 ,and    
,daniel requested of the king1 and he   
appointed ,sidrach1  ,misach1 and       
,abdenago1 over the works of the        
province of ,babylon3 but  ,daniel      
himself was in the king's palace4       
,daniel ,chapter #c    ,nabuchodonosor  
set up a golden statue2 which he        
commands all to adore3  the three       
children for refusing to do it are cast 
into the fiery  furnace2 but are not    
hurt by the flames4 ,their prayer and   
canticle of  praise4    #c3a4 ,king     

,nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold1  
of sixty cubits high1  and six cubits   
broad1 and he set it up in the plain of 
,dura1 of the  province of ,babylon4    
#c3b4 ,then ,nabuchodonosor1 the king1  
sent to call together the nobles1  the  
magistrates1 and the judges1 the        
captains1 the rulers1 and  governors1   
and all the chief men of the provinces1 
to come to the  dedication of the statue
 which king ,nabuchodonosor had set up4 
#c3c4 ,then the nobles1 the magistrates1
 and the judges1 the captains1 and      
rulers1 and the great men that were     
placed in authority1 and all the        
princes of the provinces1 were gathered 
together to come to the  dedication of  
the statue1 which king ,nabuchodonosor  
had set up4 ,and they  stood before the 
statue which king ,nabuchodonosor had   
set up4    #c3d4 ,then a herald cried   
with a strong voice3 ,to you it is      
commanded1 ,o  nations1 tribes and      
languages3    #c3e4 ,that in the hour   
that you shall hear the sound of the    

trumpet1 and  of the flute1 and of the  
harp1 of the sackbut1 and of the        
psaltery1 and  of the symphony1 and of  
all kind of music1 ye fall down and     
adore the  golden statue which king     
,nabuchodonosor hath set up4    #c3f4   
,but if any man shall not fall down and 
adore1 he shall the same  hour be cast  
into a furnace of burning fire4    #c3g4
 ,upon this1 therefore1 at the time when
 all the people heard the  sound of the 
trumpet1 the flute1 and the harp1 of the
 sackbut1 and the  psaltery1 of the     
symphony1 and of all kind of music1 all 
the nations1  tribes1 and languages fell
 down and adored the golden statue which
 king  ,nabuchodonosor had set up4      
#c3h4 ,and presently at that very time  
some ,chaldeans came and accused the    
,jews1    #c3i4 ,and said to king       
,nabuchodonosor3 ,o king1 live for ever3
    #c3aj4 ,thou1 ,o king1 hast made a  
decree1 that every man that shall hear  
the sound of the trumpet1 the flute1 and
 the harp1 of the sackbut1 and  the     

psaltery1 of the symphony1 and of all   
kind of music1 shall prostrate  himself1
 and adore the golden statue3    #c3aa4 
,and that if any man shall not fall down
 and adore1 he should be  cast into a   
furnace of burning fire4    #c3ab4 ,now 
there are certain ,jews1 whom thou hast 
set over the works of  the province of  
,babylon1 ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and        
,abdenago3 these men1 ,o  king1 have    
slighted thy decree3 they worship not   
thy gods1 nor do they  adore the golden 
statue which thou hast set up4    #c3ac4
 ,then ,nabuchodonosor in fury1 and in  
wrath1 commanded that ,sidrach1         
,misach1 ad ,abdenago should be brought3
 who immediately were brought  before   
the king4    #c3ad4 ,and                
,nabuchodonosor1 the king1 spoke to     
them1 and said3 ,is it true1  ,o        
,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1 that  
you do not worship my gods1 nor  adore  
the golden statue that ,i have set up8  
#c3ae4 ,now1 therefore1 if you be ready1
 at what hour soever1 you shall  hear   

the sound of the trumpet1 flute1 harp1  
sackbut1 and psaltery1 and  symphony1   
and of all kind of music1 prostrate     
yourselves1 and adore the  statue which 
,i have made3 but if you do not adore1  
you shall be cast the  same hour into   
the furnace of burning fire3 and who is 
the ,god that  shall deliver you out of 
my hand8    #c3af4 ,sidrach1 ,misach1   
and ,abdenago1 answered1 and said to    
king  ,nabuchodonosor3 ,we have no      
occasion to answer thee concerning this 
matter4    #c3ag4 ,for behold our ,god1 
whom we worship1 is able to save us from
 the  furnace of burning fire1 and to   
deliver us out of thy hands1 ,o king4   
#c3ah4 ,but if he will not1 be it known 
to thee1 ,o king1 that we will not      
worship thy gods1 nor adore the golden  
statue which thou hast set up4    #c3ai4
 ,then was ,nabuchodonosor filled with  
fury3 and the countenance of  his face  
was changed against ,sidrach1 ,misach1  
and ,abdenago1 and he  commanded that   
the furnace should be heated seven times

 more than it had  been accustomed to be
 heated4    #c3bj4 ,and he commanded the
 strongest men that were in his army1 to
 bind  the feet of ,sidrach1 ,misach1   
and ,abdenago1 and to cast them into the
  furnace of burning fire4    #c3ba4    
,and immediately these men were bound1  
and were cast into the  furnace of      
burning fire1 with their coats1 and     
their caps1 and their  shoes1 and their 
garments4    #c3bb4 ,for the king's     
commandment was urgent1 and the furnace 
was heated  exceedingly4 ,and the flame 
of the fire slew those men that had cast
 in  ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago4  
#c3bc4 ,but these three men1 that is1   
,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1 fell  
down bound in the midst of the furnace  
of burning fire4    #c3bd4 ,and they    
walked in the midst of the flame1       
praising ,god1 and  blessing the ,lord4 
,and they walked1 etc444 ,here ,st4     
,jerome takes notice1 that from this    
verse1 to ver4 #ia1 was not in the      
,hebrew in his time4 ,but as it was in  

all the ,greek ,bibles1 7which were     
originally translated from the          
,hebrew17 it is more than probable that 
it had been formerly in the  ,hebrew or 
rather in the ,chaldaic1 in which the   
book of ,daniel was  written4 ,but this 
is certain3 that it is1 and has been of 
old1 received  by the church1 and read  
as canonical scripture in her liturgy1  
and  divine offices4    #c3be4 ,then    
,azarias standing up1 prayed in this    
manner1 and opening his  mouth in the   
midst of the fire1 he said3    #c3bf4   
,blessed art thou1 ,o ,lord1 the ,god of
 our fathers1 and thy name is  worthy of
 praise1 and glorious for ever3         
#c3bg4 ,for thou art just in all that   
thou hast done to us1 and all thy  works
 are true1 and thy ways right1 and all  
thy judgments true4    #c3bh4 ,for thou 
hast executed true judgments in all the 
things that thou  hast brought upon us1 
and upon ,jerusalem1 the holy city of   
our fathers3  for according to truth and
 judgment1 thou hast brought all these  

things  upon us for our sins4    #c3bi4 
,for we have sinned1 and committed      
iniquity1 departing from thee3  and we  
have trespassed in all things3    #c3cj4
 ,and we have not hearkened to thy      
commandments1 nor have we  observed nor 
done as thou hadst commanded us1 that it
 might go well with  us4    #c3ca4      
,wherefore1 all that thou hast brought  
upon us1 and every thing  that thou hast
 done to us1 thou hast done in true     
judgment3    #c3cb4 ,and thou hast      
delivered us into the hands of our      
enemies that are  unjust1 and most      
wicked1 and prevaricators1 and to a king
 unjust1 and  most wicked beyond all    
that are upon the earth4    #c3cc4 ,and 
now we cannot open our mouths3 we are   
become a shame1 and a  reproach to thy  
servants1 and to them that worship thee4
    #c3cd4 ,deliver us not up for ever1 
we beseech thee1 for thy name's sake1   
and abolish not thy covenant4    #c3ce4 
,and take not away thy mercy from us1   
for the sake of ,abraham1 thy  beloved1 

and ,isaac1 thy servant1 and ,israel1   
thy holy one3    #c3cf4 ,to whom thou   
hast spoken1 promising that thou wouldst
 multiply  their seed as the stars of   
heaven1 and as the sand that is on the  
sea  shore4    #c3cg4 ,for we1 ,o ,lord1
 are diminished more than any nation1   
and are  brought low in all the earth   
this day for our sins4    #c3ch4        
,neither is there at this time prince1  
or leader1 or prophet1 or  holocaust1 or
 sacrifice1 or oblation1 or incense1 or 
place of first  fruits before thee1     
#c3ci4 ,that we may find thy mercy3     
nevertheless1 in a contrite heart and   
humble spirit let us be accepted4       
#c3dj4 ,as in holocausts of rams1 and   
bullocks1 and as in thousands of fat    
lambs3 so let our sacrifice be made in  
thy sight this day1 that it may  please 
thee3 for there is no confusion to them 
that trust in thee4    #c3da4 ,and now  
we follow thee with all our heart1 and  
we fear thee1 and  seek thy face4       
#c3db4 ,put us not to confusion1 but    

deal with us according to thy  meekness1
 and according to the multitude of thy  
mercies4    #c3dc4 ,and deliver us1     
according to thy wonderful works1 and   
give glory  to thy name1 ,o ,lord3      
#c3dd4 ,and let all them be confounded  
that shew evils to thy servants1  let   
them be confounded in all thy might1 and
 let their strength be  broken3         
#c3de4 ,and let them know that thou art 
the ,lord1 the only ,god1 and  glorious 
over all the world4    #c3df4 ,now the  
king's servants that had cast them in1  
ceased not to heat  the furnace with    
brimstone and tow1 and pitch1 and dry   
sticks1    #c3dg4 ,and the flame mounted
 up above the furnace nine and forty    
cubits3    #c3dh4 ,and it broke forth1  
and burnt such of the ,chaldeans as it  
found  near the furnace4    #c3di4 ,but 
the angel of the ,lord went down with   
,azarias and his  companions into the   
furnace3 and he drove the flame of the  
fire out of  the furnace1    #c3ej4 ,and
 made the midst of the furnace like the 

blowing of a wind  bringing dew1 and the
 fire touched them not at all1 nor      
troubled them1  nor did them any harm4  
#c3ea4 ,then these three1 as with one   
mouth1 praised and glorified and        
blessed ,god1 in the furnace1 saying3   
#c3eb4 ,blessed art thou1 ,o ,lord1 the 
,god of our fathers2 and worthy to be   
praised1 and glorified1 and exalted     
above all for ever3 and blessed is  the 
holy name of thy glory3 and worthy to be
 praised and exalted above  all1 in all 
ages4    #c3ec4 ,blessed art thou in the
 holy temple of thy glory3 and          
exceedingly  to be praised and exalted  
above all for ever4    #c3ee4 ,blessed  
art thou that beholdest the depths1 and 
sittest upon the  cherubims3 and worthy 
to be praised and exalted above all for 
ever4    #c3ef4 ,blessed art thou in the
 firmament of heaven3 and worthy of     
praise1  and glorious for ever4         
#c3eg4 ,all ye works of the ,lord1 bless
 the ,lord3 praise and exalt him  above 
all for ever4    #c3eh4 ,o ye angels of 

the ,lord1 bless the ,lord3 praise and  
exalt him  above all for ever4    #c3ei4
 ,o ye heavens1 bless the ,lord3 praise 
and exalt him above all for  ever4      
#c3fj4 ,o all ye waters that are above  
the heavens1 bless the ,lord3 praise    
and exalt him above all for ever4       
#c3fa4 ,o all ye powers of the ,lord1   
bless the ,lord3 praise and exalt him   
above all for ever4    #c3fb4 ,o ye sun 
and moon1 bless the ,lord3 praise and   
exalt him above all  for ever4    #c3fc4
 ,o ye stars of heaven1 bless the ,lord3
 praise and exalt him above  all for    
ever4    #c3fd4 ,o every shower and dew1
 bless ye the ,lord3 praise and exalt   
him  above all for ever4    #c3fe4 ,o   
all ye spirits of ,god1 bless the ,lord3
 praise and exalt him  above all for    
ever4    #c3ff4 ,o ye fire and heat1    
bless the ,lord3 praise and exalt him   
above all  for ever4    #c3fg4 ,o ye    
cold and heat1 bless the ,lord1 praise  
and exalt him above all  for ever4      
#c3fh4 ,o ye dews and hoar frost1 bless 

the ,lord3 praise and exalt him  above  
all for ever4    #c3fi4 ,o ye frost and 
cold1 bless the ,lord3 praise and exalt 
him above  all for ever4    #c3gj4 ,o ye
 ice and snow1 bless the ,lord3 praise  
and exalt him above all  for ever4      
#c3ga4 ,o ye nights and days1 bless the 
,lord3 praise and exalt him above  all  
for ever4    #c3gb4 ,o ye light and     
darkness1 bless the ,lord3 praise and   
exalt him  above all for ever4    #c3gc4
 ,o ye lightnings and clouds1 bless the 
,lord3 praise and exalt him  above all  
for ever4    #c3gd4 ,o let the earth    
bless the ,lord3 let it praise and exalt
 him above  all for ever4    #c3gf4 ,o  
all ye things that spring up in the     
earth1 bless the ,lord3  praise and     
exalt him above all for ever4    #c3gg4 
,o ye fountains1 bless the ,lord3 praise
 and exalt him above all for  ever4     
#c3gh4 ,o ye seas and rivers1 bless the 
,lord3 praise and exalt him above  all  
for ever4    #c3gi4 ,o ye whales1 and   
all that move in the waters1 bless the  

