The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Þerfor þe kyng criede strongli, þat þei schulden brynge yn astronomyens, Caldeis, and dyuynouris bi lokyng of auteris. And þe kyng spak, and seide to þe wise men of Babiloyne, Who euer redith this scripture, and makith opyn þe interpretyng þerof to me, schal be clothid in purpur; and he schal haue a goldun bie in þe necke, and he schal be þe thridde in my rewme.