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"Now ye may see this, as we have declared, not so much by ancient histories as ye may if ye search what hath been wickedly done of late through the pestilent behavior of those who are unworthily placed in authority.
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And we must take care for the time to come that our kingdom may be quiet and peaceable for all men,
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both by changing our resolutions, and always judging things that are evident with more equitable proceeding.
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For Haman, a Macedonian, the son of Hammedatha, being indeed a stranger from the Persian blood and far distant from our goodness, and as a stranger received by us,
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had so far forth obtained the favor that we show toward every nation that he was called our father, and was continually honored by all men as the next person unto the king.
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But he, not bearing his great dignity, went about to deprive us of our kingdom and life,
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having by manifold and cunning deceits sought from us the destruction of Mordecai, who saved our life and continually procured our good, as also of blameless Esther, partaker of our kingdom, together with their whole nation.
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For by these means, finding us destitute of friends, he thought to have transferred the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedonians.
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"But we find that the Jews, whom this wicked wretch hath delivered to utter destruction, are no evildoers but live by most just laws,
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and that they be children of the Most High and most mighty, living God, who hath ordered the kingdom both for us and for our progenitors in the most excellent manner.
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"Therefore ye shall do well not to put in execution the letters sent unto you by Haman the son of Hammedatha.