In all that land magician was there none That could expoundë what this letter meant. But Daniel expounded it anon, And said, “O King, God to thy father lent Glory and honour, regnë, treasure, rent; 4086 And he was proud, and nothing God he drad; 4087 And therefore God great wreche 4088 upon him sent, And him bereft the regnë that he had.

“He was cast out of mannë’s company; With asses was his habitatión; And ate hay, as a beast, in wet and dry, Till that he knew by grace and by reasón That God of heaven hath dominatión O’er every regne, and every creatúre; And then had God of him compassión, And him restor’d his regne and his figúre.