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John Trapp on Daniel 7:6

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Daniel7:6

Ver. 6. After this I beheld, and let another, like a Leopard] Which is a creature cruel, deſirous of mans blood, crafty, ſpotted, and very ſwift of foot: So were the Grecians; Alexander eſpecially (the founder of that third Monarchy) active, bold, and headlong: but directed much by thoſe who had been Councellours to his father Philip, a ſubtile Prince; Leopard-like, he was ſpotted (by a mixture of virtues and vices) he was very quick of diſpatch ([non-Latin text not transcribed], never deferring any enterprize) he much delighted in wine, and ſo took his death: like as the Leopard is no way elſe to be taken, but by ſuch a bait laid for him.

Which had upon the back of it four wings] Denoting the rapidity and celerity of Alexander, and ſome other of the Grecian Monarchs, in over-running countries, as if they had flown.

The beaſt had alſo four heads] i. e. This Monarchy was, after Alexander's death, divided into four Satrapies, or rather Kingdoms: Caſſander had Macedonia, Antigonus Aſia, Seleucus Syria, and Ptolomy Egypt.

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