Esther · Chapter 7

[ edit] And ſo þe king cam in and Aman to þe feſte, þat þei ſhulde drinke wiþ þe quen. And þe king ſeide to hir alſo in þe ſeconde day, aftir þat he was chaufid wiþ wyn, What is þin aſking, Eſter, þat it be ȝiue to þee, and what wilt þou to be do? Alſo if þe half part of my reume þou aſke, þou ſhalt gete. To whom ſhe anſwerd, If I haue founde grace in þin eȝen, O! king, and if to þee it pleſe, ȝif to me my lif, for þe whiche I preȝe, and my puple, for þe whiche I beſeche.

Forſoþe wee ben taken, I and my puple, þat wee be totreden, ſlain, and perſhen; and wolde God in to þrallis and þralleſſis wee were ſold, and it were tolerable euel, and weilende I ſhulde holden my pes; now forſoþe oure enemy is, whos cruelte reboundeþ in to þe king. And king Aſſuer anſwerende ſeiþ, Who is he þis, and of what power, þat þeſe þingus he be hardi to do? And Eſter ſeide, Enemy and oure werſte enemy is þis Aman. Þe whiche þing he herende anoon ſtoneȝede, not ſuffrende to bern þe chere of þe king and of þe quen. Forſoþe þe king ros wroþ, and fro þe place of þe feſte wente in to a ȝerd ſet wiþ trees.

Alſo Aman ros for to preȝen Eſter, þe quen, for his lif; forſoþe he vnderſtod euel maad redi to hym of þe king. Þe whiche whan was comen aȝeen fro þe ȝerd ſet wiþ wodis, and he hadde comyn in to þe place of þe feſte, he fond Aman vpon þe bed to han fallen doun, in þe whiche lai Eſter; and ſeiþ, Alſo þe quen he wile opreſſe, me preſent, in myn hous. Ne ȝit þe woord of þe kingus mouþ hadde gon out, and anon couereden his face þe ſeruauns of þe king. And Arbona, oon of þe geldingus þat ſtoden in þe ſeruyſe of þe king, ſeide, Lo! þe tree þat he hadde maad redi to Mardoche, þat ſpac for þe king, ſtant in þe hous of Aman, hauende of heiȝte fifti cubitis. To whom ſeide þe king, Hangeþ hym in it.

And ſo Aman is hangid in þe iebet, þat he hadde maad redi to Mardoche, and þe kingis wraþe reſtide.