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Chapter 38

           AndifitbethewillofGodthatthoushaltbedeprivedofthydaughter,donotthoutarry,oldman,inthislandofbloodshedandcruelty;butbetakethyselftoCordova,wherethybrotherlivethinsafety,undertheshadowofthethrone,evenofthethroneofBoabdiltheSaracen;forlesscruelarethecrueltiesoftheMoorsuntotheraceofJacob,thanthecrueltiesoftheNazarenesofEngland."

           IsaaclistenedwithtolerablecomposurewhileBenSamuelreadtheletter,andthenagainresumedthegesturesandexclamationsofOrientalsorrow,tearinghisgarments,besprinklinghisheadwithdust,andejaculating,"Mydaughter!mydaughter!fleshofmyflesh,andboneofmybone!"

           "Yet,"saidtheRabbi,"takecourage,forthisgriefavailethnothing.Girdupthyloins,andseekoutthisWilfred,thesonofCedric.Itmaybehewillhelptheewithcounselorwithstrength;fortheyouthhathfavourintheeyesofRichard,calledoftheNazarenesCoeur-de-Lion,andthetidingsthathehathreturnedareconstantintheland.Itmaybethathemayobtainhisletter,andhissignet,commandingthesemenofblood,whotaketheirnamefromtheTempletothedishonourthereof,thattheyproceednotintheirpurposedwickedness."

           "Iwillseekhimout,"saidIsaac,"forheisagoodyouth,andhathcompassionfortheexileofJacob.Buthecannotbearhisarmour,andwhatotherChristianshalldobattlefortheoppressedofZion?"

           "Nay,but,"saidtheRabbi,"thouspeakestasonethatknowethnottheGentiles.

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