,lord3  praise and exalt him above all  
for ever4    #c3hj4 ,o all ye fowls of  
the air1 bless the ,lord3 praise and    
exalt him  above all for ever4    #c3ha4
 ,o all ye beasts and cattle1 bless the 
,lord3 praise and exalt him  above all  
for ever4    #c3hb4 ,o ye sons of men1  
bless the ,lord3 praise and exalt him   
above all  for ever4    #c3hc4 ,o let   
,israel bless the ,lord3 let them praise
 and exalt him above  all for ever4     
#c3hd4 ,o ye priests of the ,lord1 bless
 the ,lord3 praise and exalt him  above 
all for ever4    #c3he4 ,o ye servants  
of the ,lord1 bless the ,lord3 praise   
and exalt him  above all for ever4      
#c3hf4 ,o ye spirits and souls of the   
just1 bless the ,lord3 praise and  exalt
 him above all for ever4    #c3hg4 ,o ye
 holy and humble of heart1 bless the    
,lord3 praise and exalt  him above all  
for ever4    #c3hh4 ,o ,ananias1        
,azarias1 ,misael1 bless ye the ,lord3  
praise and exalt  him above all for     
ever4 ,for he hath delivered us from    

hell1 and saved us  out of the hand of  
death1 and delivered us out of the midst
 of the  burning flame1 and saved us out
 of the midst of the fire4    #c3hi4 ,o 
give thanks to the ,lord1 because he is 
good3 because his mercy  endureth for   
ever and ever4    #c3ij4 ,o all ye      
religious1 bless the ,lord1 the ,god of 
gods3 praise him1  and give him thanks1 
because his mercy endureth for ever and 
ever4    #c3ia4 ,then ,nabuchodonosor1  
the king1 was astonished1 and rose up in
  haste1 and said to his nobles3 ,did we
 not cast three men bound into the      
midst of the fire8 ,they answered the   
king1 and said3 ,true1 ,o king4         
#c3ib4 ,he answered1 and said3 ,behold1 
,i see four men loose1 and walking  in  
the midst of the fire1 and there is no  
hurt in them1 and the form of  the      
fourth is like the son of ,god4         
#c3ic4 ,then ,nabuchodonosor came to the
 door of the burning fiery furnace1  and
 said3 ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and ,abdenago1
 ye servants of the most high  ,god1 go 

ye forth1 and come4 ,and immediately    
,sidrach1 ,misach1 and  ,abdenago1 went 
out from the midst of the fire4         
#c3id4 ,and the nobles1 and the         
magistrates1 and the judges1 and the    
great  men of the king1 being gathered  
together1 considered these men1 that the
  fire had no power on their bodies1 and
 that not a hair of their head had  been
 singed1 nor their garments altered1 nor
 the smell of the fire had  passed on   
them4    #c3ie4 ,then ,nabuchodonosor   
breaking forth1 said3 ,blessed be the   
,god of  them1 to wit1 of ,sidrach1     
,misach1 and ,abdenago1 who hath sent   
his angel1  and delivered his servants  
that believed in him3 and they changed  
the  king's word1 and delivered up their
 bodies1 that they might not serve  nor 
adore any god except their own ,god4    
#c3if4 ,by me1 therefore1 this decree is
 made3 ,that every people1 tribe1  and  
tongue1 which shall speak blasphemy     
against the ,god of ,sidrach1  ,misach1 
and ,abdenago1 shall be destroyed1 and  

their houses laid waste3  for there is  
no other ,god that can save in this     
manner4    #c3ig4 ,then the king        
promoted ,sidrach1 ,misach1 and         
,abdenago1 in the  province of ,babylon4
    #c3ih4 ,nabuchodonosor1 the king1 to
 all peoples1 nations1 and tongues1     
that dwell in all the earth1 peace be   
multiplied unto you4    ,nabuchodonosor1
 etc444 ,these last three verses are a  
kind of preface to  the following       
chapter1 which is written in the style  
of an epistle from  the king4    #c3ii4 
,the most high ,god hath wrought signs  
and wonders towards me4 ,it  hath seemed
 good to me1 therefore1 to publish      
#c3ajj4 ,his signs1 because they are    
great3 and his wonders1 because they    
are mighty3 and his kingdom is an       
everlasting kingdom1 and his power to   
all generations4    ,daniel ,chapter #d 
,nabuchodonosor's dream1 by which the   
judgments of ,god are denounced  against
 him for his pride1 is interpreted by   
,daniel1 and verified by the  event4    

#d3a4 ,i1 ,nabuchodonosor1 was at rest  
in my house1 and flourishing in my      
palace3    #d3b4 ,i saw a dream that    
affrighted me3 and my thoughts in my    
bed1 and  the visions of my head1       
troubled me4    #d3c4 ,then ,i set forth
 a decree1 that all the wise men of     
,babylon should  be brought in before   
me1 and that they should shew me the    
interpretation  of the dream4    #d3d4  
,then came in the diviners1 the wise    
men1 the ,chaldeans1 and the            
soothsayers1 and ,i told the dream      
before them3 but they did not shew me   
the interpretation thereof4    #d3e4    
,till their colleague1 ,daniel1 came in 
before me1 whose name is  ,baltassar1   
according to the name of my god1 who    
hath in him the spirit  of the holy     
gods3 and ,i told the dream before him4 
,baltassar1 according to the name of my 
god444 ,he says this1 because the  name 
of ,baltassar1 or ,belteshazzar1 is     
derived from the name of ,bel1 the      
chief god of the ,babylonians4    #d3f4 

,baltassar1 prince of the diviners1     
because ,i know that thou hast in  thee 
the spirit of the holy gods1 and that no
 secret is impossible to  thee1 tell me 
the visions of my dreams that ,i have   
seen1 and the  interpretation of them8  
#d3g4 ,this was the vision of my head in
 my bed3 ,i saw1 and behold a tree  in  
the midst of the earth1 and the height  
thereof was exceeding great4    #d3h4   
,the tree was great and strong1 and the 
height thereof reached unto  heaven3 the
 sight thereof was even to the ends of  
all the earth4    #d3i4 ,its leaves were
 most beautiful1 and its fruit exceeding
 much3 and  in it was food for all3     
under it dwelt cattle and beasts1 and in
 the  branches thereof the fowls of the 
air had their abode3 and all flesh did  
eat of it4    #d3aj4 ,i saw in the      
vision of my head upon my bed1 and      
behold a watcher1  and a holy one came  
down from heaven4    ,a watcher444 ,a   
vigilant angel1 perhaps the guardian of 
,israel4    #d3aa4 ,he cried aloud1 and 

said thus3 ,cut down the tree1 and chop 
off the  branches thereof3 shake off its
 leaves1 and scatter its fruits3 let the
  beasts fly away that are under it1 and
 the birds from its branches4    #d3ab4 
,nevertheless1 leave the stump of its   
roots in the earth1 and let  it be tied 
with a band of iron and of brass1 among 
the grass1 that is  without1 and let it 
be wet with the dew of heaven1 and let  
its portion  be with the wild beasts in 
the grass of the earth4    #d3ac4 ,let  
his heart be changed from man's1 and let
 a beast's heart be  given him3 and let 
seven times pass over him4    ,let his  
heart be changed1 etc444 ,it does not   
appear by scripture that                
,nabuchodonosor was changed from human  
shape2 much less that he was  changed   
into an ox2 but only that he lost his   
reason1 and became mad2  and in this    
condition remained abroad in the company
 of beasts1 eating  grass like an ox1   
till his hair grew in such manner as to 
resemble the  feathers of eagles1 and   

his nails to be like birds' claws4      
#d3ad4 ,this is the decree by the       
sentence of the watchers1 and the word  
and demand of the holy ones3 till the   
living know1 that the most ,high  ruleth
 in the kingdom of men3 and he will give
 it to whomsoever it shall  please him1 
and he will appoint the basest man over 
it4    #d3ae4 ,i1 king ,nabuchodonosor1 
saw this dream3 thou1 therefore1 ,o     
,baltassar1 tell me quickly the         
interpretation3 for all the wise men of 
my kingdom are not able to declare the  
meaning of it to me3 but thou art  able1
 because the spirit of the holy gods is 
in thee4    #d3af4 ,then ,daniel1 whose 
name was ,baltassar1 began silently to  
think  within himself for about one     
hour3 and his thought troubled him4 ,but
 the  king answering1 said3 ,baltassar1 
let not the dream and the               
interpretation thereof trouble thee4    
,baltassar answered1 and said3 ,my      
lord1 the dream be to them that hate    
thee1 and the interpretation  thereof to

 thy enemies4    #d3ag4 ,the tree which 
thou sawest1 which was high and strong1 
whose  height reached to the skies1 and 
the sight thereof into all the earth3   
#d3ah4 ,and the branches thereof were   
most beautiful1 and its fruit  exceeding
 much1 and in it was food for all1 under
 which the beasts of  the field dwelt1  
and the birds of the air had their abode
 in its  branches4    #d3ai4 ,it is     
thou1 ,o king1 who art grown great1 and 
become mighty3 for  thy greatness hath  
grown1 and hath reached to heaven1 and  
thy power unto  the ends of the earth4  
#d3bj4 ,and whereas the king saw a      
watcher1 and a holy one come down from  
heaven1 and say3 ,cut down the tree1 and
 destroy it1 but leave the stump  of the
 roots thereof in the earth1 and let it 
be bound with iron and  brass1 among the
 grass without1 and let it be sprinkled 
with the dew of  heaven1 and let his    
feeding be with the wild beasts1 till   
seven times  pass over him4    #d3ba4   
,this is the interpretation of the      

sentence of the most ,high1 which  is   
come upon my lord1 the king4    #d3bb4  
,they shall cast thee out from among    
men1 and thy dwelling shall be  with    
cattle1 and with wild beasts1 and thou  
shalt eat grass1 as an ox1  and shalt be
 wet with the dew of heaven3 and seven  
times shall pass over  thee1 till thou  
know that the most ,high ruleth over the
 kingdom of men1  and giveth it to      
whomsoever he will4    #d3bc4 ,but      
whereas he commanded1 that the stump of 
the roots thereof1  that is1 of the     
tree1 should be left3 thy kingdom shall 
remain to thee1  after thou shalt have  
known that power is from heaven4        
#d3bd4 ,wherefore1 ,o king1 let my      
counsel be acceptable to thee1 and      
redeem thou thy sins with alms1 and thy 
iniquities with works of mercy  to the  
poor3 perhaps he will forgive thy       
offences4    #d3be4 ,all these things   
came upon king ,nabuchodonosor4         
#d3bf4 ,at the end of twelve months he  
was walking in the palace of  ,babylon4 

