[Sidenote: De ventre eneo.] And after that the wombe of Bras Tokne of a werse world it was. [Sidenote: De tibeis ferreis.] The Stiel which he syh afterward A world betokneth more hard: 640 [Sidenote: De significacione pedum, qui ex duabus materiis discordantibus adinuicem diuisi extiterant.] Bot yet the werste of everydel Is last, whan that of Erthe and Stiel He syh the feet departed so, For that betokneth mochel wo. Whan that the world divided is, It moste algate fare amis, For Erthe which is meynd with Stiel Togedre may noght laste wiel, Bot if that on that other waste; So mot it nedes faile in haste. 650 [Sidenote: De lapidis statuam confringentis significacione.] The Ston, which fro the hully Stage He syh doun falle on that ymage, And hath it into pouldre broke, That swevene hath Daniel unloke, [Sidenote: =P. i. 26=] And seide how that is goddes myht, Which whan men wene most upryht To stonde, schal hem overcaste. And that is of this world the laste, And thanne a newe schal beginne,[156] Fro which a man schal nevere twinne; 660 [Sidenote: [THE EMPIRES OF THE WORLD.]] Or al to peine or al to pes That world schal lasten endeles. [Sidenote: Hic consequenter scribit qualiter huius seculi regna variis mutacionibus, prout in dicta statua figurabatur, secundum temporum distincciones sencibiliter hactenus diminuuntur.[158m]] Lo thus expondeth Daniel[157] The kynges swevene faire and wel In Babiloyne the Cite, Wher that the wiseste of Caldee Ne cowthen wite what it mente; Bot he tolde al the hol entente,[158] As in partie it is befalle. [Sidenote: De seculo aureo, quod in capite statue designatum est, a tempore ipsius Nabugodonosor Regis Caldee vsque in regnum Ciri Regis Persarum.] Of gold the ferste regne of alle 670 Was in that kinges time tho, And laste manye daies so, Therwhiles that the Monarchie Of al the world in that partie To Babiloyne was soubgit; And hield him stille in such a plit, Til that the world began diverse: And that was whan the king of Perse, Which Cirus hyhte, ayein the pes Forth with his Sone Cambises 680 Of Babiloine al that Empire,[159] Ryht as thei wolde hemself desire, Put under in subjeccioun[160] And tok it in possessioun, [Sidenote: =P. i. 27=] And slayn was Baltazar the king, Which loste his regne and al his thing. And thus whan thei it hadde wonne, [Sidenote: De seculo argenteo, quod in pectore designatum