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Chapter 28

           ButtheJews,bothmaleandfemale,possessedandpractisedthemedicalscienceinallitsbranches,andthemonarchsandpowerfulbaronsofthetimefrequentlycommittedthemselvestothechargeofsomeexperiencedsageamongthisdespisedpeople,whenwoundedorinsickness.TheaidoftheJewishphysicianswasnotthelesseagerlysoughtafter,thoughageneralbeliefprevailedamongtheChristians,thattheJewishRabbinsweredeeplyacquaintedwiththeoccultsciences,andparticularlywiththecabalisticalart,whichhaditsnameandorigininthestudiesofthesagesofIsrael.NeitherdidtheRabbinsdisownsuchacquaintancewithsupernaturalarts,whichaddednothing(forwhatcouldaddaught?)tothehatredwithwhichtheirnationwasregarded,whileitdiminishedthecontemptwithwhichthatmalevolencewasmingled.AJewishmagicianmightbethesubjectofequalabhorrencewithaJewishusurer,buthecouldnotbeequallydespised.Itisbesidesprobable,consideringthewonderfulcurestheyaresaidtohaveperformed,thattheJewspossessedsomesecretsofthehealingartpeculiartothemselves,andwhich,withtheexclusivespiritarisingoutoftheircondition,theytookgreatcaretoconcealfromtheChristiansamongstwhomtheydwelt.

           ThebeautifulRebeccahadbeenheedfullybroughtupinalltheknowledgepropertohernation,whichheraptandpowerfulmindhadretained,arranged,andenlarged,inthecourseofaprogressbeyondheryears,hersex,andeventheageinwhichshelived.

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