And it came to pass, while the lion spoke these words unto the eagle, I saw, And, behold, the head that remained and the four wings appeared no more, and the two went unto it and set themselves up to reign, and their kingdom was small, and full of uproar. And I saw, and, behold, they appeared no more, and the whole body of the eagle was burnt so that the earth was in great fear: then awaked I out of the trouble and trance of my mind, and from great fear, and said unto my spirit, Lo, this have you done unto me, in that you search out the ways of the Highest. Lo, yet am I weary in my mind, and very weak in my spirit; and little strength is there in me, for the great fear wherewith I was afflicted this night. Therefore will I now beseech the Highest, that he will comfort me unto the end. And I said, Lord that bears rule, if I have found grace before your sight, and if I am justified with you before many others, and if my prayer indeed be come up before your face; Comfort me then, and show me your servant the interpretation and plain difference of this fearful vision, that you may perfectly comfort my soul. For you have judged me worthy to show me the last times. And he said unto me, This is the interpretation of the vision: The eagle, whom you saw come up from the sea, is the kingdom which was seen in the vision of your brother Daniel. But it was not expounded unto him, therefore now I declare it unto you. Behold, the days will come, that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth, and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it. In the same shall twelve kings reign, one after another: Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more time than any of the twelve. And this do the twelve wings signify, which you saw. As for the voice which you heard speak, and that you saw not to go out from the heads but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation: That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of failing: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to his beginning. And whereas you saw the eight small under feathers sticking to her wings, this is the interpretation: That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but small, and their years swift. And two of them shall perish, the middle time approaching: four shall be kept until their end begin to approach: but two shall be kept unto the end. And whereas you saw three heads resting, this is the interpretation: In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they shall have the dominion of the earth, And of those that dwell therein, with much oppression, above all those that were before them: therefore are they called the heads of the eagle. For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness, and that shall finish his last end.
