Esther 6

¹ Therfor in that tyme, wherynne Mardochee dwellide at the yate of the king, Bagathan and Thares, twei seruauntis of the kyng, weren wrothe, that weren porteris, and saten in the first threisfold of the paleis; and thei wolden rise ayens the kyng, and sle hym. ² Which thing was not hid fro Mardochee, and anoon he telde to the queen Hester, and sche to the kyng, bi the name of Mardochee, that hadde teld the thing to hir. ³ It was souyt, and it was foundun, and ech of hem was hangid in a iebat; and it was sent to storyes, and was bitakun to bookis of yeeris, bifor the kyng. ⁵ Aftir these thingis kyng Assuerus enhaunside Aaman, the sone of Amadathi, that was of the kynrede of Agag, and settide his trone aboue alle the princes whiche he hadde. ⁶ And alle the seruauntis of the kyng, that lyuyden in the yatis of the paleis, kneliden, and worschipiden Aaman; for the emperour hadde comaundid so to hem; Mardochee aloone bowide not the knees, nethir worschipide hym. ⁷ To whom the children of the kyng seiden, that saten bifore at the yatis of the paleis, Whi kepist thou not the comaundementis of the kyng, othere wise than othere men? ⁸ And whanne thei seiden ful ofte these thingis, and he nolde here, thei tolden to Aaman, and wolden wite, whether he contynuede in sentence; for he hadde seid to hem, that he was a Jew. 9 And whanne Aaman hadde herd this thing, and hadde preued bi experience, that Mardochee bowide not the kne to hym, nethir worschipide hym, he was ful wrooth, ¹⁰ and he ledde for nouyt to sette hise hondis on Mardochee aloone; for he hadde herd, that Mardochee was of the folc of Jewis, and more he wolde leese al the nacioun of Jewis, that weren in the rewme of Assuerus. ¹¹ In the firste monethe, whos nam is Nysan, in the tweluethe yeer of the rewme of Assuerus, lot was sent in to a vessel, which lot is seid in Ebrew phur, bifor Aaman, in what dai and in what monethe the folk of Jewis ouyte to be slayn; and the tweluethe monethe yede out, which is clepid Adar. 12 And Aaman seide to the king Assuerus, A puple is scaterid bi alle the prouynces of thi rewme, and is departid fro it silf togidere, and vsith newe lawis and cerymonyes, and ferthermore it dispisith also the comaundementis of the kyng; and thou knowest best, that it spedith not to thi rewme, that it encreesse in malice bi licence. ¹³ If it plesith thee, deme thou that it perisch, and Y schal paie ten thousynde of talentis to the keperis of thi tresour. 14 Therfor the kyng took fro his hond the ryng which he vside, and yaf it to Aaman, the sone of Amadathi, of the kynrede of Agag, to the enemy of Jewis.