Et accedentes locuti sunt regi super edicto: Rex, numquid non constituisti ut omnis homo qui rogaret quemquam de diis et hominibus usque ad dies triginta, nisi te, rex, mitteretur in lacum leonum? Ad quos respondens rex, ait: Verus est sermo juxta decretum Medorum atque Persarum, quod prævaricari non licet.
And they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every man that should make a request to any of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself, O king, should be cast into the den of the lions? And the king answered them, saying: The word is true, according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not lawful to violate.
Et accede loque es ad rege super edicto: rege, numquid non constitue ut omni homine qui roga ullo de dies et homines usque ad dies triginta, nisi te, rege, mitte in lacu de leones? Ad que respondente rege, dic: verissimo es sermone juxta decreto de Medios et de Persas, quod praevaricor non lice.