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Chapter 35

           Manyaonecantestifythatshehathrecoveredthembyherart,wheneveryotherhumanaidhathprovedvain;buttheblessingoftheGodofJacobwasuponher."

           BeaumanoirturnedtoMont-Fitchetwithagrimsmile."See,brother,"hesaid,"thedeceptionsofthedevouringEnemy!Beholdthebaitswithwhichhefishesforsouls,givingapoorspaceofearthlylifeinexchangeforeternalhappinesshereafter.Wellsaidourblessedrule,Semperpercutiaturleovorans.Uponthelion!Downwiththedestroyer!"saidhe,shakingalofthismysticabacus,asifindefianceofthepowersofdarkness"Thydaughterworkeththecures,Idoubtnot,"thushewentontoaddresstheJew,"bywordsandsighs,andperiapts,andothercabalisticalmysteries."

           "Nay,reverendandbraveKnight,"answeredIsaac,"butinchiefmeasurebyabalsamofmarvellousvirtue."

           "Wherehadshethatsecret?"saidBeaumanoir.

           "Itwasdeliveredtoher,"answeredIsaac,reluctantly,"byMiriam,asagematronofourtribe."

           "Ah,falseJew!"saidtheGrandMaster;"wasitnotfromthatsamewitchMiriam,theabominationofwhoseenchantmentshavebeenheardofthroughouteveryChristianland?"exclaimedtheGrandMaster,crossinghimself."Herbodywasburntatastake,andherasheswerescatteredtothefourwinds;andsobeitwithmeandmineOrder,ifIdonotasmuchtoherpupil,andmorealso!IwillteachhertothrowspellandincantationoverthesoldiersoftheblessedTemple

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