John Trapp on Esther 3:5

Verſe 5. And when Haman ſaw] Stirred up by theſe peſtilent pick-thanks, qui crabronem furioſum magìs irritaverant (as one ſaith) he took ſpecial notice of Hamans irreverence, which with more diſcretion he might have diſſembled. When an inconſiderate fellow had ſtricken Cato in the Bath, and afterwards cried him mercy, he replied, I remember not that thou didſt ſtrike me; Tis a ſigne of weakneſſe to be too ſoft and ſenſible of an indignity;Sen. de it. l. 1. I was as a deafe man that heard not, and as one dumbe, in whoſe mouth is no reproof, Pſal. 38.13, 14. The beſt apology to words and carriages of ſcorne and petulancy, is that of Iſaac to Iſhmael, viz. patience and ſilence.

That Mordecai bowed not, &c.] A great buſineſſe to mad him ſo much, but that he was ſet on by that old man-ſlayer.

Sic leve, ſic parvum eſt animum quod laudis avarum Subruit, aut reficit—

A ſmall winde raiſeth a bubble, ambition rideth without reines, and hath inhabitatorem Draconem Apoſtatam, the devil at inne with it.

Then was Haman full of wrath] He ſwell'd like a toad, glow'd like a devil; being transform'd as it were, into a breathing devil, he ſeeks the utter extirpation of that people, of whom, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. as corcerning the fleſh; Chriſt was to come, Rom. 9.5. wiſhing the ſame to them which Caligula in a rage did to the people of Rome, I would ye had all but one neck, that I might cut you all off at one blow. Joſephus tells us, that he brake out into this bluſtering ſpeech, Liberi Perſae me adorant. Hic autem, ſervus cùm ſit, tamen hoc fa[illegible: 1 letter]ere dedignatur. The Perſians, though free-men, reverence me, and yet this ſlave thinks himſelfe too good to do it. This he uttered no doubt with a very harſh and hateful intention of the voice, ſuch as was that of the two brethren in evil, (whoſe anger was fierce; and their wrath cruel) when Gen. 34.31. they anſwered their aggrieved father. Should he deal with our ſiſter as an harlot? where the word Z[illegible: 1 letter]nab (Harlot) hath a great letter,Gen. 49.5, 7. to note their vehemency, rage and rudeneſſe.