John Trapp on Daniel 5:10

Ver. 10. Now the Queen] The Queen-Mother, whom Heredotus calleth Nicochris, and greatly commendeth for her wiſdom and ability of ſpeech, which in a woman is a comely ornament, Prov. 31.26. 1. She was not at this riotous feaſt, which is an argument of her temperance. 2. She prudently inſinuateth into the King by the ordinary ſalutation, O King live for ever. 3. She adviſeth him to bear up, and not to be over-troubled. 4. She maketh honourable mention of Daniel, cujus virtutum ſola est admiratrix, and perſwaded the King to make uſe of him, by her own experience. We uſe to ſay that womens wits are beſt at a pinch. Moſt ſure it is that women have proved ſometimes more prompt for counſel then men, Judg. 13.23. and ſome we may find, who, beſide their ſex, have little of a woman in them. See 2 Sam. 20.16. Herodotus maketh this Nicochris as famous as Semiramis.