#d3bg4 ,and the king answered1 and said3
 ,is not this the great ,babylon1  which
 ,i have built1 to be the seat of the   
kingdom1 by the strength of my  power1  
and in the glory of my excellence8      
#d3bh4 ,and while the word was yet in   
the king's mouth1 a voice came down     
from heaven3 ,to thee1 ,o king          
,nabuchodonosor1 it is said3 ,thy       
kingdom  shall pass from thee4    #d3bi4
 ,and they shall cast thee out from     
among men1 and thy dwelling  shall be   
with cattle and wild beasts3 thou shalt 
eat grass like an ox1  and seven times  
shall pass over thee1 till thou know    
that the most ,high  ruleth in the      
kingdom of men1 and giveth it to        
whomsoever he will4    #d3cj4 ,the same 
hour the word was fulfilled upon        
,nabuchodonosor1 and he  was driven away
 from among men1 and did eat grass1 like
 an ox1 and his  body was wet with the  
dew of heaven3 till his hairs grew like 
the  feathers of eagles1 and his nails  
like birds' claws4    #d3ca4 ,now at the

 end of the days1 ,i1 ,nabuchodonosor1  
lifted up my eyes  to heaven1 and my    
sense was restored to me3 and ,i blessed
 the most ,high1  and ,i praised and    
glorified him that liveth for ever3 for 
his power is  an everlasting power1 and 
his kingdom is to all generations4      
#d3cb4 ,and all the inhabitants of the  
earth are reputed as nothing before     
him3 for he doth according to his will1 
as well with the powers of  heaven1 as  
among the inhabitants of the earth3 and 
there is none that  can resist his hand1
 and say to him3 ,why hast thou done it8
    #d3cc4 ,at the same time my sense   
returned to me1 and ,i came to the      
honour  and glory of my kingdom3 and my 
shape returned to me3 and my nobles1 and
  my magistrates1 sought for me1 and ,i 
was restored to my kingdom3 and  greater
 majesty was added to me4    #d3cd4     
,therefore ,i1 ,nabuchodonosor1 do now  
praise1 and magnify1 and  glorify the   
,king of heaven3 because all his works  
are true1 and his ways  judgments1 and  

them that walk in pride he is able to   
abase4    ,i1 ,nabuchodonosor1 do now1  
etc444 ,from this place some            
commentators  infer that this king      
became a true convert1 and dying not    
long after1  was probably saved4        
,daniel ,chapter #e    ,baltasar's      
profane banquet3 his sentence is        
denounced by a handwriting  on the wall1
 which ,daniel reads and interprets4    
#e3a4 ,baltasar1 the king1 made a great 
feast for a thousand of his  nobles3 and
 every one drank according to his age4  
,baltasar444 ,he is believed to be the  
same as ,nabonydus1 the last of the     
,chaldean kings1 grandson to            
,nabuchodonosor4 ,he is called his son1 
ver4  #b1 #aa1 etc41 according to the   
style of the scriptures1 because he was 
a  descendant from him4    #e3b4 ,and   
being now drunk1 he commanded that they 
should bring the  vessels of gold and   
silver1 which ,nabuchodonosor1 his      
father1 had  brought away out of the    
temple1 that was in ,jerusalem1 that the

 king and  his nobles1 and his wives1   
and his concubines1 might drink in them4
    #e3c4 ,then were the golden and     
silver vessels brought1 which he had    
brought away out of the temple that was 
in ,jeursalem3 and the king and  his    
nobles1 his wives1 and his concubines1  
drank in them4    #e3d4 ,they drank     
wine1 and praised their gods of gold1   
and of silver1 of  brass1 of iron1 and  
of wood1 and of stone4    #e3e4 ,in the 
same hour there appeared fingers1 as it 
were of the hand of  a man1 writing over
 against the candlestick1 upon the      
surface of the  wall of the king's      
palace3 and the king beheld the joints  
of the hand  that wrote4    #e3f4 ,then 
was the king's countenance changed1 and 
his thoughts troubled  him3 and the     
joints of his loins were loosed1 and his
 knees struck one  against the other4   
#e3g4 ,and the king cried out aloud to  
bring in the wise men1 the  ,chaldeans1 
and the soothsayers4 ,and the king      
spoke1 and said to the wise  men of     

,babylon3 ,whosoever shall read this    
writing1 and shall make known  to me the
 interpretation thereof1 shall be       
clothed with purple1 and  shall have a  
golden chain on his neck1 and shall be  
the third man in my  kingdom4    #e3h4  
,then came in all the king's wise men1  
but they could neither read  the        
writing1 nor declare the interpretation 
to the king4    #e3i4 ,wherewith king   
,baltasar was much troubled1 and his    
countenance was  changed3 and his nobles
 also were troubled4    #e3aj4 ,then the
 queen1 on occasion of what had happened
 to the king1 and  his nobles1 came into
 the banquet-house3 and she spoke1 and  
said3 ,o  king1 live for ever3 let not  
thy thoughts trouble thee1 neither let  
thy  countenance be changed4    ,the    
queen444 ,not the wife1 but the mother  
of the king4    #e3aa4 ,there is a man  
in thy kingdom that hath the spirit of  
the holy  gods in him3 and in the days  
of thy father knowledge and wisdom were 
found in him3 for king ,nabuchodonosor1 

thy father1 appointed him prince  of the
 wise men1 enchanters1 ,chaldeans1 and  
soothsayers1 thy father1 ,i  say1 ,o    
king3    #e3ab4 ,because a greater      
spirit1 and knowledge1 and              
understanding1 and  interpretation of   
dreams1 and shewing of secrets1 and     
resolving of  difficult things1 were    
found in him1 that is1 in ,daniel3 whom 
the king  named ,baltassar4 ,now1       
therefore1 let ,daniel be called for1   
and he will  tell the interpretation4   
#e3ac4 ,then ,daniel was brought in     
before the king4 ,and the king spoke1   
and said to him3 ,art thou ,daniel1 of  
the children of the captivity of  ,juda1
 whom my father1 the king1 brought out  
of ,judea8    #e3ad4 ,i have heard of   
thee1 that thou hast the spirit of the  
gods1 and  excellent knowledge1 and     
understanding1 and wisdom are found in  
thee4    #e3ae4 ,and now the wise men1  
the magicians1 have come in before me1  
to  read this writing1 and shew me the  
interpretation thereof2 and they  could 

not declare to me the meaning of this   
writing4    #e3af4 ,but ,i have heard of
 thee1 that thou canst interpret obscure
  things1 and resolve difficult things3 
now if thou art able to read the        
writing1 and to shew me the             
interpretation thereof1 thou shalt be   
clothed with purple1 and shalt have a   
chain of gold about thy neck1 and  shalt
 be the third prince in my kingdom4     
#e3ag4 ,to which ,daniel made answer1   
and said before the king3 thy rewards   
be to thyself1 and the gifts of thy     
house give to another3 but the  writing 
,i will read to thee1 ,o king1 and shew 
thee the interpretation  thereof4       
#e3ah4 ,o king1 the most high ,god gave 
to ,nabuchodonosor1 thy father1 a       
kingdom1 and greatness1 and glory1 and  
honour4    #e3ai4 ,and for the greatness
 that he gave to him1 all people1       
tribes1 and  languages trembled1 and    
were afraid of him3 whom he would1 he   
slew3 and  whom he would1 he destroyed3 
and whom he would1 he set up3 and whom  

he  would1 he brought down4    #e3bj4   
,but when his heart was lifted up1 and  
his spirit hardened unto  pride1 he was 
put down from the throne of his kingdom1
 and his glory was  taken away4         
#e3ba4 ,and he was driven out from the  
the sons of men1 and his heart was  made
 like the beasts1 and his dwelling was  
with the wild asses1 and he  did eat    
grass like an ox1 and his body was wet  
with the dew of heaven3  till he knew   
that the most ,high ruled in the kingdom
 of men1 and that he  will set over it  
whomsoever it shall please him4         
#e3bb4 ,thou also1 his son1 ,o          
,baltasar1 hast not humbled thy heart1  
whereas thou knewest all these things3  
#e3bc4 ,but hast lifted thyself up      
against the ,lord of heaven3 and the    
vessels of his house have been brought  
before thee3 and thou1 and thy  nobles1 
and thy wives1 and thy concubines1 have 
drunk wine in them3 and  thou hast      
praised the gods of silver1 and of gold1
 and of brass1 of  iron1 and of wood1   

and of stone1 that neither see1 nor     
hear1 nor feel3  but the ,god who hath  
thy breath in his hand1 and all thy     
ways1 thou hast  not glorified4         
#e3bd4 ,wherefore1 he hath sent the part
 of the hand which hath written  this   
that is set down4    #e3be4 ,and this is
 the writing that is written3 ,,mane1   
,,thecel1 ,,phares4    #e3bf4 ,and this 
is the interpretation of the word4      
,,mane3 ,god hath  numbered thy kingdom1
 and hath finished it4    #e3bg4        
,,thecel3 thou art weighed in the       
balance1 and art found wanting4         
#e3bh4 ,,phares3 thy kingdom is divided1
 and is given to the ,medes and         
,persians4    #e3bi4 ,then by the king's
 command1 ,daniel was clothed with      
purple1 and a  chain of gold was put    
about his neck3 and it was proclaimed of
 him that  he had power as the third man
 in the kingdom4    #e3cj4 ,the same    
night ,baltasar1 the ,chaldean king1 was
 slain4    #e3ca4 ,and ,darius1 the     
,mede1 succeeded to the kingdom1 being  

threescore  and two years old4          
,darius444 ,he is called ,cyaxares by   
the historians2 and was the son of      
,astyages1 and uncle to ,cyrus4         
,daniel ,chapter #f    ,daniel is       
promoted by ,darius3 his enemies procure
 a law forbidding  prayer2 for the      
transgression of this law ,daniel is    
cast into the lions'  den3 but          
miraculously delivered4    #f3a4 ,it    
seemed good to ,darius1 and he appointed
 over the kingdom a  hundred and twenty 
governors1 to be over his whole kingdom4
    #f3b4 ,and three princes over them  
of whom ,daniel was one3 that the       
governors might give an account to them1
 and the king might have no  trouble4   
#f3c4 ,and ,daniel excelled all the     
princes1 and governors3 because a       
greater spirit of ,god was in him4      
#f3d4 ,and the king thought to set him  
over all the kingdom2 whereupon the     
princes1 and the governors1 sought to   
find occasion against ,daniel1 with     
regard to the king3 and they could find 

no cause1 nor suspicion1 because  he was
 faithful1 and no fault1 nor suspicion  
was found in him4    #f3e4 ,then these  
men said3 ,we shall not find any        
occasion against this  ,daniel1 unless  
perhaps concerning the law of his ,god4 
#f3f4 ,then the princes1 and the        
governors1 craftily suggested to the    
king1 and spoke thus unto him3 ,king    
,darius1 live for ever3    #f3g4 ,all   
the princes of the kingdom1 the         
magistrates1 and governors1 the         
senators1 and judges1 have consulted    
together1 that an imperial decree1  and 
an edict be published3 ,that whosoever  
shall ask any petition of any  god1 or  
man1 for thirty days1 but of thee1 ,o   
king1 shall be cast into  the den of the
 lions4    #f3h4 ,now1 therefore1 ,o    
king1 confirm the sentence1 and sign the
 decree3  that what is decreed by the   
,medes and ,persians may not be altered1
 nor  any man be allowed to transgress  
it4    #f3i4 ,so king ,darius set forth 
the decree1 and established it4         

