Hitherto the _Roman_ Empire continued entire; and under this dominion, the little horn of the He-Goat continued _mighty, but not by his own power_. But now, by the building of _Constantinople_, and endowing it with a Senate and other like privileges with _Rome_; and by the division of the _Roman_ Empire into the two Empires of the _Greeks_ and _Latins_, headed by those two cities; a new scene of things commences, in which which [12] _a King_, the Empire of the _Greeks_, _doth according to his will, and_, by setting his own laws above the laws of God, _exalts and magnifies himself above every God, and speaks marvellous things against the God of Gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished.--Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the_ lawful _desire of women_ in matrimony, _nor any God, but shall magnify himself above all. And in his seat he shall honour _Mahuzzims__, that is, strong guardians, the souls of the dead; _even with a God whom his fathers knew not shall he honour them_, in their Temples, _with gold and silver, and with precious stones and valuable things_. All which relates to the overspreading of the _Greek_ Empire with Monks and Nuns, who placed holiness in abstinence from marriage; and to the invocation of saints and veneration of their reliques, and such like superstitions, which these men introduced in the fourth and fifth centuries. [13] _And at the time of the end the King of the_ South, or the Empire of the _Saracens_, _shall push at him_; _and the King of the_ North, or Empire of the _Turks_, _shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots and with horsemen, and with many ships_; _and be shall enter into the countries_ of the _Greeks_, _and shall overflow and pass over. He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out of his hand, even _Edom_ and _Moab_, and the chief of the children_ Ammon: that is, those to whom his Caravans pay tribute. _He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries, and the land of _Egypt_ shall not escape_; _but he shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of _Egypt_; and the _Lybians_ and _Ethiopians_ shall be at his steps_. All these nations compose the Empire of the _Turks_, and therefore this Empire is here to be understood by the King of the _North_. They compose also the body of the He-Goat; and therefore the Goat still reigns in his last horn, but not by his own power. Notes to Chap. XII. [1] Chap. xi. 2, 3, 4. [2] Chap. xi. 5. [3] Chap. xi. 6, 7, 8. [4] Chap. xi. 10, &c. [5] Chap. xi. 13-19. [6] Chap. xi. 20. [7] Chap. xi. 21, &c. [8] 2 Maccab. iii. 5, 8. & iv. 4. [9] Chap. xi. 25, &c. [10] Chap. xi. 29, 30. [11] Chap. xi. 32, &c. [12] Chap. xi. 36, &c. [13] Chap. xi. 40, &c. * * * * * CHAP. XIII.