George Leo Haydock, on Esth 13:1

“And this was the copy of the letter: Artaxerxes the great king who reigneth from India to Ethiopia, to the princes and governors of the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, that are subject to his empire, greeting.”

““Hitherto,” St. Jerome observes, “the preface extends. What follows, was placed in that part of the volume where it is written, And they, &c., (chap. iii. 13., where the edict should naturally appear. Calmet) which we have found only in the Vulgate edition.” (Haydock) — Josephus produces this edict at length, but with some variations, (Calmet) which are of no importance. (Haydock)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.