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and noble quene Hester kneled bifore her lord the kynge, and requyred and prayd hym that suche Justyce shold be made of Aaman the Seneschalle as he wolde it had be done of Mardocheus and of his wyf, and that he shold be hanged at the yate of his place, to shewe that falsly & by enuy he had accused Mardocheus of treson. And as the goode quene dyde requyre her lord, so was hit done. Thus was hanged Aaman by his grete pryde and surquedrye, and by the counceylle of his wyf. Wherfore grete folye is to a man come fro lowe degree to worship and grete estate to become and wexe prowde and surquydous for erthely good that he hath gadred & amassed, and to myspryse ony other; but yf he be wyse he ought hym self shewe to euery one meke and humble, to thende he may falle in the grace and welwyllynge of alle folke, and that none may have enuye ouer hym. For comynly men haue more enuye ouer them that ben come of nought to grete worship, than of them that ben come of ryche and noble folke and of Auncestrye. The wyf of Aaman was not wyse, whanne she sawe the yre & wrathe of her lorde, to susteyne hym in his folye, for euery good woman & wyse ought by fayr and curtoys spekynge put aweye, yf she may, the yre and wrathe of her lorde, & specially whan she seeth hym meued and be wyllynge to do somme euylle or somme shameful dede, wherof dommage & dishonour may to them come, as dyd Aaman's wyf, whiche repreuyd not her lord of his folye, but gaf hym folysshe and euylle counceyll wherby he dyd vylaynously. Men ought not to susteyne his lord in his wrathe and yre, but curtoysly and by fayr wordes men ought to repreue hym of his euylle thought, and shewe vnto hym lytyl and lytyl the reasons and cause why he shold not do as he had purposed to do. For which thyng, my fayr doughters, I requyre and praye yow that ye here take good ensample, and take hede what meschyef befelle to Aaman by the folysshe counceylle of his wyf.