Esther 1:2-9 Euen in those dayes when the king Ahasuerus sate on his seate royall, which was in Susan the chiefe citie

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Euen in those dayes when the king Ahasuerus sate on his seate royall, which was in Susan the chiefe citie ³ In the third yere of his raigne, he made a feast vnto all his princes & seruauntes: and the mightie men of Persia and Media, the captaynes also and rulers of his countreys were before hym ⁴ And he shewed the richesse and glorie of his kingdome, and the glorious worship of his greatnesse many dayes long, [euen] an hundred and fourescore dayes ⁵ And when these dayes were expired, the king made a feast vnto al the people that were in Susan the chiefe citie, both vnto great & small, seuen dayes long, in the court of the garden by the kinges palace ⁶ Where there hanged white, greene, and yelowe clothes, fastened with cordes of fine silke and purple, in siluer ringes, vpon pillers of marble stones: The benches also were of golde and siluer made vpon a pauement of greene, white, yelowe, and blacke marble ⁷ And they dranke in vessels of gold, and chaunged vessel after vessel, and royal wine in aboundaunce, according to the power of the king ⁸ And the drinking was by an order, none might compell: for so the king had appoynted to all the officers of his house, that they shoulde do according to euery mans pleasure ⁹ And the queene Uasthi made a feast also for the women in the palace of Ahasuerus