The·Hijlory Df Q_uun E S T E R. t 37 Stood ready charg·d·with full Revenge, prepar'd . To beg his life, whom highly to reward The King intend~: , ' Say ( Ht!man ) <JUOtl\the King ' What wor!hip, or whi:l.t honora.ble thing ' Bell: fits the perfox;t, whom the King !hall place .. .! ~ Within the bou~ty of his higheft Grace .? •• SoHamal:J rhus bethoughr, " Who more than l , . 'c Deferves tke Sun-!hine of my Princes eye!? ' Whom feeks the: King to 1tonour, more than me ? . 'FromHamans mouth. !hall Haman honour'dbe i . ' Speak freely then, and let thy tongue proclaim . ··· ' An honour fuiting to thy worth, rhy name : .. So H.rmanrhus: 'This honour, th:s refpett ' Be done to him the King thall moft affett, 'In Robes Imperial be his body dre£1: ), 'And bravely-tnoun;:d on that very Beaft · 1 The King beftridcs; then be the Crown of State ' Plac'don his loftv brows : Let Princes wait . ' llpon his ~tirrop, and in triumFh lead 'l 'ThislmF of Honour in Affuerus ftead ; 'And to exprcfs the glory of his name~ ' Lilte Heralds, lee the Princes rhus proclaim ? ' This peerlefs Honour, and rhefe Princely Rites 'Be done to him in whom the King delights. ' Said then r)1e Ki11g, ( 0 fuddcn changeof Fat.e I ' Within the Portal of our Pa.lace Gate i - 'There fits a'Jew, whofe name is Mordeca:, ' Be he rl1e man; let no pcrver:c delay ' Protratt ; but what thy lavith tongue l1arh [~id, 'Do thou to him. So Hamlli:l fore difmaid, His tongue ( ti'd to his Roof) made no reply, Bu: (neither ?aring anfwcr, nor deny) ,. Peforce obey?o, and fo his P_age bccm1e, Whofe life he fought to have berezv:d wiri, fl~arnt: .The Rites folemniz•d, Moi'decai remrn'd Llmo the Gate; Haman went h~me2 ilnd rno~irn'd,
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