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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 10:1 | And the kynge Ahasuerus laied tribute vpon the lande, & vpon the Iles of the sea. |
| 10:2 | As for al the worcke of his power and auctoryte, and the great worshippe of Mardocheus, whiche the kinge gaue him, beholde it is wrytten in the Chronicles of the Kinges of Media and Persia. |
| 10:3 | For Mardocheus the Iewe was the second next vnto the kinge Ahasuerus, and greate amonge the Iewes, and accepted amonge the multitude of hys brethren, as one that seketh the welth of his people and speaketh the beste for all hys seade. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.