A   And the kyng and Haman came into the bancket that quene Esther had prepared, and the kyng sayd vnto Esther on the seconde daye at the bancket of wyne: what is thy peticion (quene Esther) that it maye be geuen the? And what requyrest thou? Yee, aske eu&ebar; half of the empyre, ∧ it shall be done. And Esther the quene answered, ∧ sayd: If I haue found grace in thy syght (O kyng) and yf it please the kyng, then graunt me my lyfe at my desyre and my people, for my peticions sake: for we are solde, I ∧ my people, to be destroyed, to be slayne ∧ to perishe. And wold God we were solde to be bondmen and bond wemen, then wold I hold my tonge: For the enemye pondreth not the kynges harme. B   The kynge Ahasuerus answered, and sayde vnto quene Esther: who is he? And where is he, þt; darre presume in hys mynde, to do after þt; maner? And Esther sayd: the enemye and aduersary is this wicked Haman.

C   Haman, was exceadingly afrayed before the kyng and the quene. And the kynge arose from the bancket and from the wyne in hys displeasure, ∧ went into the palace garden. Mardocheus And Ham&abar; stode vp, ∧ besought quene Esther for his lyfe: for he sawe, that there was a mischefe prepared for him of þe; k&ibar;g all ready.

D   And when the kyng came agayne out of the palace garden into the place where they dranke wyne, Haman had layed him vp&obar; þe; bed, þt; Esther sat vp&obar;. Then sayd the kyng: wyll he force the quene also before me in the house? As sone as that worde went out of þe; kynges mouth &rhand; they couered Hamans face. And Harbona one of the ch&abar;berlaynes that stode before the kyng, sayde: Beholde, there standeth a galowes in Hamans house fyftie cubytes hye, whych he had made for Mardocheus, that spake good for the kyng. The kyng sayde: hang him theron. So they hanged Haman on the galowes, that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath pacified.

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