Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John by Isaac Newton
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third Beast, among the nations on this side of the river _Euphrates_; and
for all the eleven horns of the fourth Beast, among the nations on this side of _Greece_. And therefore, at the breaking of the _Greek_ empire into four kingdoms of the _Greeks_, we include no part of the _Chaldeans_, _Medes_ and _Persians_ in those kingdoms, because they belonged to the bodies of the two first Beasts. Nor do we reckon the _Greek_ empire seated at _Constantinople_, among the horns of the fourth Beast, because it belonged to the body of the third. Notes to Chap. IV. [1] Chap. vii. 4. [2] Chap. vii. 5. [3] Chap. vii. 13. [4] Chap. vii. 11, 12. * * * * * CHAP. V. _Of the Kingdoms represented by the feet of the Image composed of iron and clay._ _Dacia_ was a large country bounded on the south by the _Danube_, on the east by the _Euxine_ sea, on the north by the river _Neister_ and the mountain _Crapac_, and on the west by the river _Tibesis_, or _Teys_, which runs southward into the _Danube_ a little above _Belgrade_. It comprehended |
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