John Trapp on Daniel 1:19

Ver. 19. And the King communed with them] It ſeems he was himſelf a learned King, able to poſe them, and put them to't. So was Alexander the Great, Ptolomy Philadelph, Julius Ceſar, Conſtantine the Great, Charles the Great, Alphonſus of Arragon, our Henry the firſt, ſurnamed Beauclerk, and King James, who was able to confer learnedly with any man in his faculty. Alphonſus was wont to ſay, that an unlearned King was but a crowned Aſſe; and that he would not be without that little learning he had, for all that he was worth beſides.

And among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, M[illegible: 1 letter]ſhael and Azariah] That which Patricius ſaith of the ſon of Juba King of Namidia, taken captive by Julius Ceſar, may fitly be applied to theſe four noble captives, Quicquid nobilitatis fortuna eripuerat, id longe accumulatius ei reſtituerat bonarum artium diſciplixa, what luſtre ſoever they had loſt by their captivity, was abundantly made up and reſtored by their excellent learning.

Therefore ſtood they before the King] Who had no ſooner proved them, but he highly approved them.Cicero. O Hortenſii admodum adoleſcentu ingenium, ut Phidiae ſignum ſimul aspectum & probatum eſt: So Daniels and the reſt; neither need we wonder; ſith, beſide all other helps, they were taught of God.