1   In the first yere of Balthasar king of Babylon, sawe Daniel a dreame, ∧ there were visions in his head vpon his bead: which ^note dreame he wrote, ∧ declared the summe of the matter,

2   Daniel spake and saide: I sawe in my vision by night, and beholde, the foure ^note windes of heauen stroue vpon the great sea,

3   And foure great beastes came vp from the sea, one diuers from an other.

4   The first was as a ^note lion, and had Egles winges: I beheld till his winges were pluckt from him, and he lifted vp from the earth, ∧ set vpon his feete like a man, ∧ there was geuen him a mans heart.

5   Behold an other beast, [which was] the second, was lyke a ^note beare, and stoode vpon the one side: betwixt his teeth in his mouth he had three ribbes, and it was saide vnto him thus: Arise, eate vp much fleshe.

6   Then I loked, and beholde, there was an other lyke vnto a ^note leopard, this had winges as a foule, euen ^note foure vpon the backe: this beast had foure heads, and there was power geuen him.

7   After this I saw in a vision by night, ∧ beholde, the fourth beast was grimme and horrible, and marueylous strong: it had great iron teeth, it deuoured ∧ destroyed, ∧ stamped the residue vnder his feete, it was vnlike þt; other beastes that were before it, for it had ^{note note} ten hornes.

8   As I considered the hornes, beholde, there came vp among them another little horne, before whom there were three of the first hornes pluckt away: and behold, this horne had eyes lyke the eyes of a man, ∧ a mouth speaking presumptuous thinges.

9   I behelde till the thrones were set vp, ∧ the ^note auncient of dayes did sit: whose garment was white as snowe, and the heeres of his head lyke the pure wooll: his throne was like the firie flambe, and his ^note wheeles as burning fire.

10   There issued foorth a firie streame, and went out from before him: a thousand thousandes ministred vnto him, and ten thousand thousandes stoode before him: the iudgement was set, ∧ the ^note bookes opened.

11   Then toke I heede therunto, because of the voyce of the proude words which the horne spake: I behelde till the beast was slaine, and his body destroyed, and geuen to be brent in the fire.

12   As concerning the other beastes, they had their dominion taken away, but their liues were prolonged for a certaine time and season. C   

13   I saw in visions by night, and behold there came ^note one in the cloudes of heauen, lyke the sonne of man: which went vnto the a&ubar;cient of dayes, before whom they brought him.

14   And he gaue him dominion ∧ honour, and a kingdome, that al people, nations, and languages should serue him: his dominion is an euerlasting dominion which shall neuer be taken away, and his kingdome shall neuer be destroyed.

15   I Daniel was troubled in my spirite in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head made me afrayde.

16   I gate me vnto ^note one of them that stoode by, and asked him the trueth concerning all these thinges: so he tolde me, and made me vnderstand the interpretation of these thinges.

17   These great beastes which are foure, are foure kinges which shall arise out of the earth:

18   But the ^note High saintes shall receaue a kingdome, and possesse a kingdome for euer, euen for euer and euer. D   

19   After this, I required to knowe the trueth concerning þe; fourth beast, which was so vnlyke the other beastes, and so horrible, whose teeth were of iron, and his nayles of brasse, which deuoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue vnder his feete:

20   [I desired] also [to knowe the trueth] as touching the ten hornes that he had vpon his head, and this other which came vp afterwarde, before whose face there fell downe three, which horne had eyes and a mouth that spake presumptuous thinges, and loked with a grimmer visage then his ^note felowes.

21   I behelde, and the same horne made battaile against the sainctes, yea ∧ preuayled against them.

22   Until the auncient of dayes came that the iudgement was geuen to the high sainctes, and till the time came that the sainctes had the kingdome in possession.

23   He gaue me this aunswer: That fourth beast, shalbe the fourth kingdome vpon earth, it shalbe vnlike to all the kingdomes: it shall deuour, treade downe, and destroy all other landes.

24   The ten hornes, are ten kinges that shall arise out of that kingdome: after whom there shall stande vp another, which shalbe vnlike to the first, and he shall subdue three kinges: E   

25   And he shall speake wordes against the highest of all, he shall destroy the high sainctes, and thinke that he may chaunge times and lawes: they shalbe geuen into his hande vntill a time, and times, and the deuiding of a time.

