And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
And þe kyng seide to Siba, What wolen þese thingis to hem silf? And Siba answeride, My lord þe kyng, þe assis ben to þe meyneals of þe kyng, þat þei sitte; þe looues and figis pressid ben to thi children to ete; forsoþe þe wyn is, þat if ony man faile in deseert, he drynke.