In the next chapter (v.) the seer has a vision of a roll in the hand of Him that sat on the throne which none could open or look upon, till the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the mighty one with seven horns.
This document described the queen as Alexandrina Victoria, and all the peers who subscribed the roll in the House of Lords on the 10th of June swore allegiance to her under those names.
It is also applied to the official list of matriculated students in a university, and to the roll in which a bishop inscribes the names of his clergy.
They add that in the next year Jeremiah's scribe Baruch read the prophecies of Jeremiah first to the people assembled in the Temple, then to the " princes," and then to the king, who decided his own future policy by burning Baruch's roll in the brazier.
But the convenience of a nice weekly roll in the hay without the threat of future complications and long-term commitments appealed to both and kept the fires of the strange partnership smoldering.