#f3aj4 ,now1 when ,daniel knew this1    
that is to say1 that the law was made1  
he went into his house3 and opening the 
windows in his upper chamber  towards   
,jerusalem1 he knelt down three times a 
day1 and adored and gave  thanks before 
his ,god1 as he had been accustomed to  
do before4    #f3aa4 ,wherefore those   
men carefully watching him1 found       
,daniel praying  and making supplication
 to his ,god4    #f3ab4 ,and they came  
and spoke to the king concerning the    
edict3 ,o king1  hast thou not decreed1 
that every man that should make a       
request to any  of the gods1 or men1 for
 thirty days1 but to thyself1 ,o king1  
should be  cast into the den of the     
lions8 ,and the king answered them1     
saying3 ,the  word is true1 according to
 the decree of the ,medes and ,persians1
 which  it is not lawful to violate4    
#f3ac4 ,then they answered1 and said    
before the king3 ,daniel1 who is of  the
 children of the captivity of ,juda1    
hath not regarded thy law1 nor  the     

decree that thou hast made3 but three   
times a day he maketh his  prayer4      
#f3ad4 ,now when the king had heard     
these words1 he was very much grieved1  
and in behalf of ,daniel he set his     
heart to deliver him1 and even till     
sunset he laboured to save him4         
#f3ae4 ,but those men perceiving the    
king's design1 said to him3 ,know  thou1
 ,o king1 that the law of the ,medes and
 ,persians is1 that no decree  which the
 king hath made1 may be altered4        
#f3af4 ,then the king commanded1 and    
they brought ,daniel1 and cast him  into
 the den of the lions4 ,and the king    
said to ,daniel3 ,thy ,god1 whom  thou  
always servest1 he will deliver thee4   
#f3ag4 ,and a stone was brought1 and    
laid upon the mouth of the den3 which   
the king sealed with his own ring1 and  
with the ring of his nobles1 that       
nothing should be done against ,daniel4 
#f3ah4 ,and the king went away to his   
house1 and laid himself down without    
taking supper1 and meat was not set     

before him1 and even sleep departed     
from him4    #f3ai4 ,then the king      
rising very early in the morning1 went  
in haste to  the lions' den3    #f3bj4  
,and coming near to the den1 cried with 
a lamentable voice to  ,daniel1 and said
 to him3 ,daniel1 servant of the living 
,god1 hath thy  ,god1 whom thou servest 
always1 been able1 thinkest thou1 to    
deliver thee  from the lions8    #f3ba4 
,and ,daniel answering the king1 said3  
,o king1 live for ever3    #f3bb4 ,my   
,god hath sent his angel1 and hath shut 
up the mouths of the  lions1 and they   
have not hurt me3 forasmuch as before   
him justice hath  been found in me3 yea1
 and before thee1 ,o king1 ,i have done 
no offence4    #f3bc4 ,then was the king
 exceeding glad for him1 and he         
commanded that  ,daniel should be taken 
out of the den3 and ,daniel was taken   
out of the  den1 and no hurt was found  
in him1 because he believed in his ,god4
    #f3bd4 ,and by the king's           
commandment1 those men were brought that

 had  accused ,daniel3 and they were    
cast into the lions' den1 they and their
  children1 and their wives3 and they   
did not reach the bottom of the den1    
before the lions caught them1 and broke 
all their bones in pieces4    #f3be4    
,then king ,darius wrote to all people1 
tribes1 and languages1  dwelling in the 
whole earth3 ,,peace be multiplied unto 
you4    #f3bf4 ,it is decreed by me1    
that in all my empire and my kingdom1   
all men  dread and fear the ,god of     
,daniel4 ,for he is the living and      
eternal ,god  for ever3 and his kingdom 
shall not be destroyed1 and his power   
shall be  for ever4    #f3bg4 ,he is the
 deliverer1 and saviour1 doing signs and
 wonders in  heaven1 and in earth3 who  
hath delivered ,daniel out of the lions'
 den4    #f3bh4 ,now ,daniel continued  
unto the reign of ,darius1 and the reign
 of  ,cyrus1 the ,persian4    ,daniel   
,chapter #g    ,daniel's vision of the  
four beasts1 signifying four kingdoms3  
of ,god  sitting on his throne3 and of  

the opposite kingdoms of ,christ and    
,antichrist4    #g3a4 ,in the first year
 of ,baltasar1 king of ,babylon1 ,daniel
 saw a dream3  and the vision of his    
head was upon his bed3 and writing the  
dream1 he  comprehended it in a few     
words3 and relating the sum of it in    
short1 he  said3    #g3b4 ,i saw in my  
vision by night1 and behold the four    
winds of the  heavens strove upon the   
great sea4    #g3c4 ,and four great     
beasts1 different one from another1 came
 up out of  the sea4    ,four great     
beasts444 ,viz41 the ,chaldean1         
,persian1 ,grecian1 and ,roman  empires4
 ,but some rather choose to understand  
the fourth beast of the  successors of  
,alexander the ,great1 more especially  
of them that reigned  in ,asia and      
,syria4    #g3d4 ,the first was like a  
lioness1 and had the wings of an eagle3 
,i  beheld till her wings were plucked  
off1 and she was lifted up from the     
earth1 and stood upon her feet as a man1
 and the heart of a man was  given to   

her4    #g3e4 ,and behold another beast1
 like a bear1 stood up on one side3 and 
there were three rows in the mouth      
thereof1 and in the teeth thereof1  and 
thus they said to it3 ,arise1 devour    
much flesh4    #g3f4 ,after this ,i     
beheld1 and lo1 another like a leopard1 
and it had  upon it four wings1 as of a 
fowl1 and the beast had four heads1 and 
power was given to it4    #g3g4 ,after  
this ,i beheld in the vision of the     
night1 and lo1 a fourth  beast1 terrible
 and wonderful1 and exceeding strong1 it
 had great iron  teeth1 eating and      
breaking in pieces1 and treading down   
the rest with  his feet3 and it was     
unlike to the other beasts which ,i had 
seen before  it1 and had ten horns4     
,ten horns444 ,that is1 ten kingdoms1   
7as ,apoc4 #ag4ab17 among which the     
empire of the fourth beast shall be     
parcelled4 ,or ten kings of the  number 
of the successors of ,alexander2 as     
figures of such as shall be  about the  
time of ,antichrist4    #g3h4 ,i        

considered the horns1 and behold another
 little horn sprung out  of the midst of
 them3 and three of the first horns were
 plucked up at  the presence thereof3   
and behold eyes like the eyes of a man  
were in  this horn1 and a mouth speaking
 great things4    ,another little       
horn444 ,this is commonly understood of 
,antichrist4 ,it may  also be applied to
 that great persecutor ,antiochus       
,epiphanes1 as a  figure of ,antichrist4
    #g3i4 ,i beheld till thrones were   
placed1 and the ancient of days sat3 his
  garment was white as snow1 and the    
hair of his head like clean wool3 his   
throne like flames of fire3 the wheels  
of it like a burning fire4    #g3aj4 ,a 
swift stream of fire issued forth from  
before him3 thousands of  thousands     
ministered to him1 and ten thousand     
times a hundred thousand  stood before  
him3 the judgment sat1 and the books    
were opened4    #g3aa4 ,i beheld1       
because of the voice of the great words 
which that horn  spoke3 and ,i saw that 

the beast was slain1 and the body       
thereof was  destroyed1 and given to the
 fire to be burnt3    #g3ab4 ,and that  
the power of the other beasts was taken 
away3 and that  times of life were      
appointed them for a time1 and a time4  
#g3ac4 ,i beheld1 therefore1 in the     
vision of the night1 and lo1 one like   
the ,son of man came with the clouds of 
heaven1 and he came even to the  ancient
 of days3 and they presented him before 
him4    #g3ad4 ,and he gave him power1  
and glory1 and a kingdom3 and all       
peoples1  tribes1 and tongues shall     
serve him3 his power is an everlasting  
power  that shall not be taken away3 and
 his kingdom that shall not be          
destroyed4    #g3ae4 ,my spirit         
trembled2 ,i1 ,daniel1 was affrighted at
 these things1 and  the visions of my   
head troubled me4    #g3af4 ,i went near
 to one of them that stood by1 and asked
 the truth of  him concerning all these 
things1 and he told me the              
interpretation of  the words1 and       

instructed me3    #g3ag4 ,these four    
great beasts1 are four kingdoms1 which  
shall arise out  of the earth4    #g3ah4
 ,but the saints of the most high ,god  
shall take the kingdom3 and  they shall 
possess the kingdom for ever and ever4  
#g3ai4 ,after this ,i would diligently  
learn concerning the fourth beast1      
which was very different from all1 and  
exceeding terrible3 his teeth and  claws
 were of iron3 he devoured and broke in 
pieces1 and the rest he  stamped upon   
with his feet3    #g3bj4 ,and concerning
 the ten horns that he had on his head3 
and  concerning the other that came up1 
before which three horns fell3 and of   
that horn that had eyes1 and a mouth    
speaking great things1 and was  greater 
than the rest4    #g3ba4 ,i beheld1 and 
lo1 that horn made war against the      
saints1 and  prevailed over them1       
#g3bb4 ,till the ancient of days came   
and gave judgment to the saints of  the 
most ,high1 and the time came1 and the  
saints obtained the kingdom4    #g3bc4  

,and thus he said3 ,the fourth beast    
shall be the fourth kingdom  upon earth1
 which shall be greater than all the    
kingdoms1 and shall  devour the whole   
earth1 and shall tread it down1 and     
break it in pieces4    #g3bd4 ,and the  
ten horns of the same kingdom1 shall be 
ten kings3 and  another shall rise up   
after them1 and he shall be mightier    
than the  former1 and he shall bring    
down three kings4    #g3be4 ,and he     
shall speak words against the ,high     
,one1 and shall crush the  saints of the
 most ,high3 and he shall think himself 
able to change times  and laws1 and they
 shall be delivered into his hand until 
a time1 and  times1 and half a time4    
,a time1 and times1 and half a time444  
,that is1 three years and a half2  which
 is supposed to be the length of the    
duration of the persecution of          
,antichrist4    #g3bf4 ,and a judgment  
shall sit1 that his power may be taken  
away1 and be  broken in pieces1 and     
perish even to the end4    #g3bg4 ,and  

that the kingdom1 and power1 and the    
greatness of the kingdom1  under the    
whole heaven1 may be given to the people
 of the saints of the  most ,high3 whose
 kingdom is an everlasting kingdom1 and 
all kings shall  serve him1 and shall   
obey him4    #g3bh4 ,hitherto is the end
 of the word4 ,i1 ,daniel1 was much     
troubled with  my thoughts1 and my      
countenance was changed in me3 but ,i   
kept the word  in my heart4    ,daniel  
,chapter #h    ,daniel's vision of the  
ram and the he goat interpreted by the  
angel  ,gabriel4    #h3a4 ,in the third 
year of the reign of king ,baltasar1 a  
vision appeared  to me4 ,i1 ,daniel1    
after what ,i had seen in the beginning1
    #h3b4 ,saw in my vision when ,i was 
in the castle of ,susa1 which is in the 
province of ,elam3 and ,i saw in the    
vision that ,i was over the gate of     
,ulai4    #h3c4 ,and ,i lifted up my    
eyes1 and saw3 and behold a ram stood   
before the  water1 having two high      
horns1 and one higher than the other1   

and growing  up4 ,afterward    ,a ram444
 ,the empire of the ,medes and          
,persians4    #h3d4 ,i saw the ram      
pushing with his horns against the west1
 and against  the north1 and against the
 south3 and no beasts could withstand   
him1 nor  be delivered out of his hand3 
and he did according to his own will1   
and  became great4    #h3e4 ,and ,i     
understood3 and behold a he goat came   
from the west on the  face of the whole 
earth1 and he touched not the ground1   
and the he goat  had a notable horn     
between his eyes4    ,a he goat444 ,the 
empire of the ,greeks1 or ,macedonians4 
,ibid4 ,he touched  not the ground444   
,he conquered all before him1 with so   
much rapidity1  that he seemed rather to
 fly1 than to walk upon the             
earth4-,ibid4 ,a  notable horn444       
,alexander the ,great4    #h3f4 ,and he 
went up to the ram that had the horns1  
which ,i had seen  standing before the  
gate1 and he ran towards him in the     
force of his  strength4    #h3g4 ,and   

when he was come near the ram1 he was   
enraged against him1 and  struck the    
ram3 and broke his two horns1 and the   
ram could not withstand  him3 and when  
he had cast him down on the ground1 he  
stamped upon him1  and none could       
deliver the ram out of his hand4        
#h3h4 ,and the he goat became exceeding 
great3 and when he was grown1 the  great
 horn was broken1 and there came up four
 horns under it towards the  four winds 
of heaven4    ,four horns444 ,seleucus1 
,antigonus1 ,philip1 and ,ptolemeus1 the
 successors  of ,alexander1 who divided 
his empire among them4    #h3i4 ,and out
 of one of them came forth a little     
horn3 and it became  great against the  
south1 and against the east1 and against
 the strength4    ,a little horn444     
,antiochus ,epiphanes1 a descendant of  
,seleucus4 ,he grew  against the south1 
and the east1 by his victories over the 
kings of  ,egypt and ,armenia3 and      
against the strength1 that is1 against  
,jerusalem  and the people of ,god4     

