(IX.) The story of Nebuchadnezzar’s pride and its punishment ([pp. 84, 85]), and the interpretation of the handwriting by Daniel ([p. 86]).

(X.) The invasion of Babylon by the Medes ([pp. 87, 88]).

Baltaȝar in his bed watȝ beten to deþe

Belshazzar in his bed was beaten to death,

Þat boþe his blood & his brayn blende on þe cloþes

That both his blood and his brains blended on the clothes;

Þe kyng in his cortyn watȝ kaȝt by þe heles

The king in his curtain was caught by the heels,

Feryed out bi þe fete & fowle dispysed

Ferried out by the feet and foully despised;