26   But the iudgement shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and destroy it vnto the ende.

27   And the kingdome and dominion, ∧ the greatnes of the kingdome vnder the whole heau&ebar;, shalbe geuen to the ^note people of high sainctes, whose kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome, and all powers shal serue and obey it.

28   Hitherto the ende of the wordes: I Daniel had many cogitations [which] troubled me, ∧ my co&ubar;tena&ubar;ce chaunged in me: but the wordes I kept still in my heart.

¶2; The .viii. Chapter. 1 A vision of a strife betweene a ramme and a hee goate. 20 The vnderstanding of the vision is, of the battaile betweene the king of Persia, and the king of the Grecians. A   

1   In the third yere of the raigne of king Balthasar, there appeared a vision vnto me [euen] vnto me Daniel, ^note after that which I had seene in the beginning.

2   I saw in a vision (and when I saw it, I was in the palace of Susis, which is in the prouince of ^note Elam) and in the vision me thought I was by the riuer of Ulai.

3   Then I loked vp and saw, ∧ beholde, there stoode before the riuer a ^note ramme which had two hornes: and these two hornes were hye, but ^note one was hyer then the other, ∧ the hyest came vp last.

4   I saw that this ramme pushed with his hornes against the west, against the north, and against the south: so that no ^note beastes might stand before him, nor defend them from his power, but he did as him listed, and became great.

5   And as I considered, beholde there came a hee ^note goate from the west, ouer the whole earth, and touched not the grounde: and this goate had a ^note horne appeared betwixt his eyes.

6   And he came vnto the ramme that had the two hornes (whom I had seene standing by the riuer) and ranne fiercely vpon him with his might.

7   And I sawe him drawe nye vnto the ramme, being very fierce vpon him, yea he ^note smote the ramme and brake his two hornes, neither had the ramme so much strength as to stande before him: but he cast him downe to the grounde, trode him vnder his feete, ∧ there was none able to deliuer the ramme out of his power.

8   Therefore the goate waxed exceeding great, ∧ when he was at the strongest, his great ^note horne was broken: Then grew there other ^note foure notable ones in the steade of it, towarde the foure windes of the heauen.

9   And out of one of them came foorth a litle ^note horne, which waxed very great toward the ^note south, toward the ^note east, and toward the ^note pleasaunt lande.

10    ^noteIt grewe vp vnto the hoast of heauen, whereof it did cast some downe to the grounde, and of the starres also, and trode them vnder foote.

11   Yea, it grewe vp against the ^note prince of the hoast, from whom the ^note dayly [sacrifice] was taken away, and the places of his sanctuarie caste downe.

12   And power was geuen vnto it ouer the dayly [sacrifice] for the iniquitie, and it shall ^note cast downe the trueth to the grounde: and thus shall it do, and prosper.

13   Upon this, I heard one of the sainctes speaking, and one of the ^note sainctes spake vnto ^note Palmoni, saying: how long shal the vision of the dayly [sacrifice] and of the iniquitie of desolation [endure,] to geue both the sanctuarie and the power to be troden vnder foote?

14   And he aunswered me: Unto the ^note euening and the morning, two thousand and three hundred: then shal the sanctuarie be cleansed.

15   Now when I Daniel had seene this vision, and sought for the vnderstanding of it: beholde, there stoode before me ^note like the similitude of a man.

16   And I heard a mans voyce ^note betweene Ulai, which cryed, and saide: O Gabriel ^note make this man vnderstande the vision.

17   So he came and stoode by me: but I was afraide at his comming, and fell downe vp&obar; my face: Then said he vnto me, Understand O thou sonne of man: for at the ^note time of the ende this vision [shalbe.]

18   Now as he was speaking vnto me, I fell in a slumber vpon my face to the grounde: but he touched me, and set me vp in my place.

19   And he saide, Beholde, I wyll shewe thee what shalbe in the last wrath: for in the time appoynted it shalbe fulfilled.

