'This was done' on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Forsoþe þe thrittenþe dai of þe moneþe Adar was o dai of sleyng at alle Jewis, and in þe fourtenþe dai þei ceessiden to sle; which þei ordeyneden to be solempne, þat þerynne in ech tyme aftirward þei schulden yyue tent to metis, to ioye, and to feestis.