he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
And he axide hym, þat hadde take power of þe kyng, for what cause so cruel a sentence yede out fro þe face of þe kyng. Þerfor whanne Ariok hadde schewid þe thing to Danyel,