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Chapter 35

           Touchingourpresentcondition,dearBrother,weareacaptiveinthehandsofcertainlawlessandgodlessmen,whohavenotfearedtodetainourperson,andputustoransom;wherebywehavealsolearnedofFront-de-Boeuf’smisfortune,andthatthouhastescapedwiththatfairJewishsorceress,whoseblackeyeshavebewitchedthee.Weareheartilyrejoicedofthysafety;nevertheless,wepraytheetobeonthyguardinthematterofthissecondWitchofEndor;forweareprivatelyassuredthatyourGreatMaster,whocarethnotabeanforcherrycheeksandblackeyes,comesfromNormandytodiminishyourmirth,andamendyourmisdoings.Whereforeweprayyouheartilytobeware,andtobefoundwatching,evenastheHolyTexthathit,Invenienturvigilantes.AndthewealthyJewherfather,IsaacofYork,havingprayedofmelettersinhisbehalf,Igavehimthese,earnestlyadvising,andinasortentreating,thatyoudoholdthedamseltoransom,seeinghewillpayyoufromhisbagsasmuchasmayfindfiftydamselsuponsaferterms,whereofItrusttohavemypartwhenwemakemerrytogether,astruebrothers,notforgettingthewine-cup.Forwhatsaiththetext,Vinumlaetificatcorhominis;andagain,Rexdelectabiturpulchritudinetua.

           "Tillwhichmerrymeeting,wewishyoufarewell.Givenfromthisdenofthieves,aboutthehourofmatins,

           "AymerPr.S.M.Jorvolciencis.

           "Postscriptum.Trulyyourgoldenchainhathnotlongabiddenwithme,andwillnowsustain,aroundtheneckofanoutlawdeer-stealer,thewhistlewherewithhecallethonhishounds."

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