And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
Þerfor hise citeseyns, þe grettere men in birþe, and þe beste men þat dwelliden with hym in þe citee, diden as Jezabel hadde comaundid, and as it was writun in þe lettris, whiche sche hadde sent to hem.