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Esther 10

The eſtimation and autoritie of Mordecái.
1.ANd the King Ahaſhueróſh layed a tribute vpon the land, and vpon the yles of the ſea.
2.And all the actes of his power, and of his might, and the declaration of the dignitie of Mordecái, wherewith the King magnified him, are they not writen in the boke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Perſia?
3.For Mordecái the Iewe was the ſeconde vnto King Ahaſhueróſh, and great amōg the Iewes, and accepted amōg the multitude of his brethren, who procured the welth of his people, & ſpake peaceably to all his ſede.

Notes

3:a.
Theſe thre pointes are here ſet forthe as commendable, and neceſſarie for him, that is in autoritie to haue the fauour of the people: to procure their welth, & to be gentle, and louing toward them.