I understood not] The secret of these times, distinguished in that manner: Daniel having heard of affliction for three years and an half, in generall terms, having no note from what speciall mark the time should begin, was to confesse that he understood not. These matters were to be spoken in such sort, that untill the age of their execution, the particulars should not be evident. The triall of the faithfull required that, else they would for a time have withdrawn themselves.