John Trapp on Daniel 8:2

Ver. 2. I ſaw in a viſion] God revealed himſelf to men waking in viſion (as well as in dreams, Heb. 1.1.) wherein the Prophets ſaw things actually done, which hereby they knew were to be done, 1 King. 22.17.

Anthenaeu[illegible: 1 letter]. I was at Shuſhan] Which ſignifieth a lilly, ſo it was called for the pleaſantneſs of the place: now it is called Valdac, of the poverty of the place. Here it was that Alexander found fifty thouſand talents of gold, beſides ſilver great ſtore. It was once the ſeat-royal of the Kings of Perſia, and gave name to the whole Province Suſi[illegible: 1 letter]nt. See Neh. 1.1. Eſth. 1.1.

And I was by the river of Ʋlai] Called by Heathen Authors Eulaeus; but better [non-Latin text not transcribed].Plin. l. 6. c. 27. It compaſſed the Temple of Diaena at Shuſan round, and (as ſome ſay) the whole City. Pliny ſaith, that the waters of this river were highly eſteemed, ſo that the Perſian Kings drank thereof.