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Then God changed the spirit of the king into mildness, who in a fear leaped from his throne,
and took her in his arms, till she came to herself again, and comforted her with loving words and
said unto her,
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Esther, what is the matter? I am thy brother, be of good cheer:
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Thou shalt not die, though our our commandment be general: come near.
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And so be held up his golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck,
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And embraced her, and said, Speak unto me.
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Then said she unto him, I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled
for fear of thy majesty.
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For wonderful art thou, lord, and thy countenance is full of grace.
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And as she was speaking, she fell down for faintness.
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Then the king was troubled, and ail his servants comforted her.
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The great king Artexerxes unto the princes and governors of an hundred and seven and twenty
provinces from India unto Ethiopia, and unto all our faithful subjects, greeting.
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Many, the more often they are honoured with the great bounty of their gracious princes, the
more proud they are waxen,
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And endeavour to hurt not our subjects only, but not being able to bear abundance, do take in
hand to practise also against those that do them good:
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And take not only thankfulness away from among men, but also lifted up with the glorious
words of lewd persons, that were never good, they think to escape the justice of God, that seeth all
things and hateth evil.
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Oftentimes also fair speech of those, that are put in trust to manage their friends' affairs, hath
caused many that are in authority to be partakers of innocent blood, and hath enwrapped them in
remediless calamities:
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Beguiling with the falsehood and deceit of their lewd disposition the innocency and goodness
of princes.
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Now ye may see this, as we have declared, not so much by ancient histories, as ye may, if ye
search what hath been wickedly done of late through the pestilent behaviour of them that are
unworthily placed in authority.
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And we must take care for the time to come, that our kingdom may be quiet and peaceable for
all men,
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Both by changing our purposes, and always judging things that are evident with more equal
proceeding.
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For Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadatha, being indeed a stranger from the Persian
blood, and far distant from our goodness, and as a stranger received of us,
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