 All the kings servants, and all the provinces that are under his dominion, know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, cometh into the kings inner court, who is not called for, is immediately to be put to death without any delay: except the king shall hold out the golden sceptre to him, in token of clemency, that so he may live. How then can I go in to the king, who for these thirty days now have not been called unto him? 