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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 5:1 | And on the thyrde daye put Esther on her royall apparell, & stode in the courte of the kynges palace within ouer agaynst the kynges house. And the kinge sat vpon his royal seate in the kynges palace ouer agaynst the gate of the house. |
| 5:2 | And when the Kyng sawe Esther the quene standynge in the courte, she founde grace in his sighte. And the kynge helde out the goulden scepter in his hand towarde Esther. So Esther stept forth, and touched the toppe of the scepter. |
| 5:3 | Then sayde the Kynge vnto her: What wylt thou quene Esther? and what requyrest thou? aske euen the halfe of the empyre, and it shalbe geuen the. |
| 5:4 | Esther saide: Yf it please the Kynge, let the Kyng and Haman come this day vnto the bancket that I haue prepared. |
| 5:5 | The Kyng sayd: cause Haman to make hast, that he may do, as Esther hath sayde. Now when the Kynge & Haman came to the bancket that Esther had prepared, |
| 5:6 | the kyng said vnto Esther at the bancket of wyne: Esther what is thy peticion? and it shalbe geuen the. And what requyrest thou? Yf it be euen the halfe of the empyre, it shalbe done. |
| 5:7 | Then answered Esther & sayde: my peticyon & desyre is, |
| 5:8 | yf I haue founde grace in the syght of the Kinge, & yf it please the kinge to geue me my petycion, and to fulfyll my request, then let the Kynge & Haman come to the bancket, that I shall prepare for them, and so wil I do to morow as the kynge hath sayde. |
| 5:9 | Then wente Haman forthe the same daye ioyfull and mery in his mynde. And when he sawe Mardocheus in the kinges gate, that he stode not vp and kneled before him, he was ful of indygnacyon at Mardocheus. |
| 5:10 | Neuertheles he refrayned him selfe, and when he came home, he sent, & called for his frendes and Zares hys wyfe, |
| 5:11 | & tolde them of the glory of hys ryches, & the multitude of hys chyldren all together how the king had promoted him so greatly, and howe that he was taken aboue the princes and seruauntes of the kynge. |
| 5:12 | Haman said moreouer: Ye, and Ehster the quene let no man come with the king vnto the bancket that she had prepared, except me, & to morowe am I bidden vnto her also with the king. |
| 5:13 | But in all this am I not satisfyed as longe as I se Mardocheus the Iewe syttynge at the kynges gate. |
| 5:14 | Then sayde Zares hys wyfe & al hys frendes vnto hym: Let them make a galowes of fyfty cubytes hye, and to morow speake thou vnto the king that Mardocheus may be hanged theron, yf thou commest merely wyth the kynge vnto the bancket. Haman was well content wyth all, and caused a galowes to be prepared. |
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.