1In the firste yeer of Balthasar, kyng of Babiloyne, Danyel siy a sweuene. Forsothe he wroot the visioun of his hed in his bed, and the dreem, and comprehendide in schort word; and he touchide schortli the sentence,

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2 Kings 15:37, 2 Kings 15:37, 2 Kings 16:1, 2 Kings 16:1, Isaiah 8:6

2and seide, Y siy in my visioun in niyt, and lo! foure wyndis of heuene fouyten in the myddis of the greet see.

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Isaiah 8:12, Isaiah 7:13, Isaiah 8:12, Isaiah 7:13, Proverbs 28:1

3And foure grete beestis dyuerse bitwixe hem silf stieden fro the see.

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2 Kings 18:17, Isaiah 36:2, 2 Kings 18:17, Isaiah 36:2, Romans 9:27

4The firste beeste was as a lionesse, and hadde wyngis of an egle. Y bihelde til the wyngis therof weren pullid awei, and it was takun awei fro erthe, and it stood as a man on the feet, and the herte therof was youun to it.

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Isaiah 35:4, Isaiah 35:4, Lamentations 3:26, Deuteronomy 20:3, Isaiah 30:15

5And lo! another beeste, lijk a bere in parti, stood, and thre ordris weren in the mouth therof, and thre princes in the teeth therof. And thus thei seiden to it, Rise thou, ete thou ful many fleischis.

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Psalms 83:3, Psalms 83:4, Psalms 83:3, Psalms 83:4, Zechariah 1:15

6Aftir these thingis Y bihelde, and lo! anothir beeste as a pard, and it hadde on it silf foure wyngis of a brid, and foure heedis weren in the beeste, and power was youun to it.

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7Aftir these thingis Y bihelde in the visioun of niyt, and lo! the fourthe beeste, ferdful, and wondirful, and ful strong. It hadde grete irun teeth, and it ete, and made lesse, and defoulide with hise feet othere thingis; forsothe it was vnlijk othere beestis, which Y hadde seyn bifore it, and it hadde ten hornes.

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Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 8:10, Lamentations 3:37, Lamentations 3:37, Isaiah 46:10

8Y bihelde the hornes, and lo! an other litil horn cam forth of the myddis of tho, and thre of the firste hornes weren drawun out fro the face therof; and lo! iyen as iyen of a man weren in this horn, and a mouth spekynge grete thingis.

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Isaiah 17:1, Isaiah 17:3, Isaiah 17:1, Isaiah 17:3, Genesis 14:15

9Y bihelde, til that trones weren set, and the elde of daies sat; his cloth was whijt as snow, and the heeris of his heed weren as cleene wolle, his trone was as flawmes of fier, hise wheelis weren fier kyndlid.

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Hebrews 11:6, Hebrews 11:6, Romans 11:20, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Romans 11:20

10A flood of fier and rennynge faste yede out fro his face, a thousynde thousynde mynistriden to hym, and ten sithis a thousynde sithis an hundrid thousynde stoden niy hym; the dom sat, and bookis weren opened.

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Isaiah 8:5, Isaiah 8:5, Isaiah 10:20, Isaiah 1:13, Hosea 13:2

11Y bihelde for the vois of grete wordis whiche thilke horn spak; and Y siy that the beeste was slayn, and his bodi was perischid, and was youun to be brent in fier.

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Isaiah 37:30, Isaiah 37:30, Isaiah 38:7, Isaiah 38:8, Isaiah 38:7

12And Y siy that the power of othere beestis was takun awei, and the tymes of lijf weren ordeyned to hem, til to tyme and tyme.

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2 Chronicles 28:22, 2 Kings 16:15, 1 Corinthians 10:9, Ezekiel 33:31, Deuteronomy 6:16

13Therfor Y bihelde in the visyoun of niyt, and lo! as a sone of man cam with the cloudis of heuene; and he cam fulli til to the elde of daies, and in the siyt of hym thei offriden hym.

