A    ^noteMardocheus the sonne of Iair, the sonne of Semei, þe; sonne of Cisei of þe; trybe of Ben Iamin a Iew: which had his dwelllynge in Susis, a man of greate reputaci&obar;, ∧ excellent amonge all them that were in the kynges courte (Neuerthelesse he was one of the presoners, ^note whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babil&obar; had caried a waye from Ierusalem vnto Babilon &wt; Iechonias the kynge of Iuda.) In the seconde yeare of the raigne of greate Artaxerses in the first daye of þe; moneth Nisan, had this Mardocheus soch a dreame: He thought he herde a greate t&ebar;pest, horrible thonderclappes, erthquakes, ∧ greate vpro&highr; in þe; londe: ∧ þt; he sawe two greate drag&obar;s, ready to fight one aga&ibar;st another. Their crye was greate. At the which roaringe and crye all Heithen were vp, to fight agaynst þe; righteous people. B   And þe; same daye was full of darcknes ∧ very vncleare, full of trouble ∧ anguysh, yee a greate fearfulnes was there in all the londe. The righteous were amased, for they feared þe; plage ∧ euell þt; was deuysed ouer th&ebar;, ∧ were at a poynte &wt; them selues to dye. So they cried vnto God, and while they were cryenge, the litle well grew in to a greate ryuer ∧ in to many waters. And with þt; it was daye, ∧ the sonne rose vp agayne. And þe; lowly were exalted, and deuoured the glorious and proude.

Now whan Mardocheus had sene this dreame, he awoke, and mused stedfastly in his hert, what God wolde do: and so he desyred to knowe all the matter, and his mynde was there vpon vntyll the night.

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