Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
To whom sche answeride, A! king, if Y haue founde grace in thin iyen, and if it plesith þee, yyue thou my lijf to me, for which Y preie, and my puple, for which Y biseche.