20   The ramme which thou sawest hauing two hornes, is the king of the Medes and Perses,

21   And the goate, is the king of Grecia: and the great horne that is betwixt his eyes, that is the first king.

22   But where as it brake, ∧ foure other rose vp in the steade: [it signifieth,] that out of this people shall stande vp foure kingdomes, but not so mightie as it.

23   And in the ende of their kingdome, when the wicked are come to the full, a king of a ^note fierce countenaunce, and vnderstanding harde sentences, shall stand vp.

24   His power shalbe mightie, but not in ^note his strength, ∧ he shall destroy wonderfully, he shall prosper ∧ practise, and destroy the ^note mightie and the holy people.

25   And through his policie also he shall cause craft to prosper in his handes, he shall extoll him selfe in his heart, and in prosperitie he shall destroy many, ∧ many one shalbe put to death in his wealthinesse: he shall stande vp against the ^note prince of princes, but he shalbe destroyed without ^note hande.

26   And the vision of the ^note euening and the morning, which is declared, is true: therfore seale thou vp the vision, for it shalbe after many dayes.

27   Upon this was I Daniel feeble, so that I lay sicke [certaine] dayes: but when I rose vp, I went about þe; kinges busines, and was astonied at the vision, neuerthelesse, no man vnderstoode it. The .ix. Chapter. 1 Daniel desireth to haue that prefourmed of God, which he hath promised concerning the returne of the people from their vanishment in Babylon. 15 A true confession. 20 Daniels prayer is harde. 21 Gabriel the angel expoundeth vnto him the vision of the threescore and ten weekes. 24 The annoynting of Christe. 25 The building againe of Hierusalem vnder Nehemia. 26 The death of Christe. A   

1   In the first yere of Darius the sonne of ^note Ahasuerus, which was of the seede of the Medes, ∧ was made king ouer the ^note realme of the Chaldees,

2   Euen in the first yere of his raigne, I Daniel vnderstoode by ^note bookes the number of the yeres, wherof the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie the prophete, that he woulde accomplishe seuentie yeres in the desolation of Hierusalem.

3   And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplication, with fasting, sackcloth, and asshes.

4   I prayed vnto the Lorde my God, ∧ made my confession, saying. O Lorde God, great and feare full, which kepeth couenaunt and mercie with them that loue ^note him and kepe his commaundementes:

5   We haue sinned and haue committed iniquitie, and haue done wickedly, yea we haue rebelled, ∧ haue departed from thy preceptes, ∧ from thy iudgementes.

6   We woulde not obey thy seruauntes the prophetes, that spake in thy name to our kinges and princes, to our forefathers, and to all the people of the lande. B   

7   O Lorde, righteousnesse belongeth vnto thee, vnto vs open shame, as is came to passe this day vnto euery man of Iuda, and to them that dwel at Hierusalem yea vnto all Israel, whether they be farre or nye throughout all the landes whither thou hast driuen them, because of their offences that they haue done against thee.

8   Yea O Lorde, vnto vs, to our kinges ∧ princes, to our forefathers that haue offended thee, belongeth open shame.

9   Unto the Lorde our God pertayneth compassion and forgeuenesse, though we haue rebelled against him.

10   And we haue not obeyed the ^note voyce of the Lorde our God, to walke in his lawes which he layde before vs, by the hande of his seruauntes the prophetes.

11   Yea all Israel haue transgressed and gone backe from thy lawe, so that they haue not hearkened vnto thy voyce: wherefore the ^note curse and oth that is written in the lawe of Moyses the seruaunt of God, against whom we haue offended, is poured vpon vs.

12   And he hath confirmed his wordes, which he spake against vs and against our iudges that iudged vs, to bring vpon vs such a great plague as neuer was vnder heauen, lyke as it is now come to passe in Hierusalem. C   

13   Yea, all this plague as it is written in the lawe of Moyses, is come vpon vs: yet made we not our prayers before the Lorde our God, that we might turne againe from our wickednes, and vnderstand thy trueth.

14   Therfore hath the Lord watched vpon the plague, and brought it vpon vs:

for the Lorde our God is righteous in all his workes which he doth: for we would not hearken vnto his voyce.

