There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, 'I say', thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
A man is in thi rewme, þat hath þe spirit of hooli goddis in hym silf, and in þe daies of thi fadir kunnyng and wisdom weren foundun in hym; for whi and Nabugodonosor, thi fadir, made him prince of astronomyens,  of enchaunteris, of Caldeis, and of dyuynouris bi lokyng on auteris; soþeli thi fadir, thou kyng, dide this;