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[verse 30] Thanne these thingus rehersid, that of king Artaxerse weren writen, Rathinus, and Sabellius, scribe, and that with hem weren ordeined, ioynende [runnynge E pr. m.] , heeȝendeli [heeȝyngli EF.] camen in to Jerusalem, with horse men, [verse 31] and puple, and cumpanie; and begunnen to forfenden the bilders. And thei voided|en fro the bilding of the temple in Jeru|salem, vnto the secunde ȝer of the regne of Darie, king of Persis. [verse 1] King Darie
made a gret soper to alle his seruauns, and to alle the maister iugis of Meedis [verse 2] and of Persis, and to alle that wereden [werden C.] purper, and to gouernoures, and to coun|seileris, and to prefectis vnder hym, fro Ynde vnto Ethiope, to an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouincis. [verse 3] And whan they hadden eten and drunken, and ful|fild, turneden aȝeen, thanne king Darie steȝede vp in his litil bed place, and sleep [slepte AEFH.] , and is wakid [waken AEFH.] . [verse 4] Thanne thoo thre ȝunge men, keperis of the body, that kepten the bodi of the king, seiden the tothir to the [verse 5] tother, Seie wee eche of vs a woord, that befor passe; and whos euere woord seme wisere of the tother, king Darie shal [verse 6] ȝiue to hym grete ȝiftus, and to be couered with purper, and to drinken in gold, and vpon gold to slepen, and a goldene char, with bridel, and a bys mytre, and a beȝe [verse 7] aboute the necke; and in the secunde place he shal sitte fro Darie, for his wis|dam; and the cosin of Darie he shal be clepid. [verse 8] Thanne eche writende his woord, seleden, and putten vnder the pilwe [verse 9] of king Darie; and seiden, Whan the king hadde rise [arijse AEFH.] , thei shul ȝiue to hym ther thingus writen, and what euere thing the king shal demen of thre, and the maister iugis of Persis, for the woord of hym is wisere, to hym shal be ȝiue the victorie, as it is write. [verse 10] Oon wrot, Strong is win. [verse 11] The tother wrot, Strengere is the king. [verse 12] The thridde wrot, Strengere ben wymmen; ouer alle thingus forsothe ouercometh treuthe. [verse 13] And whan the king hadde risen, thei token ther writen thingis, and ȝeuen to hym, and he radde. [verse 14] And sendende he clepide alle the maister iugis of Persis, and of Meedis, and the clothed in purper, and the reuleris of [verse 15] prouincis, and prefectis; and thei seten in conseil, and ben rad write befor them. [verse 16] And he seide, Clepeth the ȝunge men, and thei shul shewe ther woordis. And thei ben clepid [clepen A.] , and camen in. [verse 17] And he seide to hem, Shewith to vs of these thingus that ben writen. And the rathere, that hadde
[verse 18] seid of the strengthe of win, began, and seide, Men! hou miche win is passende strong; to alle men that drinken it it [verse 19] berth doun the mynde; also of king and of faderles child it maketh the minde vein; also of seruaunt and of freman, of [verse 20] pore and of riche; and alle minde it [he A.] turneth in to sikyrnesse, and in to glad|nesse; and it remembreth not of [Om. AEFH.] any [verse 21] sorewe and dette; and alle the entrailis it makith onest; and it remembrith not king, ne maister iuge; and alle thingis [verse 22] bi talent it maketh to speke; and thei remembre not, whan thei han drunke, frendshipe ne brotherhed, and after not [verse 23] miche thei taken swerdis; and whan of win thei drownyn, and rijsen, thei han no mynde that thei diden. [verse 24] O men! whether win is not passendeli strong, that thus constreineth to do? And this seid, he held his pes.