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Then came there a voice unto it, and said,
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Hear thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long: this I say unto thee, before thou beginnest to appear no more,
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There shall none after thee attain unto thy time, neither unto the half thereof.
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Then arose the third, and reigned as the other before, and appeared no more also.
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So went it with all the residue one after another, as that every one reigned, and then appeared no more.
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Then I beheld, and, lo, in process of time the feathers that followed stood up upon the right side, that they might rule also; and some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no more:
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For some of them were set up, but ruled not.
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After this I looked, and, behold, the twelve feathers appeared no more, nor the two little feathers:
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And there was no more upon the eagle's body, but three heads that rested, and six little wings.
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Then saw I also that two little feathers divided themselves from the six, and remained under the head that was upon the right side: for the four continued in their place.
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And I beheld, and, lo, the feathers that were under the wing thought to set up themselves and to have the rule.