[6-text p 263]
In al þat londe Magecien was þere none
þat couþe expoune what þis lettre meant
Bot Daniel expound it anone
And seide kynge god to þi fader sent [folio 210b]
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Glory & Honour Regne tresoure & rent
And he was proude & no þinge god ne dradde
And þere-fore god grete wreche vpon him sent
And him be-raft þe Regne þat he hadde.
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He was oute cast of Mannes compaignye
With asses was his habitacione
And ete hey as a beste in wete & druye
Til þat he knowe be grace & be resone
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That god of heuen haþ domynaciōn
Ouere euery Regne & euery creture
And þan hadd god of him compassiōn
And him restored his Regne & his figure
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Eke þou þat ert his son is proude also
And knowest al þis þinges priuely
And ert Rebel to god & ert his foo
Thowe dranke eke of his vessels boldely
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þi wif eke & þi wenches synfully
Dranke of þe same vessels sondre wynes
And heried fals goddes curssely
Therefor to þe schapen grete peine is
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This honde was sent fro god þat on the wall
þat wrote Mane techel phares trust me
Thyne Reygne is done þou weyest nouht att all
Dyuided is þi regne and it schal be
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To medes & to perses ȝeuen quod he
And þilke same nyht þe kinge was slawe
And Darius occupieþ his degre
þeyhe he þere-to na hadde neiþere riht ne lawe
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