The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Purple. This and the chain were reserved for the highest nobility. Third, or one of the three great officers, chap. vi. 1., and 2 Kings xxiii. 8, 19.

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