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Chapter 37

           Thepoorpeasant,aSaxonbybirth,wasdraggedforwardtothebar,terrifiedatthepenalconsequenceswhichhemighthaveincurredbytheguiltofhavingbeencuredofthepalsybyaJewishdamsel.Perfectlycuredhecertainlywasnot,forhesupportedhimselfforwardoncrutchestogiveevidence.Mostunwillingwashistestimony,andgivenwithmanytears;butheadmittedthattwoyearssince,whenresidingatYork,hewassuddenlyafflictedwithasoredisease,whilelabouringforIsaactherichJew,inhisvocationofajoiner;thathehadbeenunabletostirfromhisbeduntiltheremediesappliedbyRebecca’sdirections,andespeciallyawarmingandspicy-smellingbalsam,hadinsomedegreerestoredhimtotheuseofhislimbs.Moreover,hesaid,shehadgivenhimapotofthatpreciousointment,andfurnishedhimwithapieceofmoneywithal,toreturntothehouseofhisfather,neartoTemplestowe."AndmayitpleaseyourgraciousReverence,"saidtheman,"Icannotthinkthedamselmeantharmbyme,thoughshehaththeillhaptobeaJewess;forevenwhenIusedherremedy,IsaidthePaterandtheCreed,anditneveroperatedawhitlesskindly"

           "Peace,slave,"saidtheGrandMaster,"andbegone!Itwellsuitsbrutesliketheetobetamperingandtrinketingwithhellishcures,andtobegivingyourlabourtothesonsofmischief.Itellthee,thefiendcanimposediseasesfortheverypurposeofremovingthem,inordertobringintocreditsomediabolicalfashionofcure.

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