John Trapp on Esther 1:2

Verſe 2. When the King Ahaſhuerus ſate on the throne] Having peace with all men, being quiet and ſecure; though this laſted not long; for he was ſhamefully fo[illegible: 1 letter]led by the Grecians (againſt whom he led an Army of two millions of men) and forced to flie back againe over Helleſpont, in a poor fiſhers-boat; which being over-burdened, had ſunk all, if the Perſians by the caſting away themſelves had not ſaved the life of their King. Omnia ſunt hominum tenui pondentia file, &c.

Which was in Suſan the Palace] See Nehem. 1.1. Ptolomy, Strabe, and Pliny tell us, that in this City (ſcituate upon the river Choaſpes) was that famous Palace of Cyrus, which was adorned with marble walls,P[illegible: 1 letter]ol. l. 6 c. 3. Strab. lib. 15. Plin. l. 6. c. 27. Herod. l. 5. Athen. l. 12. c. 3 golden pillars, and great ſtore of precious ſtones; ſhining as ſo many ſtars from the roofe and ſides of it, to the dazling of the eyes of the beholders. Here it was, likely, that the Kings of Perſia ſate to hear cauſes under a vine of gold, ſet with ſmaragds; as with ſo many cluſters of grapes.