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Chapter 38

           Thephysicianread,butintheirnativelanguage,thefollowingwords:—

           "ToIsaac,thesonofAdonikam,whomtheGentilescallIsaacofYork,peaceandtheblessingofthepromisebemultiplieduntothee!Myfather,Iamasonedoomedtodieforthatwhichmysoulknowethnotevenforthecrimeofwitchcraft.Myfather,ifastrongmancanbefoundtodobattleformycausewithswordandspear,accordingtothecustomoftheNazarenes,andthatwithinthelistsofTemplestowe,onthethirddayfromthistime,peradventureourfathers’Godwillgivehimstrengthtodefendtheinnocent,andherwhohathnonetohelpher.Butifthismaynotbe,letthevirginsofourpeoplemournformeasforonecastoff,andforthehartthatisstrickenbythehunter,andfortheflowerwhichiscutdownbythescytheofthemower.Whereforelooknowwhatthoudoest,andwhethertherebeanyrescue.OneNazarenewarriormightindeedbeararmsinmybehalf,evenWilfred,sonofCedric,whomtheGentilescallIvanhoe.Buthemaynotyetenduretheweightofhisarmour.Nevertheless,sendthetidingsuntohim,myfather;forhehathfavouramongthestrongmenofhispeople,andashewasourcompanioninthehouseofbondage,hemayfindsomeonetodobattleformysake.Andsayuntohim,evenuntohim,evenuntoWilfred,thesonofCedric,thatifRebeccalive,orifRebeccadie,shelivethordiethwhollyfreeoftheguiltsheischargedwithal.

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