The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ A visyon of a steyfe betwene a ra〈…〉〈…〉e and an he goate. The vnderstandynge of the visyon is of the battell betwene

the kynge of Persia and the kynge of the Ere••yms. Of the shamelesse kynge Antichrist.

CAPI. VIII.

IN the thryde yeare of the raygne of kyng [unspec A] Balthazar, there apeared a vysion vnto me Daniel, after that I had sene the * 1.1 fyrst. I sawe in a vision (& when I sawe it, I was at Susis in the chefe cytie, whiche lyeth in the lande of * 1.2 Elam) and in the vysyon / me thought I was by the ryuer of Ulai.

Then I loked vp / and sawe: and beholde there stode before the ryuer, a ramme, which had hornes: and these hornes were hye / but one was hyer then another, & the hyest came vp laste. I sawe that thys ramme pusshed with hys hornes agaynste the west, agaynst the north, and agaynste the south: so that no beastes myght stāde before hym, nor defende thē frō hys power: but he dyd as him lysted, [unspec B] and waxed greatly. I toke hede vnto this, and then came there an he goate from the west ouer the whole earth, and touched nat the grounde.

The goate had a meruelus goodly horne betwyxte his eyes, & came vnto the ramme, that had the two hornes (whom I had sene afore by thy ryuer syde) and ranne fearcely vpō him with his might. I sawe him drawe¦nye vnto the ramme, beyng very fearce vpō hym: yee, he gaue him suche a stroke, that he [unspec C] brake is two hornes: Neyther had the rāme so much strength as to stāde before him: but he caste hym downe, croade hym vnder hys fete: & no man was able to delyuer the rāme out of hys power.

The goate waxed exceadynge greate / and when he was at the strongest, his great horne was broken also. * 1.3 Then grewe there other foure such lyke in the steade, towarde the. iiij. wyndes of the heauē. Yee, out of one of the least of these hornes, there came vp yet another horne / which waxed meruelous great: towarde the south / towarde the east, and towarde the fayre pleasaunt lande. It grewe vp to the hoost of heauen, wherof it dyd cast some downe to the grounde, and of the starres also / and trode them vnder fete.

Yee, it grewe vp vnto the prynce of the hoost, from whom the daylyeofferinge was taken, & the place of his Sanctuary casten downe. And a certayne season was geuen vnto it, agaynste the daylyeofferynge (be∣cause of wyckednesse) that it myght caste downe the veryte to the grounde / and so to prospere in al thynges, that it wente about,

Upon this I herde one of the sayntes [unspec D] speakynge, whiche saynte sayde vnto one that asked this question. Howe longe shall thys vysyon of the daylye sacryfyce and of the wastyng abhominacion endure: that the Sanctuary and the power shal so be troden vnder fote? And he answered hym: Unto the euenynge and the mornynge, euen two thousande & thre hundreth dayes: then shall the Sanctuary be clensed agayne.

Nowe whē I Daniel had sene this visiō, [unspec E] & sought for the vnderstāding of it: beholde, there stode before me a thynge lyke vnto a man. And I harde a mans voyce in y^e ryuer of Ulay, which cryed, and sayde: O Gabriel, make this man vnderstande the visiō. So he came, & stode by me. But I was afrayed at his cōmynge, & fell downe vpon my face.

Then sayde he vnto me / O thou sonne of man / marke well / for in the laste tyme shall this vysyon be fulfylled. Nowe as he was speakynge vnto me I waxed faynte, so that I suncke downe to the grounde. But he toke holde vpon me, and set me vp agayne, sayinge: Beholde, I wyll shewe the / what shal happen in the last wrath: for in the tyme appoynted it shalbe fulfylled.

The ramme which thou sawest with the two hornes / is the kynge of the Medes and Perses: but the goate is the kinge of Greke lande: the greate horne that stode betwyxte his eyes / that is the principall kynge. But where as it brake, and foure other rose vp in the steade: it signifieth / that out of this peo∣ple shall stande vp * 1.4 foure kyngdomes / but not so myghtye as it.

After these kingdomes (whyle vngodly∣nesse [unspec F] is a growing) there shal aryse a kynge of an vnshamefast face / whiche shalbe wyse in darcke speakynges.

He shalbe myghtye and stronge / but nat in his owne strēgth. He shall destroye aboue measure / and all that he goeth aboute shall prospere: he shall sleye the stronge and holy people. And thorowe his craftynes / falshed shall prospere in his hande, his herte shalbe proude, and many one shall he put to death in his welthynesse. He shal stāde vp agaynst the Prynce of Prynces, * 1.5 but he shalbe de∣stroyed without hande. And thys vysyon that is shewed vnto the, is as sure as the euenynge and the mornynge. * 1.6 Therfore wryte thou vpō this sight, for it wylbe ••onge or it come to passe.

Upon this was I Daniel very faynte, so that I laye sicke certayne dayes: but when I rose vp, I wente aboute the kynges busy¦nesse, and merueled at the vision, neuerthe∣lesse no man knewe of it.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Dan. vii. a.
• * 1.2

  Iere. xlix. f. Ezech. 32. d
• * 1.3

  Dan. vii. a. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. a. ••ath. i. ••.
• * 1.4

  i. Mat. i. a.
• * 1.5

  2. Mat. 9. c 2. Thes. 2. b
• * 1.6

  Esa. viii. d