#h3aj4 ,and it was magnified even unto  
the strength of heaven3 and it  threw   
down of the strength1 and of the stars1 
and trod upon them4    ,unto the        
strength of heaven444 or1 against the   
strength of heaven4 ,so  are here called
 the army of the ,jews1 the people of   
,god4    #h3aa4 ,and it was magnified   
even to the prince of the strength3 and 
it  took away from him the continual    
sacrifice1 and cast down the place of   
his sanctuary4    #h3ab4 ,and strength  
was given him against the continual     
sacrifice1  because of sins3 and truth  
shall be cast down on the ground1 and he
  shall do and shall prosper4    #h3ac4 
,and ,i heard one of the saints         
speaking1 and one saint said to  another
 ,i know not to whom1 that was speaking3
 ,how long shall be the  vision1        
concerning the continual sacrifice1 and 
the sin of the  desolation that is made3
 and the sanctuary1 and the strength be 
trodden  under foot8    #h3ad4 ,and he  
said to him3 ,unto evening and morning  

two thousand three  hundred days3 and   
the sanctuary shall be cleansed4        
,unto evening and morning two thousand  
three hundred days444 ,that is1 six     
years and almost four months3 which was 
the whole time from the  beginning of   
the persecution of ,antiochus till his  
death4    #h3ae4 ,and it came to pass   
when ,i1 ,daniel1 saw the vision1 and   
sought the  meaning1 that behold there  
stood before me as it were the          
appearance of  a man4    #h3af4 ,and ,i 
heard the voice of a man between ,ulai3 
and he called1 and  said3 ,gabriel1 make
 this man to understand the vision4     
#h3ag4 ,and he came1 and stood near     
where ,i stood3 and when he was come1 ,i
  fell on my face1 trembling1 and he    
said to me3 ,understand1 ,o son of man1 
for in the time of the end the vision   
shall be fulfilled4    #h3ah4 ,and when 
he spoke to me1 ,i fell flat on the     
ground3 and he touched  me1 and set me  
upright4    #h3ai4 ,and he said to me3  
,i will shew thee what things are to    

come to  pass in the end of the         
malediction3 for the time hath its end4 
#h3bj4 ,the ram1 which thou sawest with 
horns1 is the king of the ,medes  and   
,persians4    #h3ba4 ,and the he goat1  
is the king of the ,greeks1 and the     
great horn  that was between his eyes1  
the same is the first king4    #h3bb4   
,but whereas when that was borken1 there
 arose up four for it1 four  kings shall
 rise up of his nation1 but not with his
 strength4    #h3bc4 ,and after their   
reign1 when iniquities shall be grown   
up1 there  shall arise a king of a      
shameless face1 and understanding dark  
sentences4    #h3bd4 ,and his power     
shall be strengthened1 but not by his   
own force3 and  he shall lay all things 
waste1 and shall prosper1 and do more   
than can  be believed4 ,and he shall    
destroy the mighty1 and the people of   
the  saints1    #h3be4 ,according to his
 will1 and craft shall be successful in 
his hand3  and his heart shall be puffed
 up1 and in the abundance of all things 

he  shall kill many3 and he shall rise  
up aginst the prince of princes1 and    
shall be broken without hand4    #h3bf4 
,and the vision of the evening and the  
morning1 which was told1 is  true3 thou1
 therefore1 seal up the vision1 because 
it shall come to pass  after many days4 
#h3bg4 ,and ,i1 ,daniel1 languished1 and
 was sick for some days3 and when ,i    
was risen up1 ,i did the king's         
business1 and ,i was astonished at the  
vision1 and there was none that could   
interpret it4    ,daniel ,chapter #i    
,daniel's confession and prayer3        
,gabriel informs him concerning the     
seventy weeks to the coming of ,christ4 
#i3a4 ,in the first year of ,darius1 the
 son of ,assuerus1 of the seed of  the  
,medes1 who reigned over the kingdom of 
the ,chaldeans3    #i3b4 ,the first year
 of his reign ,i1 ,daniel1 understood by
 books the  number of the years1        
concerning which the word of the ,lord  
came to  ,jeremias1 the prophet1 that   
seventy years should be accomplished of 

the  desolation of ,jerusalem4    #i3c4 
,and ,i set my face to the ,lord1 my    
,god1 to pray and make  supplication    
with fasting1 and sackcloth1 and ashes4 
#i3d4 ,and ,i prayed to the ,lord1 my   
,god1 and ,i made my confession1 and    
said3 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord ,god1   
great and terrible1 who keepest the     
covenant1 and mercy to them that love   
thee1 and keep thy commandments4        
#i3e4 ,we have sinned1 we have committed
 iniquity1 we have done wickedly1  and  
have revolted3 and we have gone aside   
from thy commandments1 and thy          
judgments4    #i3f4 ,we have not        
hearkened to thy servants1 the prophets1
 that have  spoken in thy name to our   
kings1 to our princes1 to our fathers1  
and to  all the people of the land4     
#i3g4 ,to thee1 ,o ,lord1 justice3 but  
to us confusion of face1 as at this  day
 to the men of ,juda1 and to the        
inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 and to all   
,israel1 to them that are near1 and to  
them that are far off1 in all the       

countries whither thou hast driven them1
 for their iniquities1 by which  they   
have sinned against thee4    #i3h4 ,o   
,lord1 to us belongeth confusion of     
face1 to our princes1 and to  our       
fathers1 that have sinned4    #i3i4 ,but
 to thee1 the ,lord our ,god1 mercy and 
forgiveness1 for we have  departed from 
thee3    #i3aj4 ,and we have not        
hearkened to the voice of the ,lord1 our
 ,god1 to  walk in his law1 which he set
 before us by his servants1 the         
prophets4    #i3aa4 ,and all ,israel    
have transgressed thy law1 and have     
turned away  from hearing thy voice1 and
 the malediction1 and the curse1 which  
is  written in the book of ,moses1 the  
servant of ,god1 is fallen upon us1     
because we have sinned against him4     
#i3ab4 ,and he hath confirmed his words 
which he spoke against us1 and  against 
our princes that judged us1 that he     
would bring in upon us a  great evil1   
such as never was under all the heaven1 
according to that  which hath been done 

in ,jerusalem4    #i3ac4 ,as it is      
written in the law of ,moses1 all this  
evil is come upon  us3 and we entreated 
not thy face1 ,o ,lord our ,god1 that we
 might turn  from our iniquities1 and   
think on thy truth4    #i3ad4 ,and the  
,lord hath watched upon the evil1 and   
hath brought it upon  us3 the ,lord1 our
 ,god1 is just in all his works which he
 hath done3 for  we have not hearkened  
to his voice4    #i3ae4 ,and now1 ,o    
,lord1 our ,god1 who hast brought forth 
thy people out of  the land of ,egypt1  
with a strong hand1 and hast made thee a
 name as at  this day3 we have sinned1  
we have committed iniquity1    #i3af4 ,o
 ,lord1 against all thy justice3 let thy
 wrath and thy indignation  be turned   
away1 ,i beseech thee1 from thy city1   
,jerusalem1 and from thy  holy mountain4
 ,for by reason of our sins1 and the    
iniquities of our  fathers1 ,jerusalem1 
and thy people1 are a reproach to all   
that are round  about us4    #i3ag4     
,now1 therefore1 ,o our ,god1 hear the  

supplication of thy servant1  and his   
prayers3 and shew thy face upon thy     
sanctuary1 which is  desolate1 for thy  
own sake4    #i3ah4 ,incline1 ,o my     
,god1 thy ear1 and hear3 open thy eyes1 
and see our  desolation1 and the city   
upon which thy name is called3 for it is
 not  for our justifications that we    
present our prayers before thy face1 but
  for the multitude of thy tender       
mercies4    #i3ai4 ,o ,lord1 hear3 ,o   
,lord1 be appeased3 hearken1 and do3    
delay not1 for  thy own sake1 ,o my     
,god3 because thy name is invocated upon
 thy city1 and  upon thy people4        
#i3bj4 ,now while ,i was yet speaking1  
and praying1 and confessing my sins1    
and the sins of my people of ,israel1   
and presenting my supplications in  the 
sight of my ,god1 for the holy mountain 
of my ,god3    #i3ba4 ,as ,i was yet    
speaking in prayer1 behold the man1     
,gabriel1 whom ,i  had seen in the      
vision at the beginning1 flying swiftly1
 touched me at  the time of the evening 

sacrifice4    ,the man ,gabriel444 ,the 
angel ,gabriel in the shape of a man4   
#i3bb4 ,and he instructed me1 and spoke 
to me1 and said3 ,o ,daniel1 ,i am  now 
come forth to teach thee1 and that thou 
mightest understand4    #i3bc4 ,from the
 beginning of thy prayers the word came 
forth3 and ,i am  come to shew it to    
thee1 because thou art a man of desires3
 therefore1  do thou mark the word1 and 
understand the vision4    ,man of       
desires444 that is1 ardently praying for
 the ,jews then in  captivity4    #i3bd4
 ,seventy weeks are shortened upon thy  
people1 and upon thy holy  city1 that   
transgression may be finished1 and sin  
may have an end1 and  iniquity may be   
abolished2 and everlasting justice may  
be brought2 and  vision and prophecy may
 be fulfilled2 and the ,saint of saints 
may be  anointed4    ,seventy weeks444  
,viz41 of years1 7or seventy times      
seven1 that is1 #dij  years17 are       
shortened2 that is1 fixed and           
determined1 so that the time  shall be  

no longer4    #i3be4 ,know thou1        
therefore1 and take notice3 that from   
the going forth  of the word1 to build  
up ,jerusalem again1 unto ,christ1 the  
prince1 there  shall be seven weeks1 and
 sixty-two weeks3 and the street shall  
be built  again1 and the walls1 in      
straitness of times4    ,from the going 
forth of the word1 etc444 ,that is1 from
 the twentieth  year of king            
,artaxerxes1 when by his commandment    
,nehemias rebuilt the  walls of         
,jerusalem1 #b ,esd4 #b4 ,from which    
time1 according to the best  chronology1
 there were just sixty-nine weeks of    
years1 that is1 #dhc  years to the      
baptism of ,christ1 when he first began 
to preach and  execute the office of    
,messias4-,ibid4 ,in straitness of      
times444 angustia  temporum3 which may  
allude both to the difficulties and     
opposition they  met with in building3  
and to the shortness of the time in     
which they  finished the wall1 viz41    
fifty-two days4    #i3bf4 ,and after    

sixty-two weeks ,christ shall be slain3 
and the people  that shall deny him     
shall not be his4 ,and a people1 with   
their leader1  that shall come1 shall   
destroy the city1 and the sanctuary3 and
 the end  thereof shall be waste1 and   
after the end of the war the appointed  
desolation4    ,a people with their     
leader444 ,the ,romans under ,titus4    
#i3bg4 ,and he shall confirm the        
covenant with many1 in one week3 and in 
the half of the week the victim and the 
sacrifice shall fail3 and there  shall  
be in the temple the abomination of     
desolation3 and the desolation  shall   
continue even to the consummation1 and  
to the end4    ,in the half of the      
week444 or1 in the middle of the week1  
etc4 ,because  ,christ preached three   
years and a half3 and then by his       
sacrifice upon  the cross abolished all 
the sacrifices of the law4-,ibid4 ,the  
abomination  of desolation444 ,some     
understand this of the profanation of   
the temple  by the crimes of the ,jews1 

and by the bloody faction of the        
zealots4  ,others of the bringing in    
thither the ensigns and standard of the 
pagan  ,romans4 ,others1 in fine1       
distinguish three different times of    
desolation3 viz41 that under ,antiochus2
 that when the temple was  destroyed by 
the ,romans2 and the last near the end  
of the world under  ,antichrist4 ,to all
 which1 as they suppose1 this prophecy  
may have a  relation4    ,daniel        
,chapter #aj    ,daniel having humbled  
himself by fasting and penance seeth a  
vision1  with which he is much          
terrified2 but he is comforted by an    
angel4    #aj3a4 ,in the third year of  
,cyrus1 king of the ,persians1 a word   
was  revealed to ,daniel1 surnamed      
,baltassar1 and a true word1 and great  
strength3 and he understood the word3   
for there is need of understanding  in a
 vision4    #aj3b4 ,in those days ,i1   
,daniel1 mourned the days of three      
weeks4    #aj3c4 ,i ate no desirable    
bread1 and neither flesh1 nor wine1     

