wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, 'their' little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
To whiche þe kyng comaundide, þat þei schulden clepe togidere þe Jewis bi alle citees, and comaunde to be gaderid togidere, þat þei schulden stonde for her lyues; and schulden sle, and do awei alle her enemyes, with her wyues and children, and alle howsis.