The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers.  And  the king spoke, and said to the wise  men  of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation of it, shall be clothed with scarlet, and  have  a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.  aloud: Chaldee, with might scarlet: or, purple