entered  into my mouth1 neither was ,i  
anointed with ointment3 till the days of
  three weeks were accomplished4        
#aj3d4 ,and in the four and twentieth   
day of the first month1 ,i was by the   
great river1 which is the ,tigris4      
#aj3e4 ,and ,i lifted up my eyes1 and ,i
 saw3 and behold a man clothed in       
linen1 and his loins were girded with   
the finest gold3    #aj3f4 ,and his body
 was like the chrysolite1 and his face  
as the  appearance of lightning1 and his
 eyes as a burning lamp3 and his arms1  
and all downward even to the feet1 like 
in appearance to glittering  brass3 and 
the voice of his word like the voice of 
a multitude4    #aj3g4 ,and ,i1 ,daniel 
alone1 saw the vision3 for the men that 
were with me  saw it not3 but an        
exceeding great terror fell upon them1  
and they fled  away1 and hid themselves4
    #aj3h4 ,and ,i1 being left alone1   
saw this great vision3 and there        
remained  no strength in me1 and the    
appearance of my countenance was changed

 in  me1 and ,i fainted away1 and       
retained no strength4    #aj3i4 ,and ,i 
heard the voice of his words3 and when  
,i heard ,i lay in a  consternation upon
 my face1 and my face was close to the  
ground4    #aj3aj4 ,and behold a hand   
touched me1 and lifted me up upon my    
knees1 and  upon the joints of my hands4
    #aj3aa4 ,and he said to me3 ,daniel1
 thou man of desires1 understand the    
words that ,i speak to thee1 and stand  
upright3 for ,i am sent now to  thee4   
,and when he had said this word to me1  
,i stood trembling4    #aj3ab4 ,and he  
said to me3 ,fear not1 ,daniel3 for from
 the first day that  thou didst set thy 
heart to understand1 to afflict thyself 
in the sight  of thy ,god1 thy words    
have been heard3 and ,i am come for thy 
words4    #aj3ac4 ,but the prince of the
 kingdom of the ,persians resisted me   
one and  twenty days3 and behold        
,michael1 one of the chief princes1 came
 to help  me1 and ,i remained there by  
the king of the ,persians4    ,the      

prince1 etc444 ,that is1 the angel      
guardian of ,persia3 who according  to  
his office1 seeking the spiritual good  
of the ,persians was desirous  that many
 of the ,jews should remain among them4 
#aj3ad4 ,but ,i am come to teach thee   
what things shall befall thy people  in 
the latter days1 for as yet the vision  
is for days4    #aj3ae4 ,and when he was
 speaking such words to me1 ,i cast down
 my  countenance to the ground1 and held
 my peace4    #aj3af4 ,and behold as it 
were the likeness of a son of man       
touched my  lips3 then ,i opened my     
mouth and spoke1 and said to him that   
stood  before me3 ,o my lord1 at the    
sight of thee my joints are loosed1 and 
no  strength hath remained in me4       
#aj3ag4 ,and how can the servant of my  
lord speak with my lord8 for no         
strength remaineth in me2 moreover1 my  
breath is stopped4    #aj3ah4           
,therefore1 he that looked like a man1  
touched me again1 and  strengthened me4 
#aj3ai4 ,and he said3 ,fear not1 ,o man 

of desires1 peace be to thee3 take      
courage1 and be strong4 ,and when he    
spoke to me1 ,i grew strong1 and ,i     
said3 ,speak1 ,o my lord1 for thou hast 
strengthened me4    #aj3bj4 ,and he     
said3 ,dost thou know wherefore ,i am   
come to thee8 ,and now  ,i will return1 
to fight against the prince of the      
,persians4 ,when ,i went  forth1 there  
appeared the prince of the ,greeks      
coming4    #aj3ba4 ,but ,i will tell    
thee what is set down in the scripture  
of truth3  and none is my helper in all 
these things1 but ,michael your prince4 
,michael your prince444 ,the guardian   
general of the church of ,god4          
,daniel ,chapter #aa    ,the angel      
declares to ,daniel many things to come1
 with regard to the  ,persian and       
,grecian kings3 more especially with    
regard to ,antiochus as a  figure of    
,antichrist4    #aa3a4 ,and from the    
first year of ,darius1 the ,mede1 ,i    
stood up1 that he  might be             
strengthened1 and confirmed4    #aa3b4  

,and now ,i will shew thee the truth4   
,behold1 there shall stand yet  three   
kings in ,persia1 and the fourth shall  
be enriched exceedingly  above them all3
 and when he shall be grown mighty by   
his riches1 he  shall stir up all       
against the kingdom of ,greece4         
,three kings444 ,viz41 ,cambyses1       
,smerdes ,magus1 and ,darius1 the son of
  ,hystaspes4-,ibid4 ,the fourth444     
,xerxes4    #aa3c4 ,but there shall rise
 up a strong king1 and shall rule with  
great  power3 and he shall do what he   
pleaseth4    ,a strong king444          
,alexander4    #aa3d4 ,and when he shall
 come to his height1 his kingdom shall  
be broken1  and it shall be divided     
towards the four winds of the heaven3   
but not to  his posterity1 nor according
 to his power with which he ruled4 ,for 
his  kingdom shall be rent in pieces1   
even for strangers1 besides these4      
#aa3e4 ,and the king of the south shall 
be strengthened1 and one of his  princes
 shall prevail over him1 and he shall   

rule with great power3 for  his         
dominions shall be great4    ,the king  
of the south444 ,ptolemeus the son of   
,lagus1 king of ,egypt1  which lies     
south of ,jerusalem4-,ibid4 ,one of his 
princes444 that is1 one  of ,alexander's
 princes1 shall prevail over him3 that  
is1 shall be  stronger than the king of 
,egypt4 ,he speaks of ,seleucus         
,nicator1 king of  ,asia and ,syria1    
whose successors are here called the    
kings of the north1  because their      
dominions lay to the north in respect to
 ,jerusalem4    #aa3f4 ,and after the   
end of years they shall be in league    
together3 and  the daughter of the king 
of the south shall come to the king of  
the  north to make friendship1 but she  
shall not obtain the strength of the    
arm1 neither shall her seed stand3 and  
she shall be given up1 and her  young   
men that brought her1 and they that     
strengthened her in these  times4       
,the daughter of the king of the        
south444 ,viz41 ,berenice1 daughter of  

,ptolemeus ,philadelphus1 given in      
marriage to ,antiochus ,theos1 grandson 
of ,seleucus4    #aa3g4 ,and a plant of 
the bud of her roots shall stand up3 and
 he shall  come with an army1 and shall 
enter into the province of the king of  
the  north3 and he shall abuse them1 and
 shall prevail4    ,a plant1 etc444     
,ptolemeus ,evergetes1 the son of       
,philadelphus4    #aa3h4 ,and he shall  
also carry away captive into ,egypt     
their gods1 and  their graven things1   
and their precious vessels of gold and  
silver3 he  shall prevail aginst the    
king of the north4    ,the king of the  
north444 ,seleucus ,callinicus4         
#aa3i4 ,and the king of the south shall 
enter into the kingdom1 and shall       
return to his own land4    #aa3aj4 ,and 
his sons shall be provoked1 and they    
shall assemble a  multitude of great    
forces3 and he shall come with haste    
like a flood3  and he shall return1 and 
be stirred up1 and he shall join battle 
with  his force4    ,his sons444        

,seleucus ,ceraunius1 and ,antiochus the
 ,great1 the sons of                    
,callinicus4-,ibid4 ,he shall come444   
,viz41 ,antiochus the ,great4    #aa3aa4
 ,and the king of the south being       
provoked1 shall go forth1 and  shall    
fight against the king of the north1 and
 shall prepare an  exceeding great      
multitude1 and a multitude shall be     
given into his  hands4    ,the king of  
the south444 ,ptolemeus ,philopator1 son
 of ,evergetes4    #aa3ab4 ,and he shall
 take a multitude1 and his heart shall  
be lifted up1  and he shall cast down   
many thousands3 but he shall not        
prevail4    #aa3ac4 ,for the king of the
 north shall return1 and shall prepare a
  multitude much greater than before3   
and in the end of times1 and years1  he 
shall come in haste with a great army1  
and much riches4    #aa3ad4 ,and in     
those times many shall rise up against  
the king of the  south1 and the children
 of prevaricators of thy people shall   
lift up  themselves to fulfil the       

vision1 and they shall fall4    #aa3ae4 
,and the king of the north shall come1  
and shall cast up a mount1  and shall   
take the best fenced cities3 and the    
arms of the south shall  not withstand1 
and his chosen ones shall rise up to    
resist1 and they  shall not have        
strength4    #aa3af4 ,and he shall come 
upon him1 and do according to his       
pleasure1 and  there shall be none to   
stand against his face3 and he shall    
stand in the  glorious land1 and it     
shall be consumed by his hand4    ,he   
shall come upon him444 ,viz41 ,antiochus
 shall come upon the king of  the       
south4-,ibid4 ,the glorious land444     
,judea4    #aa3ag4 ,and he shall set his
 face to come to possess all his        
kingdom1 and  he shall make upright     
conditions with him3 and he shall give  
him a  daughter of women1 to overthrow  
it3 and she shall not stand1 neither    
shall she be for him4    ,all his       
kingdom444 ,viz41 all the kingdom of    
,ptolemeus ,epiphanes1 son of           

,philopator4-,ibid4 ,a daughter of      
women444 ,that is1 a most beautiful     
woman1 viz41 his daughter               
,cleopatra4-,ibid4 ,to overthrow it444  
,viz41 the  kingdom of ,epiphanes3 but  
his policy shall not succeed2 for       
,cleopatra  shall take more to heart the
 interest of her husband1 than that of  
her  father4    #aa3ah4 ,and he shall   
turn his face to the islands1 and shall 
take many3  and he shall cause the      
prince of his reproach to cease1 and his
 reproach  shall be turned upon him4    
,the prince of his reproach444 ,seipio  
the ,roman general1 called the  prince  
of his reproach1 because he overthrew   
,antiochus1 and obliged him  to submit  
to very dishonourable terms1 before he  
would cease from the  war4    #aa3ai4   
,and he shall turn his face to the      
empire of his own land1 and he  shall   
stumble1 and fall1 ans shall not be     
found4    #aa3bj4 ,and there shall stand
 up in his place one most vile1 and     
unworthy  of kingly honour3 and in a few

 days he shall be destroyed1 not in rage
  nor in battle4    ,one most vile444   
,seleucus ,philopator1 who sent         
,heliodorus to plunder the  temple3 and 
was shortly after slain by the same     
,heliodorus4    #aa3ba4 ,and there shall
 stand up in his place one despised1 and
 the  kingly honour shall not be given  
him3 and he shall come privately1 and   
shall obtain the kingdom by fraud4      
,one despised444 ,viz41 ,antiochus      
,epiphanes1 who at first was despised   
and  not received for king4 ,what is    
here said of this prince1 is            
accommodated  by ,st4 ,jerome and others
 to ,antichrist2 of whom this ,antiochus
 was a  figure4    #aa3bb4 ,and the arms
 of the fighter shall be overcome before
 his face1  and shall be broken3 yea1   
also the prince of the covenant4    ,of 
the fighter444 ,that is1 of them that   
shall oppose him1 and shall  fight      
against him4-,ibid4 ,the prince of the  
covenant444 or1 of the  league4 ,the    
chief of them that conspired against    

him3 or the king of  ,egypt his most    
powerful adversary4    #aa3bc4 ,and     
after friendships1 he will deal         
deceitfully with him3 and he  shall go  
up1 and shall overcome with a small     
people4    #aa3bd4 ,and he shall enter  
into rich and plentiful cities3 and he  
shall  do that which his fathers never  
did1 nor his fathers' fathers3 he shall 
scatter their spoils1 and their prey1   
and their riches1 and shall  forecast   
devices against the best fenced places3 
and this until a time4    #aa3be4 ,and  
his strength1 and his heart1 shall be   
stirred up aginst the  king of the      
south1 with a great army3 and the king  
of the south shall be  stirred up to    
battle with many and very strong        
succours3 and they shall  not stand1 for
 they shall form designs against him4   
,the king444 ,ptolemeus ,philometor4    
#aa3bf4 ,and they that eat bread with   
him1 shall destroy him1 and his army    
shall be overthrown3 and many shall fall
 down slain4    #aa3bg4 ,and the heart  

