Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,
And fro þat tyme þese daies weren clepid Phurym, þat is, of lottis, for phur, þat is, lot, was sent in to a vessel; and þe Jewis resseyueden on hem silf, and on her seed, and on alle men þat wolden be couplid to her religioun, alle thingis þat weren doon, and ben conteyned in þe volym of þe pistle, þat is, of this book,