3 The quene biddeth the King & Hamán againe & praieth for her ſelfe and her people 6 She accuſeth Hamán and he is hanged on the gallous, which he had prepared for Mordecái.

1.SO the King and Hamán came to banket with the Quene Eſtér.

2.And the King ſaid againe vnto Eſtér on the ſeconde day at the banket of ^awine, What is thy peticion, Quene Eſtér, that it may be giuẽ thee? and what is thy requeſt? It ſhalbe euen performed vnto the halfe of the kingdome.

3.And Eſtér the Quene anſwered, and ſaid, If I haue founde fauour in thy ſight, ô King, and if it pleaſe the King, let my life be giuen me at my peticion, & my people at my requeſt.

4.For we are ſolde, I, and my people, to be deſtroyed, to be ſlayne and to periſh: but if we were ſolde for ſeruants, & for handmaides, I wolde haue helde my tongue: althogh the aduerſarie colde not ^brecõpenſe the Kings loſſe.

5.Thẽ King Ahaſhueróſh anſwered, & ſaid vnto y^e Quene Eſtér, Who is he? & where is he that ^"preſumeth to do thus?

6.And Eſtér ſaid, The aduerſarie and enemie is this wicked Hamán. Then Hamán was afraied before the King & the Quene.

7.And the King aroſe from the banket of wine in his wrath, & went into the palace garden: but Hamán ſtode vp, to make requeſt for his life to y^e Quene Eſtér: for he ſawe that there was a ^cmiſchief prepared for him of the King.

8.And when the King came againe out of the palace garden, into the houſe where they dranke wine, Hamán was ^dfallen vpon the bed whereon Eſtér ſate: therefore the King ſaid, Wil he force y^e Quene alſo before me in the houſe? As the worde wẽt out of the Kings mouthe, they ^ecouered Hamans face.

9.And Harbonáh one of the eunuches, ſaid in the preſence of the King, Beholde, there ſtandeth yet the tre in Hamans houſe fiftie cubites hie, which Hamán had prepared for Mordecái, that ſpake ^fgood for the King. Then the King ſaid, Hang him thereon.

10.So they hanged Hamán on the tre, that he had prepared for Mordecái: then was the Kings wrath pacified.

Esther 7

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