John Trapp on Esther 4:6

Verſe 6. So Hatach went forth to Mordecai] He was obedient to his Queen-miſtriſs, pleaſing her in all things, not anſwering again, Tit. 2.10. unleſſe it were, I will, or the like. Servus ſit monoſyllabus Domino. Apelles painted a ſervant with Hindes feet, to run on his Maſters errands: with Aſſes eares, and with his mouth made faſt with two locks, to ſignifie that he ſhould be ſwift to heare, ſlow to ſpeak.

Ʋnto the ſtreet of the City] The Broad-ſtreet, as the word ſignifieth: there Mordecai kept him,Rechob. [non-Latin text not transcribed] latitudiue, voomth. and might not come nearer the Court, becauſe a Mourner. See verſe 2. Tiberius the Emperour, counterfeiting grief at the Funeral of Druſus, there was a v[illegible: 1 letter]ile laid betwixt the dead and him becauſe being High-Prieſt forſooth, he might not ſee any mournful object. The Statues of the gods were tranſported or covered (for like cauſe) in thoſe places where any puniſhment was inflicted. But what ſaith the wiſe man? The heart of the wiſe is in the houſe of mourning, (whereby we muſt underſtand any place or object, which occaſioneth mourning) but the heart of fooles is in the houſe of mirth, Eccleſ. 7.4.