Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth 'day' thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
And whanne þe dyteris and writeris of þe kyng weren clepid; soþeli it was þe tyme of þe thridde moneþe, which is clepid Siban, in þe thre and twentiþe dai of þat moneþe; pistlis weren writun, as Mardochee wolde, to Jewis, and to princes, and to procuratouris, and to iugis, þat weren souereyns of an hundrid and seuene and twenti prouynces, fro Iynde til to Ethiope, to prouynce and to prouynce, to puple and to puple, bi her langagis and lettris, and to Jewis, þat þei myyten rede and here.