15   And now O Lord our God, thou that with a mightie hande hast brought thy people out of the lande of Egypt to get thy selfe a name, which remayneth this day, we haue sinned, we haue done wickedly.

16   O Lorde, according to all thy ^note righteousnes, I beseche thee let thyne anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy citie of Hierusalem, thy holy hill: for because of our sinnes, and for the wickednesse of our fathers, Hierusalem and thy people are a reproche to all them that are about vs.

17   Now therefore O our God heare the prayer of thy seruaunt, and his intercession: O let thy face ^note thine ouer thy sanctuarie that lyeth waste, for the ^note Lordes sake.

18   O my God, encline thyne eare ∧ hearken, open thyne eyes, beholde howe we be desolated, yea and the citie also which is called after thy name: for we do not present our prayers before thee in our ^note owne righteousnes, but in thy great mercies.

19   O Lorde heare, O forgeue Lorde, O Lorde ^note consider and do it, defer not, for thyne owne sake O my God: because thy name is called vpon thy citie, ∧ vpon thy people.

20   As I was yet a speaking at my prayers, knowledging myne owne sinnes ∧ the sinnes of my people Israel, presenting so myne intercession before the Lord my God for the holy hill of my God:

21   Yea, while I was yet speaking in my prayer, the man Gabriel (whom I had seene afore in the vision) came fleeing, ∧ touched me about the time of the euening oblation:

22   And he enfourmed me, ∧ talked with me, and saide: O Daniel, I am nowe come foorth to geue thee knowledge ∧ vnderstanding.

23   At the beginning of thy supplications, the commaundement came foorth, and I am come to shewe thee, for thou art greatly beloued: therefore vnderstande the matter and consider the vision.

24    ^noteSeu&ebar;tie weekes are determined ouer thy people, ∧ ouer thy holy citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp þe; sinnes, and to reconcile the iniquitie, ∧ to bring in euerlasting righteousnes, to seale vp the vision and prophecie, ∧ to annoynt the most holy.

25   Knowe therfore and vnderstand, that ^note from the going foorth of the comma&ubar;dement, to bring againe the [people] and to builde Hierusalem, vnto Messiah the prince, there shalbe seuen ^note weekes and threescore and two weekes: and the streete shalbe built againe, and the wall, [euen] in the ^note straitnes of time.

26   After these ^note threescore ∧ two weekes shall Messiah be slaine, ∧ ^note not for him selfe: and the people of the ^note prince that shal come, shall destroy the citie and the sanctuarie, and the ende thereof shalbe with a fludde, and vnto the ende of the battel it shalbe destroyed by desolati&obar;s.

27   He shall ^note confirme the couenaunt with many for one weeke, and in the midst of the weeke he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to ^note ceasse, and for the ^note ouerspreading of the abhominations, he shal make it desolate, [euen] vntil the consummation determined shalbe powred vpon the desolate. ¶2; The .x. Chapter. 1 There appeareth vnto Daniel a man clothed in linnen. 11 Which sheweth him wherfore he was sent. A   

1   In the ^note third yere of Cyrus king of Persia, there was shewed vnto Daniel, otherwyse called Baltassar, a matter, yea a true matter, but it is yet a long time vnto it: he vnderstoode the matter, and perceaued what the vision was.

2   At the same time, I Daniel mourned for the space of three weekes of dayes.

3   I ate no pleasaunt bread, as for flesh and wine there came none within my mouth: no, I did not once annoynt my selfe till the whole three weekes of dayes were fulfilled.

4   Upon the foure ∧ twentith day of the first moneth, I was by the side of that great riuer, [euen] Hiddekel.

5   I lift vp myne eyes, and loked: and beholde a man clothed in linnen, whose loynes were girded vp with fine golde of Uphaz.

6   His body was lyke the thurkis stone,

his face to loke vpon was lyke lightening, his eyes as lampes of fire, his armes and feete were lyke in colour to pullished brasse, and the voyce of his wordes was lyke the voyce of a multitude.

7   And I Daniel alone sawe this vision, for the men that were with me saw not the vision: but a great fearefulnes fell vpon them, so that they fled away and hid them selues.