of the two kings shall be to do evil1   
and they  shall speak lies at one table1
 and they shall not prosper3 because as 
yet the end is unto another time4       
#aa3bh4 ,and he shall return into his   
land with much riches3 and his heart    
shall be aginst the holy covenant1 and  
he shall succeed1 and shall  return into
 his own land4    #aa3bi4 ,at the time  
appointed he shall return1 and he shall 
come to the  south1 but the latter time 
shall not be like the former4    #aa3cj4
 ,and the galleys and the ,romans shall 
come upon him1 and he shall  be struck1 
and shall return1 and shall have        
indignation against  the covenant of the
 sanctuary1 and he shall succeed3 and he
 shall  return1 and shall devise against
 them that have forsaken the covenant   
of the sanctuary4    ,the galleys and   
the ,romans444 ,popilius1 and the other 
,roman ambassadors1  who came in        
galleys1 and obliged him to depart from 
,egypt4    #aa3ca4 ,and arms shall stand
 on his part1 and they shall defile the 

sanctuary of strength1 and shall take   
away the continual sacrifice3 and  they 
shall place there the abomination unto  
desolation4    ,they shall place there  
the abomination1 etc444 ,the idol of    
,jupiter  ,olympius1 which ,antiochus   
ordered to be set up in the sanctuary of
 the  temple3 which is here called the  
sanctuary of strength1 from the         
,almighty that was worshipped there4    
#aa3cb4 ,and such as deal wickedly      
against the covenant shall deceitfully  
dissemble3 but the people that know     
their ,god shall prevail and succeed4   
#aa3cc4 ,and they that are learned among
 the people shall teach many3 and  they 
shall fall by the sword1 and by fire1   
and by captivity1 and by  spoil for many
 days4    #aa3cd4 ,and when they shall  
have fallen1 they shall be relieved with
 a  small help3 and many shall be joined
 to them deceitfully4    #aa3ce4 ,and   
some of the learned shall fall1 that    
they may be tried1 and  may be chosen1  
and made white1 even to the appointed   

time3 because yet  there shall be       
another time4    #aa3cf4 ,and the king  
shall do according to his will1 and he  
shall be  lifted up1 and shall magnify  
himself against every god3 and he shall 
speak great things against the ,god of  
gods1 and shall prosper1 till the  wrath
 be accomplished4 ,for the determination
 is made4    #aa3cg4 ,and he shall make 
no account of the ,god of his fathers3  
and he  shall follow the lust of women1 
and he shall not regard any gods3 for he
  shall rise up against all things4     
#aa3ch4 ,but he shall worship the god   
,maozim1 in his place3 and a god whom   
his fathers knew not1 he shall worship  
with gold1 and silver1 and  precious    
stones1 and things of great price4      
,the god ,maozim444 ,that is1 the god of
 forces or strong holds4    #aa3ci4 ,and
 he shall do this to fortify ,maozim    
with a strange god1 whom  he hath       
acknowledged1 and he shall increase     
glory1 and shall give them  power over  
many1 and shall divide the land gratis4 

,and he shall increase glory1 etc444 ,he
 shall bestow honours1 riches and       
lands1 upon them that shall worship his 
god4    #aa3dj4 ,and at the time        
prefixed the king of the south shall    
fight  against him1 and the king of the 
north shall come against him like a     
tempest1 with chariots1 and with        
horsemen1 and with a great navy1 and he 
shall enter into the countries1 and     
shall destroy1 and pass through4        
#aa3da4 ,and he shall enter into the    
glorious land1 and many shall fall3  and
 these only shall be saved out of his   
hand1 ,edom1 and ,moab1 and the         
principality of the children of ,ammon4 
#aa3db4 ,and he shall lay his hand upon 
the lands3 and the land of ,egypt  shall
 not escape4    #aa3dc4 ,and he shall   
have power over the treasures of gold1  
and of  silver1 and all the precious    
things of ,egypt3 and he shall pass     
through  ,lybia1 and ,ethiopia4         
#aa3dd4 ,and tidings out of the east1   
and out of the north1 shall trouble     

him3 and he shall come with a great     
multitude to destroy and slay many4     
#aa3de4 ,and he shall fix his           
tabernacle1 ,apadno1 between the seas1  
upon a  glorious and holy mountain3 and 
he shall come even to the top thereof1  
and none shall help him4    ,apadno444  
,some take it for the proper name of a  
place3 others1 from the  ,hebrew1       
translate it his palace4    ,daniel     
,chapter #ab    ,michael shall stand up 
for the people of ,god3 with other      
things relating  to ,antichrist1 and the
 end of the world4    #ab3a4 ,but at    
that time shall ,michael rise up1 the   
great prince1 who  standeth for the     
children of thy people3 and a time shall
 come1 such as  never was from the time 
that nations began1 even until that     
time4 ,and at  that time shall thy      
people be saved1 every one that shall be
 found  written in the book4    #ab3b4  
,and many of those that sleep in the    
dust of the earth1 shall  awake3 some   
unto life everlasting1 and others unto  

reproach1 to see it  always4    #ab3c4  
,but they that are learned1 shall shine 
as the brightness of the  firmament3 and
 they that instruct many to justice1 as 
stars for all  eternity4    ,learned444 
,viz41 in the law of ,god and true      
wisdom1 which consists in  knowing and  
loving ,god4    #ab3d4 ,but thou1 ,o    
,daniel1 shut up the words1 and seal the
 book1 even to  the time appointed3 many
 shall pass over1 and knowledge shall be
  manifold4    #ab3e4 ,and ,i1 ,daniel1 
looked1 and behold as it were two others
 stood3 one  on this side upon the bank 
of the river1 and another on that side1 
on  the other bank of the river4        
#ab3f4 ,and ,i said to the man that was 
clothed in linen1 that stood upon  the  
waters of the river3 ,how long shall it 
be to the end of these  wonders8        
#ab3g4 ,and ,i heard the man that was   
clothed in linen1 that stood upon the   
waters of the river1 when he had lifted 
up his right hand1 and his left  hand to
 heaven1 and had sworn by him that      

liveth for ever1 that it  should be unto
 a time1 and times1 and half a time4    
,and when the  scattering of the band of
 the holy people shall be accomplished1 
all  these things shall be finished4    
#ab3h4 ,and ,i heard1 and understood    
not4 ,and ,i said3 ,o my lord1 what     
shall  be after these things8    #ab3i4 
,and he said3 ,go1 ,daniel1 because the 
words are shut up1 and sealed  until the
 appointed time4    #ab3aj4 ,many shall 
be chosen1 and made white1 and shall be 
tried as fire3  and the wicked shall    
deal wickedly1 and none of the wicked   
shall  understand1 but the learned shall
 understand4    #ab3aa4 ,and from the   
time when the continual sacrifice shall 
be taken  away1 and the abomination unto
 desolation shall be set up1 there shall
  be a thousand two hundred ninety days4
    #ab3ab4 ,blessed is he that         
waitesth1 and cometh unto a thousand    
three  hundred thirty-five days4        
#ab3ac4 ,but go thou thy ways until the 
time appointed3 and thou shalt  rest1   

and stand in thy lot unto the end of the
 days4    ,daniel ,chapter #ac    ,the  
history of ,susanna and the two elders4 
,this history of ,susanna1 in all the   
ancient ,greek and ,latin ,bibles1 was  
placed in the beginning of the book of  
,daniel3 till ,st4 ,jerome1 in his      
translation1 detached it from thence2   
because he did not find it in the       
,hebrew3 which is also the case of the  
history of ,bel and the ,dragon4 ,but   
both the one and the other are received 
by the ,catholic ,church3 and were  from
 the very beginning a part of the       
,christian ,bible4    #ac3a4 ,now there 
was a man that dwelt in ,babylon1 and   
his name was  ,joakim3    #ac3b4 ,and he
 took a wife1 whose name was ,susanna1  
the daughter of  ,helcias1 a very       
beautiful woman1 and one that feared    
,god4    #ac3c4 ,for her parents being  
just1 had instructed their daughter     
according to the law of ,moses4         
#ac3d4 ,now ,joakim was very rich1 and  
had an orchard near his house3 and  the 

,jews resorted to him1 because he was   
the most honourable of them  all4       
#ac3e4 ,and there were two of the       
ancients of the people appointed judges 
that year1 of whom the ,lord said3 ,that
 iniquity came out from ,babylon1  from 
the ancient judges1 that seemed to      
govern the people4    #ac3f4 ,these men 
frequented the house of ,joakim1 and all
 that hand any  matters of judgment came
 to them4    #ac3g4 ,and when the people
 departed away at noon1 ,susanna went   
in1 and  walked in her husband's        
orchard4    #ac3h4 ,and the old men saw 
her going in every day1 and walking3 and
 they  were inflamed with lust towards  
her3    #ac3i4 ,and they perverted their
 own mind1 and turned away their eyes1  
that they might not look unto heaven1   
nor remember just judgments4    #ac3aj4 
,so they were both wounded with the love
 of her1 yet they did not  make known   
their grief one to the other4    #ac3aa4
 ,for they were ashamed to declare to   
one another their lust1 being  desirous 

to have to do with her3    #ac3ab4 ,and 
they watched carefully every day to see 
her4 ,and one said to  the other3       
#ac3ac4 ,let us now go home1 for it is  
dinner time4 ,so going out1 they        
departed one from another4    #ac3ad4   
,and turning back again1 they came both 
to the same place3 and  asking one      
another the cause1 they acknowledged    
their lust3 and then  they agreed       
together upon a time1 when they might   
find her alone4    #ac3ae4 ,and it fell 
out1 as they watched a fit day1 she went
 in on a  time1 as yesterday and the day
 before1 with two maids only1 and was   
desirous to wash herself in the orchard3
 for it was hot weather4    #ac3af4 ,and
 there was nobody there1 but the two old
 men that had hid  themselves1 and were 
beholding her4    #ac3ag4 ,so she said  
to the maids3 ,bring me oil1 and washing
 balls1 and  shut the doors of the      
orchard1 that ,i may wash me4    #ac3ah4
 ,and they did as she bade them3 and    
they shut the doors of the  orchard1 and

 went out by a back door to fetch what  
she had commanded  them1 and they knew  
not that the elders were hid within4    
#ac3ai4 ,now when the maids were gone   
forth1 the two elders arose1 and ran  to
 her1 and said3    #ac3bj4 ,behold the  
doors of the orchard are shut1 and      
nobody seeth us1  and we are in love    
with thee3 wherefore consent to us1 and 
lie with us4    #ac3ba4 ,but if thou    
wilt not1 we will bear witness against  
thee1 that a  young man was with thee1  
and therefore thou didst send away thy  
maids  from thee4    #ac3bb4 ,susanna   
sighed1 and said3 ,i am straitened on   
every side3 for if ,i  do this thing1 it
 is death to me3 and if ,i do it not1 ,i
 shall not escape  your hands4          
#ac3bc4 ,but it is better for me to fall
 into your hands without doing it1  than
 to sin in the sight of the ,lord4      
#ac3bd4 ,with that ,susanna cried out   
with a loud voice3 and the elders  also 
cried out against her4    #ac3be4 ,and  
one of them ran to the door of the      

orchard1 and opened it4    #ac3bf4 ,so  
when the servants of the house heard the
 cry in the orchard1  they rushed in by 
the back door1 to see what was the      
matter4    #ac3bg4 ,but after the old   
men had spoken1 the servants were       
greatly  ashamed3 for never had there   
been any such word said of ,susanna4    
,and on  the next day1    #ac3bh4 ,when 
the people were come to ,joakim1 her    
husband1 the two elders  also came full 
of wicked device against ,susanna1 to   
put her to death4    #ac3bi4 ,and they  
said before the people3 ,send to        
,susanna1 daughter of  ,helcias1 the    
wife of ,joakim4 ,and presently they    
sent4    #ac3cj4 ,and she came with her 
parents1 and children and all her       
kindred4    #ac3ca4 ,now ,susanna was   
exceeding delicate1 and beautiful to    
behold4    #ac3cb4 ,but those wicked men
 commanded that her face should be      
uncovered1  7for she was covered7 that  
so at least they might be satisfied with
 her  beauty4    #ac3cc4 ,therefore her 

friends1 and all her acquaintance wept4 
#ac3cd4 ,but the two elders rising up in
 the midst of the people1 laid  their   
hands upon her head4    #ac3ce4 ,and she
 weeping1 looked up to heaven1 for her  
heart had  confidence in the ,lord4     
#ac3cf4 ,and the elders said3 ,as we    
walked in the orchard alone1 this  woman
 came in with two maids1 and shut the   
doors of the orchard1 and  sent away the
 maids from her4    #ac3cg4 ,then a     
young man that was there hid came to    
her1 and lay with  her4    #ac3ch4 ,but 
we that were in a corner of the orchard1
 seeing this  wickedness1 ran up to     
them1 and we saw them lie together4     
#ac3ci4 ,and him indeed we could not    
take1 because he was stronger than  us1 
and opening the doors1 he leaped out3   
#ac3dj4 ,but having taken this woman1 we
 asked who the young man was1 but  she  
would not tell us3 of this thing we are 
witnesses4    #ac3da4 ,the multitude    
believed them1 as being the elders1 and 
the judges  of the people1 and they     

condemned her to death4    #ac3db4 ,then
 ,susanna cried out with a loud voice1  
and said3 ,o eternal  ,god1 who knowest 
hidden things1 who knowest all things   
before they come  to pass1    #ac3dc4   
,thou knowest that they have borne false
 witness against me3 and  behold ,i must
 die1 whereas ,i have done none of these
 things1 which these  men have          
maliciously forged against me4          
#ac3dd4 ,and the ,lord heard her voice4 
#ac3de4 ,and when she was led to be put 
to death1 the ,lord raised up the  holy 
spirit of a young boy1 whose name was   
,daniel3    #ac3df4 ,and he cried out   
with a loud voice3 ,i am clear from the 
blood of  this woman4    #ac3dg4 ,then  
all the people turning themselves       
towards him1 said3 ,what  meaneth this  
word that thou hast spoken8    #ac3dh4  
,but he standing in the midst of them1  
said3 ,are ye so foolish1 ye  children  
of ,israel1 that without examination or 
knowledge of the truth1  you have       
condemned a daughter of ,israel8        

