An Appendix and conclusion of this history. 2. The dream of Mardocheus.An Appendix and conclusion of this historie. 2. The dreame of Mardocheus.✦
The first part. The presage, and occasion of Esthers aduancement and Amans persecuting the Iewes.
In the fourth year when Ptolemee and Cleopatra reigned, Dositheus, which named himself a Priest, and of the Levitical kindred, and Ptolemee his son brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said Lysimachus the son of Ptolemee did interpretatum: explain; translate in Jerusalem.IN the fourth yeare when Ptolomee and Cleopatra reigned, Dositheus, which named himself a Priest, and of the Leuitical kinred, and Ptolomee his sonne brought this epistle of Phurim, which they sayd Lysimachus the sonne of Ptolomee did interprete in Ierusalem.✦Anno quarto regnantibus Ptolemæo et Cleopatra, attulerunt Dosithæus, qui se sacerdotem et Levitici generis ferebat, et Ptolemæus filius ejus, hanc epistolam phurim, quam dixerunt interpretatum esse Lysimachum Ptolemæi filium in Jerusalem.
2In the second year, when Artaxerxes the greatest reigned, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairi, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the tribe of Benjamin:In the second yeare, when Artaxerxes the greatest reigned, in the first day of the moneth Nisan, Mardocheus the sonne of Iairi, the sonne of Semei, the sonne of Cis, of the tribe of Beniamin:✦Anno secundo, regnante Artaxerxe maximo, prima die mensis Nisan, vidit somnium Mardochæus filius Jairi, filii Semei, filii Cis, de tribu Benjamin :
3a Jew which dwelt in the city of Susan, a great man and among the first of the king's court, saw a dream.a Iew which dwelt in the citie of Susan, a great man and among the first of the kings court, saw a dreame.homo Judæus, qui habitabat in urbe Susis, vir magnus, et inter primos aulæ regiæ.
4And he was of that number of captives, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had transported from Jerusalem with Jeconias the king of Juda:And he was of that number of captiues, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had transported from Ierusalem with Ieconias the king of Iuda:Erat autem de eo numero captivorum, quos transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Jerusalem cum Jechonia rege Juda.
5and this was his dream: There appeared voices, and tumults, and thunders and earthquakes, and perturbation upon the earth:and this was his dreame: There appeared voices, and tumultes, and thunders and earth quakes, and perturbation vpon the earth:✦Et hoc ejus somnium fuit : apparuerunt voces, et tumultus, et tonitrua, et terræmotus, et conturbatio super terram :
6and behold two great dragons, prepared one against another into battle.and behold two great dragons, prepared one against an other into battel.✦et ecce duo dracones magni, paratique contra se in prælium.
7At whose cry all nations were raised up, to fight against the nation of the just.At whose crie al nations were raysed vppe, to fight against the nation of the iust.✦Ad quorum clamorem cunctæ concitatæ sunt nationes, ut pugnarent contra gentem justorum.
8And that was a day of darkness and danger, of tribulation and distress, and great fear upon the earth.And that was a day of darkenesse and danger, of tribulation and distresse, and great feare vpon the earth.Fuitque dies illa tenebrarum et discriminis, tribulationis et angustiæ, et ingens formido super terram.
9And the nation of the just fearing their evils, was troubled, and prepared to death.And the nation of the iust fearing their euils, was trubled, and prepared to death.Conturbataque est gens justorum timentium mala sua, et præparata ad mortem.
10And they cried to God: and they crying, a little fountain grew into a very great river, and abounded into very many waters.And they cried to God: and they crying, a litle fountayne grew into a verie great riuer, and abounded into verie manie waters.✦Clamaveruntque ad Deum : et illis vociferantibus, fons parvus crevit in fluvium maximum, et in aquas plurimas redundavit.
11Light and sun arose, and the humble were exalted, and they devoured the glorious.Light and sunne arose, and the humble were exalted, and they deuoured the glorious.Lux et sol ortus est, et humiles exaltati sunt, et devoraverunt inclytos.
12Which when Mardocheus had seen, and risen out of his bed, he mused what God would do: and he had it fixed in his mind, desirous to know what the dream should signify?Which when Mardocheus had seene, and risen out of his bed, he mused what God would doe: and he had it fixed in his mind, desirous to know what the dreame should signifie? *Quod cum vidisset Mardochæus, et surrexisset de strato, cogitabat quid Deus facere vellet : et fixum habebat in animo, scire cupiens quid significaret somnium.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.