Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him: and let seven times pass over him.
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Jerome
AD 420
Daniel silently understood that the dream was directed against the king, and his countenance showed forth the fear in his heart, and he felt sorry for the man who had conferred upon him the greatest of honor. And to avoid all appearance of taunting the king or glorying over him as an enemy, he only told him what he understood of the matter after he had begged to be excused.