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Esther 5

1 Eſtér entreth in to the King, and biddeth him and Hamán to a feaſt. 11 Hamán prepareth a galous for Mordecái.
1.ANd on the third day Eſtér put on her royal apparel, and ſtode in the court of the Kings palace within, ouer againſt the Kings houſe: and the King ſate vpon his royal throne in the Kings palace ouer againſt the gate of the houſe.
2.And when the King ſawe Eſtér the Quene ſtanding in the court, ſhe found fauour in his ſight: & the King helde out the goldẽ ſceptre yt was in his hãd: ſo Eſtér drewe nere, and touched the toppe of the ſceptre.
3.Then ſaid the King vnto her, What wilt thou, Quene Eſtér? & what is thy requeſt? it ſhalbe euen giuen thee to the halfe of the kingdome.
4.Then ſaid Eſtér, If it pleaſe the King, let the King and Hamán come this day vnto the bãket, yt I haue prepared for him.
5.And the King ſaid, Cauſe Hamán to make haſt that he maie do as Eſtér hathe ſaid. So the King and Hamán came to the bãket that Eſtér had prepared.
6.And the King ſaid vnto Eſtér at the banket of wine, What is thy peticion, that it may be giuen thee? and what is thy requeſt? it ſhal euen be performed vnto the halfe of the kingdome.
7.Then anſwered Eſtér, and ſaid, My peticion and my requeſt is,
8.If I haue founde fauour in the ſight of the King, and if it pleaſe the King to giue me my peticion, and to performe my requeſt, let the King and Hamán come to the banket that I ſhal prepare for them, & I wil do tomorowe according to the Kings ſaying.
9.¶ Then went Hamán forthe the ſame day ioyful & with a glad heart. But when Hamán ſawe Mordecái in the Kings gate, that he ſtode not vp, nor moued for him, then was Hamán ful of indignacion at Mordecái.
10.Neuertheles Hamán refrained him ſelf: and when he came home, he ſent, and called for his friends, and Zéreſh his wife.
11.And Hamán tolde them of the glorie of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him, and how that he had ſet him aboue the princes and ſeruants of the King.
12.Hamán ſaid moreouer, Yea, Eſtér the Quene did let no man come in with the King to the banket that ſhe had prepared, ſaue me: and tomorowe am I bidden vnto her alſo with the King.
13.But all this doeth nothing auaile me, as long as I ſe Mordecái the Iewe ſitting at the Kings gate.
14.Then ſaid Zéreſh his wife and all his friends vnto him, Let them make a tre of fiftie cubites hie, and tomorowe ſpeake thou vnto the King, that Mordecái may be hanged thereon: thẽ ſhalt thou go ioyfully with the King vnto the banket. And the thing pleaſed Hamán, and he cauſed to make the tre.

Notes

1:a.
To wit, after thatthe Iewes had begone to faſt.
2:b.
Which was a ſigne yt her comming was agreable vnto him, as Chap. 4.11
3:c.
Meaning hereby, yt whatſoeuer ſhe asked, ſhulde be granted, as Mar 6,23.
6:d.
Becauſe thei vſed to drinke exceſsiuely in their bankets, they called the bãket by the name of that, which was moſte in vſe or eſtemed
8:e.
I wil declare what thing I demande.
11:f.
Thus ye wicked when thei are promoted, in ſtead of acknowledging their charge & humbling the ſelues, waxe ambitious diſdainful and cruel.
14:g.
Meaning, yt hiegheſt that colde be founde.