•• .- ay: I J I , , l .. T HE -AR. GLl MENT. ; ,. ' . ' ' ' lJ I ,; r.ett.ers are {fnt l?y Motdecai, , That alt'the J~ws) upo;a;the.dtty ' -r .AppoirJ_ted{tn !heir 1eatb, w.i~hfl_and The fury ~rtbezr fu·m~ru ha~d~ . ' . ' ' ' F. Qrthwich.th_c: ~cribeJ were fu~rnon~ 4rt:Q appear,; Toev'ry Provmce, and t{) cv,ry Sl\ir~, · ' Letters they wrbce { as Mordecai 4iieaed ) . To all the Jews (the Jewifo rnud1.dejected) -· ·-n. .. · T 0 all Lievtenant~~ Cipta)n$ or the Band, ' . T . . • To all theSta~es,-and P~inces of the .Land_, · c:.· · ., · According to the ph~afe, and divers fafhion Of Dialea:, and fp,eech of ev'ry NatiQn ; All which wa~·-fl:y-led -in rhe name of th' King, Sign'd widl 'q.i~ hand, ttlal'd w1tb his Royal Ring : i Lo here the ,t~or of~he King~Commiffio;1 ;. ' ~h7rea~ oqate :(at I-Jaman.'s urg~d p.~tiw;m. ) ', . ' Decrees were fent, .and fpred througfiout tbt.: le.a.ng, . . • . c To fpoA _rhe Je·w~t.'a~d wit~ i~~at:tjal h~nd ' ' ··H• ' ( Up.on a qay.prdixt ) to lt!~ and flay ; . $ ··· ' We-likewife..gran.t, tipQn th~_t v~r,_y day, 'Full poNet: to the Jews, to make ~efence, . ' And quit their lives, and.for a rec.ompence, ~ To take the fp?ils of thofe t~ey !hatl fu pprefs, ' Shewing liken\er.cy to the mercilef.£. · By Pofts, as fwift as t1me, was this Decree Commanded fort'h,;. ~s faft as day they flee, · Spurr'd on, and-!u{ln'd witb the Kings command, Which firaigQ.t was noh'd,an~ guf?H!ht ~hro1.1gh the LanJ; ' . ' . L~ ) ' I f\ $ .,
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