The king hearing the good service of Mardocheus in detecting traitors, read in the chronicle (for which he had yet no reward) 4. commandeth Aman to honour him next to the king, 11. which he performeth.The king hearing the good seruice of Mardocheus in detecting traitors, read in the chronicle (for which he had yet no rewarde) 4. commandeth Aman to honour him next to the king, 11. which he performeth.✦
That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. Which when they were read in his presence,THAT night the king passed without sleepe, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. Which when they were read in his presence,✦Noctem illam duxit rex insomnem, jussitque sibi afferri historias et annales priorum temporum. Quæ cum illo præsente legerentur,
2they came to that place where it was written, how Mardocheus had uttered the treason of Bagathan, and Thares the eunuchs, coveting to kill king Assuerus.they came to that place where it was written, how Mardocheus had vttered the treason of Bagathan, and Thares the eunuches, coueting to kil king Assuerus.ventum est ad illum locum ubi scriptum erat quomodo nuntiasset Mardochæus insidias Bagathan et Thares eunuchorum, regem Assuerum jugulare cupientium.
3Which when the king had heard, he said: What honour and reward hath Mardocheus received for this fidelity? His servants and ministers said to him: He hath received no reward at all.Which when the king had heard, he sayd: What honour and reward hath Mardocheus receiued for this fidelitie? His seruantes and ministers said to him: He hath receiued no reward at al.Quod cum audisset rex, ait : Quid pro hac fide honoris ac præmii Mardochæus consecutus est ? Dixerunt ei servi illius ac ministri : Nihil omnino mercedis accepit.
4And the king statim: later, after a while; at once, immediately and by, who is, quoth he, in the court? For Aman had entered the inner court of the king's house, that he might suggest to the king, and he might command Mardocheus to be hanged fast on the patibulum: gallows, cross for hanging, which was prepared for him.And the king by and by, who is, quoth he, in the court? For Aman had entered the inner court of the kings house, that he might suggest to the king, and he might command Mardocheus to be hanged fast on the gibbet, which was prepared for him.✦Statimque rex : Quis est, inquit, in atrio ? Aman quippe interius atrium domus regiæ intraverat, ut suggereret regi, et juberet Mardochæum affigi patibulo, quod ei fuerat præparatum.
5The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court. And the king said: Let him come in.The seruantes answered: Aman standeth in the court. And the king said: Let him come in.Responderunt pueri : Aman stat in atrio. Dixitque rex : Ingrediatur.
6And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man, whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other, but himself,And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man, whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his hart, and supposing that the king would honour no other, but him self,Cumque esset ingressus, ait illi : Quid debet fieri viro, quem rex honorare desiderat ? Cogitans autem in corde suo Aman, et reputans quod nullum alium rex, nisi se, vellet honorare,
7answered: The man, whom the king desireth to honour,answered: The man, whom the king desireth to honour,✦respondit : Homo, quem rex honorare cupit,
8ought to be clothed with the king's garments, and to be set upon the horse, that is for the king's saddle, and to take the king's crown upon his head,ought to be clothed with the kings garmentes, and to be set vpon the horse, that is for the kings saddle, and to take the kings crowne vpon his head,debet indui vestibus regiis, et imponi super equum, qui de sella regis est, et accipere regium diadema super caput suum :
9and let the chief of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse, and going through the street of the city, cry, and say: So shall he be honoured, whomsoever the king will honour.and let the chiefe of the kings princes and nobles hold his horse, and going throuh the streat of the citie, crie, and say: So shal he be honoured, whomsoeuer the king wil honour.et primus de regiis principibus ac tyrannis teneat equum ejus, et per plateam civitatis incedens clamet, et dicat : Sic honorabitur, quemcumque voluerit rex honorare.
10And the king said to him: Make haste, and taking a robe and a horse, do that thou hast spoken, to Mardocheus the Jew, which sitteth before the doors of the palace: Beware thou praetermitto: pass over, leave undone nothing of those things, which thou hast spoken.And the king said to him: Make hast, and taking a robe and a horse, do that thou hast spoken, to Mardocheus the Iewe, which sitteth before the doores of the palace: Beware thou pretermitte nothing of those things, which thou hast spoken.✦Dixitque ei rex : Festina, et sumpta stola et equo, fac, ut locutus es, Mardochæo Judæo, qui sedet ante fores palatii. Cave ne quidquam de his, quæ locutus es, prætermittas.
11Aman therefore took a robe and a horse, and putting it on Mardocheus, and setting him on the horse, in the street of the city went before him, and cried: This honour is he worthy of, whomsoever the king is willing to honour.Aman therfore tooke a robe and a horse, and putting it on Mardocheus, and setting him on the horse, in the streat of the citie went before him, and cried: This honour is he worthie of, whomsoeuer the king is willing to honour.✦Tulit itaque Aman stolam et equum, indutumque Mardochæum in platea civitatis, et impositum equo præcedebat, atque clamabat : Hoc honore condignus est, quemcumque rex voluerit honorare.
12And Mardocheus returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go into his house, mourning and his head covered:And Mardocheus returned to the palace gate: and Aman made hast to goe into his house, mourning and his head couered:✦Reversusque est Mardochæus ad januam palatii : et Aman festinavit ire in domum suam, lugens et operto capite :
13and he told Zares his wife, and his friends all things, that had chanced him. To whom the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered: If Mardocheus be of the Jews' seed, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight.and he told Zares his wife, and his frendes al things, that had chaunced him. To whom the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered: If Mardocheus be of the Iewes seede, before whom thou hast begune to fal, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fal in his sight.✦narravitque Zares uxori suæ, et amicis, omnia quæ evenissent sibi. Cui responderunt sapientes quos habebat in consilio, et uxor ejus : Si de semine Judæorum est Mardochæus, ante quem cadere cœpisti, non poteris ei resistere, sed cades in conspectu ejus.
14As they were yet speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet, which the queen had prepared.As they were yet speaking, the kings eunuches came, and compelled him to goe quickly to the banket, which the queene had prepared.Adhuc illis loquentibus, venerunt eunuchi regis, et cito eum ad convivium, quod regina paraverat, pergere compulerunt.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.