CAP. X.
[verse 1] King forsothe Assuer al the lond and alle the ilis of the se made tributaries; [verse 2] whos strengthe and empire and dignete and heiȝnesse, that he enhauncide Mar|doche in, ben writen in the bokis of [verse 3] Medis and of Persis; and hou Mardoche of Jeu kinrede were the secounde fro king Assuer, and gret anentis the Jewis, and acceptable to the folc of ther bre|thern, sechende goodis to his puple, and spekende tho thingus, that to the pes of his sed shulden pertene. The whiche ben had in Ebru in pleyn feith I ex|pressede; these thingus forsothe, that folewen, I fond write in the comun making, the whiche in Grekis tunge and lettris ben contened; and eft after the ende of the boc this chapitre was seid, that after oure consuetude with obelo, that is, with `a stric [a stirke H.] , wee han be|for notid. [verse 4] And Mardoche seide, Of God these thingus ben don. [verse 5] I am recordid of a sweuene, that I saȝ, magnefiende these same thingus, ne of tho any thing was voide. [verse 6] A litil welle, that grew in to a flod, and in to liȝt and sunne is turned,
