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Soothly she was beshed with (the) colour of roses in the cheer, or in (or on) her face/And Esther in her face was coloured with rose colours, and with her pleasant and shining eyes she covered her sorrowful soul, that was drawn together with full much dread. [She forsooth thrushed the cheer with rose colour, and freely, with bright eyes she covered the dreary inwit, and drawn together with full much dread.]

Therefore she entered through all the doors by order, and she stood against (or before) the king, where he sat upon the seat of his realm, and was clothed in the king’s clothes, and shined in gold and precious stones, and he was dreadful in sight. [Then she gone in all the doors by order, stood against (or before) the king, where he sat upon the see (or the throne) of his reign, clothed with king’s clothes, and shining with gold and precious stones; and he was fearful in sight.]

And when he had raised up his face, and had showed the madness, or austereness, of his heart with burning eyes, the queen felled down before him; and when her colour was changed into paleness, she rested her head bowed down upon her handmaid. [And when he had reared up the face, and with burning eyes the madness of the breast had showed, the queen fell down; and the colour changed into paleness, the weary head upon the handmaid she bowed down.]

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