#ac3di4 ,return to judgment1 for they   
have borne false witness against  her4  
#ac3ej4 ,so all the people turned again 
in haste1 and the old men said to  him3 
,come1 and sit thou down among us1 and  
shew it us3 seeing ,god hath  given thee
 the honour of old age4    #ac3ea4 ,and 
,daniel said to the people3 ,separate   
these two far from one  another1 and ,i 
will examine them4    #ac3eb4 ,so when  
they were put asunder one from the      
other1 he called one  of them1 and said 
to him3 ,o thou that art grown old in   
evil days1 now  are thy sins come out1  
which thou hast committed before3       
#ac3ec4 ,in judging unjust judgments1   
oppressing the innocent1 and letting    
the guilty to go free1 whereas the ,lord
 saith3 ,the innocent and the just  thou
 shalt not kill4    #ac3ed4 ,now then if
 thou sawest her1 tell me under what    
tree thou sawest  them conversing       
together3 ,he said3 ,under a mastic     
tree4    #ac3ee4 ,and ,daniel said3     
,well hast thou lied against thy own    

head3 for  behold the angel of ,god     
having received the sentence of him1    
shall cut  thee in two4    #ac3ef4 ,and 
having put him aside1 he commanded that 
the other should  come1 and he said to  
him3 ,o thou seed of ,chanaan1 and not  
of ,juda1  beauty hath deceived thee1   
and lust hath perverted thy heart3      
#ac3eg4 ,thus did you do to the         
daughters of ,israel1 and they for fear 
conversed with you3 but a daughter of   
,juda would not abide your  wickedness4 
#ac3eh4 ,now1 therefore1 tell me1 under 
what tree didst thou take them          
conversing together4 ,and he answered3  
,under a holm tree4    #ac3ei4 ,and     
,daniel said to him3 ,well hast thou    
also lied against thy own  head3 for the
 angel of the ,lord waiteth with a sword
 to cut thee in two1  and to destroy    
you4    #ac3fj4 ,with that all the      
assembly cried out with a loud voice1   
and they  blessed ,god1 who saveth them 
that trust in him4    #ac3fa4 ,and they 
rose up against the two elders1 7for    

,daniel had  convicted them of false    
witness by their own mouth7 and they did
 to them  as they had maliciously dealt 
against their neighbour1    #ac3fb4 ,to 
fulfil the law of ,moses3 and they put  
them to death1 and  innocent blood was  
saved in that day4    #ac3fc4 ,but      
,helcias1 and his wife1 praised ,god1   
for their daughter1  ,susanna1 with     
,joakim1 her husband1 and all her       
kindred1 because there  was no          
dishonesty found in her4    #ac3fd4 ,and
 ,daniel became great in the sight of   
the people from that day1  and thence   
forward4    #ac3fe4 ,and king ,astyages 
was gathered to his fathers2 and ,cyrus1
 the  ,persian1 received his kingdom4   
,daniel ,chapter #ad    ,the history of 
,bel1 and of the great serpent          
worshipped by the  ,babylonians4        
#ad3a4 ,and ,daniel was the king's      
guest1 and was honoured above all his   
friends4    ,the king's guest444 ,it    
seems most probable1 that the king here 
spoken of  was ,evilmerodach1 the son   

and successor of ,nabuchodonosor1 and a 
great  favourer of the ,jews4    #ad3b4 
,now the ,babylonians had an idol called
 ,bel3 and there was spent  upon him    
every day twelve great measures of fine 
flour1 and forty sheep1  and six vessels
 of wine4    #ad3c4 ,the king also      
worshipped him1 and went every day to   
adore him3 but  ,daniel adored his ,god4
 ,and the king said to him3 ,why dost   
thou not adore  ,bel8    #ad3d4 ,and he 
answered1 and said to him3 ,because ,i  
do not worship idols  made with hands1  
but the living ,god1 that created heaven
 and earth1 and  hath power over all    
flesh4    #ad3e4 ,and the king said to  
him3 ,doth not ,bel seem to thee to be a
 living  god8 ,seest thou not how much  
he eateth and drinketh every day8       
#ad3f4 ,then ,daniel smiled1 and said3  
,o king1 be not deceived3 for this is   
but clay within1 and brass without1     
neither hath he eaten at any time4      
#ad3g4 ,and the king being angry1 called
 for his priests1 and said to  them3 ,if

 you tell me not who it is that eateth  
up these expenses1 you  shall die4      
#ad3h4 ,but if you can shew that ,bel   
eateth these things1 ,daniel shall  die1
 because he hath blasphemed against     
,bel4 ,and ,daniel said to the  king3   
,be it done according to thy word4      
#ad3i4 ,now the priests of ,bel were    
seventy1 beside their wives1 and  little
 ones1 and children4 ,and the king went 
with ,daniel into the temple  of ,bel4  
#ad3aj4 ,and the priests of ,bel said3  
,behold1 we go out3 and do thou1 ,o     
king1 set on the meats1 and make ready  
the wine1 and shut the door fast1  and  
seal it with thy own ring3    #ad3aa4   
,and when thou comest in the morning1 if
 thou findest not that ,bel  hath eaten 
up all1 we will suffer death1 or else   
,daniel1 that hath lied  against us4    
#ad3ab4 ,and they little regarded it1   
because they had made under the  table a
 secret entrance1 and they always came  
in by it1 and consumed  those things4   
#ad3ac4 ,so it came to pass after they  

were gone out1 the king set the  meats  
before ,bel3 and ,daniel commanded his  
servants1 and they brought  ashes1 and  
he sifted them all over the temple      
before the king3 and going  forth1 they 
shut the door1 and having sealed it with
 the king's ring1  they departed4       
#ad3ad4 ,but the priests went in by     
night1 according to their custom1 with  
their wives1 and their children3 and    
they eat and drank up all4    #ad3ae4   
,and the king arose early in the        
morning1 and ,daniel with him4          
#ad3af4 ,and the king said3 ,are the    
seals whole1 ,daniel8 ,and he answered3 
,they are whole1 ,o king4    #ad3ag4    
,and as soon as he had opened the door1 
the king looked upon the  table1 and    
cried out with a loud voice3 ,great art 
thou1 ,o ,bel1 and there  is not any    
deceit with thee4    #ad3ah4 ,and       
,daniel laughed3 and he held the king1  
that he should not go  in3 and he said3 
,behold the pavement1 mark whose        
footsteps these are4    #ad3ai4 ,and the

 king said3 ,i see the footsteps of men1
 and women1 and  children4 ,and the king
 was angry4    #ad3bj4 ,then he took the
 priests1 and their wives1 and their    
children3  and they shewed him the      
private doors by which they came in1 and
  consumed the things that were on the  
table4    #ad3ba4 ,the king1 therefore1 
put them to death1 and delivered ,bel   
into  the power of ,daniel3 who         
destroyed him and his temple4    #ad3bb4
 ,and there was a great dragon in that  
place1 and the ,babylonians  worshipped 
him4    #ad3bc4 ,and the king said to   
,daniel3 ,behold1 thou canst not say    
now1 that  this is not a living god3    
adore him1 therefore4    #ad3bd4 ,and   
,daniel said3 ,i adore the ,lord1 my    
,god3 for he is the living  ,god3 but   
that is no living god4    #ad3be4 ,but  
give me leave1 ,o king1 and ,i will kill
 this dragon without  sword or club4    
,and the king said1 ,i give thee leave4 
#ad3bf4 ,then ,daniel took pitch1 and   
fat1 and hair1 and boiled them          

together3 and he made lumps1 and put    
them into the dragon's mouth1 and  the  
dragon burst asunder4 ,and he said3     
,behold him whom you worship4    #ad3bg4
 ,and when the ,babylonians had heard   
this1 they took great  indignation3 and 
being gathered together against the     
king1 they said3  ,the king is become a 
,jew4 ,he hath destroyed ,bel1 he hath  
killed the  dragon1 and he hath put the 
priests to death4    #ad3bh4 ,and they  
came to the king1 and said3 ,deliver us 
,daniel1 or else  we will destroy thee  
and thy house4    #ad3bi4 ,and the king 
saw that they pressed upon him          
violently3 and being  constrained by    
necessity3 he delivered ,daniel to them4
    #ad3cj4 ,and they cast him into the 
den of lions1 and he was there six      
days4    ,the den of lions444 ,daniel   
was twice cast into the den of lions2   
one  under ,darius the ,mede1 because he
 had transgressed the king's edict1 by  
praying three times a day3 and another  
time under ,evilmerodach by a  sedition 

of the people4 ,this time he remained   
six days in the lions'  den2 the other  
time only one night4    #ad3ca4 ,and in 
the den there were seven lions1 and they
 had given to them  two carcasses every 
day1 and two sheep3 but then they were  
not given  unto them1 that they might   
devour ,daniel4    #ad3cb4 ,now there   
was in ,judea a prophet called ,habacuc1
 and he had  boiled pottage1 and had    
broken bread in a bowl3 and was going   
into the  field1 to carry it to the     
reapers4    ,habacuc444 ,the same1 as   
some think whose prophecy is found among
 the  lesser prophets but others believe
 him to be different4    #ad3cc4 ,and   
the angel of the ,lord said to ,habacuc3
 ,carry the dinner which  thou hast into
 ,babylon1 to ,daniel1 who is in the    
lions' den4    #ad3cd4 ,and ,habacuc    
said3 ,lord1 ,i never saw ,babylon1 nor 
do ,i know the  den4    #ad3ce4 ,and the
 angel of the ,lord took him by the top 
of his head1 and  carried him by the    
hair of his head1 and set him in        

,babylon1 over the  den1 in the force of
 his spirit4    #ad3cf4 ,and ,habacuc   
cried1 saying3 ,o ,daniel1 thou servant 
of ,god1 take  the dinner that ,god hath
 sent thee4    #ad3cg4 ,and ,daniel     
said1 ,thou hast remembered me1 ,o ,god1
 and thou hast  not forsaken them that  
love thee4    #ad3ch4 ,and ,daniel      
arose1 and eat4 ,and the angel of the   
,lord presently  set ,habacuc again in  
his own place4    #ad3ci4 ,and upon the 
seventh day the king came to bewail     
,daniel3 and he  came to the den1 and   
looked in1 and behold ,daniel was       
sitting in the  midst of the lions4     
#ad3dj4 ,and the king cried out with a  
loud voice1 saying3 ,great art thou1  ,o
 ,lord1 the ,god of ,daniel4 ,and he    
drew him out of the lions' den4         
#ad3da4 ,but those that had been the    
cause of his destruction1 he cast  into 
the den1 and they were devoured in a    
moment before him4    #ad3db4 ,then the 
king said3 ,let all the inhabitants of  
the whole earth  fear the ,god of       

,daniel3 for he is the ,saviour1 working
 signs1 and  wonders in the earth3 who  
hath delivered ,daniel out of the lions'
 den4