George Leo Haydock, on Esth 8:3

“And not content with these things, she fell down at the king’s feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect.”

“Down. Such reverence is due to God’s representatives, whatever heretics may say. (Jude 8.)”

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