8   Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remayned no strength in me: for my colour was turned in me into corruption, and I reteyned no strength.

9   Yet heard I the voyce of his wordes: and when I heard the voyce of his words, I fell astonied vpon my face and my face toward the earth.

10   And beholde a hande touched me, which set me vp vpon my knees, and vpon the paulmes of my handes.

11   And he saide vnto me: O Daniel, thou welbeloued man, take good heede to the wordes that I say vnto thee, and stand in thy place: for vnto thee am I nowe sent. And when he had said these words vnto me, I stoode vp trembling.

12   Then saide he vnto me, Feare not Daniel: for since the first day that thou didst set thyne heart to vnderstand, and to chasten thy selfe before thy God, thy wordes were hearde, and I am come for thy wordes.

13   But the ^note prince of the kingdome of Persia withstoode me one and twentie dayes: but lo, Michael one of the chiefe princes came to helpe me, ∧ I remained there by the kinges of Persia.

14   And I am come to shew thee what shall come vnto thy people in the latter dayes: for it wyll be long yet or the vision be fulfilled.

15   Now wh&ebar; he had spoken these words vnto me, I cast downe my head to the grounde, and held my tongue.

16   And beholde, there touched my lippes one very lyke vnto a man: then opened I my mouth and spake, and saide vnto him that stoode before me, O my lorde, by the vision my ioyntes are turned out of [their] place, and I haue reteyned no strength.

17   For howe can the seruaunt of this my Lorde, talke with my Lorde [being] such a one? And as for me, straight way there remayned no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

18   Then there came againe and touched me one lyke the appearaunce of a man, and he strengthened me:

19   And saide, O man greatly beloued feare not, peace be vnto thee, be strong and of good courage. So when he had spoken vnto me, I was strengthened and saide, Speake on my Lorde: for thou hast strengthened me.

20   Thus saide he: Knowest thou wherefore I am come vnto thee? now wyll I returne to fight with the prince of the Perses: assoone as I go foorth, lo, the ^note prince of Greke lande shall come.

21   Neuerthelesse, I wyll shew thee that that is noted in the scripture of trueth: and there is none that helpeth me in these thinges, but ^note Michael your prince. ¶2; The .xj. Chapter. 1 A prophecie of the kinges of Persia. 3 Of the kingdome of Grece. 5 Of the kingdome of Egypt, and of the bonde thereof. 15 Of the battaile with the kingdome of Syria.

1   And in the first yere of Darius of Media ^note I stoode to comfort him and to strength him.

2   And nowe wyll I shewe thee the trueth: Behold, there shall stand vp yet ^note three kinges in Persia, but the fourth shalbe farre richer then they all: and by his strength ∧ by his richesse he shall stirre vp ^note all against the realme of Greke lande.

3   Then shall there arise yet a ^note mightie king, that shal rule with great dominion, and do what him list.

4   And when he shal stand vp, his kingdome shalbe ^note broken, ∧ shalbe deuided toward the foure windes of the heauen, and not toward his posteritie, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdome shalbe pluckt vp, euen for others besides these.

5   And the ^note king of the south shalbe mightie, and ^note [one] of his princes, and he shall preuayle against him, and beare rule: his dominion shalbe a great dominion.

6   And in the ende of yeres, they shalbe ioyned together, ∧ the kinges ^note daughter of the south shall come to the kyng of the north for to make an agreement, but she shall not retayne the power of the ^note arme, neither shall he continue nor his arme: but she shalbe deliuered [to death] and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that comforted her in these times.

7   But out of the bud of her ^note rootes, shal one stande vp in his steede, whiche shall ^note come with an armie, and shall enter into the fortresse of the kyng of the north, and do with them [as he list] and shall preuayle.

8   And shall also cary captiues into Egypt their gods, with their molten images, with their precious vessels of siluer and of gold, and he shall continue more yeres then the kyng of the north.

9   So the kyng of the south shall come into his kyngdome, and shall returne into his owne lande.

10   Wherfore his sonnes shalbe styrred ^note vp, and shall gather together a mightie great hoast of people, ∧ ^note one shal come and ouerflowe and passe through: then shall he turne agayne and be ^note stirred vp at his fortresse.

