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Chapter 38

           "Brethren,"saidBeaumanoir,"youareawarethatwemightwellhaverefusedtothiswomanthebenefitofthetrialbycombatbutthoughaJewessandanunbeliever,sheisalsoastrangeranddefenceless,andGodforbidthatsheshouldaskthebenefitofourmildlaws,andthatitshouldberefusedtoher.Moreover,weareknightsandsoldiersaswellasmenofreligion,andshameitweretousuponanypretence,torefuseprofferedcombat.Thus,therefore,standsthecase.Rebecca,thedaughterofIsaacofYork,is,bymanyfrequentandsuspiciouscircumstances,defamedofsorcerypractisedonthepersonofanobleknightofourholyOrder,andhathchallengedthecombatinproofofherinnocence.Towhom,reverendbrethren,isityouropinionthatweshoulddeliverthegageofbattle,naminghim,atthesametime,tobeourchampiononthefield?"

           "ToBriandeBois-Guilbert,whomitchieflyconcerns,"saidthePreceptorofGoodalricke,"andwho,moreover,bestknowshowthetruthstandsinthismatter."

           "Butif,"saidtheGrandMaster,"ourbrotherBrianbeundertheinfluenceofacharmoraspellwespeakbutforthesakeofprecaution,fortothearmofnoneofourholyOrderwouldwemorewillinglyconfidethisoramoreweightycause."

           "Reverendfather,"answeredthePreceptorofGoodalricke,"nospellcaneffectthechampionwhocomesforwardtofightforthejudgmentofGod."

           "Thousayestright,brother,"saidtheGrandMaster."AlbertMalvoisin,givethisgageofbattletoBriandeBois-Guilbert.

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