Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 2:41

41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters clay, and part of iron: the kingdom shall be divided , but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

Partly strong and partly weak; The Roman Kingdom was divided, partly because Tyranny followed Aristocracy, and the Government made up of both, partly their Civil Wars, when two Competitors s[illegible: 1 letter]rove each for dominion, the common people against the Senate, Sylla against Marius, Caesar against Pompey, also, partly when conquered Provinces and Kingdoms cast off the Roman yoke, and set up Kings of their own▪ and so the Empire was divided into ten Kingdoms or Toes. The vision attributes two legs to the Image, and to the fourth Monarchy, because the Romans had sometimes duumvirs, two Consuls, two Emperors, one in the East, the other in the West.