11   Then þe; king of the south shalbe angry, and shal come foorth to fight with him [euen] with the king of the north, for he shall set foorth a great multitude, ∧ the multitude shalbe geuen into his hande.

12   Then the multitude shalbe proude, and their heartes shalbe lifted vp, for he shall cast downe thousandes: but he shall not still preuayle.

13   For the ^note kyng of the north shall returne, and shal set foorth a greater multitude then afore, and shall come foorth (after certayne yeres) with a mightie armie and great riches.

14   And at the same time there shal ^note manye stande vp against the kyng of the south, so that the ^note seditious chyldren of thy people also shall exalt them selues to establishe the vision, but they shal fal.

15   So the kyng of the north shal come ∧ cast vp amount, ∧ take the strong cities: and the ^note armes of the south shall not resist, neither his chosen people, neither shal there be any strength to withstand.

16   And when he commeth, he shall handle him as he list, and no man shal stand against him: he shall stande in the pleasaunt ^note lande, whiche by his hande shalbe consumed.

17   Agayne, he shall set his face to enter with the power of his whole kyngdome, and his confederates with hym, thus shall he do: and he shall geue hym the ^note daughter of women to destroy her, but she shall not stande [on his side] neither before hym.

18   After this shall he turne his face vnto the ^note iles, and shall take many: but a ^note prince shall cause his shame to light vpon him, beside that, he shall cause his owne shame to turne vpon him selfe.

19   For he shal turne his face toward the fortes of his owne lande: but he shalbe ^note ouerthrowen and fall, and be no more founde.

20   Then shall ^note stande vp in his place a rayser of taxes [in] the glory of the kingdome, ∧ after a fewe dayes he shalbe destroyed, neither in wrath nor in battel.

21   In his steede there shal stande vp a ^note vyle person, to whom they shal not geue the honour of the kingdome: but he shall come in peaceably and obtaine the kingdome with flatteries.

22   And the ^note armes shalbe ouerflowed with a flud before hym, and shalbe broken, ∧ also the prince of the couenaunt.

23   And after the ^note leage made with him, he shall worke deceiptfully: for he shall come vp, and ouercome with a ^note small people.

24   He shal enter into the quiet and plentifull prouince, and he shal do that which ^note his fathers haue not done, nor his rathers fathers: he shall deuide among them the pray, and the spoyle, and the substaunce, yea and he shall forecast his deuices against the strong holdes [euen] for a tyme.

25   Also his power ∧ heart shall he stirre vp with a great armie against the kyng of the south, the kyng of the south shalbe moued vnto battayle with a great and a mightie hoast also: neuerthelesse he ^note shal not stande, for they shall forecast deuices against him.

26   Yea ^note they that feede of the portion of his meate, shal destroy him, and his armie shall ^note ouerflowe, and many shall fall and be slaine.

27   These two kinges hartes shalbe to do ^note mischiefe, ∧ they shall talke of deceipt at one table, but it shal not prosper, for yet the ende shalbe at þe; time appointed.

28   Then shall he go home agayne into his lande with great ^note substaunce, and set his heart against the holy couenaunt, so shall he do, and returne to his owne lande.

29   At the tyme appointed he shall come agayne, and go towarde the south: but the last shall not be as the first.

30   For the ships of ^note Chithim shall come against him, therfore he shalbe sorie, and returne, and fret against the holy couenaunt: so shall he do, he shal [euen] returne and haue intelligence with them ^note that forsake the holy couenaunt.

31   And ^note armes shall stande on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuarie of ^note strength, and shall take away the dayly [sacrifice] and they shall set vp the abhominable desolation.

32   And such as wickedly breake the couenaunt, shall he cause to sinne by flatterie: but the people that knowe their God, shall preuayle and prosper.

33   Those also that haue ^note vnderstanding among the people, shall enfourme the multitude, and for a long season thei shall ^note fall with sworde, with fire, with captiuitie, and with the taking away of their goodes.

