In a vision of chariots is foreshewed the succession of four monarchies. 11. In crowns set on the high priest's head, the Kingdom, and Priesthood of Christ: 15. and the rewards of them that receive him.In a vision of chariots is foreshewed the succession of foure monarchies. 11. In crownes set on the high priests head, the Kingdom, and Priesthood of Christ: 15. and the rewards of them that receiue him.✦
And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and saw: and behold four chariots coming forth from the midst of two mountains: and the mountains, mountains of brass.AND I turned, and lifted vp mine eyes, and saw: and behold a foure chariots coming forth from the middes of two mountaines: & the mountaines, mountaines of brasse.✦Et conversus sum, et levavi oculos meos, et vidi : et ecce quatuor quadrigæ egredientes de medio duorum montium : et montes, montes ærei.
2In the first chariot red horses, and in the second chariot black horses,In the first chariot red horses,& in the second chariot blacke horses,✦In quadriga prima equi rufi, et in quadriga secunda equi nigri,
3and in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot speckled horses, and strong.and in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot speckled horses, & strong.✦et in quadriga tertia equi albi, et in quadriga quarta equi varii et fortes.
4And I answered, and said to the Angel, that spake in me: What are these things, my Lord?And I answered, and sayd to the Angel, that spake in me: What are these thinges, my Lord?Et respondi, et dixi ad angelum qui loquebatur in me : Quid sunt hæc, domine mi ?
5And the Angel answered, and said to me: These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth to stand before the Dominatore: ruler, sovereign lord of all the earth.And the Angel answered, and sayd to me: These are the foure windes of heauen, which goeforth to stand before the Dominatour of al the earth.✦Et respondit angelus, et ait ad me : Isti sunt quatuor venti cæli, qui egrediuntur ut stent coram Dominatore omnis terræ.
6That, in which were the black horses went forth into the land of the North, and the white went forth after them: and the speckled went forth to the land of the South.That, in which were the blacke horses went forth into the land of the North, and the white went forth after them: and the speckled went forth to the land of the South.✦In qua erant equi nigri, egrediebantur in terram aquilonis : et albi egressi sunt post eos, et varii egressi sunt ad terram austri.
7But they that were strongest, went out, and sought to go, and to run about throughout all the earth. And he said: Go walk throughout the earth: and they walked throughout the earth.But they that were strongest, went out, and sought to goe, and to runne about through out al the earth. And he sayd: Goe walke through out the earth: and they walked through out the earth.✦Qui autem erant robustissimi, exierunt, et quærebant ire et discurrere per omnem terram. Et dixit : Ite, perambulate terram : et perambulaverunt terram.
8And he called me, and spake to me, saying: Behold, they that go forth into the land of the North, have made my spirit to rest in the land of the North.And he called me, and spake to me, saying: Behold, they that goe forth into the land of the North, haue made my spirit to rest in the land of the North.✦Et vocavit me, et locutus est ad me, dicens : Ecce qui egrediuntur in terram aquilonis, requiescere fecerunt spiritum meum in terra aquilonis.
9And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
10Take of the transmigratione: the deportation, the carrying away into exile of Holdai, and of Tobias, and of Idaias: and thou shalt come in that day, and shalt enter into the house of Josias, the son of Sophonias, who came out of Babylon,Take of the transmigration of Holdai, and of Tobias, and of Idaias: and thou shalt come in that day, and shalt enter into the house of Iosias, the sonne of Sophonias, who came out of Babylon,✦Sume a transmigratione, ab Holdai, et a Tobia, et ab Idaia : et venies tu in die illa, et intrabis domum Josiæ filii Sophoniæ, qui venerunt de Babylone.
11And thou shalt take gold and silver: and shalt make crowns, and thou shalt set on the head of Jesus the son of Josedec the grand priest,And thou shalt take gold and siluer: & shalt make crownes, and thou shalt set on the head of Iesus the sonne of Iosedec the grand priest,Et sumes aurum et argentum, et facies coronas, et pones in capite Jesu filii Josedec, sacerdotis magni :
12and thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord of exercituum: armies: the heavenly armies, not guests, saying: BEHOLD A MAN Oriens: the Dawn, the Rising: a title of Christ the Branch IS HIS NAME: and under him shall spring up, and shall build a temple to our Lord.and thou shalt speake to him, saying: Thus sayth the Lord of hosts, b saying: BEHOLD A MAN ORIENT IS HIS NAME: and vnder him shal spring vp, and shal build a temple to our Lord.✦et loqueris ad eum, dicens : Hæc ait Dominus exercituum, dicens : Ecce vir, Oriens nomen ejus, et subter eum orietur, et ædificabit templum Domino.
13And he shall build a temple to our Lord: and shall bear glory, and shall sit, and rule upon his throne: and he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the consilium: purpose, plan or design: not a council-assembly of peace shall be between them two.And he shal build a temple to our Lord: and shal beare glorie, and shal sit, and rule vpon his throne: and he shal be a priest vpon his throne, and the counsel of peace shal be betwen them two.✦Et ipse exstruet templum Domino : et ipse portabit gloriam, et sedebit, et dominabitur super solio suo : et erit sacerdos super solio suo, et consilium pacis erit inter illos duos.
14And the crowns shall be to Helem, and Tobias, and Idaias, and Hem, the son of Sophonias, a memorial in the temple of our Lord.And the crownes shal be to Helem, and Tobias, and Idaias, and Hem, the sonne of Sophonias, a memorial in the temple of our Lord.✦Et coronæ erunt Helem, et Tobiæ, et Idaiæ, et Hem filio Sophoniæ, memoriale in templo Domini.
15And they that are far, shall come, and shall build in the temple of our Lord: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts sent me to you. But this shall be, if hearing you will hear the voice of our Lord your God.And they that are far, shal come, and shal build in the temple of our Lord: and you shal know that the Lord of hosts sent me to you. But this shal be, if hearing you wil heare the voice of our Lord your God.Et qui procul sunt, venient, et ædificabunt in templo Domini : et scietis quia Dominus exercituum misit me ad vos. Erit autem hoc, si auditu audieritis vocem Domini Dei vestri.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.