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Chapter 38

           "Rebecca,inthoselistsshaltthouproducethychampion;andifthoufailesttodoso,orifthychampionshallbediscomfitedbythejudgmentofGod,thoushaltthendiethedeathofasorceress,accordingtodoom.Letthisourjudgmentberecorded,andtherecordreadaloud,thatnoonemaypretendignorance."

           Oneofthechaplains,whoactedasclerkstothechapter,immediatelyengrossedtheorderinahugevolume,whichcontainedtheproceedingsoftheTemplarKnightswhensolemnlyassembledonsuchoccasions;andwhenhehadfinishedwriting,theotherreadaloudthesentenceoftheGrandMaster,which,whentranslatedfromtheNorman-Frenchinwhichitwascouched,wasexpressedasfollows.

           "Rebecca,aJewess,daughterofIsaacofYork,beingattaintedofsorcery,seduction,andotherdamnablepractices,practisedonaKnightofthemostHolyOrderoftheTempleofZion,dothdenythesame;andsaith,thatthetestimonydeliveredagainstherthisdayisfalse,wicked,anddisloyal;andthatbylawfulessoineofherbodyasbeingunabletocombatinherownbehalf,shedothoffer,byachampioninsteadthereof,toavouchhercase,heperforminghisloyaldevoirinallknightlysort,withsucharmsastogageofbattledofullyappertain,andthatatherperilandcost.Andtherewithsheprofferedhergage.

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