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as nothing: and according to his will he worketh into the banket house, and the Queene spake,
in the armie of heauen, and in the inhabitants and sayd, O King, liue for euer: let not thy
of the earth: and none can stay his hand, nor thoughtes trouble thee, nor let thy countenance
say vnto him, What doest thou? 33 At the same be changed. 11 There is a man in thy kingdome,
time was mine vnderstanding restored vnto me, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods, and in
and I returned to the honour of my kingdome: the dayes of thy father light and vnderstanding
my glory and my beautie was restored vnto me, and wisdome like the wisdome of the gods, was
and my counsellours and my princes sought vnto found in him: whom the King Nebuchad-nezzar
me, and I was established in my kingdome, and thy father, the King, I say, thy father, made chiefe
my glory was augmented toward me. 34 Now of the enchanters, astrologians, Caldeans, and
therefore I Nebuchad-nezzar prayse and extoll soothsayers, 12 Because a more excellent spirit,
and magnifie the King of heauen, whose workes and knowledge, and vnderstanding (for hee did
are all trueth, and his wayes iudgement, and expound dreames, and declare hard sentences,
those that walke in pride, he is able to abase. and dissolued doubtes) were founde in him, euen
5 in Daniel, whome the King named Belteshazzar:

1 King Belshazzar made a great feast to a thou- nowe let Daniel be called, and hee will declare
the interpretation.
Then was Daniel brought
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sand of his princes, and dranke wine before the before the King, and the King spake and sayd
thousand. And Belshazzar whiles he tasted the vnto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of
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wine, commanded to bring him the golden and the children of the captiuitie of Iudah, whom my
siluer vessels, which his father Nebuchad-nezzar father the King brought out of Iewrie? 14 Now
had brought from the Temple in Ierusalem, that I haue heard of thee, that the spirit of the holy
the King and his princes, his wiues, and his gods is in thee, and that light and vnderstand-
concubines might drinke therein. 3 Then were ing and excellent wisdome is found in thee.
brought the golden vessels, that were taken out 15 Now therefore, wisemen and astrologians haue
of the Temple of the Lords house at Ierusalem, bene brought before me, that they should reade
and the King and his princes, his wiues and his this writing, and shewe me the interpretation
concubines dranke in them. They drunke wine thereof: but they could not declare the inter-
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and praysed the gods of golde, and of siluer, of pretation of the thing. 16 Then heard I of thee,
brasse, of yron, of wood and of stone. 5 At the that thou couldest shewe interpretations, and
same houre appeared fingers of a mans hand, dissolue doutes: nowe if thou canst reade the
which wrote ouer against the candlesticke vpon writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof,
the plaister of the wall of ye Kings palace, and thou shalt be clothed with purple, and shalt haue
the King sawe the palme of the hand that wrote. a chaine of golde about thy necke, and shalt be
6 Then the Kings countenance was changed, and the third ruler in the kingdome. 17 Then Daniel
his thoughtes troubled him, so that the ioynts of answered, and sayd before the King, Keepe thy
his loynes were loosed, and his knees smote one rewards to thy selfe, and giue thy giftes to an-
against the other. 7 Wherefore the King cryed other: yet I will reade the writing vnto the King,
loude, that they should bring the astrologians, and shew him the interpretation. 18 O King, heare
the Caldeans and the soothsayers. And the thou, The most high God gaue vnto Nebuchad-
King spake, and sayd to the wise men of Babel, nezzar thy father a kingdome, and maiestie, and
Whosoeuer can reade this writing, and declare honour and glory. 19 And for the maiestie that
me the interpretation thereof, shalbe clothed he gaue him, all people, nations, and languages
with purple, and shall haue a chaine of golde trembled, and feared before him: he put to death
about his necke, and shall be the third ruler in whom he would: he smote whome he would:
the kingdome. 8 Then came all the Kings wise whome he would he set vp, and whome he would
men, but they could neither reade the writing, he put downe. 20 But when his heart was puft
nor shewe the King the interpretation. 9 Then vp, and his minde hardened in pride, hee was
was King Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his deposed from his kingly throne, and they tooke
countenance was changed in him, and his princes his honour from him. 21 And hee was driuen from
were astonied. 10 Now the Queene by reason the sonnes of men, and his heart was made like
of the talke of the King, and his princes came the beastes, and his dwelling was with the wilde