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Isaiah 43:24, Isaiah 43:24, Isaiah 7:2, Ezekiel 16:47, Malachi 2:17

14And he yaf to hym power, and onour, and rewme, and alle the puplis, lynagis, and langagis schulen serue hym; his power is euerlastynge power, that schal not be takun awei, and his rewme, that schal not be corrupt.

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Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:23, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:6, Luke 1:31

15My spirit hadde orrour, ether hidousnesse; Y, Danyel, was aferd in these thingis, and the siytis of myn heed disturbliden me.

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Isaiah 7:22, Isaiah 7:22, Amos 5:15, Amos 5:15, Philippians 1:9

16Y neiyede to oon of the stonderis niy, and Y axide of hym the treuthe of alle these thingis. And he seide to me the interpretyng of wordis, and he tauyte me.

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Isaiah 8:4, Isaiah 8:4, Deuteronomy 1:39, Deuteronomy 1:39, Hosea 5:9

17These foure grete beestis ben foure rewmes, that schulen rise of erthe.

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Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Isaiah 10:5

18Forsothe hooli men schulen take the rewme of hiyeste God, and thei schulen holde the rewme, til in to the world, and `til in to the world of worldis.

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Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 31:1, Joshua 24:12, Deuteronomy 1:44

19Aftir these thingis Y wolde lerne diligentli of the fourthe beeste, that was greetli vnlijk fro alle, and was ful ferdful, the teeth and nailis therof weren of irun; it eet, and made lesse, and defoulide with hise feet othere thingis.

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Isaiah 2:19, Isaiah 2:19, Jeremiah 16:16, Jeremiah 16:16, Micah 7:17

20And of ten hornes whiche it hadde in the heed, and of the tother horn, that cam forth, bifore which thre hornes fellen doun, and of that horn that hadde iyen, and a mouth spekynge grete thingis, and was grettere than othere;

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Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:7, Ezekiel 29:18, Ezekiel 5:1, Ezekiel 5:4

21I bihelde, and lo! thilke horn made batel ayens hooli men, and hadde maistrie of hem,

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Jeremiah 39:10, Isaiah 5:17, Jeremiah 39:10, Isaiah 5:17, Isaiah 17:2

22til the elde of daies cam, and hiy God yaf doom to hooli men; and lo! tyme cam, and hooli men goten rewme.

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Isaiah 7:15, Isaiah 7:15, Matthew 3:4, 2 Samuel 17:29, Matthew 3:4

23And he seide thus, The fourthe beeste schal be the fourthe rewme in erthe, that schal be more than alle rewmes, and it schal deuoure al erthe, and it schal defoule, and make lesse that erthe.

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Isaiah 5:6, Isaiah 5:6, Matthew 21:33, Song of Solomon 8:11, Song of Solomon 8:12

24Forsothe ten hornes schulen be ten kyngis of that rewme; and another kyng schal rise after hem, and he schal be miytiere than the formere, and he schal make low thre kyngis.

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Genesis 27:3, Genesis 27:3

25And he schal speke wordis ayens the hiy God, and he schal defoule the seyntis of the hiyeste; and he schal gesse, that he mai chaunge tymes and lawis; and thei schulen be youun in to his hondis, til to tyme, and times, and the half of tyme.

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Isaiah 13:20, Isaiah 13:22, Isaiah 17:2, Zephaniah 2:6, Isaiah 5:17

26And doom schal sitte, that the power be takun awei, and be al to-brokun, and perische til in to the ende.

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27Sotheli that the rewme, and power, and the greetnesse of rewme, which is vndur ech heuene, be youun to the puple of the seintis of the hiyeste, whos rewme is euerlastynge rewme, and alle kingis schulen serue, and obeie to hym.

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28Hidur to is the ende of the word. Y, Danyel, was disturblid myche in my thouytis, and my face was chaungid in me; forsothe Y kepte the word in myn herte.

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