Herȝeȝ of Israel þe hyrne aboute. Wyth charged chariotes þe cheftayn he fynde[ȝ], [Sidenote: [Fol. 75a.]] [Sidenote: Presents the prisoners to the king, among whom were Daniel and his three companions.] Bike{n}nes þe catel to þe ky{n}g, þat he caȝt hade, 1296 P{re}sented him þe p{r}isoneres i{n} pray þat þay token, Moni a worþly wyȝe whil her worlde laste, Moni semly syre son{e}, & swyþe rych maydenes, Þe pruddest of þe p{ro}uince, & p{ro}phetes childer, 1300 As Ananie & aȝarie & als Miȝael, & dere daniel also, þat watȝ deuine noble, With moni a modey moder chylde mo þe{n} i{n}-noghe. [Headnote: NEBUCHADNEZZAR IS PLEASED WITH THE SPOIL.] [Sidenote: Nebuchadnezzar has great joy, because his enemies are slain.] & nabugo-de-noȝar makes much ioye, 1304 Nov he þe ky{n}g hatȝ c{on}quest & þe kyth wu{n}nen, & dreped alle þe doȝtyest & derrest i{n} armes, & þe lederes of her lawe layd to þe grou{n}de, & þe pryce of þe p{ro}fecie p{r}isoners maked; 1308 [Headnote: HE PRIZES GREATLY THE SACRED JEWELRY.] [Sidenote: Great was his wonder when he saw the sacred jewelry.] Bot þe ioy of þe iuelrye so gentyle & ryche, When hit watȝ schewed hy{m} so schene, scharp watȝ his wonder, Of such vessel auayed þat vayled so huge, Neu{er} ȝet nas nabugo-de-noȝar er þe{n}ne. 1312 [Sidenote: He praises the God of Israel.] He sesed hem w{i}t{h} solemneté, þe sou{er}ayn he praysed, þat watȝ aþel ou{er} alle, israel dryȝtyn; [Sidenote: Such vessels never before came to Chaldea.] Such god, such gomes, such gay vesselles Comen neu{er} out of kyth, to Caldee reames. 1316 [Sidenote: They are thrust into the treasury.] He trussed hem i{n} his tresorye i{n} a tryed place Rekenly wyth reu{er}ens, as he ryȝt hade; & þ{er} he wroȝt as þe wyse, as ȝe may wyt here-aft{er}, For hade he let of hem lyȝt, hy{m} moȝt haf lu{m}pen worse. 1320 Þat ryche i{n} gret rialté rengned his lyue, [Sidenote: Nebuchadnezzar reigns as emperor of all the earth, through the “doom of Daniel,” who gave him good counsel.] As {con}quero{ur} of vche a cost he cayser watȝ hatte, Emp{er}o{ur} of alle þe erþe & also þe saudan, & als þe god of þe grou{n}de watȝ grauen his name 1324 & al þurȝ dome of daniel, fro[63] he deuised hade, Þat alle goudes com of god, & gef hit hy{m} bi samples, Þat he ful clanly bi-cnv[64] his carp bi þe laste, & ofte hit mekned his my{n}de, his mayst{er}ful werkkes. 1328 Bot al drawes to dyȝe w{i}t{h} doel vp[o]n ende; Bi[65] a haþel neu{er} so hyȝe he heldes to grou{n}de, [Sidenote: Nebuchadnezzar dies and is buried.] & so nabugo-de-noȝar as he nedes moste; [Sidenote: [Fol. 75b.]] For alle his empire so hiȝe i{n} erþe is he g{ra}uen. 1332 [Sidenote: Belshazzar succeeds him.]