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then_o joachim_n the_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o elder_n of_o jerusalem_n come_v to_o see_v judeth_n and_o to_o salute_v she_o and_o bless_v she_o with_o one_o accord_n say_v thou_o be_v the_o exaltation_n of_o jerusalem_n the_o glory_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o great_a rejoice_v of_o our_o nation_n bless_v be_v thou_o of_o the_o almighty_a lord_n for_o ever_o and_o all_o the_o people_n say_v amen_o and_o they_o spoil_v the_o camp_n for_o the_o space_n of_o thirty_o day_n and_o give_v to_o judeth_n the_o tent_n of_o olofernes_n and_o all_o his_o silver_n bed_n and_o basin_n and_o all_o his_o stuff_n and_o she_o take_v it_o and_o lay_v it_o upon_o her_o mule_n and_o make_v ready_a her_o chariot_n and_o lay_v they_o thereon_o then_o come_v all_o the_o woman_n of_o israel_n to_o see_v she_o deliverance_n and_o bless_v she_o and_o make_v a_o dance_n among_o they_o for_o she_o and_o she_o take_v branch_n in_o her_o hand_n and_o give_v unto_o the_o woman_n which_o be_v with_o she_o they_o 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1._o and_o chap._n 9_o v._n 1._o that_o he_o be_v darius_n sovereign_a monarch_n over_o the_o mede_n persian_n and_o chaldean_n the_o son_n of_o astyages_n call_v also_o ahasuerus_n which_o be_v a_o name_n of_o honour_n and_o signify_v great_a chief_a or_o chief_a head_n who_o reign_v from_o india_n even_o unto_o aethiopia_n over_o a_o hundred_o and_o seven_o and_o twenty_o province_n this_o ahasuerus_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n prince_n sit_v upon_o his_o royal_a throne_n in_o the_o palace_n of_o shushan_n and_o make_v a_o great_a feast_n unto_o all_o his_o prince_n and_o servant_n and_o to_o the_o captain_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o province_n to_o show_v the_o riches_n and_o glory_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o the_o
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the_o horse_n be_v deliver_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o one_o of_o the_o king_n most_o noble_a prince_n and_o let_v they_o apparel_v the_o man_n who_o the_o king_n will_v honour_v and_o cause_v he_o to_o ride_v upon_o the_o horse_n through_o the_o city_n and_o proclaim_v before_o he_o say_v thus_o shall_v it_o be_v do_v unto_o the_o man_n who_o the_o king_n will_v honour_v then_o say_v the_o king_n to_o haman_n go_v speedy_o and_o take_v the_o raiment_n and_o the_o horse_n as_o thou_o haste_v say_v with_o the_o royal_a crown_n and_o do_v so_o unto_o mordecai_n the_o jew_n haman_n and_o see_v that_o thou_o let_v nothing_o fail_v of_o what_o thou_o have_v speak_v which_o how_o unpleasing_a it_o be_v to_o the_o agagite_n may_v be_v easy_o conjecture_v since_o he_o be_v make_v the_o minister_n and_o servant_n to_o do_v such_o grace_n and_o honour_n to_o the_o man_n who_o of_o all_o the_o man_n live_v he_o most_o hate_a but_o man_n purpose_v and_o god_n dispose_v who_o confound_v the_o wicked_a 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my_o people_n to_o be_v destroy_v to_o be_v slay_v and_o to_o perish_v but_o if_o we_o be_v sell_v for_o servant_n and_o handmaid_n i_o shall_v have_v hold_v my_o tongue_n and_o be_v silent_a although_o the_o adversary_n can_v not_o profiâ—_n the_o king_n so_o much_o by_o his_o malice_n as_o he_o shall_v hinder_v he_o by_o the_o loss_n of_o my_o people_n then_o king_n ahasuerus_n say_v unto_o queen_n esther_n who_o be_v he_o or_o where_o be_v he_o that_o presume_v to_o do_v thus_o who_o answer_v again_o the_o adversary_n and_o enemy_n be_v this_o wicked_a haman_n at_o which_o word_n haman_n be_v startle_v and_o sore_o afraid_a before_o the_o king_n and_o the_o queen_n than_o the_o king_n arise_v from_o the_o banquet_n of_o wine_n in_o his_o wrath_n and_o who_o know_v not_o but_o that_o the_o anger_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v like_o the_o lightning_n from_o the_o east_n fear_n and_o the_o threat_n of_o a_o king_n like_o the_o noise_n of_o thunder_n and_o go_v into_o the_o palace_n garden_n 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his_o golden_a sceptre_n towards_o she_o and_o she_o arise_v from_o the_o earth_n and_o stand_v before_o he_o and_o say_v if_o it_o please_v the_o king_n and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v acceptable_a unto_o he_o let_v it_o be_v write_v that_o those_o letter_n of_o haman_n the_o son_n of_o ammedatha_n be_v revoke_v which_o he_o write_v concern_v the_o destruction_n of_o my_o nation_n throughout_o all_o the_o king_n province_n for_o how_o shall_v i_o suffer_v to_o see_v the_o evil_a that_o shall_v come_v unto_o my_o people_n or_o how_o can_v i_o endure_v the_o depopulation_n of_o my_o kindred_n and_o the_o king_n say_v unto_o
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