34   Nowe when they shall fall, they shalbe holpen with a ^note litle helpe, but many shall cleaue vnto them faynedly.

35   Yea some of those that haue vnderstanding shall fall, that they may be tryed, purified, and made whyte, tyll the tyme be out: for there is a tyme appointed.

36   And a ^note kyng shall do what hym list, he shall exalt and magnifie hym selfe against al that is God, yea he shal speake marueylous thinges against the God of Gods, and he shall prosper ^note tyll the wrath be fulfilled: for the determination is made.

37   He shall not regarde the God of his ^note fathers, nor the desires of women, yea he shall not care for any God: for he shall magnifie himselfe aboue all.

38   But in his place shall he honour the God ^note Mauzzun, and the God whom his fathers knewe not, shall he honour with ^note golde and siluer, with pretious stones and pleasaunt thinges.

39   Thus shall he do in the holdes of Mauzzim with a straunge God whom he shall acknowledge, he shall encrease his glory, ∧ shal cause them to rule ouer many, ∧ shall deuide the land for gayne.

40   And at the ende of tyme shall the king of the ^note south pushe at hym, ∧ the king of the north shall come against him lyke a whirlewind, with charets, horsemen, and with many shippes: he shall enter into the countreys, and shall ouerflowe and passe through.

41   He shall enter also into the pleasaunt land, and many countreys shalbe ouerthrowen: but these shall escape out of his hande [euen] Edom and Moab, and the chiefe of the chyldren of Ammon.

42   He shall stretche foorth his hande also vpon the countreys, and the lande of Egypt shall not escape.

43   But he shall haue power ouer the treasures of golde and of siluer, ∧ ouer all the pretious thinges of Egypt, and of the Libyans and Ethiopians in his passing [by them.]

44   Neuerthelesse, the tidinges out of the east ^note and the north shall trouble him, therfore he shall ^note go foorth with great wrath, to destroy and roote out many.

45   And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace betweene the seas, in the glorious and holy mountaine: yet he shall come to his ende, ∧ none shal helpe him. The .xii. Chapter. 2 He prophecieth the resurrection of the dead. 9 The darknesse of the prophecie of Daniel. A   

1   And at that tyme shal ^note Michael stande vp, the great prince, which standeth for the chyldren of thy people: for there shalbe a tyme of trouble, suche as neuer was since there began to be a nation, vnto that same tyme: and at that tyme thy people shalbe deliuered euery one that shalbe found written in the booke.

2   And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth, shal ^note awake, some to euerlasting life, ∧ some to shame ∧ perpetuall

contempt.

3   They that be ^note wyse, shall shine as the brightnesse of the firmament: and they that ^note turne many to righteousnesse, as the starres for euer and euer.

4   But thou O Daniel shut vp the wordes, and seale the booke till the time of the ende: many shall ^note go about here and there, and knowledge shalbe encreased.

5   Then I Daniel looked, and beholde there stoode other two, the one on this side of the banke of the ^note riuer, and the other on that side of the banke of the riuer.

6   And [one] sayde vnto the man clothed in linnen, whiche was ouer the waters of the riuer, When shal the ende of these wonders be?

7   And I hearde the man clothed in linnen, which was ouer the waters of the riuer, when he held vp his right ^note hand and his left hande vnto heauen, and sware by hym that liueth for euer, that [it shall tary] for a ^note tyme, tymes, and a halfe: and when he shall haue accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these thinges shalbe finished. B   

8   Then I hearde it, but I vnderstoode it not: then sayde I, O my Lord, what shall be the ende of these thinges?

9   And he saide, Go thy way Daniel, for the wordes are closed vp and sealed tyll the tyme of the ende.

10   Many shalbe purified, made white, and tryed: but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shal haue vnderstanding, but the wyse shall vnderstande.

11   And from the tyme that the ^note dayly [sacrifice] shalbe taken away, and the abhominable desolation set vp, there shalbe a ^note thousande two hundred, and ninetie dayes.

12   Blessed is he that wayteth and commeth to the thousande, three hundred, and ^note fiue and thirtie dayes.

13   But go thou thy way tyll the ende be, for thou shalt ^note rest, and stande vp in thy lot at the ende of the dayes. The ende of the prophecie of Daniel.

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