<p class="bodytext">The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves &#8211; to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children,<n id="1" /> and to confiscate their property.

Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king&#8217;s edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples<n id="1" /> pretended<n id="2" /> to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.<n id="3" />p>