For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
and how Mardochee of þe kyn of Jewis was þe secounde fro king Assuerus, and was greet anentis Jewis, and acceptable to þe puple of hise briþeren, and he souyte goodis to his puple, and spak tho thingis, þat perteyneden to þe pees of his seed.