Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
Soþeli whanne þe tyme was turned aboute bi ordre, þe dai neiyede, wherynne Hester, þe douyter of Abiahel, broþer of Mardoche, whom he hadde purchasid in to a douyter to hym silf, ouyte entre to þe kyng; and sche axide not wymmenus ournement, but what euer thingis Egei, þe onest seruaunt and chast, kepere of virgyns, wolde, he yaf þese thingis to hir to ournement; for sche was ful schapli, and of fairnesse þat may not liytli be bileuyd, and sche semyde graciouse and amyable to þe iyen of alle men.