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Chapter 33

           "Ay,Jew,"saidPriorAymer;"kneeltoGod,asrepresentedintheservantofhisaltar,andwhoknows,withthysincererepentanceandduegiftstotheshrineofSaintRobert,whatgracethoumaystacquireforthyselfandthydaughterRebecca?Igrieveforthemaiden,forsheisoffairandcomelycountenance,IbeheldherinthelistsofAshby.AlsoBriandeBois-GuilbertisonewithwhomImaydomuchbethinktheehowthoumaystdeservemygoodwordwithhim."

           "Alas!alas!"saidtheJew,"oneveryhandthespoilersariseagainstmeIamgivenasapreyuntotheAssyrian,andapreyuntohimofEgypt."

           "Andwhatelseshouldbethelotofthyaccursedrace?"answeredthePrior;"forwhatsaithholywrit,verbumDominiprojecerunt,etsapientiaestnullaineistheyhavecastforththewordoftheLord,andthereisnowisdominthem;proptereadabomuliereseorumexterisIwillgivetheirwomentostrangers,thatistotheTemplar,asinthepresentmatter;etthesauroseorumhaeredibusalienis,andtheirtreasurestoothersasinthepresentcasetothesehonestgentlemen."

           Isaacgroaneddeeply,andbegantowringhishands,andtorelapseintohisstateofdesolationanddespair.Buttheleaderoftheyeomenledhimaside.

           "Advisetheewell,Isaac,"saidLocksley,"whatthouwiltdointhismatter;mycounseltotheeistomakeafriendofthischurchman.Heisvain,Isaac,andheiscovetous;atleastheneedsmoneytosupplyhisprofusion.

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