And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
which Mardoche was þe nurschere of Edissa, þe douyter of his brothir, which douytir was clepid Hester bi anothir name, and sche hadde lost boþe fadir and modir; sche was ful fair, and semeli of face; and whanne hir fadir and modir weren deed, Mardoche purchaside hir in to a douytir to hymsilf.