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Chapter 37

           WehavethereforesummonedtoourpresenceaJewishwoman,bynameRebecca,daughterofIsaacofYork—awomaninfamousforsortilegesandforwitcheries;wherebyshehathmaddenedtheblood,andbesottedthebrain,notofachurl,butofaKnight—notofasecularKnight,butofonedevotedtotheserviceoftheHolyTemple—notofaKnightCompanion,butofaPreceptorofourOrder,firstinhonourasinplace.Ourbrother,BriandeBois-Guilbert,iswellknowntoourselves,andtoalldegreeswhonowhearme,asatrueandzealouschampionoftheCross,bywhosearmmanydeedsofvalourhavebeenwroughtintheHolyLand,andtheholyplacespurifiedfrompollutionbythebloodofthoseinfidelswhodefiledthem.Neitherhaveourbrother’ssagacityandprudencebeenlessinreputeamonghisbrethrenthanhisvalouranddiscipline;insomuch,thatknights,bothineasternandwesternlands,havenamedDeBois-Guilbertasonewhomaywellbeputinnominationassuccessortothisbatoon,whenitshallpleaseHeaventoreleaseusfromthetoilofbearingit.

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