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in diebus Asueri qui regnavit ab India usque Aethiopiamsuper centum viginti septem provincias

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quando sedit in solio regni sui Susa civitas regni eiusexordium fuit

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tertio igitur anno imperii sui fecit grande conviviumcunctis principibus et pueris suis fortissimis Persarum etMedorum inclitis et praefectis provinciarum coram se

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ut ostenderet divitias gloriae regni sui ac magnitudinematque iactantiam potentiae suae multo tempore centum videlicetet octoginta diebus

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cumque implerentur dies convivii invitavit omnem populum quiinventus est Susis a maximo usque ad minimum et septem diebusiussit convivium praeparari in vestibulo horti et nemoris quodregio cultu et manu consitum erat

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et pendebant ex omni parte tentoria aerii coloris etcarpasini et hyacinthini sustentata funibus byssinis atquepurpureis qui eburneis circulis inserti erant et columnismarmoreis fulciebantur lectuli quoque aurei et argentei superpavimentum zmaragdino et pario stratum lapide dispositi erantquod mira varietate pictura decorabat

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bibebant autem qui invitati erant aureis poculis et aliisatque aliis vasis cibi inferebantur vinum quoque utmagnificentia regia dignum erat abundans et praecipuumponebatur

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nec erat qui nolentes cogeret ad bibendum sed sic rexstatuerat praeponens mensis singulos de principibus suis utsumeret unusquisque quod vellet

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Vasthi quoque regina fecit convivium feminarum in palatioubi rex Asuerus manere consueverat

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itaque die septimo cum rex esset hilarior et post nimiampotionem incaluisset mero praecepit Mauman et Bazatha et Arbonaet Bagatha et Abgatha et Zarath et Charchas septem eunuchis quiin conspectu eius ministrabant

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ut introducerent reginam Vasthi coram rege posito supercaput eius diademate et ostenderet cunctis populis etprincipibus illius pulchritudinem erat enim pulchra valde

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quae rennuit et ad regis imperium quod per eunuchosmandaverat venire contempsit unde iratus rex et nimio furoresuccensus

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interrogavit sapientes qui ex more regio semper ei aderantet illorum faciebat cuncta consilio scientium leges ac iuramaiorum

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erant autem primi et proximi Charsena et Sethar et Admathaet Tharsis et Mares et Marsana et Mamucha septem duces Persarumatque Medorum qui videbant faciem regis et primi post eumresidere soliti erant

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cui sententiae Vasthi regina subiaceret quae Asueri regisimperium quod per eunuchos mandaverat facere noluisset

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responditque Mamuchan audiente rege atque principibus nonsolum regem laesit regina Vasthi sed omnes principes et populosqui sunt in cunctis provinciis regis Asueri

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egredietur enim sermo reginae ad omnes mulieres utcontemnant viros suos et dicant rex Asuerus iussit ut reginaVasthi intraret ad eum et illa noluit

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atque hoc exemplo omnes principum coniuges Persarum atqueMedorum parvipendent imperia maritorum unde regis iusta estindignatio

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et si tibi placet egrediatur edictum a facie tua etscribatur iuxta legem Persarum atque Medorum quam praeteririinlicitum est ut nequaquam ultra Vasthi ingrediatur ad regemsed regnum illius altera quae melior illa est accipiat

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et hoc in omne quod latissimum est provinciarum tuarumdivulgetur imperium et cunctae uxores tam maiorum quam minorumdeferant maritis suis

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placuit consilium eius regi et principibus fecitque rexiuxta consultum Mamuchan

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et misit epistulas ad universas provincias regni sui utquaeque gens audire et legere poterat diversis linguis etlitteris esse viros principes ac maiores in domibus suis et hocper cunctos populos divulgari

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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

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That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

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In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

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When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;

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Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

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And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

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And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

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Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

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On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

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To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

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But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

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Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

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And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)

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What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

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And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

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For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

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Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

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If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

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And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

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And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

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For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

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