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Chapter 6

           "Werethygarmentssearchedbyascuriousaneye,Isaac,"saidhe,"whatdiscoveriesmightnotbemade?"

           "Nomoreofthat,"saidtheJew,changingcolour;anddrawingforthhiswritingmaterialsinhaste,asiftostoptheconversation,hebegantowriteuponapieceofpaperwhichhesupportedonthetopofhisyellowcap,withoutdismountingfromhismule.Whenhehadfinished,hedeliveredthescroll,whichwasintheHebrewcharacter,tothePilgrim,saying,"InthetownofLeicesterallmenknowtherichJew,KirjathJairamofLombardy;givehimthisscrollhehathonsalesixMilanharnesses,theworstwouldsuitacrownedheadtengoodlysteeds,theworstmightmountaking,werehetodobattleforhisthrone.Ofthesehewillgivetheethychoice,witheverythingelsethatcanfurnishtheeforthforthetournament:whenitisover,thouwiltreturnthemsafelyunlessthoushouldsthavewherewithtopaytheirvaluetotheowner."

           "But,Isaac,"saidthePilgrim,smiling,"dostthouknowthatinthesesports,thearmsandsteedoftheknightwhoisunhorsedareforfeittohisvictor?NowImaybeunfortunate,andsolosewhatIcannotreplaceorrepay."

           TheJewlookedsomewhatastoundedatthispossibility;butcollectinghiscourage,herepliedhastily."NononoItisimpossibleIwillnotthinkso.TheblessingofOurFatherwillbeuponthee.ThylancewillbepowerfulastherodofMoses."

           Sosaying,hewasturninghismule’sheadaway,whenthePalmer,inhisturn,tookholdofhisgaberdine

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